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As the second year finally started, Nakamura was on his bike to school. It had been a long summer break, nothing special in particular but… what he found most important…
It was his last moments with Hirose.
They went to the theaters together and watched a romance movie, then the restaurant and eventually at the park. When Hirose gave him an octopus keychain just like how Nakamura gave him a crab keychain, that felt like a wedding ring to him.
Nakamura knew that Hirose would probably be in a different class at best and at worst… in a different school completely uncontactable.
But,
Nakamura accepted that. Whatever happens with Hirose, whether they stay friends or not, he will always love Hirose. No matter what happens to him, his love for that sunboy… always being himself, was enough for him.
[sighs… hirose-kun… I'm gonna miss you so much this year… seeing your handsome face… your charming personality… I'll always love you!]
As Nakamura heads inside the school's entrance, he can see the crowd surrounding the board of new classes and their students.
“Waah! We're gonna be a floor away bestie~”
“YOO were in the same class!”
The banter of the students was background noise. He never had friends outside of Hirose’s circle and his upperclassmen. He had no one to talk to after seeing the new classes.
He had always been like this.
[sighs… Reiko and Tamura already graduated, I miss having to intervene with their fighting, hehe.. I'm gonna miss them so much as well…]
He checked the signs, until he found his name at the lower left. He saw many of his previous classmates in the same class. Although he braced himself for the inevitable, Hirose's name wouldn't be there… he read the names on his class list.
Okuto Nakamura
Kota Takeuchi
Koisei Matsumura
[ Eh?! Why is that nutjob stalker here?! Does he not know hirose left?!]
Ryou Mukai
Tsukasa Oomori
Lily Nmixxu
Hifumi Kawamura
Aiki Hiros-
[HIROSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!???!?]
He couldn't believe it. He DIDN'T believe it. W…what? How could this be?! There are way better schools for Hirose! He didn't even read the rest of the names, nor did he care about who Lily Nmixxu was… all he cared about is…
One more year, with Hirose.
He walked to the school's gymnasium for the orientation. It wasn't mandatory, hell it's meant for newcomers. But he was REALLY hoping Hirose would be there. After all - he first saw Hirose in the orientation a year prior, and has been on his downward spiral ever since.
The gymnasium was filled with newcomers, as expected. Some of them haven't even bought their uniform yet. But that didn't matter, he was looking for that brown haired, sunkissed skin…
…
And there he was.
The same position as last year…
Nakamura froze. H-hirose was there. In the same way he first saw him. This was pure magic, the stars of the universe aligned just for this perfect moment.
[Ah… hirose… you're so handsome…]
“I know right?”
“EHHHHH?!!!!”
Nakamura jumped in fear, who the hell- Oh no…
“Sup, Nakamura.” Matsumura smiled, offering a handshake.
“How the hell did you read my mind you stalking freak?!” Nakamura was stuttering.
“Ah, well… haha… we have the same goal don't we?” They handshaked awkwardly.
“Why would you move schools here? Y-you were in an elite school!”
“You already know my answer, Nakamura.” Matsumura smirked. “Now excuse me, I'll be with Hirose.”
“NO.”
They started pulling away each other, making sure the other didn't reach Hirose first. A crowd started looking at them
"What the hell are they doing?"
"Hehe, maybe they saw a cute girl and they're fighting over her!"
[It's not a cute girl... It's a cute boy!]
Eventually, one of the teachers caught wind of what was going on.
"You two!" She shouted at them angrily. "What the hell are you two doing?! This is orientation! I'm bringing both of you to my office!"
"B-but Hirose..." Matsumura mumbled.
"Hirose made you fight?! I'll bring him too! Hirose, get over here!"
"Thanks a lot, Matsumura."
"Your welcome~"
"That wasn't a compliment weirdo..."
[Oh God... First day back and I'm sent to the office with Matsumura and Hirose... Maybe I can spin this so Hirose hates Matsumura more instead of me... No, I'm not confident enough for that...]
"Eh? What happened?" Hirose approached the teacher confused. Before they could say anything, she grabbed 3 of their arms and stormed to her office.