Short Stories

The Question

Warning: Oc x Canon
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"I think you should ask him. He loves you, he's just afraid to show it."

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It was around 4 PM. The halls in the school were lined with posters, each with big bold yellow letters, spelling out 'Prom'. Seeing as there was a dance coming up, everyone saw it as an opportunity to ask the ones they love to go with them. Well, this applied to most of the students. One in particular was too stubborn to ask and saw the dance as a waste of time. The more and more he saw these posters, the more annoyed he became. However, he was thinking with head, not his heart.

This particular student was Tsurugi Kinjo, the Ultimate Police Officer. He felt as a cop, it was pointless to go to something as petty as a dance. He thought that his work was more important and he shouldn't bother going. However, he again was thinking with his head, not his heart. He noticed this, but pushed it away and went on with his day.

He thought it would go away, but that was until he was talking with his friend, Yuki Maeda. As they were talking, that question that's been haunting him came up once again, as the maid, Akane Taira, ran up to Yuki.

"Yuki! Hey, I have a question for you!" She exclaimed happily.

"Hm? U-Uh what is it Akane?" Yuki questioned, placing one of his fingers to his cheek as he showed a nervous, yet confused expression. He, like most at his age, indeed had a crush. He's been trying his best to keep his cool around the female but he never seems to succeed.

Tsurugi backed up and watched quietly as the maid smiled shyly, a blush coating her cheeks. "U-Um, well you've probably seen the posters.... And um..." She trailed off, fiddling with the side of her dress nervously, "I was um, wondering if you wanted to um... go to prom with me?" She then flailed her hands, holding them up in front of her, "I totally understand if you don't want to! It was a stupi-"

"I'll go with you." Yuki cut in, speaking confidently as he placed his hands on his hips. He wasn't sure where such a confident response came from, but he rolled with it.

She blinked in return, not expecting such a confident response from the carrot-top, "Huh? Wait really?"

Yuki sweatdropped, his previous confident demeanor cracking, "Eheh, Did you really think I would say no?"

"Ehh, No? I just wasn't expecting a yes eheh." Akane chuckled nervously, a bead of sweat sliding down her cheek, soon being replaced by a bright, angelic smile, "But I'm glad you said yes! That just means I'll have to find a dress~"

"And I'll...Ah- Right, I'll need a suit." He brought his hand up, running it through his soft orange locks, "Guess I could always go suit shopping with Kinji." He thought out loud.

"Huh? Uehara~Kun is going? I didn't take him to be the type to like dances." Akane questioned, placing her hands delicately on her lap area.

"Oh yeah. I guess he asked Lorenzo to go with him. I was actually quite surprised to hear that." Yuki chuckled, re-envisioning the whole scene in his mind, "Granted, Lorenzo was freaking out the whole time but I think they're a cute pair."

While the two were talking, an ever growing anger was getting increasingly larger inside the cop. He despised all this talk about dances, and seeing as everyone has the guts to ask only infuriated him more. It only made him feel weaker, even worse about himself. Finally having enough of it, he let out a loud 'Ehem' to remind the two that he was still there.

He crossed his arms, his crimson red eyes glaring at two as they both looked at him slowly, their amber eyes filling with a sense of fear from not realizing they were angering him. Well, not really angering him, moreover making him jealous more than anything.