You're on the ground doing sit ups, feeling the burn in your stomach and chest. Izana sits on your bed watching you. You sigh and let go, lying flat on the ground.
"I didn't take you for the type of girl to exercise..." Izana says smiling down at you. You stare up at him, breathing heavy from the mini workout you just did.
"Well... no I don't normally exercise..." You pant. Izana tilts his head a bit to your statement.
"You can fight... right?"
"Mhm..." You hum.
"How did you learn?"
"What do you mean?" You ask, pushing yourself up.
"Did you take classes or did you learn from experience?"
"I was taught."
"Interesting... Didn't your teacher tell you that you had to stay fit to keep up?" He asks, leaning down on the bed and smiling at you. You furrow your eyebrows and sigh, wiping the beads of sweat off your face.
"Are you judging me?"
"Not at all..." He smiles.
You relax your eyes and then stand up, stretching a bit.
"I feel like you are..." You softly say, walking out the room. Izana stands up and follows behind you. You grab a cup and fill it up with water. You take a few sips and then place the cup on the counter. You walk towards the couch and flop down. Izana stays still, staring at you.
"What's on your mind?" He calmly asks. You relax your eyes and look off to the side.
"A lot..." You quietly say. He sits down beside you. You slowly look towards him. His orchid color eyes look back at you.
"Like what?" He slowly says. You furrow your eyebrows and then relax them, staring in the direction of your room.
"My grandmother is planning to move soon..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" He says with a concerned look on his face. You slowly look towards him.
"My grandmother wants to move to the mountains... she told me that was her home before the city was... it was something my grandfather wanted too."
"Are you going with her?"
"I don't know..." You calmly answer.
"... so you are going to leave me too?"
You quickly look towards him. He has an odd look on his face. You can't tell if he's angry, upset, sad, or disappointed.
"No- I just don't know what I want to do..." You slowly say, looking back towards your bedroom.
"You should stay here..." He quickly says. You look towards him. "We can become bakers like you said."
"Right..." You slowly nod and then smile at him. His eyes widen and then soften.
It's raining outside. You sit in your room, flipping and flopping around in your bed. You sigh loudly trying to think of what to do. Not having school sucks but being restless is a lot worse. You quickly sit up and grab your phone, staring down at your contacts. You slowly browse, staring at each name in your contacts. Then you stop at Mikey. Your eyes widen and then relax.
"Do you actually love me?" You question. You close your eyes and furrow your eyebrows, dropping the phone out your hand and slapping your cheek. You hold and squeeze your face and then groan loudly. Your eyes widen when you hear the door to the stairs open.
"Yuki?" A voice says. You jolt up off your bed and quickly make your way out your room. It's your aunt Hikari.
"Hey..."
"You okay?" She asks, closing the door behind her.
"Yeah of course. Why do you ask?" You question. She smiles a bit and places all the bags in her hands on the counter.
"I heard you groaning when I came in... I was scared I came in on something." She laughs a bit.
"UH-"
"HAHA! DON'T BE SO SHY!" She laughs. You blush and look towards the food on the counter.
"What's all of this?" You ask pointing to the food on the counter.
"Food... You don't have any food in the fridge or cabinets... makes me feel like no one is living here. Soooo... I decided to go shopping and buy food for the place. I was planning on making katsudon... or should I just make udon..." She says, tilting her head a bit. You shrug. She narrows her eyes and then sighs. "Fish it is then." She grabs the bags and carries it to the fridge.
You slowly walk towards the couch and lay down on it. You hear as she places the stuff in the bag in the fridge. You sigh and roll onto your stomach, staring off towards the door to the stairs.
"I'm actually surprised you have been around here so often lately... don't you have friends?" Hikari asks. You slowly look at her and then back towards the door. She stares at you, an eyebrow raised. She takes a deep breath and walks over towards you. "What's wrong?" She asks, as she moves your legs aside and sits on the couch.
You look towards her and slowly sit up.
"Have you ever had a boyfriend?" You ask.
"A boyfriend?" She questions. You nod and she looks forward. Then she shakes her head and looks towards you. "Not yet..."
"Really? You're so pretty though... I'm surprised you haven't dated anyone yet." You say with a disappointed tone.
