“MISAO, GOOD MORNING!’
Toshiro excitedly rushed towards me as soon as he entered the lecture room. This is our daily scenario – him greeting me first with a smile that’ll instantly make my day. I didn’t realize how much I miss this until now.
I’m happy. Or maybe, a little too happy I can’t help but greet him back with a smile which I never did before. I am a guy with a stern looking face anyways. “Good morning Toshiro. Did you sleep well?”
“Oh.” He looked astonished and was in daze for a second staring at my face.
“Oh? You guys are already made up?” Si Fumihiro.
“We had a talk yesterday.” I answered briefly.
He just nodded. Then he took his usual chair beside Toshiro.
“Toshiro, what is it? Is there something on my face?”
He let out a tittering laugh. “N-Nothing. Do you have new movies?”
I raised a brow. “You just arrived…”
“Come on, Misao…”
“The class is about to start, I’ll share it with you later.”
“Please, Misao…” He pleaded, this time longer than the first try.
I heaved a deep sigh then I pulled a paper bag from underneath my table. “I bought you breakfast. I know you don’t eat breakfast before you leave for school.”
I took a box out from the bag and a cup of iced latte, placing them over Toshiro’s table. He looked amuse looking at the food in front of him.
“Wow, Burger Joint! Your treat, Misao?”
“Hmm? If you want to pay for it, then it’s fine with me…”
“Nah! This is your treat.” He chugged on the coffee first.
“Oi. Where’s our share?” Keita suspiciously chimed in.
“Here.” I handed him a regular burger and then to Fumihiro.
“Thanks Misao.” Keita said as he unwrapped the burger and took a big bite on it. He suddenly stopped chewing when he glanced over at Toshiro. Toshiro was happily eating his double-patty bacon and cheese burger while munching his fries.
“Oi, Why was Toshiro’s burger deluxe? He even has fries.”
“He already gave you food for free, what are you blabbering about, Keita?” It’s Fumihiro.
“He’s giving him special treatment…” Keita pouted.
“I know that Toshiro likes that set that’s why I ordered that for him.”
“You don’t know what’s my favorite set from Burger Joint, Misao?” Keita’s burger was already half eaten but he’s still trying to make an argument.
I sigh. “I know.”
“You know? Then why?’
“It’s just like what you’ve said… Special Treatment.”
We all heard a choke from beside me, it was Toshiro.
“S-Sorry. I’m fine.” He said in between coughing.
I hand him his coffee and notice him turned beet red.
***
‘Hey, what are you doing?’ Send.
Seen. Typing…
‘I just finished the movie you shared. It’s so good! I really like that kind of story!” At the end of his message was a fist emoji.
I could feel myself smiling on the phone. ‘I know’
‘You know?’
‘Yep. It’s already late, You should sleep.’
‘Right haha. Misao, goodnight.’
I was about to reply when another message from him popped out. ‘Thanks for the food earlier.’
‘No worries. I can buy you breakfast every morning if you want to.’
‘Omg no, you should not bother. It’ll be troublesome for you if you do that every day.”
‘So… is it okay if it’s every other day?’
It took a minute before he responded to my message. ‘hahaha, it’s up to you Misao.’
Again another smile crept into my face. ‘It’s up to me, okay?’
‘Just so you know, I don’t have that much money to pay for that set every other day, okay?’
‘Don’t worry about that. Btw, you really should rest now’
‘hahaha I know… good night Misao.”
‘Goodnight Toshiro. I love you…’
My last message was left on read.
I’m happy that Toshiro and I are back from how we were before but it’s obvious that he’s avoiding my feelings. I can’t blame him if he continues acting that way when I was the one who asked for that in the first place, that he just has to continue being friends with me without worrying about my feelings. But still I want to continue showing him how much he means to me and how much I love him.
I’ll be a hypocrite if I say that I am content by the way things are between us because honestly at the back of my mind I really really want him to like me back. And I am hoping that with this effort he’ll eventually grow feelings for me.
I was waiting for sleep to come when my phone suddenly beeped, a notification for a new message. I reached for my phone and looked at who could be messaging at this hour.
‘A new message request.’
I clicked on it and found a familiar face with a name I know to heart.
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