Amano-kun. Amano-kun. Amano-kun.
A few days had passed, and that boy had become her only thought. The conversation she had with him was the one good thing that had happened to her in such a long time, and she couldn't stop thinking about it or about him. Gone were the days when Yuno would sit at home with her parents, feeling sorry for herself and waiting to be caught by the police. Every time a negative thought would even begin to form, she would squash it.
"No! I have someone to live for now. I can't disappoint Amano-kun when we finally grow up…" Yuno had to be available so that she could marry him, like she had told him.
It was all she had to cling to - that future, which seemed terribly far away. But it was her's.
"Amano-kun…" She breathed his name to herself and then giggled. She was lying on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. "Some day that will be my name too. 'This is my wife, Amano Yuno.' " The little practice introduction sounded like music to Yuno's ears, and she almost wished that she could change her name already.
"Oh, but I can't just start calling myself that. It would scare him off." She thought sadly. But she could wait.
As it turned out, trying not to scare Amano-kun off posed a big problem for Yuno. She was terrified of scaring him. She was a girl who had killed her own parents, after all. What would he think of her if he knew? There was no way she could let him find out.
Besides that though, Amano-kun was such a naturally shy boy. Yuno was nervous she would say the wrong thing to him – she wasn't very good at socializing. What if she said something to upset him and Amano-kun took back his promise? She didn't think she could handle it, if he took that away from her.
That was why, the next day when she waited for him in the hallway after school so they could walk home together, she could only muster up a meek, barely whispered "Amano-kun…" to get his attention as he passed her by without even glancing up from his phone. He hadn't heard her at all, and she actually felt a little relieved he hadn't.
'This is silly. I should be able to talk to him. I know he won't be cruel to me or take back his promise, he's not like that…' Yuno thought as she followed him out the door. And yet, while she knew it was true, she still couldn't bring herself to call out to him again. Where was that bravery she had found the other day when they were both in the classroom together?
'It was because I had nothing to lose back then. But now I have to protect our relationship until we grow up. ' Yuno rationalized, watching Amano-kun head down the sidewalk towards his home. She waited a few moments until he was far ahead of her, and then followed down the same path. She wasn't even sure why, she just wanted to watch him for a while.
'I'll talk to him when I have more to say to him. For now, maybe it's better this way. I'll just keep an eye on him from a distance.'
Once Amano-kun had arrived home, and Yuno was back in her own home, she fished her phone from out of her pocket and sat down on her bed.
"I watched Amano-kun walk home today!" She typed on the tiny keypad. After her first conversation with Amano-kun, Yuno had started up a little diary of sorts about him on her phone. "The sun was just starting to set while we were walking, and it made him look so cool! I already can't wait to see him tomorrow!"
Yuno flopped onto her back on the bed and hugged the phone to her chest. She wondered what he was doing right now. He was probably settling down to dinner with his mom, laughing and chatting about the day's events at school.
A little bit of loneliness crept into her mind, imagining Amano-kun with his mother while Yuno sat alone in her empty house.
'One day, I'll be the one having dinner with him.' That thought gave her comfort, and she smiled. Until then, she would just have to be patient.
A/N: And thus, Yuno takes her first baby steps into the wonderful world of stalking. Aww. I'm pretty happy with this chapter! It turned out exactly how I wanted it. I hope you like it!