'Maybe it's best for the both of us.'
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱.
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Yashiro sat staring out of the classroom window. All that was in her mind was Hanako.
She wondered if he had received her note. He probably had.
She sighed and rested her head on the desk. The leaves were slowly turning brown with the change of seasons.
'How many times has Hanako seen the seasons come and go?'
She sat, tapping her pencil on the textbook in front of her. Class was boring. It was boring without Hanako.
Yashiro really hoped Hanako would become her friend again. She missed his pestering, how he would constantly mess with her in class. At the time, she hated it, but she really missed it now.
She waited for the ring of the school bell that would signify lunch. She needed to go and find Hanako.
Lunch couldn't come any slower. It felt like hours before the bell rang.
When it did, Yashiro was the first one up and out of the classroom.
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"Kou, you've not seen Hanako around have you?"
"You asked me that this morning..." Kou laughed and scratched the back of his neck, awkwardly.
"But no, I haven't seen him. Sorry..."
"It's ok."
Yashiro set off down the hallway. Kou watched her go, sighing. She really was adamant about finding the ghost.
She didn't even bother eating her lunch. This was more important to her.
"Hanako?" She called down the empty halls. Everyone was in the cafeteria or outside eating their lunch, so she didn't have to worry about getting caught.
She ran up to the third floor, the only floor that she hadn't checked yet. She crossed her fingers.
"Hanako-?"
She turned the corner, and there, at the end of the hallway, stood the ghost.
Yashiro went silent. Hanako didn't seem to notice her, and it looked like he was trying to feed a Mokke a hard candy.
"Hana-"
"Yashiro?" She was interrupted by someone- and she recognised the voice.
Hanako whipped his head around, and stared at Yashiro, shock written all over his face.
"Yashiro, what are you doing up here?" Itsuki walked over to her from one of the English classrooms.
Yashiro stood, averting her eyes from Hanako to Itsuki.
"Hey, what are you looking at?"
"I-"
She groaned internally. She had just found Hanako, and Itsuki had appeared. Could this have been at a worse time?
"Itsuki, I'm busy right now-"
She looked back towards the end of the corridor, but Hanako had gone. Her sentence trailed off. She turned around to look at Itsuki.
"What do you want?"
"Haha jeez no need to be so rude! I was just helping a student with her English work. No biggie."
Yashiro forced a smile.
"Anyway, I was thinking we could go on another date this weekend. It's Friday so we could go today, to make up for yesterday."
Yashiro struggled to keep the smile on her face.
"Yep, sounds lovely."
"Ok! We can go to the park after school. Don't forget!"
"I won't." Yashiro smiled. A clearly fake smile.
"Right. See you then..."
Itsuki started walking down the stairs, away from Yashiro.
She stared at the place Hanako was once stood. It was a dead end.
Yashiro sighed, defeated. She retreated back to the cafeteria, not having the chance to speak with Hanako.
〜♡〜
Hanako stepped out into the hallway. He had panicked and forced his way into a boundary.
He looked around, making sure both Itsuki and Yashiro were gone. He breathed a sigh of relief.
But, he couldn't help but feel unsatisfied. Maybe he did need to talk with Yashiro.
He shrugged it off and walked back to the bathrooms.
〜♡〜
It was the end of school, and Yashiro was walking to the park with Itsuki. She was still annoyed from before, when he came out of nowhere and ruined her chances to speak with Hanako.
She didn't show it.
She had been with Itsuki for four days, but even though he was her boyfriend, she couldn't tear her mind away from Hanako.
She didn't know why.
The two arrived at the park and sat down on a bench. It was awkward.
"So, what've you been up to lately, pretty girl?"
"Nothing." She sighed.
"I know what you've been up to."
"Hm?"
"Being the most beautiful girl in the world."
She didn't respond. In her mind, she was violently cringing and screaming.
"Thanks."
She swung her feet under the bench.
Itsuki tapped her shoulder. She looked up from the floor, to see him holding a dandelion.
"This is a flower, for you." He winked.
"That's a weed."
"Oh."
They went silent again. Yashiro noticed Itsuki slowly inching towards her. She didn't move. Nobody was in the park, it was small, and the weather was gloomy.
Yashiro was still thinking about Hanako. She wondered if he had gotten her note. She felt Itsuki place his arm across her shoulders. She still only thought about Hanako.
"Hey."
She looked to the side to see Itsuki inches away from her face. She was shocked, and froze up.
"Yashiro..."
She watched as he slowly closed his eyes and leaned in, lips puckering.
Oh god.
She panicked. He was getting closer... and closer... and closer... to her lips.
〜♡〜
"So you found this and you didn't do anything??" Tsuchigomori held the soggy, crumpled paper in his hands.
"I didn't know what to do."
"God, I didn't think you could get any more idiotic, but you definitely proved me wrong, Honorable number seven."
Hanako shuffled his feet, nervously.
"And why is it soggy?"
"I threw it in the toilet."
"What?!"
Tsuchigomori flung the wet paper away, disgusted. Hanako had to stifle a giggle.
"Good Lord, boy. You disgust me sometimes."
"Sorry."
Tsuchigomori sat down on a chair, Hanako still stood, staring at his feet, hands behind his back.
"Well, you need to stop coming to me for advice all the time. I'm not your father."
"Sorry."
"But, Yashiro obviously wants to talk to you. You should take the opportunity to have a conversation. Stop running away from your duties as a friend."
"I see."
Hanako nodded lightly. Tsuchigomori sighed and rested his head on his hand.
"You like her, don't you?"
"What!?" Hanako snapped his head up to stare wide-eyed at the old teacher.
"I can see it in your eyes, in your actions."
"I don't-"
"Don't try and deny it, Honorable number seven. I've known you for too long now." He sighed.
Hanako stared at his feet.
"I guess so..."
"There you go, doesn't it feel better admitting it out loud?"
"I suppose."
"Good. Now go and talk to her."
Hanako nodded and left the classroom.
"That kid..." Tsuchigomori sighed, shaking his head.
〜♡〜
(W/C: 1120) chapter 6! Hope you enjoyed, also, Happy Halloween! Hope you all had a great day :) -M <3