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I wanna
Hold your
Hand
The Beatles
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Summer break was drawing in close. The heat was starting to get to all of us. I believed the only good part of summer was the pool.

Yes, you heard right. The pool was indeed opening. Less than a month in fact. But the ones putting in the hard work for it? The astronomy club. I, of course, offered to help the wonderful boy who turned my world upside down.

It was only Tuesday in the newly started week and I no longer had a reason to visit the piano room during lunch breaks. It's not like I could just waltz over to my house and play. At least five times an hour Tsukasa would throw small pieces of paper at me to get me to stop fiddling my fingers. During lunch, Amane held my hands in his so that I would stop tapping them against the floor.

You may think that I was yearning to get my hands on some piano keys. Well, that was what my friends thought. The truth was that I was extremely nervous or either excited to see Amane shirtless.

Did he have abs? Did he have a bird chest? Sure we've had water fights when I was little and...flat. And I've seen Tsukasa shirtless for some reason a number of times. For some reason?

Amane stared at me while I was contemplating silently. His mind was clouded by the events that happened the weekend prior and his face flushed red to think that he kissed me. He kissed the girl of his dreams just the other day and he couldn't believe it. All he knew is that he definitely wanted to do it again.

Aoi, Nene, and Tsukasa gathered around us and stared at the new couple fondly. They didn't know what was going on in their minds but it knew it was something about the other. It was an almost awkward silence but most of the attention was on the specific two.

The bell rang, signaling lunch was over and I jumped at the sudden noise. Amane's hands let go of mine in surprise but then he started laughing.

"Why are you so jittery today?" Amane smiled softly. We began walking back to class from the empty piano room. The three others began chatting away as they walked ahead of us.

"I honestly have no clue..." I lied. "Why were you so quiet during lunch?"

Amane's eyes widened and his hand immediately went for the back of his neck. "Oh, you know. I was thinking about...things."

My smile turned wicked as I thought I hit the jackpot. Amane was keeping something from me. And he's nervous about it! "About what?" I stepped closer to him and he looked away nervously.

"You? Duh." He said. My face burst into a new red color discovered and I held onto my cheeks. My body lowered down onto the floor. At least he wasn't lying.

Amane smirked at my reaction. He didn't know why it was hard to admit he was thinking about me when he already knew I liked him. He knew how easily it was to get flustered. So before we officially went into the classroom, he gave me a quick peck on the cheek.

I took my seat next to Tsukasa as my eyes showed swirls. This boy was dangerous. How could someone be like him? They couldn't! He was literally perfect and he didn't even try. I mean- sure he has flaws, but doesn't everybody?

Tsukasa poked my cheek with his pencil occasionally. I was no longer thinking about Amane being shirtless. I was thinking about how I wanted him to do that again. My mind soon went...elsewhere. I shook my head off those thoughts before trying to actually pay attention to today's lesson.

After school, the bell rang once more. I was about to walk with Amane down to his club room until I saw Akane speaking to him.

"So man, are you going for soccer tryouts this year again? You were killer last year and we would hate to lose you." Akane spoke while pushing up his glasses.

Wait a minute. I had completely forgotten Amane did soccer last year. And if he has kept up with working out that means- he had abs! I smack my cheeks and slam my head into the book laying on my desk. Stop it (Y/n).

"Yeah. But it'll be an every other day thing. I still have astronomy after all." Amane pushed back the hair that was blocking his eyes. The sun hit him just right from the window and I swear if I had got a picture, I would've died. Unfortunately, the moment was too short for me to grab my phone.

Akane and Amane exchange a few more sentences before doing their own thing. My face was still pressed into the book on my desk so when Amane's hand slammed down on and it scared the death out of me.

"Ready to go?" He asked with a cheeky smile. I slapped his shoulder and pouted.

"That was mean and you know it. You did that on purpose!" I yelled. He began to walk towards his astronomy club with our hands intertwined.

"Worth it." Amane chuckled. Before I knew it, we were already going our separate ways to change. Nene came with me just to check out the other boys in the astronomy club.

"Hurry and get changed (Y/n)." She bounced in the girl's locker room. "I bet they're out there waiting for you. I mean- every guy wants to see your body and we can't deny it." My face flushed so fast I could be the toilet.

"M-me?" I sputtered out. I hadn't even thought of the other people. My mind had been on Amane all day. "Oh no! What are they gonna think?" I said as I put on my school bathing suit.

I only wanted my regular bathing suit in local pools, not school ones. Nene waved her hand in the air. "It's fine, just tie your towel around your waist as a skirt to cover up. Then you won't have to worry!" She smiled, handing me my towel.

