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Another day at school, another boring day. Those were the thoughts of a blond girl, named Yoimiya Naganohara, who wasn’t really paying attention to the teacher in front of her, nevertheless she had to act that she cared about this lesson of Liyue history and how important it was and blah blah blah.
All she cares about is to get home, eat, sleep and wake up to taste some fireworks during the weekend.
Seriously, who thought of having a history lesson at the end of the day?! The school wants the student to die of boredom?!
"Miss Naganohara… "Miss Naganohara are you listening?" Asked the teacher who was now looking at Yoimiya.
"Uh I-" Yoimiya started to mumble, without words coming out of her mouth.
"As always slacking on my lessons. When are you gonna learn that history is important to one's general culture?"
"Sorry Sensei…"
"As a punishment, you are going to clean the classroom after the end of the lesson and you are gonna leave school ONLY when there is no dust in this classroom".
"Eh? But-"
"Am I clear? Miss Naganohara?" Said the teacher with a firm tone in his voice.
"Yes, Sensei…" Said Yoimiya while sighing. This day is going to be a long one…
After school hours
Yoimiya finished cleaning the classroom with a sigh, she was really angry because she couldn't get home earlier.
"All because not paying attention to a stupid lesson from a stupid subject like history, seriously whats so important about-"
She was cut from her monologue when she heard a guitar, the sound came from the other side of the hall.
'A guitar? But the school clubs ended about a couple of minutes ago. Why was someone still here?' Yoimiya thought as she stepped out of the class.
The melody was oddly familiar, as if she had heard it before. She is not sure where she heard it but it was familiar, she was sure about that.
As she got closer, then someone started singing
Blackbird singing to the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life… you were only waiting for this moment to arise
The voice was a melodic one and from a boy, she was sure about that. She still couldn't get behind where she heard it, but she's gonna know sooner or later.
Then the Man continued singing as she got closer to the music room
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird, fly… Blackbird, fly
Into the light of a dark black night
When the man finished singing this, Yoimiya was already at the door, seeing who was playing the song. It was a boy, as she presumed, but she had seen the boy somewhere, seeing the white long hair, those crimson eyes and his pale skin…
It was Kazuha! He shares Geography and Chemistry with her, she didn't know he played the guitar. Then Kazuha realized he was being watched and darted his eyes directly to Yoimiya.
"May I help you?"
"Uh- what?- Ah- Sorry! I was just surprised to see someone at this hour. Just that." Said Yoimiya, scratching her head.
"Well, I can say the same about you, there is no one around these hours."
"About that… What are you doing at this hour? Don't you have stuff to do?"
"I can ask you the same, Yoimiya, don't you have things to do?"
"Well… Yeah, but I got punishment for not paying attention to a history lesson, hehe"
"Hmmm, I see."
"What are you playing? The song I mean." Yoimiya asked.
"Oh, well. It's just a little cover I am doing, Blackbird from The Beatles."
Blackbird! That 's it! She remembers it now! Her dad used to play her this song when she was younger, she always liked it. But after sometime she forgot about it but somehow it is still in her core memory as a childhood memory.
"Blackbird? I love that song!" Said Yoimiya with enthusiasm.
"Really? I didn't get you to be a Beatles person"
"And I didn't get you to play the guitar so well"
Kazuha chuckled at the comment she made. "Thank you"
"Hey… mind if I stay here? Until you finish the song?"
"Sure, I don't mind"
Yoimiya then seated herself in front of Kazuha as he made himself comfortable to continue playing.
"And one… two… one, two, three, four"
Kazuha continued playing the guitar, after two turns of playing the same rhythm, he started singing.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
As he sang the song, Yoimiya was admiring the calmness of Kazuha when he played the guitar.
His voice, so serene, was a pleasure for Yoimiya's ears. As he sang, Yoimiya started remembering her childhood with his dad, how most nights she watched the fireworks go up high to the sky and how her dad, before going to sleep, sang to Yoimiya her favourite song.
It was so pleasant to remember all this and with such a good looking guy like him, the way his lips moved while singing, his eyes focused on the guitar and his hands, how smooth they moved. She had to admit it, she was hypnotized, by Kazuha of all people. The quiet kid who didn't bother anyone and no one bothered him.
It surprised her… Maybe it’s true what they said, that polar opposites get attracted to each other- wait, from where did that come from?
"Yoimiya?"
"Eh? What?" Yoimiya woke up from her trance.
"Are you sick?"
"What? No?"
"Then why is your face red? Are you having a fever?"
