Super Heart-Throbbing Chocolate Confession!

Makoto & Komaru

  "Komaru! Wait up!" Hajime heard a familiar voice yell in the distance.

  "Um, excuse me?" a girl with short hair called out to him, "Do you know where the school gym is?"

  Hajime pointed to his left, "If you stay on this path, you should be able to reach it in no time."

  The girl beamed at him, "Thank you so much!"

  "Komaru," Makoto panted as he ran up to the girl, "You can't be running off like that! What if someone saw you?"

  She smiled as she gestured to Hajime, "I found someone who could lead the way for us."

  "Huh?" Makoto turned to him, "Hajime? What are you doing out here?"

  "I just came back from meeting one of my classmates."

  "For the confession thing, right?"

  Hajime nodded, "Yeah, Peko was just-"

  "You were getting confessed to?" the girl squealed.

  "Uh, yeah."

  "Komaru, it's rude to interrupt people!" Makoto chastised her before he sheepishly smiled at Hajime, "This is my sister, Komaru. Sorry if she bothered you."

  Hajime shook his head, "Your older sister wasn't being a bother."

  "She's my younger sister actually," Makoto scratched his cheek before turning to Komaru, "We shouldn't keep him, his whole class is confessing to him today."

  Komaru grabbed Hajime's hand and looked at him expectantly, "Wow, really? Just like in manga? Can you teach me how to get a boyfriend?"

  Makoto had a dazed look on his face, "Eh, why do you need a boyfriend?!"

  "I don't want one," Komaru pouted, "But my friends have been talking about it and I really want to join in the conversation. Maybe I could give them some advice."

  "It's nice that you want to help your friends, but I don't really have any advice to tell you."

  "How come?" she asked.

  "Well, I was really focused on getting everyone's confessions at first, but I realized that I was happy just to hang out with my friends today," Hajime rubbed the back of his neck, "I've never really done anything special on Valentine's Day, but I think seeing everyone smile was special in itself."

  Makoto smiled, "I think today brings out the best in everyone. Even Byakuya is in a good mood, he called me a 'commoner' today."

  Hajime paused, "Doesn't he always call everyone that?"

  "That's true, but he said it with a smile today. I think the two of us grew a little closer," Makoto said excitedly, "He said our class could come over to his house after school for a cake. It's supposed to be as long as his dining table!"

  "Wow, that's nice of him."

  "Anyways, we should get going," Komaru grabbed her brother's hand and loudly whispered to Hajime, "We don't want to get caught by some guy called Mr. Sakakura."

  Hajime looked at the siblings, "Caught doing what?"

  "You know how I said Komaru is my younger sister?" Makoto sheepishly smiled, "My parents want her to stay with me since her school ended early and Hope's Peak isn't that far of a walk; I'm giving her a small tour before I bring her to my classroom."

  "Now that you mention it," Hajime looked at Komaru's uniform, "Her uniform is a little darker than ours but she should fit right into the school."

  "See? I told you I'll be okay!" the girl turned to her brother, "Even Touko thought the same thing."

  Makoto's eyes widened, "That's right! We should head to the school library afterwards. I bet she'd like to see you again."

  Komaru cheered before waving back at Hajime, "Bye! It was nice to meet you!"