A Crush on my Best Friend!!

Chapter 1 - On Our Way to School

Kaidou walked sleepily to school, piece of buttered bread in hand. His sister had yelled at him to get out of the house before he was late to school, even though he woke up at the time he usually did. He sighed
She didn't even give me enough time to toast it. He thought. As he took a small bite of the bread, he felt the presence of someone behind him. He spun around and shouted "DARK REUNION?!" But as he observed the boy standing in front of him, a boy with purple, middle parted hair and glasses, he realized he was mistaken. "A-Aren! Thank god I realized it was you, or else things might've gotten physical" he said coolly, covering his face with one bandage wrapped hand. Aren smirked in amusement.
"Sure." He moved his gaze to Kaidou's hand. "Didn't have time for breakfast today?" Kaidou rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, my bossy sister made me leave before I could eat. I grabbed this on the way out." Aren gave a smooth chuckle.
"I can't believe you let her boss you around. She's like, what, 13?" Kaidou pouted.
"You don't know what she's like!!" He snapped. "P-plus, I just listen her to be nice. I'm not scared of her or anything!" He was lying. He was incredibly scared of her.
"Alright, dude" Aren dismissed. He put his hand on his shoulder. "We should probably keep walking now." Kaidou blushed at the physical contact. "Y-YES, LET'S DO THAT!" He squeaked, starting to speed walk (though his speed walk was about the same speed as Aren's normal walk). He looked at the ground as he walked. At the beginning, the explanation of Kaidou's behaviour would've been that he was scared of Aren. After all, he was an ex delinquent. But now, the sweating of his palms and the fluttering in his chest were because of his crush on his purple-haired friend.
God, I'm being so obvious.
He composed himself and looked up at him. Even though he felt nervous, he still wanted to talk to him. "Did you get the homework done?" Aren nodded.
"Yeah, I broke like, 3 pencils, but it was worth it." Kaidou gave a giggle, and inwardly kicked himself.
"It was pretty easy for me." Most of the time this would be Kaidou bluffing, but he actually was good at schoolwork. He could chalk that up to his mom forcing him to go to so many tutors. He suddenly thought of something. He cleared his throat. "Y'know, Aren, if you ever need help studying, you can always ask me." Aren smiled.
"Thanks, man!" He patted his shoulder. There's that physical contact again...
Ahhh, why does he have to be so touchy!?
It's not like he wasn't enjoying it, but he didn't want to get flustered again.
"A-anytime!"
Soon enough, they were at the entrance of their school, PK Academy. Kaidou quickly spotted Saiki, his best friend in class. He ran up to him, Aren following close behind.
"Hey, Saiki!" Kaidou greeted. Aren gave a wave. Saiki held that same blank expression he always had.
"Not you two again" he said. Kaidou giggled.
Saiki's such a tsundere!
Kaidou remembered the period of time when he had feelings for Saiki. He sighed and shook his head. Those were strange times. The only reason he really liked him was because he had no other friends. Him and Saiki were barely friends at the time anyway, they just talked because they were the two quiet kids in class. Even then, Kaidou felt so intense around him back then.
"Hey buddy!" Nendou called from a distance. The three boys turned to see him. "Why are you guys just standing here? You look weird!"
"You're one to talk!" Kaidou snapped back.
"Nendou's right. We should be heading to class" Aren said.
"Oh yeah, right" Kaidou replied, in a calmer tone.
"Hey, why'd you listen to him and not me?" Nendou questioned. Kaidou scowled.
"Cause he's not an idiot! Now come on," he said, walking through the entrance.
"Would you listen to anything he'd say?~" Nendou asked in a suggestive tone.
"Disgusting" Saiki commented.
"Shut up!!" He said, jumping up to try to cover Nendou's mouth. Luckily, Aren didn't seem to hear. Kaidou glared at Nendou. Did he figure out his crush so easily?? Well, he was quite obvious about it at times...
He caught up to Aren. He gave him a smile of acknowledgment and they walked to class. Kaidou got a tingly feeling at Aren's smile.
As they arrived at class, they observed the commotion that was happening. Teruhashi was telling the class about something that happened to her on the weekend. Everyone was extremely invested. Kaidou noticed Yumehara, who was on Teruhashi's right side. The two of them had grown close in the few months. He accidentally made eye contact with her and quickly looked away. A wave of guilt washed over him. She had liked him for a while, but Kaidou didn't return her feelings. She was a nice girl, but she was... intense. He shook away his thoughts and looked to Aren. He realized he was looking at Teruhashi. He looked at her again. She was a very pretty girl. Really nice, too. The kind of girl any guy would like. Kaidou wondered if Aren liked her. Well, everyone liked her, but... did Aren like anyone? He thought of the time that he had mentioned he was bi. Kaidou was happy because that meant he had a chance, but at the same time it made him more anxious cause it gave him more competition.
"Class, get into your seats!" The nonspecific teacher called as she walked into the room. Kaidou walked over to his desk, which was next to Aren's. The rest of the morning was pretty uneventful.