Young love is so sweet. Akane loves Valentine's, but she loves walking home from school during Valentine's even more; the sight of classmates skirting around the strict no-affection class rules to give each other hugs after receiving thoughtful gifts earlier that day gives a little jump to her steps and she hums happily under her breath.
As she watches her little brother bite into a heart-shaped lollipop, she turns to his best friend and teasingly asks: "What about you, Hajime-kun? Did a cute girl give you anything this year? I'm sure a sweet boy like you must be very popular."
Koko turned and looked at the eldest of the three, giving a 'hmph' before looking away again as they walked home. "I don't need any of that stuff. It's pointless." Okay, maybe he didn't really think that but what else was he going to say? He wasn't actually really all that popular with the girls, especially since majority seemed to go for Seishu instead. Not that he minded, since he had ever really only thought of Akane, but he wasn't going to say that outloud at this point.
"Besides, I don't have time for all that mushy-gushy type stuff." Again, that was a lie, but that was only his business of knowing the true answer. It didn't matter what other people thought, since they could think whatever they wanted, Koko not really having much of a care to correct it.
