I woke up in the morning as always; sluggish and dazed. I dragged myself to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and pull my hair up into my signature twin drills. Shivering, I threw on a loose gray sweater over fitted black pants and slipped on some suede boots. Too lazy to wear contacts, I shoved my glasses up my nose and pulled on a maroon beanie-my favorite, accessorized with a bow-. Haphazardly wearing my coat, I grabbed my backpack and sprinted out the door. Ted was in the doorway soon after, nagging me to eat my breakfast, but I ignored him and continued on my freezing path to school.
After pulling open the doors to - High School, I found my way through the familiar labyrinth of halls and jammed my stuff into my locker, right beside Miku. The teal-haired girl poked my glasses and whispered,
"Megane."
I laughed, "Indeed."
She led me to bench and flipped open her computer and began typing, "So how was yesterday?"
"Well, just like any normal Monday…" I leaned over, "there was this really cute little boy who wanted to buy a Pokémon game…"
"Yeah…?"
"But he didn't have enough money." I tilted my head, "So Yuma stole his hat."
"How does that help anything?" Miku lifted one eyebrow.
"Well, he pulled a quarter out of it…so Oliver could buy the game."
"Oh, now that makes sense." Miku closed her laptop, "Oh, and by the way, how did you get home last night?"
"Why do you ask?"
"There was this blizzard, and a ton of people's cars broke down." She crossed her arms, "Piko told me that Ted's was one of them."
"W-well, " I began to stutter, Why are you stuttering Teto! " Yuma drove me home." My cheeks were beginning to get warm. I thought I put that in the vault!
Miku flicked one of my pigtails, "Teto, what happened in the car?" a smirk appeared on her lips, "Was it something, I don't know, spicy?"
"No!" I gently pushed my friend away.
"Everyone knows Yuma has a thing for you." Miku pointed towards me, "Teto, you're not telling the truth." She patted my cheek, "You're blushing!"
"Miku, I put it in the vault." I rested my hands on her shoulders, "Please don't make me take it out!"
"By the looks of it, it already is out."
I hung my head defeated, "Is it really that obvious?"
"Hon, knowing you, most things you're think are pretty obvious."
"Why thank you."
"I try." Miku's eyes met mine, "Tell me. Let it all out."
I sighed and brought my lips close to her ear, "Yuma…Yuma kissed me." After saying those words, the reality flooded back in, and the memories I tried so hard to suppress came flooding back, more vivid than ever.
"Oh, Teto." She bit her nail, "I didn't expect him to do that…"
"I didn't either!" I looked away, "He suddenly, began to act so strange around me." I put my hand around my forearm, "I guess I know why now."
"This is getting complicated." Miku curled her long straight pigtail in her arm, "do…do you like him?"
"I do, but only as a friend." I plopped my chin on my fist, "I think."
"You think?"
"I'm sure I like Kaito! But Yuma…"
"Kaito! Right!" She buried her forehead in her palms, "What's going to happen!" She suddenly faced me, "Does Yuma think you like him back?"
"I think he thinks that yes…"
"Teto! Why?!"
" I don't know, but before he left, he threw me a wink…"
Miku clenched her fists, "Ohh this is bad…"
As if on cue, Yuma turned the corner. I stiffened, and Miku put on a highly believable smile. Wow, she is a good actress…
"Hey Teto!" He cocked his head and smiled, his cheeks blushing a bit, but a lot less than before. He nodded towards Miku, "Miku!"
I rose my hand up in the air, "Hey Yuma!" I was surprised, this time I was the awkward one. The pink-haired boy walked towards us, wearing his goofy grin. Oh, how I hate that goofy grin. He pulled something out of his backpack, and thrust it towards me,
"For you!" Now he constantly glanced back, hiding his cheeks, "See you guys!" he practically leaped through the halls.
"Wow, for someone always trying to be swag, that kid can get awkward just like that." Miku snapped.
"Now you see what I mean?" I examined the small package that Yuma had given me. It was wrapped in a bright green metallic paper, and the bow was the same color as my hair.
Miku leaned over my shoulder, "Whoa. Color coordinated. He's got it bad."
I gently opened the present, careful not to make a rip. I gasped as I saw what was inside,
"M-Miku…" I squeed. "He programed a game for me!" I held the game close to my chest.
"How do you know he programmed it?" she pointed out, "You still haven't opened the cover."
"Oh you're right." I scanned the adorable cover. It read "Wizard Walrus" several doodles of walrus's (that's what I hope they were) in magicians' hats littered the piece of paper that was taped under the cover. His stick figure outlines made me chuckle.
Miku laughed too, "Maybe you can make a cover for it later."
"Nah, I like this one." I pulled open the case and grabbed out the USB drive, which had a piece of scotch tape wrapped around it, labeled "Wizard Walrus."
Miku clapped her hands together, "Ahh! He knows you so well!"
I rolled my eyes, "Please! If he hasn't gotten that I'm your little walrus from the hundreds of times we've sung the walrus song, I'd be worried if he didn't."
Miku pouted, "Still, it's nice that he remembered." She leaned her cheek on my shoulder, "Maybe you should stick with him."
I tried to ignore the statement as I gingerly placed the USB drive into my computer.
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THANK YOU
And who do you think Teto should end up with?
