eight forty-six pm and she was already asleep. "she sleeps real early huh?" he scoffs softly before standing, stretching a little. he cleans up the mess on the table before he turns around to the snoring girl, leaning forward.

he moves his hand to the back of her head and lift it up before moving his hand to her back. his other hand lifting up her legs. he swiftly carries her up bridal style and walks to her bedroom. the thing is, he doesn't know which one was it so he guessed that it was the one on the right. he uses his arm to support her back as he tries to make his hand free to turn the doorknob. and surprisingly, his little guessing game was right.

placing her down onto her bed gently, he reaches for the blanket and place it over her. he took awhile to leave the room as he looks at her, sleeping peacefully. his hand reaches to her the top of her head, brushing away the hair as his lips pecks her forehead. "get well soon," he whispers, his voice tone was so soft and sweet.

leaving the room, he decided to leave the apartment as well as bringing along the trash bag with him so he could go throw it outside. he was about to open the main door but it swing open from the outside as an unknown figure stood infront of him.

hatsuki looked at him from head to toe before smiling nicely. "hello, you must have visited aiichiro, right?" she asked, the two still standing there. "yes, i was about to leave," he replied back to her. she moved aside, letting the boy walk out. he turns around and bowed at her.

"thank you for taking good care of my niece," she gratefully said as he stood up straight again with eyes slightly wide opened. "thank you," he thanked back before walking to the staircase.

while that happened, aiichiro was in her room. did he... her face turned completely red as she hid her entire body under her blanket. a knock on the door made her flinched from her thoughts as it swung open, revealing her aunt. "im home?" she announced at her sleeping niece. "did someone come over and visit you today?" hatsuki asked, a smirk curling up her lips. she walks over to aiichiro's bed and sat at the edge.

quiet. "i asked did someone visit you today?" the woman repeated, her eyes twitching, before she snatched the blanket away from aiichiro's body. the girl jumped at the shocking act that her aunt did. "stop acting and answer the damn question,"

"ok ok! tchー" the girl sat up as she clicked her tongue at her pissed aunt. "yea somebody did visit me, why do you ask?" the response to the woman's question satisfied her before she continues to ask another one. "who did?"

"huh?"

"who came over? be specific,"

"my friend,"

"i know its a friend, why the hell would you want a stranger to visit you," her aunt said. aiichiro sighs. "baji-kun," she said as the older tries her best not to let a smile form onto her face. "who?"

"baji-kun, the one who..." she paused a little bit as her cheeks turned red again. "the one who i went out with yesterday," she was blushing hard as she fidgets with her fingernails.

hatsuki noticed that her niece was doing that bad habit of her's as she held the girl's hands with her own. "may i do a little guessing game?" she asked as her niece nodded once. "if my guess is right then, im guessing that you didn't go to school today because..."

"you weren't sure about something,"

aiichiro's eyes widened like hell as she was shock that her aunt could guess something so accurate as that. the woman chuckled. "i know you, aiichiro," the other female looks away and pouts. hatsuki leans closer to her niece's ear and whispers something. making the girl stand up, grab her red jacket and out of the door after putting her slippers on.

aiichiro quickly walks down the stairs as fast as she could. when she finally reach ground level she ran out of the building and look around to find baji. she found a familiar back as he continues walking. "baji-kun!" she shouts for him. he turns around almost immediately when her voice called for him.

"aiichiro?" he raise a brow as he watches her run closer. she stops when they're a few feet away. they stand infront of each other, not leaving their eye contact to each other.

she gulps her saliva before opening her mouth at what she had to say. "i.." she stopped as she got a little too nervous. "what?" he waited for her to talk but started taking steps forward to her but she told him to stop. "i want to say it from this distance,"

"say what?"

"that i... like you," she mumbled the last bit under her breath. she heard he clicked her tongue and footsteps walking closer to her. he leans forward so he would be at her height. too close. she thought as their face was only inches away from each other. no way im telling you if you're that close.

"say it again. my ears are close enough for your words to be heard. even if you mumble again, i should be able to hear," he told her. she again gulps her saliva.

"like you," this time she said the last bit that she mumbled about. he raised a brow, too confused as to what she really needed to say. "probably, damn it," he got a little impatient but tried to keep his tone a little gentle.

"i said!" her shouting into his ear made him step back a little, wincing a little. "that i- you- fall and... confused and..." her words got jumbled up. just say it, you idiot. she cursed under her breath. as she gets mad at herself, she shouts what she has been wanting to say finally.

"i like you! baji-kun!" she slams her palm over her mouth as she process over what just happened. her cheeks got really red and her ears as well. she used her other hand to grab her hood and place it over her head, as she covers her face with the fabric that is over her head.

his eyes widened and his jaw opened slightly but soon formed into a smile. he walks up to her and lands his right hand on her shoulder. she uncovers her face as she looks up but was pushed towards his body. his right arm wrapped around her neck.

she had her eyes wide opened when she heard his heartbeat was beating fast. "you can hear it, right?" he asked her as her heartbeats starts beating fast again. "thats how my heart goes whenever im around you," he told her before wrapping his other arm around her neck as well. only to be pulled away. but he didn't mind because her face was as red as a tomato.

baji laughed at her reaction. as she gasped and switch her surprised expression to a mad one. "whats so funny?" she asked. he shook his head as his laugh slowly fades. she looks back at him but was again had her eyes widened at his expression. he was smiling, it wasn't like his usual ones. it was a wide smile as he looks at her with the softest eyes he could ever give.

"im just glad,"