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Ryo’s Channel 1, originally posted on January 26, 2018.

This is a short of Yuki’s Story that will be at the end of each arc. The shorts are about Ron’s video channel on the internet where he and his friends does funny stuffs like pranks, challenges, and games. Ryo is the host of his channel who told Yuki he wanted to make a channel to do those videos, whether they are staged or not, but mostly is.

In Ryo’s dining room, he has a whoopie cushion and put it under the pillow at the seat by the table, and Haruka is holding the camera.
“Hello guys! I am Ryo Koriyama, Yuki’s brother, and this person is my girlfriend, Haruka, who is holding the camera.”
“Ryo, why did you put a whoopie cushion under that seat?” Haruka asked.
“Good question. I am pranking Yuki today and I took her whoopie cushion from her room so she can accidently sit on that and let it rip.”
“Sweet. Yuki is coming from school. I bet she’s coming quick.”
“Yep. To make her sit there, I got some popsicles from the store and we can enjoy it, and leave that seat for Yuki.”
“Cool. I bet she has no shame for sitting on it.”
They hear the door open.
“Yuki!” Ryo called.
Yuki comes to the dining room and sees them.
“Hey Ryo. So this is your first video?” Yuki asked.
“Yep! We were waiting for you to enjoy some popsicles I brought from the store.” Ryo said.
“Sweet!”
Ryo opens the fridge and gets it out and put it at the table. Ryo sits on the seat next to the one with the cushion and Haruka sits on the other side.
“Why don’t you sit with me, Yuki. I just want to show you some flavors in the box.” Ryo said.
“All right.” Yuki said.
She sits down and a fart noise is heard.
“What the heck?!” Yuki said.
“Hahaha!” Ryo laughed.
“Yuki, how could you?” Haruka asked.
“If that was real, it would’ve been worse.” Yuki said.
Yuki gets the whoopie cushion.
“Haha! So you set me up. Interesting.” Yuki said.
“We got you.” Ryo said.
“Yeah. I had no idea you did that.”
“It was from your room.”
“I can tell. What made you decide to prank me?”
“I wanted to make funny videos, and you have used that a lot before around high school.”
“Yep. Those were the days.”
Yuki gets a popsicle.
“You know, I brought that to celebrate my first video. I know my fans from high school are already missing me, and that’s how I decide to keep them entertained.” Ryo said.
“That’s a good thought.” Yuki said.
“We will do more videos like this and surprise them with pranks and challenges, just like what I did to her.”
“I think you learn a lot of pranks from me. That’s surprising.”
“It is. So I hope you guys enjoy this video and enjoy your day.”

His video has ended.

Chapter 64, originally posted on January 25, 2018.

In the morning, Aki went to the front gate and went to the right side of the building to sit at the dead end.
Yuki sees her going there and follows her.
Aki sees her coming.
“Aki!” Yuki yelled.
“You decide to follow me?” Aki yelled.
“I need to talk to you. We need to discuss about you.”
“Go away! I don’t want you here. You already took away my best friend and made her become like you!”
“Listen! Why is it a big deal that me and Ren made up?”
“We always hated you and I still do! Just get out!”
“No! Aki! What is your problem at the gym?! I want answers!” Yuki yelled.
“It’s none of your business!” Aki yelled.
“Ren wants to be friends with you! What did you do? Beat her up. You lost her!”
“I told you to stop talking…”
Yuki puts her to the wall.
“I don’t want to do this, but you gotta listen!”
Aki starts sniveling. Yuki decides to lower her tone.
“All I want you to do is forgive Ren. I never want to hurt you by having her become friends to me.” Yuki said.
“Yeah right! You got her to bother me.” Aki said.
“Listen! (lowers tone) I never made her hate you. She still wants to be your bffs. All she wants to do with you is to hang out with you right before this happens.”
“And you get her to bother me!”
“Aki! Has she tease you recently? Has she mock you, threaten you, hate you, hit you, harm you, or reject you? She wants to hang with you. That’s why she was going after you to be friends with you.”
“She bothers me and she did the wrong choice. I can’t believe Ren would do this to me!”
Yuki lets her go.
“Fine! You don’t understand!”
“No Yuki! You don’t!
"I would’ve forgive you on everything if you accept the fact that she became friends with me and Rin and Retasu.”
“I don’t need you to forgive me.”
“To tell you the truth, I never want you to do terrible things to anyone, especially to your best friend.”
“Yuki! Stop bringing her up!”
“NO! AKI! Listen! You should forget the past of what had happen to you! You are always angry on everything and that’s unhealthy! Also, you should be more sensitive to others.” Yuki said.
“I always held on everything! I never forgive anyone who did something to me! Not even if it’s just few years ago!” Aki said.
“Then honestly, no one should be friends with you if you think that way. You made Ren cry and you hurt her so bad.”
“Again! Stop mentioning her! I’m done with her!”
“Fine!… By the way, I’m glad you haven’t done something wrong with Minoru in your Computer Graphics class.”
“That’s because he’s your boyfriend, and he never did anything to me. We are just acquiescence.”
“Okay. Just to be sure. Please don’t do anything foolish to ‘you know who’. She’s always worried about you. That’s it.”
“Just go!”
Yuki left.
She went to her classroom to meet up with Minoru.
“Hey Yuki! How was Aki?” Minoru asked.
“The usual. She is just self minded. I can’t really do anything to change her mind.” Yuki said.
“Wow.”
Later in Aki’s class, Aki got a classwork that says she needs a partner.
“A partner. Maybe I’ll find a better friend than her.” Aki said while looking at Ren at the other side of the room.
“All right class. We are going to pair each other today and I will assign each of you a partner.”
A while later, he tells Aki who her partner is.
“Aki. Today, you will work with Ren.”
“ARE YOU SERIOUS?!” Aki yelled.
Ren shakes a little and puts her head on her desk.
“You think I will be working with HER?” Aki said.
“Aki, you are such a terrible friend.” Girl1 said.
“What about the fight yesterday?” Boy1 said.
“All right guys. We don’t need to bring noise. Aki, I decide this and you better do this!” The teacher said.“
"I WILL NOT! She betrayed me for being friends with someone I never liked.” Aki yelled.
“I do not care about your personal problems. If you want to discuss about this, talk to the counselor after lunch.”
“No! I want to work with someone else!”
“They already with their pairs. If you don’t stop acting like this, I will give you a zero on this assignment!”
Aki flips her desk and frighten everyone.
“AKI! Get outside! I can’t have you be like this!”
He takes Aki out.
“I RATHER JUST SIT HERE IN THE HALLWAY THAN WORKING WITH REN!” Aki yells in the hallway.
She sees Minoru with a hall-pass.
“Aki?” Minoru said.
“I don’t know why everyone wants me to be with Ren.” Aki said.
“I do. I think you need to.”
“No thanks.”
Minoru walks away.
Later when lunch started, Yuki and her friends went to the roof and eat with Leon.
“…so she stayed there for the rest of the class.”
“No wonder why I saw her yelling when she came out.” Minoru said.
“I can’t believe Aki is doing this to her friends without being shamed to show that to everybody.” Rin said.
“I feel more sorry for Ren.” Retasu said.
“I talked to her this morning and she is self minded.” Yuki said.
“She’s always like that.” Rin said.
“I know this sounds odd, but I know she has a soft spot. Every time she talks to me, she never yells.” Minoru said.
“She did tell me why, but she never give me a good explanation.” Yuki said.
“If you want to know how Ren is doing, she’s trying to stay out from Aki.” Leon said.
“Oh dear. I think she doesn’t want to anger her anymore, so that’s why.” Rin said.
“Yeah. Also, the teacher wrote a discipline to Aki about all this.” Leon said.
A while later, Yuki finishes her lunch and so does Minoru.
“Hey Yuki, I never thought I say this, but I wanna talk to Aki.” Minoru said.
“Why? You saw her beat up Ren yesterday. I know she’s different in your class, but she can leach out on you.” Yuki said.
“I got to. It’s the only way to stop her from getting even more angry.”
“You lack any defenses and you won’t be able to handle her.” Rin said.
“I really want to tell her to make up for Ren.” Minoru said.
“I tried that. It d…She knows that I like to protect you, so I will let you find her. It’s pretty risky, but I’ll let you.
"Sweet! I know she is lonely inside, and that’s why she’s always angry.” Minoru said.
“Well, good luck on talking to her. We don’t know where she went.” Retasu said.
“She sometimes eats at the bench on one of the side of the building outside.” Leon said.
“All right. Yuki, let’s go.” Minoru said.
They left, and they went to find her. They find her sitting alone at the bench and Yuki and Minoru are hiding by the corner of the building.
“Ok. You talk to her, and if there is anything wrong, call me.” Yuki said.
“I will. You just eavesdrop. I think I can do this.” Minoru said.
“Well, at least you’re trying. That matters.”
“Yeah.”
Minoru went and talk to Aki.
“Hey Aki.” Minoru said.
“Hey Minoru. You decide to eat here with me?” Aki asked.
“I came to talk to you. I really want you to realize that you are doing everything wrong to your best friend.”
“She did. I know like everyone else, you want me to get back to her, but I can’t.”
“Why? You hurt her yesterday and you scare her off.”
“That’s good.”
“No, it isn’t. Everyone saw who you are, who beat up her best friend for a minor problem.”
“It was a big problem.”
“You’re getting angrier since the beginning of school, and that’s why you were over reacting in class.” Minoru said.
Aki thinks on her mind.
“UGGGG! I want to tell him to leave, but I don’t want to make him cry. I’ll get beat up.”
She starts talking.
“Well, since you’re here, I do want to ask you to be my friend because…you are the only person who never betrayed me.”
“Friends?” Minoru asked.
“Yes.”
Minoru walks away for a few steps.
“You want me to be friends with you? I’m friends with the ones you don’t even like. Is that okay?” He asked.
“Well, I don’t mind.” Aki responded.
“You’re fine if I am dating Yuki, but you’re not okay with Ren being friends with her?”
“Look Minoru, I don…”
“Aki! I don’t want to be friends with someone who hates on my friends and my girlfriend! I don’t want that!”
“But Minoru. (breathes)”
“And you asking me to be your friend and doing that one same 'mistake’ that your best friend has done recently? If you treat people like this and be hypocritical, then I am sorry, but I don’t think you should have friends if you treat everyone like this!”
Minoru walks away for a few steps until he heard Aki crying.
He walks to Aki.
“Aki, I don’t mean to sound harsh…”
“(crying) I am so lonely! I don’t have someone to hang out with me anymore! I am a lonely wolf!” Aki yells.
“Don’t be like that. It’s because you push your friends away and you don’t want anyone else to solve your problems.” Minoru said.
“(crying) Minoru, the real reason why I wanted to talk to you is because I thought you were a lonely person before Yuki became your girlfriend, and I thought talking to you would relate to how I’m going through.”
“I was never that lonely. I had friends before. I know you’re feeling so lonely, but you gotta stop doing the wrong things to your best friend, even if she did something you don’t like.”
“I was just mad at her since she became friends with Yuki and them, and they had done stuff to us before and held on to that.”
“Don’t let the past define you, and move on. Yuki is such a good person. She brought me some friends and she know how much I had to go through with strict teachers, and everyone thought I was a bit lonely.”
“(crying) That’s how I had to go through before Ren became my friend since junior high. She helped me on some situations.” Aki said.
“And that’s why you should be thankful to her. She has helped you since then, and you shouldn’t deny her on any means.” Minoru said.
“She had made me happy.”
“That’s good. I really care about you because of Ren. Please get back with Ren. I wanted to save you from doing another mistake. She’s been worried about you.”
“I see.”
“And don’t get frustrated with Yuki and them. Yuki was trying not to let you disrespect anyone. If you change and do the right things, she will forgive you.”
“I was honestly a little jealous with you and Yuki because everyone knows that you and Yuki are the best couples and I’m trying to find a boy to have the same attention, but I never have got to that point.”
“Well, I know everyone is happy with us, but you gotta work hard for it. You shouldn’t push over or make your boys slaves. You gotta respect and care about them too, as a human being as you are. Also, being lonely isn’t bad. For you, that’s where you should start to learn to interact with others and care about them.”
“Although, I can see that Yuki cares about you a lot. Well, I’ll start doing better. Me and Ren like to talk to boys.”
“That’s great. You should get back to her.” Minoru said.
“Well, what if she doesn’t want me anymore?” Aki asked.
“I bet she still cares about you.”
“You think so?”
“I think you can make her day happy.”
“All right.”
Yuki comes in and Aki sees her.
“Yuki. Were you eavesdropping?” Aki asked.
“Well, Minoru is pretty much right. I will forgive you if you make up for her.” Yuki said.
Minoru nods to her.
“Well, I am being sent to Anger Management starting Monday because of what I caused.”
“I think you need it. It’s best for you to not act like this again.” Minoru said.
“I’m in so much trouble.” Aki said.
“But it’s more important to talk to Ren right now.” Yuki said.
“Well, sure.”
Aki packs up her lunch and runs to the classroom.
Aki sees Ren sitting with Leon and Oka and walks to her.
“Hey Ren. I am really sorry for all this.”
Ren does not respond.
“Ren, I really am! I’m such a fool.”
Leon stands up.
“You’ve been treating her awfully this week!” Leon said.
“Ren had enough.” Girl1 said.
“I actually want to hang with her like we used to do.” Aki said.
“She doesn’t want you here.” Girl1 said.
“Ren! Please!” Aki yelled.
“That’s enough. You give her a hard time!” Leon said.
He and the girl tries to take her out as Ren sees that.
Ren then imagines Aki back in Junior High, and was getting the same treatment with her classmates.
“Guys! Stop! Let her go!” Ren yelled.
They let go of her and Aki looks at her.
“Ren?” Aki said.
“Aki. I was afraid of you. I should’ve accept your apology.” Ren said.
“I shouldn’t be mad at you all this time. It was wrong.”
“I wanted to hang out with you. You’re always my best friend.”
“I got a lot of explaining to do.”
“So, you wanna have lunch with me here?”
“Sure. I am gonna respect you this time.”
They both hugged.
“That’s pretty sweet of you, Aki.” Leon said.
“Your friend has convinced me to be better.” Aki said.
Yuki and Minoru are by the door, watching them.
“I’m proud of you, Minoru.” Yuki said.
“And I want to say thank you for letting me convince her.” Minoru said.
Leon goes back to his seat with Oka.
“I think Minoru is pretty good for making her be friends with Ren again.” Leon said.
“It’s a good thing we became friends with him since freshmen.” Oka said.
Later after school, Aki and Ren are at the entrance of the building, seeing Aki’s ride by the street.
“(sigh) I don’t think it’s easy to get in trouble.” Aki said.
“I know, but I think you will be much of a better person who learns all her mistakes. Just take care.” Ren said.
“It’s gonna be hard spending time in anger management for a few months. I wish I can make your first week of school any better.”
“Well, at least I know you changed your mind about me, and you did the right thing to realize that you shouldn’t done something like this.”
“Yeah. Well, I got to head to my parent’s car. I may not make it through. They know how much trouble I am.”
“But at least we can still visit each other while you’re away.”
“That’s right. Also, tell Yuki and Minoru that I want to be friends with them when I come back. They taught me a lesson.”
“Sure. Bye!”
“Bye Ren!”
Aki left and she went in the car and left.
Yuki and Minoru came out from the building and went by Ren.
“She left.” Minoru said.
“Yep. She is in big trouble and even though I am her best friend, it serves her right for getting angry all of the sudden.” Ren said.
“At least she is capable of change.” Minoru said.
“Her getting pick up from her parents, those were my days back in grade school, but it does teach you to be better.” Yuki said.
“Yeah. I will miss having her here for couple of months, but she also said she wants to be friends with you two. She realized that you both were trying to help her today.” Ren said.
“Once she starts fresh after summer break.” Minoru said.
“Yep, and thanks for getting her back. I don’t know what to do if you both didn’t help her.” Ren said.
“Well, it’s important to fix friendships and relationships to anyone to save their lives and not be depressed.” Minoru said.
“And maybe when she starts dating boys, she should care about them.” Ren said.
“Totally.” Yuki said.
Later at Minoru’s room, they are playing games on his room and talking.
“So do you think it was the right choice for me to care about Aki before she changed her mind? I didn’t want their friendship to disappear.” Minoru asked.
“You did the right thing, dude. It is important to help out our foes, even if that can be hard, it’s worth it.” Yuki said.
“Exactly! We should see their good side. Aki really loves doing fanarts and says she wants to be good at it, and Ren said that she always loves her art and inspiration. They also play video games with each other. That’s why I want to get them to be friends again.”
“I love your sensitive side. I love that you care about everyone, and I am about the same because when I first met you, I know you are always a good kid. I know I said that already, but I just like helping others too, and that’s what led me to be popular along with being good at performing.”
“That’s good.”
They both kiss each other.
“That was sweet!” Minoru said.
“It is. You wanna watch a new anime together? I brought the blu ray with me.” Yuki said.
“Is it the one you told me few days ago?”
“Yep. It’s something we both can enjoy.”
“All right. Let’s watch it.
They watch an anime together at his room.

