zero | sakuraba ryota

02

Ryota waited for Kensuke at the park beside the theater house, sighing a few times as he didn't expect the person who invited him to the theater, was late. After a few moments, he realized something and made an unamused look. "Don't tell me..." he checked his timer, ticking down to 0.

He doesn't know if his friend's tardiness is intentional or not, but he doesn't plan on waiting any longer and decided to head back to the station and meet his friend there, until-- 

"Ryo!" his attention turned to the person coming up to him, "Sorry I'm late." Ken said when he reached Ryota's side.

Ryota frowned, "You're late."

Kensuke rubbed the back of his neck as he sheepishly apologized, "Sorry. My sister held me up." The blue haired boy then bowed in apology as a way to appease Ryota and show his sincerity.

The sound of a sigh made him lift his head and smiled when Ryota said, "It's fine, let's just go. We might miss the play."

"Gotcha!" Kensuke said as Ryota lead the way to the theater.

As they walked to the theater, Kensuke took out one of the tickets from his hakama pockets, and abruptly stopped walking to give the ticket to Ryota, "Here's your tick--Ah!" 

"Ah! I-I'm sorry!"

Kensuke and Ryota looked back to see you, with your head down and apologizing numerous times for bumping into Kensuke, "I wasn't looking, so I--"

"It's fine." Ryota interrupted gently as he politely smiled, "He just stopped walking anyway." he pointed at Kensuke who apologized as well, "And you? Are you okay? Were you hurt?"

"Ah! N-No, I'm alright. Thank you." you then noticed the ticket in Kensuke's hand and asked, "Will you be watching the play as well?"

Kensuke nodded, "Yeah, we are. And you?"

You nodded as Ryota noticed the playbill in your hand, "That booklet..."

"Ah... I actually watched it before, so I just brought it again." you raised your playbill, "I was reading it without looking at my surroundings... Sorry about that."

"No, no it's okay." Kensuke said, "Well, why don't we go together, shall we?" he turned to Ryota and asked, "It's fine, right?"

Ryota nodded, "I don't mind."

"Eh? Are you sure?"

The two boys nodded, making you smile, "Okay!"

"Great! Then, let's go!" Kensuke said as he started leading the way.

"Why do you sound like we're going somewhere that's not a theater?" Ryota said as you giggled. "By the way, what's your name?" Ryota asked you.

"[Name]. And you two?"

"Ryota. That guy is Kensuke."

"You can call me Ken, [Name]-san!"

You smiled, "Okay. Then, you can drop the honorific on mine."

"Then [Name] it is~" Kensuke said as you arrived at the theater's ticket booth. He and Ryota give their tickets before you did and as you handed your ticket, you saw that your timer had already hit 0.

"Eh? When did..." you looked at your wrist for a moment before Kensuke called you. 

"Ah...! I'm coming!"

You ran over to them as you tried to remember the countdown your timer had left, the last time you checked, "It's probably them but... Which one...?"

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​​​​​​​a/n. sorry this took a long time to update... school took most of my time haha but i hope you enjoyed the chapter! pls do leave a comment or like/follow the fic! i do appreciate it hehe