The Bet
Kano's POV
So now Kido wants to make a music club and dragged me into it to have a member. Right now we need three more club members.
Today at school, Kido asked the gang if they wanted to join her club. Mary said that she can't play any musical instruments or sing. She's also in the garden club already. Seto is in the animal club. Geez everyone was busy except for Kido and me. Shintaro said that he would think about it, because apparently he can write song lyrics. Momo said she would love to sing in the club. Thank god at least one of our friends is joining. That means we need to find at least two more people now. We only need one more person if Shintaro decides to joins!
Kido is making me do all of the paperwork for making the club.
Club name: Music Club
Person in charge: Tsubomi Kido
Number of club members:_
Purpose of organization: To have fun with our music.
Teacher to supervise the club:_
Kido still has to find club members and a teacher to supervise our club. I really can't do anything else if she doesn't find these people. How is she going to find two more members? She's not exactly what you call friendly and social towards everyone. It's hard for people to approach her and vice versa.
Today at class, Kido told me to go to the clubroom with her after school or else she'll punch me. I couldn't really refuse to go, I went when the bell rang and class ended. We walked together to the room and I opened the door. Momo was with us because she wanted to check out the clubroom. There was nothing to check out really. We don't have any instruments yet. It was just an empty, small room with a few chairs and a table in the center. There were some empty book shelves on the sides. This room could have been the book club, but there were no books here. Weird.
"Hey." I walked over to the table. "Kido, we're going to need to make some changes to this room when we get enough members.
"I know." Kido replied. We sat down at the table.
"How long do we have to stay after school?" I asked.
"At least two hours. I have to teach you how to play an instrument, idiot. Remember?" She said.
"Right." I nervously laughed with a smile.
"What kind of instrument are you going to teach him to play, Kido? Momo asked.
"I'll probably teach him how to play the guitar or something." Kido said.
I asked Momo if she knew how to play an instrument. She said, "No. I actually don't. I can only sing. Shintaro can't play any intstruments either. He can only write song lyrics. Sometimes I sing them."I hope Shintaro joins. That means we'll only have one less person we don't know to find." I said.
"What's wrong with finding people we don't know to join the club?" Kido asked.
"You. You'll probably be mean to them and scare them away." I teased, receiving a punch in the stomach from her just seconds after.
"Hey. I can be nice if I want to." Kido said.
"Then, prove it. Be nice to me by not calling me an idiot, stupid , bastard, or anything else that's mean ." I said with a smirk. Kido's face paled. Momo laughed and said, "That should be interesting."
"...I said if I wanted to.." Kido muttered. Momo and I laughed.
"C'mon. Try being nice to him for one whole day tomorrow, Kido." Momo said.
"If you can do it for one whole day, I'll believe that you can be nice." I said.
"D-don't we have more important things to work on for the club instead of something as stupid as this." Kido said.
"This is for the club!" Momo and I said at the same time.
"We're trying to turn you more girly. You have to be nice and more social. This will help you get more club members." I said.
"Let's make this a bet." Momo started. "If you can be nice to Kano the whole day tomorrow, then Kano has to do whatever you want."
"Wait wha-" I was interrupted by Momo.
"But if you lose, Kido, then you have to do whatever Kano wants you to do." I thought about this for a moment. I smirked. This should be interesting.
"Let's do the bet, Kido!" I said to her.
"Oh. Hell no! Do you have any idea how hard that is, you idiot! I have to finish making this club and wipe that stupid smirk off your face!" Kido shouted.
"Kido, you have to admit, this will help you be more social and get more club members." Momo added.
Kido groaned, showing that she knew that we were right.
"Fine. I'll try." Kido finally gave in.
Momo and I high-fived each other. "Let's shake on it, Kido." I said with a grin.
"Ew. No. Your hand is probably all sweaty and gross." Kido said. I laughed and said, "Don't you remember on the first day of school, we held hands for like three times." Kido blushed from the embarrassment. Momo exploded. "WHAT? When the hell did this happen? Give me details NOW." She said eagerly. "It's a secret." I said smiling. "S-shut up." Kido said. She finally gave me her hand and we shook on it. Her hand was warm just like the first day. "Starting tomorrow, Kido has to be nice to Kano and not call him mean names." Momo said.
"I want to go home now. I'm going to make posters about club, so people will join. See you guys tomorrow." Kido said. She grabbed her bag and left the room. Momo and I laughed as soon as the door closed. "Shut up!" We heard. Momo looked at me and said, "Kido sure has changed, Kano. She's friendly...no friendlier. It's all thanks to you." I smiled and asked, "Wait. What did I do?"
