Chapter 4: Late Confession

So, ever since that meeting, Midori have been talking to me a lot recently. It's like she really wants to be friends. I actually don't mind, for some reason. Well, you know what they say!

Making friends is good.

So I talked back to her and we became fast friends. I still talk to Mio, of course. I no longer have feelings for her. In fact, I don't think I'm ready for love...just yet.

"I'm glad you both made up as friends!" Midori exclaimed, clinging onto me excitedly. I sweat-dropped.

"Yeah, all these weights have been lifted off my shoulders." I said, smiling. She smiled as well. At least my friendship with Mio did not break.

Mio walked towards us and smiled.

"Wow, you guys became friends fast."

She said. I sighed.

"Maybe because she has been talking to me a lot recently." I said to her, grinning. I lost control of my hand and rubbed Midori's head. She somehow purred, causing me to blush a little. Mio giggled.

"That's good." She said. Then, our friends from the band came running towards us.

"Mio-chan, Ricchan, long time no see!" Yui shouted, waving her arms in the air. Mugi was walking towards us, smiling.

"But it has only been a week since we've seen each other." I said. Yui pouted after catching her breath from running.

"It's been too long for me." She said. I laughed. Finally, Mugi has caught up to us.

"Oh, who's the new friend, Ricchan?" Mugi asked.

"Oh, I forgot." I pulled my arm away from Midori, causing her to pout.

"Guys, this is Midori Toyosaki. Midori, this is Yui Hirasawa and Kotobuki Tsumugi." I pointed at Yui and Mugi to show Midori who was who. She then gave a short "Oh" and waved her hand at them.

"Nice to meet you guys!" She said. Yui and Mugi smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Mi-chan." Yui exclaimed. Mugi nodded. Then, Midori turned to me.

"What?" I asked.

"Rub my head a little more, please?" She said, putting on her best cute face. I blushed and sweat-dropped.

"O-Okay?..." I reached out my hand and rubbed her head. She purred again. Yui gave a "Kyaaah, kawaii!" And tons of blood splurted out of Mugi's nose as her eyes sparkled in joy.

"W-Whaaa?! Mugi?!" I grabbed tissues from my pocket and gave them to Mugi.

"Thank you, Ricchan." She said dreamily. I went back rubbing Midori head. She purred again. Wow, she's actually like a cat, like Azusa. I laughed.

"Jeez, you two." Mio said to us. I laughed again. Midori joined in with my laughing.

We chat for a few hours today. Yui and Mugi described themselves. Midori was surprised that Mugi was a 'princess'. I sweat-dropped when Yui goes on bragging about how amazing, talented and intelligent she was. The talented part was true, but the other two were her exaggerating. We told her about our band, high school, cakes and tea too. She laughed at our silliness. Well, everyone laughed.

We also mentioned Azusa, and how she was similar to her. Yui goes on blabbing about how kawaii Azusa was, and how she keeps calling her Azu-nyan. She went on for a lot of time, so I put my hand over her mouth to shut her up. Thank goodness she didn't lick my hand.

It was time to call it a day. We just realized that it's getting really late and that we all had to go back to our apartments. So we grabbed our bags and headed off. Mio and I walked side by side since we lived close to each other. We walked in silence. I was enjoying it, until she suddenly said, "Hey Ritsu."

I turned to face her to see what she wants. "Yeah?"

"You know that day...When I said...that..."

"That you didn't like me?" I said, frowning. I don't want to remember it. She nodded slowly.

"It's just that..." She stopped walking. I realized that and stopped walking too, a few meters in front of her.

"I actually..." I became confused. What is she going to say? I thought we agreed to forget about that. I doesn't matter anymore.

"It doesn't matter anymore, Mio." I said as I continued walking back to my apartment.

"No, because I actually did like you back!" I stopped and turned around, looking at her with a shocked look.

"M-Mio..." She was blushing furiously, looking at me with serious eyes. I frowned.

"It doesn't matter." I said again. "I'm sorry, but I don't like you anymore." I continued walking to my apartment, leaving her.

"We agreed to be just friends."

I finally reached home and walked straight to my room. I flopped onto my bed lazily. I stared at the ceiling, pondering about what just happened.

"You could have told me earlier, Mio. But it's too late now." I said as I closed my eyes and dozed off to a long nap.

A/N: Sorry to repeat the scene XD I just felt like it.

So what do you think? Crappy, right? JK

Till next chapter!