unfamiliar feelings ~ Asuka x Shiroi (oc's)

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Asuka's Pov:
Its only been a week and a half but I feel like Ume and Shiroi have become super close now. Its nice seeing them have their fun laughters and all but a part of me feels a bit odd.
Over the weekends the whole group and I did go out to a karaoke place and it was super fun but oh my, Ume can NOT sing at all. It hurt my ears a bit actually when she started singing but obviously I didn't tell her that. She started joking around about her bad singing voice and we all just laughed with her.

Afterthat we also went eating together and it was a really fancy and expensive looking restaurant but everyone could obviously afford it expect for me...so I just ordered the least expensive thing to eat and left it at that. It was nice being able to hang out with so many friends that I now have. A month ago, I had nobody and now, I have 3 good friends. Im really grateful for them, even if I dont show it sometimes but I am so thankful that they've chosen to stay with me and that they are who they are. I never really expected to have Shiroi as a close friend of mine but it happened and honestly, I dont regret having her as a friend. She's been nothing but nice to me ever since the incident and after the OTHER incident with me accidently showing her my true feelings, I think we formed some kind of special connection? It may sound weird but that's the best way I can describe it..

Since the 3 girls were able to walk to the same direction for a while, I was left alone to walk home in a complete different direction with my headphones. I didnt have to walk the whole way, I did go by bus but it felt so strange after all that loudness and getting used to not being all alone all the time.

--flashback--

Arriving home, I immediately received a message from Shiroi.

Shiroi
you arrived home safe?

Inada Asuka
Yes

Shiroi
great, you should probably get some sleep now
ITS PAST YOUR BED TIME

Inada Asuka
IT'S ONLY 9PM WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

Shiroi
oh come on now, you would be dead asleep by now if we hadn't had to drag you out of your home

Inada Asuka
You are very wrong about that

Shiroi
Oh, but am I?

Inada Asuka
Bye.

Shiroi
sleep well <3

I turned off my phone and greeted my parents before walking upstairs into my bedroom. Shiroi was being silly again tch. She was so wrong, right now I would be reading my book and at 9:30pm I jump into my bed! She was of course so so wrong.

After changing my clothes and doing my usual night time routine, I immediately jumped onto my bed to finally relax. This week was stressful with all the homework and tests we had. It was the reason I at first didn't want to join the girls on their night out but at the end, they just forced me to go. I couldn't resist.

I then stared at my messages with Shiroi for no reason, just scrolling over our past conversations, was that weird? No, it wasnt! I then realized that I never texted her back after her last message and started thinking whether to reply or not to....

I stared a bit too long at the message I was so hesitant to send. "sleep well too :)" that doesn't seem like something I would usually write but I want to be nice to her for once...gosh just send it Asuka!
It took 'A LOT' of courage but I finally hit send and in just a few seconds I saw that she read it. Shiroi started typing but the text bubble disappeared soon after, and a reply was never send from her.

--flashback end--

My daily studies at the library with Shiroi have became less and less with Shiroi and instead turned into my daily studies at the library with Ichika. Nothing against Ichika of course, I love that she's sacrificing her "So precious" time to spend time with me instead. It's just a bit different without Shiroi to annoy me constantly. Shiroi and Ume have to finish their science project Shiroi hasn't had a lot of time recently but still, makes me feel a bit lonely.

While they were working on their project, Ichika and I have been working on ours and its been going great. We decided to try building a robotic hand and surprisingly Ichika is great at science and that type of stuff so it's been pretty easy so far. Im glad Ume asked Shiroi to be her partner because she chose the 'smartest' friend in our friend group, Shiroi hates science and sciene hates her. Hopefully their project is still doing well though of course.

"Woah I was gone for a second and you already have this much written down? Thats impressive even for a fast writer like me!" I came back from the bathroom and saw Ichika completely focused on the topic, she didnt even listen to me when I said that.
"Lets take a break and go to the nextdoor bakery. I know you like their croissants." I said, trying to snap Ichika out of her focused modus and she did after hearing me mention croissants.
"Lets go!"

Since it was right next to the huge library, it only took us a minute till we arrived there. As we were about to go in, I suddenly saw Ume and Shiroi sitting across eachother and eating a piece of strawberry cake together. I then stopped infront of the entrance and Ichika asked me what was wrong, I didnt know either. I just froze...again. Ichika then opened the door for me and had to drag me inside. It didnt take a while until Ume noticed us and invited us to sit with her and Shiroi. Thats what we did after Ichika asked for 2 croissants.

"How far are you guys with your project? Tanaka-Chan and I still have quite a lot to do hehe." Ume said and Shiroi chuckled, knowing it was because she was really bad at science.
"Well Ichika is almost doing all of the work at this point, she is obsessed with this topic and a part of me feels like she'll start creating clones of herself to rule the whole world in the near future." I said in a serious tone but everyone else just laughed, thinking I was joking.

We all chatted a bit and then the events from before we entered popped up in my head again, why did I suddenly stop? I wish I could answer it and know what I was thinking when that happened but I just feel like I cant.

"It was nice eating my delicous croissants here but Asuka and I still have some things to do for today! See ya tomorrow?" Ichika said and we both got up. Soon we left and walked to the library again.

Shiroi's Pov:
Asuka didn't look very happy to see me and Ume, did we do something? I guess she has been acting a bit weird the whole week but I wish I knew why. Could it be because I've been hanging out with Ume so much lately? But I mean, we ALL have been hanging out with her as much as I did, that cant be it. Well, I hope me and Asuka get to hang out alone again, its been a while.