( Haru's POV )
As much as I want to face Roka right now, If I let Chitose escape I'm sure I'll lose.
I quickly turn around and run to a nearby window and jump into the schoolyard.
I looked up and Roka looked at me surprised with wide eyes, Chitose was trying to get across the yard and when she saw me in the air she couldn't believe what I had done, I took that opportunity and the second I hit the ground I rolled and dove towards her to touch the top of her head.
Haru: gotcha.
Chitose recovered and acted like nothing had happened but I knew she was upset that she lost.
Chitose: yeah yeah, I'll go back to the club room, oi Roka teach him a lesson for me.
Roka and I lock eyes and smile at the same time, I run up the stairs where Chitose came from and when Roka sees me she starts running in the opposite direction, she was pretty quick but I was able to keep her in my line of sight until we got to another set of stairs.
???: Kyaa.
The same girl who was in the first room I looked at had slipped and was going to have a nasty fall down the stairs, time seemed to stop when Roka and I saw the girl fall, Roka was too far away to help her but my body moved involuntarily and I jumped to save her, I jumped pass her and put her head on my chest, with one hand I protect her head and with the other I protect mine, I hit the ground hard and I could feel the girl shaking in my hands, it all happened too fast for her.
Roka: HANDA!
Roka called out my name in concern but I didn't care much about my condition, my only concern was the girl I was holding.
Haru: Hey are you ok?
???: Y-yes, I think so.
When she hears my voice, she opens her eyes that she had kept closed during her fall, Looking at her more closely I can't help but be a little captivated by her beauty, I get lost in her eyes like when I look at Roka.
* banshee scream *
The alarm on my cell phone rang and I got a little desperate, that alarm indicated that I only had two minutes left to catch Roka.
I helped the blonde girl up and after quickly confirming that she was alright, I kept chasing after Roka.
Haru: I'm sorry but I'm a bit busy, you seem fine but you should go to the infirmary just to be sure.
I run up the stairs and for a moment I can see a dark look in Roka's eyes before she starts running again.
Roka seemed faster than before but with victory so close, I pushed my body to its limits and the distance between us quickly shrunk.
Yuuki: I got you now!
Roka: do you seriously think it will be so easy?
Roka raised her left hand and with a snap of her fingers thick curtains appeared around me creating a small room covered in complete darkness, I stayed motionless for a few seconds thinking about when she had the time to prepare this trick, but when I recovered I immediately jumped out of the cube of darkness that she had created,
I didn't hear her keep running after setting off her trap and I remember exactly where she was standing so when I got out of here I should be able to catch her.
Yuuki: gotcha!
Roka: um!
As I thought, I reached for Roka but my hand wasn't on the top of her head, it was pressing against her small chest, neither of us said anything while we were processing the situation, This was definitely not my plan but I just had to move my hand and touch her head to win the game and then I could apologize properly.
I tried to do exactly that but the only movement my hand made was to give her chest a little squeeze.
' so soft '
The last thing I remember after that was seeing Roka's flushed face and sharp pain on my cheek.
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After what happened, obviously, I lost the game, Roka didn't say anything to Chitose about our accident and I was expecting her not to talk to me for a while but she walked home with me just like the day before.
Haru: that was an accident, you know?
Roka placed a hand on her chest and turned her body slightly as she walked.
Roka: and that squeeze, was that an accident too?
Haru: it was, my hand didn't listen to me.
Roka stared at me for a few seconds and went back to walking normally.
Roka: against my better judgment I will believe you, you are a fellow member of the game creation club after all.
Haru: thanks for the vote of confidence.
We walk to the intersection from yesterday and I continue walking next to Roka when Roka notices that she stops and she blinks at me several times like she's asking 'Why aren't you going home? '
Haru: I am going to a different place today.
Roka put a hand on her chest again and she stared at me.
Haru: don't do that.
Roka: oh I just remembered, we don't have club activities tomorrow.
I'm going to be a little busy tomorrow so it suits me just fine, after walking a few minutes Roka points to her house and she says goodbye to me but before she entered her house I called up to her.
Haru: Hey, about what you said yesterday, I'd like... to be your friend.
Roka puts a hand on her chest and at this point, I'm sure that now she only does that to annoy me.
Haru: stop doing that.
Roka stopped doing that pose and she answered me with a small smile on her face.
Roka: good, from today onwards we are friends.
Roka gives me a huge smile and at that moment I see the silhouette of another girl from my past life on top of Roka, she walks into her house, I open my eyes wide and I just stand there in shock.
After a few seconds, I shake my head to recover and I continue walking until I reach a mansion, I take out a key from my backpack and open the door.
The gift that I received yesterday was a plastic model Gundam or Gunpla for short, standing in front of my parents' house I thought about two days ago and the gift I received and I remembered the words someone important to me told me so long ago.
' Perhaps life is giving me what I need '