"It sounds like you were hoping I had one..." She giggles. You frown and look back towards the door.
"You know... there was this one guy..." She softly says. You look at her in surprise.
"Huh?"
"But I heard he passed away..." She softly says standing up.
"..." You stare at her not knowing how to answer.
"Haha! He's a lot older then me though..." She laughs as she walks into the room. You stare at her not knowing how to respond. You hear shuffling from the background. She walks back to you with a box in her hand. She sits down beside you and slowly opens it. "I don't think he ever liked me back." She softly laughs.
"What do you mean?" You question.
"When I liked him... he was like... twenty." She laughs.
"Okay... and how old were you?" You ask.
"fourteen..."
"HUUUUUUUUUH" You shout. "WERE YOU TRYING TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE!?" You say in a panic. She laughs. You furrow your eyebrows.
"Can't a girl have a crush..." She laughs. "I know I was young... but that was the first time I ever liked a guy..."
"Did he allow you to be around?" You ask.
"Nope! Not really..." She laughs. "I think I made him a bit uncomfortable... but he did tell me it was kind of cute that I admired him. He was so sweet." She smiles. "I would always tell him when I turn eighteen... I would want him to be my boyfriend..." Her smile disappears. You look at her feeling a bit confused.
"So... what happened?" You ask. She slowly shakes her head. You tilt your head a bit.
"He ended up passing away before I turned eighteen."
"Oh..." You say in a sad tone.
"It upset me so much..." She says in a sad tone as she stares down at the box. "I really meant everything. I really wanted to be with him..."
"What was he like?" You ask. She smiles and looks at you.
"He was really sweet... and funny." She pulls out a photo. "This is a photo I took with him..." She says showing you. You take the photo and slowly examine it. Hikari was really cute. She has a cute smile on her face and short hair.
"How old were you in this photo?" You ask.
"I was seventeen..." She smiles.
"Ah... Did he own a bike?" You ask, pointing towards the bikes in the background of the photo.
"Mhm..." She smiles. "He let me ride on the bike with him one time. It was really fun."
"What was his name?" You ask.
"Shinichiro Sano." She softly says. Your eyes widen and you quickly look at her.
"Shinichiro?" You say in shock.
"Mhm." She smiles. "Shinichiro Sano... a guy a lot of people looked up to... even me." She bubbles. You stare at her. She genuinely looks happy talking about him. The fact she knows who he is is oddly amazing to you.
"Have you met his brother before?" You ask.
"Yeah... Manjiro Sano." She says. Her face still. Your eyebrows furrow. "I went to school with him."
"HUH?" You say in shock. She looks at you confused.
"Is it really that surprising?"
"I don't know..." You say frowning a bit. "I would have thought you would of went to my school..."
"No... I wasn't in that district... I went to middle school and high school with him. One year each. He was always a first year... and me a third year." She sighs and tilts her head to the side. "He knew I liked his brother... and would always ask me weird questions." She huffs. "Actually... he was the one who told me Shinichiro passed away." She looks through the box some more, reminiscing with the stuff inside. "I wonder how he is now..." She then furrows her eyebrows and looks at you.
"How did you know what school he went to...?" She asks. Your eyes widen and then you look away feeling a little anxious.
"Well..."
"Well what?"
"I know him..."
"You do? How is he-?" She asks. You furrow your eyebrows and fidget your sleeve.
"I don't know if he likes me or not..."
"Huh?" She looks at you confused.
"It's hard to explain... but I think he loves me." You slowly say looking back at her. She looks at you in surprise.
"He loves you?" She question. "How long have you known him?"
"Uh... for a while now..." You slowly say. She looks back at the box and takes a deep breath.
"Well... why does it matter if he loves you or not." She implies. You look up at her.
"What do you mean?" You say in a confused tone. She looks at you and smiles.
"You aren't asking that question because you are wondering if he loves you..."
"..."
"You are asking that because you yourself don't know your own feelings." She says pointing towards you. You furrow your eyebrows trying to understand what she meant. "Yuki."
"Hm..." You look at her.
"Do you love Manjiro Sano?" She asks. Your eyes widen.