Ch 7

POV Shinji Makoto

"Haah Haah… Haah Haah..." I was panting as I ran. I didn\'t know where I was running to. My head was full of conflicting emotions. Soon I came to a park. It was just a small park that you would expect to see at a corner after taking a turn. There was a broken slide and swings that still seemed intact.

Since it was empty, I went ahead and took a seat on one of the two swings.

She found out huh? Well, someone was bound to notice anyways. The question is what do I do now? Do I continue to hide myself or should I be more real? The flashbacks are coming to me. There is no way I am going to reveal my true thoughts to everyone. There was a time, when I would foolishly try to get the people around me into the same thing as me, however I soon realized no one gives a shit about my interests. I am just another person. So, I\'ll continue to act as I have been doing.

I got up and made my way home, alone.

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That night, I had a bad dream. When I woke up all I could recollect was that I had been dumped by my girlfriend.

"Even in my dreams I can\'t live a happy life", I muttered as I woke up.

Soon I was on my way to school. As I was walking, I saw Nakano walking ahead of me. I slowed down my footsteps unconsciously. Soon, she was out of sight. I walked at a slower pace for the rest of the way.

When I entered the classroom, my eyes met hers, I mouthed a hasty greeting and averted my gaze.

I greeted the other\'s and then sat down. Today, Nishikawa was already there.

"Hey Nishikawa, came early today huh?"

"Good morning, Makoto kun" He replied while smiling.

I glanced at Nakano, but she wasn\'t looking at me.

So she doesn\'t mind what happened yesterday? That\'s great.

Soon the teacher arrived and class started.

Today Nishikawa didn\'t bring his lunch so we both visited the cafeteria and bought a sandwich for lunch. It was only the two of us today. I got know more about him. Despite his looks he his pretty fit, at least more than me. Also, he doesn\'t seem to have any sort of childhood friend or promises to marry people. That\'s good. Unsurprisingly he has never had a girlfriend before. He pretty much plays games on his free time. But sadly, he is not a PC gamer like me, not that I am much of a gamer anyways. Soon, lunch was over and the dull classes continued.

That day as I was walking home, I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder.

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POV Akari Nakano

"Hey" I called him while tapping his shoulder.

"Ah-, Hello"

"Are you ignoring me?"

"Not particularly", came the reply

Jii~ I stared at him for a few seconds

"By the way you were right."

"Huh? About what?"

"About Nishikawa kun and Shizuo"

Today during lunch break I remembered the conversation I had with him yesterday, so I asked Shizuo about it.

"They were in the same class in the first year of middle school."

"Was there something else between them? Like same club, or something like that?", he asked.

"No, at least she didn\'t tell me anything."

"When you asked her about this, did she flinch or something"

"No, but she blushed slightly. Things don\'t seem to be working in your favour, do they?"

"Why? This is actually a good piece of information"

Is this what they call NTR fetish.

"You are thinking of something stupid, aren\'t you?"

H-huh how did he know? Am I that easy to read?

For the first time in my life, my heart beat faster while talking to a boy.

That night I had a beautiful dream, but when I woke up all I could remember about it was that I kissed a really handsome guy.

Am I frustrated?

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POV Shinji

Her expression is changing. She is definitely thinking of some idiotic stuff

"You are thinking of something stupid, aren\'t you?" I asked her.

She turned towards me surprised.

I leaned in and whispered into her ear while grinning "You are not the only one who can read someone\'s true intentions."

She blushed.

For the first time in my life, I felt no need to suppress my real thoughts around somebody.

That night while lying on bed, as I was thinking about the day\'s events, I realized that in order to get Nishikawa and Hiwari closer, just snooping around to find about their past would not lead to much. What I needed to do was to create opportunities for both of them to interact.

The next morning when I saw Nakano walking, I hastened my pace and quickly caught up to her.

"Good morning, Nakano" I called out from behind her.

She jumped a step and turned around "Oh. It\'s just you Makoto"

"I guess we will be meeting a lot going to school and back home."

"Ah, but I thought your home was in a different direction" She grinned teasingly.

My ears turned red as I remembered how I ran away when she exposed my façade a few days ago.