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Chapter 32: Another Night

"The night sure is something."

"Well I guess."

Walking around in the town was none other than me and Kyou himself. It was just a simple request of going out for the rest of the day and it suddenly dragged till night. I wonder if my parents are worried about me? Knowing my dad, he would go crazy if he knows that I was spendig my day with a guy till night.

But then again, this was not the ending of our hangout. Sora told us to go stargazing again. For some reason, he seems fond of doing these things with friends. That and Sora really loved the skies.

"Say, Haru.."

"Hm?"

"...no, it's nothing."

"Huh?! You called out to me and then saying it's nothing. What are you trying to pull here?"

"I told you it's nothing.. man, you can be loud sometimes."

"Hmph."

Again, he acted like this. This has been happening quite a lot today. I don't know what is he really up to by doing this but surely it mist be something very, very, very important. I could tell.

At any rate, it seems to me that my 'boyfriend' is rather, a very dense person. I had tried nudging his hands, trying to invite him to hold my hand but it never really worked. He would just look at me with a disturbed face or just a grunt when I 'accidently' bumped my hand with his.

And he said, he wanted to help me! Holding hands is considered a norm for couples! Am I wrong?  I mean, from all the mangas I have read, the way they hold hands are just simply magnificent and beautiful. To hold your partner's hand and share your warmth..

To be honest, over the time that I had been holding Kyou's hand, it was only when he was in bed and during that night under the starry sky. Only those three times... and just from those three times, I could really be honest with myself that I enjoyed it. Kyou's hand felt reassuring. Holding it makes me feel safe. It makes me feel like wanting to hold it forever......

But then there was the issue of his hands actually being cold. Perhaps it was due to the fact that he has a weak body? I don't know. Despite being the school's ace, science was never my strong subject.

....I really want to hold his hands though...

Suddenly, I was brought back to reality when Kyou suddenly stopped moving.

"Haru?"

"What now?"

"Why are you staring at my hand?"

"Eh?"

Hold t! You mean all this time I had been staring at his hands?! How could that be?! I was sure that I was looking at the front during this entire walk!

"You were definitely staring at it like you want to hold it."

"W-w-w-what?! Want it?! W-w-what makes you think I want to hold it?!"

"Huh? Like I said, you've been staring at it."

"Eh... eh.. F-fine! Yeah! I want to hold it! What's wrong with it?! I like holding you hands! What's the wrong with that?!"

"You what?"

Ah! Crap! Why? Why? Why? Why did I say that out loud?! Why am I being overly honest about myself right now?! Why?! Ah, this is a disaster! This is too embarassing! Forget about the stargazing, I want to bury myself in a hole and die!

I was cut from my musing when i felt a rather large hand grab hold of my left hand with such a strong yet comfortable grip.

"W-well, since you enjoy it.."