Megumi sat in her last class ignoring end of the day speeches by the class rep. All she could think about was Masa invading her space completely with no hesitation. She just wanted to know what his intentions were. Why was he talking to her this much, and why he wasn't scared to push the questions about killing herself already. It was as if he believed they were already friends, but Megumi didn't know how she felt about that. She already failed at having friends at school before, so she didn't really want to try again.

"And the school dance team is having a… dance workshop for any students who wish to learn beginner ballet, jazz, or hip-hop on Friday after school, if anyone is interested." She heard the rep. Her stomach turned and her shoulders felt heavy. Her hand subconsciously went to her right forearm, which had multiple lines and scabs. She rested her head on the desk and stared in to space, with a cloud of heavy darkness rested above her. That feeling of killing herself was growing again, and it took over her in no time. She didn't know if the bell rang or not, but she wasn't ready to get up. Her feet were too heavy to move, and it would be too much of an emotional toll for her to go to a crowd of people. She hid her face and closed herself off from the class.

"Hm?" Megumi opened her eyes and saw her empty classroom. She yawned and rubbed her eyes, trying to see what time it was.

'Three-forty-five?' she thought. She wasn't even trying to go to sleep. If anything, she wanted to go straight home after school. She stood up and got her things together. She headed out the door, only to find the fliers for the dance work shop. She heaved a heavy sigh and rubbed her head.

'It's like a sign telling me to just leave.' She thought. She stared at the names of the main team members, and she hung her head just in case anyone saw her. A group of boys ran by, rushing to get to some practice after their detention. One of them ran in to Megumi, making her drop most of her things, but they made no effort to stop. To them, she was invisible, and that meant they had no reason to see what happened.

"S-Sorry, Okada!" she heard ahead of her. She didn't dare look up, but her heart skipped. She was positive the voice belonged to Kirihara, the boy that sat next to her. But there were already tears falling out, and she didn't want anyone seeing that. She put all of her things together again, but sat in place. The thought of going to the roof came by, but she missed her dad who couldn't come home the previous night since he missed his flight, and she wanted to see him. Then again, the dark feeling in her chest wasn't disappearing. And there was only one way to get rid of that. She looked in her bag for the sharpest object she could find. But there was nothing. Absolutely nothing. She threw her bag on the floor and rubbed her face. She figured her brothers went through it after what happened the day before. She groaned and looked up at the ceiling.

'What do I do now?' she wanted to cry everything out, but she was still worried about being seen by someone.

"Excuse me, miss, um, are you alright?" a person said above her. She turned her head and saw a person with glasses and purple hair. She nodded, and faked a small smile.

"I'm fine." She said as she stood up.

"Please wait. Is there anything I can help you with? You seem troubled." He said, tilting his head.

"Do I?" she raised her eyebrows and rubbed her eyes to try to hide the redness.

"I'm sorry to say, but yes. I'm in class council so I may be of help." He fixed his glasses. She rolled her eyes.

"Trust me, there's not much more the school can do to drive me away." She looked at him sharply. He held his head back.

"Pardon?"

"Don't worry about it." She said and walked away.

"Wait, are you possibly Okada Megumi-san, the one that Niou-kun asked about?" he said when she was half way through the hall. She stopped walking, and looked at him.

"Masa asked about me to you?"

"Yes. I'm not sure what he needed, but he asked about you this morning at practice." He smiled softly. Megumi didn't know what to think. Did he want something from her?

"Um, okay… Did he say something about me?" she asked shyly.

"Not quite. But Marui-kun did tell me that he asked about you a few times in the day. And how he went to see someone at lunch time, and I'm going to guess that was you. Are you a friend of his?"

"Uhh, I just met him yesterday." She scratched her head. He gave another smile, seeming to hide something.

"I see. Well, I am going to see him at practice soon. Would you like me to say something to him?" he offered. She stood still, surprised at what this guy was saying. Masa, the guy who dared her to jump and joked that she wasn't able to, was asking about her to other people. She shook her head, not knowing how to even take in this information.

"No, that's fine."

