PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!!!"

"What the hell is going on…?"

"...oh, sure why not?" Yamabuki answered, making You, Aoi and Yashiro question what was happening.

You were sitting together with your friends, Yashiro and Aoi, inside of the school's greenhouse. Many people nowadays have been getting together by confessing under a specific tree, the confession tree.

You didn't quite understand why people would want to waste their youth on a pathetic person who is probably going to break their heart in the end. A relationship seems out of bounds for you. But, deep inside, you kinda wished that you had someone that cares for you like that. Don't get me wrong, you love your friends and you know that they care for you and all, but still, someone doesn't sound so bad.

Shaking away that thought, you looked out the window to see Akane beating up Yamabuki, "Take this seriously!!!" He lectured.

"Guess he was just practicing!"

"Y–yeah.." yashiro sweatdropped, 'popular girl..'

"Those two aside…" you started, "haven't you guys noticed all the new couples in class, or anywhere in school for that matter?"

Aoi smiled at you while Yashiro continued to deadpan, "Now that you mention it, yeah…"

Aoi then took over, "All of them are couples who successfully confessed their love under that tree!"

You hummed in thought, tuning out Yashiro and Aoi's conversation. Can this be a work of a supernatural? You must ask Hanako-kun about this.

*

"Hey, Y/N, where's Yashiro?" Hanako-kun asked.

"She's busy with the gardening club, so she won't be here." You said while sweeping the bathroom floor, "she asked me if I'd like to take her place for the time being."

Hanako looked at you and thought for a second, would you be willing to go instead of Yashiro?

"Hey, Y/N." He said and continued, "After school tomorrow… will you come to the giant tree in the practice garden with me?"

You stopped sweeping and turned to him. 'Hanako-kun probably needs my help with something, it seemed like he was going to ask Yashiro the same question too. The confession tree, huh? Seems like this is going to be fun after all!'

"The confession tree, right?" You asked, holding the mop in your hands.

"You know about it? That saves me the trouble of explaining." Hanako said as he walked past you, "so I'll see you there."

And he was gone. You began to put all the cleaning supplies away and thought for a second.

'Hanako-kun, you know that Yashiro probably would've thought that you were actually going to confess to her. Well, I'm lucky that I have a brain!'

***

"Hey, Yashiro! Aoi! What's.. going on…?"

Aoi looked at you with a solemn expression.

"What's wrong?"

"That…" Yashiro and Aoi pointed towards the commotion before you.

Akane was holding Yamabuki in a bridal-lile style while sitting down on a chair, sparkles were flying around them.

"Yamabuki.."

"What in the– what happened to them?" You asked before saying, with a deadpan expression: "What are you doing?"

You had no hope for humanity at this point.

Akane nervously removed his hair from his face, "well, it's just… ever since he helped me practice confessing yesterday…" he sighed lovingly, "...I just couldn't get Yamabuki out of my head…"

"It was the same for me, Aoi…" Yamabuki confessed while holding on to Akane's hand, "so…"

"WE DECIDED TO BE A COUPLE!"

"WH… WHAAA–" Yashiro screathed and glanced back at Aoi.

"But Akane-kun…" tears could be seen in Aoi's eyes, "...said he loved me…"

You gritted your teeth, a dark aura spreading around you, 'Damn supernatural…'

You sighed, this will be a pain.

*

Deciding to come a bit earlier than expected, you stood under the confession tree, waiting for Hanako-kun.

It had been a long day. Yamabuki and Akane acted so weird towards eachother, it was disgusting. You'd rather have Akane simp for Aoi than acting all lovey dovey towards Yamabuki.

You sighed and put Betty over your shoulder, 'I'm tired…' you looked up noticing the toilet ghost approach you.

"Took you long enough!" You called out and he hurried towards you.

"Sorry, sorry!"

"Well, let's just get right into it." You said and put Betty down on the grass, using both of your hands to hold Hanako's shoulders.

"I love you, Hanako-kun!" You confessed, "please go out with me!"

Hanako looked at you, shock displayed on his features. Wow, you were quite forward.

Hanako looked into your eyes, even if this was just a fake confession, you looked so sincere. Hanako-kun's heart began to flutter and his cheeks were dusted with pink.

He looked down shyly, covering his face with his cap. He little part of him wanted this confession to be real, he wanted your feelings to be genuine. But you were only doing this because he asked you to.

His heart sank as he said these two words; "I'm sorry."

"Oh my… we can't have that," a deep, chilling voice rang out from the tree, "If someone confesses their love for you, it's only logical to accept."

Then the tree continued to speak, "it is love that leads people to happiness. And you would refuse it? Preposterous."

A face began to emerge from the tree, "I will assist you in your search for true happiness."

"Finally something exciting! Bring it on, tree grandpa!" You exclaimed, picking up you baseball bat, swinging it in front of you.

"HOW RUDE!" The tree barked back at you, aiming its tree branch arms at you.

You quickly dodged them, hitting them with your bat.

Hanako brought you close to him, hugging you from behind, "It's a good thing I had Y/N…" Hanako-kun looked at the tree with disgust, "since you're a supernatural that only appears in front of couples."

"School mystery… I have done nothing worthy of chastisement!" The tree sweatdropped, "I am merely trying to make everyone happy–"

"And that…" Hanako doged one of the tree's attacks, "...is exactly what people call "meddling"!"

Hanako struck the tree with his knife, making it become smaller. You walked towards the small tree smiling, "Good job, Hanako-kun! The tree is smaller now!"

"Heh…" he smiled bashfully at you, before looking away, the sky was certainly interesting!