CHAPTER 4 It had been a week since the Volleyball tournament had ended… and one week since the incident with Yamashita between the trees. Kusano had not mentioned it to anyone. Not even Shige. It was to embarrassing. Just after the kiss, Kusano had to run into the bathroom to throw up. Kusano had been avoiding Yamashita as good as he could the last couple of days. Thinking of it made him sick. He wanted to ask Yamashita why he did what he did, but he did not dear to contact him. Kusano had stolen Yamashita’s cell phone number from Shige’s phone the day before. So he could send him a message instead of asking him at school. ‘Why did you kiss me?’ Message sent. Kusano was sitting on his bed, leaning his back to the wall, wrapped in a blanket. It was Friday afternoon. Kusano had pretended to be sick this morning so he did not have to go to school. Luckily his mother had believed him and let him stay at home. Kusano’s cell phone started to vibrate in his hand. It was calling. Kusano held up his cell phone to see who was calling. Yamashita it stood. Kusano hesitated before answering “Moshi moshi?” “Its Yamashita here, I call because of your message” Yamashita said calmly. “And?” Kusano said, trying not to sound too desperate to know the answer to his question. “Let’s meet at the first café you see when you enter the shopping mal around eight, I’ll answer you then” Yamashita said and hung up. Just like that. The clock turned 7:45pm and Kusano was on his way down to the shopping mal. It was raining. Again. But this time Kusano had his rain cloak on. He had gotten it from Shige the third day he had showed up at school without wearing a rain cloak. “You’ll get sick Hiro-chan” Shige had said and given him a bluish rain cloak. The one he had gotten from Shige was prettier then the one he had from before, so he had given his old one to his little sister. When Kusano arrived at the café, Yamashita was already there. Yamashita smiled at the sight of Kusano and waved him over to where he was sitting. “Hey there” Yamashita said and smiled cutely. “Hi back at you” Kusano replied and took of his rain cloak, hanging it over the back of the chair. “I ordered soda for both of us” Yamashita said and shoved one of the glasses over to Kusano’s side of the table. “Wasn’t necessary, I’m not staying long” Kusano mumbled and sat down on the chair. “Not? Aw… to bad” Yamashita pouted and bite the straw he had in his mouth. “Now” Kusano took a swig of his soda “Why did you” Kusano lowered his voice into a whisper “kiss me that day?” Yamashita laughed a bit and stared out of the window “As I told you before, I’m not into girl anymore.” “So you’re gay” Kusano stated. “Not really, just bisexual” Yamashita grinned. “Whatever, you still haven’t answered my question!” Kusano snapped. Yamashita turned around to face Kusano and smiled. “Do you remember the first week at school this year?” Yamashita asked friendly, crossing his arms over his chest. “Barely…” Kusano smirked. “Well, let me re-fresh it for you” Yamashita leant back in the chair and started talking again in a calm voice. “I think it was Wednesday, because that’s when you have gym. You were coming out of the wardrobe with Kato and you ran me down.” Yamashita giggled “You landed upon me to be exact.” Yamashita bent over the table to be just a few inches from Kusano’s face “I’ve been in love with you ever since.”