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Chapter 11

Akihisa's point of view

I glanced up at the clock, almost lunch time. Hours have passed since the start of class, and all I have had on my mind was her. That's all that ever seems to be on my mind these past few days, or well since the training camp that is. I can't wait for lunch, finally we won't have to hide it anymore, once we tell our friends, then we can be open about it. I looked over to where Minami sat, she was staring right back at me. I flashed her a smile, she smiled right back.

"Alright class you may go to lunch now," thundered our captor, or homeroom teacher, as most call him.

Finally, I thought lunch would never come. I stood up and walked over to my friends who had gathered by the door.

"Hey guys, what are we waiting for let's get going to the roof, I have something I want to tell all of you."

The six of us headed to the stairwell on our way we were joined by Aiko, and Shouko. The now eight of us, proceeded to the roof, where we planned to have our lunch. Once we got up there we all took our usual seats and got out our lunches. Hideyoshi grabbed his, so did Kouta and Aiko, Shouko made lunch for both her and Yuuji, Himeji had her lunch, and Minami had both of ours. When she handed me the lunch she made me all eyes were on us. I looked around at everyone then stood up grabbing Minami's hand and pulling her up with me.

"Well, based on the looks all you guys are giving us I guess I should tell you all why I called you all up here. So, yesterday me and Minami went out for some friendly crepes after school, and, well, I asked her to be my girlfriend."

"And I said yes."

She stated finishing my sentence for me. I looked her in the eyes, her beaming green eyes, and smiled. She smiled back at me, and I gave her a hug. I looked around at our audience, everyone's face was frozen in shock, well everyone except Yuuji, he just smiled at the two of us. As the information started to set in for the others one by one they began returning to their normal selves. Questions filling their eyes, all but Himeji, something else was filling her eyes, was it sorrow?

Conversations arose between the group. I couldn't make out what was being said, for there were too many people speaking at once. And that's when the person I least expected stood up and began to speak.

"You two should get a room." The green haired girl laughed.

The entire group looked at her, and then joined her in laughing. That's Aiko for you, just as perverted as Kouta.

"Well, I guess we should all start eating, we only have so much time you know till class starts again."

The group carried out its usual lunchtime activities, but they all seemed a little bit different. There was less joking, and it was kind of quiet. I mean, yes, there was still conversations happening, but they were not accompanied by yelling or shouting that usually came from the disapproving party. Now that I think about it, everyone is a lot calmer today as well. Shouko isn't trying to kill Yuuji, instead he was, letting her feed him? And Aiko was not teasing Kouta, but rather they were having a serious conversation about his new camera. What is going on here? Where are my friends? Wait, Hideyoshi, I know he will be acting normal. I looked over to my overly feminine friend, and just as expected he was, wait, where is he? My eyes raced around the rooftop till they landed upon two of our friends standing some ways away talking. Hideyoshi must have been consoling Himeji. She was probably upset, and for good reason, so that's good that he was here to talk to her and maybe cheer her up.

However, I never pegged them as close, she always seemed jealous of his calming face, his soft eyes, and his almost too feminine personality. They are friends after all, we all are, and helping each other when in need is what friends do, so I shouldn't think too much of it. I glanced at my watch, lunch time was coming to a close and we will have to head back to class soon.

"Hey guys, lunch is almost over, should start packing up to head back to class."

Everyone nodded and we all began to pick up our trash and make sure the roof was left how we found it. Everyone looked so happy and cheerful, even Himeji, this is what I liked about our friend group, no matter how different, or what kind of jokes or insults we threw around, we all, in the end had fun and really just enjoyed being friends.

Just then, something caught my eye. I looked over to see Yuuji, leaning close to Shouko. I saw his lips move and her eyes lit up with a light I never saw in her. Her typically cold icy eyes were now warm and inviting. Just then she left down the staircase. Yuuji looked over at me, smiled.

"Aki, I will catch you in class I got to go use the restroom."

I smiled back, let out a small chuckle, and in a small voice only audible by me, "yeah sure,"

He then vanished through the same doorway Shouko went just moments ago, no doubt in my mind he was walking her back to class. I grabbed Minami's hand and pulled her close to me.

"I'm going to hang back and meet you in class I want to make sure Himeji is okay."

My voice was low and calming. I felt heat radiating from her cheeks as a blush came over her due to our closeness, I smiled and pecked her cheek. In return her cheeks grew more notably red and she shyly looked to the ground.

After the clean-up was finished the group started heading back to class at the bottom of the stair well they parted ways with Aiko as the rest went to class F, however me and Himeji, stayed on the roof.

"Himeji, I…"

"No, Akihisa, you don't need to apologize. I always had a feeling she liked you, and I'm truly happy that my two best friends are happy, and I'm extremely happy that the person I have feelings for is happy, but I always hoped that I would be the one to make him happy, the one to make him smile, and laugh. Boys have always come up to me and confessed to me, either because of how smart I was or because of my looks, but I always had turned them down for I had feelings for someone who was like no other, someone who was more than just looks and brains, someone who has a real heart. Time and time again, he always seemed to amaze me, just when I thought he couldn't get any nicer, or become and less selfish, he went and proved me wrong. He never thought twice about helping someone else, someone in need, and he always put others before himself. Whether he was making his friends laugh and smile, or helping a little girl he didn't even know, he never ceased to amaze me." At this a small warm tear, slowly danced its way down her cheek. "It was in those moments my love for him grew, Akihisa that boy was, and still is, you. I love you, and I want you to know I'm not asking for you, but I need you to know how I feel so I can begin to move on. I want to be a friend to you and Minami like I always have been. Thank you, Akihisa, for showing me the meaning to life, and for showing me what love feels like."

I stood there, frozen, I didn't know what to say or how to react. My mind raced, but no logical thought came forward. I noticed Himeji leave the roof and head back to class, but I couldn't move, I couldn't act, I couldn't think. I just stood there. I tried to apologize to say something, but she cut me off, and laid her heart on the table. I didn't even get a word out and now, I was just frozen. I felt warmth on my shoulder, a hand? I turned around to see that someone I didn't expect was standing behind me.