Requested by HachimitsuOukan.
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"Fuyuka!" Haruna gasped and pointed towards the corner. Fudou spun around and saw purple hair fluttering away. He immediately identified who it was and swore. Of all dumb ideas, this really took the cake.
"I'm an idiot, I'm an idiot, I'm a damn idiot!" he swore to himself as he ran after her. Haruna stared at the box in her hand, unsure about what to do. She finally decided on keeping the box in her bag and waiting for Fudou to explain to Fuyuka.
When she went back to the classroom, she was cornered by Genda and Sakuma.
"Haruna, what's going on?!"
"First you and Fudou go off to who knows where."
"Then Fuyuka chases after you two."
"Next thing we know, she's running past the classroom crying."
"And then Fudou that moron comes running by too."
"What the hell?!"
By this time, Kidou had also noticed the commotion. He went up to the group.
"What's happening?"
Haruna stared at the three Teikoku students and sighed. She had a lot of explaining to do.
"Fuyuka! Wait up!"
Hearing Fudou call her name only made Fuyuka ran faster. Unfortunately for her, Fudou was a trained soccer player. Thus, he had more speed and stamina than her. He caught up to her in no time at all.
He grabbed her wrist.
"Let go of me!"
"Fuyuka! Dammit calm down!"
Fuyuka flinched as he yelled at her.
"I-I'm sorry…" She turned her head to the side and bit her lip
Fudou immediately felt guilty and let go of her wrist.
"S-Sorry…"
They stood in awkward silence for a few minutes before Fuyuka timidly spoke up.
"W-Why did you chase after me…?"
"Well, I saw you run off all of a sudden, so…"
Fuyuka looked down, tears welling up in her eyes again.
"Why didn't you reject me…?"
"Huh?"
"Why didn't you reject me on Valentine's Day?! At least I could have moved on! But now, you made me get my hopes up! I thought you really did like me!" Fuyuka repeated, her voice louder.
Fudou was stunned. "But I…"
Fuyuka sighed. "It doesn't matter now. Go back to Haruna. She's probably waiting for you." The purple haired girl turned and walked away. She glared at Fudou when she heard footsteps chasing after her again.
"Don't follow me." Her voice was harsh and cold.
Fudou could only stand there blinking, staring at the back of a completely different girl.
"Well, on Valentine's day, Fuyuka-chan gave Fudou-san a box of handmade chocolate. Fudou wanted to give her something today, but, as you all know, he's too embarrassed and arrogant to do so himself. So he asked me to help him pass them to her. But I guess Fuyuka-chan saw and misinterpreted it."
When Haruna finished her explanation, Sakuma facepalmed.
"That idiot!"
Kidou nodded his head in agreement.
"That was dumb, even by his standards."
Genda looked confused.
"Wait, did he make those himself?!"
Haruna laughed.
"Believe it or not, he did! He's quite the candy maker!"
Sakuma and Genda grinned at each other. They were so blackmailing him for this.
When Fudou slammed the classroom door open, though, the grins slid off their faces. Fudou had an aura of angry and hate surrounding him, making everyone except for Haruna, Sakuma, Genda and Kidou back away.
One could tell that something very wrong had happened.
Sakuma tentatively approached the other boy.
"Fudou…?"
"What?!" he snarled. Sakuma backed off. 'Okay, okay, geez…"
Kidou grabbed Fudou's shirt and pulled him outside.
"Hey! Let go off me, Goggles Freak!" Fudou swore at Kidou.
In the classroom, everyone else sweatdropped but slowly returned to whatever they were doing before. Sakuma and Genda shared a glance.
"We're going to check up on Fuyuka," they told Haruna. She nodded.
"Okay. I'll follow Onii-chan and Fudou-san."
It wasn't hard to find Fuyuka. She was sitting at a café near to the school, staring melancholically at the cup of hot chocolate in front of her.
"Fuyuka!"
She turned, hearing her name being called multiple times. She smiled when she saw Sakuma and Genda.
"Hello, Sakuma-san, Genda-san."
The two boys sat at her table.
"Are you okay?" Genda asked.
After explaining that she was fine, Fuyuka asked them why they had looked for her. Sakuma was just about to tell her why Fudou had given Haruna a box of chocolates when Genda elbowed him. The look in the goalkeeper's eyes carried across his message clearly.
'Don't. Let Fudou explain by himself.'
Instead, Sakuma asked whether she would follow them back to the school.
"Sorry, Sakuma-san, but I want to be alone for a while."
The two boys stood up.
"Okay, then. But if you need anything, just call any one of us."
Fuyuka nodded and they said their goodbyes.
Meanwhile, with Fudou, Kidou and Haruna…
"What the hell, Kidou?!"
"What happened with Fuyuka?" Kidou deadpanned. Haruna, who had joined her brother, almost laughed at her brother's tone.
"I have no idea what you're freaking talking about."
"Oh really?" Kidou raised his eyebrow, mockingly. Fudou's eyebrow twitched. The mohawk-boy was suddenly very tempted to punch Kidou's face in.
After a few moments of tension, Fudou broke.
"Okay! I'll tell you! I chased after her. But she suddenly went all cold and harsh on me!"
Haruna piped up. "Did you explain to her about the chocolates?"
"Uh…"
Haruna was annoyed.
"Did you even try to comfort her?! Did you tell her that you loved her?!"
Fudou took a few steps back. He reflected on Haruna's words for a while before slapping himself.
"I'm such a huge, freaking idiot!" he yelled.
Haruna passed him the box of chocolates. "Go get her!"
Fudou accepted the box with a nod and ran off to find the purple-haired girl.
The two siblings looked at each other.
"Hopefully it works out this time."
Fudou ran up to Sakuma, grabbed him by the shirt and yelled, "Where's Fuyuka?!" Sakuma, struggling to pry Fudou away from him, didn't answer. Fudou was about to punch him when Genda grabbed the angered boy's arm.
"For the love of…! Fudou, calm down! Let go of Sakuma! Fuyuka's at a nearby café, but I bet she wouldn't want to talk to you, especially when you're this mad!"
Fudou let go of Sakuma and took a few deep breaths.
"A café near the school?"
"Yep."
"Thanks."
With that, Fudou ran off again.
Sakuma and Genda sighed.
"He better not screw up again."
I suck at updating, don't I? So sorry, Hachimitsu-san! Anyways, one more chapter to go!
Thanks for reading!
- Mitsuko
