I am a girl after all [WINDBREAKER - Umemiya Hajime]

Chapter 13

A/N: A reader pointed out that the age of my OC was not aligning right (thank you for pointing that out :D ) so I'll be editing the age in Chapter 11/12, I'm trying to recalibrate everything.. I wanted to make the OC as young as possible when she experienced the trauma but I wanted her to meet Ume when he was in middle school or something, I'll be reevaluating the chapters these next few days but the age isn't really that relevant so no need to re-read it or anything, I just want to make it accurate.

Chapter 13: 

So today is the day Bofurin would go against Shishitoren, and as someone who has been independently roaming the underground world, I know how dirty Shishitoren is. They are so committed to becoming the strongest that they attack their own people if they find them a liability. 

They are the complete opposite of Furin,

"Good morning sleepy head, you're up early," Kotoha greeted as I stepped out of my room to grab some breakfast but to my surprise, Sakura was there eating a sandwich.

"Eugh~" I groaned as soon as I saw him, and he did the same, " I see you almost every single day now," I added as I sat on the farthest bar stool away from him. Kotoha came over and placed a plate of sandwiches in front of me,

"Is that even a bad thing?" Kotoha teased, I then recalled what I told her last night. I told her I liked Sakura! 

"Yes, it is!" I whispered back at Kotoha, "Please, don't try anything, I can handle things on my own," I warned her, she just raised her hands and walked away but with a smirk on her face. I hope she doesn't do anything because I don't want to complicate things.

Just as I was about to eat my breakfast, Sakura decided to speak to me.

"Oi," He started off, "I saw you run off to Umemiya last night, did you tell him,"

"What?" Kotoha questioned, I was appalled.

Why the hell did he say that!? 

I quickly got up from my seat, grabbed Sakura by the collar, and dragged him out of the cafe. As we both headed out the door, Ume and Hiragi came in but I was too panicked to give a damn about them right now.

I dragged Sakura across the street and threw him on the ground,

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" He yelled at me,

"Kotoha-nee doesn't know about Ume, you idiot!" I whisper-yelled at him, I couldn't help but feel sad when I remembered how my confession went last night. 

I sat beside Sakura by the sidewalk, he was nice enough to hear about what happened.

"He rejected you, huh?" He asked,

"I guess you could call it a rejection," I started off, this made Sakura give me a questioning look, "He said he loved me too... As family," I noticed Sakura grimaced and I couldn't help but laugh, looking back, it was indeed pretty cringe,

"So what do you plan to do?" Sakura asked but I just gave him a shrug as a response, I want to try Kotoha-nee's suggestion of being a little bit more girly but then again, if it does work, Ume would not be liking the real me then,

He's going to like the image I made for him,

I want Ume to like me the way I am, but then again, who would like a tomboy like me? No one sees me as a girl, anyway,

"Sakura, what type of girls do you like?" I randomly asked the half-and-half boy sitting beside me. He started blushing madly and started stuttering like an idiot,

"H-H-Haahh?!" He stuttered nervously, "W-W-Where d-did that c-c-c-come from?!"

"Kotoha-nee told me that most guys like girly girls-- Maybe Ume likes those kinds of girls," I started off, "Maybe if I become like those girls he would-- you know,"