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(♥) Once entering her apartment, the shrill of her phone ringing reverberate the closed-in walls of her minuscule residence. “Riruka, I hope you have a good reason why you didn’t pick up my calls after school today.” A low, yet familiar voice prompts her response, “don’t be such a mom, Jackie. You know I study in the cafe, sometimes.” She outlines the day verbally to her friend, detailing from the food she had during lunch until the end of the night with the declaration of her new tutor. On the other line, Jackie sighs, the sound of worry mixed with discontent fills her voice, “just be careful. He might have an ulterior motive you don’t know about. If he knows who you are…. I just - don’t want you to have anymore problems. We’ll get you out of there soon, just lay low.”
(♥) The following morning, Riruka felt ambitious - suddenly her presence at Uni would be meaningful to somebody. After two years of being a full-time student, she managed to iron her outfit for the day in hopes to look presentable, ensuring that subconsciously the university’s golden boy would not regret their pact. Gently straightening out her outfit - she took one last glimpse in the mirror before dashing out. Thoughts about last night’s events popped into her mind with an echoing reminder of how next week’s history test would determine if she would fail the course. Instinctively, she rolled her eyes - both agitated at her of lack of motivation and the smartypants valid claims on her grades.
(♥) For some reason, Jackie’s concerns revisited her conscience but Riruka lived selfishly which meant she let herself experience life in her own regards and desires. For the first time, there was somebody that sincerely liked her - there was no way she was going to throw that away because of somebody else’s suspicions.
(♥) From the distance, the reflective color of white catches her attention. Immediately suppressing the conflicts in her mind, she hangs back - maintaining the gap between them debating on her next move. Shortly after, she runs after him, “Toshiro! I swear I almost tripped trying to catch up to you! How was your morning?”
"Oh, Riruka, sorry I didn’t see you.”. He exhales and lifts his coffee cup in a greeting to the girl before falling into step next to her. He’d gotten here far too early, unsure of what to expect and after failing to find her anywhere he decided to swing by the cafe and fully wake up before circling back around. “It’s been alright, you didn’t wait long?” It would be unfortunate if she waited a long time simply because he couldn’t function for an hour without caffeine.
It’s nerve-wracking for him simply being in her presence now, where it had seemed infinitely easier while they’d both buried their noses in schoolwork the night before. This was an entirely different dynamic and he wasn’t at all sure how to function in such a situation. Toshiro’s free hand drops down to tap the top of his school bag and after offering a thin smirk he nods in her direction. “Did you remember to finish all of your assignments? I’m going to head over and turn mine in soon if you want to come.”
She’d mentioned something about not wanting him to be seen with her in public and while he wasn’t sure why he also wasn’t sure that he cared about social norms or what the others thought of him. Couldn’t be any worse than his current standing amongst the college. “Unless there’s something else you’d rather do first, I’m all ears.”











