Hi everybody! I'm Emichii! This is chapter 5! Read and review!

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Chapter 5: Misaki? Is that you?

"I wanted to know… if you'd like to go out with me again?"

Misaki felt numb. Her head was spinning. "Kotaro?" she murmured. "Are you serious?"

"Yes," he said. And it scared her because it was as if… if she turned him down, he'd be hurt. But then she knew she liked Ohjiro and Ohjiro was nearby.

Ohjiro… couldn't really be interested in her, could he? He was just being nice, right? But if he was just being nice then Misaki… she didn't know if she could handle it.

Everything was just so confusing. She realized Kotaro was still waiting for an answer so without hesitation, she said yes.

"TH-this is very nice… Kotaro…" Misaki stammered.

Misaki and Kotaro were walking through the busy city streets, window-shopping and doing whatever else you'd be doing if you were on a date walking through a crowded city street.

(How would I know? I don't live in a busy city!)

Anyway, so far everything had been okay. They'd had a very nice lunch and a nice stroll through the city.

"Kotaro?" Misaki suddenly thought of something.

"What?" Kotaro asked.

"Um…" Misaki looked embarassed, "Th-this isn't really my business but… don't you think… Tamayo-chan would be… hurt?"

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Misaki blushed hard. "Well, maybe right now isn't a great time to bring it up but Tamayo really loves you, shouldn't you be going out with her, not with me?"

Kotaro had such a weird expression on his face that it prompted Misaki to add quickly, "not that this isn't fun being with you but I just think…"

Then Kotaro stopped and took both of Misaki's hands in his. What-the-heck was written all over Misaki's face as she looked nervously at Kotaro.

Kotaro said seriously, "But Misaki, I'm not in love with Tamayo, I like you!"

Misaki froze.

It was sooo confusing. Everything was over her head. "K-Kotaro…" she started, then she saw something that made her feel even more weird than ever. She could see that behind Kotaro was Ohjiro. And he was walking towards them!

"Misaki? Is that you?" Ohjiro hurried towards Misaki.

"Ah… Hi Ohjiro!" Misaki managed to smile.

Ohjiro had an extremely odd expression on his face. Misaki blushed. Could he actually be jealous that she was here with Kotaro, and he was holding her hand?

What? No! Misaki scolded herself. That's crazy! Why would he be jealous of me with Kotaro? Everything's gone mad!

Ohjiro probably wasn't jealous at all, just confused. He liked Misaki, and he'd told her that, but it was just odd, bumping into her with someone else.

She was a kid, and quite a bit younger than him at that but there was always something about Misaki that made him want to be with her.

Kotaro was confused, like the other two. What he'd said before, did he mean it? Sure, he knew all along that he liked Misaki and he definitely wasn't in love with Tamayo but he did feel like she was right. Was he hurting Tamayo's feelings because he was going out with Misaki?

Awkward silence.

Incredibly awkward silence.

Ohjiro broke the ice. "Well, Misaki I have to go now. See you around… hopefully."

"Yeah, see you!" Misaki waved to Ohjiro as he hurried past.

Kotaro couldn't help but notice how Misaki's voice had gone up quite a few decibels just then. And how her face had looked confused but brightened up when Ohjiro came by. He knew, it was too obvious that she liked Ohjiro, but what to do now?

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