𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 ❘❘ Iᴛᴏsʜɪ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀs x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

𝐈 - 𝐄𝐍𝐆

Prom is in a few weeks and I wasn't planning on going there.
There is too many people and parties aren't my thing at all.

But here I am, standing there, completely speechless in front of this guy, asking me out for prom in front of the whole school.
I feel so embarrassed, how do I reject him without being too harsh ?
I can't move, everyone has their eyes on me, waiting for a positive answer.

All I can hear are some thoughts people let out loud like « aww, so cute »; « he's so brave » or « she's gonna say yes ».

I just want to be alone. This situation makes me really anxious, I feel faint.

Why did he decided to do this in front of all these students ? Public « promposals » are the worst to me. I hate being the center of attention and if I say no, what will everyone think ?
I don't know what to do...

As my thoughts were invading me, giving me a massive headache, I felt someone pulling me away. Their arms wrapped around my waist keeping me safe from all this.

« Sorry dude, she's already taken. »

The voice said in a sleepy but serious tone.
I looked up to see who was...saving me ?

It was my friend Nagi. His heigh probably scared the poor guy away, I heard him mumbling something that sounded like an apology before vanishing very embarrassed.

After everyone left surprised, Nagi let me go before I turned my face to him.

« - Thanks Sei for having my back, I didn't know what to do.
- No problem, I just saw all the excitement and got curious. Never thought you'd be the cause of it tho.
- Yeah, this guy surprised me, I don't even know him.
- Maybe a stalker of yours.
- Hope you're wrong, this is scary as hell...

Nagi brought me to my next class so I wouldn't be alone. I'm grateful to have a friend like him, he takes good care of me and I appreciate it a lot.

In class, lots of people were watching me, is this because of what happened earlier ?
Gossips are really fast here.

I'd rather not think about it, just ignore them.

After school, I went home feeling a bit depressed.
I needed to think about something else and I knew who I had to call.

My childhood friend. Rin is quite tough but he never declined an invitation to spend time with me.

I tried to call him but he didn't pick up. Maybe he's busy with training, it's been a long time but I guess he is still obsessive over football...

I don't want to be a distraction, I'd better  wait for him to be done.
But on the other hand, I'm really bored...

——————————

This proves how impatient I am. I'm literally standing on his front door knocking and waiting for him to open.
He should be home by now...

As expected, someone opened the door but it wasn't Rin.

"SAE ?"

Rin's older brother ? Here ? How ? Since when anyway ?
Aren't they supposed to be...angry with each other ?

Rin never told me much about how their relationship degraded. I guess he got traumatized by it but now it's just really confusing...

Sae's eyebrows lifted up and he looked at me like I was some kind of alien.

"I'm sorry, who are you ?"

Wait, he doesn't remember me ?
I know, we weren't that close but still, I haven't changed that much, did I ?