Chiaki's pov:
I yawned as I stepped back outside into the mild morning air. It was unusual being awake so early, but my alarm clock had actually worked for once, so now I got to see what it's like in early(ish) morning.
Quiet, was how I found it. Not too many people around. It was also warm and quite pleasant in that way. I had decided to walk down to a local sweetshop that I was fond of, to pick up some snacks.
The sweetshop was only a small establishment but a comfortable one. It always made me feel calm to be there among the pastel walls and shelves of jars and packets. The woman who owns it (Tsumugi) is kind too. She gave me some game recommendations not too long ago, the games were certainly interesting, but it was nice to talk to someone about an interest.
I wondered to the shop absent minded. I was focused on the idea of a new game that I might find at a game shop not far away, after I'd fetched my snacks of course.
I was so unfocused on the casual walk that I didn't even notice a timid girl rushing around a corner, straight into me.
"EEH!"
I stumbled back a little but she fell straight over on her back in a rather... revealing position.
"I'm sorry! I was just trying to get to the sweetshop and I fell." She shouted quickly trying to stand again. I reached out my hand to help her up.
"It's my fault, I should've been payed more attention to where I was going." I reassured her.I looked over to her face and saw tears in the corner of her muted purple eyes.
"Are you sure? I can do something to make it up to you if you want me too, just please forgive me!""It's fine, I forgive you." I said, "You've got um," I reached up and pinched a leaf out of her choppy purple hair.
"Uh, Thank you." She jogged off to the shop door, her head down and her face flushed.
"Ah, I'm here already."
I sighed as I looked at the door she had disappeared behind. I really should be more careful so I don't get into any more awkward situations like that.I pushed open the door to the sweetshop I'd been going to and looked around. There was an increased amount of Sakura Miku stickers on the wall along with many others that matched the soft palette and decor of the shop, I do appreciate the aesthetic and effort of the building.
Tsumugi was sat behind the counter as usual, dreamily scribbling something in her notebook. Aside from her and I, the only person in the shop was the girl I'd just met outside. She glanced at me for a moment then turned back to the shelves.
I decided against talking to her again. Talking to strangers can be awkward and draining and we'd already settled what happened outside. Still I kept noticing her looking back at me nervously, like she wanted to say something but couldn't.
I chose my snacks, awoke Tsumugi from her trance to pay, and finally left the small room out into the sun. I shut the door behind me and sat down on a bench next to it. Looking down at the sweet packets in my lap, I realised something. There were no marshmallows. My favourites. I could go back in to get some, but that felt tedious. Besides, I was getting tired from the unusually early morning wake up.
I opened a packet and began to eat when the shop door flew open again. Out came the purple haired girl from earlier. She turned to me and walked over timidly.
"Hello.." She stuttered.
"Hi." I responded.
"Um, I bought these for you if you want them." She turned away, blushed and held out a glass jar of pink and white marshmallows, just what I'd been wanting.
"Ah! Thank you, these are my favourite actually. What made you buy them?" I took them from her trembling hand.
Her face lit up with joy and relief to see that I accepted them. "Well my friend Ibuki told me that I should try being more confident when I see a pretty gir-. I mean, I just felt bad about the fall earlier." She said very quickly.I opened the jar, slightly confused by her explanation but not fazed. I look up to see her still blushing and fiddling with her hair infront of me.
"Would you like to share them with me?" I asked.
"Huh! Really? Alright then." She sat down next to me looking quite pleased. I put the jar down between us.
"Do you come here often?" I asked after finishing a marshmallow.
"Yeah. Tsumugi's sort of an old friend so I like to support her as much as I can." She replied, still uneasily but a lot more comfortably than before. "A lot of the time I give the sweets to my friends though, I like to keep a healthier diet.""Can I be your friend?" I decided I liked this girl, even if we had an awkward meeting at the start.
"What? Well of course, only if you'd like to though!" She rambled.
"I would like to."
I smiled at her and she gave me a soft, kind smile back. I felt happy that I had woken up early then, even if I was still tired. After that, Mikan and I (she told me her name) became quite close. I like being friends with her, but for some reason I think about her far different to my other close friends. Like I always feel so much better when I'm with her or thinking about her. It's confusing, I've never really felt this way about someone before and I think she might feel the same as me based if her actions.
I hope I work it out, so I know how to act on it, but until then I will simply have to remain her best friend, because, I don't think I ever want to leave her.
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