Arc V 30 Days 2015, Day 2: Smiles

He was always sort of a lonely boy. Whenever Ruri saw him in class, or wandering the halls, he was always alone. People even moved out of the way when he passed by. Ruri could never really understand why people seemed to want to avoid Yuuto. He didn’t talk a lot either, but the things he said didn’t seem like the things that would normally be off-putting. He responded when you spoke to him, always polite and well-mannered, which confused to her more. If she had a question and the other students couldn’t answer it, Yuuto usually had the answer.

Really, it baffled her to no end why people weren’t nicer to Yuuto. The other kids in their class often teased her for crushing on him, or even that he was secretly her boyfriend, which she denied at every turn. It didn’t stop the teasing though, much to the girl’s dismay. It didn’t do well for her shy, meek little heart, being at the center of attention for something that wasn’t even true.

The teasing only got worse when it came time the teacher allowed them to change seats. Everyone else in class sat with their friends, naturally. But, like Yuuto, she didn’t have many friends either. The ones that she sort of had were already sitting with each other with no more room. Matter of fact, the only seat left open was the one next to Yuuto. The rest of the class snickered as she made her way over to him, lightly blushing. There was more snickering as she cleared her throat to get his attention. She then looked down and shuffled her feet as Yuuto looked at her with his grey eyes, giving her his full attention.

“…I-is it okay if I sit here?” her voice trembled and she bit her lip, trying her hardest to keep her nervousness invisible.
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