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I could not love you
Any better, I love you
Just the way
You are
Billy Joel
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"M-My Dad." I managed to choke out. It was hard to speak after so much crying. I sipped on my water slowly as Kou used some hydrogen peroxide to clean out the first wound. Every so often he would peer up at me to make sure I was feeling okay. I had figured out that Kou was in the health program.

"Abuse?" Yashiro questioned. She sipped on her own water while I choked on mine. I shook my head vigorously.

"No! He would never do something like that." I spoke softly. Kou lifted my arm to bandage the wound.

"Then what?" Yashiro placed her cup down and stared at me waiting for an answer. Kou was quiet. Though he was focused, I could still tell he was listening.

"He broke my piano. With a sledgehammer." I finally said. My voice trembled just thinking about it. "The sticks are from it. And the bruises are from the flying piano keys."

Yashiro looked at me with pity. Her lips pressed together into a thin line and she looked to the floor. "That's awful. I know how much you love to play." She said.

"What about your hands?" Kou asked, Lifting them up to inspect them.

"Oh, those are from my falls." I shrugged. I was used to that kind of pain by now.

"Your chin?" Kou let my hand fall down to my side and eyed my chin. He really wanted an explanation for everything.

"That too," I admit. I laughed at my clumsiness over my teared eyes. Kou sighed before getting back to work. "I'm sorry to put you through so much trouble, Kou. I mean- we only just met a couple of hours ago."

Kou blushed on the spot and rubbed the back of his neck. The disinfectant dropped from his hand and onto the floor. Yashiro couldn't help but laugh at his reaction. "Ah, It's no problem really. It' good practice I guess." Kou picked up the fallen item and took my hand in his to apply it to my wounds.

"I wish I had Amane's number, then I would've called him," Yashiro said. " I know how much you like him (L/n)" She winked at me. Pink rose up to my cheeks but only a little. What if I had called Amane instead of Yashiro? He would help me of course, But. His mother would send me back home. Though, getting taken care of by Amane doesn't sound so bad.

"You can call me (Y/n) Yashiro. It feels weird when you call me by my last name now." I told the girl. She looked at me with sparkling eyes.

"R-Really? Then you can call me Nene!" she cheered. I smiled at her and nodded my head in agreement. This girl had already done more than enough for me. It's only fair.

"You said Amane's number? I have it." Kou said. How come Kou knows all of my friends, but I haven't met him before? I sipped on my water as Nene and Kou talked. By now, Kou had finished tugging out all of the sticks and giving my wound's medical attention. He was now disinfecting the scrapes on my hands and my chin.

"Wanna hand that number over then? I'll give him a call." Nene asked. I was about to protest but Kou had already handed his phone over to Yashiro. Sure I was excited to see my crush. But when I look like this? No.

"His contact name is Hanako. Don't ask why he just said he liked it." Kou said. He finished cleaning the scrapes and started to clean up the medical supplies. To be honest, Kou was more planned out and organized than any boy I have ever met before.

"Hanako..." I mumbled. Flower? It's pretty. But wasn't it a bit girly for Amane?

"Hello?" Nene quickly dialed the number on Kou's phone and waited through the rings. A male voice had come from Nene's phone. She had him on speaker.

"This is Amane, right? I'm Yashiro." She had said. Nene paced around the room with her eyes on me. I shifted uncomfortably. It was quiet on the other line. As if he was trying to remember who Nene was.

"Who's that Amane?" Another voice had come from the phone, Tsukasa's. A bunch of rumbling could be heard.

Amane quickly shushed Tsukasa. "Yashiro?     (L/n)'s friend? What did you need?" He asked. We could hear Tsukasa complaining in the background. I smiled at the sound of my favorite people.

"Ahhh well, I thought I should call you because she got hurt," Nene said into her phone speaker. She looked at me with mischievous eyes like she was planning something. My eyes widened and I shook my head no to her. But she ignored me. Was she really going to bring him here?

"She's hurt? What happened?" Amane asked worriedly. Tsukasa had now completely stopped talking to listen. I kept on shaking my head to tell Nene to stop talking but she whipped her head in another direction. She's not going to listen. Kou looked at the scene unfold. He had no clue what was exactly happening.

"I'm okay!" yelled from the side of the room, Hoping the phone caught my voice. Yashiro shushed me quickly and put a hand over my mouth to make sure I stayed quiet. Kou snickered at Nene as she continued to speak.

"She's not really. I thought that you should come over since you guys are good friends. Maybe that would make her feel better? I mean, she did run over here crying after all." Nene suggested. My face flushed at her sudden proposal. If she put it like that, how could he refuse? My hands flew up to my face. The other line went silent for a while. We waited for his answer. A door was opened and shut on the other line.

"What's your address?"

