The Miya Triplets? M. Akagi

Chapter 25

Akagi POV
I sighed, leaning back on the wall where I usually meet Aran and Kita. What's taking them so long today? I'm almost never the first person here. I pulled out my phone to check the time and see if either of them had texted me.

There was actually a text from Aran.

Sorry I overslept go to school without me!

Just moments after I had read Aran's message Kita came around the corner slightly out of breath. "Hello Akagi, sorry I'm a bit late, there was a bit of a situation. Is Aran not here yet?"

I shook my head. "He just texted me. He said he overslept and told us to go to school without him." Kita frowned slightly. "Well hopefully he'll make it in time." I nodded and took a step away from the wall. "Let's get going, we're a little behind on time as it is." "Yeah, sorry about that." Kita apologised again while we walked towards school.

"No worries, we'll still make it in time, I'm sure." Kita hummed in agreement. "Is your chemistry test in the first lesson?" He asked while keeping his eyes on the road in front of us. "No, it's this afternoon so I still have plenty of time to be nervous about it. But I genuinely think I'll be okay. Thanks again for helping me yesterday."

"I'm glad you feel prepared." Kita sounded more tense and zoned out than usual and he wouldn't look straight at my face. "Do you have something important going on today? You seem kind of nervous." He just continued to stare into space silently but I could've sworn his face went a little bit red.

I thought back to when we were studying the day before. "I was sure you and Aran were dating when I first met the two of you." Kita had spent at least half a minute staring at the floor in silence after I brought up Aran. I smiled to myself and sighed a bit. Oblivious idiots.

While we were walking I suddenly saw a movie poster for a sequel to a movie I had watched with Aran and Kita. I nudged him and pointed at it. "Look, we should all go watch that together! It's in cinema's for like another two weeks and I'm free next weekend so if you and Aran don't have plans we could go see it!"

"I'm free most of the weekend too." Kita added. "We can ask Aran at school later. Maybe we could invite the rest of the team too? Or at least the ones who've seen the first one." I nodded with a grin. "Yeah that sounds great! If the others have time we could all go together right after practice on Saturday."

"Is it playing around that time?" Kita noted. I pulled out my phone and searched for the movie at the closest cinema. I frowned slightly. "Well it's not ideal. We'll have to wait there for around an hour if we go straight from practice. But hey, there's plenty of us, I'm sure we'll find something to do."

I went to switch off my phone and put it back in my pocket, but before I did I noticed the time. "Uhm Kita? School starts in 6 minutes." We shared a look and started running in the direction we were previously walking.

~TIMESKIP~

I made it to class in the very last minute and as the second last student to arrive. As far as I knew Kita managed to get there in time too. I tried to get my things ready as quickly as possible but I seemed to be having particular difficulty focusing on school right then.

I wonder if Aran made it to school in time. I wondered absentmindedly while staring blankly into space. I had barely even noticed the time pass before the teacher spoke to me directly.

"What do you think Akagi?" Startled out of the lack of thoughts I had been comfortably swimming in up to that point, I jolted up and glanced around for context that could help me come up with a quick answer. "Uhh..."

My teacher didn't even give me time to come up with some random response and sighed before addressing the class again. "Can someone who was paying attention help Akagi by reminding all of us about the current topic and the question I was asking your opinions on?"

I felt my face heat up and made an effort to pay attention to the rest of the lesson despite my complete lack of focus in that moment.

I was incredibly glad when the bell finally rang and I could leave the class. Out in the hall I saw Aran walking and chatting with a classmate. He waved when he saw me and, with a quick word to his classmate walked over to me.

"Hey, sorry for this morning, I hope you guys didn't have to wait for me!" I laughed. "Nah, Kita was late too so I saw  your text before he got there. Did you make it to class in time?"

Aran sighed. "Just about but I had to beg my mom to drive me. I never would have made it by foot." Suddenly I remembered the movie poster I'd seen earlier.

"I have to get to class, but me and Kita have an idea for something we could do next weekend. We can discuss it at lunch so make sure to turn up!" I pointed at him accusingly and we laughed before going our separate ways.

Suna POV
When class was done I once again wouldn't meet Samu's eyes. I tried to walk past him quickly when I left our classroom and I gave his desk a wide berth. Once I had left the room and was walking to my next class though, I noticed someone had caught up to me to walk silently by my side.

I glanced at the person, trying to see who it was while not being too obvious and my suspicions were immediately confirmed. Osamu and I didn't speak a word and although my thoughts were racing and I could feel my throat closing up, it felt comfortable to be near him again.

When we got to our next class Osamu gave me a careful look and sat down at the desk we usually sat at together. I looked away from him but took place next to him anyway.

I stared down at my bag and took out my things for the lesson and when I put my things on my desk I caught a glimpse of Osamu's face. He was smiling slightly but despite his smile he still looked at me with sadness and all of a sudden a wave of guilt washed over me.

Osamu had never been anything but an amazing friend to me, the best friend I had ever had, and I had hurt him. Even though I hadn't meant to and all I wanted to do was get over him so we could keep being best friends, in doing so I'd made him sad.

I looked at Samu's hand lying on the desk and I realised I missed him much more than I'd imagined I would, despite it only having been a day. I touched his hand with the back of my own and he snapped his head around to look at me.

I still didn't make direct eye contact with him but I leaned towards him imperceptibly. "I'm sorry." I whispered. Osamu shot me a genuine smile and moved closer to me, not more than he usually would in an everyday context, but in this case it lifted a weight off my shoulders.

Additionally I felt a very familiar flutter in my stomach and instead of getting needlessly annoyed at it as I normally would, I found comfort in the feeling of affection. I'm quite happy to have a crush on Samu if it means I'll always love him, friend or not.

A/N This ones a bit longer than usual but I wanted to give this chapter a round ending before I go on to the next one. I like getting to write all these character interactions so you can assume there'll be more of them coming up. I hope you have a wonderful week and Ramadan Mubarak to anyone fasting!