Chapter Text
Y/N pov
I ran as fast as i could, ignoring everything around my, my brain only focused on one thing; Chiaki.
As I finally reach her house, I rang the doorbell, but I got no answer. I was concerned until i remembered, she would probably be asleep. I also remembered, she gave me a spare key.
"God, I'm an idiot." I thought to myself.
I reached in my pocket grabbing her key. When I opened the door, still out of breath, I didn't even think before rushing to her room, and I found her playing a game with headphones on.
I smiled, remembering giving her the PS5 she was playing on a few days ago, which was her birthday.
But I soon remembered where I was, and snapped out of my thoughts before I lightly tap her shoulder. She looked up at me with those beautiful pink eyes that always had that look of pure innocence, that I could stare into forever and not get tired.
Embarrassed, I snap out of my thoughts yet again, as she spoke with that soft, sweet voice of hers.
"Hey, hey, Y/N, what's up?"
"I, um...I'm really sorry but, I need to tell you something...important."
She sat down next to me on the bed, and I told her, finally.
"S-so...I know that, you and Hajime are friends...B-but he hasn't been here...I know where he is, he told me, before he l-left...
The, um...he said...the Kamakura Project."
"...What's that?"
I put my head down. I didn't want to tell her, but really, did I even have a choice? I struggled to even do so much as get the words out, I didn't even know if this was the right thing to do, but I had to.
"...Human experiments, basically, it's creating...artificial talent. I tried to stop him, b-but...he wouldn't listen to me, I..."
I was cut off when I felt a weight on my chest. I looked down, and I saw...Chiaki?
I blushed a little, but tried my best not to, but it was hard to not blush, even in this situation; the girl I love more than anything, clinging to me so...desperately? but it wasn't long before I felt her tears on my shirt.
"Y-Y/N..."
"Chiaki...I-I'm so...s-sorry, I really...wish it didn't turn out this was, or i could have d-done something..."
I, once again, had no idea what to do. How was I this bad at comforting people?
Unsure of what to do, I softly stroke her head, and I rub her back, hoping that my actions would provide at least some comfort to her.
And then, I thought, "should I tell her now?"
"H-hey, Chiaki?"
Her voice was muffled by my shirt and she struggled to speak while she was crying, but she still replied to me, and it just broke my heart even more.
"Y-yeah...?"
"I, um...can I tell you something?"
"S-sure, I think..."
"I... I love you."
And when I said this, I blushed heavily, and her eyes were wide, but she still said...
"I love you too, Y/N..."
I kissed her forehead because I was too shy to kiss her lips. She giggled and blushed, burying her head in my shoulder. I pulled her on top of me, holding her tightly but not squeezing her to death.
I pat her head, speaking to her in a soft voice.
"Goodnight, sweetheart..."
and as I expected, she was already asleep.