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people had started to notice that he hadn't turned up in a while, even Nendou seemed to notice "That transfer student with the fancy haircut hasn't come to school recently." he told the group on the way to school.

Aren seemed to be alright after being released from prison and decided to forget the incident "Did the fan club attack his home?" he asked.

Keiko nodded "I think so, I heard they noticed Teruhashi looking distressed that morning before, it must of been the way Saiko spoke to her in the girls toilets that day." she said.

Kaidou gave a laugh and placed a hand over his face "The fan club was simply a distraction. I was the one who controlled them in the darkness. I used their distraction to release my sealed power, the Dark Dragon Cannon, and bring destruction to his home.

"Was that you?" a sly voice asked, everyone stopped walking to see a tense looking Saiko in front oh them "You'd better be prepared."

Kaidou started to shake "Wait a minute."

Keiko placed her hands on her hips and leaned forwards "Oh leave him alone Saiko, he was only messing around." she said giving him an angry look.

"Yeah, well I'm not." he replied.

Aren furrowed his brows and pointed at the rich boy "What did you come here for?"

Nendou who was oblivious to the situation smiled at him "Do you want to eat ramen too?"

Kaidou gasped and Aren and Keiko snapped their heads towards him "Why are you inviting him? Idiot!" Aren said.

"I'm not going if he is!" Kaidou shouted and walked off, Aren gave the silver head a glare and grabbed Keiko's arm and followed after Kaidou with Saiki trailing behind them.

"Bye Nendou... and Saiko." Keiko grumbled the last bit before pouting.

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Keiko was walking into school when she say Chisato eating Yumehara's arm and Teruhashi standing in front of them, Keiko moved slower as she noticed how different the girl look, she seemed... bigger? It would be rude to point that out but she might as well go over and greet them.

"Good morning, you three!" Keiko waved and smiled.

Yumehara looked her way "Oh, Keiko. How are you?" she asked, every since she developed her crush on Kaidou, the two managed to get along a lot more recently.

"I'm good thank you." she then turned to Chisato "Why is she drooling?" she asked.

Chisato shook her head "Sorry, I thought I saw a pig walking on its hind legs."

Keiko slapped a hand over mouth "Chisato, don't be so rude!" she exclaimed from shock.

Yumehara gave harsh and loud slaps on her arm she was bitten on "A pig? That's harsh. A youthful, plump girl like me..." he eyes widened as she noticed her big arms "What? Plump? Have a gained weight?" the other three stood there stiffly not knowing what to say.

Keiko frowned 'Oh, poor girl... she didn't realise.' Keiko could understand the struggles of gaining weight, although she wasn't big, she always felt insecure about her curvy thighs, most other girls had nice slim ones, she also hated her tummy and the bit of fat that stuck out of it. He hand unconsciously wrapped around her stomach 'Do people also notice this?' she asked herself.

Several days later Yumehara turned up to school back to her usual weight, in fact she looked even slimmer. This made Keiko feel more self conscious, between the four of them, she knew Teruhashi had a slim and petite body, Yumehara managed to work on gaining abs and loosing weight and Chisato has always been curvy but in a good way, as she works out from all the jobs she does, she also has a great metabolism. Keiko felt like the odd one out.

Chisato seemed to notice that Keiko's eyes were wet "Keiko? Is something wrong?" she asked with worry.

Keiko looked up and wiped her eyes "I'm fine. I just need to take a breather outside." she told her, Keiko gave the three girls no time to answer as she quickly ran out the classroom and went upstairs to the roof of the school, she went to sit on a bench and pulled out a pack of tissues from her bag, she pulled one out and wiped her eyes as she cried into it.

When Keiko was younger she was quite chubby but she had always been healthy, her parents said she was beautiful but she never thought she was, although no one said anything to her she always thought they were silently judging her. She sniffled into a tissue not noticing a certain person joining her on the roof.

Keiko looked up in shock to see Saiki standing over her and pointing next to her on the bench, he saw that her eyes where puffy and the tip of her nose was red. She quickly wiped her eyes again and struggled to give him a smile.

"Of course you can Saiki." she smiled, he sat down next to her and the two sat next to each other in silence.

that question tipped her over the edge, her eyes weld up in tears and she burst out crying into the tissue again.

"Please don't laugh at me..." she weakly said "But... I feel like the other three are so beautiful compared to me, they all have amazing bodies and I just feel so ugly next to them." she started "When I saw that Yumehara had lost weight, she looked so beautiful and happy, and don't get me started on Teruhashi, she's always been amazingly slim and she's so gorgeous compared to me, I can see why everyone loves her." she cried, she felt so petty crying over something so small.

"I think your perfect the way you are." Saiki said, her eyes widened as she looked up, she saw that he was already staring at her. What felt weird is that it felt like he was physically speaking to her for the first time, it was weird because she know that wasn't true, but his voice... it sounded so real "In fact I know so. There are things that I see perfect in you. Your eyes, I love the colour of them and how bright they are, I love your green minty hair, especially when you wear those clips so I can see your face better. I don't think your ugly at all, and you don't realise how many other people think the same. Aren told me he thought you were the prettiest girl he's ever met, and my parents and grandparents think your amazing, they adored you when they first met you. I think your beautiful, Keiko." he said he first name for the first time.

He watched her as her tears became harder, her cheeks and nose were red. No one had ever spoken to her like that before, she smiled but her lips quivered when she looked up at her favourite boy, she unconsciously leaned closer to him which made his breath hitch but he didn't move backwards.

He looked down into her golden eyes juxtaposed with his purple eyes which were covered by the green glass. He was so distracted by her that he couldn't read her thoughts, in fact he couldn't read anyone's. All he could think about was her. He then started to lean slightly closer as he looked down at her lips.

Her cherry lips were just barely centimetres away from his when her mind flashed for a moment 'I shouldn't do this. It would make him uncomfortable.' she moved her head down and rested it on his shoulder, she wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him into a hug "Thank you, Kusuo..." she whispered.

Kusuo moved his arms and they wrapped themselves around her, they pulled together like a puzzle, that final piece was a perfect fit, her rested his chin on top of her head, his usual stoic face had gone red and his heart was pounding I've never thought like this before... especially with her. When did I become all red and why do I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't disappointed in himself for not leaning closer but he shook the thought out of his head and just focused on hugging the hazel eyes beauty in front of him, he wouldn't of said 'oh wow' to her for no reason.

And during that tender moment, Kusuo Saiki didn't even realise he had fallen in love with Keiko Mochizuki right there and then.