Next Chapter: Yuki’s Suspect.
Yuki has a challenge to a tracking race with Phase I, Lila. Everyone is willing to see them perform during gym class. However, Yuki is starting to get a little suspicious to Team Phase when few of her classmates are victims. How is Yuki gonna figure out that they are evil? Tune in next time!        

Chapter 63, originally posted on January 12, 2018.

At the student room at morning, Phase I closes the door and locks it as Team Phase are having a meeting.
“Yuki Koriyama, the popular girl, has got the penguin toy yesterday.” Phase A said.
“So she is the chosen one?” Phase O asked.
“Yes. She will become our member eventually and will help us to reach our goals for this school.” Phase A said.
“Okay. What if she doesn’t want to be part of our club?” Phase E asked.
“Well, that toy has a lot of meaning. She will be our attention to help us.” Phase A said.
“She did bring in some fans to get my attention by competing with her at the gym.” Phase I said.
“And that’s why we want her to be on our club. She will help us on our school plans, our goals, and most importantly, rule the attention of the school.” Phase U said.
“Exactly. We won’t just go out and ask her immediately. We gotta seduce her to join.” Phase A said.
“By seducing, you mean getting her attention.” Phase E said.
“That’s what I’m saying. Someday, Yuki will become one of us.” Phase A said.
Meanwhile, Yuki is in the front gate of the school, asking people about the toy.
“Is this your toy that you dropped?” Yuki asked Lia.
“No. I haven’t bring toys to school, but it’s cute.” Lia said.
Yuki asked Leon and Oka.
“Is this toy yours?” Yuki asked.
“It isn’t ours.” Leon said.
“Why are you asking us about this?” Oka asked.
“I found it on the ground on the side of the school after gym class.” Yuki said.
“It isn’t ours, but you can ask our classmates or yours since we both have gym.” Oka said.
“That’s what I’m planning to do.” Yuki said.
Meanwhile, Ren sees Aki at the locker and goes to her.
“Aki. I want you to feel better. I don’t want you to keep hating on me.” Ren said.
“Oh dear. REN! Why do you keep showing up?! I told you, I’m done with you! I don’t want you in my life anymore.” Aki said.
“But Ren, I am your best friend. I want you to not hate me for being friends with Yuki and them.”
“How many times do I have to say this?! You betrayed me! That’s it! You’re so delusional!”
“No! You gotta look deep down of a person to see what she actually is.”
“This sounds so cliché. I am done with you changing my mind! Get out of my way!”
Aki leaves.
“All I want is for her to accept who I am friends with and should know how good of a person Yuki is.” Ren said by herself.
Meanwhile, Yuki, Minoru, and Ayano are at the gym.
“So, who are we finding?” Ayano asked.
“My competitor, Lila.” Yuki said.
“She is almost as good as Yuki.” Minoru said.
They see Phase I.
“There she is.” Yuki said.
They walk up to her.
“Hey Yuki.” She said.
“Lila. Is this toy yours?” Yuki asked.
“Oh. No. I haven’t own that.” Phase I said, pretending she doesn’t know.
“I see. I am glad you are here to compete with me.”
“Good. The race is by friday and I plan to compete with you.”
“Sweet! I’m in!” Yuki said.
“Yay!” Ayano said.
“That’s when we have the track on our gym class.” Minoru said.
“Yep. It’s our first competition of the year.” Phase I said.
“Yes.” Yuki said.
Later during lunch, Yuki sits down with Minoru, Rin, and Retasu.
“So I asked several classmates about the toy. They all said it isn’t theirs.” Yuki said.
“Are you gonna put that in lost and found?” Rin asked.
“Well, I am gonna hold on to it in my backpack and still ask others about it.” Yuki said.
“I see.” Rin said.
Phase E left the room and meets Phase A.
“Yuki have been asking everyone about the toy.” Phase E said.
“I see. I’ll get one of our members to make up a story while not saying that we got it for her.” Phase A said.
“All right.”
After school, Yuki walks with Minoru, and then they meet up Phase U.
“Hey Yuki.” She said.
“Yes?” Yuki asked.
“I heard you’ve been asking about the toy.”
“Yeah. It’s lost. Is it yours?”
“No. What really happened is that a man carries a bucket with a lot of those toys filled in so he can donate them. He came across me and asked me if I want the bunny one and I got it. I saw him dropped it after tying his shoe by a distance. I didn’t know that he left it.” Phase U said.
“Wow. So it’s no ones.” Yuki said.
“That’s what really happened. He was there before the last period when I was outside.”
“Well, thanks for telling me.” Yuki said.
Minoru looks at her, thinking himself about her.
“She seems to look suspicious. Is it the same with Lila?” Minoru said in his mind.
“No problem.” Phase U said while showing her bunny toy.
“That’s cute.” Minoru said.
“It is.”
“Well, I gotta head home, so goodbye.” Yuki said.
They all left and at the bench by the building, Ren goes up to Aki again.
“Aki.” Ren said.
“Oh No. No. Ren! Can you hang with someone else, like Yuki instead of me?” Aki said.
“You’re my best friend since junior high.”
“Not anymore. I’m going home, and you better not follow me.”
Aki leaves.
“Aki. Please don’t be like this.” Ren said.
The next day at morning, Yuki comes with her scooter, and everyone takes a look at it.
“Hey guys! You asked about my scooter, and I brought it.” Yuki said while holding her helmet and leaning on her scooter.
“Wow! That looks amazing.” Boy1 said.
“That is really cool!” Boy2 said.
“So nice.” Girl1 said.
“I got this last year and it rides very well. I could make it to my work so early.” Yuki said.
“Sweet!” Boy2 said.
“Will you have one of us ride with you on that thing?” Girl2 asked.
“It’s only one, and I would love to take you all to your location, but I rarely have passengers. If I do get a car, then I’ll think I can carry several of you to a ride.” Yuki said.
“Amazing” Boy3 said.
At the hallway, Ren sees Aki looking at the window.
“Yuki. You took my friends away and brainwash them, and now you are grabbing everyone’s attention right now.” Aki said.
Ren walks away a little bit.
“I don’t think I should talk to her. She’s already mad.” Ren said.
Leo walks and he is near Aki. Aki decides to turn around and sees him.
“Hey there. You wanna make a friend?” Aki asked.
“Umm. Okay.” Leo said.
“I am Aki.”
“Leo. I am in Takigawa’s class.”
“I see. Do you have anything else today?” Aki asked.
“I am free at lunch. Maybe we can talk.” Leo said.
“Good! I am glad we just met. I think you are gonna be a great friend.”
“Umm. Sure. I’ll be at the roof.”
“You got it!”
Leo walks away and Aki starts walking too.
“Sweet! I think this day will get interesting.”
She turns around in the hallway and sees Ren.
“Are you eavesdropping?” Aki asked.
“Umm. Not really. I’m just checking out my calender.” Ren said.
Ren drops her phone and picks it up.
“Good thing it has glass protection with a case.”
“Whatever. I don’t want you interfering with me today.”
“Aki! We gotta talk.”
“How many times did you did? Ren! I don’t need you. You back stabbed me a month ago and I can’t believe you are here!” Aki said.
“You need to get over with the fact that I decide to be friends with Yuki. There is nothing wrong if you get to know her.” Ren said.
“How many times have I said this? NO! I don’t want you to be on my day. All right?!”
Aki walks away.
“You need to understand.”
Later after lunch, Aki went to her computer graphics class. She was happy about the lunch break with Leo.
“Lunch was pretty cool. Leo seems to be interesting.”
Aki sits at her spot and after class has started, the teacher makes an announcement.
“I want to pair all of you to get to know their creativity, and you will ask why they join doing computer graphics. Your conversation with your pair will be ten minutes.”
He picks up the board and reads each names per group.
Few lines later, he reads another group list.
“Minoru Tamara and Aki, you two will pair up.”
Minoru is shaking a little.
“Aki? I don’t feel comfortable pairing up with her.” Minoru said it in his mind.
Aki walks and sits next to Minoru while he is shaking a little.
“Minoru. Why you’re shaking?” Aki asked.
“Well…I…didn’t know we are getting paired?” Minoru said.
“It’s just pairing. I want to ask you as a part of the assignment. How is your skills for this class?”
“Umm. Pretty good.” Minoru said while shaking a little.
“Are you nervous? I don’t bite. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have no idea who I am.” Aki said.
“It’s just that the way you treated my friends.”
“I never liked them. So? You never have done something wrong to me, so I respect you.”
“Huh?”
“I know you think I am mean to you, but I usually exclude you on situations. You never disrespected me at least.”
“Then why are you disrespecting my friends, and most of all, your best friend, Ren?” Minoru asked.
“Ren decides to be friends with Yuki, and she is the one who disrespects me a lot.” Aki answered.
“I think Yuki will give you a chance of you forgive her and her friends too.”
“Nah. I think we need to focus on our assignment. Now you ask me a question.”
“Okay. What made you take this class?” Minoru asked.
“I actually want to make better fan art. I like to make fan arts and post them online. I wanna learn more so I can make my future projects look very good.” Aki answered.
“That’s pretty good. I like to design things and like to work with geometry. That’s how you can make good proportions to your projects.”
“Interesting.”
“Yeah. I’m just curious. I think you should make up with Ren. She feels left out without you and you are the one who makes her happy.”
“Pfft. I think she can manage herself. Why are you going back to that topic?”
“Because you are making her sad and depressed. I think if you have better feelings with her, then you will feel relaxed when doing future artworks.” Minoru said.
“I already made recent artworks without thinking about…whatever that person is.” Aki said.
“Cool, but if you stop yelling at everyone and have a cool conversation just like we are, then I think you will be more relaxed.”
“Hmm. They keep picking on me, but I’ll think about what you said.”
“Please do.”
Aki thinks in her mind.
“ARGGHH! Even Minoru is curious about my friendship with Ren. I want to tell him to stop, but I don’t want to hurt that guy’s feelings. He’s Yuki’s boyfriend after all.”
Later after class has ended, Minoru went to see Yuki at the gym.
“Yuki! I need to tell you something!” Minoru said.
“What happened?” Yuki asked.
“Aki talks to me in class, and she acts different. I know we all see her as a mean spirited girl, but in class, she’s a normal person.”
“Really? I am glad she hasn’t yelled at you. What else happened?”
“We got paired and she said she took computer graphics because she wants to draw better fan arts and she has huge passion of anime.”
“Wow.”
“I even asked her a few questions. She thinks I never done anything wrong to her, and said that’s why she went easy on me.” Minoru said.
“Although, I think she also went easy on you because she knows I always protect you.” Yuki said.
“That’s what I’m been thinking.”
Meanwhile at the corner outside of the building next to the gym, Aki is by the wall and Ren walks up to her.
“Aki. We need to talk, please!” Ren said.
“I don’t want you around me anymore!” Aki said.
“I need you. You were a great friend, Aki! Why is making new friends a big deal to you?!”
“You made the wrong choice of friends! Stay out of me!”
“No. We need to discuss this!”
“I’m done with this! I can’t believe you and Ron made a wrong choice that goes against me!” Aki said.
“You should be sad that Ron is no longer here!” Ren said.
“I’m glad he did, because he betrayed me like you did!”
“You should think about our hearts! Remember we had great times with each other?”
Some of their classmates are watching them.
“I don’t care! Stop rubbing it in on me! I’m tired of you going up to me and bring the same subject all the time!” Aki said.
“I care about you! We were best friends! I-I can’t believe you don’t care about me anymore all because I had done one thing!” Ren said while bursting into little tears.
“To be friends who hates us! Listen Ren! I don’t like you anymore! I want you out of my life for good!”
“You shouldn’t.”
“And right now, you go!”
“Please Aki! Remember the fun times we had together?! I thought we were great friends before this!”
“I SAID NOT TO REMIND ME OF ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE GONE!”
“NO! AKI! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!” Ren shouted.
“NO! I AM ABOUT TO BEAT YOU UP!” Aki yells at her.
“NO! NO! AKI! WE’RE BFFs!”
Aki pushes her to the ground and hits her multiple times.
“I WANT YOU OUR OF MY LIFE!!!” Aki yelled.
She keeps pounding her several times until Yuki comes in and grabs Aki away from Ren on the ground.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” Aki yells at Yuki.
“What’s it look like you’re doing?” Yuki said.
Ren gets up.
“You’re all right?” Leon asked Ren.
Ren cries and runs off to the locker room.
“What is your problem?” Leon said.
“We thought you both were bad, but you can’t change.” Kyanna said.
“You are the worst person I saw!” Boy1 said.
Yuki let go of Aki.
“What kind of a jerk you are? Why did you do this?” Yuki asked.
“So she would be out of my life, for GOOD!” Aki said.
They booed her. Leo comes in to talk to Aki.
“Aki. I changed my mind. There will be no hangout this weekend.” Leo said and leaves.
“TRAITOR!”
“What is going on with you? You only cared about her making friends with me and this is what led you to be like this?” Yuki asked.
“Hmm…” Aki hummed.
Everyone starts to leave and Minoru saw the whole thing. Yuki walks back to him.
“I can’t believe she did that. Poor Ren.” Minoru said.
“She has gone insane.” Yuki said.
“She was actually a different person in my class. I didn’t expect her to be like this.”
“It’s all right. I still believe you. I don’t think we can do anything about her.”
“Looks like you’re right.”
At the gym locker, Eru sees Ren crying at the corner of the room.
“Hey. Want some tissues to clean yourself from bruises?” Eru asked with tissues.
“They are marks of where I got hit. Thanks. You’re so helpful.” Ren said while taking the tissues.
Later, they are outside, practicing their workouts, and Aki sits at the bench instead of doing the activities.
The coach talks to her.
“Aki. You’re not doing anything and I heard about your fight. How disgrace! You will be running at the track alone until I call you.” He said.
“But it will be the entire class!” Aki yelled.
“Well, you picked on your best friend. Now get out there and run at the track for the entire time and I better not catch you taking a break.”
“Darn it.”
Aki left.
Ren walks around the sidewalks, and sees Aki heading to the track.
“I gotta stop thinking about her. It’s best that I don’t talk to her anymore.” Ren said to Rin.
“Look Ren. I know it’s hard to lose your best friend. I know how it feels.”
Ren cries on Rin and hugs her.
“She hurt me so much. I don’t w-want to lose her, but I have no choice.” Ren said while crying.
“I know.” Rin said.
“I hope you feel better soon. It takes a while.” Retasu said.
“The pain doesn’t hurt much, but my friendship does.” Ren said.
Yuki runs around and jumps too.
“This is what I would like to perform after school. I can’t wait for friday.” Yuki said.
“Yeah. You got your challenger and first activity of the school year.” Minoru said.
“Hey. Even if this challenger can beat me or not, I’m glad that I still compete for fun.”
“You got it. That’s your spirit!”
Minoru sees Aki walking away.
“Aki. What have you done.” Minoru said it in his mind.

