A/n: I'm sorry for posting this so late. I hope you forgive me! And Yamaken might be a little OOC here somewhere in the middle. I tried to make sure he wasn't but I guess I couldn't...

Chapter 2

You reach the party and see that many people weren't present and you couldn't see any of your friends so you decided to take a seat and wait. You walk up to the nearest chair and table in the corner of the auditorium in which your class had participated in decorating and sit down. You put your elbow over the table and rest your head on your palm, sulking over what had happened before.

'Maybe I should get over this silly obsession... Doesn't look like I even have a chance with him...' you feel your heart break as you think, your eyes get watery and you knew you were about to lose it but then you stiffen and sit up right, 'No, I won't give up so easily! I will confess to him after the party! Yeah! I will!'

You get up with confidence and with a determined look over your face but all of it disappears when you see him standing right before you... and he wasn't really alone, your friends were with him as well, staring at you for your actions.

You flush deep red and immediately turn away from them, 'it's cool, (y/n)... you can handle this...'

You turn back around and speak up, "I was just... uh... thinking how well this party is going! Yeah! Look at how much fun everyone is having!" You say awkwardly and place a hand on your waist.

"I know, right? Come on, (y/n)! Let's see how the food is holding up!" Nastume pulls you along with her and drags you to the food table which was opposite to where you were before and immediately stops and starts gibbering...

You ignore her as usual and think of a way to get a chance to dance with Yamaken but nothing occured to you. Soon you noticed the party music had changed to a low and slow one.

"Oi, (y/n). I want to have a word with you." Yamaken interrupts your thoughts and asks you to follow him and you do.

He finally comes to a stop and turns to face you.

"I'm sorry for calling you short before." He avoids eye contact and rubs the back of his neck, blushing a light pink as he apologized.

You chuckle a little and lean against the wall, "I'm sorry for barging away like that." You look over to you feet and smile gently. Yamaken notices your smile and blushes darker.

"What I actually wanted to say was..." he steps forward and moves one of your (h/c) locks dangling over your face behind your ear, "You look beautiful."

You look at him, astonished and feel your face heat up, 'Did he...?'

You shake your head and push away the thoughts making you nervous, "Did you ask Shizuku for a dance?"

His blush fades and he looks over to the direction Shizuku was and looks back at you, "Looks like I don't have a chance."

After hearing his words, you turn to look at where Shizuku was and see Haru guarding her. You could clearly see how annoyed Shizuku looked. You looked around to see everyone dancing with a partner or whatever. You didn't really care.

"Maybe you'd like to dance with me?" Yamaken offers you his hand, blushing a little but looking at you as he waited for you to take it.

You look at his hand and to his face in confusion, but then you smirk and take his hand.

You both danced to the rhythm of music and you made sure to avoid stepping on his foot. You see how nervous he was while he held your waist and was looking down at his steps, maybe he was avoiding what you were too. He looked adorable.

'I don't know if he likes me or not... maybe he doesn't... maybe he only sees me as a close friend? Ugh! I don't know!'

Your smile soon turns into a frown and you didn't want to twirl around any longer, your head started aching from thinking so much. You wanted to punch yourself for ruining such a perfect moment.

You slowly let go of his shoulders and stop moving along the music. "Why don't you try confessing to Shizuku, tonight? I'll stall Haru for you."

'What am I saying?!'

A rather astonished look paints his face and he looks at you, baffled. "You'd do that for me?"

"Is there anything I haven't done for you?" You look at him and say bitterly, you knew you were breaking inside but seeing him happy was kind of... what you wanted.

"O-okay..."

After attending to some business, you directly walk towards Haru and tug on his sleeve to get his attention. You gesture him to come closer so you could whisper into his ear

"Nagoya broke free from its cage"

"What?! IM COMING FOR YOU NAGOYA!" He rushes out of the auditorium to find the chicken you had freed. You glance over Yamaken's direction and give him a thumbs up, which meant the coast was clear.

After he heads towards Shizuku, you leave the auditorium to wait outside. You hide behind the school where nobody was and curse yourself.

'Ugh! I can't believe myself! I'm so dumb!' You throw your palm onto your face and slide down against the wall, sitting with your hands on your knees.

"I guess this is what I deserve" you hug your knees and close your eyes.

"What do you deserve?" You hear a familiar voice come from beside you, making you jump. You look over to your side to see Yamaken standing beside you, leaning back against the wall.

"Y-Y-Yamaken?!" you stutter and blink a couple of times, "how long have you been here?" Your voice comes out wobbly and broken. You immediately cover your mouth after you hear it breaking.

"I followed you here when I saw you leave the hall" he looks over to his other side, sounding calm.

"How did it go with Shizuku?" You close your eyes as your rest your face against your palm.

"I didn't talk to her"

You turn to face him, a little shocked. "This was probably your only chance" you say in annoyance.

"Yeah, but I didn't want to have a chance with her" he sits down beside you and folds his hands.

"What are you trying to imply here?" You sure were annoyed now, you did everything for this guy but he just throws away every opportunity he gets.

He tightens his fists and takes a deep breath, probably getting ready to say something.

"I-I... love you, (y/n)" he looks over to you with an anxious look, waiting for your answer.

Your eyes widen in shock and you couldn't compute what was happening at the very moment after he said those words.

"A-Are you going to answer or just look at my face?"

Your baffled face soon turns to a warm, fuzzy look. You tear up and smile, letting a small chuckle.

"I love you, too."

He leans in closer to you and places his lips on yours, his hand over your cheek and you placing yours on his.

The both of you withdraw to catch your breaths and look at each other. Yamaken holds you close and wraps his arm around you, "I kind of knew you had it for me." The blonde says with his usual plain look.

You just huff and smile, "Sure, you did." You say sarcastically.

Soon, a white flake fell onto your dress and the both of you look up to see snow falling. You stand up before him and raise your arms up to stretch with intertwining fingers. You turn around to face him and offer him a hand.

You smile softly and part your lips to speak, "Let's go home, Yamaken."