"I understand. And are you feeling alright? I can't help but notice that you were crying just a few minutes ago." He walked a little closer to her. She nodded.

"Alright. And I'm Yagyuu Hiroshi, by the way. I'm not sure if Niou-kun told you about me though." He gave a soft chuckle.

"Oh, he actually told me that I was supposed to meet you tomorrow." She said, remembering what Masa said to her at lunch.

"Is that so? Well, I guess I'm a day early. But I must head to practice now. I apologize if I made you late to anything."

"No you didn't."

"Well, I'm glad that you are alright. And I believe I will see you tomorrow. I finally understand what Niou-kun was trying to say today."

"Wait, what was he trying to say?" Megumi said, feeling like Masa was going to pull another small trick on her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, that is a mystery you are going to have to solve yourself." He smiled and walked away. Megumi rolled her eyes and turned the other way to go home. During the walk, though, she couldn't stop wondering what Masa wanted from her. Why was he asking about her to people? Was that the reason why Kirihara actually saw her today? And the guy that she just talked to, also happened to be friends with him. But to her, there was no way he thought of her as a friend. That just wasn't possible. She could already guess that he is going to forget about her by the end of the week, and just leave her to be invisible again. Just like her third year in middle school.

Megumi decided to visit Satoshi at his job, since crepes were often another solution to feeling down. She really hoped that he didn't guess what happened and gave her another long talk about it. But if anything, she preferred to talk to him, instead of Kenichi or Hiroki, her fourth older brother. Satoshi was the type to listen to what happened and not lecture her about feelings that she couldn't control well anymore. And she hoped that he would discount her since her wallet was near empty. He didn't seem too busy, and he finished taking an order. After he told a girl what to make, he turned and saw her. His face lightened up and he gave a small wave. She did the same, and thought about what to get.

"Hey, Megumi. You came just in time." He laughed.

"I did? What happened?" she leaned on the counter.

"See that red-head?" he whispered and tilted his head in his direction, "He ordered four crepes, and we're working on the last one." He said. She looked at him, and his face was familiar, despite the amount of whip-cream around his face. Then she noticed his uniform which was from Rikkai.

"You know him?" Satoshi asked.

"Nope. So, what's something I can get for three-hundred yen?" she asked with pleading eyes. He laughed at her.

"Megumi, the cheapest thing here is five-hundred."

"I'll pay you back eventually." She tried to negotiate. He sighed.

"Fine. This never happened, okay?" he said sternly and messed with the POS.

"Thanks, Satoshi." She softly smiled. She looked behind her to check if there was anyone was waiting.

"Megumi, did something happen today?" he asked, his smile gone. She shrugged.

"It doesn't matter." She said.

"Yes it does, Megumi. I'm busy right now, so can you talk to me tonight?" He reached over to hold her shoulder. He looked sadder than her from earlier, and she felt guilty.

"Okay." She mumbled and looked away.

"Anyway, it's my turn to go to the back and do some dishes. Kanae-san will give you a surprise crepe." He said and turned to leave.

"Thanks Satoshi. I'll see you at home." She said.

"Yup, bye, Megumi." He said as he went in the kitchen. Megumi waited at a table, knowing that he made her something special out of pity, and that it was going to take a while. She looked at her phone to pass time. There was nothing new, and she couldn't wait to go home. Her eyes wandered around and she almost didn't hear her name being called.

"Hi, Megumi-chan. Your brother asked for something really special, but I added some stuff for you too." Kanae said. Megumi didn't know her well, but she was very nice to her.

"Thank you Kanae-san." She said and left so she could give the other crepe to the guy with the whip-cream mustache. The crepe she got was fairly large and had strawberries, bananas, chocolate syrup, and some ice-cream. She wondered what the surprise was inside and took a bite.

"Hey! Wait up!" she heard someone yell. She ignored it, figuring it was for someone else.

"Hey, can you not hear very well or something?" the same person said. She looked beside her, and the mustache guy was right there.

"Uhhh, I'm sorry, what?" she asked after she swallowed her bite.