"You became her friend." Momo said. She left to go home and I was alone in the empty room. I became her friend...I didn't think that that was such a big deal. I guess I can sort of relate with Ayano though. Ayano how come you suddenly couldn't remember me. I finally took off my mask and cried silently in the empty room. "A-ayano..."
Kido's POV
The next day, I woke up and I thought that the bet from yesterday was just a dream. But when I was walking down to school as usual, a certain idiot from behind me said, "Good morning, Kido. I hope you didn't forget about the bet," and winked. "Holy shit. That wasn't a dream?" I asked helplessly. He laughed. Damn it. This is going to be a long day.
We continued walking to school and I saw the wind blowing the cherry blossoms into all different directions. Now most people would probably think that is some kind of romantic scene from an anime about a guy and girl walking together surrounded by cherry blossoms. Those people are dead wrong. There is nothing romantic about it with this smiling idiot.
To ignore him, I put on some music. I was only listening with one side incase the idiot had something to say to me. I realized that in my head, I've been calling him an "idiot" a lot. The bet is to not call him anything mean, but I can think of mean names right? Bastard. Jerk. Stupid.
Then, I noticed a few cherry blossom petals blowing towards my way. I reached my hand towards the pretty petals. My fingers and the petals touched. Then, the petals moved towards another direction. They were so pretty, but why was this world so cruel? Cherry blossom petals always made feel sad. They reminded me of Ayano so much. These cherry blossom petals are a m-
The idiot interrupted my thoughts. He asked, "Are you okay, Kido?" with a hint of concern in his voice. I didn't answer that question. He waved his hand in front of my face. "Hello? Hey! Are you zoned out or something?" I stopped listening to music.
"Have you ever realized that these cherry blossoms are all together at first, but will eventually drift away from each other into different directions?" I asked him the sudden question.
He was quiet for a moment, probably thinking of an answer.
"Never m-" I started to say, but I was interrupted.
"Yeah." was all he muttered.
"Oh. Don't you think that it's just like with people? We all become friends in the beginning , but then we will slowly drift into our separate ways." I said to him. He was quiet for a moment again. Again, he muttered, "Yeah."
Then, he said, "That's true, but it's different with us." I was tilting my head in confusion. He said, "Unlike the cherry blossoms petals, we can choose our own paths. We can chose a path to see each other again. Kido, you shouldn't worry about that happening. If we do drift I promise you that we will find each other and the gang again somewhere, somehow."
Again, I feel like I'm the one who's the idiot. He just acted mature just now. I was surprised from that answer. I wasn't worried because it already happened between Ayano and me. How can I choose a path to find Ayano again? How can she choose a path to remember our friendship? She can't...Kano thought that I was talking about the gang, though. I don't want to drift from the gang either. I looked at the cherry blossom petals again.
"Choosing our own paths, huh?" I said as I looked up. He nodded with a cheerful smile. "You're right...Kano." His eyes widened and his face turned a little red. This was the first time, I called him by his actual name. When he composed himself, he smiled at me. We continued walking. I looked back at the cherry blossoms one last time. They were different somehow today. I think I found a new meaning for those cherry blossoms. Friendship.
We arrived at class and talked to the gang. "Woah. Kido hasn't called Kano an idiot yet today." Shintaro pointed out. Momo was laughing and told the gang about the bet. "What? Wow. Sorry, Kido. I don't think you're going to win." Shintaro said. Well aren't you optimistic.
"Shut up, idiot." I said. I had to call someone an idiot today. Kano laughed and said to Shintaro, "Oh man. I feel bad for you. You have to be called an idiot to replace me." I punched him in the stomach when he said that. "W-what the hell...was that?" He said in pain. This time I smirked.
"The bet was to not call you any mean names for a whole day. That doesn't mean that I don't have to injure you today." "Oh man." Kano groaned. "Momo we should have made Kido not hit me for a whole day too." The whole gang laughed.
"Oh by the way, I thought about it and decided to join your club, Kido." Shintaro said. "Yes! Thanks. Now I only need one more member and a teacher to supervise to make this club official!" I said excitingly.
"You'll probably scare them both away with your violent ways." I heard the idiot say.
My first week back at school was not as bad as I thought it would be except like three of my teachers decided to give me projects. I can't really make anymore promises in when I'll update now. Anyways. Thanks for reading this story so far. Review to tell me what you think or if there is anything I need to work on with helpful advice. I had to edit some of the earlier chapters a lot from one review. Okay bye!