Created: January 15, 2017 // Updated: July 20 2018
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"I'll help you. You can count on me." I told her, mumbling that last part.
As of today, I am Kaori Miyazono's fake lover.
Kaori smiled at me. "Really?" She asked excitement dancing in her eyes.
"Really," I told her, nervously returning the smile.
She let go of my hand, allowing it to fall back onto my side.
She then pulled her phone out of the purse she had over her.
"Hm, it's getting late. I'm sorry for keeping you out this long." She said, looking down in guilt.
"Oh, um." I started, trying to catch her attention by waving my hands around in the air, she looked up. "No, don't worry about it, it's fine, it's not like I have anyone waiting on me at home or anything," I told her with a nervous chuckle.
"You don't?" She asked, looking at me in surprise.
Maybe I should not have brought that up.
"Oh! What I mean is that my dad is away on a business trip and as for my mom,"
Mom...
"Oh, um, she too is away on a trip."
"Oh, okay," Kaori told me, she paused for a second before saying. "We should start heading out, tomorrow can you meet me in here, thirty minutes before school starts? So that we can plan."
"Plan what?"
"Our debut as a couple."
"Oh, right. Sure, tomorrow thirty minutes before school, sounds good."
Without much being said the two of us walked to our lockers together, silence in the air.
"Well, I guess that I'll be going now," Kaori started. "I'll see you tomorrow, Kousei." She said with a wave.
"Ah, sure. Take care." I replied, giving her a wave as well.
And with that, she walked off.
Not too long after Kaori, I too started my way home, thinking about everything that happened today.
I'm someone's boyfriend,
No, not someone's,
I'm Kaori's boyfriend.
Only, I'm not.
Because I am her pretend boyfriend.
[Present]
I walked up to the school doors that stood in front of me, I gave them a gentle push, letting myself inside.
As I walked toward's my locker, I couldn't help but look around. It seems that I am not the only one who came in early today.
I finally got to my locker, changing my shoes and putting my bag away. I then checked the time, it was exactly thirty minutes before school starts, Kaori is probably waiting for me.
It wasn't long before I got to the closet door, I grabbed on to the doorknob, turning it and there she was, Kaori Miyazono, my pretend girlfriend.
She was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, as the lights that gave off of the closet door set on her, she looked up at me, for some reason she seemed surprised.
"What is it, Kaori? You seem surprised." I asked.
"Oh, no, it's nothing." She told me, shaking her head. "It's just that, I didn't think that you would come," She added as she picked herself up from the wall, uncrossing her arms. "Thank you." She finished with a smile.
