My One and Only [Murasakibara x OC]

Chapter 2: I Can't...

In that moment I could've easily have fallen out of my chair, however I managed to stay calm and not attract any unwanted attention. This can't be her..there's no way..

But there was no doubt about it, this face belonged to the same, beautiful girl who I'd met all those years ago; except slightly older.

My usually relaxed, hunched body stiffened up as my pupils shrunk behind my hair.

Koharu Kirina...what a cute name... I gently smiled.

She then cautiously stepped towards the only empty seat; that only seat...being the one next to me. Wait- oh God! I'm not ready-

Our eyes briefly made contact with each other, and we both ended looking away, shyly blushing as she took her seat.

*

The bell blared its usual ring singalling the beginning of lunch break. Finally...I thought I was gonna die.

The only thing that I could think of was Koharu, and only Koharu. It kept me awake but I wasn't able to concentrate.

"Nee, Muro-chin." I began as I stood up. "Let's go, I'm hungry."

Koharu had turned to leave at that moment but not before dropping a small piece of paper and letting it float gracefully onto my desk before leaving.

I went to stop her, but noticed that it was folded up carefully, as if it was a note. So, I hastily unfolded the note and examined the message it contained.

"Meet me behind the school, I want to talk to you more, Atsushi."

Wait- what!? How does she know my name!?

The sudden shock I had from reading that note caused me to slip and fall, crashing into the lockers behind me. Himuro suddenly turned around.

"Atsushi! Are you alright!?" He bent down and held out a hand to help me up.

Since I was too lazy to heave my heavy body up, I took his hand so that I could be on my feet once again. "I'm fine...I just slipped, that's all." I told him, putting the note inside my pocket as we went to leave the classroom.

Shortly afterwards, Himuro spoke again. "So, what do you think?"

I looked down at him. "Huh? Of what..?"

Himuro chuckled slightly, and then gestured to Koharu, who was cautiously making her way through the crowd up ahead. "Her, of course."

My eyes widened and I looked away from Himuro to hide a faint blush. "I'm not interested in her, idiot. You know that I don't bother with this stuff..." I forced out that sentence and I knew it, I just didn't want him to know.

I don't think it worked, however; Himuro smirked. "We'll see about that.."

*

I didn't feel like eating much today, so I decided just to have another packet of crisps for lunch. I waited for Himuro to leave me to get his lunch at the cafeteria before slipping outside so that he wouldn't follow me.

It wasn't just him following me, however. I made sure nobody, especially my teammates on the Yosen basketball team didn't see me and try and follow and talk to me.

My paranoia got the best of me and I ended up looking behind my back around every five seconds so that nobody tried to trail me.

And eventually, I safely made it outside and behind the school with nobody following me. Jeez, Okamura wouldn't stop pestering me...I hope he didn't see me go behind here, though. Where even is she, by the way?

As I rambled on to myself, unbeknownst to me, a certain girl, Koharu, was trembling uncontrollably around the corner after she noticed I was already here. She had thought that she was able to muster up the courage to be able to talk to me, but now that she was in the moment, she felt completely different.

"I-I c-can't...mo-move...my b-body..." She whispered quietly, her words shaken by her trembling. "H-He's right th-there....b-but...I-I.."

She fell to her knees, and uttered the same words on loop.

"I-I can't....I can't...I can't...I can't..."