Shiori crossed her arms at the sight of Tooru and her sister. She frowned and raised an eyebrow at the two.

Meanwhile, Hajime moved away from Shiori and approached Tooru. He gave his friend a look of questioning. Tooru simply gave a lame smile before clearing his throat. Yuno peers at him and moves inches away from him and inches near her sister.

"Let me explain." Tooru started.

"Explain how you got to that conclusion. Why did you say my sister was your girlfriend? Are you an idiot? Do you think she's experienced in dating someone? In her whole life, Yuno has never kissed or dated anybody. She hasn't even liked someone so what made you think that you're allowed to suddenly 'date' her? Answer me, you disgusting potato?" Shiori seethed with pent-up anger.

"Calm down, Shiori. Oikawa did that to protect your sister." Hajime protected his best friend. He then received a grateful stare from Tooru.

"If he did, then why did he say that? Can't Oikawa-san just say 'don't hurt her' or something like that?" Shiori probed. "Shiori, if he said that, people will still think that there's something between us." Yuno reasoned out.

Shiori groaned before nodding in defeat. "Okay, okay! I lose, you three win! I surrender." Shiori raised her hands. "Just don't do something bad to my sister while both of you are acting. If you do, I'll arrest you for sexual molestation." Shiori threatened.

The three students sighed in relief as Shiori accepted the act that Yuno and Tooru will play.


It was early in the morning and the sun was being covered by the cloud that was exuding snow for the whole world to see.

Yuno yawned as she wore her shoes before standing up and leaving. Shiori suddenly calls out to her and tells Yuno to wait for her, which Yuno did. After a few minutes, the two siblings went out only to immediately stop by their front door.

At the gate is both Tooru and Hajime wearing thick jackets.

Shiori glanced at Yuno and saw her smiling gently as she bowed to the two seniors. Shiori thought about her adopted sister for a while before bowing to the two seniors as well. The two siblings then walked out and when Tooru tried to grab Yuno's hand, Shiori quickly intercepts and slaps Tooru's hands away. Tooru glares at Shiori, who forces a smile and continues walking.

As the four walked, Shiori starts to make small talks.

"Iwaizumi-san, a classmate of mine told me she likes you. Can you do something about that?" Shiori questions.

"Really? Someone likes Iwa-chan? I'm happy for you Iwa-chan!" Tooru commented.

"Iwaizumi-san is a pretty good choice as a partner for us first-year students." Yuno informs as Shiori hums in agreement.

"Quit it out. I don't want a relationship." Hajime says as Shiori and Tooru groan in unison.

"Iwa-chan, stop acting like that and try getting a girlfriend for a while!" Tooru suggests. "That's true! You look handsome so don't waste what the superior being has given you and get a pretty lady!" Shiori adds making Hajime shoot a glare at her. Hajaime stopped himself from saying something to Shiori and keeps his mouth shut.

"Once Oikawa-san and I 'breaks up', I'll make sure that I help Iwaizumi-san find a girl." Yuno notes as she checks her phone for the time. She smiles when she sees that it's still early.

"I don't need it. Go find yourself a partner first before helping me." Hajime responds bitterly. The topic of finding a girlfriend got him feeling sour. He wants to forget the recent rejection he experienced but with the three students around him, it only made his life worse and made him not forget what he wants to forget.

Due to the conversation the four had, they haven't realized that they were nearing the school campus and most students were looking at them.

The first one to notice that they were at their destination is Shiori who tapped Yuno and Tooru. Hajime then went after and sighed when he grasped what his childhood friend and Yuno should do next. Meanwhile, Yuno just gave a confused stare at the three and Tooru wondered what he forgot he should do.

Tooru glanced at the surrounding and figured what he's supposed to be doing.

The flirt touched his navy blue scarf and recalled why he wore that today. This morning, he thought of giving it to Yuno but now that he thought of it, Tooru doesn't want to give it to the younger student since it was too cold today. Tooru eyed Yuno and noticed that she doesn't have a scarf or anything to protect her from the cold except for the bubblegum blue jacket she wore that had no zipper.

Tooru then saw Yuno rubbing her hands together and blowing on it to remain warm. Suddenly, Tooru feels someone tap him and when he turns to the person who did it, he saw Shiori who was giving a reassuring look as she pulled Hajime away.

The older student stared at his two friends walking away before heaving a sigh. He then turns to Yuno who was about to walk away. Tooru instantly pulls Yuno close to him and makes her stand in front of him.

"Are you cold?" Tooru asks as he gives a gentle smile. Yuno doesn't catch what he's doing and speaks the truth. "Uh-uh, I forgot my coat today and my scarf as well." Yuno sighs as her breathing becomes visible. Out of the blue, she feels someone hold her hand so she stared at who most likely did it.

"Why are you holding my hand?" Yuno asks Tooru. "We're couples, aren't we?" Tooru said to try remind the younger girl who recalls it and hums in response. The older student smiles and let goes of Yuno. He removes his scarf and proceeds to wrap it around Yuno.

"I don't need it. Keep yourself warm and don't mind me." Yuno tries to stop Tooru from putting the scarf on her.

"You need it. It's freezing and I don't want you to catch a cold." Tooru says before he finishes wrapping the scarf around Yuno. He observes the younger student and sees her nose being red from the cold and her mouth covered by the navy blue muffler.

Tooru smiles and puts his hands around Yuno's cheeks, making the girl's eyes widen. The seemingly-perfect lady made her right foot step backwards and she kept still to avoid making the other students suspicious. Yuno felt her heart beat loudly as she struggled to keep her eyes at Tooru, who seemed strangely attractive today.

