attakai | a. haruchiyo & k. nahoya

27 | a color meaning pure

"Are you okay?" Naoto asks, taking a seat in the dining table while he watches Nari's back, making something in the kitchen. "You used to never go to the kitchen unless you were hungry." He pointed out to her.

"I'm a changed person." Nari responded, turning around to face Naoto who was now more than surprised. Wearing the usual white apron their mother wore while mixing a bowl of what seemed to be like chocolates. "Honestly I don't think I know what I'm doing." She voices out, letting out a breath before placing the bowl on top of the table.

"Are you following the instructions?" He asks, peering into the bowl. "Who are you making it for even?"

Before Nari was about to respond, Naoto had beaten her to it. "Nevermind. I shouldn't have asked. It's for Haru." He said, placing his hands on top of the table.

Nari was quiet for a moment, pouring chocolate mix into the mold. "It's not for Haru." She simply responded, placing it inside the fridge to let it cool. Raising her head to look at the wall clock, Nari immediately removed the apron and bolted up the stairs.

"Why is time moving so fast?!" She asks herself aloud, the sounds of her feet thumping on the ground. 

Naoto was left all alone in the kitchen, blinking. "If it's not for Haru, then who?" He asks, getting up from the dining table.

"Where the hell is Nari?" Smiley asks, checking the time on his phone. "Is she still sleeping at this time?" He asks again.

"What'd you think she'd bring?" Kazutora asks

"There's no fun if she tells us!" Chifuyu responded 

"Oi, wake up, Nari!" Smiley said through his phone. "If you're still sleeping, I'll cream on your face!"

Everyone's heads turned to look at Smiley after what he said. Even Angry had a look of disgust on his face.

"It's not like that, idiots!" He reasons. The sounds of footsteps and ragged breaths from the distance slowly closing up to them.

"I'm here!" Nari announces, waving a hand up in the air before stopping in her tracks, gathering her breath. "I can't believe I really ran from home to here." She spoke, wiping away the beads of sweat forming on the side of her head.

"Great, everyone's here now!" Mikey says, smiling as all of them formed a circle amongst themselves.

"It's gonna be a long time before we open it again. We'll definitely forget what we wrote." Angry said

"Of course!" Hakkai agrees. "That's the thrill of time capsules!"

"Don't forget about this guys" Mikey begins to say, "In twelve years, on Toman's formation day, let's meet again."

After Draken buried their letters to one another, they stopped and stared at the ground for a moment before leaving together.

"I'm going on a date with Hina. See you guys!" Takemichi bids, being the first to part from the group.

"I have to take Peke J to the vet since he isn't eating well lately." Chifuyu says, being the second to leave.

"Me and Kazutora are going to Akihabara." Baji announces, slinging an arm on the dual toned male. "We'll be taking our leave now." And with that, the two of them whisked away.

"I have to go help Emma with the groceries. See you soon guys!" Mikey says before parting.

"I have to go and make lunch for Luna and Mana." Mitsuya suddenly realizes, "Wanna drop by to our house, Hakkai?"

"Sure!" Hakkai happily responded. Now the two of them left together.

"How's Pochi doing lately?" Peh asks, walking besides Pah Chin.

"I have to take him for a long walk since I wasn't able to these past few days." Pah Chin replies, "Wanna come with us?"

Peh Yan shrugged before nodding his head. "Yeah sure." The two of them then left together.

"I have to go and buy a light bulb." Draken spoke, "I don't know what the hell is happening to the lightbulbs at home." He adds, waving a hand as he parts from the rest.

Now it was just the twins and Nari.

"I have to go to the rest room real quick. I'll be back!" She announces, hurriedly going over to the stall to take a leak. When she was done, she walked back to the two.

"Hey, I'm back-"

"Oh I realize that I forgot something." Angry suddenly spoke, turning to face Smiley. "I'll go home first, take care you two!" He bids, running away from them.

Nari watched as Angry ran away from them, blinking her eyes. "What exactly did he forgot?" She asks.

Smiley shrugs, shoving his hands inside the pockets of his pants. "Beats me." He responded. "Are you not in a rush to go home?"

Nari shook her head. "I don't have anything to do at home too." She says, "Want to get strawberry mochi's with me?"

"Sounds good to me."

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Nari stared at the perfectly molded chocolates placed inside a white box in front of her. When she took out the chocolates from the fridge earlier, she tried her best to control her urges of tasting just one piece to her mouth, to know if her efforts tastes good.

"I don't know what you taste like but I'm betting my life that you're the best homemade chocolate I ever made." She told herself, smiling while waving goodbye to the chocolates as she closes it with a white lid.

"Do well, okay?" She cheers for the chocolate. "You have to taste well for him. If he doesn't like you, then I'll kick his chin for you." She jokes, lip tight smiling before scribbling a little note to go along with the chocolates.

Later that day, when school finishes, Nari waited for him by the school entrance, her index fingers gently tapped against the box, her head turning slightly both left and right to see if he was in sight already. When he wasn't, she'd let out a sigh.

"Would he even come and meet me here?" She asks herself, turning her head down to look at her shoes. Pursing her lips together, she waited for him a bit more. Besides, Nari is waiting for him ten minutes early.

Was she excited? No. Eager? Maybe. It's her first time to give a gift to a boy. The doll that she meant to give Sanzu back in valentines day? She wasn't able to give it to him. And now that doll rests somewhere; in any corner or crevice inside her room.

While Nari was staring down on her feet, a pair of black school shoes stopped in front of her. Causing her heart to race and a pink tint immediately splotching on her cheeks. Lifting her head up, she pursed her lips together and met him eye to eye.

"Here you go." She told him, extending her arms out to give him the chocolate. "I thought of you while making this." She tells him, her eyes trained on his.