"I called out to you right after I remembered who you were! I'm not mad about it anymore, but you ran in to me yesterday, and you didn't say anything." He said, still walking with her. His smile was brighter than anyone she knew, and she couldn't remember what he was talking about.

"It's okay, you seemed pretty out of it. I'm Marui Bunta, the genius of the Rikkai tennis team. I'm friends with Niou." He said as he scarfed his crepe down his throat. Megumi was bewildered by the amount he ate, and how fast he finished it.

"So, are you the one that Niou had lunch with today? He asked about you a lot." He kept talking.

"About me?" she had the chance to say something back.

"Yup. I'm pretty surprised, actually. No offense to you at all, but he really doesn't like to bother with younger girls usually." He said.

"You can see me?" Megumi blurted. He furrowed his eyebrows.

"What? What kind of question is that?"

"No, I'm just really surprised that you actually see me. You and the guy that sits next to me and uhhh… that purple haired senpai."

"You mean Yagyuu?" he asked.

"Yes, that name." she said, really surprised. He suddenly burst out laughing.

"Wait, are you asking if we can see you?"

"Kind of…" she said shyly. He poked her cheek multiple times.

"Well, I see you're human, and I can feel you, so you're for sure not a ghost." He said. She turned her head and brushed his hand away. He laughed again.

"You're funny. I can see why Niou's friends with you."

"I just met him yesterday." Megumi mumbled, starting to get irritated about them using that word so easily. He shrugged.

"Oh, well, apparently you're having lunch with me too tomorrow. And I wouldn't try to argue with Niou. If he tells you to meet him somewhere, do it. He might try kidnapping you." He nodded with knowledge.

"What is he?" she asked shaking her head, not knowing if it was a good idea to talk to him anymore. Marui smiled.

"If he's your friend, it'll be an adventure. I have to go now, but I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. And your name is Megumi, right?" he asked. She nodded. He gave another bright smile.

"Okay then. I'll see you later, Megumi-chan." He waved and turned. Megumi stood in place, trying her hardest to remember his name again. She lowered her head and let a long, deep breath out. This day was one with too many ups and downs. All she wanted to do was go on the roof of her house and be alone for a while. She knew this would probably upset her father, but this was something he was going to have to accept. She put her headphones in and walked home, praying for a walk home with no interruptions this time. Even if she heard her name being called, she would pretend she didn't hear it. But she still couldn't get Masa out of her thoughts. The fact that he was talking about her to other people meant that she was probably going to get noticed by other people. She was okay with that with the third years, but if word about her travel to the first years, she knew that she would be hated by the entire class.

"We seriously could've won." She mumbled, thinking about her year as captain of the dance team her third year of middle school. She shook her head, trying to forget about what happened.

'I really wish she didn't fail.' She remembered someone saying. The dark pit was growing in her chest again, and she sped up her pace to get home. She needed to relieve the feeling as soon as possible, before her brothers caught the aura.

"Megumi, stop walking." She heard Masa's voice. She pushed herself to ignore it, and kept forward.

"Megumi." He grabbed her wrist. She stopped and turned around.

"What do you want!? Just leave me alone, for God's sakes." She yelled and turned back around. Faster than expected, Niou stepped in front of her.

"Why'd you just yell at me? That's not something friends really do." He crossed his arms, not letting her step away. She squinted her eyes.

"I don't know. Wait, it's because we're not friends!" she argued. He pulled his head back, as if he was really surprised.

"Wait, we're not friends? We've covered every step of friendship." He said.

"And what the hell is that?"

"I'm glad you asked. But I'll give credit to Bunta, since he's the one who created it." He said, preparing himself. He cleared his throat. Megumi rolled her eyes.

"Hey, show some respect. Step one, we met. That was easy. Step two, we know each other's names, remember it, and you call me something different, so you actually have a chance of being my best friend. Lucky you." He patted her head. She raised her eyebrow.

"Step three, we ate lunch together today."

"That was more by force…" she muttered. He covered her mouth.

