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YUJI HAD THROWN UP!
that was a secret he'd take to the grave. he'd spent the entire night panicking, trying to figure out what being had cursed him with a punishment like this.
his perfect, beautiful, incredible, celebrity crush had heard every single one of his rants about her. he'd insulted her unknowingly and she'd insulted him right back.
he should've known. should've predicted it, because of course this was his shit luck.
it wasn't even that hard to tell, which was super embarrassing. a girl named cherry, from beverly hills?
every time he thought of it, he felt the same rush of humiliation as the first time. he had spent the entire night tossing and turning, waiting until morning to call his school and say he was dying and could no longer be part of the exchange program.
too bad for him, the tickets were already purchased, and megumi had shown up at his house to force him to the airport.
that left yuji standing in the middle of the los angeles international airport with a half packed bag, his entire friend group, and a pit of fear in his stomach.
cherry looked calm and collected on the outside. internally, she was anything but. she had twelve hours to absorb the fact the guy who'd left the most outrageous confessions of love in her comment section would be living in her house.
more importantly, that the same boy was the one she'd despised and learned to appreciate (somehow).
she hadn't accepted it, not even as her feet carried her through the airport. not even when nobara jumped into her arms at the sight of her, which earned an unexplainable look from maki.
yuji felt his knees go weak at the sight of her. after half a minute of staring, he turned away in an effort to look normal.
"it's so nice to see you." nobara squealed, jumping off the girl. she was only off of her for a good couple seconds, before pulling her into another tight hug.
"you too." cherry replied, with a smile, arms encasing her friend equally as tight.
yuji thought her voice was like honey, and now something he couldn't live without. he ignored the thought in an effort to preserve any sense of normalcy. he didn't have any dignity left, but he could at least pretend.
"nobara, you're going to cut off her circulation." maki scolded, and then offered the red haired girl a polite smile.
"your hair is green." cherry giggled, a wide grin growing on her features.
another funny head of hair caught her attention. black and white stripes. her absolute favorite. "panda!" she gasped, and wrapped her arms around her abnormally tall friend.
