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Chapter 5 - Awkward

"So... what were you doing out here...?" Hotsuya asked meekly, averting her gaze around, while the boy looked at the soft eyes she had.

"I was just taking a walk." The boy also averted his gaze around. There was a few moments of silence before the boy spoke again. "I didn't know you were this close to my house..." Yui said meekly before looking at her eyes.

It was right now or nor right now.

"Me too! Since you live around here, where do you live?" She asked with a small smile gracing her lips before she looked up to see Yui's amethyst eyes once more.

Yui pointed a very near house, it's small but to Yui it was extremely cozy. "I live there." Yui said while Hotsuya looked at it. 'Anyways... it's getting late..."

"Yeah it really is..." They both looked at the sky, having an awkward yet cozy feeling while they stood together.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Yui asked with a straight face. This made Hotsuya flush, she felt her cheeks warm up. "O-oh, I guess that's a weird thing to say..." Yui made a stutter before turning his back around. "I'll go ho-"

"Well you asked for it, so I guess yes?" Hotsuya said which made Yui stop turning his back once more looking at Hotsuya's glittering face.

...

They were both walking, side to side, the only thing that was missing was intertwining hands while they both smiled. "Hotsuya-san. Are you... a model?" Yui asked out of the sudden, this made Hotsuya giggle.

"Pft... No I'm not, believe me I'm still on 3rd year highschool." Hotsuya said while looking at Yui who had a surprised face.

"I also am on my 3rd year on highschool. Where do you study at?" Yui asked another question while Hotsuya then made a cheeky smirk.

"You first." She said with a small mischievous smile.

"I study at Hakusaki." Yui said which made Hotsuya's eyes dim a bit.

"I study at Sawaki." Hotsuya said while stepping on a small puddle, water splashed all around while she smiled. Right now, the two of them felt like the awkward feeling was slowly disappearing.

"Umm... Sawaki? I heard that's quite faraway." Yui placed his arms deep inside his pocket while walking. Looking at the flower that was talking to him right now.

"It's not, where did you even get that."

"Somebody told me."

"Well that's clearly fake news. Although Hakusaki is a school that's strict on studying right?" Hotsuya asked.

"Yes."

"Wooahh.. Then you must be extremely smart?" Yui shook his head after hearing those words.

"Extremely smart, I think I'm average. The top students of the school itself are geniuses." Yui said while. Hotsuya then hummed a bit.

"I'm planning to be a singer... How about you?" Hotsuya suddenly changed the topic. Now that she notices it, his eyes seems so bored of life... This made her a bit concerned.

"I haven't decided yet..." Yui said while looking at the ground before he stopped walking.

"Anyways, thanks for walking me back Yui-kun." Hotsuya made a small smile.

"It's no problem." They both turned their backs while they walked in two different directions. Yet their paths intertwined.