CHANGE OF ATMOSPHERE. . .

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A normal day for Tsukasa and his minions meant: Tsukasa whining and nagging at Sakura, acting like a five year-old child (no surprise there), Natsuhiko flirting with Sakura, Tsukasa getting jealous and grumbling threats, and making evil plans on how to ruin everyone's lives. Blame Tsukasa for the last part because he does it for no reason.

But today, something was off.

Sakura sensed it.

Natsuhiko sensed it.

And Tsukasa—he's the one who caused it.

Sure, Natsuhiko flirted, and they came up with some plans. But Tsukasa, he was acting strange. When he came in the Broadcasting Club room, he eyed Natsuhiko, before he just sat down on the couch and slumped.

The atmosphere grew cold.

Natsuhiko and Sakura shared a worried glance at each other. It wasn't everyday Tsukasa acted moody.

Sakura cautiously approached Tsukasa. If there's one thing she learned from hanging out with an unstable toddler, it was to be careful with each action you take, because the consequences aren't pretty. "Tsukasa?"

The said boy didn't even glance back at her, he just stared lifelessly on the ground.

Sakura tried again. "Tsukasa?"

Tsukasa looked up, but looked away again, as if he didn't even see Sakura.

The green-eyed girl grew annoyed. "Tsukasa!" She called out, yet sternly.

"What?" Tsukasa asked back, clearly annoyed and not in the mood to deal with them.

Sakura almost gasped. Almost.

But Natsuhiko did. "What the hell happened to you?"

Tsukasa glared at Natsuhiko. "None of your business. Go away."

Whoa, both Sakura and Natsuhiko thought in unison.

Sakura forced herself to calm down. If she wants to solve this, she should do it rationally. And really, the only rational way is to baby him. "Tsukasa, are you okay?" She asked with a gentle smile.

Something in Tsukasa's eyes softened, but he forced himself to look away before Sakura could dwell on it further. "I'm fine," he snapped.

Sakura didn't flinch. She turned to Natsuhiko, instead. "Can you leave us alone for a while?"

Natsuhiko opened his mouth to protest, but realized he didn't want both Tsukasa and Sakura to get mad at him. He just nodded and left.

"Tsukasa."

"Go away."

"Tsukasa, tell me what happened," Sakura said, sitting on the spot beside him. "Let me help."

Tsukasa still avoided eye contact. "I don't need your help."

"I am not dealing with this, Tsukasa." Sakura frowned when Tsukasa still didn't budge. "If you're going to keep acting like this, I'm going to leave you."

"If you finish school, would you forget me?"

Sakura was caught off guard. Tsukasa never talked about it before. In fact, she thought he didn't really think about it because he's just like that. But, since school year is about to end, it makes sense that Tsukasa would ponder aloud.

"Tsukasa. . ."

The said boy stayed silent.

For once, Sakura wished he was all noisy and annoying rather than cold and annoying.

Suddenly, Sakura felt herself get tackled into a hug. A tight one, too. Sakura reluctantly hugged back, getting more and more worried with how weird he's acting.

Tsukasa sniffled.

Sakura rolled her eyes and pat him gently. "You're such a spoiled cat. I don't know where all of this is coming from, but those are useless thoughts. You know that the last thing I would ever do is pretend none of this existed."

Tsukasa peered up from the hug and stared at Sakura with wide eyes. "Really? Even if Natsuhiko tells you to?"

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows. "What do you mean by that?"

Tsukasa flinched.

"Tsukasa, are you jealous of Natsuhiko?"

"No. . ." It came out more like a squeak.

Sakura breathed in deeply. "Natsuhiko's flirting is just playful. Don't get jealous of him. I wouldn't dream of being his assistant instead."

Tsukasa chuckled. "Okay. . .that's all I needed to hear." He buried his face on her neck and relaxed, both of them having content smiles (even if Sakura only had a small one).

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