Our Symphony -Your Lie in April-

Chapter 5

"Finally! Where have you guys been?! It's been forever since the last time I saw you guys..."

Watari threw out his signature smirk and gave her a thumbs up with a wink. "You know me! Getting all buffed up for my future wedding!"

Tsubaki rolled her eyes and pushed Watari. "Shut up, you're never gonna last long with a single girl."

"What if I went out with you, huh?"

"Ew, no!" Tsubaki pushed him away from her and scowled.

Watari laughed and walked over to sit on a chair in the corner of the room.

Kousei puffed out his cheeks and released a huge breath as he leaned on his hands on Kaori's bed. "So what do we do now?"

Everyone, aside from Kousei, started to try and come up with something fun to do but the only person who could come up with something is Kaori.

"What if we try playing truth or truth?"

"Truth or truth? Don't you mean truth or dare?" asked Watari.

Kaori shook her head. "Nope. Since I know some of the dares from us would come out as stupid or relentless—considering I'm still in this bed and we're just a bunch of 14-year-olds—we'll just ask for truths. I don't know, it's the only thing I could come up with."

Tsubaki sighed but shrugged and agreed either way as she grabbed a chair and sat down beside Watari. "Alright. Who goes first?"

"I think it'd be reasonable for Kaori to go first since she's the one who suggested we play this game," Kousei said. He moved over to sit down on the ground with his back against the wall, still facing his friends (a little skeptic about using the word "friend" on one particular blonde).

Is it just me, Tsubaki kept her eyes on Kousei, but is Kousei staring at Kao more than usual? Are they really going out? Or is what happened yesterday really an accident?

"Okay, then I guess I'll go," Kaori said brightly. She straightened up and scanned her friends before her eyes landed on Tsubaki.

"Tsubaki," she is saying, "have you ever gone out with anyone? Just say 'I don't know' if it's a sensitive topic, no pressure."

Tsubaki's face gained a tint of red and her breath hitched as she started thinking about Saito and their little ex-rendezvousing. "Ah..." Might as well be honest. "Yes..."

Kousei's eyes widened. "What?! When?!"

Tsubaki turned her attention toward Kousei and saw that he looked very surprised. "Um..." she started, "a little while ago."Since Kousei didn't even bother to listen at that time in the school's piano room, she's not even going to remind him for being such a stupid jerk at that time.

"I wasn't aware of that! Watari," the boy looked toward his other friend, "did you know about this?"

The brunette could only shrug. "I don't know, pretty sure I didn't. What was his name, Tsubaki?"

By now, everyone - even Kaori - had their attention on the short-haired girl, and it made her uneasy.

"Er...uh...h-his name was Saito." She looked down and avoided everyone's eyes.

"Wait." Kousei thought back to 6th and 7th grade. "Isn't he that guy you used to have a crush on?"

Tsubaki nodded. She was really close to burst at Kousei right about now.

"You guys still going out?" This time is was Kaori who had spoken up.

"Um...nope."

"Oh. Well, sorry for asking that if it was a hassle for you, Tsubaki." Kaori looked genuinely sorry to Tsubaki but Tsubaki just smiled and said, "It's okay. It wasn't that big of a deal."