Hikaru

Everyone left later on, including Ryuto for his date which left me all alone in the house until Auntie came back. I let the dogs back inside since they were outside for movie night last night…

"Did he really kiss me?" I asked Hana-chan as I was sitting under the kotatsu, rubbing her head. I wasn't really sure if he did or if I was just dreaming about it. I mean I remembered the feel of his lips on mine and god, he was so gentle about it. I wanted to kiss him again but then Feliciano came in. And then after that, the three of us went back downstairs to finish movie night. Sometime afterwards, I ended up dozing off on Ludwig's chest, which was kind of awkward when I woke up but thankfully none of the guys saw me…or did they?

"I don't think I even care about the other guys," I told Hana-chan. "Ludwig's so sweet…and handsome…" I rested my head against the kotatsu's surface. "Hana-chan, I have it bad."

I stood up and walked into the front hallway and peeked outside out of curiosity to see if Auntie was back yet. Instead, I saw Ludwig across the street walking three dogs. I smiled and was about to put on shoes to go meet with him when another girl approached him first.

The girl had brown hair tied into pigtails and she wore a blue dress. She looked familiar and I recognized her from my cooking class, even though I didn't remember her name.

I stayed put, watching as the girl and Ludwig started talking. The girl, I noticed, was smiling at him like she had known forever. It dawned on me that she probably has and that was when I closed the blinds.

How could I, someone who has only known him for a few weeks, compete with someone who has known him for years or possibly his whole life? I sighed, thinking that it was crazy that I've only been at Gakuen Academy for as long as I've known Ludwig and the others and yet I was jealous of a girl I barely knew.

"This is stupid," I said to myself as I started climbing upstairs to get it out of my head.

Later on, Auntie came back after dropping off Ryuto and going to the grocery store where she picked up a few groceries and a treat of Pocky for me. When I didn't go downstairs, she dropped off my Pocky with me in the piano room. Then an hour later, she left again to pick up Ryuto from his date.

Ryuto, who apparently had the best time ever with Lily, ranted about it to me as I tried practicing piano. When he left, I stopped playing, tossed my uneaten Pocky in my room, put a leash on Hana-chan, and took her outside for an afternoon stroll. I honestly didn't even know why I was going for a walk.

"Hikaru!"

I turned around to see my brother running with his dog at his side.

"Are you okay?" he asked me once he finally caught up.

"I'm just stressed," I said, shrugging. We started walking down the sidewalk. "Mama and Papa are coming in this week."

"She told me. You know you don't have to stress over it."

"I know. It's just that I can't stop thinking about it. I should be happy or something but…"

"They freak you out?" he asked and I nodded. "They scare me, too. Just follow their rules and don't over it, okay?"

I stopped as I looked ahead to see Ludwig and Feliciano walking towards us. Feliciano waved wildly while Ludwig smiled at me. Ryuto waved back but I didn't. "Well, I am," I told my brother, turning around and heading back home with Hana-chan. "I am stressing about everything."

A Note from your Author:

Just to let you know...completely random crap going on in here. I think I wasn't feeling well when I wrote this but the story had to go on! On the other hand, enjoy! *laughs*