A beautiful dream or a long-forgotten memory OneShot - COTE

A beautiful dream or a long-forgotten memory

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The events take place after Year 2 Vol 12

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Suzune Horikita Pov

The final year exam concluded with an unexpected win for our class, at least that was our classmates thought, no one expected that Ayanokouji-kun completely defeated Ichinose-san and her social abilities in this particular exam, there was a commotion in the class when he decided to expel Maezono-san however Hirata-kun managed to control the situation without much effort, I for one, was happy to have finally ascended to the desired class A, it was a part of my long desired dream since I entered this school and there was nothing else on my mind... except for one little thing...

After my crushing defeat against Ichinose, I felt incredibly down, I even thought for a moment that I didn't deserve to be the class leader, it was then that I cross with Ayanokouji-kun who after a few words took me in his arms and embraced me warmly and gently, I tried to weakly get away but he didn't let me go, his warmth and the comforting words he gave me, awoken something in me, my heart was beating rapidly and I heard his beating the same way, I felt... safe, for a brief moment. Then he gave me a few small pats on my head which felt nostalgic somehow, after a moment that seemed very short to me, he separated from me, and started to walk where Ichinose was waiting. When I saw Ayanokouji-kun's back I knew he would emerge victorious with no doubt.

The atmosphere was a bit tense in the classroom due to Maezono's expulsion, but some of our classmates decided to celebrate our long-awaited promotion to Class A. I was happy, although a bit tired, so I decided not to join them, and also because I couldn't look Ayanokouji-kun in the face for some reason without feeling my face burning.

Later that day, I heard a bombshell from Kushida-san; Ayanokouji-kun and Karuizawa-san had broken up, her friends comforted Karuizawa-san, and Ayanokouji-kun decided to leave that place without saying a word. Many of our classmates were grateful to him for leading us to victory, but others looked at him with distrust, due to Maezono-san's expulsion and now for his cold breakup with Karuizawa-san, I was fearing for the unity of the class and the reputation of Ayanokoji-kun, but I know he always do things with logic behind.

He already had an argument with her before, and I advised him to fix things with her in favor of class unity, however this time I don't think that will be possible. And a part of me don't want them to fix things up.

That evening, I couldn't stop thinking about him, I remember all we went through since we met in this school and how our relationship has been improved recently, at the beginning he annoyed me too much with his selfless attitude and his manipulation behavior that I distanced myself from him after certain events, but he always helped me on his own way, and little by little our relationship healed, then he started dating Karuizawa-san, I never let him know but I felt a little sad because I could no longer spend the same time with him like before, and it made me regret being cold and for having treated him badly sometimes, but a few weeks ago I saw a side of him that I'm sure only I have seen, it was something small, a little smile that that adorned his face for a brief period of time, but it suited him wonderfully...

Lately I feel closer to him than anyone else, these feelings scare me a little because he is my friend and he is already in a relationship... or well he was, but for some time now, I've been feeling the same warmth every time I see him and his actions today filled me with a nostalgia that I cannot get off my mind. How I Suzune Horikita, feel embarrassed and shy for a simple hug and small head pats... that doesn't make any sense!  Yet I have this warmth in my chest that I cannot get rid of, I have the feeling that I have already felt this before... I felt asleep with that thought in mind, and that night I had a dream or rather I could say a long-forgotten memory.