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"Open the door … I'm standing outside." My eyes widened in surprise.

Outside where? … He can't be. I ran to the door and opened it slightly to check if what he said was right.

How I wished I could have just stayed in bed. Keisuke was standing in front of the doorstep.

I immediately slammed the door in his face but he was faster, so he easily pushed the door and opened it widely.

"Can you not freak out? I just want to talk to you …"

Not freak out? Yeah right, as if it was that easy! He came in and shut the door behind him. "Look, about today-" I interrupted him.

"You just want to talk to me? Does that mean that you found something else to threaten me with? Keisuke … can you please just stop it already? I … don't know what it was that I did to make you hate me … but I'm sorry, okay? So please just stop."

My voice was definitely shaking.

I could feel the tears well up in my eyes already. "Don't cry …" What does he mean by 'don't cry'? It's his fault! I wasn't even giving him eye contact. I was too nervous to do so.

But wait …

what am I scared of now? Daiki said, he wouldn't fall for Keisuke's lies. So, whatever he does … doesn't really matter anymore. Right? As long as Daiki is with me, I don't care about anything else. I gathered up my courage and shot a glare at Keisuke.

"I … I'm not afraid of you anymore, Keisuke! Daiki, believes me. And whatever it is that you threaten me with, I don't care about it!"

He looked really taken back. I continued.

"When I met you on the first day of school 4 years ago, I was hoping that we could be friends. But no matter how many times I tried to get you to like me and think of me as a friend, you kept making things worse. Ruining me alone wasn't enough for you, so you also ruined the friendship that I had with other friends! And what pissed me off the most was that, when I asked you why you did it, you said that it was out of boredom!You asked me why I disappeared back then, right?"

He was still quiet, and waited for me to continue.

"It was because of you! After all that happened, I felt like I had no good memories in school anymore. My friends had nothing to do with me anymore. The only thing that never changed was the bullying you did every single day. I got tired of it, tired of school, and tired of you."

His eyes widened. I guess it's because I never talked back at him before. Well, it's about time that I did. I looked him in the eyes and continue.

"I never told you face to face how I felt before, even though you caused me nothing but pain, I still thought of you as a friend. But I was wrong, even now … nothing changed. So, it's not like you care or anything, but … I'm ending our friendship. So, don't talk to me or try to threaten me anymore, because I'm no longer scared of you." I headed to the door and opened it.

"Get out."

He wasn't moving. I was facing his back since I was at the door so I couldn't really tell what he was thinking. He's probably angry. I don't care anymore. I walked up to him, grabbed his wrist and pulled it to drag him out of the house. He wasn't budging, so I pulled harder, but stopped when I saw Keisuke's face. My eyes widened in surprise. I couldn't believe what I saw.

He … Keisuke is … crying?

"K-Kei…" He placed both of his hands on my shoulders. "Don't …" I was still too shocked so I couldn't hear what he said.

"Don't disappear on me again!" What is he talking about?

"Today in class … I wanted to talk to you … I took it too far … I didn't mean to make you cry, I don't like it when you cry."

Okay, I'm extremely confused right now.

"What are you saying?! You always did things to hurt me. Today wasn't the first time! Why are you suddenly acting like you … care?"

He shook his head. "I always cared about you! … Ever since I was a kid … I had a really bad personality. So when the students approach me and become friends with me, they end their friendship with me immediately, saying things like ''I hate people like you'' or ''You're too cold'' or ''I don't understand you'' or ''You're too boring'' or ''I hate your attitude'' … But, then you showed up. I thought you were the same as them, someone who wants to be friends with me but then change your mind when you're fed up with me. So I wanted to test you … thats why, I started bullying you. Even though I hurt you … even though I bullied you all the time … only you … you never said that you hated me. So when you didn't show up to school on that day, I freaked out. A week passed by and you still didn't show up. So I went to the administration to ask about you … they told me that you moved away to a different area and that you already gave in your resignation form. That time … I lost it. My personality became even worse … I didn't know what to do."

I was speechless. Wait, are you kidding me? So this whole time … his unreasonable bullying was because… Keisuke just wanted to be friends with me?

"Rei-chin!" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at him. "I know I was wrong … but I'm telling you now … I'm sorry, so please … don't say that you want to end your friendship with me."

I don't know what happened but I found myself crying as well.

"W-Why are you crying too?" I shook my head. "Because you're an idiot! … Couldn't just say that you want to be friends like normal people?" He softened his eyes and smiled. "I guess I really am an idiot." I laughed. He frowned. "So … do you, forgive me?"

I nodded. "Yea … but no more bullying! You're scary as shit when you're bullying! Believe me, worse than a serial killer!" He laughed. "Okay okay! No more bullying!" I grinned. He lowered his eyes. "Thank you … Rei-chin." I ruffled his hair and smiled. "Don't thank me, we're friends, yeah?" He grinned and nodded. "Yeah!"

He then paused.

"Eh? What's wrong?" He furrowed his brows. "By the way …" I waited for him to continue.

"I was wondering … just what are you and Aomine? I mean, today … he seriously looked like an angry boyfriend that's jealous over his girlfriend! It was freaky, I swear!"

I flushed. His eyes widened. "Seriously? Wait … you guys are, dating?!" He looked astonished. Are my face expressions really that obvious? I looked away and nodded.

"No waaaay~ I never thought that Rei-chin went for guys-" I interrupted him. "I'm not a homo! I'm not interested in other guys … it's just Daiki." Is he going to make fun of me for it? Maybe he'll change his mind about being friends?

I felt him pat on my head. "Don't worry, although I don't support it, especially since it's Aomine Daiki, I don't mind it. You're my friend, Rei-chin."

I blushed. He's so nice when he wants to be! "Don't start falling for me though!" It was obviously a joke but I glared at him and lightly punched him. We spent the rest of the day playing video games and talking about random stuff. He went back home when we realized it was midnight.

I lied on bed and sighed. I'm so glad. I feel relieved now that Keisuke and I are on good terms …

Oh no! I forgot to call Daiki!

I grabbed my phone and freaked out at what I saw.

[23 miscalls from Aomine Daiki]

Oh no … I'M DEAD!

And that's all for chapter 12! Oh-Oh, Rei's in trouble! Well, at least now we know that he won't have to suffer because of Keisuke, right? I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!