#harugou

Good morning, Kou...🤤

Person A: *is emotionally constipated either do to anger issues or social awkwardness*

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—Haru would never admit he has a crush on Gou.

Haru always wondered,

Why his eyes never stopped staring — at the silhouette of the young girl, her small body, which he could seemingly grasp, hug and kiss so easily.

No, the last was too much.

But Haru would always wonder.

What was so special about Matsuoka Gou?

She was beautiful, indeed.

Always smiling, obviously.

Cheerful, she had a positive aura like the sun in the morningy.

But was that a reason for Haru to secretly stare at her all the time? Sometimes, he was grateful to be able to hide his feelings behind that flat, emotionless expression. Gou would never notice if Haru's cheeks blushed slightly when the girl accidentally touched his hand, nor would she know if Haru's lips parted slightly when she complimented his triceps.

Gou wouldn't know, she was probably too dense.

Yes, that's a good thing. Haru didn't want others to know his feelings either, especially Gou.

Of course, no one should have realized that he secretly harboured a slight interest in Gou. It seemed he had underestimated the world too much — more precisely his childhood best friend, Tachibana Makoto. "You seem to be paying a lot of attention to Gou lately, Haru." Haru didn't know how his best friend knew when he was so sure he had hidden that slight interest well. It seemed that nice guys were hard to fool.

There was no way Haru would admit it.

"She's our manager as well as our friend, is it wrong if I pay attention to her?" Haru replied in an indifferent tone, he ate his mackerel calmly. Makoto smiled faintly like a mother who had just found out her son was lying. "You clenched your fists when Nagisa hugged her."

"Nagisa should learn about people's personal space."

"You gave Rei a sharp look when he complimented Gou's ponytail pretty."

"His compliments sounded perverted."

Makoto laughed. "Well, if you don't like her I guess it wouldn't hurt if I asked her out, right Haru?"

Haru bit his chopsticks hard. Makoto laughed innocently.

Fuck, he just walked into his trap.

Haru was silent, though he found it a little annoying to hear Makoto laughing innocently when Haru was a little embarrassed about being caught. Makoto stopped laughing, it seemed that he noticed Haru who was silent like a statue, his soft eyes looked at Haru, but Haru chose to look away. "So, you like her Haru?" Makoto asked, just to be sure.

Haru was silent, for about a few minutes before answering. "A little."

A little, you mean a lot, isn't it? Makoto thought to himself in confusion, it was so hard to get Haru to tell him honestly how he felt.

"You should ask her out then."

Haru was silent, again. "No way, I'm graduating next year." His answer sounded a little hesitant, there was an implied sadness with anxiety. "But, are you really okay with leaving it at that? Is it okay for her to date someone else and not you?" Makoto seemed so determined to convince Haru to declare his love for Gou, of course he wanted to but it wasn't easy.

But, the thought of Gou dating someone else and he just looking on, wondering if things would be different if he was more honest was much harder to accept and annoying, yet he found it irritating too.

Haru placed his chopsticks on top of his lunch box. "I'll take her out for a walk this week."

"Good luck, Haru." Makoto smiled, he secretly proud that his best friend can be more honest and at least trying confessing his feelings.

Well, anyway Haru could win that swimming race and getting the first place, why not try to win Matsuoka Gou's heart too?

—Epilogue.

Well, of course. Haru forgot his biggest obstacle.

"What are you doing in front of my house and asking about my sister, Haru?"

"Onii-chan!"

While Gou had enjoyed her fun, tying him up all pretty, it was his turn. She wouldn’t soon forget he could be equally as merciless, and every bit as sadistic as she had been. His eyes drank in the sight of her, and he licked his lips. Perhaps he was even more sadistic than she realized.

Aka, he takes her to the edge, repeatedly.

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