I walked up to Yashiro as she strolled down the hallway towards my bathroom. I hadn't bothered her for the past few days in class because that was the one thing she requested in our relationship.

Why that? It's so hard!

"Ohayo, Radish-senpai!" I greeted her, embracing the fat-legged girl with one of my famous hugs. But for some reason she hated them.

"Get off my back, Amane," She scowled, for the first time since she confessed to me her undying love of a handsome apparition. I backed away, keeping a safe distance in case she were to lash out like she used to.

After sensing fear from me, she sighed, "I'm sorry Amane," she walked over to me and hugged me again, ruffling the hair behind my neck. "It's just that..." Her voice trailed off.

"About what?"

"About..."

"Hey Hanako, Yashiro-senpai!" Kou brightly waved as he walked around the corner of the corridor. "Don't do anything dirty, Hanako!" After I told Kou about me and Yashiro's relationship, he hasn't stopped teasing us about it.

"Hey, boy," I said in a monotone voice. Now I'm curious, and as far as I know, Kou isn't going to leave my sight until Yashiro leaves. And I have a delivery of donuts (Yuuuumm~) from the Mokke that's addressed to my bathroom. Dammit!

I dragged Yashiro to a corner of the corridor. "Don't do anything too dirty, Hanako!" Kou wagged his finger playfully towards me. I rolled my eyes, but didn't look back at him.

"Yashiro, what's bothering you?" I played with her hair. "I don't like it when my Daikon Princess is moody."

"Okay fine, it's just that," she sighed, "about the time when you said I was going to die within the next year."

My eyes widened. "Wh-What about that?"

"I think it's starting."

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OKAY HAHA I realised when I was re-reading this chapter for Chapter 20 that it was talking about how Yashiro was gonna die next year because of her knowing Hanako and her not being an apparition. But then a few manga chapters later, Aoi died and Aoi's lifespan was granted to Yashiro. So lemme just say that this chapter was written before the Aoi manga chapter.