It was an almost love story.
One Shot Story by Eribin.
A/N: hi! This is Eribin. I am not a real writer, doing this as my past time. English is not my first language so bear with my English. Thereâs a lot of grammatical and typographical errors. This is just a fiction from my delusions đ
CAST
Kenta Kamiya
Makoto Hasegawa
Eri
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We're sitting on a bench near the canteen. We are just killing our time. The next class would be at 3 p.m., 2 hours from now. The hell.Â
âKenta, move!â I whisper to Kenta. He's been my bestfriend since my first year of college. We get along, maybe because we share the same interests. Singing.Â
âHuh?â Kenta uttered. It looks like heâs clueless about whatâs going on. He was currently scrolling through his phone.Â
âI said move! Move aside!â I repeated this, glaring at him. Kenta frowned and scratched his head.Â
âWhy?â He innocently asked
âDonât ask, just do itâ I said. He looked at me intently and crossed his arms. He examined my whole face and frowned
âTell me why firstâ he says, sitting back like he has no plan on moving at all. I rolled my eyes at him and called hell in my mind to abduct Kenta. For real!
âFine.. I canât see my crush. Happy?â I said. He was stunned for a moment and turned his gaze to his back. Makoto is dancing and laughing with his friends. It looks like they are having a good time there. If Iâm not mistaken, Makotoâs friends are Takahide, Kaisei, and Kazuma.
âThe one who is dancing?â He mockingly asked while pointing at him. I reached for his hand to stop him from pointing.Â
âStop it, Kenta! Youâll gain attentionâ I said while looking around. Kenta laughed out loud, and we still gain attention from other students. I want to wrap my hands around his neck. I facepalm and turn my attention to the book Iâm holding.
âI see. Do you like Makoto?â He asked while showing his annoying smile to me. Seeing his smile makes my blood boil up to 100 degrees Celsius.
âSo? Any problem with that?â I asked him while raising my brow at him.Â
âHmmm nothing. Good luck, Eri. I hope he will see you as the woman of his dreams,â Kenta said while laughing. It looks like heâs mocking me. He turns his gaze at his phone and continues scrolling. I rolled my eyes at him and stood up to change my location for a better view of Makoto since this monkey Kenta wouldnât move even a bit. I sit beside Kenta, facing Makotoâs location, and Kenta just glances a bit and turns his gaze back to his phone.
In my new location, I can see Makoto dancing gracefully. They are part of the school dancing club. He was also laughing with Takahide. He looks so cute when laughing. Heâs like a shy boy that I want to be taken care of. Makotoâs gaze turned to us, which put me in panic mode, so I absentmindedly hit Kenta, and I fake laughed so it wouldn't be obvious to Makoto that I was watching him.Â
Kenta was surprised by the way I acted. He looked at me so weirdly and caught my hand.
âWhatâs wrong with you?â He asked. I keep laughing; it looks like Iâm having a good time with Kentaâs company.Â
âHahaha Makoto is looking in our direction hahahaâ I nervously said while still laughing.Â
âdonâtyoudaretolookathisdirectionplease!â I said in a faster and more serious tone of voice. But what should I expect? Heâs Kenta. The greatest and most annoying Kenta He looked in Makotoâs direction and waved his hand. This shocked me to the bone. I mentally face-palmed myself. The hell of this guy! AAAARRGGGGHHH!!! I want to pull his hair so bad!
I turn my gaze at Makoto, and he is just looking at us. Even his friends are looking at us. I turned to Kenta and hit him again. The hell of this guy!
âWhat now?â He was annoyed. For real. I can sense.
âWhat the hell did you just do?" I asked, widening my eyes. âThey are looking at us nowâ I added. He just glanced at them, turned his gaze at me, and closed the distance between us, but I moved backward.
âThey are my friends, Eriâ he casually said. Sit back and continue scrolling through his phone.
 âEhh?? What did he just say? Friends? Who? Makoto and friends?â
âAre you serious? Why didn't I know that? Why did you not tell me? For real? Youâre friends with Makoto? How? When? Are you sure?â I bombarded him with questions.
âDuh. You never askâ he just said, and it left me in awe.
âI thought we were bestfriends! â
âBestfriend? Yeah, right, bestfriendsâ he just said and opened his phone again. tsk! Heâs always on his phone!
âDonât tell me, youâre jealous, Kenta?â I blurted out, and he just looked at me and made a face.
âAs if! I am already moved on Eri. Dream onâ he seriously said, looking away.
"But I was wondering, Eri. Why?â He added, and I was stunned for a moment and looked in Makotoâs direction. They are still dancing and laughing, and it looks like they are having fun.Â
âWhat do you mean?â I asked him while looking at Makoto. I glanced at Kenta, but I caught him staring at me.
âWhy did you reject me?â He asked while looking at me intently. Yes. Kenta courted me for a year, but I chose to reject him.
âNo.. I m-mean Eri, I already moved on, but I was just curious. Thatâs all," he said, stammering. Hahaha he looks so cute. I smiled at him and looked away.
âActually, I liked you before Kenta. Youâre my type,â I said while watching Makoto teach his friends a dance step. I sensed Kenta was too stunned to speak and looked at me.
âEh? Then why?â He was really curious, ah?
âFor a year of courtship, I almost said yes. Youâre so cute. But itâs better if weâre just bestfriends, weâre good together as friends, Kenta. You're a funny, very outgoing, very free-spirited person, caring but sometimes very annoying, and I know whoever you will love is very lucky to have you, but I am not her,â I explained. To tell you guys, honestly, he really stands a chance for me. But I am not enough for him. I am not yet ready, and he deserves better than me. And there are things that should be left unsaid.Â
âWow.. I never thought of that, Eri. So you mean you also have a crush on me? Y-you almost say yes, right? Am I your type?â He asked me while showing his annoying smile again. This makes me cringe and frown.
âEeeehhhh!!! Youâre blushing!â He said while pointing at me. âActions speak louder than words, Eriâ he added, showing his smile again. What the hell? Heâs so full of himself. God!
âWhat?â I annoyingly asked him. I donât know what to do with him.Â
âHaist! Donât be! Iâll be flatteredâ he said, standing up. I rolled my eyes at him and turned my gaze to Makoto.
âStand up, Eriâ he demanded. I frowned while looking at him. âIâll treat you to Ice cream," he added. Shock is written all over my face. Itâs once in a blue moon, Eri!
âFor real? This is not a joke?â I asked
âYes! Absolutely! Stand up now before I change my mindâ he said, putting his hands in his pocket. He looks so cool! My bestfriend looks so cool! He walked away towards the canteen. I smiled at the thought of him treating me. This is very rare to happen.
Being his bestfriend, I learned a lot about him, and it makes me want to stay beside him forever. Even as friends only. I will be happy for us. I donât want to ruin our relationship. I don't want to risk it. Our friendship. I will always cherish our friendship more than anything else.
But if you asked me right now, Kenta or Makoto? Makoto, for sure.
I followed Kenta. I glanced at Makotoâs location, and I caught him looking at .. Me? Me!!!???? Eh!? Heâs looking at me. I turn my back and run towards the canteen. The hell!
It pressed my chest tightly, and my heart couldn't stop beating faster. What the hell was that? Makoto, you're making me crazy.