Sakurako turned her head when a familiar voice greeted her ears. Sakurako found Takumi already behind her.
Nodding slightly, Sakurako then said, "Sorry for worrying you too, Takumi-kun."
Takumi smiled, he ruffled Sakurako's indigo hair roughly. Sakurako with such an innocent face, looks so adorable in Takumi's eyes.
Takumi continued to ruffle Sakurako's hair, before any protest from Sakurako.
"Stop it, Takumi-kun! You ruined my hairdo!" Sakurako smoothed her hair back. In a flash, he looked at Takumi. She was really nervous right now, and she didn't know for what reason either.
"Oh yeah, why did you run, huh?! At least if you reject me, you can say it more gently, right?" Takumi rubbed his face roughly, roughly. "Hasshh! You really are a bad girl, Rako-chan!!"
Sakurako's gaze turned sad.
"Ah, that's not it, Takumi-kun. I couldn't respond quickly because I had a strange feeling."
"What a strange feeling? Aren't you weird from the start, um?"
"Takumi-kun!" annoyed Sakurako while hitting Takumi's arm roughly. She has had many nicknames since she met Takumi. Starting from foreign girls, crazy girls, and even now Sakurako gets a new nickname 'weird girl'.
Takumi gave a faint smile. He really likes teasing the girl.
"Then why is it strange?" ask again.
"It seems I have a deadly disease, Takumi-kun," Sakurako whispered while pressing her own chest
"What?" Takumi surprised, looking starting to panic.
Sakurako was still holding her chest, keeping her heart from jumping out of place.
"This heart of mine ... argh why is my heart beating so hard, Takumi-kun? Am I suffering from a terminal illness?" Sakurako said while putting on an innocent face, as usual.
Takumi returned a smile. He was really excited about the innocence of the girl beside him.
"Yes, you had a heart attack, your cholesterol was high, your blood sugar rose to diabetes!" said Takumi, both annoyed and exasperated. Takumi while turning around to leave the girl he thought was strange.
Sakurako pursed her lips, repeating what Takumi just said
"Hmm, what is cholesterol?" Sakurako turned and chased after Takumi.
"Oh yeah, is cholesterol a deadly disease, Takumi-kun? Is there a cure?"
Takumi didn't answer. He quickened his pace so that Sakurako couldn't match his pace.
"TAKUMI AKAZAWA!"
Duuash!!
Thwack!!
Itsuki grabbed Takumi's shoulder and threw his fist right into Takumi's lower jaw until Takumi's body staggered to the side. He didn't have any preparations. Itsuki suddenly appeared from behind and attacked him.
Takumi groaned in pain, but he didn't return Itsuki's punch.
"Hahaha, aren't we even, Akazawa?" Itsuki said with a satisfied smile. He's even on his knees now.
"Damn it!! I only hit you once but you hit me back twice, Minami!"
Takumi got ready, he was about to throw his fist at Itsuki, but stopped right in front of Itsuki's nose.
"Okay, I'll keep this fist for now. One day I'll give it to you."
"Puih! You're acting cool, Akazawa."
Itsuki snorted. It felt like two bulges seemed to be lacking. Itsuki was still annoyed at his classmate.
Sakurako, who had been far behind, was now standing between Takumi and Itsuki. He grabbed Takumi's left hand and Itsuki's right hand, then linked them.
"Usually in the drama, after the boys fight they will become friends. Yosh! Let's make up and become friends!"
"Ugh ... disgusting!" Takumi and Itsuki said in unison. They hastily withdrew their hands and left Sakurako alone. Takumi walked to the West, and Itsuki walked to the East.
Sakurako saw the backs of the teens were getting further and further away. She took turns looking at Takumi and Itsuki's back. Sakurako immediately became confused again at this time.
***
Sakurako walked slowly towards the sofa. There, Takumi begins to fall asleep after watching a drama with Sakurako. Sakurako put a blanket on Takumi.
"Takumi-kun?" called Sakurako quietly.
Even though it was faint, Takumi could still hear it. Takumi hasn't slept too much at the moment.
"Hmm?" Takumi said, still closing his eyes.
"If ... one day I disappeared, what would you do, Takumi-kun?"
"Of course I'll have a party and set off lots of firecrackers, Sakurako," Takumi replied, half-drooling.
After that, there was no more conversation between the two of them.
A few hours later, Takumi felt his back hurt from sleeping wrong. He woke up nervously. He looked around the room, but it was empty. Sakurako's voice had really disturbed Takumi's sleep. Takumi couldn't even tell what was a dream and what was reality. Did Sakurako's voice come from Takumi's dreamland? he thought.
Then, for what purpose the girl talking will disappear? Has his memory returned? Supposedly, Takumi felt happy, but why did he feel heavy instead? Takumi thought of all the possibilities.
"Rako-chan, where are you?" muttered Takumi.
silence.
"SAKURAKO!!" Takumi shouted. He couldn't imagine if Sakurako would actually disappear.
Takumi's eyes suddenly felt hot and sore. His vision was blurry due to the dam of tears that were ready to burst at any moment.
"SAKURAKO!! YOU SHOULD AT LEAST THANK YOU BEFORE YOU GO!! HUHUHU ..." Takumi broke out in tears. He was really afraid of losing Sakurako.
"What's wrong, Takumi-kun?" said the figure of the lavender-eyed girl in the doorway, Sakurako.
Sakurako saw Takumi's confused state. She also still clearly saw traces of tears on Takumi's cheeks.
Takumi jumped when he saw Sakurako still in his house. Takumi was very embarrassed because he was caught crying like a child. He cursed his actions just now.
"N-nothing. Nobody called you!" Takumi jumped onto the sofa and covered his face with the blanket. Absolutely ridiculous. After a few seconds, he revealed a part of his face.
"Hey wait! Where have you been, huh?!"