Ryuto

"You should tell her," Hikaru said.

My twin and I were walking towards the school courtyard. Auntie had just dropped us off and now we were going to meet up with the others.

"Who?" I asked, staring ahead.

"Lily. You've been looking at her since Auntie dropped us off."

I shook my head, tearing my eyes away from the shy blonde girl. "No. I'm okay."

"Then at least thank her for the cookies yesterday. Didn't you like them?"

"I did but…" My eyes wandered ahead of me and saw her again. Lily and her brother stood together in a small group.

"But?"

"I'll go say something to her then," I said, sighing.

Hikaru smiled. "Go then," she told me, pushing me forward.

"Okay, just give me space."
"All right. I'll go find the guys. I'll see you later."

"See you." When Hikaru left, I turned around to see Lily still standing in the same spot. I took a deep breath and started heading toward her. I tapped her shoulder once I reached her.

She turned around her green eyes widened when she saw me. "H-h-hi," Lily stammered. Unfortunately, I also caught the attention of her brother.

"Hi, Lily," I said. "I wanted to thank you for the cookies yesterday. They were really good."

Her smile was as sweet as her cookies. "Um, you're welcome."

Feeling myself turn red, I reached into my bag and pulled out a carefully wrapped paper bag and handed it to her. "Here. I baked something for you in return. I hope you like it."

"Say thank you to him, Lily," said her brother as her face turned pink.

I smiled at her. "I guess I'll see you a—"

"Oh, Ryuto!" shouted a voice. Someone collided into my and wrapped their arms around me tightly.

I looked down at the person to see Natalia grinning at me. "Hi, Natalia," I said. I glanced at Ivan's little sister and then at Lily and her brother, who was glaring at me.

"I've been looking for you!" Natalia said. "But now I found you!"

I felt Lily's brother's glare harden on me. "I have to go," I said, trying to release myself from Natalia. She had a very strong grip and was almost choking me. I gave up and eventually, dragged myself with Natalia still holding onto me. When I found the guys, I saw that Hikaru wasn't there.

"Where's my sister?" I asked.

"Why's my sister hanging onto you?" Ivan asked.

"I don't know! Tell her to get off me!"

"No," protested Natalia. "You belong to me!" Her arms tightened around me.

"You barely know me!" I shouted, struggling to break away and finally succeeded.

"But—!"

"Hey!"

I turned around to see my sister standing behind me with Kiku following her.

"Where have you been?" I asked her.

"Trying to find you guys," she said. "I found nii-san but I couldn't find the rest of you."

"We were around here, ve," Feliciano said happily.

Hikaru dropped her bag. "Really?" she muttered. Her eyes wandered over to Ludwig but quickly she looked away. "So today I have to stay after school for piano, Ryuto."

"Yeah, I heard you talking about it with Auntie," I said.

"You play piano, Hikaru-san?" Kiku asked.

Hikaru nodded. "I play piano and Ryuto plays the violin," she said.

The bell rang at the moment and everyone started walking away but then Alfred stopped us.

"Why don't we hang out after school today?" Alfred shouted.

"It's only Thursday, you idiot," Arthur told him.

"Besides I'm staying after school for piano," Hikaru said.

"So am I," Ludwig agreed. "But for another club."

"You guys are party poopers," Alfred said. "Then let's hang out tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow's Friday so…" I murmured.

"Tomorrow it is!" Feliciano proclaimed, throwing his arms around Hikaru and Ludwig and pulled them together. The two blushed brightly while Kiku and I opened our mouths in protest but Gilbert interrupted us.

"Friday will be the awesomest day ever!" he said. "But not as awesome as me!"

"What do you say guys?" Alfred asked.

"Definitely," Hikaru and I said in unison while the others agreed.

We left for our classes as the warning bell rang and I had a feeling of excitement bursting in my chest as I walked away.

A Note from your Author:

Sorry, guys...or those of you who actually read my stuff. I haven't posted in a while because I was a little busy yesterday (which was when I was supposed to post again) but I couldn't because I was busy. In this chapter, I wanted Ryuto and Lily to have a little push in their relationship because they're just too shy to get to know each other. And yeah...thanks for reading!