Hi everyone! Here's Chapter 3 of the story! I hope you like it. It's a whole chapter dedicated to Fuji...at least that's how I see it.
Chapter 3: Apples
It was a nice day after school and Yuu was happily walking around familiarizing herself with her new home while trying not to get lost. She had felt like exploring after school and had asked Ryoma to come along with her, but he refused, which brought her to her current situation of roaming around. It didn't take her long to get lost, but she found herself at a local park full of people and happy children running around. As she walked around the park, she found a nice big tree to sit under and took out her sketch book. Engrossed with her current task of drawing Ryoma, she didn't notice anything happening in her surroundings and lost herself in the sketch. It wasn't until an apple fell on her head that she came to her senses.
"Owww, that hurt" she said rubbing her head and holding the apple that fell on her "I didn't know this was an apple tree" she said looking at the shiny red apple in her hand
"That's because it's not an apple tree" came a calm melodic voice
"So if it's not an apple tree, but an apple falls from it, then it must mean that…this is a magical tree!" she said, rubbing her cheek against the apple "You're so cool Tree. You even have apples that can talk."
"Um…the apple isn't talking" said the calm voice. Yuu stopped rubbing her cheek against the apple and stared at it for a while until she looked behind her to the tree.
"So then, it's only Tree that's talking?" Yuu asked confused "You're so cool! Hey Tree, do you also grant wishes?" she asked, hugging the tree instead
"Um…sorry to burst your bubble, but the tree isn't talking either. It's me." Came the voice once again. This time Yuu looked behind her and saw the same brown-haired boy with the gentle smile from the other day. He was carrying a brown paper bag full of apples with a nice smile gracing his face.
"Oh, it's…um…Fuji, right?" Yuu asked, blushing as she remembered the events of the day before
"Yup, and you're the little Moon Child, right? So apart from seeing guys change, your hobbies also include talking to trees?" he asked, smile still in place
"N-n-no! That was just an accident! I'm really sorry for interrupting your practice like that. I didn't mean to be a bother to anyone. I'm really sorry if I did though. It won't happen again, I promise!" Yuu rambled, blushing the whole time.
"I was only joking" Fuji laughed lightly "It's really okay though. Nobody minded it at all. Seeing your reaction like that was kind of cute though" He replied, chuckling when he saw Yuu blush more at his last comment. Teasing her was more entertaining than he thought it would be
"Oh, this is yours right?" asked Yuu, holding the apple up to Fuji
"I'll let you have it if you let me sit with you" replied Fuji
"You don't have to do that. You can sit here if you want. I don't mind" replied Yuu smiling as Fuji sat down next to her under the tree
"Do you like to draw?" asked Fuji, facing the sketch book next to Yuu. She started wondering how much he could actually see with his eyes partly closed
"Yeah, I like drawing. I'm not very good at it though. So, can I assume that you like apples?" she asked looking at the bag of apples that was placed next to Fuji.
"Yeah, apples are my favorite. What about you?" he asked
"Me too. They're the only fruit I'll eat. Sweets are what I love the most though" replied Yuu, smiling up at the boy. The small comments between the two ended up in a full blown conversation about the things they like. They were so caught up in their conversation that they didn't notice the sun was starting to set. Their conversation was only interrupted when a Frisbee came towards them and almost hit Yuu. Luckily, Fuji was able to pull her out of the way, but it only left Yuu blushing as she found herself pulled up close to Fuji.
"Are you okay?" he asked, his left arm still draped around the girl, keeping her close to him
"I-I'm fine. Thank you Fuji-sempai" Yuu replied blushing, looking down at her hands. Fuji noticed her blush anyways and let out a small chuckle
"I'm really sorry! Are you okay?" asked a girl running up to them. She had long flowing brown hair that reached to the middle of her back and beautiful dark chocolate brown eyes that carried a worried look in them.
"We're okay, no worries" said Fuji giving the girl her Frisbee
"I can't believe I almost hit you Fuji! I'm really sorry about all of this!" said the girl "Oh, who's your friend? I haven't seen her before" asked the girl, looking over to Yuu
"I'm Tsukiyomi Yuu, I just moved here not that long ago. It's nice to meet you." Said Yuu getting up from her spot beneath the tree and bowing to the other girl
"Nice to meet you, I'm Touma Ringo. I'm in the same class as Fuji and the secretary of the student council. If you ever need anything, feel free to ask" replied the brunette smiling lightly
"Thank you" replied Yuu smiling back
"Well, I'd better be going. I'm really sorry for the trouble Fuji. It was nice meeting you Yuu" said Ringo before she ran off
"Hey Fuji-sempai" said Yuu, trying to get the boy's attention "You like Touma-sempai, don't you?"
"Yeah, since our first year. She's the type of girl I like. Is it that noticeable?" asked Fuji, taken back at how easily the small girl was able to make that assumption when they had barely known each other for less than half a day
"Ah, Fuji-sempai, I wasn't thinking of it like that. I was thinking that since you like apples and 'Ringo' means 'apple', in a way it meant you like her as a friend. Plus she seemed like a really nice likeable person…but I'm really sorry. You probably didn't want anyone to know that you actually like her. I promise I won't tell anyone. Please don't be mad" Yuu rambled on, blushing the entire time and looking down, feeling embarrassed and like she had been rude to Fuji. She only looked up once she heard Fuji start to laugh, confused at what he was thinking.
"Sorry, I'm not laughing at you" Fuji said, calming his laughter. "It's just this situation and your thinking process. Eiji has been trying to get me to tell him who I like since our first year, and he still hasn't succeeded. Then you come along and you haven't even known me for more than half a day, yet you were able to get me to say who I like. It's all so funny" he said beginning to laugh again
"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to be a bother to you. I promise I won't tell anyone." Said Yuu, still blushing from embarrassment. She was holding up her right pinky, a very childish act, but one that showed she was serious.
"Okay, then it'll be our little secret" said Fuji holding out his right pinky as well, crossing his with hers. "She's definitely an interesting person." He thought, giving her a warm smile
Thank you for reading! I hope you liked this chapter.