Chapter 6 - Closer and Closer

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Akemi's P.O.V

Well today's another normal day, I hate to admit it, but not as bad as usual since Keiko and I became... friends. It's been quite a while since I had any friends.

After yesterday I seem happier on the outside and actually smile a little, maybe life isn't so bad after all.

Time Skip

After the bell rang I quickly packed my bag and waited for Keiko. A few minutes later he came rushing to me.

"Sorry," he said as he placed his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath.

"It's fine," I said and gave him a quick reassuring smile.

We headed for the library, but when we reached there... it was closed. It's Friday, how could we forget?!

"What do we do now?!" I blurted out in panic, "We didn't work on the project yesterday!"

"Calm down! We'll sort it out," Keiko said, putting his hands on my shoulder.

I took a deep breath and calmed down, then looked at him." So did you think of anything?"

For a while I only got silence as an answer, until he spoke:

"Uh, maybe we can..." he suddenly stopped and looked away.

I looked at him confused and asked, "What is it?!"

"Maybe you can," he stopped again.

" What?!"

Silence...

"CAN WHAT?!" I asked. I felt like I could explode any time both from panicking and curiosity.

"You can come to my house," he said, looking away and slightly blushing.

"Huh?! You sure that's okay?!" I asked also blushing a bit.

"Yeah," Keiko answered still not looking at me.

"Okay then," I said softly.

Time Skip

After walking for a few minutes, we finally arrived at his house. He went inside first and then told me to come in.

"You live alone?" I asked him.

"Yeah, my parents aren't here with me," he said and then led me upstairs to his room. I felt a bit weird, but I shrugged it off and followed him.

His room was really clean for a guy and that actually surprised me.

"Let's start?" he asked and got me out of my thoughts.

"Ah, right!" I said and helped him get the things out. We worked on the project for the next hours and then he walked me home. That was really nice of him, I really enjoy having him as a friend.

Keiko's P.O.V

After Akemi entered her house, I went straight home to rest. Today was lovely, I'm glad we are finally friends. It's nice having her around, the real her.

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