This story was from a long time ago, before Shino died and when Shino are still in secondary school
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The Alarms goes and Shino is awoken just to snooze his alarm clock and went to bed again
~~10 minute later~~
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Shino was awoken again by his alarm clock and this time he just turn hus phone off
~~5 minute later
*KABLAAM!!!*
Shino's room was forced open by his mom and yelling, "SHINO! GET UP! You are going to be late at school!"
"Yeah-yeah, I am going to" Shino said with his drowsy voice
Shino's Mom get a hanger and slap Shino with it
"AAAHHH!!! That hurt ma, I'll get up now" Shino said in pain
"If you are not down stair after 5 minutes you are going to get another one!" Shino's mom shouted
And so Shino's day started, showering, putting his school uniform amd eating breakfast, After all of it Shino left his house still sleepy
Shino walk to his school every day because it is in walking distance and every day a single person wait for him in front of their house.
"Yo! Still sleepy as usual Shino, Good morning" Althea said with a bright smile
Althea Nagasaki, a person who loves to cook and read, Shino's best friend, and the person Shino fell in love with, they are neighbour so they often come to school together and go home together
"Good morning Althea, you can just go to school you know?" Shino said
"Ehh~ but it is boring to walk to school with you" Althea replied
"Yes sure, let's go we are going to be late" Shino said
They spend time together walking to school, since they have different class they can only hang out at school when break time, after class they also walk together talking about random things as they go home, and the day spend each other are just full of laughter
Althea is kind a caring person, she loves to cook and often share it to Shino, throughout the time they spend together, Shino developed his love to her slowly but surely
Shino loved Althea to the point he is afraid to say it, her being one of the attractive girls is taking a huge pressure for Shino to confess, so Shino decided to kept his feeling for her hidden
Wanting to protect her, Shino took a class of Karate in the nearest Dojo, although after a month of training Shino attend the practice very often, deciding what he learn for the past month is enough to protect the one he loved
The Class has ended and Shino and Althea are walking home
"Shino, Are still taking that class in Karate?" Althea asked
"Nah… Got tired of it, I am planning to quit" Shino replied
"HMmm.. Okay…" Althea said and then suddenly hum
"Oi! What are you planning?" Shino asked
"What?! No…. well… I want to challenge you onto something" Althea replied
"Ugghh... New it, Okay what is it?" Shino asked
"Arm wrestling, the winner got to ask something" Althea said with a smile
"ehh?!! Got a trick or something? I mean you know you won't win right?" Shino said
They go to the nearest coffee shop and hold their own little competition there while waiting for they coffee.
Holding hands together in the desk ready to Arm wrestle Althea count it down.
"3…2…1…Go!" Althea said enthusiastically
Shino is at ease, while Althea is greeting her teeth, Shino laugh seeing how serious Althea is about winning
"You know you can give up right? Just pay for the coffee and call it quits" Shino said laughing
Althea then suddenly stop forcing it and took a deep breath
"Say, Shino want to hold hand until we get home?" Althea said with a serious face
Shino was caught off guard and can only utter one word, "Eh?!"
Althea seeing his surprise expression suddenly tries to take down Shino's arm but fail
"Is that you trick Althea? Got your hopes didn't I?" Shino said with a smile
Shino gently took down Althea hands and Shino won…
Althea pout and said silently, "Hmph, didn't affect him even though I really meant it"
Shino heard it but before Shino can say anything their coffee arrive.
After finishing their coffee as they continue to walk home
"Say… want to hold hands?" Shino asked
Althea was surprised and turned red
"Stop teasing! I'm sorry I tried to trick you, okay?!" Althea said with embarrass voice
"Hahaha, I'll stop…" Shino said with a smile
A dead silence between the two
"About my price for winning the competition…" Shino said
"Ehh?! Isn't it to pay for the drinks?" Althea asked
"I paid for mine, so I still have my request" Shino replied
"Ugghh… Fine… what is it? Nothing dirty!" Althea said
"I won't, anyway, how about another competition?" Shino said
"Another one? So what is the price this time? But make it fair" Althea replied
"The loser need to tell the winner an embarrassing truth. The game is simple, the first one to make the other blush wins" Shino said
"Ehh?!! Okay… game on" Althea replied
Shino then stop from walking, Althea notice Shino stop and look behind, seeing Shino standing still as the wind blows made her heart beat faster
Shino then said, "Althea, I love you, please be my girlfriend"
Althea was completely baffled, and put her hand to her mouth and asked, "Is this one of your tricks?"
Shino then said, "Agghh… I lost! I blushed first, damn that was hard"
Althea was upset and said, "YAH! Don't do that again, I win! So state your embarrassing truth!"
"I already did.." Shino said with a smile
Althea was confused and said, "Oi… I said stop fooling around"
"I am not… so what your answer is?" Shino asked
"Eh?! Is this serious?" Althea asked
"YES IT IS!! Come on… don't leave me hanging here" Shino said
Althea run toward Shino and hug him saying, "YES! Please take care of me"
Shino was overjoyed hearing Althea's answer and hug Althea back and said, "I will, so take care of me too"
After the hug the two became conscious to each other and was blushing to the point that steam is coming out of each other's head
"Want to hold hands?" Shino asked nervously
"YAH! Stop it, lets not for a while, in fact my house is near, see you tomorrow" Althea said
Althea rush towards her house and left Shino, Shino on the other hand, his heart is beating so fast and his hands was shaking from nervousness, Shino then took a deep breath
"AHH!! Good thing she denied it, or else she will notice my hand shaking, but I got a yes huh?" Shino said
Shino smile and started to fist pump the air like a weirdo.