An awkward encounter
Mizuki yawned, slowly opening their eyes. Shit. Had they overslept? They took a second to process where they were. Yep, exactly where they fell asleep. However, their purple haired friend was nowhere to be found ! He left them asleep on the roof, what a dick. Mizuki thought whilst standing up from the mess of hoodies and jackets on the floor and headed towards the edge of the roof, staring down at the empty school below.
Was anyone even still here or were they the last? Was it really that late? Mizuki glanced up at the night sky. The moon illuminated the building below. It looked to be around 10pm?
“Huh I guess that random skill Rui taught me wasn’t so useless after all.”
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“Mizuki. If you’re gonna keep sleeping on the roof you need to learn how to tell the time. No not through your phone as it’s normally dead. Don’t even try to deny it.” Rui said as if scolding a child.
“Fine…. It’s not as if you don’t sleep up here aswell” mizuki muttered
“Atleast I don’t sleep up here practically every day?”
“Ok! I get the point. What is this mystery method of telling the time then? Getting a watch? No thanks.”
Rui spent the rest of the school day teaching Mizuki how to tell roughly what time it was through the moon and where it is in the sky.
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“Who would’ve thought I’d still remember it even after all this time..” All of a sudden Mizuki was pulled from their thoughts by the roof door slamming open and someone shouting
“HEY YOU! STOP!” Mizuki looked around the rooftop, who the fuck had shouted that? Well turns out night classes exist ( not that Mizuki forgot or anything… ) and it just so happened to be a student from said night classes. It was a short, brunette girl, who was staring at Mizuki as if she’d just seen a ghost.
“Oh my god! You are so loud! Some people are trying to sleep here” Mizuki said rolling their eyes. This seemed to take the mystery girl aback, a brief look of confusion flashing on her face before going back to her normal (?) serious face.
“Why are you up here…?” Mystery girl asked, slowly stepping towards Mizuki as if they were a fragile gem. Mizuki stepped back. Who the fuck was this girl?
“Now now… don’t do a-anything you might regret…” Mystery girl stuttered, confused on how to speak considering Mizuki was pretty much at the fence of the roof.
“I’m sorry, WHAT?!” Holy shit. This girl thought. No way. No fucking way. This mystery girl thought Mizuki was going to jump?! Their suspicions were confirmed when the mystery girl spoke again.
“Don’t do it. It’s not worth it it I promise. Trust me on this, you’ll regret it.” The mystery girl said with a sad glint in her eye. It quickly changed to a look of confusion once she looked back up at mizuki.
“HUH?!” Any sympathy or worry Mystery girl had for Mizuki had vanished in an instant as mizuki was currently trying to hold back laughter.
“You actually thought- I’m s-sorry I’m sorry.” Mizuki said giggling through most the sentence. Sure they had thought about it a few times but who would be dumb enough to throw themselves off a school roof?? They could already imagine the assembly on suicide and mental health. All the popular girls pretending they were best friends to get attention and sympathy. Yikes. The more realistic solution would be, the school covers it up and opens the school an hour late. The assembly would probably be preserved for if a popular kid does it not a loner like Mizuki. Wait why were they even thinking about this? Mizuki looked back at the Mystery girl after their laughing fit. She had a pissed off expression on her face in place of her worried or shocked one. That was odd..
“I’m sorry? Why the fuck are you laughing?! I’m trying to be kind here and stop you from throwing yourself off this fucking roof! So why are you laughing?!” The mystery girl all but screamed scaring off any wildlife within a 50 meter radius. Yikes mood change much? Mizuki thought, whilst making a mental note never to piss her off again. But then again… it was quite funny…
“Now look here Mystery girl. I couldn’t give less of a fuck about you trying to be kind, even if I wanted to! Also I’m not trying to kill myself. I’d prefer to die in a more stylish way like getting exploded ! This is just kinda crappy..”
“OH!!” Mystery girls face instantly went bright red. That was awful. She thought to herself. She had just told some random stranger not to kill themselves for no reason. Mystery girl wanted nothing more than to just run away, at this point it wouldn’t even be as awkward as what had just happened.
“U-UH U-UHM I-I’m so s-so sorry about this.. I-I just assumed that you were…” She stuttered over her words whilst trying to hide her face in her hands.
“It’s all good don’t worry about it! So… uh what’s your name?” Mizuki had realised even after this they never got her name. Looking at her now, mystery girl was actually really pretty… with her silky dark hair and auburn eyes, they could get lost in them fore-
“Hello? Earth to whoever you are!! Were you even listening to me? I said my name is Shinonome Ena, what about you?” The mystery girl now named Ena had said all of her previous embarrassment now gone. Mizuki could swear their eyes were just pure hearts at this point. A blush slowly crept over Mizuki’s cheeks as they admired the brunette. What a pretty name.. Ena huh? Oh wait. They haven’t given their name yet.
“O-oh yeah ! I’m sorry… nice to meet you Shinonome-san I’m Akiyama Mizuki!”
“I think we are past the honorifics, Mizuki. We’ve been through enough already to consider us past that. Don’t you agree?” Holy shit. This was not happening. Their name sounded so nice though Ena’s voice. Her voice was so smooth Mizuki didn’t even know that was possible!
