A Secret Unraveled (Completed)

Chapter 40: Valentine's Day Time

"Where are you headed, Karma?" Nagisa asked. School just ended, so we (Karma, Kayano, Nagisa, Sugino and Okuda) were walking home together and stopped at the tree at the fork in the road.

Wow, coincidence much? We stop where there's a fork in the road where the road literally splits into two paths and here we are talking about which path to take...

We had to figure it out soon since graduation's creeping around the corner.

"I'll stay at Kunugigaoka," Karma answered. We were all taken aback.

"I'd figure you'd try for something better," Kayano commented. "I mean, you could get into the best high schools around."

"Put yourself in the main campus students' shoes," I said. "How'll they feel if the guy they thought they chased out came back standing head and shoulders above them?"

"I can't wait to spend three whole years rubbing it in their small-time faces," Karma said grinning.

"What about you, Shiniko?" Okuda asked almost timidly.

"Oh, Im not really sure..." I wasn't expecting to answer this question so abruptly. "I think I'll keep doing my job... It's all I got going on for me right now..." I answered nervously as it started snowing. The group continued to talk amongst themselves as I looked up at the sky.

Can time just stop for a moment...

I'm still trying to figure things out, but I don't know what to do or where to start...

I just want to keep having fun and make memories with the class who finally accepts me for me?...

Everyone's got their next paths picked out and it'll be something new, while mine's just going to be the same old routine...

Eventually we all went our separate ways. I walked with Nagisa since we were both headed to Mr. Matsukata's nursery/school.

After I finished my tasks, I decided to bring some snacks to Sakura and Nagisa.

"I hope I'm not disrupting, but I brought some snacks," I placed the plate of assorted cookies and pastries on the table along with some tea.

"Not at all we just finished," Nagisa said. I poured them each a cup of tea, as well as one for myself before joining them at the table.

"Junior high kids have it rough," Sakura said as she grabbed a cookie. "You guys have to think about your future."

"Talk about it," I agreed while blowing on the hot tea.

"I don't even know what I want to be," Nagisa added and I nodded in agreement

"What else is there?" Sakura questioned. "I mean apart from being a teacher? Ever since I met the both of you, that's what you've been to me."

We were left speechless by her proposition.

"And if you don't wanna be a teacher, I could let you be my boyfriend!" she suggested while giggling, causing me to choke on a biscuit.

"How 'bout you focus on your studies first, hmm? Then, you can find a boyfriend," I smiled at her.

She crossed her arms and huffed, "You only say that because you already have one."

"That's what you think, but I don't," I denied.

"Whaat!" Sakura exclaimed, knocking Nagisa out of his spaced out expression. "There's no way you don't have one! You're so pretty and I saw how everyone looked at you when you helped the guy who got scratched by the cat! That can't be true!"

"I swear, I don't have a boyfriend," I said with a sweatdrop expression. "I should probably finish cleaning and get going now."

As I started to clear the table, Sakura started to hammer questions and theories about who my boyfriend most likely would be to Nagisa.