"Don't sweat the details. Step four, we know a small secret of each other." She pulled his hand down.

"I don't know your secret." She snapped.

"Oh, yeah, huh… Well, let's see. What's a secret I'm willing to give away…" he said and stood in thought. Megumi tried leaving him, but he put his arm out.

"Okay. You have to promise not to tell." He said and stuck out his pinky.

"You're kidding, right?"

"Not right now. Come on~." He put his hand in front of her. Megumi stared at it, waiting for it to disappear.

"I'm gonna wait here until you do it." He said. She groaned and aggressively wrapped her pinky around his.

"Alright. So, yesterday, when you were about to jump off, you remember when I said that if you actually did it, I'd have to show you a secret? Well…" he looked around to see if anyone was looking. He pulled out her headphones and went next to her ear.

"I have wings. If you jumped, I would've had to fly and catch you." He whispered. Megumi had a small feeling of irritation in her, but something else beat her. She started to laugh.

"Really? That's what the secret is? You would've flown for me?" she asked, still laughing. She saw an honest smile grow on his face.

"Yup. And step five, make each other laugh. Therefore, Okada Megumi, we are friends now." He bowed.

"That's according to your other friend, right?" she asked, getting herself together again.

"Yeah, and I'm smarter than him, but I'll go with it." He said, starting to walk. She shook her head and followed to get home.

"You know, I should get a bonus point from you. I saved you yesterday, and I gave you three more possible friends." He added.

"Eh, that doesn't count, that was a coincidence. Once I see those wings, I'll give you the bonus point." She joked.

"Wow, okay… Wait, did you just make a joke?" he said, surprised.

"Um… yeah? What? Is it that shocking to hear me laugh or joke?"

"Well, considering that you were trying to kill yourself, yeah, that's a huge throw off." He laughed.

"Yeah, so is knowing a person who apparently has wings." She said and stopped walking.

"I'll see you tomorrow Masa." She turned to walk inside her house. She saw her brother looking through the window mouthing words she couldn't make out.

"Yeah. Hey, you should stop by our practice tomorrow morning." He suggested.

"No, I'd rather not." She said and left him.

"Fine, you're having lunch with us though." He said before she shut the gate door on him.

"Not unless you make me." She said. Then, Megumi saw the biggest smirk on him yet.

"Thanks for permission. Bye, Megumi. Watch out for the death Gods." He said. She rolled her eyes and walked inside. Right in front of her was Kenichi with his hands on his hips, and glaring eyes. She took her shoes off and ran in to the kitchen, hoping to see her dad.

"Hey! I have some questions, Megu!" she heard Kenichi dart after her. She ran to the living room, only to find the person she missed the most.

"Dad!" she yelled and hugged him from behind. She didn't care that he was in the middle of reading the newspaper. All that mattered was him finally being home after being in California for a month.

"Oof, hi, Megumi. Don't hug too tight, I want to live long enough to see your face today." He said. She let go of him and he turned around. She felt like crying, but she thought that it would send the wrong message.

"Megumi, I missed you." He said, smiling.

"Megumi! Who was that guy you were talking to?" Kenichi asked, walking toward them. Her dad looked at her with suggestively.

"Oh, one month I'm gone and you get a boyfriend?" he asked. Megumi looked at Kenichi.

"No, he's just a guy from school. Who happens to be our neighbor." She crossed her arms.

"Well, why were you walking home with him? Were you guys hanging out or something?" Kenichi leaned forward. She got a little annoyed.

"No. We just ended up on the same street at the same time. Coincidence is a good word for it." She said and went to her room.

"Well… is he your friend or something?" he and her dad followed her. She gave half a smile.

"Hm… Something like that." She said and caught a small glimpse of their dumbfounded expressions before she shut the door. She lay in her bed, that feeling of happiness hitting her again. It felt so much better than the darkness she was feeling just a few minutes earlier. She knew most of it was because her dad was home, but she had to admit, that some of it, was because of Masa. She didn't know what was going on anymore, but some faith was growing.

'Maybe we can be friends.' She thought, and lightly smiled to herself.

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