i think i can love you | miyamura x oc

the sunset and a cherry blossom [ch.10]

"DANNASAN!" Hori was huffed when she barged into the nurse's office as Miyamura and Megumi quickly separated their hands. "I'm sorry I didn't check on you earlier." Hori smiled as Megumi stood up, off the chair to make way for Hori as Hori sat down. "That's okay, Hori-san. I had help." Miyamura chuckled. "Well, dannasan, I can stay here with you now. You can go back to class, Takeshita. I'll take it from here." Hori smirked at Megumi. "Whatever suits you, Hori." Smiled Megumi as she walked away. 

"Why does she call him dannasan? They're not even dating.." thought Megumi. "Wait, I have to stop this. I told her I wasn't fighting for him. I told her I forfeit. I can't do anything now." Megumi sighed as she opened the door to the classroom and sat down in her seat. Everyone was still doing the project. "How's Miyamura?" Ishikawa asked as he looked up from his notebook. "Oh, he has a fever. He won't be able to do the speech, so I have to change it up a little." Megumi replied as she got to work. 

The speech went by smoothly with no problems, and their group ended up getting a B. Hori and Miyamura have to do make their own speech another time but they get to keep their own research. In a flash, it was lunch time and the group checked on Hori and Miyamura in the nurse's office. Miyamura was sitting up on his bed with Hori at his bedside. 

"How's it goin' you two?" Yoshikawa waved to them as everyone walked over. "All good! His fever is dying down so he should be okay to go in about 10 minutes." Hori replied, taking an empty mug to the sink. "I'm glad you're okay, Miyamura." Megumi smiled. "Thanks, Megumi." Miyamura replied which caused everyone to gasp. "First name basis?!" Ishikawa asked/yelled. "Hey! How come he gets to call you Megumi and I don't?!" Akenon pout as Megumi chuckled awkwardly. "Well-." Megumi was about to explain when Yoshikawa interrupted. "I think its cute!" She said, expressing her opinion. "In that case," Hori turned around from the sink to face Miyamura. "I want you to call me Kanojo!" Hori said. "B-but Hori," Miyamura laughed nervously and uncomfortably. "We aren't together-." Miyamura was about to finish when Hori took a deep breath. "About that.." she fiddled with her fingers and tried to find the courage to speak up.

"I like you, Miyamura! And I want to be your girlfriend." Hori expressed as everyone gasped once more. "Guys," Yoshikawa whispered to Akenon, Megumi, and Ishikawa. "Let's get outta here." And everyone nodded as they headed out of the room. Everyone left them alone and headed back to the classroom to eat, but Megumi stayed outside the nurse's office, but she couldn't hear anything so she wasn't eavesdropping. She leaned onto the wall and tried to smile, she tried. But she couldn't. Her smile turned into a silent cry as she took her glasses off. "Look at you Megumi.. crying again. How pathetic." She thought to herself as she sat down on the floor. "I made my choice.. I let him go.. I should've been prepared for this.. I should've moved on.." she thought as she cried, covering her mouth so Miyamura and Hori wouldn't hear her from inside. She gathered herself together, then went back to the classroom for lunch.

When she arrived, she sat down with her friends and opened her bento. "Can you believe it though? Who would've thought Hori had feelings for Miyamura." Yoshikawa grabbed some rice with her chopsticks. "I mean, it was pretty obvious but I always thought she was just joking around by calling him dannasan and asking him to call her kanojo." Ishikawa pointed out. "Me too, but I guess a part of me kinda saw her feelings." Akenon said. "I knew from the beginning." Megumi pushed up her glasses as everybody looked at her. "How?" Yoshikawa asked with her mouthful. "Ever since after the karaoke session we had, I could tell by the way she looked at him." Megumi ate some of her teriyaki sushi. 

The bell rang for end of lunch, and Miyamura and Hori still weren't back yet. The group was starting to get concerned. In the middle of third period, Miyamura and Hori came through the door. "Sorry Sensei, we were at the nurse's office." Miyamura excused as Sensei nodded. Then they both sat down like nothing happened, which was weird. "Are you feeling better?" Megumi asked Miyamura when he sat down. "Yeah, I'm feeling okay now." He smiled at her.