Fudou searched and searched, finally coming to a stop in front of the Touki Café. Why he didn't realise that she would be here, he didn't know. He remembered she had once mentioned to him that this café was her favourite. He really was an idiot.
He saw Fuyuka's signature purple hair and started to think about how to go around approaching her.
Wow, Fudou Akio, thinking?! Has the world come to an end?! Anyways, back to the story.
'Ah, screw it all,' Fudou sighed mentally. He went by the direct way.
He walked straight up to Fuyuka, sat down in front of her and took advantage of her shock to grab he wrist to prevent her from leaving.
"F-Fudou?!"
"Listen, Fuyuka, you will sit down and you won't run away. You will hear me out."
Fuyuka gulped and nodded her head. "O-Okay…"
"Good. Firstly, I was NOT giving chocolates to Haruna. Seriously. Even I'm not crazy enough to go against Kidou when it comes to his little sister. Anyways, they weren't meant for her. They were… They were…"
Dammit why couldn't he just spit it out?!
"They were meant for you…" Fudou's voice dropped by five volume levels at the last word.
"What?" Fuyuka tilted her head to the side, confused.
Fudou took a deep breath and thrust the box of chocolates to her. Fuyuka was utterly bewildered now.
"They were for you! I wanted Haruna to pass them to you cos I was a sorry excuse of a man and was too embarrassed to pass them to you myself!" Fudou blurted everything out in one breath. Both of them were blushing furiously.
"Fudou…"
The said boy looked away. She was surely going to reject him, right? After he screwed up so much…
"Thank you… So much… Fudou-kun…" Fudou's head snapped forward. Did he just hear that correctly?
Fuyuka was smiling at him, her eyes on the verge of tears.
"Thank you…"
The two of them stood up in unison and Fuyuka tackled Fudou into a hug. Although slightly stunned, Fudou wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her head.
The perfect moment was unfortunately broken with a loud cry of "FINALLY!" piercing through the air. The duo- and everyone else in the café- turned their attention towards the source of the noise.
AKA a group of four students consisting of one blue-haired female, one guy with goggles and dreadlocks, another with markings on his face and hair reminiscent of a lion's mane and a final guy with long hair and an eye-patch.
"That moron didn't screw up again!"
"Hey! Shut up, Genda!"
By now, the other people in the café had either lost interest or were rather amused at the scene they were watching.
"L-Let's get back to the school. Everyone's watching," Fuyuka mumbled.
And so, the group of six made their way back to Raimon, with Haruna pestering Fuyuka for details while Fudou furiously defended against teasing from the other guys.
When they made it back, Haruna was sure to get everyone to know of the latest budding romance. In other words, she screamed "Fudou and Fuyuka are together!" at the top of her lungs.
"H-Haruna!" Fuyuka was red enough to put Natsumi's hair to shame. Speaking of the other managers, the two girls immediately ran up to them and were just about as excited as Haruna.
"Congratulations, Fuyuka! You're always helping us with our relationships, it's about time you entered one yourself!"
At those words, Fuyuka looked at Natsumi and Aki, shocked.
"How…?"
Natsumi grinned.
"Oh come on. Did you really expect me to believe that Endou was able to choose those chocolates for me all by himself? I'd be surprised if he even remembered what White Day was about!"
"Ichinose-kun told me. You were the one that reminded him to call me, right? They don't have White Day in America."
Haruna then turned to Fuyuka with a horrified look.
"Fuyuka-chan! You played matchmaker for Natsumi-chan and Aki-chan, but not for me?"
Fuyuka smiled at Haruna.
"Sorry, Haruna-chan, but it's not my fault! Kidou refused to let me pair you up with anyone!"
"EH?!" Haruna glared at her brother who was trying his best to look innocent.
Needless to say, he failed miserably. If looks could kill, Kidou would be a pile of ashes on the ground.
"Onii-chan! How could you?!" It was a rather amusing sight for the Teikoku and Raimon students. After all, it's not every day that you see a piping mad Haruna chasing Kidou around the classroom.
At that moment, Narukami Kenya, who had taken off his headphones amidst the chaos, yelled at Fudou.
"Hey, did you even kiss her?!"
The entire classroom was silenced as they all turned towards the purple-haired midfielder. Their expressions spoke volumes.
Narukami put his hands up defensively.
"Hey! It's the least he could do! I mean, it always happens in Korean dramas!"
And so, everyone learned that Narukami Kenya, midfielder for Teikoku, was a fan of Korean drama serials.
"But you're right… We were following them the entire time and all he did was return her hug!" Sakuma accused.
"Hey! Wait a minute… You guys were following me?!" Fudou's jaw dropped to the ground.
By now, most of the children in the classroom were chanting in unison.
"Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!"
Fudou, quite overwhelmed, grabbed Fuyuka's face and crashed his lips onto hers. When they parted, both were as red as tomatoes and the classroom erupted into cheers.
Fudou was glaring at the ceiling while Fuyuka giggled softly. When he looked at her, she smiled gently and slipped her hand into his.
Only Fuyuka saw the small smirk tugging at his lips.
- Extended Ending –
The couple was perfectly fine with just standing together while the others were partying.
Unfortunately, a loud, booming voice hushed everyone.
"What is going on in here?!"
The students of Raimon all gulped as they slowly turned to the open doorway, where a very angry Kudou-kantoku was glaring bloody murder at them.
Specifically at Fudou.
"Oh shit!"
Fudou could only pray as Kidou patted him on the back.
"Rest in peace, Fudou."
I am finally done with this! I hope you liked it, Hachimitsu-san! And about that extended ending, well, I realised that in the beginning I wrote about Kudou being protective of his daughter, so I thought might as well connect to it here.
Thanks for reading!
- Mitsuko