Next Chapter: Aki’s Temper
Aki loses it after kicking Ren out of her life. She seems more angry than she was before the fight. Aki dangers herself to be more angry in her class. Meanwhile, Yuki and Phase I have a challenge at the track at friday. What can stop her from getting angry all the time? Tune in next time!        

Chapter 62, originally posted in January 1, 2018.

During Spring Break, Yuki, Minoru, and Ayano are going up the hills together.
Ayano runs to the top to be the first one.
“Wow! This trip is pretty exciting.” Ayano said.
“It is. We’ve made it around the hills at the park.” Yuki said.
“That sounds great. It is the last hill that we’re visiting today.” Minoru said.
“So, have you camp out before?” Ayano asked.
“I would, but I never had any chance to do it. Maybe this summer, we can.” Yuki said.
“Knowing you, you would set up your own base alone.” Minoru said.
“Yep. I actually want you two to come along to experience what it would be like to sleep outdoors with tents and sleeping bags.” Yuki said.
“Maybe we will experience this more as if we are Pokemon trainers.” Minoru said.
“Totally. I would go a lot of places and do a lot of cool things.” Yuki said.
“And we will have good trips.” Ayano said.
“I’m sure we will have the same experience if we start camping out.” Yuki said.
“Yeah.” Minoru said.
Later at Minoru’s house, they are at his backyard.
“School is in a few days. I am psyched to start high school with you two!” Ayano said.
“It’s pretty fun.” Minoru said.
“And it’s gonna be totally our best school year yet.” Yuki said.
“It will. The good thing is that we are seniors and close to finishing high school, even though we will miss everything in Fujiwara in a year.” Minoru said.
“I agree. Ayano, are your friends going there too?” Yuki asked.
“Yeah. In high school, do they hang out with everyone from freshmens to seniors?” Ayano asked.
“Yes. It’s not like Junior High where you mostly hang with everyone on the same grade.” Minoru said.
“And you can join any club or do activities without being on a certain grade.” Yuki said.
“That’s great. It’s amazing that I can experience a little more freedom.” Ayano said.
“That’s what I thought when I started high school.” Minoru said.
“Are any teachers nice? I don’t want to have the one you had before who send you to the office.” Ayano said.
“I think you won’t. Sadly, I did, but I got out of it. Maybe you will get a teacher who isn’t like her.” Minoru said.
“I hope so. I really wanna see you play after school.” Ayano said to Yuki.
“There is plenty of that for a year. It’s gonna be a lot amazing during your freshmen.” Yuki said.
“Cool.” Ayano said.
They talk more in the backyard for couple of minutes.
Going to Monday morning, Ayano wakes up and she is having breakfast.
“Hey Minoru. Today’s the day!” Ayano said.
“I know. You will love it.” Minoru said.
“I packed everything last night. I got my papers for my locker.” Ayano said.
“That is great.” Minoru said.
Later, Yuki gets out from her house, and walks while talks to herself in her mind.
“Today is our special day. We are becoming seniors! We got Ayano in it and all of our buddies are in. We are close to become adults. I have five months left to be one! My relationship with Minoru is still strong, and my friendship with Rin, Retasu, Eru, my classmates, and all my fans, are amazing! I am still gonna be queen of geeks and athlete.
When Yuki comes to the front gate of the school, she sees Minoru and Ayano coming.
Ayano runs to Yuki.
"Hey Yuki!” Ayano said.
“Hey guys! You seem so happy.” Yuki said.
“Yeah. I came prepared for this school.” Ayano said.
“It’s great that it’s gonna be our only best year to shine.” Minoru said.
“Yep. I was just thinking about it.” Yuki said.
“It will be great. I gotta tour Ayano.” Minoru said.
“Yeah. I also need to talk to my fans too.” Yuki said.
They see Ren coming in with a box, and Aki walks around the gate and sees Ren next to her.
“Aki. What is the box for?” Ren asked.
“Since we are no longer friends, I decide to give you these. They are your stuff that you give me!” Aki yelled.
“No. Keep it. Get over it.” Ren said.
“NO! You and Ron betrayed me. That’s why I decide to return all of your stuff!”
“But some of these are a gift from me for you to keep.”
“I don’t need you anymore! I will get more friends and boys who are better than any of you!”
“Seriously, I think you’re overreacting.” Ren said.
“No I’m not! I am going away. Keep this box because I’m putting it to the ground and I’m now walking away.” Aki said.
She runs to the building.
“AKI!” Ren yelled.
“What is wrong with that girl?” Ayano asked.
“She’s just crazy because it’s a long story.” Yuki said.
“Ren, are you all right?” Minoru asked.
Ren picks up the box while crying.
“I don’t know i-if I will have a-a good senior year.”
“It will be okay. That won’t be the only thing in your senior year.” Ayano said.
“Thanks.”
“Shall we go to your new locker?” Minoru asked.
“Yep!” Ayano responded.
They went apart to do their things.
Meanwhile, five new students are at the student room for their club.
“Since this is our first and only school year to stay, we must do great to have our audience.” Phase A, Male, the boss of the Team Phase.
“And we must help succeed to do what we want, and to help each other.” Phase E, Female, the fashions designer.
“If anyone else prevents that, we must despise and haul that individual.” Phase I, Female, the athlete.
“No one will ruin or take away what we want.” Phase O, Female, the love interest.
“As a club, we must stick together and rule the school one day.” Phase U, Female, the girl that takes after school activites seriously.
“Good. We will have a good senior year. It will turn out to be awesome. One day, we will have almost everyone else to realize that we are worthy.” Phase A said.
“Yep! Shall we see what class are we having?” Phase O asked.
“No need to. I already got papers for our classes.” Phase A said.
He put it on a desk.
“Separation has succeed, which is what we wanted.” Phase E said.
“Of course. We must do better in this school, because our last school wasn’t so well.” Phase U said.
“Believe me. I have plenty of plans and written scenarios on my briefcase.” Phase A said.
“Good! Looks like we all are good.” Phase I said.
At Yuki’s classroom, Yuki and Minoru went in and sit down at their desk.
“Same teacher, and same friends in a row for a new grade.” Yuki said.
“It’s always a coincidence. I’m glad Rin, Retasu, and Eru. At lease some of your fans from last grade’s class made it here.” Minoru said.
“Yep.”
Phase E comes in the classroom and finds a desk to sit.
“My new class. I hope this works out well.”
Eru comes in.
“Hey guys.” Eru said.
“Hey Eru. I’m glad we got in the same class again.” Yuki said.
“Me to. How was your tour with Ayano?” Eru asked Minoru.
“Pretty quick. I just show her the locker, gym, classrooms, and the nurse.” Minoru said.
“Yep. Speaking of nurses, we have health inspections next week.”
“I never pass any of them.” Minoru said.
“I think you’re pretty healthy, boy.” Yuki said.
“I think so too.”
Later during class, the teacher ask everyone to introduce themselves. Yuki comes up first.
“Hey class! Most of you know me already, I am Yuki Koriyama, the popular girl in school who is great at sports, shares help with others, and geeking out with friends. I think we are gonna have a great senior year!” Yuki said.
Everyone give applause besides Phase E.
“A popular girl? Hmm.” She said it in silence.
Next, Minoru comes up.
“I am Minoru Tamara, Yuki’s boyfriend. I really like to help others and give my advices to them, and I like to do some creativity like graphic designs, models, cooking, and drawing.”
They clap for him.
Next, Rin.
“My name is Rin Rosada. I am happy to become a senior to work hard on our goals. I really like to think about fashions and I am taking cheerleader lessons.”
Next, Retasu.
“Retaus Mitsuki, I’m just known to be a smart and wise girl who likes comics and tv shows, and I like taking test challenges and singing.”
Next, Eru.
“Eru Hibika. Umm…Well…I want to make more friends and I am the one who…umm…created the gaming room at the third floor so that all of you can enjoy games and stuff. I want to be a game developer.”
Next, Lia.
“My name is Natalia, but I go by Lia. I do sport activities like Yuki and I just love running and do baseball, and I want to be the best baseball player someday.”
Next, a boy names Leo.
“I am Leo, and I am new to this class. I attend the same activities as Lia and I like to be the manager.”
Next, Kyanna.
“…I pretty much open to concerts and working out and dreamed to be a star.”
Later, Phase E comes up as the last person.
“My name is Kaname and I am new here, and I want to be well known in the school by the end of our school year.”
They clap and she returns to her desk.
“It’s pretty great to know each other. I am glad you all are civilized.” Takigawa-sensei said.
Later at lunch, Yuki and Minoru are eating with some fans.
“It is pretty great so far.” Yuki said.
“Yep. We got our electives after lunch. It’s pretty cool.” Minoru said.
“I can’t believe we just move on very soon.” Boy1 said.
“Yeah. Hey Yuki, what is your plan for gym today? It’s our last class for the day.” Boy2 asked.
“We’ll just see what our coach has for us.” Yuki said.
At the hallway, Ayano and Eru bump to each other.
“Hey Ayano!” Eru said.
“Eru. How was your day?” Ayano asked.
“Pretty well. I just opened my game room today and I must go there. I am in charge today.”
“Cool. I was just going to have lunch with my friends.”
“Good. It’s a prefect time to reunite your friends in a new school.”
“Yep.”
At the roof, Team Phase are having lunch together.
“Our first classmate to introduce herself is Yuki. She claimed to be popular and everyone cheered for her after that.” Phase E said.
“What is she like?” Phase A asked.
“Very great at gymnastics and hobbies that are manga and games related.”
“You have gym for the last class of the day?” Phase I asked.
“Yes.” Phase E answered.
“Great. Let’s see if she like a challenge. Maybe it will win my attention.”
After lunch, Minoru went to Computer Graphics and sees Oka.
“Hey Oka. Did you sign up here?” Minoru asked.
“Yes. I did. Me and Leon share the same class besides here.” Oka answered.
“Sweet. I heard that you have gym class next, and my class does too.”
“That’s good. That means Yuki is gonna perform well today.”
“I bet.”
At Yuki’s elective in the performing room, she is taking the performing class.
“Hey Yuki!” Kyanna said.
“Hey. I am glad to be assigned here. I think this class will get me some promotions for my job.” Yuki said.
“Cool. For me, I want to be an idol.”
Rin and Retasu takes Cheerleading class.
“This is out second time taking this class, and on a higher level.” Retasu said.
“Yeah. This is exciting.” Rin said.
Phase E and U came to their class and Phase A is at Yuki’s elective.
Later, they went to their gym class and they play some activities in the gym.
“What game shall I start with?” Yuki asked.
“We got ball tossing, volleyball, basketball, and the workout.”
Some guy is going to Yuki.
“Yuki, someone here wants to challenge you!”
“Really?” Yuki said.
“Who is it?” Minoru asked.
Phase I comes.
“Yuki Koriyama! I heard you are the best female athlete in Fujiwara High.”
“Yes. You’re correct. Who are you?” Yuki asked.
“My name is Lila and I want to challenge you to some games here!”
“Sure. Let’s get to it.” Yuki said.
Their first challenge is rope climbing.
“Ready?” Yuki asked.
“Sure!” Phase I said.
They both climb on the rope that is hanging from the roof, and the fans cheers for both of them.
As Yuki and Phase I are climbing, they both made it to the top, but Yuki is an inch high.
“Wow!” Her fans are surprised to see a competitor who is almost as good as Yuki.
“That is surprising.” Minoru said.
“I know. At least he won.” Rin said.
Another challenge is hanging. Yuki and Phase I grab the bar above them and hang on them with their arms as they both jump.
“We’ll see who can hold the longest.” Phase I said.
“Yeah.” Yuki said.
The fans watches them holding the bar.
“This might take a while for either if them to break down.” Retasu said.
“Well, it’s a good thing that she has a competitor. It’s getting interesting because she haven’t had one for over a year.” Rin said.
Minoru sees Phase I and thinks on his head.
“Hmm. Is she really a good person?”
A minute later, Phase I let go of the bar and jump down.
“And the winner is Yuki!” Boy1 said.
“Wow. That is impressive.” Phase I said.
Yuki decides to jump down.
“So, is there a third challenge?” Yuki asked.
“Arm wrestling?” Phase I asked.
“Okay.”
They both sit at the table and her fans are surrounding them to watch.
“Ready?!” Phase I asked.
“You bet!” Yuki said.
They start to arm wrestle, and Yuki notices that Phase I is almost as strong as her, which have both of them feel the pressure.
“So you’re highly trained too.” Yuki said.
“Yeah. Just like you.” Phase I said.
They continue to arm wrestle and Yuki slowly pin her arm down to the surface.
“Winner!” Yuki said.
“Darn it!” Phase I said.
They cheer for Yuki.
“Thanks for watching, guys! Don’t forget, give applause to this new girl. She’s just about as good as I am and she is my new competitor.” Yuki said.
Phase I starts to smile.
“Wow. I never thought you are that popular, Yuki.” Phase I said.
“It’s the work for how much you cared about them.” Yuki said.
“Really?”
“Yes. It’s a very long story, but believe it.”
A while later, Minoru talks to Leon and Oka.
“I’m glad your class has the same gymtime as ours.” Minoru said.
“We’ll be happy to play each other.” Leon said.
“And to see Yuki play with a new competitor.” Oka said.
“Yeah.” Minoru said.
He sees Aki and Ren a bit far in the gym.
“Is Aki and Ren in your class?” He asked.
“Those two? Yes, and Aki give herself a bad introduction.” Leon said.
“My name is Aki, and my friend just let me down, so you guys are welcome to be a better friend of mines than her or Ron, and please ask me out.” Oka said while trying to do Aki’s impression.
“Wow. Has she been yelling?” Minoru asked.
“She kept refusing Ren and treat her as a nobody.” Oka said.
To Aki and Ren, Ren tries to talk to her.
“Aki, we can make up by playing volleyball. I know you’re good at it.” Ren said.
“I said leave me alone! I will never make up to you.” Aki said.
“Why being friends with Yuki such a big deal?”
“You don’t get it! They are big idiots who hates us, and look what they done to you!”
“I don’t hate you. I want you to get over it.”
“No way! Just leave me alone.”
“No. I want you to be what you were before I became friends with her.”
“I would’ve act the same way as now. My school resolution is to not see you anymore, and I don’t care if you are in my class, you are nobody!” Aki said.
Aki walks away and leave Ren crying in the ground.
Minoru and his friends sees her from far.
“Aki has been like this during our breaks.” Oka said.
“Well, she is in my computer graphics class and she acted ok because Ren isn’t in it.” Minoru said.
“I see. Maybe we can help out Ren later on.” Leon said.
Later after gym is over and Yuki came out from the gym locker room and sees Minoru at the pole.
“Hey Minoru. Ready to walk home?” Yuki asked.
“Yep!” Minoru answered.
They start heading out and as they are around the side of the school, they see a penguin toy on the ground.
“Someone left it here by mistake.” Minoru said.
Yuki sees a guy at the bench.
“Hey dude, is that your toy?” Yuki asked.
“That one? It isn’t mine and I haven’t seen anyone who dropped it by mistake.” Phase A said, as no one knows him yet.
“Ok.” Yuki replied.
“What should we do?” Minoru asked.
“I’m gonna hold on to it and ask anyone tomorrow if they dropped this.” Yuki said.
“Hopefully, the owner gets it.”
“Yeah. The toy is pretty cute, right?”
“It sure is.”
They left.

