𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞 || 𝐉𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐨-𝐤𝐮𝐧

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧

Yashiro's POV

Last weekend felt like an eternity. Kou left the next morning that Saturday and called me for the hundredth time if I'm going to be okay on my own.

His state of paranoia doesn't quite look good on him. I know that he needs to prioritize my health every once in a while but, again,

iM fiNe.

Good news is that, I get to see Hanako-kun again after 5, insufferable days spent both in the hospital and at home.

I felt like some sort of survivor of some tragedy or something along the lines of that, given that someone is trying to shorten my life span even more and speaking of someone...

Hanako-kun's mischievous twin brother.

I get the fact that Tsukasa-kun's still a bit salty about his death but oh lord-

dO nOt dRaG mE aNd mY sHorT liFe iNtO yOuR mEsS.

I obviously haven't been myself lately. After being able to breath the soothing spring breeze again after a whole week of being confined in a room with artificial air coming out of a vent was like a merciless punishment and the thought of getting killed at the worst time possible lingered in my thoughts.

I got to school a little too early, and by that, I mean an hour and thirty minutes before classes start. I don't know why but I felt like I wanted to. I scanned the entrance and saw only a handful amount of students walking around, preparing for the day.

I walked to my locker, though stopped in front of it.

A piece of paper was taped onto the locker door. It was a plain red sticky note with white writing. While the note itself looked decent enough, a red tsubaki (Camellia) flower was tied to a string on the locker handle. It read:

Dear Yashiro,

Welcome back! I assume you had a lot of rest and... I missed you! I hope you're already feeling yourself (cause I had no one to clean the bathroom for me) uh, just ignore that phrased sentence. I'll be expecting you later this afternoon.

~Hanako

Wow, and how does he expect me to ignore that. Anyway, I'll just take this and put it aside.

For the flower however...

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Mitsuba's POV

I haven't seen Minamoto-kun in quite a while now. Oh, and Radish-senpai too! I bet it has to do with something perv-

I shook my head aggressively, putting those thoughts away. Of course, Radish-senpai and Minamoto-kun aren't that perfect of a pair.

I tapped my chin, pondering if I should surprise them if ever they'd return.

"Oh just my luck!" I squealed. As I strode along empty hallways, I spotted Radish-senpai walking towards their classroom.

"Raaaaaaaaadish-seeeeeenpai" I yelled from afar. Before stepping foot in their classroom, she turned to the direction I was running from. She looked at me, almost dead-eyed.

I couldn't control my pace and so I ran into her. Knocking her over.

I immediately thought fast, I knew when she'd hit the floor, No.7 would eliminate me right on the spot. I held my hand out to protect her fragile head, while accidentally pinning her to the ground.

"Mitsuba-kun?!" Radish-senpai exclaimed.

"Uh, ehe... hi?" I uttered.

I stood up, holding my hand up for her to reach. She looked rather different, in a good way.