✔ | SEASONS OF CHANCES AND LOVE BOOK 2: Perfect Love In Summer

Just For Now

Fuji didn't know how long he sat there and watched Miyako drifted off to sleep. Her slow, even breathing was the proof of that. He didn't actually track down the time since he really has no plans of leaving her side while she was sleeping peacefully at that moment.

He smiled at the sight of Miyako now peacefully sleeping like that. He didn't know what came over him. But as he watched he close her eyes, he had the urge to hum a certain melody. Eventually, he sang it long before he could think of what he was doing.

I wonder if she can still hear me... especially now that I'm singing this song she sang once before...

But if she could still hear him, then he would be glad. At least she would know that he didn't forget. He could never ever do something like that.

Especially if it was about that day...

-x-x-

Flashback: Almost a year ago...

During Seishun Gakuen's Cultural Festival, everyone was surely in a good mood. All were pumped up for the said occasion to be a success. Of course, Fuji and the others were no exception to that. But for the said tensai, that day somehow felt different. And in a way, he knew the reason why.

"Ne, Fujiko, what are you going to do first?" Eiji asked while exuberantly looking around the school ground where the booths were located.

But Fuji just answered him with that ever-present smile of his and readied his camera. Of course, Eiji noticed this.

"You're going to take pictures, huh? Nya, who's your subject this time? Is there any particular person?" Eiji inquired excitedly.

"There is. But up until now, I couldn't find that person," Fuji said as he looked around the area. What he said was the truth. He had been there for about two hours and yet he had yet to see even the shadow of the person he was looking for.

At that point, he couldn't help heaving a sigh—albeit inwardly. He should have expected this since it always happened. If she was looking for him—that happened rarely—whenever she needed something to take care of, she could find him easily. But the case was different if it was the other way around. It would take a puzzle that he couldn't solve or a maze which he had no clue of getting out for him to describe the situation where he was the one looking for Miyako.

"Fujiko!"

He got startled upon realizing that a flamboyant red head had been trying to get his attention. From what he could tell, Eiji hadn't been doing it for quite some time yet.

"Hmm? Is there something wrong?"

"Nya, I've been asking you about this person for five times now. You're not even listening to me," Eiji pouted as he whined.

He just smiled at his friend. "Sorry about that. It's just that I've been looking for her until now. But every time..." Every time, she moves away... far from my reach... And from that reason, he only had a few shot about her—most of which were stolen shots. Good thing he got them on a good angle, though. Her angelic features were emphasized with those shots even though they were only stolen shots.

But as days passed, he felt like he could never stay contented with just taking photos of her secretly. He didn't know why he felt that way.

"Every time? What do you mean by that, Fujiko?" came an innocent question from Eiji yet it still had hints of interest and curiosity in his voice.

But Fuji didn't get to answer that at all because his attention was focused on the group of girls passing by his direction. He recognized them as Miyako's classmates in Class 1-3.