Next Chapter: Aki’s Fight.
Aki and Ren gets in a big argument that makes Aki destroy her greatly. She is tired of Ren being around and wants to get rid of her in school for good. Meanwhile, Yuki tries to ask several classmates about the penguin toy. What will happen between these girls? Tune in next time!        

Chapter 61, Originally posted on December 17, 2017.

Yuki and her friends are at gym class, and sees Yuki and few other opponents play basketball, and Yuki shoots several hoops.
“I got 10! That means I made it!” Yuki said.
“How did you get so good with athleticism?” Boy1 asked.
“Takes lot of practice as a performer since I was a kid.” Yuki said.
“Amazing!” Girl1 said.
Meanwhile at the hallway, Ren walks to the girl’s bathroom, and sees Aki.
“Aki, couldn’t you accept the fact that I started being friends with them? You know, Yuki and them.”
“You betrayed me! Remember we used to try to sabotage and worked hard to make them miserable?!” Aki yelled.
“They’re not bad. We got to understand them…”
“NO! See, this is what they did to you! I never thought you would be completely on their side!”
“But aren’t you tired of hating on them?” Ren asked.
“Are you serious? Look what they done to us, especially Yuki! Even if all of that is just a past, they are still the same as we first met them!” Aki answered.
“But we didn’t really understand how…”
“I bet you don’t. Just leave me alone, and I’m heading back to class.”
Aki leaves.
“Aki. Please.” Ren said to herself while worried.
At lunch, Ren talks to her new friends, and Yuki and Minoru are concerned about her friendship with Aki.
“She doesn’t even want to listen. I tried to get her to be friends with me again, but she is too angry to listen.” Ren said.
“Aki needs to grow up to learn about choosing what’s right. I really hope she gets back to you soon, even thought she was harsh to us before.” Minoru said.
“I do too.” Ren said.
“What does she do on her own since she stopped being friends with you and Ron?” Yuki asked.
“I don’t know. All I see is giving tantrums to others, and tries to ask few boys out, and yells at them for refusing to, since they are afraid of her.” Ren answered.
“Just to understand that it isn’t your fault to decide to be friends with us.” Minoru said.
“It’s fine, just like I said. I usually made up with my foes after a while.” Yuki said.
Ryo comes in and talks to them.
“Hey guys! This is my final week of Fujiwara High.” Ryo said.
“We will sure miss you.” Ren said.
“So, what did your fans do for your final week?” Yuki asked.
“My fans wants my pic with my autograph, and I gived them chocolates for free.”
“Sweet. Your fangirls are gonna miss you, right?” Ren asked.
“Just the ones who are not going to graduate with me. Also, my friends who are not seniors already are too.” Ryo said.
“I can’t wait to see your ceremony.” Minoru said.
“Yeah! For seniors, the best week is the final week. I finished my exams, and we are just having fun in my class, thinking about what we did since the beginning of Fujiwara. Oh well. Time to move on.” Ryo said.
“At least we see you when we visit your place with Yuki.” Minoru said.
“And how is Haruka?” Yuki asked.
“She’s doing the same thing. Right now, she is getting everyone to sign her yearbook.” Ryo said.
“I signed yours this morning. How much did you get so far?” Ren asked.
“Plenty. I had a line this morning and yesterday, and I just let others sign it for a short time between classes.” Ryo said.
“Wow!” Ren said.
“I’m getting mine for my senior year. All I got now is signature tabs for everyone to sign it. I got a lot in gym class, and same in my break times.” Yuki said.
“Yeah, I even signed yours.” Minoru said.
“The first one.” Yuki said.
They both laugh.
“So, how is Aki?” Ryo asked Ren.
“Still not so well. Aki isn’t really open minded.” Ren said.
“Sorry, girl. Well, I am gonna miss this place, but I heard that I am gonna have more fun in my future college. Good thing it’s not that far from here.” Ryo said.
“Yeah. I heard that it’s pretty good, and it has several lobbies and souvenirs.” Minoru said.
“Oh yeah. It has more. I gotta go back to check what Haruka is doing. See ya” Ryo said.
“Good luck!” Yuki said.
“Well, it’s our turn to be seniors.” Minoru said.
“Yeah. We got to do more activities in our senior year. It’s the blast!” Yuki said.
“Absolutely.” Minoru said.
Meanwhile, Rin and Eru are playing games at the game room.
“This is my favorite game. I have this back home.” Rin said.
“Me too. I think this is a good idea to set up a game room here.” Eru said.
“So, what made you create it for this school?” Rin asked.
“I just want a club that have friends enjoy gaming in the club. I actually want to be a game developer.”
“Cool! We could just have fun here during our senior year. All of us.”
“Yep.”
“So, your house paid for this?” Rin asked.
“Well, my family decide for me to start the club. They want me to socialize to others since they think I need to be more social. They did find donated game consoles and send it here.” Eru said.
“I see. It’s a good thing that you set this place for free, and bring donated consoles.”
“Yeah. We just found those.”
Meanwhile, Retasu and Takahashi are at the roof, having lunch.
“This will be a year from now that we will be here. We gotta do a lot of fun activities in our senior year.” Retasu said.
“You’re right. We gotta do the fun stuff. I can’t believe we will be seniors.” Takahashi said.
“Me too. Cheers to us to enjoy the last minute on our junior year. My brothers are graduating.”
“I heard. Looks like they are helpful for you. You learn from them to know how their life is gonna be since they are a year ahead.”
“Yeah. It’s true. They are really good brothers. Also, we will have strong relationship too.”
“Yep. I am glad you are really smart and understandable. I think we already have a strong relationship.”
“It’s good to hear.”
Retasu hugs him, and they both have lunch.
After school is done, Yuki heads to her job, and cosplay as Nancy Makuhari from Read or Die, and she goes to the store, role playing for the magazine shoot.
“That was a good acting, mam. Now your job is done.” Employee said.
“All right.” Yuki said.
She left the store, and she came across a girl who is playing as Lucy from Fairy Tail. She is talking to others, and role plays too. She then turns around and Yuki notice that Aki is that girl.
“Aki?” Yuki said to herself.
She decides to continue walking and Aki sees her walking away.
“Oh yeah. She works here.”
She decides to follow her to talk to her.
“Yuki! Yuki!”
Yuki turns around and sees her.
“Umm, Aki. Look, I work in this plaza.” Yuki said.
“I already know. I can’t believe you stole my best friends.” Aki said.
“You need to listen to them. I don’t have time for this.”
Yuki continues to walk away, but Aki still follows her.
“Come back! Yuki!”
“Can you stop following me? People are gonna think you’re weird for yelling.” Yuki said.
“Just so you know, you are the worst person I ever met in school. I can’t believe you interfere my time.”
“I didn’t. Just get away and go back to do some role plays for the magazine.”
“I’m just here for fun. I’m just gonna go back then.”
“It’s about time.”
Yuki went to the storage room to get her bag and rides home from her motor scooter.
Later, she and Ryo are playing video games at her room.
“I can’t believe Aki decides to react that way. She’s more crazy than when I met her.” Ryo said.
“She needs a break. I knew she was into cosplaying, but she broke character by having school as a subject.” Yuki said.
“Wow. I have two days left until my ceremony. Tomorrow’s the last day.”
“Yeah. You are gonna spend time with everybody who knows about you, because you are easy to be friends with.”
“Just like you. This is what you are gonna do next year.”
“Totally. At least I have plenty of time to think of what to do in my senior year.”
“You sure will. I also want to tell you something.” Ryo said.
“What?” Yuki asked.
“Since me and Haruka are having a bit more free time from next week, we decided to be vloging and filming online.”
“Cool. Sounds fun.”
“We will do a lot of fun activities. Since we are doing that, you wouldn’t mind being in it at some?”
“I don’t mind. You can film me on a scene and do pranks if you are planning one. You can film me sneezing out milk or morning hair fuzz if you want. I just like to show what is happening and to be true to myself.”
“That’s what I like about you. You are really brave and you saying all that, me and Haruka’s thoughts are the same.”
“Well, maybe your videos will be getting hits.” Yuki said.
“Yep. For some pranks, we can script them.” Ryo said.
“Totally. That way, it just makes the video more acceptable.”
“Exactly. Remember you push me to the mud puddle as a kid?”
“We were playing with each other., and I got dirty too. It was a prank.”
“You are really great with pranks as a kid, and they are harmless.”
“So, it’s good to help out for your videos.”
“Good. I’m glad you are willing to help.” Ryo said.
“That’s what siblings do, dude.” Yuki said.
“I always like that you do. It was amazing that you got me and Haruka together.”
“It was a piece of cake. You both had a crush on each other, so I decide to lie to you both that to meet me at the gym, and you both happen to go in and meet.”
“That is sweet, but you’re such a great little lier.”
Ryo playfully pushes Yuki’s shoulders and they both laugh.
“And you are very supportive. I enjoying sharing activities with you, and you make as great meals as Minoru does.” Yuki said.
“He’s very fun. Looks like you have others to feed you good meals.” Ryo said.
“You both have good recipes.”
“We do.”
Yuki sees the boss on the game.
“This boss is pretty challenging. I can do it, and so can you.” Yuki said.
“Ready to defeat it?” Ryo asked.
“Absolutely.”
They played and defeated the boss together.
“It was pretty good.” Ryo said.
“Look how it explodes.” Yuki said.
“Yep, for one of few hardest bosses.”
“It was fun.”
Later at night, Ryo and Yuki are getting ready to sleep. They are at the hallway.
“I gotta crash. It was a fun night.” Yuki said.
“It sure was. See you in the morning.” Ryo said.
“All right.”
Two days later, they are at the ceremony to see Ryo and Haruka graduate. They are at the seats.
“It’s pretty great to see him achieve further.” Yuki said.
“It’s true. He’s gonna have a lot of experience by the time you graduate.” Minoru said.
“Yeah. He’s the guy who shares his experiences.”
“That will be the same for my brothers.” Retasu said.
“They’re pretty good at scholarships.” Rin said.
“Maybe when we all do, we should celebrate our party.” Yuki said.
“It will be the best one ever.” Rin said.
The ceremony starts by showing all the graduates. They see Ryo coming in to the field at the stadium.
“Ryo!” His fans yelled.
“Hey guys!” He responded.
He sees Yuki and her friends and waves to them.
“Hey Ryo! You’re becoming a man!” Yuki said.
“Ready to move on to college?” Minoru asked.
“Are you excited?” Rin asked.
“Yep!” Ryo yelled.
He and the graduates sits down. The announcer comes in to talk at the microphone.
“Welcome to Fujiwara High School Graduation Ceremony. I am the principle and will be moving on right now like all these graduates.”
Rin got curious.
“So, he is leaving?”
“Seems like it.” Retasu said.
“Has a new one been elected yet?” Minoru asked.
“It may be announced during our spring break.” Eru said.
The principle speaks more.
“The students here are really fun and unique. Parents, your kids are wonderful on our school.”
Many minutes later, the seniors are started to be called for their diploma.
“What do we plan for him?” Yuki asked her parents.
“He wants us to offer us an expensive restaurant.” Her mom said.
“Ryo said he wants to thank us for helping him out.” Her dad said.
“That’s what he said to me. It’s awesome.” Yuki said.
Few minutes later, they called Jen and Ken.
“Yes! Way a go, brothers!” Retasu yelled.
Ken whistled.
“Wow. That’s a nice whistle.” Rin said.
“They are pretty fun.” Retasu said.
Retasu’s parents takes pictures of them receiving their diplomas.
“Yay!” Retasu cheered.
Few minutes later, Ryo came up to the stage to get his diploma.
“Awesome, Bro!” Yuki said.
“You made it!” Rin said.
Ryo notices them.
“I love their support.” Ryo smiles.
Yuki’s parents take pictures of him holding the diploma.
“It’s a pretty great shot.” Minoru said.
“It is. He will be proud of seeing this.” Yuki’s father said.
“I bet he will say that it’s pretty great.” Yuki said.
“Absolutely.” Retasu said.
After the ceremony has finished, all the attendance and graduates are crowding outside.
Ryo are with his friends, signing autographs on his new school shirt while Yuki, Minoru, and Yuki’s parents are near him. Eru, Rin and Retasu are hanging out with her parents and brothers.
“I can’t wait to have this graduation next year. It will be the best.” Yuki said.
“It’s best to think about your future graduation with a sibling who just already did.” Minoru said.
Ryo comes in and talks to them.
“Hey guys!” Ryo said.
Yuki hugs him.
“It was pretty good!” Yuki said.
“It is. I never went this far before.” Ryo said.
Yuki let go of him.
“Yeah.” Yuki said.
“We are so proud of you!” His mother said.
“Your graduation made our day.” His father said.
“I’m glad you all enjoyed it. Where did the rest of your friends go?” Ryo asked Yuki.
“They are hanging with Retasu’s brothers.”
“I see.”
“Minoru, you want to take a picture of Ryo, Yuki, and us?” Yuki’s mother asked.
“Sure. I like to help.” Minoru said.
Haruka runs and comes in.
“I made it. I got a lot of friends missing me and I gotta tell them goodbye.”
“Good. I was gonna tell my parents to wait for you to take a family photo.” Ryo said.
“Sweet!”
Yuki’s father lends Minoru his phone to take a picture of the whole family.
“Ready. Set!” Minoru said and then takes a photo of them a few times.
“Good! It was pretty good.” Ryo said.
“What about a picture with you?” Yuki’s father asked Minoru.
“I would, but who will hold the phone?” Minoru said.
Rin, Retasu, Eru, and Jen and Ken came in.
“Hey guys!” Retasu said.
“I can help you take a family photo.” Eru said.
“That will be great.” Minoru said.
They all take turns taking pictures with Ryo, Haruka, and Jen and Ken.
“This has got to be the greatest moment on our lives.” Haruka said.
“Yep. Definitely.” Yuki said.
They all hangout at the rest of the time outside with the graduates. Yuki says goodbye to some of the seniors and Ryo does the same and tells them to watch his future videos.
An hour later, they drive home and Yuki and Minoru hangs with Ryo and Haruka.
“So, where did Rin and Retasu went?” Haruka asked.
“To Retasu’s house for her brother’s celebration.” Yuki said.
Haruka’s parents are also in Yuki’s house to have a celebration for both Ryo and Haruka.
“This is the best day for you, Haruka.” Her mother said.
“Totally! I am goad you both are willing to celebrate our graduation in Ryo’s house.” Haruka said.
“Yep! He’s a great guy.” Her dad said.
“It’s so fun. Me and Minoru have a week of spring break.” Yuki said.
“Our college doesn’t start unil later this april.” Ryo said.
He comes in with a cake in the box.
“I brought a cake here for our graduation.” Ryo said.
“Sweet!” Haruka said.
“It’s awesome.” Minoru said.
They all have a party at their living room and dining room. They all enjoyed a lot in their party, and all the family has never been this happy for their first child’s or oldest sibling’s graduation.

Next Chapter: Yuki’s Senior Year.
Yuki and her friends begins senior year after spring break. She sees new classmates and have them get to know her. Yuki will be seeing new things for her senior year and new challenges she can expect. What new things are gonna happen? Tune in next time!

