Your Lie in April (fanfic)

Episode 9: Welcome Back

~Kaori's POV~

i'm walking my way to school when i saw Kousei.. my heart beats fast as if wanting to run in a marathon.

he was with... two other people?

i get it that the girl he's with is no other than his girlfriend but the other guy looks somewhat familiar.

"BAKA!" Tsubaki-chan hit the guy on his head and yelled at him. wait a minute, the only guys i know she'd do that to is, of course, Kousei and..

"hey! what was that for?!" he laughed and then turned to his side revealing his face. WATARI?!

when did he get here? ugh. i missed hanging out with those guys.. they'd always made me happy and make me laugh a lot.

then Tsubaki-chan saw me. "hey, it's Shiori-chan! Goodmorning. are you feeling better?" no. no i'm not.

my mind is sinking in all the info i'm collecting right now. including Kousei and Tsubaki-chan.. and the arrival of Watari. so, i played along then.

"hmm, you could say i'm fine. thanks Tsubaki-chan." i smiled at her and turned to Watari. he just stood there staring at me. "goodmorn-" i got cut off when he ran towards me and hugged me.

"Kaori.." he hugged me tighter. i miss him too. but i gotta act like Shiori.

"umm..." i acted as if i didn't know him. i miss you too Watari. welcome back. 

i saw Kousei tap his shoulder. "she's not her."

he turned to Kousei. "w-what?" he asked him again. Kousei closed his eyes and shook his head. and i can see the hurt in both their faces. Kousei..

oh Kousei.. if only you knew.

"so.. let's get inside the school, cause it'll be like 5 minutes and we're gonna be marked as late." Tsubaki-chan said while tugging Kousei's shirt.

*sigh

"yeah.. we better get going." i said and marched onward. i can't help but to feel agitated with this. oh no..

i'm returning to the ill mannered old me again.

i turned around and saw Tsubaki-chan and Watari exchange mean faces and jokes. guess they didn't notice my action. but i didn't saw Kousei following. where is he?

i just stood there at the entrance of the school. the two already got inside the school building, the only ones left outside was Kousei and me. he's staring at me. so i just stared back at him and then...

i saw him mouthed my name.

"Kaori." he lip synced my name.

my eyes widened. no, Kaori.. he'll notice.

"h-hey!" i shouted.. he's far from me. "let's get going. it's our first class. we shouldn't be late." i continued.

he just kept staring at me. yamete Kousei. baka! 

then he stopped staring. he bowed his head and walked. i just stood there. i wanted my body to move but couldn't. then when he walked passed me, he whispered, "yeah. better get going." eventually, i entered the school building with him.

classes done and it's already lunch time.

its almost at the end of June. what should i do for my birthday then? hmm..

i'm having lunch alone for now in the cafeteria since, i'm not that close to anyone other than my past friends. then Watari came to me.

"hi ya." he said as he winked at me showing his perfect white teeth.

figures.

this guy still goes for the girls.

"hi, you're Watari-kun right?" i said while having my head cocked to one side.

"got that right." he smiled and took a seat beside me.

i looked around and saw Kousei with Tsubaki-chan. oh.

"God, you look exactly like her." he exclaimed as he caressed my face with the back of his fingers. i flinch.

you all know i like straight forward and honest guys more right? umm.. this is..

when i looked for Kousei, wait.. why am i looking for that dense guy? ,

he saw us. and i saw that pained expression he has. since i know he loves me back, of course i'd do this:

as soon as he touched my cheek, i stood up. "umm.. i need... gotta go get me some milk. haha." i know Kousei saw that. when i stole a glance at him he looked, shocked? relieved? i don't know. his expression sometimes is a mystery.

Watari saw me look at Kousei. "oh.. that. even you?" he said as he shook his head, " do you like him?" and then he looked at me straight on the eye.

"ye- i umm.. what?" that almost slipped.

he smirked and shook his head again. "i really can never win against him huh."

"what do you like about him?"

i don't know. both me and Shiori answered.

"i.." i got caught off when Tsubaki-chan interrupted us. "hey!~" then she seated next to Watari. i saw Kousei and he seated in between me and Watari.

"Kousei! i was just getting into a deep conversation with Shio-chan." Watari said as he pouted his lips to show his disappointment.

"really now?" Kousei answered back looking only at his lunch. as always, tamago sandwich and his favorite brand of milk: MooMoo.

"that again?" i whispered to myself. i was pertaining to his lunch.

"what 'again'?" he asked and looked at me bewildered.

"n-nothing." maybe i should've been absent. i've been off guard a LOT of times now already =_=

"hey, Kao-chan's birthday is comin' up. let's go visit her!" Tsubaki-chan squealed.. huh, she remembered. and i know, they mean visiting my grave.

"oh yeah.. on the 4th of July. welp, i'm all ears. what's the plan?" Watari asked her.

"let's all meet at Towa Hall. besides, it's on saturday anyway. we're all free, you come with us Shiori-chan, it'll be great. we'll introduce you to our friend." she said.

"sure." i said with a smile on my face. okay? this is kinda creepy, haha.

Kousei just kept quiet the whole time.

"Arima-san?" i asked and tapped his shoulder. this is what Shiori called Kousei right?

"yes?" he looked at me. his eyes filled with sorrow.

"you okay?"

"i'm fine. thanks." he said. but it's clearly not.

Kousei.. i'm right here. ugh. if only you knew!

the day went on and i barely got caught by Kousei being Kaori. ugh!

this 'keeping my identity hidden' and stuff makes my head go awol. and it seriously is so hard to keep it hidden. ><