Chapter 2: The Determined Girl

Yasuhiro wakes up in the morning and gets ready as usual. As Yasuhiro goes out of his house, he is now walking to school. "Kawano-Kun!" A girl behind him called his name. "Oh shit," Yasuhiro thought to himself and ran. "You can't get away from me, Kawano-Kun!" The girl behind him said as she also runs. "Ughh, Kazumi-chan. I told you since last year, leave me alone!" Yasuhiro thought to himself. Yasuhiro outsmarted Kazumi by taking detours. "Thank god, I lost her," Yasuhiro says to himself. Now Yasuhiro runs again to the school. He arrived barely again on time because of the detours that he took. He checked the entrance hallway real quick just in case Kazumi is waiting there. "Coast is clear," Yasuhiro thought to himself. Yasuhiro entered his classroom now. Time passes by. In Science Class, "All of you students are gonna be partnered in pairs and of course, It's gonna be random." The teacher said to all the students. Yasuhiro was paired up with Hikaru Ozawa. "Today, class. We'll be experimenting with water and what happens if we burn it to its burning point or cool it to its freezing point.". The teacher started lecturing on how to do the experiment. "Ok! Ozawa-chan, can you bring me the burner right there?" Yasuhiro asks Hikaru. "S-sure, here you go!" Hikaru says as she brings the burner to Yasuhiro. Yasuhiro turns on the burner and put the cup of water on top of it. Although Yasuhiro turned it on, the level of heat was only 3. Hikaru and Yasuhiro waited and waited for the water to vaporize but it didn't happen. "Ahhh, what's the problem here? Why is it not vaporizing?" Yasuhiro asked himself. Yasuhiro is really bad at science so he doesn't have a single clue on how to do the experiment although Hikaru is really good at science. "Kawano-Kun, u-uhh," Hikaru says. "Hm?" Yasuhiro answered. "T-there was something wrong on the heat level there," Hikaru explained. Yasuhiro noticed that the heat level was only at 3 (really low). "I didn't notice that," Yasuhiro said. "Well, thanks for the advice, Ozawa-chan!" Yasuhiro continued while he smiled. Hikaru seemed happy that she got complimented. The bell rang and science class is now over.

It is lunchtime now. Yasuhiro and Yoshihiro sat on a bench somewhere on school grounds and ate their lunch. "Man, geometry is so damn hard!" Yoshihiro complained. "I know right." Yasuhiro agreed with Yoshihiro. Yasuhiro sees Hikaru in the distance, looking like she's finding herself a good seat so she can eat her lunch. She seats under a sakura tree. Yasuhiro stares at her from the distance. "She is.. very beautiful" Yasuhiro thought to himself. "Hey! Earth to Yasu-san?" Yoshihiro says to Yasuhiro while snapping his fingers. "Oh, what?" Yasuhiro replies. Yoshihiro notices that he was staring at Hikaru. "Ah I see," Yoshihiro says to Yasuhiro. "You were staring at Ozawa-chan right now, weren't you?" Yoshihiro continued. "What? No" Yasuhiro tries to deny. "Sure, buddy," Yoshihiro replies. The bell now rang and lunchtime was over. The day passes by and school is now over. Yasuhiro heads back to the dorms. "Got you, Kawano-Kun!" Kazumi says out of nowhere and jumps on Yasuhiro. "Hey! Get off me, Kazumi-chan." Yasuhiro says to Kazumi. "For the last time, I am not accepting your love confession!" Yasuhiro says to Kazumi. "Well, I'll make you fall in love with me," Kazumi replies back. "That's not possible," Yasuhiro says to Kazumi. "Get off me now," Yasuhiro asks Kazumi. "Fine.." Kazumi says as she gets back up. Yasuhiro rolled back up and runs. "Later!" Yasuhiro says while he runs. "Hey! I never said you can run away!" Kazumi said as she runs to catch up with Yasuhiro.