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“Did you see the class list?”
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“Hey Nakamura! We’re in the same class!”
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“Were classmates again, I'm so happy!”
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Hirose sighed. It was such a simple message and yet he couldn’t find the correct way to word it. There he stood, outside the entrance ceremony for his second year of high school feeling like a broken record typing a deleting a LINE message to his friend Okuto Nakamura over and over again.
Hirose came to school early the first day of the term, anxious to check class lists. Takeuchi, who slept in late, was blowing up his phone to inquire about his own class placement. Even Oomori texted him the night before hoping that they are classmates this year.
And yet, when he stood in front of the second year list the only name he cared about looking for was Nakamura's. And there he was, Nakamura Okuto……Hirose Aiki…..both under the list for Class 2A. In that moment Hirose felt his heart almost skip a beat as he let out a sigh of relief, elated that he gets to spend another year with his friend.
As Hirose was walking towards the door for the entrance ceremony it hit him that he had not even bothered to check the classes of his other friends because he was so anxious about which one Nakamura was in. He barely even noticed that yet again they’ll have Otogiri Sensei as there homeroom teacher. It's not like he didn’t care about his other friends, and he even hoped that Takeuchi and the others were in 2A.
But Nakamura..Nakamura was different. Ever since the end of last year, Nakamura was all Hirose could care about and he was not quite sure why. He blushed at the thought as he continued deleting LINE messages to Nakamura.
“..Hirose?”. Hirose almost didn’t hear his name being called from behind. A shy, yet passionate voice called out his name. Hirose looked up and there he was, Okuto Nakamura standing right next to him. Hirose frantically put his phone away.
“Ah Nakamura! How was your break? I missed you!”
God he shouldn't have said that. It had only been a week and a half since they’d seen each other and now Hirose looked..clingy? Why couldn’t he have practiced what to say!
Nakamura looked down awkwardly, “It was good, I spent lots of time with Icchan and got him a brand new tank. I also went to the aquarium with my family and saw the new octopus they have! I even saw this new documentary I had been wanting to see on octopus lifecycles!”
Hirose smiled, he loved how cute Nakamura looked when he went on his Octopus tangents. Wait, cute?? Hirose blushed and shook the thought away.
“Um…Hirose?” Nakamura blushed, he looked nervous; almost scared to say whatever he was about to. That wasn’t unlike him, Hirose had gotten to know that Nakamura was a pretty awkward guy so this kind of stuff wasn’t unusual.
“I..I AM EXCITED TO BE CLASSMATES WITH YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR!!” Nakamura exclaimed. This also wasn’t unfamiliar to Hirose, Nakamura nervously yelling at times.
Hirose chuckled at his exclamation.
“Me too! I was thrilled to see your name on the class list!”
The two boys continued talking as the entrance ceremony commenced. Hirose smiled, gazing at Nakamura out of the corner of his eye. He looked almost picturesque watching the welcome remarks.
Yeah.. Hirose thought, feeling his heartbeat once more, This is gonna be a fun year.