Chapter 3

The next day I was gonna try and find out what Suzuka was talking to the other girls about last night. Unfortunately I was unable to find her all day so far. It was already lunch time and she wasn't even by her friends. But the thing that worried me the most was the fact that she wasn't even at track.

"Hey, Yamato," Miyamoto called out. "Are you looking for Asahina?" He looked a little worn out from practice. It's weird how I can run so much after practice and he still gets worn out so quickly.

"Yeah, have you seen her?" I asked. I kind of already knew the answer but I should still try.

"No, sorry I haven't seen her all day. The last time I saw her was when she was carrying you home yesterday." At that moment I thought of a great possibility. What if she got sick while trying to make me feel better? How did that not cross my mind? I have to find her and see if that was the case.

I quickly sprinted away, unable to notice that I just completely ignored Honoka as she was trying to give me a towel like usual.

As soon as I got up the stairs and was right in front of her door I stopped for a minute to catch my breath. Once it was back I knocked on the door while asking, "Are you in there Suzuka?"

I didn't get a reply for a while. I was about to knock again but I heard her call out, "Yeah, just a little sleepy. You can come in." Of course I did as she said. She was in her pajamas which I have never seen before. And how could I, I've never even been in her room before. They hugged her body so well to. It made me blush just thinking about it.

Once I got myself under control I asked, "Are you alright, you look terrible." I knew that she was sick but didn't know if it was as bad as I had it or not. I really hoped it wasn't as bad.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It isn't as bad as it was with you." Just that gave me a huge relief. But the spooky part was the way she worded it. It was like she read my mind and answered it with the same way I asked it.

"May I ask you something Suzuka?" I asked. Although I knew she would say yes.

"Of course. You can ask me anything." She responded. The fact that she said the word anything kind of made my head go crazy with different ways to interpret that. Once I got my head back on track I asked her the question. "What were you saying to the other girls last night? And don't say it was the only way they would leave again. I won't buy it."

She just sat there for a while, not saying a single word. I wasn't going to ask her again, I knew that she would possibly need some time to answer. "I was saying that I was going to kiss you for the first time, well the first time that wasn't forced." She gave me and evil glare, but it quickly changed back to her regular face. "And I also told them that it might lead to more. I don't need to explain what that means."

I now got why they said what they did in response to what she told them. "Were you actually gonna carry it out?" I asked. I wasn't really looking for an answer. I just wanted to ask.

"Yes," she said. I was surprised once again. "But I was gonna wait until you were feeling better though." Well at least she wasn't crazy. "May I ask you something now?"

"Sure," I responded. I knew that she didn't need the response anyways though.

"Would you go through with it?" I couldn't believe she asked that. Normally she wouldn't ask if I would do something or not unless it was shopping. Of course this wasn't just your ordinary everyday stuff. This was much deeper.

"I must admit," I paused to think of how to word this. "I would." She looked surprised and thankful at that, for now she wouldn't need to force it.