see you; baji keisuke [✓]

five

"eh-"is all she could do. she stood up by herself, kindly denying his offer by pushing it away lightly. "ahhh, its the girl who drops her drink almost every lunch break, right baji-san?" a boy with blonde hair and an undercut with blue eyes grabs baji's shoulder, pointing at the female infront of them with his other hand.

he walks to finally be right next to baji and let his hand out. "im chifuyu matsuno," he gives her a kind smile. the lost girl could only raise a brow at the two.

they know me from school? her eyes widened the second she finally remembers them. "you're that pompadour boy!" she exclaims in realization. "and you're that guy with the... glasses and hair,"

"oi, what's with the pause?" baji grinds his teeth against each other, trying not to get mad at how she describe him. but she was surprised, honestly. well, the guy all smart-looking that she spill soup on is actually scary as fuck and the guy who looks scary is actually a sweet guy.

chifuyu stood beside her and points at her pocket. "your phone is ringing," he told her, noticing the buzzing sound. she grabs it from her pocket and flip it open. the id was hatsuki. she picks up the call and her ear already starts bleeding from her aunt yelling in worry.

"where the hell are you, aiichiro?" the girl swallows her own saliva before answering. "uhm, musashi shrine," as soon as the woman yells again, she moves her phone further away from her ear. the call ended from aiichiro, quickly keeping her flip phone in her pocket.

"well, guess we all have to head home and rest now," mikey went down the stairs and walk to his bike. "bye bye!" he and everyone left the place with their bike.

aiichiro waves at them, though it wasn't really noticeable. she sat on the lowest stair and her eyes darts to the male who is 2 stairs away from her. "why aren't you going home.. uh, baji-kun?" she ask but no response.

his eyes only stays on his bike. if you want to leave that badly, go ahead, no one told you to accompany me anyways. she thought while trying to see atleast a small sight of her aunt's car.

while waiting, she fell asleep without realising it. baji noticed and watch as her head moves back and hit the stairs behind her. "tch," is all he could say before moving about 1 step closer to her, he sits behind her and let her lie her head down on his left knee.

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"wake up," aiichiro felt a hand lightly shaking her. her eyes open to see herself in her bedroom. "kaka?"

"well damn atleast take a shower before going back to bed," the girl stood up from her bed and softly apologises, grabbing her towel to go to the bathroom. "just hurry up," she nods.

as the girl walks out of the bathroom, she smells a yummy scent from the kitchen. she takes big steps to reach there and sees her aunt cooking chicken curry. when the woman caught her niece glaring and drooling over the midnight meal she was preparing, a smirk creep up on her face.

"wah, if you're just going to stand there and drool your saliva on the damn floor, i won't let you eat it,"

her eyes widened. "i want it!" and off she went into her room to brush her hair real quick, coming out of her room with an even messier hair. hatsuki could only chuckle.

minutes passed by as they both sat opposite of each other. while the girl was busy eating her plate full of her aunt's cooking, the woman could only think about earlier. why did she run so far? is all she could ask herself but there was also another question lingering around her mind. and who was that boy earlier?

aiichiro felt eyes looking at her as she tilt her head up and sees her aunt. "what is it, kaka?" she asks before standing up to wash her dirty plate in the kitchen. the older ask for the younger to grab a can from the fridge and she did as said. when they're eyes both meet, hatsuki took the chance to ask her the questions.

"why.. did you run?" she begins. the younger one's eyes widened slightly at the question. "even worse, why so far?" she looks away. "aiichiro," the woman grabs her niece's hand as she tries to speak with a calmer voice then earlier. "you know you can tell me anything,"

when aiichiro was about to open her, the other female ask her the next question. "also who was that guy, you know, the one that was with you at musashi shrine?"

"huh?"

"the guy with the long hair,"

"ah?"

"the one who helped me carry you into my car,"

"i do not know who you are talking about, must be a ghost. you obviously saw a ghost," hatsuki smiles slightly as she watches the girl infront of her deny continuously.

the woman stood up and walk to her room. before entering, she told her niece to go back to sleep once she was done with her own things. and the girl nodded, giving the woman a 'goodnight' while she walks into her room.

aiichiro enters her room and jumps onto her bed, her face flat on the soft pillow before a loud buzzing sound vibrates the entire bed. she lays flat on her stomach, her arms supporting her upper body as she grabs her flip phone and checks. her phone was spammed with nana and yashiro messaging her non-stop. what for? that she isn't sure as the messages were all not in order and mixed up.

meet up tomorrow, at the convenience store nearest to the school. nana mailed the message before going offline and to bed.

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the next morning, she was already prepared for school. walking to the store as nana said. it was a breezy morning, everytime the wind touches her skin, small bumps appears on her arms. "i should've wear a sweater," about to turn around, she sees him in his stupid glasses and hair, the blonde boy following him.

thinking they are walking towards her, she bow. "im very sorry about yesterday," but their footsteps continue as they walk pass her like she wasn't there in the first place. her head moves from one side to the other as her eyes follow them walking. she squints her eyes as she got slightly pissed. "well, thats just rude,"

"aiichiro," the familiar voice of her friend made her jump a little. "lets go," guess she didn't need to wait at the store the friend mentioned. they walk towards the gate as they talk about random stuff.

lessons were passing by like the usual until lunch break comes in. yashiro and nana brought their own lunch so they told aiichiro that she has to go down herself. and just like lightning, she runs her way to the cafeteria to get what she wanted to badly. her sandwich.

jumping from one staircase to another like parkour just for a sandwich. but if its for something you are longing for then do what you have to do.

when she steps into the cafeteria, she turns her way to the store. her eyes zoom to the last bread standing on the counter. about to run and grab it, a schoolmate ran towards it first before she even started to. she stood there watching his every moves, from grabbing the bag to paying for it to taking it into his hands again.

her stomach grumbles loudly. she couldn't afford buying other food as she only had exactly enough to buy that piece of sandwich but all is gone. she walks out the large room, pushing the door to exit.

as the door swung back in, a tall figure was sighted from her right. he was leaning against the wall with his left shoulder, the damn glasses sliding off every second. she was surprised, of course. "what are you doing here.. baji-kun?" she ask, still not sure if calling him that was an ok to him.

"here." he threw a bag at her, which she catch almost perfectly since they weren't that far from each other. "chifuyu bought it for you," he turns his back at her and walks away. the girl looks in the bag and smiles, seeing the sandwich she wanted.

i'll thank him when i see him after school.