Nene grinned at the phone and quickly kicked Kou out of her room. She told Amane her address while handing me some clothes to change into. My uniform was stained, so as soon as it was off, Nene walked out of the room to clean it. Now I stood up in front of Nene's bedroom mirror. I was wearing shorts with a simple tank-top. My hair was up in a messy bun. I sighed at my appearance. I was grateful to have a friend like Nene. Even if her style wasn't as flavorful as I would like it to be. "I'm done!" I yelled to no one in particular. Nene came upstairs and looked at me.

"Comfy right?" She asked. I nodded slowly and sat down on her comfy bed."Kou's talking to the twins downstairs. I only though Amane was coming. Apparently his brother was persistent on coming as well." Nene smiled at me. I jumped up from the bed.

"They're already here?" I asked. As if on cue, Amane pushed the door open with ease. Nene took notice of the situation and squeezed her way out of the room. Tsukasa slightly pushed Amane into the room before closing the door.

Amane looked up at me with uneasiness in his eyes. He rushed to my side and lifted me up in the biggest hug that I had ever received. I instinctively wrapped my legs around his torse so that I wouldn't fall. His head was buried into my shoulder. He let go of my back and grabbed my face with his hands to force me to look at him. "He broke your piano?" He asked softly. His hands left my face and went to my waist to support me. I didn't say anything while he continued to stare. I was speechless. This boy had literally swept me off my feet. All I could do was a nod.

Amane looked down in sadness. He understood the situation perfectly. I had mentioned my father to him before when I was little, About his goal to make me take over the shop. But he never knew it had been this bad. Amane walked over to the couch in the room and sat us both down, I went to move off of him but his hands on my waist kept me planted on his lap. My face flushed and I looked at him with wide eyes.

"You slept on me just yesterday You wouldn't mind doing it again would you?" Amane questioned. I couldn't read his expression. Did he want me to? Or was it so I could get some real rest? Amane's eyes never left mine which made it ten times harder for me to contemplate.

"Okay..." I gave in. can you blame me? My arms wrapped around his shoulders and my face found itself comfortable on top of them. His hands rubbed my back soothingly. I got comfortable pretty fast, But my heart was racing. I was sitting in my crushes lap. And oh my gosh does he look hot. He wasn't in his normal everyday uniform anymore. He was in public clothes. A simple white shirt with a black jacket with some normal jeans. Sure it sounded simple but, it was hot.

I had only seen Amane four hours ago. How could I miss him that much?

I had gotten used to our close proximity and started to dose off. Nene and Tsukasa walked into the room and took photos of us at some point. It seemed like Amane was asleep himself. I carefully got off of his lap and snuggled into his chest from the side. My legs had fallen asleep in that position and I didn't want it to be the same when we woke up. He was warm. Just like his eyes. I didn't pay mind to the two other people in the room. I didn't see Kou so he must've gone home. Tsukasa and Nene continued to chat until Tsukasa got a message from his mother.

He softly tapped on Amane's shoulder to wake his dear brother up. Amane's eyes fluttered open. Amane noticed his brothers from in front of him. "Tsukasa? What did you need?" He wiped the sleep away from his eyes with the free arm that I wasn't clinging onto.

"Take a look at this." Tsukaks showed Amane the picture of me straddling him as we slept. Amane swiped at his brother's phone quickly to try to be rid of the picture. Of course, he was going to send it to himself first, then delete it.

"Pay up." Tsukasa said. Nene stood at the side of the room. She knew about the picture, she just didn't understand what was happening at the current moment.

Amane scoffed at his brother and smiled menacingly. "Oh, do I need to tell mom what you were doing yesterday?" He threatened. "Maybe we should take a look in your his-"

"Stop talking!" Tsukasa quickly ran over to his brother and placed his palms over Amane's mouth to shush him. "Okay okay! I'll pay you for your silence." Tsukasa admitted. Tsukasa took a glance over to the innocent girl at the side of the room. Luckily, Nene was as confused as ever as to what they were talking about.

My eyes fluttered open at Tsukasa's loudness. All three pairs of eyes look at me expectantly. As if they were waiting for me to say something. I sat up from leaning on Amane and rubbed the sleep from my eyes.

"What?" I asked.

Amane shook his head and chuckled while Tsukasa tapped on his phone while glaring at his brother. I glanced around the room curiously. My eyesight was still a little fuzzy from sleeping.

"Nene! I'm home!" A strong woman's voice came from downstairs.

"I have friends over mom, I'll be down in a bit!" Nene yelled back to her mother.

"I guess that's our cue to leave Tsukasa." Amane said to his brother while standing up from the couch. Tsukasa nodded and started for the door, Nene following suit.

Amane looked at me before leaving himself. His hand found its place on top of my head as he bent down to my level on the couch. "Will I see you at school tomorrow?" He asked softly. "It's understandable if not, I'll just come visit you here."

"Yes, I'll be there tomorrow. My parents will be looking for me so I'll probably spend my whole day in my piano room." I said lazily. I liked how his hand was on my head. It was warm and comforting.

Amane nodded in understanding before exiting with his brother. Nene showed them out while I stayed in her room, still trying to fully wake up.

What am I going to do if they find me tomorrow?
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Original release date: May 11 2020