Earodorīmusu / Aero Dreams
(! A Deep/Dark Story & Contains Inappropriate Language !)
Swifton University, the place where Hiroki Kotayashi, a delinquent who ends up meeting the key to end his immaturity and cold heart, Kumika Ito.
The mysterious tra...
After class they all went home promptly. They were fatigued by difficult questions from one of the professor's surprise exam about their past topics and learnings.
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Hiroki still managed to have energy and force Kumika to play multi-player, since he hugged the bed all to himself when he got home. The two only had an hour to spare and play, so they did.
Afterwards, Kumika is having a hard time concentrating on not sleeping. She's almost like she's hallucinating from weariness.
She's not ready to witness another traumatic sight, even if it's just a dream. There are more worse possibilities of scenes, that are too much to bear.
After some time, her phone receives a notification. She picks it up from under her pillow.
1:00am
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The next morning, Hiroki had woken up due to his mom bawling from downstairs on an early morning. He frantically went down and checked on his mom. "What's wrong!? Are you okay?" He asked.
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"The expiration date of this canned meal is about to end in twenty minutes!! Settle down now and eat it!!" She said, not in a sarcastic manner. Hiroki's mom has always been aspiring to remain youthful, she talks with a childlike directness especially to her son. Hiroki doesn't mind or has never found this funny, but rather, a wholesome trait.
At S.U. "Aeronautical engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft. Therefore, you can't just immediately build a paper-made Empennage; rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, and others parts of a plane. Without starting of simple. For now, feel free to practice your metric by making small paper crafts".
"Professor Joon... Is someone who teaches at a university. The Latin origin of the word "declare publicly," are responsible for publicly sharing their knowledge with the world, or at least with the whole class listening and understanding every word that comes out of his mouth." Kumika whispered to herself, a new noun she just learned.
Wednesday, the day they're given sample papers to try. Each group went to their designated areas and started crafting.
Kumika starts off by picking a red paper.
Surely, I'm not the only one who has no idea what to do. I don't want to be a disturbance to them if I ask...
Hiroki is struggling to begin. After a while, Kumika nudged him.
Is she going to instruct me? This may seem embarrassing for a man.
She unexpectedly hands him an origami heart. He starts jumping into conclusions.
"Please, take it." She humbly requests.
WHAT? I heard this is usually how girls confess their love, could it be? Kumika feels!?
"I didn't know you feel-"
-And kindly pass it to Misaki" she added.
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Akira and Misaki began snickering at him.
How dare she set me up like that, not that there's anything to expose. I'll make sure to catch her off guard next time.
Misaki was well pleased of Kumika's small "gift" for her. They talked about why she thought of it while they continue paper-folding, turns out Kumika spent the night reading romantic fictions on the reading application she downloaded last night. Now Kumika's mind and actions are portrayals of different stories she read, she unknowingly flirts with Misaki using cringeworthy lines.
As their fourth subject, they all went to the gym. This time, required. After they did individual trials, one of Hiroki's secrets has been unveiled.
He's terrible and feels lousy at basketball.
Boys have different schedule of using the gym from girls. Kumika decides to watch Akira interpret the basics of basketball to Hiroki. He was a fast phase learner, but also weak on stamina and endurance.
Kumika is reading two different books as she watches their practice. A book about Kinesiology / Osteology, and the other being a Sports-Romance Manga book, lent by Misaki, who is currently working on leadership-related tasks.
Hiroki needed refreshment so Akira let's him sit with Kumika for a minute. "Hey, do you ever take off your eyes off a book?" He asked. "I can't take my eyes off you, you're my best view." She replied.
!? Here she goes again! This time it's a guaranteed direct confession!
"You know, I think you're-
-that's what Big Ed said to Rose in the manga." She added.
Hiroki fake fainted out of mortification. "This is your third fall now, Kotayashi." She said.
I feel like i'm not going to survive this school year at all...
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Kumika gave him a hand to stand up. They both looked worn out, Hiroki for doing a physical activity without exercise and past experience is indeed innovative. Kumika has been avoiding sleep and is now awaken for thirty-one hours. As she assists him to get up, she gently places her palm on his shoulder, and somewhat feels his bones.
Yeah. This is completely normal.
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Kumika uses her other hand and reaches out for his hand, trying to feel his phalanges. (Bones of the fingers)
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THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
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"I see. You may be 5.89 feet tall, but, are you suffering from a bone disease? Which, the density and quality of your bones are reduced, and a fracture can be at risk?" She formally asked and stopped touching Hiroki. "How the hell do you know that about me?" he asked. "It's very obvious and can be identified on how the way you move." She answered.
Hm! So you were watching me eh?
"I see that Kumika is concerned about me, huh-!" Hiroki presumed. Kumika didn't say anything, but she grabbed her dictionary from her bag.
