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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞?

𝟎𝟎𝟑 : 地縛少年花子くん
ᴍᴀɪɴ: ʏᴀsʜɪʀᴏ ɴᴇɴᴇ × ᴋᴏᴜ ᴍɪɴᴀᴍᴏᴛᴏ
ɢᴇɴʀᴇ: ᴀɴɢsᴛ

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"𝐇𝐦𝐦𝐦, 𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬?" The demoiselle with silky mauve curls titled her head, her lavender orbs bore into hers. Such question dwelled on Aoi's mind for the past few weeks, she couldn't stop herself from finally asking her bestfriend for advices or clues.

Hearing her friend's query the lass with roseate hues thought of the most appropriate description for love but to no avail, she wasn't able to think of any. Yes, she always swoon over good looking guys and rashly confess her feelings to them but she knew to herself that it wasn't love. It was only a mere attraction.

"𝐈... 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬- 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞?" yashiro wiggled her brows, a small smile playing at the corner of her lips, attempting to tease her bestfriend.

A slight blush suffused aoi's cheeks and her eyes lit up with a new and radiant light. Clearly thinking about something or ratherーsomeone.

"𝐍-𝐧𝐨, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞?" The amethyst haired lass asked, hopefully trying to change the subject. Her feelings for her so called 'bestfriend' is still quite unclear to her. She's still uncertain of it and would like to do a little research before classifying her unknown feelings as 'love'.

"𝐀𝐬 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭! 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬ー" As she was about to say the name, a loud voice cut her off. Her head snapped to her left, she saw two males racing to their direction.

"𝐊𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞ー" An upper classman shouted with all his might, trying to catch the lofty lad with spiky flaxen strands.

The lad's cerulean orbs instinctively scanned around the room, seemingly searching for something, and when his gaze finally landed on hersーslowly, ever so slowly, a smile tugged at the corner of his lips, showing his protruding canines.

Yashiro gulped, feeling her blush creeping up to her neck in a scalding wave and a small smile formed on the corner of her lips. "𝐊-𝐤𝐨𝐮-𝐤𝐮𝐧"

However, her smile slowly faded when realization hit her- they were JUST friends and nothing more. Moreover, recently, a gorgeous student surprisingly confessed to the lad, which he accepted.

She knew she didn't have a chance with him anymore, specially when the girl was head-over-heels over Kou. The stranger wouldn't let him go, she said it herself.

So, without any cogitation, the maiden looked down and turned her back at him. The only choice she had was to move on and forget about her feelings for him. Forget about how he lights up her world and how he makes her happy without even trying. Ignore the million butterflies fluttering in her stomach whenever she's near him. Disregard her love for him- wait... Love? Was she already in love with him? Wasn't it just a mere attraction? If she was, was it really love? How could she be sure? WHAT IS LOVE?