That Night at the Playground

15 | hiro - does she like me too?

"Hiro, do you have a pencil?"

I can't focus.

Yesterday...

Ayumi kissed me.

"Hey Hiro, can I have a pencil?"

I don't know why she did that.

It was just a peck. But I was too shocked.

"Hiro!"

"What?"

Shun's frowning at me.

"Nah, nevermind. You've been acting weird since this morning" he said.

"Sorry" I apologized.

"What's going on?" he asked

"Nothing"

I can't let him know! He would definitely tell it to everyone.

Why did she do that?

"Hiro!!!"

"Do you want to eat with us?" Bella asked.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a while" I said.

I packed my things and went to Aiko, Akira and Bella.

"Hey Hiro! Won't you eat with us?" I heard Shun.

"No, I'm eating with them today" I said.

I have to ask them something...

We went to a fast food place since our break is only for an hour.

"I have a question" I asked them. They all looked at me.

"This is for a friend... who uhmm" I'm trying to compose the question.

"Mhmm?"

"So this friend, he took care of this friend because she got drunk... and then, I— I mean, he, this friend let him sleep at his home, because he did not know where's his friend's house is, so he let that friend sleep on his bed." I looked at them to check their reactions. So I continued.

"And then that friend woke up, so my friend went to buy foods for that friend and when my friend asked her to eat, that friend kissed my friend on the lips—"

"Omg! Someone kissed you?!" Aiko exclaimed.

"W-what?! No! It's not me!" Was is obvious?!

"Hmm... Well! This is my opinion!" Akira said.

"hmm, okay I'll listen" (totally locked in, but it's not "me")

"That friend! Likes you!"

"I told you it's not me!"

Like me?!

"Yeah I agree" Aiko said.

"Yeah I think me too" Bella said.

"What?! How did you even came up with that conclusion?" I asked them.

"Maybe because that friend got to immersed with the situation, and that friend liked the way you took care of that friend, and then all of a sudden that friend was 'in the moment' so maybe that's why that friend did that"

There's so many words to digest and I'm still overwhelmed by their conclusion.

I'm going insane.

"Let's eat! Hiro's having a girlfriend!"

"Please I told you it's not me!"

They all just smiled at me.

They know me too well...

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After that lunch, I went to my last class and I immediately went home.

It's been two days since I last saw Ayumi. After that she just left my apartment.

And we really did not talk after that 'incident'.

I went to the bed after showering.

This making me insane.

Does she like me too?

No, no. I can't really say that.

I can't totally say that from one kiss. Maybe she's still a bit drunk.

Is that possible?

I'm gonna go insane.

I need to do my tasks so I can forget about this.

I need to, forget about it!

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[after 5 hours]

That's it. I can't do it anymore.

I need to meet her.

I need to talk to her.

[meMessage]
Hiro: can we talk? at the playground?

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