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3: Unexpected

Yui Utsugi's POV

"It's nice to meet you! I'm Kazuki Hihara!"

The moment the crowd dispersed around me, the person who was beside Yunoki immediately found the chance to introduce himself.

Oh, it was Hihara. He was also in the intra school concours as a participant.

"Hihara-senpai, you're the one playing the trumpet for the intra school concours." I stated matter of factly.

I sounded emotionless, but it was because my restless heart was still uneasy from the events that have just unfolded.

"That's right!" He gave a huge smile and a thumbs up.

I nodded back politely at him. Then I looked towards the two of them and bowed.

"Thank you for standing up for me, Yunoki-senpai, Hihara-senpai."

"Ahh... don't worry about it."

Yunoki smiled sweetly and waved it off.

I felt my face warm up in embarrassment and quickly turned away.

Geez, it was because Yunoki looked really good looking, it made me shy. I haven't had interaction with beautiful guys in awhile, or at all, actually.

"By the way, what are you doing here in the music education side?" Yunoki asked, dropping me out from my own thoughts.

"Uh..." I fidgeted a little uncomfortably and pointed to the list that was on the board beside us.

"I was just, checking this."

"Oh, wow! You're interested in music and the concours?" Hihara immediately asked.

"No!" I said but quickly covered my mouth.

Help. What am I saying?

"What? You're not? But why would you be interested in the participants?"

"I-It's nothing!" I waved my hands in front of me defensively and took a step back.

Wow, I'm really screwed when it comes to interacting with people.

"Eh, by the way, what's your name?"

I glanced back at the two of them. Hihara was staring at the board with the list of names.

Oh shit.

Oh shit. oh shit.

What do I do...

"Hmm? What is it?"

A pair of gentle fingers touched my chin and lifted it up. His hazelnut coloured eyes slowly filled mine.

It was the... piercing, yet gentle gaze of Yunoki-senpai.

Crap.

"EHHHH?"

Angry girls started to crowd around us... no, around me, because Yunoki did such a thing to me.

"Not fair! How dare she let Yunoki-sama touch her like that!"

'Um, to be fair, he was the one who touched me like that.'
I thought to myself.

I quickly turned my head away from Yunoki and he instinctively removed his fingers from my chin.

Help. What a bother.

"My name is Yui... Utsugi." I finally said, quietly, but my face remained flushed with blood.