School Project

3rd Person POV

A short girl with long, black hair and bangs that covered her forehead sat at a desk in the corner of the room. She had her headphones in and was resting on her arms which were on her desk.

She had stopped paying attention to everything going on in class; it wasn't her 'thing' as she told everyone.

"Saito-san, please pay attention," the teacher called out, not fazing the girl.

It took three separate times for her to finally realize what the teacher was saying as her music was too loud.

She smiled sheepishly, a bit embarrassed by getting caught. She brought her head back up and took off her headphones, finally listening to the class.

In the middle of the classroom, this behavior caught the attention of another girl in the class.

Her name was Takamoto Ayaka. She was taller than Kyoko but also had long black hair and bangs as well as a black pair of glasses.

She had a... weird relationship with the older. She had always known of how Kyoko acted in class; they were always in the same class.

But, they were never really close. Well, not as close as her and her friend Higashimura Mei or even the class president Ushio Sarina.

This would be fine if this was the extent of the problem. She found the older girl slightly cute (well more than slightly but-). She would never admit it, but she had a slight crush.

"Okay! So, this assignment will be completed with a partner!" the teacher said, taking Ayaka out of her thoughts.

The girls in the class began looking around, making eye contact with their closest friends as if it were an attempt to ask if they wanted to be partners.

"But! I chose them," the teacher said, chuckling at the groans and eye rolls from the girls. "Alright! So, Kosaka Nao and..."

The teacher raddled off the names but the names were going in one of Kyoko's ears and exiting the other. She was only waiting for her name which was always near the end.

"Takamoto Ayaka and Saito Kyoko..." the teacher announced, making both girls jump.

Ayaka could feel her cheeks heating up and was getting prepared for being teased at lunch by her friends, but she wasn't the only one.

Kyoko felt the exact same way. Just like Ayaka had a crush on her, she had a crush on Ayaka.

From her outward appearance, no one would think she has a crush on anyone, no less Takamoto Ayaka; a girl who had a completely opposite personality as her.

Besides, if she had a crush, she looked like the kind who would go up and tell them. In reality, though, she didn't want to make the girl uncomfortable, so she would just pine in silence.

Well, not entirely in silence. Her friends Kakizaki Memi, Sasaki Mirei, and Sasaki Kumi (Sasaku) knew all about it. Actually, it was more like everyone in the class knew but she mostly told those three about it and asked them for advice.

Anyway, back to the class. There was only a few minutes left of the class and it was the last class before lunch.

It was only a matter of time before the bell rang and the friends of each girl practically jumped out of their seats and ran to their respective friends.

"So are you gonna confess?" a young girl named Kakizaki Memi asked the minute she got to Kyoko's desk.

"Oh my god! What if you two go on double dates?" the other girl named Sasaki Mirei practically squealed.