Yasurouka's POV

But just to be extra careful, I asked, "Who is the girl that you love?"

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He looked at me with a blank expression and silence spread between us. None of us said anything as time passed by. He finally let out a breath, and opened his mouth, "It's…"

The tension between us was growing with each passing second. He looked into my eyes, and with a warm smile he said, "It's you, Reina."

As those words left his mouth, I couldn't believe my ears. My eyes grew wider and I couldn't hear anything else other than those words resonating in my ears. A strange feeling washed over me, but it felt really delightful.

"Heh?" Was the only words I could utter.

"I've fallen for you." He repeated himself in a softer tone.

"Wait… what…!?" I was in disbelief. I expected no one to confess to me, let alone him.

"I know it's a bit sudden for you… but I just could not keep these feelings pent up inside me any longer." He walked a bit closer to me and I stepped back.

"Yo… Saishi-kun loves me?" I could get my mind off the fact that he casually confessed to me like it was nothing.

"I know it's been hardly a month since we met… but I found myself in a dilemma of feelings for you." He said while grabbing his hair with his right hands and pacing towards me.

"I can't… you seriously love me?" I said nervously as I backed up against the wall next to me and he slammed his left hand next to me and looked down at me.

"Reina… do I look like a person who would joke about something like this?" He asked in his usual blatant tone.

"No… I… that's not what I meant." I averted my eyes from him, as I felt my cheeks getting hotter with each passing second.

"I don't know how to deal with these feelings… every time I'm talking with you, every time you smile at me… I just keep falling in this abyss of love." He said in an irritated tone. It was like he hated the fact that he was in love with someone.

"What should I do?" He asked me in such a way that it sounded like he was expecting an answer in return.

"I… don't know." I answered hesitantly.

"It's been really difficult for me to be with you recently… It's been difficult for me to be your friend." He removed his hand from my side and let out a dry chuckle. He walked a bit far from me creating some distance between us.

"Bu… but don't stop… don't leave me." I raised my hand but stopped mid ways as his eyes were piercing into mine.

"I can't suppress these feelings… They just keep growing. I never imagined that I would fall in love with you."

"But… I… uh…" There was much uncertainty in my mind. I always expected someone to confess to me but now that it's really happening, I can't even form a proper sentence.

"Listen Reina… I don't want any answer from you…" He said, looking at my uneasy composure.

"Wh...what!? I said before he even completed his sentence. Of course, I had an answer for him. It's just that I wasn't sure of my answer.

"Whether you love me or not?" He completed this sentence.

"That's… that's really unfair… I can't… I don't know." The pressure of the situation was far more than I could've imagined.

"The moments we spent together might've meant something to you? Or was it my mistake to assume that there was something between us?" His eyes reflected the conflict inside him. This was the first time I was seeing so many emotions in a person like him.

That too… for me?

"I… please… I want some time for this…" I said as my voice was relatively growing low with time.

"Listen Reina… I'm sorry… really sorry for falling in love with you… I never meant for this to turn out like this…" He raised his head upwards and I could see the movement of his voice box with each word he spoke.

I was slowly approaching him, "Saishi… listen to me…"

"But… I just…" He continued without looking at me.

"Saishi… look at me… " I stood on my tiptoes and held his face with both of my hands. He finally looked at me with deep, dark eyes and a plain, regretful expression.

"Huh…"

"I never said that I don't love you… it's just that I need some time for myself to come to terms with my feelings…" I said with a warm smile.

"Reina…" He called out my name softly.

"Mhm?"

"Please don't ever stop talking to me…" He said as he rested his forehead over my head.

"...like you did… I was really…" He continued.

"I won't… I need you in my life too…" I moved my other hand towards his hair and patted him.

"You make me feel things that I've no idea how to deal with…" He chuckled.

"Saishi… I didn't know you felt that way…" I said nervously. He held my hand which was caressing his hairs and raised his back up, looking at me.

"I… you're weird Reina… but I love you." The corners of his lips rose slightly as he said that in a low tone.

"I… uhh…" I was again speechless. Each time the word 'love' leaves his mouth, my body becomes stiff.

"You look so cute right now… that I want to make you mine…" He said while staring at me. He will kill me today. I'm going to die of anxiety due to confession.

"Sai...Saishi? I… uh… Saish…" Gathering some courage, I can at least tell him that I like him. I really did like him.

"I… like you… "

"I don't know if things will remain the same between us or not after this day…" He leaned back again, still holding my hand

"Saishi… don't worry… everything will be fine…"

"Anyways… I just wanted to get this off my chest…"

"Saishi…" I wanted to say something to him, so I called out his name.

"Yeah?" He looked back at me.

"Wait for my answer… don't go loving someone else." I said with a glare and a smile that I had to try really hard to put on my face at the moment.

"I… won't." He nodded.

"You better don't." I said and I quickly rushed towards the class.