Spirited Away : Our New Life

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Chapter 10: Our Confessions

"Akio." Chihiro said slowly. "Is this the so called plan you thought of?"

"Yes!" Akio said confidently. "Great plan, right?!"

"Not at all! I won't do it!" Chihiro complained.

The two of them were still at Coffee Café, discussing about what Chihiro should do next. Akio, who believed his plan would work out well, decided to repeat the plan to Chihiro so she would agree with him.

"Chihiro, listen carefully to my great plan, okay?" Akio cleared his throat before starting the explanation. "There will be a basketball match against another senior high school at 2 PM today. The match will be at our school and anybody is free to watch. What I think you should do is to go to the match later and confess to him!"

"I won't do it." Chihiro said without hesitation.

"Why not?! It would work out so well!"

"It's too embarrassing! Plus, I'm sure Haku's fan girls will be there. They might kill me. No, that's wrong." Chihiro glared at Akio before continuing. "They will kill me right on the spot."

"Come on, Chihiro! You're thinking too much! Just do it, trust me." Akio placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Are there any other choices?" Chihiro asked out of desperation.

"No. Unless you can think of one yourself. Public confessions usually work well!"

Chihiro just sighed because she knew very well that she couldn't come up with better plans than the one Akio thought of.

Akio took Chihiro's sigh as a sign that she had already agreed to his plan.

He smiled widely as he stood up, "Great! I'll see you at school later at 2 PM then! Bye now!"

Akio was about to leave already when he suddenly thought of something, "Oh right!" He walked back to face Chihiro. "It's already 9:45 PM and we will be having practice at 10 PM so I guess Haku is not home right now. I guess you'll feel awkward if you meet him now so I decided to tell you this. Oh, and make sure you'll dress up later on! I need to go now or else I'll be late for practice!"

Chihiro watched Akio leaving Coffee Café while smiling to himself.

"What have I gotten myself into?" Chihiro asked herself and thought she better go home soon to prepare.

While Chihiro already somehow had an idea on what to do next, Haku was still in a mess.

Cycling to school suddenly felt heavy and he couldn't help it but sigh whenever he thought of Chihiro.

"What have I gotten myself into?" Haku asked himself as he got down his bicycle after reaching the school.

Even though he looked ready for basketball practice with his sports attire on, he wasn't mentally prepared at all.

Haku was sitting on one of the benches near the basketball court while staring on the ground. Even though his surroundings were filled with noises of ball dribbling and basketball shoes, he didn't seem to notice any of those.

Haku finally snapped out of his daydream when Akio suddenly tapped on his shoulder.

"Hey! What's up? You seemed to be in a daydream or something." Akio then sat beside Haku.

"Nothing." Haku then looked at Akio who looked tired even though he had not started practice. "You look tired even before practicing. What did you do?"

"Nothing actually. I just had to rush here just now so I end up like this." Akio answered as he tied his shoelaces.

"Rush here? What did you do this morning?" Haku asked, thinking that there shouldn't be any reasons for him to be rushing to get to school.