ajisai | s. shinichiro

三十一

On any partial day of the week, school attendance is a must. It's as important as instructional purposes as it reflects mostly to the graduating students, most especially to the ones who plan to go to college or university. And one of them is Airi, who, is currently sitting in one of the benches of the grass area, one hand holding onto her sketchbook and the other busy drawing and shading onto a page of her sketchbook.

And from a good distance is Shinichiro, sitting besides Wakasa in a table, elbows propped up and cheeks resting on top of his hands, a smile painted on his lips as he watches and admires her from afar.

"Why are you so thirsty?" Wakasa asks, his eyes darting from Shinichiro then to Airi.

"I'm refreshed. I just finished drinking a bottle of water." He replies to him, showing to him his empty water bottle afterwards. "See? I'm not parched."

Wakasa could only look at Shinichiro with a face he makes, not sure if he should feel sorry for him as he did not understand the context of his question or not.

Exiting the girl'sbathroom, Airi smooths her skirt with her hands before going back to her classroom. Before walking any further, Shinichiro takes a hold of her elbow, pulling her closer to him as the girl spins around to face him.

"I caught you!" He beams to her, pulling her to a nearby empty classroom, closing the sliding doors behind him. "I wanted to talk to you before we classes starts again." He adds, whining as he sits down on top of a desk, wrapping his arms around her waist and hugging her.

"Why can't we even be in the same class?" He complains. "This stupid wall is separating me from you."

Though she did not have a good answer for this, all Airi could do is chuckle and place a kiss on top of his head. "You know" she begins to say, fingers brushing through his black hair. "If the teachers are to catch us right now, we'd be in big trouble and then our parents will be called in because were publicly displaying right now."

"What a load of bull." Shinichiro responded, the side of his face pressed against her clothed stomach. "Who cares what this school thinks? Once upon a time, the teachers used to be us like to. And besides, were entirely not in public if were behind closed doors." He explains, suddenly standing up and cornering the lilac haired girl against the wall.

"Since we still have five minutes left, why don't we play a game?" He suggests.

"Well...what kind of game?" Airi asks, blinking twice.

Shinichiro clears his throat, clasping his hands together. "You have to do this first." He instructs, in which Airi copies his hands by intertwining her fingers together.

"Then you have to unclasp one hand like this" He says, lifting all of his fingers in his left hand. And the moment Airi lifts up all of her fingers in her left hand, Shinichiro is quick to clasp his fingers around hers, backing her up against the wall further, pinning her arms up above her head.

"Like my game?" He asks her in a low and husky tone, his eyes trained on her.

Airi couldn't help but blush then let out a small sound of giggling before switching their positions, extending her left arm up and enough to pin Shinichiro's arms above his head, sliding her left leg between his legs, teasingly feeling him.

"I'm really enjoying it, Shin!" She responded, letting out a laugh afterwards as she sees Shinichiro's face burn right red, letting go of his hands.

"You looked so cute!" She commented, arms wrapped around her stomach. "I'm a good girlfriend, I'll keep this a little secret between us, in case your friends tease you for being a bottom." She adds, sending him a wink.

Shinichiro, who is still dazed, impressed and turned on by what just happened, opens his mouth to speak. "I didn't know you could be like that." He replies. "Can you do that to me again sometime?" He asks her, catching Airi off guard by his sudden suggestion.

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"Do you ever dream about being a bride, older sister?"

"I never thought of it before...but...now that I think about it, it surely would be nice to walk down the aisle, wearing a white dress and the biggest smile on my face."

Emma gasps, clasping her hands together. "That's what I thought so too, older sister!" She responded. "My dream is to become a bride and get married to the guy I really, really like!"

Airi couldn't help but smile upon hearing her dream, holding onto the blue whale with her hand and leaning it close to her face. "Well I think you have a nice dream." She replies, making Emma pretend that the whale is talking to her, using the stuffed toy to place a kiss on her cheek; in which the little girl giggled.

"What about you, older sister?" Emma asks

The older girl blinks, dropping the stuffed toy back on her lap. "What do you mean what about me?"

"Don't you dream about becoming Shin nii's bride? Because of you, Shin nii's doing things he doesn't do back then. Like watering the plants in the garden, cleaning the floors of the dojo and even cooking! Grandpa would have to call his attention in a really loud voice just so he would move but now...he does it voluntarily!" She confesses.

"Back then, we caught Shin nii smiling while scooping rice into his bowl. When grandpa asked what he was thinking, he blurted out how cute you were before taking a seat." Emma adds, laughing at the memory.

"So please marry Shin nii, older sister." Emma says, clasping her hands again while looking up at her with half pleading eyes. "If you marry him, I'll be happy having you as my older sister even though I already consider you as one!" She beams.

Hearing her words melted her heart, unable to hide the smile that wanted to paint her lips, Airi nodded her head. "I'll marry your older brother. I'll kick his butt and throw punches at him if he ditches me!"

"You can count me in too if he does that!" Emma binds before the two girls hug each other.

Outside Emma's room, one person stood with their back leaned against the wall, a smile appearing on their lips as well. Shinichiro couldn't help but feel like his heart bursting and bubbling inside his chest.

After high school graduation and after saving up decently and enough for the two of them, he'll really place a ring on her finger.