Footsteps were heard in the living room of Remi's house.
"Noo-noo-kaa!" Remi screamed. "Come back here!"
"Nope!" Nonoka giggled as she easily avoided Remi's hands.
"Give it back!" Remi screamed again.
"Okay!" Nonoka suddenly stopped running. This caused Remi to stop as well.
"But~ you have to tell me everything about him!"
"Ugh! Fine! Just give me my phone!" The brunette groaned.
. . .
'Ever since that confession at Kyoto, I've kept my distance from her.'
'I know I promised we'd be the same as before but it's just awkward! How can I talk casually with a close friend I rejected?!'
Chiyo laid on her back on her bed. Her hair was spread out on the pillow making her head truly look like sakura tree.
'I got rejected.' Tears threatened too come out but she blinked them away.
Flashback...
"Hey,p-please stop i-it." A younger looking Chiyo squeaked with tears in her green eyes.
"Aww! The the little sakura head wants us to stop!" A girl's voice sneered.
"We'll stop, but not until you change that ABNORMAL hair colour. Ever heard of hair dye?" Another girl grimaced.
"B-but...that's n-not..." The pinkette trailed.
"What's going here?" A boy with cold blue eyes asked as he walked towards the three girl.
"Tatsu-kun! Look at her hair! Its abnormal!" The first girl said dramatically.
"Well, the real abnormal thing is your face. Even when you put on makeup it still looks hideous!" Tatsume insulted.
"Nooo....Why?!" The first girl, Chichi wailed.
"And you!" He pointed at the other girl. "Kanao, you had plastic surgery, right?"
"Well...yeah." Kanao answered.
"Why?" Tatsume asked.
"I-I-I was..." Kanao looked away.
"Ugly." Tatsume finished for her. "So why are you picking on her? At least she's prettier than you. The colour of her hair fits her perfectly."
"Are you jealous?"
"N-no way! Why would I be jealous of that-" She stopped when the blackette glared at her.
"Never mind! Let's go Kanao!"
The two girls stormed off with embarrassed faces. Tatsume huffed in satisfaction.
"U-um..." Came chiyo's voice.
The blackette turned to look at her. Blood rushed to her cheeks.
"Tha-thank you. I really appreciate your he-help!" She bowed in appreciation.
"Meh, it was nothin'." He folded his arms his head. "Stay out of trouble. Cya later!" He said and walked away.
. . .
"Wait! So you're saying that you don't know him at all? He's been our class this whole semester!" A girl exclaimed.
Chiyo was sitting with her best friend, Aoi. She went back to class and narrated to her how Tatsume rescued her.
"He's really popular,you know." She said. "The most athletic guy and he's pretty loaded. Even though he might look like a delinquent,he's pretty smart. Any girl's dream guy! His name is Tatsume Naofumi."
"O-oh, I see." Chiyo mumbled.
"You should be proud! He actually stood up for you! Though that's supposed to be my job..." Aoi lowered her head in shame.
"No no! Don't worry!" The pinkette smiled.
"By the way, why don't you bake some cookies as a thank you gift?" The blackette suggested.
"Good idea!"
. . .
"Kyaa~♡! Its Tatsume-senpai!" A group of first years squealed.
"Senpai! Can I have your autograph?"
"Tatsumi-senpai! Please, let's hangout after school!"
More screams came from most of the girls in every year. At this moment, Chiyo with Aoi was hiding in a corner, waiting for a chance to approach him.
It seemed like hours, but it was only a few minutes, but his horse of fangirls didn't leave him.
They continued to observe and came to a conclusion that they would never get a chance.
That's when Chiyo decided to do the most absurd thing a person of her status could not be permitted to do. She walked right towards Tatsumi.
For once,she was sort of glad of her status at school. It wasn't special but it was just her nickname 'abnormal sakura'. This was only because her hair was absurdly pink.
All the girls quieted and parted like the red sea. As she got closer,she clutched the pink paper bag, which contained the cookies, tightly out of nervousness.
"Well,well,well. If it isn't the abnormal sakura." Kanao sneered. She stepped in Chiyo's way and her partner, Chichi, did the same.
"Indeed! Do you need something from Tatsumi-kun?" Chichi scrunched her nose up. Then she noticed the paper bag in her hand.
"You know,if you're giving a gift to Tatsumi-kun, you should do better. I mean, why would he eat you stupid homemade cookies?" The brunette remarked.
"What? Don't tell me you like him??" Kanao snorted.
"N-no...its not li-" The pinkette was cut off by Kanao snatching her bag of cookies from her.
"H-hey give it back!" She squeaked.
"Yeah give it back!" Aoi said from the midst of the crowd that was blocking her way.
"Too bad it won't be getting to him,though." The bluenette (Kanao) smiled mischievously.
She threw it on the ground and stomped on it with her leg. At the sight chiyo started to burst into tears.
"S-stop! Please!" She cried out desperately.
That only caused the bullies to hurt her feelings more. Aoi tried to get past the crowd to help her friend but the crowd prevented her from doing so.
"Didn't she say to stop?" Tatsumi said.
"Tat-tatsumi-kun! Um we didn't see you there." Chichi smiled nervously.
"Really now? Cause I saw you leading the crowd to follow me around." The blackette glared.
His eyes softened when he saw Chiyo on her knees trying to recover the ruined cookies.
He walked towards her and squatted.
"Those were for me?" He asked with sad smile. "Then I guess they don't have to go to waste then."
"Hm?" Chiyo displayed a look of confused look.
When she realized what he meant, he was already munching on some of the cookies and the girls were screaming.
"Senpai, Nooooo!!"
"Aaaaaaahhhh!!" She screamed.
"It's really good." The blue eyed boy commented after he swallowed.
'And that's when I started to develop feelings for him.'
'I thought he was a really kind person.'
. . .
Nonoka was sitting down on the couch with her big sister's phone. She observed the picture of Tatsumi on the phone.
"Who is he?" She asked as her sister huffed at the back of the couch.
"Juat a friend. Now give me back my phone." Remi replied in an irritated tone.
"Just a friend?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Hm? Whaddya mean?" Remi asked.
"Then why do you got a pic of him?" Nonoka smirked.
"Th-that's none of your business!"
Then she changed the picture to another which showed her with Yura and another old friend from middle school.
"Remember when Yura-san was shy?" The blackette asked.
"Yeah. I helped her get rid of that."
"She would've gotten a guy by now if you didn't interfere." Nonoka.
"Are you implying that I can't get a boyfriend myself?!" Remi exclaimed while pinching her little sister's nose.
"Owiee! You said it yourself!"
"Man, you're such a handful." The brunette sighed.
"But you still love me!"