Chapter 3:
Narration: Our mismatched days seem to be changing.
Erika and Kaname are on the bus together, going home. “Eri-chan, aren’t we going to sit together?” Kaname asks. Erika is sitting infront of him and quickly makes an excuse that the heater on the bus is too strong, therefore it would be too hot to sit next to each other. She turns around and finds Kaname staring intently at her; she quickly turns back around thinking “Too close! Too close! Why is he so close!?” He starts to say something, but he’s stop comes and Erika quickly says her goodbyes and they separate. Eika later notice how unusual the way she just acted. She has gotten used to him calling her “Eri-chan,” but she can no longer sit next to him casually as they used to; she leans her head to the side blushing as she sigh. She has a flashback of the day when she told Kaname that it was okay to cry. He thanked her afterwards saying that it made him feel better and its all thanks to her. That day, she realized that every time she sees him smile, or hear him call her name, it makes her heart beat fast. If something happens to him, she wants him to rely on her, that she wants to become his support. Although Erika’s inexperienced in romance, and not completely sure, this feeling must be love.
The next day, Erika confesses her feelings to her best friends; Shiro-chan and Kyon-chan. They congratulate on her first crush saying that it was very obvious from looking at the way she acted towards Kaname recently. Kyon-chan points out that Kaname probably won’t notice Erika’s feelings since his slow, but if she keeps acting so strange towards him, he’ll probably come to dislike her. (By strange, Kyon-chan is referring to Erika running away every time Kaname comes to talk to her) Erika realized this as well but her feelings and her actions are not acting together.
That day, the class was hanging out outside clearing snow off and having snowball fights. Kaname comes over to Erica as she is talking to her friends. As always, Kaname is clumsy and falls on his face as he runs to meet Erica. As always, Erica rushes to help him; her habit of helping anyone in need naturally shows up. As she wipes the snow off Kaname’s face with her sleeves, she realizes what she’s doing and immediately backs away apologizing. Kaname takes a step towards her commenting that she’s acting strange recently. She replies that there is nothing different or strange. Kaname continues to take a step towards her and Erika takes a step back in return. Eventually she bumps into a tree and she can no longer run away; now their face to face. Kaname has a serious expression and asked why she’s acting like this. He was about to say something but she says “Really, it’s really nothing.” He backs up after this and goes away.
The next day, Kaname is absent from a cold. So the teacher asked Erica to go drop off handouts to him after school. Helping out is absolutely natural to Erica, so she says yes without thinking. When she actually gets to his house, she regrets her decision. But she still wants to know his health, so she decides to quickly drop off the handouts, check how he’s doing, then leave before she starts acting strange. She was about to press the bell, but Kaname’s brother opens the door. Apparently he’s leaving the house for a little bit to go to the supermarket. So he asks her to watch over Kaname until he returns. Of course, being the kind of person she is, she doesn’t leave as quickly as she planned to. Especially when she sees Kaname sleeping, and how adorable he is, she couldn’t possibly leave. Erika finds herself surprisingly relaxed being there watching over him as he sleeps and mumble words. It’s been a while since she can be around him without worrying because he’s sleeping. She starts to think about the how the way she’s acting around him can make him come to dislike her. She falls asleep as she gets lost in thought.
Erika hers a voice… “I like you Eri-chan. You’re nice, and you’re always smiling. You make me happy. That’s why I don’t like it like this… Have you come to dislike me?”
At that moment, she opens her eyes and realizes that this isn’t a dream. Kaname was actually talking to her. Kaname was saying this because he thought that she’s asleep too.
“What were you saying?”
“By ‘like’ I mean in a motherly way…” (Kaname is trying to cover his confession.)
“No, not that. I’m talking about me disliking you.”
“Because that’s the only reason I can think that would explain the way you’ve been acting towards me.”
Erika stopped to think now. She realize that she’s been acting selfish thinking that “his going to dislike me,” when the truth is that it will make him think that she dislikes him. She decided to face her feelings and confessed that she doesn’t dislike him; she likes him as well. She then apologized for acting in a way that made him think otherwise. The cute moment is interrupted when Hiromu comes home commenting that it’s not fair that Kaname says “I like you” to her but not to his own brother. Kaname replies that he doesn’t like people who listen to other people’s conversations. They laugh and joke around. Erika’s thoughts: “So I’m still a motherly figure since Kaname said ‘in a motherly way.’ It’s the same as usual, and it seems like I cannot get out of that position. But just like the way I fell in love with Kaname, you never know how people’s feelings change. So it’s all up to me!”
