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3rd year of Highschool ~ Junior year
“Boo!” You slammed your locker shut and you saw someone, someone none other than Kunikuzushi.
Your eyes widened for a split second before you took a handful of his hair into your hands and pulled on it.
“Don’t even try, Zushi.”
“Ow, ow, ow, ow, OW! Let go you maniac!” Kunikuzushi shrieked as you pulled onto his hair very tightly. He put his hand over yours and tried to peel you away from grasping onto his hair.
You huffed and decided to let go because you were “so merciful”. The traumatized boy checked his hair off of his phone screen and immediately shot up a deadly glare at you.
“You’ve got to be joking. I look like a dead corpse.”
Turning your attention to him, you couldn’t help but giggle at his deadpan expression and his damaged hair. Seeing you laugh at him, he deepened his frown even more at you and you quickly shut up at the sight of it.
“Ah– sorry, sorry.” You were fast enough to brush out his hair back into its usual place.
When you finished, he reopened his phone to check his hair again and hummed a response in satisfaction seeing his hair in position. Before you could say anything else though, he got a “ding!” and he turned his back to you, holding a hand up as a signal to say “hold up real quick”.
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ugly ginger bitch
November 3rd 16:56
“Tartaglia”
“How should I ask (Name) out?”
November 4th 14:09
“Why tf are u asking me”
“Ur literally so fucking late”
“Anyways”
“It’s bc u date half of the school’s population”
“Since when did you even like (Name)”
“U slow ass for 2 years already”
”I’ve already told u balloon head”
“Damn”
“Ok so what I do is just walk up to the person and ask them out”
“Simple as that”
“Bro wtf that’s not happening with me”
“Then write (Name) a note and pass it to them in class idfk”
“U asked me for advice and ur not even taking it”
Read 14:11
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All you heard was a sigh from Kunikuzushi as you were looking at him with concern. He turned to you and froze for a second.
“Nevermind, let’s just get to class, (Name)?” He asked you just as the bell rang for the first period.
You nodded and walked with him to your 5th class. Actually, you and Kunikuzushi have similar classes except periods 4 and 7 which are mixed around with the both of you. Both of you didn’t mind since you guys had other friends in those particular classes.
In all honesties, this was the first year out of 3 you’ve ever had the most classes with him. And ever since then, you guys developed a close relationship with one another. Before that though, you and Kunikuzushi were awkward friends.
You both had your own little friend groups but then your friend groups ended up connecting with each other when you started talking with Tartaglia, a ginger jock who’s very rich and popular among the girls, and also your cousin. You’ve always thought Kunikuzushi was unapproachable because of his cold expression and personality but that judgment ended a year ago. Now, he was one of your closest friends and you could tell he was also comfortable with you.
“Ms. Lina’s class sucks. This is gonna be so boring.” Kunikuzushi muttered to you before you both entered the door.
You shook your head and shrugged in some way of a response.
And oh boy, it was chaotic.
Ms. Lina was a scrunchy old teacher who did nothing but lecture all hour long. But your classmates were even weirder.
A guy you were unfamiliar with, Itto, was throwing spitballs all over the place despite turning 17 the month before. How immature. Another person, Bennett, tripped over a filled garbage can in the room so now he’s working on cleaning the place up. Your friend, Yoimiya, was too busy babbling about how she almost blew up her kitchen because she was unable to make Taiyaki.
With the teacher screaming, Itto acting like an adolescent idiot, Bennett mopping away, Yoimiya talking nonstop, and other classmates busy doing something other than their work was a great way to start the class.
Ring, ring, ring..!
“Thank Archons, the class is over..” Everyone scurried out of the class as Ms. Lina could still be heard shouting.
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You were busy writing notes for the history lesson when you felt a light tap on your leg and a piece of paper was thrown onto your desk. It was a folded note and you turned to Kunikuzushi in wonder at what he did.
Does he need clarification on the assignment or something?
Curious, you looked over at him. It wasn’t much help looking at him for any signals either because Kunikuzushi had his head shot down on his desk while his arms were folded as a pillow for him. But your question and suspicion was soon answered when you opened the note.
“Wanna go to the park with me after school?”
- Yes
- No
Flinching after what you’ve read, you rubbed your eyes to make sure you were seeing correctly. Looking back at Kunikuzushi whose head is now buried in a book, you could notice his ears which were now in a red hue.
He wants to hang out! Is he trying to ask me out?!
You contained your excitement the best that you can and checked the ‘yes’ box. In all seriousness, you did have a massive crush on Kunikuzushi since the day he moved to your school during your first year, second quarter.
These past 2 years, you’ve always kept quiet about it when you’re around Kunikuzushi but the second you get home onto your bed, your kicking and swinging your feet in the air like a little dog. “Omg he hugged me today, his warmth is so indescribable!! He even smiled at me! Thank Archons for giving me such a beautiful person.”
Of course, your friends know about your feelings for him but you threaten them to shut up whenever he’s nearby. And you felt like your life was about to end when your cousin, Tartaglia, moved to your school and befriended Scaramouche then formed a group of his own. Little do you know, Tartaglia also knows about the ‘love’ going on between you and Kunikuzushi.
You purposely dropped your pencil in Kunikuzushi’s direction and picked it up.
“Get your head out of the book and take the note back, stupid.” You loudly whispered.
Dropping the note onto his desk, you hurried back to your seat before the teacher caught the two of you exchanging notes. You tiredly looked through the window when you noticed Kunikuzushi’s strange expression. Just when you were about to whisper something, the bell rang and you were all dismissed.
Finally! It was break!
You packed up your stuff and hurriedly left with Kunikuzushi catching up behind you.
“Ah– So what time should we go?” Scaramouche asked you.
“How about when school ends we can just go?” You were free this afternoon and you didn’t have much homework left to do.
“Hmm okay.”
“If you aren’t free after school you can just text me and we can schedule another time.”
Your heart was pounding really fast and you weren’t exactly sure why. Is it because he asked you to hang out with him? How come you’ve never felt like this when you’re talking with him casually? The questions and possibilities were endless.
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