Forever Together

Chapter 8

I open the card and pulled out the piece of paper that laid inside it.

"It says to meet at the schools garden an hour after school." I tell him.

"Does it say who's it from?" He repeated.

"No, but I guess we'll have to wait and find out."

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It's been an hour after school and I am nervous for this interaction. Is it Hayato? Why wouldnt he just tell me straight up to my face? What if it's not Hayato?

I make my way to the garden in hopes that it was Hayato and not a stranger or a classmate. As soon as I turn the corner, there I say Yuki, with a box of chocolates close by her.

Fuck. I thought to myself.

I head my way towards her, acting clueless.

"Hey, were you the one that..?" I trail off, but giving her the hint of what I was referring to.

"Yes..." she says shyly.

"So what did you want to tell me?"

"Ryuu-San I like you!" She yells out.

What am I supposed to say? Thanks? I don't have any feelings for her, but I don't to make her sad. She noticed that I wasn't answering.

"Ryuuichi-san do you accept my feelings?" She asks.

"I'm sorry." I say rejecting her.

I could tell that she wanted to cry, which I didn't want to happen. Yes, she was a good person overall, but I didn't see her that way. The only person I saw that way was Hayato.

She still gave me the chocolates before running off. I headed back to the daycare room to pick up Kotarou, and notice that Taka-kun and Hayato were still there.

"Hey, what are you still doing here?" I ask.

"So we could walk home together." Hayato says bluntly.

We said a final goodbye to Yoshihito-san  before we left the room. The walk was quiet, but this time it was uncomfortable compared to the others.

"Ryuuichi." Hayato finally speaks out.

"Yeah?"

"Who wrote you the note?" He asks.

"It was Yuki-Chan..."

"What did she want to talk about?"

I stayed quiet for a few before answering his question. Should I tell him?

"She confessed..."

"Really!? What did you say?"

"No, obviously, I'm not into girls like that."

"Isn't there supposed to be a firework show today?" He asks

"There is?!"

"Yeah, I heard it around school."

"She probably confessed to you, so you would've been her date." He adds.

I shrugged off Hayato's last comment, glad that I didn't accept her feelings.

"Want to go together?" We both say at the same time unknowingly.

I giggle at the reaction that Hayato gave, his face was red from emberassment.

"So do you want to go together?" He asks again.

"I would love to." I tell him.

"We should take our younger siblings to the show." I recommend.