"Look at you being quiet. You're acting cute, aren't you?" Tooru teased and watched as Yuno shakes her head. Tooru gives another soft smile as he closes the distance between his face and Yuno's.

Yuno clenched her fist as she bit the inside of her cheeks. She doesn't close her eyes and gets surprised when the graduating student stops a centimeter away. Yuno makes her lips part as she feels it quiver in nervousness. She then yanks Tooru's hands away and moves far from him.

"I need to go to my classroom. Let's go." Yuno mumbles as she chooses to not stare at her senior's eyes and just leave.

Tooru, on the other hand, starts questioning himself and his actions. "We're just acting so it's fine." He assured himself before walking with Yuno to her class.


Shiori leaned on her seat as she eyed her sister.

"You're wearing his scarf..." The crossdresser mutters. "Are you enjoying it?" she spoke as she pulled her chair to sit beside her sister. Yuno shrugs her shoulders and remembers what her pretend-boyfriend did to her earlier. The seemingly-perfect stroked the muffler before taking a smell of it and groaning after.

"This smells like him." Yuno whined as she tried to remove it but halting when she sees a girl stare at her. Yuno waves at her classmate and keeps wearing the scarf. Shiori snickers and observed her sister.

"Yuno's flushed cheeks, her confused eyes, and the small flinches she gets when someone calls her. It's as if my sister's nervous about something." Shiori thought to herself. All of a sudden, a thought enters her mind. "Is it possible for that to happen?" the crossdresser asked herself. She then stood up and stretched.

The thought Shiori received and the condition her sister's in made her question herself. The realization that her sister is still a person with feeling makes her rethink all of the plan she had for herself and Yuno. The plan for both of the sisters to graduate, have a job, work and live independently without any person to marry was crumbling and sinking.

"Maybe Yuno would marry someone. I mean... she watches love stories these day. Did she want to experience that jittery feeling as well?" Shiori questioned in her mind. "What about me then? What would happen to me? Would I marry someone too?" Shiori sat herself down as that single question was asked.

The crossdresser then looked down on her uniform and noticed that she was wearing a male uniform. For the first time, Shiori blamed herself for going to a conclusion that she should be like her cousin. She then receives a crisis as she stands up again.

"I need to talk to someone! Don't follow me, Yuno!" Shiori rushes outside as Yuno gave another look of confusion.

The crossdresser runs up the stairs and almost trips but keeps her stand. She runs and when she finally arrives at her destination, she inhales deeply and calls for Hajime.

"Iwaizumi-san! Come here!" Shiori motioned for her senior to approach her but all she got was a puzzled expression. Hajime sighed before standing up and walking towards her making the crossdresser beam.

"Listen here, I've decided to go to the mall." Shiori informed and Hajime nodded. "That's great. Good luck." He says sarcastically but Shiori frowns before continuing to speak. "In female clothing." Hajime freezes upon hearing that.

"Are you crazy?" the older student blurts out. "Do you mean... wearing a skirt or a dress? Or just jeans or pants?" Hajime asked for clarification. He eyed the younger student as she smiled brightly. "Dresses and skirts! Doll shoes and heels! Things like that!" Shiori spoke happily. She then stops smiling and sighs. Shiori glances at her senior with uncertainty.

"If you could go with me then..."

"Are you an idiot? You rejected me, didn't you? Why would you ask someone you rejected to go out with you?" Hajime cut Shiori off as soon as he heard what she'd say. He crosses his arms and leans on the doorway. "Go bother you sister and stop bothering me." He adds

The older student observed the crossdresser's expression and saw her giving a forced smile as she eyed the floor. Shiori then gave a small and strained laugh as she realized how bothersome she was being. She nervously stared at her senior and gave a small bow.

"Sorry, I forgot." Shiori apologized. "I'll be going then! Uh... see you around!" Shiori waved as she turned her back on Hajime and walked away. Shiori bit her lip as she tried to feel fine. She felt guilty as she walked quickly to get away from her senior's classroom.

While leaving, Shiori didn't see Tooru watching her walk away. Tooru turned to his best friend and neared him.

"What was that? Why was she acting like that?" Tooru interrogated. Hajime only shook his head and walked to his seat, completely ignoring his childhood friend. He pushed his guilt away and started eating his food.

"What the hell is up with that girl? How can she ask me so casually after rejecting me?" Hajime thought to himself as he munched on his food. His mind is currently experiencing a breakdown as he felt remorse for saying those words to Shiori but he knows that the crossdresser would be fine the next day. He sighed as he drank water.

Hajime groaned.

From the very start, Shiori was a huge problem that he figured he should solve to grow as a person but right now, he can't find a solution that will benefit him. Shall he just give Shiori what she needs and help her? Hajime perched his chin on his palm as he stared outside and spotted the snow falling.

Should he give in?


A/N:

CRINGING RIGHT NOW

That small scene that you've seen, I wrote it so I hope you don't mind. I'm a naturally conscious person who is embarrassed of the things that makes me happy so I would appreciate it if someone tells me that the small scene with Yuno and Tooru made them cringe as well.

About Shiori and Hajime... just wait. These two will have a fair ending.

This story will probably end at 25 chapters based on my estimation but that can change anytime. I don't really want to make thins long that's why I'm making an effort to find the proper way to end it and give it the right ending it deserves, the kind of ending that would leave readers feeling comforted by the way it finished.

Sorry for the long rant and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Stay tuned for more cringe~~~