Is this love?

Chapter 5

"Poe? Your school called again. Did you not go today either ?" Asked a gentle female voice.

"I didn't feel well... im sorry..." answered the little boy with teary eyes.

"Dont be sweet heart it's alright. If you dont feel good you can stay home." The woman sat next to him and hugged him.

"I don't wanna go back there..." Wispered the boy as he hugged the woman and started to cry.

"Shh calme down, you don't have to. I'll find you another school. Everything is gonna be alright, im here with you"

Poe woke up with tears rolling down on his cheeks. He sat up on his bed and wiped them with a hurt expression. He soon found out what actually got him out of his dream. the front door bell keeps ringing and he could hear someone calling him.

"Is it father? No way... Wait-! What time is it??!" Poe looked at his phone to check the time and he quickly realised he was late. He imediatly stood up and went to change into his uniforme before grabbing his bag and rushing to the door. The opened it knocking out by at the same time the person behind.

"Ouch!~" the person covered his face as if it would ease the pain. Poe quickly reconized the guy in front of him and tured white.

"Uh- Ranpo? Im sorry!! I didn't mean to-" poe started to panic as he looked at his friend.

"Calme down its alright, im fine im fine" replied Ranpo with a smile trying to calme Poe.

"YOUR NOSE IS BLEEDING!!" Shouted Poe as he grabbed Ranpo's cheeks.

"That because i saw you~" replied Ranpo but Poe didn't understand what he meant. He just dragged Ranpo inside his house and went to the bathroom to help and clean the blood.

"I can do it myself" said Ranpo with a smile but Poe shook his head.

"Its my fault, im so sorry" he replied as he cleaned the blood with the tissue. Ranpo looked at him but quickly looked away with a slight blush on his cheeks.

"Whatever it's not that serious, we are late for school so let's get going." Said Ranpo.

"Ah- your right we must hurry up!" Replied the other on.

They arrived at school but when the teacher Kunikida saw then trying to
sneak in the classroom he made them leave.

"Im so sorry..... its all my fault....." said Poe hiding his face in his arms while they sat next to each other on the floor.

"Its alright dont worry" replied Ranpo with a smile as he patted his back.

"Here have some" he said as he handed him the bag of chips that he took this morning . Poe looked toward him and took some chips to eat.

"Thanks" he replied.

"No problem" answer Ranpo as he also took some. There was a silence for a moment, none of them knew what to say. It was obviously Ranpo who broke the silence trying to make a conversation.

"Did you sleep well?" Asked Ranpo all of a sudent. Poe took some time before giving his answer.

"Yeah i guess" he teplied with a small smile.

'Liar your eyes were swollen this morning...' thought Ranpo but didnt dare to actually say anything about it.

"What about you?" Asked Poe.

"Same" he replied and the silence came back. Ranpo was staring at Poe, the shy guy started to feel uneasy in that situation and looked slowly toward the other one.