Risa rode to school the next day with Riku as usual. Riku was bombarding Risa with questions that she hadn't been able to ask last night because Risa had gone to bed early.

"…but why Saehara-san? I mean, as your first boyfriend. You could have just said no!" Risa had asked this question about seven times and ever time Risa had said—

"I don't know! I just said yes."

"Did you think he was the 'one' like I felt with Daisuke?"

"I don't know. I just said yes."

"Or are you only going out with him so you can make someone else jealous?"

That's a new one.

It was a question that made Risa think. That and what Satoshi had said yesterday about think about her actions.

"Is that it?" Riku looked at Risa, who had suddenly stopped the bike, "Oi! Risa! What's the matter?"

Risa school her head and looked at Riku. "What?"

"Oh, never mind. You clearly have something on your mind." And so, the stream of questions ended, for that morning.

Satoshi stepped out of the sleek shiny black car that was his ride to school and entered the campus. He had dark bags under his eyes. Last night he had tossed and turned in bed wondering why he had said what he had said to Risa Harada. Not just yesterday, but everything he had said to her during and after the little cafe run in.

Whenever he saw her, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He hadn't decided if that feeling was good or not. But he knew that the feeling was something that he would have to admit to himself sooner or later.

After school, Risa was placing her books back into her bag when Riku bounced over and said, "Risa, don't forget that you have to clean the art room. I can't wait for you. Daisuke and I are going out."

"Oh, yeah." Thanking Riku for reminding her. She had totally forgotten. Now that she came to think of it, she thought she to clean with Satoshi.

"Oi, Hiwatari-kun, don't forget you have to clean the art room with Harada-san."

Shit he thought. What am I going to do? Am I going to approach her like nothing has happened? No. So, how am I going to act?

When Satoshi arrived at the art room, Risa was already there, slowly sweeping the floor with her head down. She looked up at Satoshi when she heard the door.

No, that feeling! Whenever I see her I get this feeling.

Risa looked back down so Satoshi wouldn't be able to see the blush that had crept on her face.

Why does he make me feel this way? It's kind of similar to the way Dark made me feel. No, do I like Satoshi now? No, no, no! Risa! You can't be like this!

Satoshi looked at her from where he was standing and it looked to him that Risa was ill. He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder, he had gotten a sudden urge to touch her.

"Risa, are you alright?" He asked her.

"I…I'm fine." She stammered.

Why am I getting nervous now? Risa, you made a promise to yourself that you would get to know Hiwatari-kun better. Now's a good time to start.

"But how about you? You have bags under you eyes." Risa had just noticed them and was trying very hard not to get sucked into the endless abyss of his beautiful blue eyes.

"I just had a bad night last night. Couldn't fall asleep."

"That's too bad."

There was a silence for about ten minutes while Risa straightened the paintbrushes and Satoshi made sure all the pastels were in their correct boxes.

Satoshi, think of something to say. Something that's not like, "The weather's nice, today."

'The weather's nice today." It had just slipped out of his mouth.

"Ano…"

They both looked out of the window. It was raining and the wind was blowing hard.

Satoshi coughed. Risa ducked her head back down.

Satoshi mentally hit himself. BAKA! Why did you say something stupid like that? She probably thinks I'm an idiot now. Forget that. She knows.

I guess it's my turn to make small talk. Risa thought. I'll ask him…WHAT OTHER SMALL TALK IS THERE OTHER THAN WEATHER?

"The weather's pretty bad today." That just slipped out of her mouth.

"Ano…"

They both looked out the window and saw that it had stopped raining, the sun was out, and the only wind there out there was a slight gentle breeze.

There was another silence while both of them thought how stupid they were and how stupid the whole conversation was.

"This is stupid." Both of them exclaimed at the exact same moment. The two of them looked down.

Say something. I need to say something. This is just really pathetic. We can't even hold a normal conversation. And why do I have this feeling again? Why? I feel like touching her.

Satoshi walked closer to Risa and reached his hand out. Not knowing what to do with it, he grabbed Risa's shoulder. Risa jumped a little, then turned to look into Satoshi's eyes.

"Hiwatari-kun!"

And then, out of impulse, Satoshi kissed Risa full on the lips, finishing what he meant to do at the café.

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