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02 | 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖥𝖤𝖲𝖳𝖨𝖵𝖠𝖫 ᵗᵐ

SAKURA HARUKA IS KNOWN FOR HIS ODD EXPRESSIONS—

he's always scowling on people who passes by him, he blushes really easily, and overall, he's really an open book. An amusing one at that.

Its the town of Makochi's festival, a joyous day of celebration, hence everyone was all smiles, handing out wind chimes with slips of paper to the children and others who wants to write their wishes and hang it on the ropes that shaped the pathways. Everywhere you look, there were a bunch of wind chimes hanging, some even from way back in the days and some also have wishes written on the slips of paper hanging at the bottom.

While everyone was dressed in a more traditional clothing, the Bofurin boys opt for their uniform, just so the town people could feel at ease, knowing that they will be protected if something does happen.

“come on now Sakura, loosen up! We're at a festival, you should feel the festivity!” Umemiya gave the said boy a soft (rough) pat on the back sending the younger boy almost stumbling on the ground.

The Othello-looking boy only grumbled curses under his breath “you're acting as if nothing happened” you can practically hear the bitterness on his voice alone.

To say that their first special errand was unforgettable was an understatement. If it weren't for Hiragi saving their ass, they were pretty sure no one would have came out of the tower alive.

“that crazy chick, does she do that to everybody?” the exasperated tone amused Umemiya “hmmm~ I wonder~” the silver haired boy posed into a thinking pose while Hiragi looked at him in disdain. “it was you who gave her the reason to be hostile everytime someone mentioned your name”

The other third years and heavenly kings and generals arrived shortly along with the rest of Bofurin as they all made their way deeper into the festival.

Everything is colorful. Streets bustling with life as both young and old enjoyed the festivities around town. Sakura took on the scene, the streets weren't littered with gangs who were looking for a fight, but the very same people were enjoying their time as if they weren't part of the people who once tried to ruin their home.

The sound of wind chimes choruses into a soothing nightingale, a piece of history that shaped the town to what it is today. Sakura could feel all the reluctance from his mind go away and instead he's having fun with the people he deemed his friends.

“ah! Ume-chaaaannn~” a familiar energetic boy ran towards the group with a huge smile “oh, Tomiyama you guys also came here?” Umemiya smiled at the boy who showed his newly purchased kitsune mask.

Sakura's heterochromatic eyes wandered seemingly looking for a certain someone who's always beside Shishitoren's captain.

“if you're looking for Togame-san, he's helping out [name] - chan over there” the sandy blonde boy besides Hiragi pointed at a packed booth with people lining up to purchase something.

“[name]-chan? Who's that?”

“the girl who nearly killed us yesterday”

Nirei immediately grabbed his journal and wrote down the name before they finally had a glimpse of the oh so popular booth hosted by Togame Jo and that girl [name].

At the center of the commotion, stood a girl wearing a yellow kimono embroidered with flowers. The fabric flowed gracefully seemingly shining under the artificial lights that scattered around the area. Sakura's eyes met with an unfamiliar pair of [e/c] eyes and the dark raven hair that was now braided into perfection.

With this hair doo the boys (whom she threatened yesterday) familiarized their eyes on the girl's style. How the beads on her dangling earrings shone with rainbows that reflected on her kimono and how rings adorned her fingers while she smiled and interacted with the locals who greeted her enthusiastically.

Heat started to travel fast on Sakura's face. Even if he wanted to look away to save himself from further embarrassment, he couldn't help but let his eyes wander lower into her cherry tinted lips.

“quit staring” the girl's lips moved, startling the Othello boy into looking away. “wahh~ [name]-chan you look so beautiful today~ you look beautiful everyday but today makes you shine even more~” Umemiya's obnoxiously sing song voice interrupted Sakura's train of thoughts as he and the other first years watched the girl's eyes turn even colder.

“I don't have much time to talk to you Umemiya, if you want my attention, fall in line” [name] pointed at the line of eager people before she turned back to giving them the object of their interest.

“wow, those suncatchers looks beautiful [name]-san. You can tell that it's very well-made” it was Suō who spoke with an appreciative tone making the girl instantly turn to him with a smile “thank you! Would you want one?” they all watched her lips turn into a sweet smile, a complete opposite of what Umemiya received.

A small chuckle left Suō's lips “I will probably not have any left since the line is too long” the male said “well, I can make you one and give it to you once we see each other again” [name] let out enthusiastically “I would appreciate that, thank you [name]-san”

You can practically see the flower floating around the two who were smiling at each other. While [name] went back to giving out suncatchers to the people without actually taking any money from them, Togame who was ignored looked the girl with an incredulous look. “don't look at me like that Jo-kun, after this festival I'm sure you're gonna get my house nice and steamy again”

“HOLY SHI— SAKURA-KUN FAINTED!”

“OI KID PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!” Hiragi clicked his tongue at the pathetic display from Sakura “w-w-w-what do you mean NICE AND STEAMY?! DONT YOU HAVE ANY DIGNITY LEFT INSIDE YOU? THERE'S CHILDREN I FRONT OF YOU FOR GOD'S SAKE”

[name] blinked repeatedly in confusion. Why is this kid reacting like it's something bad? “what are you so flustered about? If you want you can join in with our session too”

That was all it took to knock the poor Othello boy out cold.

Sakura Haruka's first Makochi festival ended with him knock out cold for the rest of the night.