A Ray of Sunlight

Chapter 10.5 - Car Ride (Katsunori's POV)

Omg a definitely straight person questioning his sexuality??!?!?jhfwjdwkdwqk :O

It was a long time ago so I don't remember much but I remembered that my mom wasn't coming so it was just Kaito, Aoi (Kaito's older brother), Mrs. Asuka, Mr. Yamato and me. I was currently on spring break and Kaito's parents decided to take us on a hike.

I remembered that it was silent except for the music Mr. Yamato was playing and I didn't know if my cheeks were bright red but I knew that my stomach felt like a thousand butterflies flying around. I felt all warm and somehow nervous even though I had known Kaito for practically my whole life. I looked over at Kaito and immediately looked back. He doesn't think I'm weird right? I tried sitting a little straighter.

"Are you hot? I mean you are but like..." I said. I'm panicking now. It didn't come out the way I wanted it to come out. I should've said warm instead of something that could be taken both ways. I was about to bite my fingernails until I hesitated because it was gross. I didn't know where to put my hands. Does Kaito think I'm stupid, dumb or awkward? What if he didn't want to be friends with me anymore? Oh gosh! What's wrong with me?

"Hmm? Oh yeah, it's kind of hot." Kaito said. "Father, can you turn up the air conditioner?" He turned to me. "So, Katsunori, are you excited for high school?"

"Oh, yeah." I sighed. "I can't believe we're actually leaving middle school next year. It's been forever since we changed schools."

Kaito chuckled. "Yeah. I'm so excited to join the clubs. Also, what school are you going to?"

I haven't thought about that yet. I got multiple offers. One is to go to a private school. The school's pretty good but it costs money. The other is to go to a public school. It's still a good school but I wasn't sure which one I should go to because for private school, mom is already overworked and I don't want to put anymore pressure on her shoulders but it is a pretty good school.

"Umm, I got offered to two schools. I'm not sure which one I should choose. One of them costs money and the other doesn't"

"What's the name of the schools?"

"Well, the private school is called Crystal River school for high achievement." I turned to look at Kaito who was nodding. "And the public one is called Maple Leaf."

"Really?! I got accepted into Maple Leaf!"

"Ehh? You did?"

Kaito nodded. "I heard they have a really good volleyball team. For Crystal River, I'm not sure. I didn't want to go to a private school."

I nodded and returned to staring out the window and closed my eyes. I was so tired of feeling weird around Kaito. This never happened before. What was wrong with me? I started to feel sleepy as I was thinking. Before I drifted off to sleep, I felt someone covering me with a jacket. I assume it's Kaito but I was too tired to check.

When I woke up, we were still on the road. I realized that I fell asleep on Kaito's shoulders. I tried sitting straighter but realized Kaito fell asleep as well with his head on top of mine. My face turned red again. I hadn't been this close to Kaito since we were in elementary school. Aoi looked over at us and offered me snacks. I politely declined and he shrugged. I gave Kaito a tiny poke and he reached over and took my hand. I assume he took my hand for me to stop poking him but I couldn't help but turn even more red. We were holding hands! So, for the rest of the ride, I sat there, holding hands with the sleeping Kaito. 

Please ignore grammar mistakes lmao 💀