End of chapter (✿◕‿◕✿)
Narration: Our mismatched days seem to be changing.
Erika and Kaname are on the bus together, going home. “Eri-chan, aren’t we going to sit together?” Kaname asks. Erika is sitting infront of him and quickly makes an excuse that the heater on the bus is too strong, therefore it would be too hot to sit next to each other. She turns around and finds Kaname staring intently at her; she quickly turns back around thinking “Too close! Too close! Why is he so close!?” He starts to say something, but he’s stop comes and Erika quickly says her goodbyes and they separate. Eika later notice how unusual the way she just acted. She has gotten used to him calling her “Eri-chan,” but she can no longer sit next to him casually as they used to; she leans her head to the side blushing as she sigh. She has a flashback of the day when she told Kaname that it was okay to cry. He thanked her afterwards saying that it made him feel better and its all thanks to her. That day, she realized that every time she sees him smile, or hear him call her name, it makes her heart beat fast. If something happens to him, she wants him to rely on her, that she wants to become his support. Although Erika’s inexperienced in romance, and not completely sure, this feeling must be love.
The next day, Erika confesses her feelings to her best friends; Shiro-chan and Kyon-chan. They congratulate on her first crush saying that it was very obvious from looking at the way she acted towards Kaname recently. Kyon-chan points out that Kaname probably won’t notice Erika’s feelings since his slow, but if she keeps acting so strange towards him, he’ll probably come to dislike her. (By strange, Kyon-chan is referring to Erika running away every time Kaname comes to talk to her) Erika realized this as well but her feelings and her actions are not acting together.
That day, the class was hanging out outside clearing snow off and having snowball fights. Kaname comes over to Erica as she is talking to her friends. As always, Kaname is clumsy and falls on his face as he runs to meet Erica. As always, Erica rushes to help him; her habit of helping anyone in need naturally shows up. As she wipes the snow off Kaname’s face with her sleeves, she realizes what she’s doing and immediately backs away apologizing. Kaname takes a step towards her commenting that she’s acting strange recently. She replies that there is nothing different or strange. Kaname continues to take a step towards her and Erika takes a step back in return. Eventually she bumps into a tree and she can no longer run away; now their face to face. Kaname has a serious expression and asked why she’s acting like this. He was about to say something but she says “Really, it’s really nothing.” He backs up after this and goes away.
The next day, Kaname is absent from a cold. So the teacher asked Erica to go drop off handouts to him after school. Helping out is absolutely natural to Erica, so she says yes without thinking. When she actually gets to his house, she regrets her decision. But she still wants to know his health, so she decides to quickly drop off the handouts, check how he’s doing, then leave before she starts acting strange. She was about to press the bell, but Kaname’s brother opens the door. Apparently he’s leaving the house for a little bit to go to the supermarket. So he asks her to watch over Kaname until he returns. Of course, being the kind of person she is, she doesn’t leave as quickly as she planned to. Especially when she sees Kaname sleeping, and how adorable he is, she couldn’t possibly leave. Erika finds herself surprisingly relaxed being there watching over him as he sleeps and mumble words. It’s been a while since she can be around him without worrying because he’s sleeping. She starts to think about the how the way she’s acting around him can make him come to dislike her. She falls asleep as she gets lost in thought.
Erika hers a voice… “I like you Eri-chan. You’re nice, and you’re always smiling. You make me happy. That’s why I don’t like it like this… Have you come to dislike me?”
At that moment, she opens her eyes and realizes that this isn’t a dream. Kaname was actually talking to her. Kaname was saying this because he thought that she’s asleep too.
“What were you saying?”
“By ‘like’ I mean in a motherly way…” (Kaname is trying to cover his confession.)
“No, not that. I’m talking about me disliking you.”
“Because that’s the only reason I can think that would explain the way you’ve been acting towards me.”
Erika stopped to think now. She realize that she’s been acting selfish thinking that “his going to dislike me,” when the truth is that it will make him think that she dislikes him. She decided to face her feelings and confessed that she doesn’t dislike him; she likes him as well. She then apologized for acting in a way that made him think otherwise. The cute moment is interrupted when Hiromu comes home commenting that it’s not fair that Kaname says “I like you” to her but not to his own brother. Kaname replies that he doesn’t like people who listen to other people’s conversations. They laugh and joke around. Erika’s thoughts: “So I’m still a motherly figure since Kaname said ‘in a motherly way.’ It’s the same as usual, and it seems like I cannot get out of that position. But just like the way I fell in love with Kaname, you never know how people’s feelings change. So it’s all up to me!”
End of chapter (✿◕‿◕✿)