"Eh?! It's not red no no, it's nothing really!" Said Yoimiya as she panicked a little bit. Only for her face to get even reder. Not even twenty minutes with him and she was already making a scene, great.
‘Hmm, weird. I was sure she was having a fever or something. Well, girl stuff I guess.’ Thought Kazuha.
“Anyways, do you want to hear another song? I have another song ready if you want.”
“Oh sure-”
Riiiing Riiiing
A phone started ringing in the room then Yoimiya realized it was her, she was getting a call from Xiangling.
“Sorry, is my friend, mind if I pick up?”
“Sure, besides, I have to go too. I promised my mom I would help her with dinner tonight.”
Said Kazuha as he started getting his things ready.
Meanwhile, Yoimiya picked up the phone.
“Xiangling? What’s the matter?”
“Hey Yoi! Where are you? Class finished a while ago now.”
“Well, let’s say I got punished for not paying attention to a history lesson and I had to clean the whole classroom by myself”
“Really?! Man that sucks. Where are you now? Are you at home?”
“Um, no am still at school”
“Really?? What are you still doing there? Don’t tell me the teacher told you to clean the bathrooms too! Ewww”
“No! Ew no! Am just in the music room, with Kazuha. Do you remember him? We share Chemistry and Geography?”
“Oh yeah I remember- Wait what are you two doing in the music room?? And ALONE of all things???”
“Well, I heard him playing a song I remember and thought I could listen to it, y'know he plays the guitar really well.”
Then there was a couple of seconds of pure silence
“Uhh… Xiangling are you there?”
“Girl meeting. Am calling the girl-gang over. You are gonna come.
Now.”
Beeeep
“W-Wait what do you mean girl meeting? Hello?! Xiangling?!” Asked Yoimiya, taken by surprise by the sudden change of her friend.
“Something wrong?” Asked Kazuha as he picked up his guitar case.
“Eh? Well, my friend had a sudden change and wanted me to go meet her now… Man, sometimes I don't understand Xiangling.”
“Xiangling? I share some classes with her.” Added Kazuha
“Well, better get going. It was nice talking to you Kazu!”
“I- Kazu?” Asked Kazuha as his cheeks got a little pink
Yoimiya then realized what she said and her face got red, again.
“S-Sorry, I-I thought since we kinda know each other I can give you a nickname, since I do that with everyone, but if you don’t want me to say that’s okay-”
“I kinda like it actually.”
“W-Wait, you really like it?”
“Yes, and since you are calling me Kazu. I want to call you Miya, if that’s okay with you of course”
“Well, I don’t mind it.”
Kazuha then smiled. “Well then, I guess I’ll see you on Monday, Miya.”
Added Kazuha as he went down the hall and then the stairs. Now Yoimiya was standing alone in the middle of the hall and now she had a meeting to attend, for some reason.
Xiangling’s house
“Today, I gather you all girls, to discuss a very important matter that happened a couple of hours ago.”
Xiangling said to all the other girls, who were gathered in a circle in the room of Xiangling.
The group consisted of Yoimiya, Kamisato Ayaka, Lumine, Hu Tao, Amber, Kuki Shinobu, Xinyan, Sucrose, Fischl and Xiangling.
“Well, what happened that is ‘so important’ as you say Xiangling?” Asked Ayaka while she had Guoba, Xiangling’s dog, on her lap.
“It’s something related to a boy. But not any boy, it’s not a popular boy, like Tartaglia or the brother of Lumine, Aether. It’s not someone who resonates, like Bennet with his bad luck. It's… One of those boys… That simply is there, one of those boys who simply stays there, watching and no one, or almost no one, knows about his life other than they attend some classes together-”
“Ok, stop that, just say the name already.” Said Lumine.
“You might know him… As Kaedehara Kazuha…” Said Xiangling with a mysterious tone, which probably was taken from one of those old tv shows Xiangling likes to watch.
“Wait… So Kazuha is this ‘mysterious guy’? He’s friends with my brother.” Said Lumine.
“Really?”
“Yes! We also go to the music club together!” Added Xinyan.
“Oh… So… He isn’t that mysterious actually… Damn, I thought I could make it more interesting.”
“Well, he is an interesting guy, he’s calm according to my brother… Very calm actually and that’s kinda creepy when he gets really angry. It’s like seeing one of those Ronin Samurai ready to go for the kill but without losing his cool.” Added Lumine.
“Oh… That is something… But what does it have to do with us?” Asked Amber
“Well… Let’s say that one of us, got to meet him today, after school hours on the music room~”
Then all the girls turned to the sound of a cracking door, seeing Yoimiya trying to get out of the room as the girls were distracted.
