School was soon over with no more incidents that could tip Kayano or anyone else except Mabuchi off about Kazuo and Haruka. It seemed like Haruka had actually left school already and Kazuo wondered what food she was going to get. However, Kazuo had promised to tell Mabuchi and he just might as well do it. Mabuchi was really perspective when it came to this stuff so it would probably not have been a secret for long anyways. Kazuo met up with Mabuchi in the schoolyard where they sat down on a bench. It was a spring afternoon with birds chirping as as a breeze swept through blowing around dust from the dry ground.

“- Sooo, will you tell me how you make girls blush just by looking at them now? “ Mabuchi smirked.

“- Will you stop it, it’s not like that for the eight fuckin time. “ Kazuo wasn’t very keen on talking about this with Mabuchi but he pretty much had to by now.

“- Well, there is something going on, you’ve just met like a little over twenty-four hours ago as far as I know. “ Mabuchi’s face shone with curiosity.

“- Okey okey, I’ll just tell you from the start, don’t put anything out of context please… “ Kazuo went on to explain how he found Haruka outside his apartment and how she ended up staying.

“- ...So you’re telling me you actually let her stay?! Have you gone mad my friend?! “ It was a bit of a blow for Mabuchi who always got the cold side of Kazuo.

“- Yeah, I know it’s crazy but I think what you said about her being able to make me care more is true. “ Kazuo tried to put it straight in his head.

“- We argue a lot and she can be really annoying but we’ve barely met, yet it feels like there is a connection somehow… “

“- Really? You feel like you could connect with her? “ It seemed like Mabuchi had something in mind.

“- Umm, I don’t think I would’ve just let anyone stay… She’s definitely special. “ Kazuo looked up at the sky thinking about the recent events and Haruka.

“- Maybe you like her then. “ Mabuchi also looked up at the sky.

“- Hmm, dunno about that... I’ll have to see what happens thought. “

“- Ah, of course... You mentioned her seemingly random tsundere acts thought, she doesn’t seem like that kinda person to me… “

“- I don’t understand either, there must be something that’s making her act that way thought… “ While Kazuo said that he realized how little Mabuchi had teased him, it seemed like he took what he heard very seriously for some reason. Suddenly Mabuchi stood up.

“- Oh yeah, there is definitely something happening. I gotta be on my way now however, see ya. “

“- Aight, see ya. “ Mabuchi walked of towards the gates. Kazuo stayed at the bench for a moment trying to reflect on this lightning of new emotions. Haruka had so suddenly popped into his life and kicked up so many emotions that Kazuo hadn’t felt in a long time. He could feel a certain excitement, it was like something new was happening, like the boring life he had known for so long now had started to change. Kazuo smiled for himself and looked up at the sky once again and felt the refreshing breeze sweep past.