Hi there guys! SilentVisionary here! OMG! I'm so sorry for updating only now. There's been a lot going on lately. School was very much demanding right now. Preliminary Exams just finished. Hopefully I did my best to pass everything. lol.

Anyway, here's the 6th Chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed it!


Chapter 6: Friendships

I frowned at the book in front of me. It was really frustrating how I am stuck with this specific accounting problem. I would have been fine with it for the most part but this… this just puzzles me. There's just something wrong or difficult with it.

I let out a frustrated sigh as I leaned back on my chair. I closed my eyes in an attempt to collect my thoughts. I was sure I was missing something particular about the problem that's keeping me from getting to the right answer. I let myself relax for a bit knowing that if my frustration gets the better of me, I would never finish.

My thoughts drifted to the accounting principles that we have talked about in and class and those that I have read in books. It then shifted to the accounting formulas that I have memorized throughout my life as an accounting student. I let out a sigh and let my mind wonder over the time I have spent here in the school.

A month has already passed since I have entered Gakuen Alice. I have already adjusted well in the school. It was actually like I have been a student here for so long. It might have something to do with the help of my friends. Really, I was blessed to have such amazing company to help me fit in in this new environment.

I was deep in thought, my eyes were still closed. I could feel sleep slowly trying to coax me in when I felt a hand rest on my forehead. Instantly, my thoughts were cut off and I opened my eyes wide. My hazel eyes met crimson red ones. I let out a small smile. "Hi," I said as quietly as it was allowed in the library.

Natsume nodded his head in reply before silently taking the seat next to me. He got his books out and without any word proceeded in studying. I let myself look at him for a few seconds before shifting my gaze towards my own books.

I can't remember how it all begun. I didn't even notice that I was doing it. But somehow, Natsume and I fell into some sort of easy friendship. We still have our own set of friends but some way or the other we would always be together studying. And it's actually nice to get to know him as more than that "handsome" boy with the crimson eyes in class that every single girl somehow likes.

Well, I'm also quite attracted to him. I have finally accepted, mind you after I tried not to, that I like him… a lot. Although, I try my best not to show it. But my attraction to him, I admit now may run deeper than his good looks and that mysterious air that surrounds him. No, I am not only attracted to him because of those. I have come to know him, albeit in a span of a month. He is more to his charms that I can guarantee.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and I instantly turned that way. "You okay?" I heard Natsume quiet voice.

I tilted my head to the side then looked back at my book. "I'm fine," I said. "It's just this problem is giving me a headache."

"Which one?" he asked as he leaned forward to look at the problem that I was referring to.

I instantly blushed as the smell of his cologne reached my nose. He was so close to me. I shifted my book a bit so he read out the problem without any trouble. He grabbed his calculator as he stared down at the problem.

"What do you think?" I asked after a few minutes of silence from him.

I saw him glance at me before looking down at the problem once more. After a while, he leaned down on some scratch paper and begun making a solution. Once he was done, he passed the paper to me and I read it.

My eyes widened in admiration. Hanging out with him at the library made me realize that he was smart. He might not look like he is interested in the lesson when inside the classroom, but apparently he understands the concepts. I smiled and looked at him. "Thanks," I said as I try to understand his solution.

Natsume and I stayed at the library for quite a while after that. We fall into the usual comfortable silence that I have come to associate with him. It was weird really how happy and content I am just with knowing that he is beside me… that he hangs out with me willingly.

I glance down at my watch after a while quite conscious that we have another class. "Natsume," I said in a whisper and I saw him look up from what he was studying. "It's almost time for the next class. Should we go now?"

Natsume too looked down at his watch before nodding his head in answer. I smiled a bit as I gathered my things and stood up. He was already waiting for me. The two of us made our way towards our next class side-by-side.

We were turning the corner of the library towards our building when I saw Sumire, who was one of my friends. She was talking to some students I do not know off. Maybe they were some of her classmates from classes we do not share together. I saw them all stop talking and look at our direction.

I smiled a bit focusing on Sumire and waved my hand in greeting which Sumire returned a bit halfheartedly. It was weird and I suddenly felt awkward. It might have been the fact that Sumire's other friends were looking weirdly at me. But I felt kind of guilty all of a sudden.

Once Natsume and I were out of sight, I unconsciously let out a sigh of relief. I felt Natsume look at me but I shrugged it off. I was thankful that he did not ask after.

I know why I was feeling guilty. I know why Sumire's other friends were looking at me weirdly. It might seem like I'm just Natsume's friend. And I might even try and convince other people that we are just friends but deep down. I know that I am falling for him. Deep down I know that I want more than friendship from him but at the same time I know that Sumire likes him. She probably liked him first before I did. Again, I let out a sigh. "What did I just get myself into?" I asked myself.


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