Originally posted - April 2, 2016

At the roof top in school, Minoru was talking with one of his friends, Leon about what goals he wants to have for his classes.
Minoru: I always study as hard as I can. I even attend all classes and I never been absent at least or get tardy.
Leon: That’s great. I hope you manage to get along well with your teachers.
Minoru: I do, at least a few of them. I hope I get less strict teachers in the future. That’s one of my goals. I tried my best to not get into trouble.
Leon: I’m sure you won’t.
At the gate entrance, Yuki is there, eavesdropping the conversation to know him a little more.
Yuki: I’m glad you have goals. I am sure that you will get better teachers in the future so others won’t laugh at you that often. Maybe I can help one day.
She feels happy and went downstairs. Later when school os over, Minoru walks in the hallway, depressed.
Minoru: I don’t know why my teacher keeps yelling at me. I try not to question her, but she was so rough that I want to ask why she keeps doing this. Maybe some day, I would get different teachers to not be humiliated as much.
He went to the main entrance and saw Yuki jumping around the hoops in the ground, rapidly. He decides to watch with the crowds and Yuki throws the hoops in the air and jumps high and grabs them.
The crowds are cheering for her and Minoru is surprised to see her performance. He is blushing.
Minoru: Wow. She’s so awesome. Yuki is always an interesting girl.
Yuki is proud of herself and waves to her fans.
Yuki: Thanks for watching! I better get home so I hope you all have a good weekend.
Minoru became happier that he sees her perform at the entrance.
Minoru: (mind) My day wasn’t as good, but thanks for showing up at the end of school.
The crowds started to dissolve and Yuki and her friends are at the sidewalk near the gate outside of school property.
Rin: I have to go home to start helping my family.
Retasu: And I am going to the shop.
Yuki: All right. You two have fun!
They left, and Yuki stays on the sidewalk by the gate, and she sees Minoru coming out and walk to the different direction.
Yuki: (mind) I remember when I helped you get your textbook from the ground. It was a good moment. I do want to get to know you.
Yuki decided to go back home and writes about Minoru.
Yuki: Okay, Minoru is this cute guy in my school that needs help from getting humiliated by teachers and I don’t want him in any danger. I see him walk in the hallway and sometimes lunch time.
Few days later, Ron was at the gym and talks to Aki and Ren about the rumor that involves Yuki and him.
Ron: Lately, I been hearing about this gossip about me and Yuki being together.
Ren: I don’t know how it spread around.
Aki: It could be her. I assume she wanted to ask you out, but she want to spread rumors first. We know how she is.
Ron: I don’t think she is the one who spread it. You two have certain problems with her in the past, but please forgive her. I want to go out with her.
Ren: We do, and we will forgive any girl that you are in love with as long as she accept it.
Aki: And I know how much you like her.
Ron: Thanks, ladies. By the way, I have school activity after school, and I have Yuki there.
Aki: Cool.
In the morning class, Yuki is drawing Minoru with different hair style so others wouldn’t know she’s drawing him.
Yuki: (mind) I want to picture him. I hope I draw good enough.
Rin and Retasu came and saw her drawing.
Rin: Hey Yuki, what are you drawing?
Yuki: Uh, I was just bored so…
Retasu: Can you show it to us?
Yuki: Here.
Rin sees it and got a little comfused.
Rin: Yuki. How come Ron looks more slender and slim?
Yuki: Ahh! It’s not Ron. I’m trying to draw a video game character.
Rin: Yeah…… Retasu, who do you think this is?
Retasu: The hair is Ron’s.
Rin: See. I knew you have a thing for him.
Yuki: I don’t. I’m not good at handwriting, remember? You seen my handwriting before.
Retasu: I know, but drawing is different. I’m not saying it’s him, but the hair… Well, maybe you can practice drawing the character you are trying to draw.
Yuki: Yeah.
Rin: Ohh, I see. I apologize.
Yuki: It’s fine, Rin.
Retasu: Speaking of Ron, we been hearing about this same kind of rumor for the past week.
Yuki: I heard it too. I have nothing in common with Ron.
Rin: Well, you both are athletic and popular.
Yuki: I know, but I don’t feel like he’s my type. I just don’t want to be in this subject.
Retasu: I hope you can get over it.
Rin: But what are you gonna do about the rumor?
Yuki: I will tell them that Ron is just my competitor.
Later in the afternoon, Yuki went to her gym class and heard people discussing about the rumor between her and Ron. She also sees Ron coming to her.
Ron: Hey Yuki, do you know how this rumor got started?
Yuki: No I don’t. I never started this.
Ron: Me neither. Although, we both have the school board activity after school so, we will see each other.
Yuki: Well, the school give me a different kind of job today. I am working in the cooking area, throwing out garbage.
Ron: I see. Well, I didn’t start the rumors, but I want to actually ask you out and hang together.
Yuki: I appreciate that you want to, but I am not ready for a relationship yet. I have a lot of going on in my life right now. I’m just not ready, and I hope you can understand that. Please don’t feel bad.
Ron: I see. It’s fine, but at least we both have gym class and school board together, except today’s school service.
Yuki: Yeah. I better go to my locker room right now.
Ron: See you outside.
Yuki left the gym and Aki and Ren came in and talked to Ron.
Aki: So how was you and Yuki?
Ron: She said she is not ready for a relationship yet. She has big impact on her life right now.
Ren: Hmm. I honestly think she should go out with you.
Aki: She’s probably playing hard to get.
Ron: Well, she just want to deal with her life right now.
At the end of school, Ron is at the office, working on the school board, while Yuki is outside at the school field, grabbing a bag of bad fruits with a baseball bat, a mat, and a wood box. Rin, Retasu, and Ryo came and talked to Yuki.
Ryo: Hey Yuki, we decide to see you.
Retasu: So, what are you doing?
Yuki: They only offered me to throw the bad fruits away and that’s it, but I decide to smash them for fun.
Retasu: Sounds like you have an addiction of smashing fruits.
Yuki: I do when I am offered like this. Smashing fruits is fun!
Rin: But before you start smashing, we want to ask you how was you and Ron in class today?
Yuki: I never had a crush on him, and I told him that I am not ready for a relationship yet.
Ryo: What did he respond?
Yuki: He just said it’s fine.
Rin: But why do I see you blush a few times and draw someone that looks like him?
Yuki: It’s not him, okay. But (looks around) since no one is around and Ron is at the third floor at the sub office, maybe it’s a good time for honesty.
Ryo: What honesty?
She grabs a melon and puts it in the top of the box and smash it with a baseball bat on one hit.
Yuki: I really don’t have a crush on Ron at all. He’s just my acquaintance.
Rin: Okay?
Yuki: But, I am in love with someone else.
Retasu: Who is it?
Yuki: It’s Minoru Tamara.
Rin: Really? From my study hall?
Yuki: Yeah, he’s so cute.
Retasu: Why didn’t you tell us in the first place?
Yuki: You see, since I am popular and that the rumor between me and Ron has been growing for a while, and the fact that Minoru gets humiliated by teachers and kids laughing at him, it will be awkward if I approach to him in public and how others will react.
Ryo: I see.
Yuki: And if they know I have a crush on him, they will think we both killed the shipping between me and Ron and it will ruin both of our reputation, which will hurt me, and they may even pick on Minoru more.
Retasu: That sounds complicated.
Yuki grabs an orange and smashes it in one hit.
Yuki: Tell me about it. I don’t think Ron is my type. I feel like there’s something hidden in him. I am afraid of how he will react to both of us if he knows. Plus, Ron has a crush on me. He admitted.
Ryo: So, what you are telling me is you are afraid if they will attack Minoru if they know about this?
Yuki: Pretty much. I don’t want to put him in danger. I know how hard he has go through.
Rin: Yeah, I can tell. My study hall teacher sometimes yells at him for small mistakes. She’s very strict.
Yuki: I feel sad for him. Although, he’s cute and I like his voice.
Retasu: Sounds like you been thinking about him all day and week. But again, why didn’t you admit this to us even sooner?
Yuki: I thought you both only supported me if I go out with Ron, and I didn’t want to ruin it. Rin, you been doubting me that I don’t have a crush on Ron.
Ryo: We are actually happy of whoever you have a crush on.
Rin: I am sorry that I’ve been doubtful. However, I will always be your support of any guy you are in love with, even Minoru.
Yuki: Thanks guys.
She smashed an apple with a baseball bat.
Rin: So, how are you gonna approach him?
Yuki: I don’t know. He’s somewhat poor and I don’t want to have both of our reputations demolish.
Ryo: But you gonna have to think of way to handle this yourself.
Yuki: I know, but all I can do is look at him without anyone else noticing.
Rin: At least I have a class with him. I can watch him for you if you want.
Yuki: Thanks. You guys are actually supportive.
Retasu: So did you had any contact with him?
Yuki: Well, I handed him the book from the floor when he dropped it, and that was before I really got into him. I sometimes see him walk in the hallway and we saw him in lunch time before.
Ryo: That’s true. So, I hope one day, you get together with him.
Yuki: I will eventually.
She grabs a watermelon and puts it to the box.
Retasu: Smashing a watermelon. Interesting.
Yuki: Oh yeah, I love smashing watermelons since I was a kid.
She smashes the watermelon with a baseball bat in one hit and it broke into few pieces.
Rin: So, are these expired?
Yuki: Pretty much, but when you smash them, it’s pretty fun.
Retasu: Maybe you can have a fruit smash contest one day.
Yuki: Yeah, and I will probably win.
A week later, Yuki and Retasu are walking in the hallway when their class ended.
Retasu: So did you get to know more about him?
Yuki: Not directly, but I heard that he likes some of the same video game I am interested in, and he loves manga too.
Retasu: I see. He’s more of your type. You both share more interests, right?
Yuki: Probably, aside of athleticism. I heard him talking to one of his friends during lunch time. I was at the vending machine, getting my drink, and I was eavesdropping. He has a cute voice.
Retasu: Hehe. I think you should at least know how to approach to him in the right time.
Yuki: I would, but I don’t make it look obvious that I am eavesdropping. I just want to know him.
Retasu: I see, but you gotta figure about this on your own.
Yuki: You’re right. I’m going to see Rin because she just finished her study hall with Minoru, and I want to see him pack and walk in the hallway.
Retasu: You really sure want to see him.