I looked at my towel before engulfing her in a hug. "You know just what to do. You're amazing Nene. Now, we can't keep you from those boys any longer can we?" I snickered.

Her hands flew up in the air as she ran out of the bathroom. I tied my towel on my waist and laughed at the weird noises from the boys I heard outside. That's when I suddenly heard the word 'Diakon'.

I knew my friend was insecure about her legs. So I quickly walked out of the changing room and grabbed her wrist in my hand. "C'mon. I'm sure Amane and Tsukasa are at the pool already."

Nene only nodded in response. She held her hand to her mouth and stared at the floor as we walked. They must've said some mean things to her.

Finally, after lord knows how long, the sun kissed my skin and reflected off of the tiles on the pool floor. It was empty but covered in algae and leaves from the mistreatment. Students were already gathered inside of the equipment shed as Amane opened it with the keys.

Was Amane shirtless? Kinda? He was wearing a fully unbuttoned school dress shirt. But. Was I complaining? No way. There was no shirt underneath so I was good.

I could sense the disappointment in the eyes of all the males I passed. They were sad they couldn't see more than my arms and a teeny tiny bit of cleavage. But they weren't complaining either.

I sat Nene and I down at one of the pool tables. I wanted to talk to her before we started working on the things that were said to her.

"Nene? Are you okay?" I crossed my legs in the seat and started to take out a hard orange candy from my bag.

"Hmm? I'm okay. Why are you asking?" She asked, bamboozled. Did she not hear diakon? If she didn't, I shouldn't bring it up. I'll just make an excuse.

"Well you were really quiet and it worried me." I tilted my back and tried to throw the candy into my mouth. Thankfully I succeeded and caught it. "Yes!" I punched a fist up into the air.

Nene looked at me concerned for my weird actions before walking away. It kinda hurt me but when a hand grabbed only my shoulder, I knew why she left.

"Oh, so you're (L/n)! You've been getting pretty popular in the third year so I just had to see for myself."

A boy with brown shaggy hair and an almost cat-like face approached me. I stood up and back away a little freaked out. The boy laughed and put his arms up in defense.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. My name is-"

"Natsuhiko." A new familiar voice joined in our conversation. It was stern and threatening and it sent chills down my spine.

Tsukasa stood five feet away. Sending death glares at the boy in front of me. I was confused. I gripped at my heart and backed away from the two.

"Shit," Natsuhiko mumbled. "Tsukasa! I didn't know you were gonna be here." He laughed nervously while putting his hands in his pockets.

"(Y/n) you stay away from him. You hear me?" Tsukasa demanded. It scared me on how his eyes looked.

Natsuhiko looked between Tsukasa and I. Then he took an angry step towards Tsukasa. "Hey! Don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone while they're trying to ask someone out?"

Suddenly, hands obsessively grabbed me and wrapped around my stomach. His scent gave it away. Not to sound weird-

"She's taken," Amane spoke threateningly. My heart thumped against my chest as Amane pressed his body into my back, hugging me tightly.

Natsuhiko took a step back in nervousness. "Geez. What's up with you twins and your creepy eyes thing?" He sighed.

The astronomy club students observed the scene and gasped at the thought that I was taken by the one they despised. But what could they do? Nothing. Tsukasa sent another nasty glare at the group forming around us and they scattered like flies.

"If she's taken, she's taken. Nothing I can do about it." Natsuhiko huffed and began to walk away.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. But before I could register what was happening, Amane rushed away with me in tow.

"Ahhhh there he goes..." Tsukasa spoke and scratched his head with a cheeky smile. Did he know what was going to happen?

Amane quickly hid us behind the equipment building while Tsukasa tried his best to distract everybody else from where he was taking me. He knew his brother like no one else. He also knew that Amane wanted some privacy.

Amane lips quickly crashed into mine and he looked into my eyes possessively. I didn't mind at all. I thought it was hot. My eyes fluttered closed as I kissed back and soon I was trapped between Amane's arms pressed up into the wall.

My hands started to find their way into his hair, his hands trailed from the wall to the small of my back as he pressed me against himself.

Clearly, I did something right if Amane was kissing me like this. We separated for air for only a moment before he was at it again.

Amane smoothly kissed from my mouth to my neck leaving small little nips on my skin on the way. It was getting harder to breathe. I mean anyone in this situation would find it hard to breathe. He began sucking on one area hidden by my hair.

When he stopped, he placed his head against mine and looked at me lustfully. His eyes sent chills down my spine for the second time that day.

"You're mine. No one else's."
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original release date: June 22 2020