𝓜𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓘𝓷𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷

𝟎𝟎𝟑

"Excuse me!" A high-pitched voice shouted.

I heard Yuichiro groan as we looked to see who was calling out for us. A boy with black hair and eyes was running over to us. He looked quite young, though he wore the same uniform as us. I noticed that he had a red heart clip in his hair. He stopped in front of us, a big smile on his face.

"Are you guys the Tokito triplets?" He asked, bouncing up and down, probably from excitement.

Before any of us could reply, another boy walked over. He looked just like the first boy, except older, and he had no hair clips. He also wore the same uniform.

"You can't just run up to people like that, Hanakō," he scolded.

"Sorry, nii-chan! I was just so excited to meet them! Raibaru-kun said such good things about them!"

He looked back at us, still beaming.

"Hello! My name is Yamada Hanakō, and this is my big brother, Taro! We also go to Akademi!"

"Really? No way! We're making friends left and right!" Muichiro laughed, "I'm Muichiro, and these are my siblings, Yuichiro and Y/N."

"It's nice to meet you guys! We heard about you from Osano-kun and Raibaru-kun! We were wondering if you wanted to eat lunch with us!"

"Really? That sounds amazing!"

"Great! See you at lunch, then!"

And then they walked away, the smaller boy having a pep in his step. I furrowed my brows and puffed out my cheeks a bit as I tried to remember what their names were.

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I took a bite of my rice ball as I stared at the sky, watching as crows flew past. I remembered what they were called! I'm so proud of myself.

"Ooh! Your lunch looks so good,
Y/N-chan!" I heard the boy with the red hair clip exclaim.

I stared at him for a moment before tilting my head.

"What was your name, again?" I asked.

He blinked, looking at me with wide eyes. Why does he seem so confused? Yuichiro sighed and patted my shoulder.

"He's Hanakō, N/N," he said.

"Oh... And... Who are these other people?"

I saw the other two gingers yesterday and the black haired boy this morning, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't remember their names. I knew they were in my mind somewhere. But it was as if there was mist covering them up, making it hard for me to remember them.

Yuichiro let out a sigh of annoyance before re-introducing them to me. The blackette was Taro, the reddish-orange boy was Osano, and the blonde-orange boy was Raibaru. Got it.

I took my chopsticks to grab a bit of my chicken. As I put it in my mouth, I saw Hanakō staring at me. I furrowed my brows.

"Don't you have your own food?" I huffed.