4. Chapter 4 (1/2)

csilla: i can't believe how much love this fic is getting~ o/o (especially on ao3!)

warning: this chapter is fluff~ i'm not responsible for cavities! :d

today was valentine's day, i had gotten up early to taste-test the chocolate i had painstakingly made. these were chocolates for friends, nothing more. i could hear shuffling out in the hall, i poked my head out to see the girls heading for the stairs: "mitsuba… shinoa, wait up" i called out to them before waving them over.

i stepped back inside my apartment to grab the two small bags i had made for them, turning around i saw they had just arrived at my door.

"here," i held out the cellophane-wrapped chocolates, tied by a ribbon –purple for shinoa and yellow for mitsuba.

their eyes lit up and they eagerly accepted the gifts, "i know it's customary for the girls to give chocolates, but both of you are my friends so-"

"oh~ so these are obligatory chocolates" shinoa teased, but regardless placed the bag into his coat pocket.

mitsuba chirped, "so this is how you get all those chocolates, smooth mika~" before both girls giggled then went on their way, shutting the door on their way out.

with two gone that left three: a red one for kimizuki, a white one for yoichi and a vi

ant green for yuu. i quickly grabbed the two for yoichi and kimizuki before darting into the hall, i quietly placed each bag into their respective mail slot and listened as they fell with a soft thud.

i would give yuu his chocolate later today. we had class at the same time, after all. with not much else to do, i plopped on the couch and turned on the tv - there was usually something mindlessly entertaining on during the day.

growing frustrated with my surprising inability to give yuu the chocolates, i stormed down the hall,

ushing past all the girls who were trying to give me their chocolate. i had to find yuu. i almost didn't see him as i was walking past the li

ary, but sure enough there he was. and he wasn't alone. by the look on his face, he was getting his wish – getting chocolates from a girl. the bag in my coat felt heavy for some reason and i wondered

iefly if i should just walk away and get rid of these in the nearest trashcan.

no, curiosity was getting the better of me and so i walked over, but kept out of sight from yuu and the girl he was with. i was right behind a large tree when i could finally hear their conversation.

"hyakuya, i-i've a-always l-liked y-you…" i was surprised –not about the confession, but by my reaction to hearing it- and a strong urge to grab yuu and run welled up inside me.

it was strange, foreign, but remarkably enough, i welcomed it. i was about to step away from the tree to make my presence known when i heard him respond and suddenly i was frozen in my tracks: "thank you, but i'm sorry. i can't return your feelings, there's already someone i like…"

"but i can be anything you want,"

"no, you're perfect the way you are and i know there's someone who would return your feelings"

"is it because i'm a girl? is it because i'm not mikaela?" now i really couldn't move, did everyone think we were in love with each other? how on earth had we convinced so many people of that? or did mitsuba and shinoa gossip until every girl was believing the same thing?

there was a light snap of a twig and i glanced up to see yuu passing by, when his eyes met mine i watched his face reddened, "h-how l-long ha-have y-you b-been th-there?"

"…not long…" i mumbled as i realized i had accidentally tuned out the rest of his conversation with the girl. what did he say? did he dismiss it as a rumor spread likely by two 'boy love'-crazed girls? or had he-?

reaching up to scratch his cheek, his vi

ant green eyes looked everywhere but at me: "g-good… you ready to head home?" he stuttered before completely changing the topic.

i nodded before we headed home, his chocolate burning a hole in my coat the whole trip until finally i blurted out, "who do you like?" but instead it came out as "so how come you rejected her?" and immediately i wanted to hit myself.