Yuki: Yeah, but not directly for now.
She walks by the classroom door, and they hear Minoru crying.
Yuki: Is that him?
Retasu: Let’s check.
The study hall and also his permant teacher is yelling at him because he accidentally shoved his books down to the floor.
Teacher: YOU WERE DISTRACTING IN THE CLASS BY MAKING NOISES WITH YOUR BOOKS!
Minoru: It was an accident! (cries)
Teacher: AND YOU DO NOT TALK THAT WAY TO YOUR TEACHER!
Minoru: DON’T SEND ME TO THE OFFICE! PLEASE DON’T SEND ME THERE! (cries)
Yuki saw it, which got her distracted.
Retasu: Yuki?
Yuki: I…I…No…
Teacher: I GIVED YOU THE LAST CHANCE AND NOW I AM TAKING YOU TO THE OFFICE AND GIVE A PHONE CALL TO YOUR PARENTS!
Minoru: NOO! NOO! PLEASE DON’T SEND ME THERE! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! (sobs)
Teacher: PACK YOU THINGS! YOU WILL BE THERE UNTIL THEY PICK YOU UP!
Minoru: NOO! PLEASE DON’T! I WANT TO GO HOME AND SCHOOL HAS ENDED! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO HARD ON ME?
Teacher: TOO BAD! YOU CAUSED IT! YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS BEING HARD ON ME!
Rin came out and saw Yuki and Retasu.
Rin: You two, this might not be the good place to discuss about this, let’s go to the roof top.
They went to the roof and talked.
Rin: He got in trouble because he thought there was a spider on the desk next to him, and he got scared and accidentally slid his books to the ground and the teacher got extremely mad with him.
Yuki: Really? This is terrible.
Rin: And she said that was his last chance and didn’t want to deal with his mistakes anymore. Also, the classmates laughs at him.
Yuki: This is making it difficult to me to talk to him in public because teachers embarrasses him a lot! I feel sorry for this guy. I never felt like this before!
Retasu: I can see why it’s hard for you. Like I said, you gonna have to directly talk to him some day.
Rin: And maybe you can help him.
Yuki: I would, but it will affect our reputation! I didn’t mean to have something like this! I always felt like I want to protect him!
Retasu: Well, at least you truly love him.
Yuki: I do. It’s hard for me to watch him get in trouble! I can’t imagine what will his parents do and how freaked out he is! I don’t want him to cry!
Rin: I feel bad for him too, but there’s nothing we can do for now.
Yuki: Ughhhh! This is complicated! Let’s go check at the office’s window.
Retasu: Well, he’s gonna be there.
Yuki: I just want to check on him.
A while later, Yuki is by the office at the first floor with Rin and Retasu and looks at the window and sees Minoru sitting down, crying.
Yuki: I wish I can do something to help him, but it’s not the time, unfortunately.
Rin: You can think of something. I know your life is complicated. Love, popularity, rumors, and reputation.
Yuki: All those things are complicated for me. I even lied to Ron that I am not ready for a relationship. I am, but I have to find the right time.
Retasu: Don’t worry. I believe you will think of something. Just follow your heart. Since school’s over, maybe we can go to the otaku plaza to cheer you up. I know you love those things so much.
Yuki: Yeah, there’s nothing I can do right now. We should go. Maybe I can cheer up over there.
Yuki and her friends starts leaving. Minoru turns around and he sees Yuki walking from the distance. He kinda smiled a bit.
Minoru: (mind) At least I can see Yuki walking. I love her. (sobs) Yuki, I love you. I am shy, ok. A guy who gets in trouble by teachers, (sobs) I am kinda shy because I am afraid you don’t want to have someone like me. Half the people here laugh at me and I am afraid of what they will think if I talk to you directly. I know you are kind but some teachers are ruining my reputation. If I was brave enough like you, I know you would help me stay away from trouble. You seem to have a lot of good times here, unlike me.
He imagines himself if he ever talks to Yuki.
Minoru: I hope someday, I can feel better by talking to her one day. At least she’s happy with her friends.
At night on the same day, Yuki is laying on her bed, thinking about what happened to Minoru.
Yuki: I can’t believe I saw how that teacher treated him. I can’t believe someone would be that strict. I really wanna help him out to stay out from them. He’s really scared and I can’t believe he’s going through this more often.
She cries on her pillow.
Yuki: Why did I let that happen? I can’t imagine how his parents would deal with him today. (sobs) I’m sorry, Minoru. I should’ve offer you a help sooner and I do want to.
In the next few weeks, it’s the beginning of June and they finished their second last test, and Rin came to Minoru’s classroom as it ended and she then notices him at the teacher’s desk, talking to the sub.
Substitute: Minoru, you have passed your test. In fact, you passed all the test in this school year. You are doing a good job.
Minoru: I always keep track of my classes. You are a cool teacher.
Substitute: Well, thanks. You did a really great job.
He handed the test to Minoru and he smiled. As he was just about to leave, Rin later on the wall next to the door, and as he gets closer, Rin randomly comments to him.
Rin: Good luck, kid.
Minoru: Hey, thanks.
He left the classroom. Rin smiled and she runs and tries to find Yuki.
Yuki is walking in the hallway and sees Rin ran to her.
Rin: Yuki! You won’t believe what just happen to his class.
Yuki: Okay. Tell me.
Rin explains to Yuki about something good to Minoru from his substitute teacher.
Rin:…And then I randomly said good luck and he said thanks, then left the classroom.
Yuki: That sub must be nice, and that’s what I heard. By the way, next time, make sure I am there.
Rin: But remember you said that you don’t want them to see you interact with him?
Yuki: Oh, right. Just to protect him, I guess.
Retasu: I’m sure you will think of something. You have plenty of time going to the same school with him.
Yuki: That’s true though. Well, I am gonna hit the cafeteria.
Rin: Okay. We’ll be there once me and Retasu find the textbook for our final exams.
Yuki: All right.
Rin and Retasu are heading to the conversation room, and inside. Ron and his two other friends are there.
Ron has a list of nine people in his paper to bully and he cross out two of them.
Ron: So far, we picked on two people from this school.
Guy1: So who’s next?
Ron: The next dork will be Minoru. The guy who keeps getting mischief in his class.
Guy2: Oh yeah. He’s such a loser.
Rin and Retasu sees the door very slightly opened and they became suspicious since they see them laughing inappropriately.
Rin: (silence) Retasu, look what these guys are doing. They are laughing at something.
Retasu: (silence) The best thing to do is listen. This is looking suspicious.
Ron: So our next guy to pick on is Minoru Tamara. The loser in the school is humiliated by teachers all the time and does some weird stuff in the hallways.
Guy2: Also the rest of these dorks in that list will learn their lesson.
Rin and Retasu came in and point at Ron.
Rin: Ron! Are you picking on someone?
Ron: Why did you two pop up in here?!
Guy1: It’s none of your business!
Rin: I wanna know what’s going on! Who are you picking on?!
Retasu: Yeah!
Ron: Ladies, please move on somewhere else. We are busy with our meeting.
Retasu picks up the list and reads it.
Retasu: List of losers to pick on. Kenta, Mikaru, Oka, Minoru! How dishonest!
Rin: Yeah! You are popular just like Yuki and you are doing this behind our backs?!
Retasu: That’s gonna ruin your reputation if everyone knows!
Girl1: Please go back to your class!
Ron: Look, you don’t have to tell Yuki about this.
Rin: Oh, yes we can! Maybe that’s why she didn’t think you’re a good person.
Ron: What are you two saying? Yuki didn’t say that. All she said that she’s not ready for a relationship.
Retasu: This isn’t about relationship! I can’t believe you were hiding about this and harass others who are smaller than you!
Guy1: Girls! Please get out!
Rin: I can’t believe you are doing this!
Ron: Fine! I’ll stop! Now get out of here!
Rin: We’ll tell Yuki anyway!
Retasu crumbles the paper to a ball and holds it.
Ron: Go ahead!
They both left and ran to Yuki and got her to the roof.
Rin: Yuki! We found something terrible about Ron!
Yuki: What is it?
They both explain what happened to the conference room with Ron and his two other buddies. They mostly explained about them planning to bully Minoru and few others.
Yuki: I can’t believe this! I knew he has something dark inside! I can tell!
Retasu: And I even took their list.
She gives the list to Yuki.
Yuki: Losers to bully. Minoru is on the list! I feel bad for him. Aww, poor Minoru! At least you two stopped him.
Rin: Well, we had to.
Yuki: Thanks for founding out about this.
Retasu: No wonder why you keep rejecting Ron.
Yuki: Calling him names gets on my nerves! It bothers me more than how it bothers Minoru! I can’t stand people like this!
Rin: At least we didn’t blow your cover at all. They don’t even know about your love.
Yuki: You guys played that very well. Though, you both told him that you were gonna tell me. Looks like I’m gonna have to talk to him in the safe way.
Rin: I think you should be more calm and tell him that it will hurt his reputation for doing that.
Yuki: That’s what I plan to do. I can’t believe he was hiding something like that!
Retasu: Yeah.
Later after school at the gym, Yuki sees Ron and came up to him.
Ron: Yuki? Umm, did your friends tell you about something?
Yuki: Well, yes they did. I am kinda disappointed. Look Ron, I don’t believe you should pick on anyone at all. It will hurt your popularity if you are exposed as a bully in our school.
Ron: Yeah, your pals taught us a lesson.
Yuki: And also, I don’t want to have someone who is secretly picking on others. It embarrasses the both of us since some of our fans are still shipping between us.
Ron: I see. They are just rumors and you seem to be fine by denying it.
Yuki: That’s because I am not ready for a relationship. I got a lot of things to take care of, remember?
Ron: Oh yeah, you mention that.
Yuki: I got other things to worry about and I don’t want to be with anyone who secretly picks on people. You disappoint me. I am a kind person to anybody in this school and I don’t like bullies, understand?!
Ron: All right. I’ll make sure I stay out of trouble.
Yuki: Good. I better get home.
As she was about to leave, Ron called her.
Ron: Yuki! Despite the rumor between us, if you are finally ready for a relationship, you are always welcome to be with me if you want.
Yuki: Didn’t we just talked about this just now?
Ron sees Yuki a little frustrated and decides to leave her.
She left the gym and walks in the hallway. While she walks, she talks to herself.
Yuki: I will never be your girlfriend, Ron! You don’t understand! I knew you were gonna pick on Minoru, and that’s what makes it harder for me to confess my love to him just to protect that guy from you. You better change that habit and hopefully I won’t have to worry about it.