“Yoi, anything you want to add?” Asked Xiangling with a mischievous look on her face.
Then Yoimiya turned to see all the girls as her face was completely red from all those comments a moment ago.
“Ummm, can I not have a word in this?”
“Why don't you want to say something? You were in the music room just listening to how he played the guitar. Right~?”
“W-Well I-”
Then Xiangling got closer to Yoimiya to whisper something in her ear.
“Or did something else happen? Like a, Kiss, for example?”
At this point, if Yoimiya’s ears weren’t steaming, they were about in any second now.
"Ling, seriously stop. You are gonna kill the poor girl." Added Kuki.
"Well, there was something else, actually." Yoimiya said after getting herself together. When she said this, all the girls turned their attention to her.
"What was that Yoi? Is that some gossip material for me?!" Said Xiangling.
"Let's say… that I gave him a nickname but he actually really liked it, not like other boys that simply laughs a little at it. He actually told me he liked it… and gave me a nickname too… He's calling me Miya now…"
Yoimiya finished telling what happened and all the girls went silent, everyone looked perplexed about it.
"For you guys it might seem dumb… but to me it actually means a lot-" Yoimiya was interupted when Xiangling put her hands on Yoimiya's shoulders.
"Yoi."
"W-What?"
"...You won the jackpot"
Eh? “Wait, what do you mean by that?”
“If a boy is giving you nicknames already, it means he likes you.”
After Xiangling said this, Yoimiya’s heads was going crazy. Kazuha liking her??? Is that even possible??? No way that, because he liked the nickname and he gave her a nickname, he liked her.
“Isn’t that a little too much? I mean he gave me a nickname, but that doesn’t really mean anything. I mean yeah, he’s good looking… and his red eyes are cute… and he looked so handsome… playing the… guitar”
As Yoimiya spoke, her voice started getting lower and lower.
“Oh my god, does that mean that our Yoi has a crush on Kazuha???”
As Xiangling said this, a whine came out of Yoimiya's mouth.
“Please someone end me…”
“Well, if you want to die, I can give you a coffin discount! Tell me what kind of wood do you like? The discount depends on the type of wood. Or if you want the couple combo, I can give you a 20% discount!” Added Hu Tao.
“So in conclusion, a new ship is seiling and we are gonna support our girl here, right girls?” Asked Lumine.
“YES!” Said all the girls at the same time.
“So, all in favour of the Kazumiya ship and all in favour to make it real?” Lumine said as she extended her hand and then all the girls extended their hands.
“Wait, you even gave it a name?!” Asked Yoimiya.
“No backing out of this Yoi! We are gonna make it happen!”
Meanwhile, at Kazuha’s house
“So let me get this straight, you got late here because you stayed at school after hours and met a girl, who shares some classes with you, and stayed in the school for a while?”
Asked Beidou, Kazuha’s adoptive mom. A woman around her 30’s with a patch in her left eye. A woman that worked at the docks of the city and had her own boat to travel around the world.
“Yes mom, she asked me if she could stay while I finished playing a song. Then she got a call from a friend and had to go.”
“Ah, well at least you weren’t alone. Something else happened with her Kazuha?” Asked Beidou as she got dinner ready.
“Well, you could say she gave me a nickname.” Kazuha said as he put two plates in the table.
“Really? That’s bold of her.”
“Well not really, she does that with everyone. But y'know, since she is calling me with a nickname I decided to give her a nickname. Now she is calling me Kazu and am calling her Miya.”
Beidou stared at Kazuha. “Damn, already that far in the relationship? That’s my boy”
“What? No mom, it’s nothing like that.” Kazuha said as his cheeks got a little pink.
“Kazuha, you can tell me if you like her. Hell even if you need me to teach how to put con-”
“MOM, we are eating and we are not in a relationship!”
“Ah hahahaha, I'm just messing with you. But just answer me one thing.”
“What now?”
“Is she cute?”
Thinking an answer for her mother, Kazuha thought the time when she was looking at her for the first time at the door of the music room, he remembered her face, a cute face with her blond hair tied up, but what he liked the most were her orange eyes, small orange eyes that showed a kind of cuteness.
“W-Well… Yeah… Maybe…” Kazuha said as his cheeks got redder
“Aww… look at my baby, already having a crush on a girl.”
“Mom, please stop.” Said Kazuha as her mother laughed at the poor boy in front of her, who was suffering from something called: ‘Teenage love’ for the first time in his life.