Propinquity

Chapter five

he's okay

he's okay

he's okay

...

he's not okay.

sawamura was panicking, should he say something?

he's stuck in a rather tricky situation, he met miyuki on his way back to the apartment and they decided to go back together

if only it wasn't so awkward, it was complete silence and accidental eye contact that made everything so weird between them.

the silence was killing him, here it goes.

"so uhm...i didn't know you lived with narumiya-san" he said trying to start a conversation

"nah he just likes to crash at my place when he's bored" miyuki replied

...

it shouldn't be this awkward!

"So-" "I-" Both said simultaneously, of course leading to more awkward silence

...

What kind of shoujo manga shenanigan is this??

why is it so hard to communicate with this guy? he has no problem making friends and talking to other people, what makes this different

he feels like an anime protagonist.

"you can go first" miyuki said

sawamura felt his cheeks heat up "i wanted to ask if you knew that the cookies you gave me were half eaten" he said

miyuki felt a twitch, yeah he knew exactly what happened to that

"sorry about that, maybe i can make some more for you sometime" he said

the shorter male looked surprised "you made those?" he asked

"yeah i just followed a recipe, you should come over to my place, maybe we can make them together"

together

somehow that single word that sawamura has heard many times in his life now felt completely foreign to him, something must be wrong with miyuki

"sure we live next door to each other anyways" sawamura said "what did you want to say earlier?"

miyuki rubbed the back of his neck "well i wanted to ask if you wanted to come over sometime but as you know that's already covered" he said

"oh"

...

...

...

he just wants to go home

NOW

"kuramochi senpai did you know he was my neighbor?"

kuramochi was still focused on his game, pressing the controls and chewing on some chips "yeah i did, but i didn't expect you both to have met before, our plan was to annoy miyuki"

"our? and did you just indirectly call me annoying?" sawamura asked

"yes i did you idiot" he replied "ryou and haruichi was in on it"

"haruchii??" sawamura gasped dramatically in betrayal

the pinkette himself came from behind the two holding a plate of snack refills "i heard my name" he said

"you knew??" he asked

haruichi blinked a few times and replied "well yes, i knew what aniki was planning but when you said you had a date with miyuki-san it turned out better than we expected"