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Chapter 3 - Chapter Three: Positions!!

What Haruka saw when she turned her head around to see what happened to Ai, her face flushed bright red and she had to look away in order to hide it better.

For more context, Haruka, who had run into the pole first, hadn't fallen yet after hitting her head on the pole. She only lost balance because Ai ran straight into her at top speed. Due to these factors, both girls had fallen down at the same time resulting in Haruka falling on Ai. Since Ai was under Haruka, Ai could see what position they were in immediately which resulted in the adorably flustered Ai. Haruka, who was on top of Ai on her lap close to her stomach, was facing the metal pole which made her unable to see the situation that was in place.

Basically, Haruka was sitting on Ai's lap.

"W-what are you doing Ai!" Haruka had shouted while looking in front of her, avoiding as much eye contact as possible.

"Y-you're the o-one who fell on me!" Ai yelled back, clearly not ready to talk or face the girl who was sitting on her.

"Well t-then, why were you chasing me!" Haruka said as she bit her lip to stop her from moving too much.

"Because you wouldn't stop running away- Agh!" Ai tried to reason, but Haruka had shifted a bit on her lap which caused a little shock to hit Ai mid-sentence.

"What was that for!" Hakura said as she looked back again at Ai who was laying her back on the ground and covering her face with her arms.

"J-just please get o-off." Ai had whispered, hoping that Hakura had heard what she muttered.

"What did you say?" Hakura asked as she turned around so that her whole body was facing Ai.

"You're s-straddling me," Ai said a little louder so that Hakura could hear it while looking as red as a tomato and looking at Hakura from underneath her arms covering her face.

"O-oh..." Hakura said as she looked away and got up from the warm and comfy position.

"But it was pretty comfy..." Hakura thought but didn't want to admit it to Ai.

Ai, who had just gotten up from the embarrassing position wanted to run away. Her face was the same color as a ripe strawberry and was more embarrassed than she had ever been in her life.

"..."

"..."

To break the silence, Haruka decided to try and speak.

"Hey. About the study thing, I think we should set it up-"

Now it was Ai's turn to be the one running away. Although, Ai wasn't as fast as Haruka.

"Hey! Get back here!! Can we talk this out!!" Haruka yelled but didn't get a response as Ai continued to run away. Being faster than Ai, Haruka was able to grab her wrist and push her into a wall.

"Ai! I'm talking to you!! Stop running away! This is what you want right? To study!!" Hakura shouted at Ai's face, but then couldn't help but notice the face that she called cute when flustered and just froze.

While being held by Hakura, Ai was as flustered as ever. She had never been in a relationship and never really wanted to be since all she thought she needed was studying. This led to having absolutely no idea how to react to a pretty girl who was pinning her to the wall with one hand and looking straight into her soul with lost eyes. Yet those lost eyes felt like they could read her mind. Her thoughts. Like they knew everything.

"Woah. So this is what it feels like to be so close to someone who..." Ai couldn't finish her sentence. To be honest, she didn't even know what Hakura was to her now. About a week ago, she would've said annoying classmate or enemy, and a couple of hours ago, she would've said procrastinating project partner. But after just a couple of mishaps and events, Ai couldn't even think of a word to describe their relationship.

Both girls were lost in their own thoughts and flustered beyond imagination that when they heard the bell for homeroom, both of them almost jumped in surprise. Not wanting to miss a single class, Ai decided to take advantage of the situation.

Grabbing Haruka's wrist that was holding her own prior, she started to run, dragging Haruka along to get to class.

"What are you do-"

"Not the time Haruka. Let's get to class." Ai said interrupting Haruka as she continued running to their homeroom.

Stopping at the door and looking both ways, Ai lets go of Haruka's hand as she then says something to Haruka.

"I'll give you my phone number during class. I can meet you after school in the front where you get picked up on Monday to study. Don't you dare forget or avoid me." Ai said quickly to Haruka before she entered the classroom leaving Haruka stunned before realizing she better get in the class.