18 Ilogical (1/2)

February 20th - Yuhi's apartment -

They both skip school.

For several days.

For almost a week, it's a week tomorrow. Yuhi kept count.

They are midway into February, and it is almost time for the graduation event. When Tsueno Mamoru passed away, Yuhi visted the town. He even ran into the others and showed him to the grave. He wanted to pay his respects, at least. Nobody told him about Sumire's situation and current state. If he knew, then he wouldn't have returned to Tokyo and stayed with her. By the time he realized, it was already far too late.

Yuhi wants to bring that topic up. He wants to talk to her about what happened when Mamoru passed away. The information from Asuka was too vague. 'She locked herself up in Mamoru's place, and wouldn't leave the house.'

Did she eat during that time? She is alive now, so she must have eaten something to survive. But when Yuhi saw the state of that apartment, he knew something was wrong.

Since Mamoru died, time has stopped for Sumire. His gaze lands on the brown-haired girl who was resting her head on his shoulder, ”You know if you want to sleep, you should go to your room.” Yuhi commented.

'Although I like this.' But Yuhi knew better than to divulge in such thoughts right now.

”No, I'm just resting. I don't want to part from Yuhi either.”

These lines have escaped the girl's lips more often than before. She no longer got shy or embarrassed, saying them either. Whenever Sumire looked at him with those eyes, he could not help but kiss her.

Even though this sort of thing makes little sense, it's illogical, and yet they both long for something. Yuhi longs for her, craves her to the point that he knew that he could no longer sleep unless she were by her side. But what Sumire wanted, the person she longed for was somebody completely different.

Such actions with him are only to settle the disturbance in her heart, even if it is only for a little while. Although he knew that, Yuhi said nothing about it. He would not mention it. He can't let it get to him. It's already good enough that Sumire is letting him get this close.

'Still for how much longer?' Yuhi knew how many other guys liked her while those guys have stopped such advances towards the brown hair girl, only for now.

His main concern other than the fiance is that man—Nanairo Feather's Ichinose Arashi. Yuhi remembered how close they were and even though Sumire turned him down.

It didn't mean Arashi was no longer a threat for the girl's heart. Yuhi sighed, 'too many rivals.' Right now, he is the only one by her side. However, he knew this situation wouldn't last long. When the other guys show up, he won't have time to spend time with her.

He told Sumire it was okay to rely on him. But at this stage, won't she rely entirely on him? He should bring her back to school soon, so she can make some new friends.

Still, he should tell her to stop holding his hand and getting close to him. Yuhi constantly worried whether or not it was okay.

He sometimes thinks of asking her if it was okay to keep doing that, especially considering how the girl is a fresh and upcoming popular idol now. Yet whenever Sumire looked at him with those eyes, such concerns and worries disappear.

”Has anybody told you that your personality is bad?” He asks because he thinks it's necessary to say it.

Yuhi doesn't mean it as an insult; it wasn't something he said to offend her. Nor was he trying to demerit her in any way, no it was because he was curious.