“Yeah I believe we are past that, Enanan.” WHAT THE FUCK MIZUKI?? They internally screamed at themself, processing what they had just said. Enanan??? Ena said they could use her first name not make up a whole random nickname for her?! This was so embarrassing…
Mizuki hesitantly glanced back up at Ena after previously covering their face in embarrassment. Oh~? Even though thry couldn’t see properly due to it being night they could’ve sworn they saw a blush on Ena’s face. Mizuki was expecting to look up and get a punch straight to the face white how she acted before. Now she seems like a completely different person.
“OH! Well then, nice to meet you, Mizu~ Can I ask what you were even doing on the rooftop at this time of night then?” Mizuki swore their heart just stopped beating. MIZU?! Oh my god. Was this real? Holy shit. Holy shit holyshitholyshit-
“Hello? Earth to Mizuki?” A hand waving in front of their face snapped them out of their thoughts. Ok that was officially the cutest thing ever. Seeing them get all flustered like that!! Ena thought to herself.
“Oh wait. We’re on the roof aren’t we? I kind of forgot” Mizuki giggled suddenly remembering they actually were still in school. They’d completely forgotten where they were with all that happened in the past hour.
“Uh yeah, we are? How did you forget??” Ena stares at mizuki in confusion
“Oops. Uh I guess I fell asleep whilst skipping and I overslept which led into the night classes? What about you, Ena?” Ena instantly froze in shock. Shit. Quick an excuse Andy excuse! She thought to herself before shrugging nervously.
“Uh. Night classes got boring so I skipped… yeah that.” Bullshit. Mizuki saw straight through her shitty lie but decided not to pry as she was hiding it for a reason, and Mizuki didn’t want to get involved in things that didn’t concern them.
“Wait. How did you even sleep all the way to night classes anyway?” Ena said immediately changing the subject.
“Well.. uh long story short. I was up here with my best friend who must’ve ‘forgotten’ to wake me up. The bastard. So now I’m here.” Mizuki said making air quotes around the word forgotten, knowing he left them on purpose. Although they were somewhat grateful for their despicable actions as they got to meet the live of their life so Mizuki couldn’t be too mad..
“Mizuki I can’t possibly imagine that the rooftop is a comfortable place to sleep?” Ena said confused just as she had been many times that evening.
“Nah, you’d be surprised. With two hoodies and a bag for a pillow it’s almost better than my bed!” Mizuki shrugged. Two hoodies? Oh yeah. They still had Rui’s hoodie tied around their waist. They should probably return that tomorrow, or today? Who knows.
“Well uh.. you seem quite experienced in this field.. Is this a thing that happens often ?” Ena said, surprising herself with how polite she was being.
“Ah… about that…” Mizuki held their head in their hands, trying to hide how red their face was turning.
“This is uh.. the second time this week.” Mizuki said looking away in embarrassment.
“Mizuki. Its Thursday. You mean to tell me that you’ve been home ONCE this week?!” Ena shouted partially angry but mostly just confused.
“Oh. Yeah I guess it is! Oops.” Mizuki said going uncharacteristically quiet, avoiding the second part of the question.
“It’s fine! The cleaners don’t come up here do me and Rui clean the roof sometimes with the supplies in the janitors closet so atleast it’s clean? You know make a house a home?” Ena stared blankly at Mizuki just in a state of confusion before realising,
“Hold on a second. Rui? As in Rui Kamishiro?” Ena’s eyes widened seemingly recognising the name.
“Huh yeah that’s their name? The tall guy with the purple and blue hair?” Mizuki asked, very confused. Did Ena know Rui??
“Oh my god. So he’s your best friend?”
“Yeah? You’re acting weird Ena… He never told me he made any other friends.. how do you even know him?” Mizuki asked, did Rui know her and not tell them?
“Well, I don’t know him personally but my brother, Akito, won’t shut up about him! We barely talk and pretty much all i can hear come out of his mouth is Rui this, Rui that wether it’s negative or positive it’s sooo annoying. It’s like he has a crush on him or something! With the amount he talks about him I wouldn’t be surprised.” Mizuki just stared wide eyed at Ena. Why hadn’t Rui told them he’d made new friends? Or maybe this Akito guy wasn’t his friend? Ugh who knows this is all way too confusing.
“Really? Rui never told me he had a new friend. Are you sure your brother isn’t bullying them?” Mizuki said narrowing their eyes at Ena
“Oh god no! It seems like he just avoids him most of the time. Too scared to talk to him scared he might get blown up. Quite funny actually”
“Hmm that’s weird.. normally he tells me about these things.” Rui, what else are you hiding from me..? Mizuki thought.
“Well enough about those two, do you have nightcord? It’s the app I’m most active on and I’d love to talk more, not on the school rooftop! Ena said , a slight blush dusting her cheeks.
“Well lucky for you I do ! My tag is Amia#068-“ Before they could finish their sentence the bell indicating he next period rang.
“SHIT!! I have to get back to class before my teacher kills me! I’ll figure out the last number later. Bye mizuki~!” Ena then ran before Mizuki even had a chance to get another word out. They stood there in shock. Holy shit, what just happened..?