Next Chapter: Summer Party
It’s almost the last day of school for their freshmen year. Both Yuki and Minoru tries to plan to meet each other before the school ends. There’s a party in school that invites everybody in the gym. Minoru Tamara tries to be more brave to his feelings towards Yuki and Yuki wants to meet Minoru somewhere in school and wants to go for it. How will they meet each other before school ends right before summer? Tune in next time!

Originally written - March 28, 2016

A year ago at spring, Yuki and all her friends started 10th grade at beginning of April. Yuki got up and she packs up for school, and starts running to school.
Yuki: (mind) My name is Yuki Koriyama. I am almost 15 years old and I will be starting 10th grade today. My goal is to make this school year my best. Due to the fact that I am athletic and get along well with others, I am usually popular in my school. I am 5'10 inch tall and I weigh around 130 pounds with no shame. My school has been great so far in the last year, and I can’t wait to go back today. However, I am not a fan of history. Ugh.
Yuki is the main character of the fictional story. She has a very nice personality. Yuki’s hair is near medium brunette. She is also tomboyish, headstrong, and very brave. Yuki also has interest in anime, movies, and video games, and she is easy to talk to due to her interest. She shows to help people and shows mannerism towards her peers. She loves Physical Education, Pomegranate, and friendly classmates. Her dislikes are History, Onions, and jerks. Yuki tends to defend herself well against jerks as well as defending her pals.
She shows up to the front of the school and sees Rin and Retasu, and her fans.
Yuki: Hey guys!
Rin: Yuki! I am surprised that you are attending tennis later.
Retasu: And the whole school is waiting to see you play.
Yuki: I always like to participate any activities during my gym class.
Retasu: It’s good. We always look forward to your sports events.
Rin: Yeah, and you have impressed everyone to show them who you are.
Yuki: Ever since I first came here.
Rin: Such great memories.
Rin Rosada is one of Yuki’s best friends. She met her since junior high school. Rin has red hair with two pig tails going down to the end of her back. She is 5'4 inch tall and also pretty boy crazed and romantic. Rin can be snarky to Yuki and Retasu on some situations, but she seems to support them very well. She mostly has good grades, but gym isn’t her thing. However, she shows support of Yuki being the best a gym class. Rin’s favorite anime and video game is the Pretty Rhythm franchise. She is more of a girly girl compared to Yuki.
Retasu Mitsuki is another best friend of Yuki. Like Rin, she met Yuki in the same junior high school. Retasu has long black hair. She is also 5'5 inch and she usually studies very well. Retasu is very smart on her choices and also supports her friends very often. She also stands on Yuki’s side and likes to solve any problems. She is decent in Gym and Chemistry class but hard on History. Her favorite anime genre is usually magical girl and role playing on video games.
Yuki goes inside the building and she is surrounded by her fans and they walk with her.
Meanwhile, Minoru walks in the hallway and looks at the bulletin board.
Minoru: (mind) I am Minoru Tamara and I live in Sapporo. I am starting 10th grade and I want to at least do something good today. I am a smart and sensitive person and I usually get good grades in school. I want to get to know people more this year. Also, I hope I don’t have that much strict teachers this year so I wouldn’t get laugh at as much,
Minoru is a slender guy and a bit geeky. Minoru is 5'2 inch, has short dark brown hair, and he is smart on his education. He is sensitive towards others and likes to help them in some way. He never went below a B-, but since he has problems handling with strict teachers, they usually yell at him for his mistakes towards his odd behavior, causes some people to laugh at him. Like Yuki, he has the same interest like video games and animations, but he specifically wants to study about animations. Minoru likes to give good advice to people, showing that he likes to help people with their personal problems. His favorites are Math, Blueberry, and nice people. His dislikes are Chemistry, peas, and strict teachers.
Minoru: Let’s see. I know I got the same teacher. I got study hall.
His friend, Leon came up to Minoru and talked to him.
Leon: Had you heard about Yuki playing tennis this morning?
Minoru: I heard about it. She has gym class on some mornings, and made a few records.
Leon: Had you seen her play before in person?
Minoru: I haven’t seen her play before because I got some homework.
Leon: You should! Many people know her already, and you are being left out.
Minoru: Well, I suppose. I’ll consider it.
Later, Yuki went to her gym class outside and she is prepared for tennis.
Yuki: Hey guys! Want to see me play?
Her fans cheered for her and chants her name. In Minoru’s class, the teacher was yelling at Minoru.
Teacher: Minoru! I thought you were done with your homework.
Minoru: I’m trying to ask for help.
Teacher: But you already know most of these questions based on the test I graded.
Minoru: You never helped me, and I tried to ask.
Teacher: Please sit down! I don’t have time to answer your questions.
Minoru sits at his seat and thinks about his unfinished homework.
Few minutes later, the teacher left the classroom to get more classwork and some of Minoru’s classmates are at the window, trying to see Yuki play tennis.
Girl1: Yuki is starting!
Guy2: She’s ready.
Minoru: Oh yeah. I better see how she plays.
He decided to look at the window. Yuki plays tennis hardcore. She jumps and hits the ball rapidly and she is competing with Ron’s team.
Minoru: She’s good.
He sees Yuki passing the ball and passes her opponents in one hit. The fans in Minoru’s class was surprised of how she’s a pro at it.
Minoru: (mind) I don’t think most of her opponents could match against her.
His clasmates went by the window, blocking Minoru’s view.
Minoru: You are blocking the view.
Guy: Go back doing your homework. The teacher said so!
Minoru tries to go to another window, and he found one eventually and Yuki was just finished doing her match.
Minoru: I didn’t see the last thing. At least I saw some of it.
Yuki was waving around, pleasing her fan’s respect.
Yuki: I’m glad I got the chance to win.
Fan: You are the best.
Yuki: And I teach my teammates how to play so they can become good at tennis like me.
Ron comes to Yuki.
Ron: That was a very good game.
Yuki: Yeah. It was worth playing.
Ron: I see. We should hang out sometime.
Yuki: Thanks, but I got homework to do.
Ron: That’s fine.
Yuki: Well, I got to go practice.
Ron: Okay.
She ran and Ron’s friends, Aki and Ren, came by to him.
Aki: So how was your game?
Ron: It was good. I like playing with Yuki.
Ren: Did you ask her out yet?
Ron: She is busy with homework, but I should try asking her out sometime.
Aki: I see.
Ron: I know you two had problems with her in the past, but…
Ren: I know. She did fight me before in junior high and she never trusted me.
Aki: And she blames on me because her brother, Ryo dumped me months ago.
Ren: But as long as you are happy with Yuki, we will accept your relationship with her.
Ron: That’s good.
Few days later, Minoru was at the cafeteria and he was reading the school’s newspaper.
Minoru: Yuki is in the newspaper page. She blown certain records in the school and she is the top female athlete in the school. Ron also blown a few records in school as a male athlete.
He sees Yuki at the table around her fans.
Minoru: There is Yuki. She’s having fun with her friends and she is most popular girl in school to this date.
He writes what he says in the newspaper under Yuki’s list.
Yuki talks to them about video games.
Yuki: I usually play Pokemon games on handheld, and I also play Project Diva and I mostly unlock PVs.
Retasu: Cool. What is your favorite Final Fantasy games?
Yuki: I love the sixth and seventh one.
Guy: So you play older games too?
Yuki: Yep. Both old and new. I even go to the game room and play some arcade sometimes.
Minoru heard the conversation. He continues writing on his newspaper.
Minoru: Wow. She is also a hardcore gamer too.
Two week later, Minoru was walking while holding his book. He’s thinking about Yuki.
Minoru: (mind) I’m looking forward to check out Yuki at least. I don’t want to be a leftover unlike most people here. I should see her play a bit more. Although, I do want to be friends with her. She’s probably a good type of friend I could have. I can see why she’s so popular.
He walks and he accidentally bumped to someone.
Guy: Watch it! You better see where you’re going.
Minoru: I’m sorry.
Guy: Whatever.
He goes away and Minoru got up and he sees his book on the ground.
Minoru: Maybe I should be more careful.
He tries to get his book, but he sees someone took it. It turns out to be Yuki and Minoru looks at her while blushing a little.
Minoru:…
Yuki: I believe this is yours.
Minoru looks between his book and Yuki, leaving him speechless.
Minoru:…
Yuki: Well, good luck.
She smiles, and runs to her class. Minoru looks at her and he blushes., but he isn’t aware that he has a crush on her.
Minoru: I feel strange. I don’t know how I feel, but my heart is beeping very fast, and it’s making me nervous to speak to her. I don’t know what this is. I never seen her looked at me before.
He went to his study hall, where Rin Rosada also attends there. During class, he tries to read the textbook where the teacher was going over it in class. Minoru still blushes and thinks about Yuki.
Minoru: (mind) Yuki handed me this textbook to me. I can’t believe she talked to me.
He tries to study, but he couldn’t stop thinking about his crush on Yuki and still doesn’t realize that he does.
Minoru: (mind) What is with me? I’m feeling weird about her I can’t stop thinking about her. I like how Yuki talks to me. What is this feeling?
Teacher sees him blushing and goes up to him.
Teacher: Minoru! What are you doing?
Minoru: Ah! I’m trying to read.
Teacher: No you’re not! You are blushing on the textbook. Don’t tell me you are in love with that book!
The class laughs at him besides Rin.
Guy: Wait? He’s in love with a math book?
Girl: Seriously? What does he love about the book?
Teacher: Class, calm down! Minoru, I will have to send you to the counselor. I don’t want to have you here for the rest of the day for this situation.
Minoru: I was just having a certain someone I’m trying to think.
Teacher: Then you can explain that to your counselor. I don’t help personal problems of any student.
He leaves the class, and Rin was just watching him leave.
Rin: What teacher would says these things out loud, and who talks that way to their own student?
Minoru goes to the office and talk to his counselor.
Counselor: Minoru, I just got a letter from your teacher that says you were blushing on an inanimate object like your textbook.
Minoru: I wasn’t. I couldn’t stop thinking about someone else.
Counselor: Thinking about someone is not the right time during classwork.
Minoru: It’s just that this popular girl hand me the same textbook I drop earlier and I feel like I really want to know her in person. I couldn’t stop thinking about her recently.
Counselor: I see. You don’t know what that means, right?
Minoru: I don’t, but I’m trying to figure this out. I never felt like this before.
Counselor: That’s easy. You are in love with that girl.
Minoru: I…I…What?
Counselor: That feeling you just have means you have a crush on her. You think about her, you beet red, and you want to know her instantly. It means you have a crush on her.
Minoru: Re-re-really?
Counselor: It’s easy to tell. It’s usually normal, but don’t embarrass yourself during class.
Minoru: It was a mistake, but the teacher just yells at me in front of the class without giving me any chance.
Counselor: I understand. What do you like about that girl?
Minoru: Well, I umm. She’s popular, and I-I umm…I know she loves doing sports and umm games. I thought she is umm nice.
Counselor: Sweet. You get back to class and I’ll tell your teacher to let you in. Also, think about what do you want to do with that special girl.
Minoru: Umm, all right.
After class, Minoru went to the first floor at the main hallway and saw Yuki with her friends.
Yuki: I plan to go try out some sports activities after school sometime. I will try baseball later this week.
She walks with her friends and fans of hers. Minoru was happy to see her.
Minoru: Wow! She is so popular!
Two of his classmates came up to him just to laugh at him.
Guy: Hey Minoru, having fun with your textbook?
Girl: I don’t think there is a page that tells you to fall in love with it.
They laugh at him and leave him.
Minoru: I really need to avoid getting caught by a teacher. This will be hard though. I don’t want Yuki to see me like this.
Few weeks later, Minoru went by the door to the cafeteria. He listens to Yuki talking in the hallway and he was happy to hear that she has a good time hanging with her friends. He went to the cafeteria and sits on the table.
Yuki sits down to a different table and she also brings Rin, Retasu, and Ryo along.
Yuki eats, and during it, she sees Minoru at the table without knowing about him.
Yuki: Hey Rin, that little guy in your class, right?
Rin: That kid? Yes. He’s Minoru from my study hall.
Yuki: I usually see him around the hallways recently, that’s why I asked.
Rin: I see. Oh, people pick on him because teacher yells at him all the time. Our teacher has problems with us all the time, but mostly him while being innocent.
Yuki: At least you didn’t get caught that often.
Rin: Absolutely.
She watches Minoru.
Yuki: (mind) He’s kinda cute. Maybe I can talk to him.
While he was eating, two of his classmates came up to him.
Classmate1: Minoru, read chapter 13 on part 2-5.
Classmate2: That’s what the teacher said. Stop goofing off in class.
Classmate1: You really are a troublemaker!
They laugh at him and they left. Yuki saw it and she felt sorry for him.
Yuki: (mind) Why are they picking on him? I don’t think it’s a good idea for them to see me go up to him. Maybe another time, I can talk to him.
Ron comes up and talks to Yuki.
Ron: Hey Yuki. Remember you said we can hang out?
Yuki: Oh, sure. Sit.
He sits next to Yuki.
Ron: We both have a lot in common. We both love gym classes and we both are popular kids in school.
Yuki: Yeah. I guess it’s a coincidence.
Ron: It was more like luck instead of coincidence.
Yuki: Oh. I see.
Ron: I just want to know your reaction. I like it.
Yuki: Cool.
Ron: So how was your class, Yuki?
Yuki: Well, it’s been good so far.
Rin: Mines is good too.
Retasu: We all did fine in our classwork.
Ron: Cool. Me and Yuki have gym class together, and we are both in charge of the school board this year.
Rin: Sounds fun.
Yuki: It’s true. I am the vice president of the school board. He’s the president.
Ron: She’s right. We can spend more time together.
Ryo: Cool!
Yuki: Yeah. We now have individual jobs in the school.
Rin: You will be having a lot of good time.
Yuki: Huh?
Ron: She’s right. We will hang out together a lot.
Yuki: Oh, okay.
Rin: You should be glad, Yuki.
After lunch, Yuki talks to Rin and Retasu outside the cafeteria.
Rin: Did you realize that Ron was hitting on you? He likes you.
Yuki: Rin, I don’t have a thing for Ron.
Rin: Sure. You didn’t notice that he’s trying to flirt with you?
Yuki: I just don’t have a crush on him.
Rin: It will be best if you do.
Yuki: You are thinking for me, Rin. I don’t care.
Ryo: Yuki has her own decisions.
Retasu: He’s right, Rin.
Rin: But how could you not notice his flirtation?
Yuki: I do, but I don’t know about him as much yet.
Retasu: You will get to know him once you both work and play together.
Yuki: That’s just it. We gotta get our foods.
Rin: Okay.
The next week, Minoru went to the roof top and got a picture of Yuki from the newspaper, and tries to draw her. He seems to draw people very good.
Minoru: She looks very good. Yuki seems to be the most attractive girl I see in school. She seems pretty good for her popularity. I want to be friends with her, but more than that. I’m in love with her.
He sees Yuki coming in and he hide his drawing and he wants to get ready to talk to her.
Minoru: Okay, I have to approach her. I want to get up and go talk to her.
He tries to stand up, and wants to walk to her, but he somewhat freeze and sit back because he’s nervous.
Minoru: What should I say to her? I don’t want to sound like a moron. I can’t go up and talk to her. It’s making nervous. I like her but I can’t do it. I’m afraid if she might say something negative to me or think I’m acting weird.
He gets his homework and tries to work on it. Yuki talks to her friends at the roof top.
Rin: So did you completely finish the project for your biology class?
Yuki: Yeah. It took a while, and I don’t want to think about Biology. It’s not my type of class.
Rin: I see.
She sees Minoru sitting down, and she got happy to see him.
Retasu: Yuki, what are you so happy about?
Yuki: Ohh, (points to the sky) It’s sunny today!
Rin, Retasu, and Ryo looks up,
Ryo: Yeah? What about it?
Yuki: That means I can have a good weather, and I will be running outside during gym class.
Retasu: That’s sweet.
Rin: We know how much you like running, and sweating, as long you don’t keep your sweat scent near us.
Yuki: Don’t worry. I usually shower when I go to my locker by the end of the class, sometimes.
Ryo: We know how much you love sweating.
Yuki: That’s because I am a passionate athlete in the school.
Rin: Good. So do you still play Kingdom Hearts?
Yuki: Yeah, I just beat one of them games recently.
Retasu: Cool. I just finished one Project Diva game.
Yuki: That’s great. You know, I will be heading to the main hallway.
Rin: Okay.
They both went to the exit from the roof top, and Minoru sees her leaving and he is blushing.
Minoru: Yuki.
He gets his notebook and wants to create a letter for her.
Minoru: I can’t stop romantically thinking about her. I have to write a love letter for her.
He tries to write words, but he’s stuck on “Dear Yuki…”
Minoru: I can’t think of more words. I don’t want to sound awkward to her.
A while later, he finished writing the letter and he reads it to himself.
Minoru: “Dear Yuki, I notice you a lot and I love your skills on gym class and video games. I am proud that you are famous in Fujiwara in High School. I love to respect you a lot and I actually like you. Love, Minoru.”
He folds it and holds it.
Minoru: So how can I give it to her? I don’t want to give it to her directly. Maybe I can talk to her friends to give it to her, but it will be like talking to Yuki, which makes me nervous. I have to figure something out.
He went to the first floor and he walks to find Yuki, but he accidentally trips to the floor by crowds and accidentally drops the letter. He saw the letter slide and it went inside the air vent. He looks inside and he was so worried.
Minoru: Oh no! It slipped inside!
Ron came and pick him up.
Ron: What are you doing?
Minoru: I accidentally drop something inside. Can you help?
Ron: No! You lose it, you lose. Leave me alone!
He left and Minoru starts crying and runs in the hallway. Yuki was walking and she saw him run while crying and ran to the restroom.
Yuki: (mind) What happen to him? He was fine several minutes ago. Did someone pick on that guy? I wish I can help, but since they treat you like this, it’s gonna affect both of our reputations if I speak out to protect you. I’m sorry if anything went wrong, Minoru.
She continues to walk to her class, but she bump into Ron.
Yuki: Oh, hi Ron.
Ron: Hey Yuki. You look kinda sad.
Yuki: It’s just that I feel sorry for someone. I’ve seen several of my classmates who had a bad time.
Ron: I see. I can’t wait to see you at the track today.
Yuki: Yeah. I will be doing great.
Ron: I know. You’re pretty sweet when it comes to gymnastics.
Yuki: I usually ace on running.
Ron: I know. I will be competing with you in the track, but I know you will beat me in a lot of cases. Despite that, I want to have fun with you.
Yuki: Yeah, it’s a good thing that you will be looking forward to it.
Ron: I do.
Yuki: I better go to class.
Ron: Okay, see you at gym!
Yuki goes to her class and she’s been thinking about Minoru.
Yuki: (mind) Why does a lot pf people keep making Minoru’s life miserable? I wished I could’ve done something. Only if they respect him more, I would’ve hesitate and worry about our reputations. I actually think I have a thing for him. I never have any interest in Ron. I have a feeling that he has something dark hidden in him.
She puts her head down as her way of depression.
Later, Yuki did the track race with Ron, and her fans cheered that she won. Yuki was very glad she had a fair race. Ron came to thank her.
Ron: Yuki, I’m glad we both have a fair race.
Yuki: I know. I usually do pretty well.
Ron: Next time, we are going to be a team in dodge ball next week.
Yuki: Cool. I would probably join.
Ron: Good. I’ll be seeing you there.
He left and Aki and Ren saw them in a distance. They decide to walk inside the gym while their class is outside.
Aki: We know Ron wants Yuki.
Ren: Of course. I just hope Yuki accepts it and ends up going out with him.
Aki: And what if she doesn’t?
Ren: We will not forgive her of what she has done to us. Yuki is pretty mean to us.
Aki: Yeah, but I think Ron will change her mind so that she will actually change and apologize to us.
Ren: I know. That way, she will never hurt us again.
Aki: Yeah.
Ren: So Ron. I think he should ask her out immediately.
Some of the students came to the gym and overheard Aki and Ren.
Aki: Yeah. He is the macho guy who is the best athlete we both know, and Yuki is the chick who is also a well-known athlete and they are both popular for other things.
Ren: They both have very good fanbase, so we should ship them. Ron is at least trying to woo her in.
Aki: She is probably gonna end up going out with him.
Ren: Also, they both love gym, and they work on the school board once each week.
Aki: She will end up going out just like I said.
Ren: Yep. Yuki and Ron are meant for each other.
Aki: And they are both attractive people in school. It’s obvious that they will be couples.
Ren: As expected.
The students heard it and they left the gym. Later by the end of the class, Yuki is at the main hallway, hearing rumors.
Girl1: Ron is asking Yuki out.
Girl2: I know. I heard they will go out.
Girl1: Yuki! Is it true that you are asking Ron out?
Yuki: I haven’t. Where did you hear that?
Girl2: Half the people are in this same conversation. You should go out with him.
Yuki: Umm. We never said anything about that.
She left and went to the main entrance outside and sees Rin and Retasu.
Yuki: Rin! Retasu! Did you hear what’s going on?
Rin: A little people said that you and Ron have a thing with each other.
Retasu: They asked us if you are going out with Ron. They are shipping you both.
Yuki: I have no interest with him.
Rin: Keep talking. I know you already have a thing with him. I’ saw you blush a few times.
Yuki: I don’t! I was just thinking about Cloud from Final Fantasy.
Rin: Okay… A fictional character? I think they won’t take you seriously if you said that.
Retasu: Well, I think they all want you to go out with Ron.
Rin: It would be a miracle if you tell the truth.
Yuki: I am telling the truth. I have nothing for Ron. He talks to me all the time in every gym class.
Rin: He’s trying to woo you in.
Yuki: I know that, but I…Forget it!
Minoru came to the main entrance and sees Yuki and her friends talking. He sits by the bench and listens to the conversation.
Yuki: So want to go to my house and play some games?
Retasu: Sure.
Rin: Hope you made up your mind.
Yuki: I’m sure I will.
She and her friends left school and Minoru still sit down and watch Yuki leave.
Minoru: Yuki. I wish I didn’t lose the letter. I have a big crush on yo-you. I know you are amazing and it seems like you have a lot of good time, unlike me. Someday, we should talk to each other at least.
He starts to leave school and goes home. At night, Yuki is alone at her room, and she was thinking about the rumor that just started.
Yuki: What will I do? Half of my fans wants me to go out with Ron. I have no crush on that guy. Rin did not believe me on that. I don’t know how this started, but they may not take me seriously if I refuse and Ron will still ask me out. I don’t want my reputation to be ruined. Also, if they know that I have a crush on a miserable kid, Minoru, they will hate me that I am in love with a less popular guy, and they will hate him more. I don’t want him to be hurt. That’s why I can’t ask him out in front of everybody. It will cause us pain. Arrghhhhh! I don’t know what to do! Just because me and Ron have similarities and we both are popular doesn’t mean that we will be making out! He’s just an acquaintance of mine, that’s it!

Next Chapter: Yuki’s Secret Love
Since the rumors has started, Yuki keeps thinking about Minoru and accidently blushes, which makes others think she’s in love with Ron. To protect herself and Minoru, she claims to Ron that she’s not looking into relationships yet, so no one will know that she has a crush on Minoru. Also, Minoru gets in trouble by teachers a few times, much to Yuki’s fearfulness. Minoru plans to contact with Yuki at least, but he’s a shy guy to know how to approach her. How will they both deal with their secret love? Tune in next time!