Is there a right time to confess?

It may sound confusing asking out of nowhere but….is there a right time and way to confess to someone.

Here I am YAKISHIO YAME, standing at a bus stop. Waiting for the ride while scrolling through the phone.

I am not the only one waiting for my ride, my classmate AYASE YUKI is also here to give me some company today.

She used to go by bicycle but lately she started to join the bus ride with me. A long hair, sharp eye beauty of my class whom I have a crush on.

It wasn't love at first sight, it was more like a slowly brewed coffee.

Though it's true that most boys in the class are head over heels for her only because of her beauty, I was one of them who was more interested in the nature of others before their appearance.

The first day she came to the bus stop it was pretty awkward, I thought maybe something happened to her bicycle,but then she started showing up regularly.

We didn't talk for the first few days but somehow God knows why one day suddenly ended up in a conversation here at the bus stop and it went pretty well.

Since that day we opened up to each other little by little and ended up becoming friends.And among those days i fell for her.

We rarely talk to each other at school but here, at this bus stop we laugh, vent and enjoy the moment.

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“You sure are locked to the screen today." she commented while seeking the cause.

I slid down the phone in my pants pocket and turned towards her.

“ oh! Ayase-san, sorry. I was searching for some clothes on the internet.”

“You will never find something to settle on there”

Ya, I just found out about that rabbit hole after scrolling through hundreds of them.

“Why not go to a store, you can try them there.”

“That's….that's gonna be hard.”

“Why? You don't have a sense of fashion?”

Huh! How did she know?

“Well, that also is there but I don't know about any good places.”

With a short silence before she said anything she combed the hairs in front of her face to the back of ears and avoided eye contact with me.

“Th-Then want me to…. accompany you?”

The words alone were enough to make me smile though I resisted with all of my will to not show it.

“Really?! Then.. I will be happy if you do.”

We talked more as we decided the date and other stuff and towards the end i asked

“Ayase san,.... Can you give me your Line id?”

She paused for a moment, the facial expression didn't change but the eyes lit up.

“S-sure.”

We exchanged our id's. A small smile sliced through my expression as I saw her name on my phone but I didn't try to hide it.

Putting aside the happiness for a moment I turned back towards her,

“Ayas-” “Ayase san!”

I was cut off by someone else.

I looked toward the source of our romantic…..slightly romantic……. Our one on one time invader.

It was Hokage Urehara on his bicycle, he was also from our class. A top tier bit…I mean normier.

Flirting with girls, trying to act cool, taking lead in everything type guy. I didn't care much about him at first but after many encounters with him I found out his real personality.

He doesn't care about anyone other than the one in his group, talking behind others back and looking down on others was his S tier trait.

Recently he has his eyes on Ayase san which made my blood boil more. I bet he even started to come on bicycle to get a chance to talk with her.

Well whatever, it's not like Ayase san will distance herself from him based on my words nor I would like to talk about someone else's personality behind their back if I am only going to badmouth them.

He stopped his bicycle and stood beside her. They started talking about classes and stuff because both of them were class president.

I glued my eyes back to the phone, to kill time until he took his leave.

I didn't want to eavesdrop on their conversation, I distracted myself by opening a manga on the phone.

It was a romcom manga, perfect source to kill time because what could be the other best way than this 800+ chapter with no progression at all romance.

I was so absorbed in it as I kept turning the pages on the phone because the main character was going to confess, which was really a surprise. For a second I thought the author posted the wrong chapter for the wrong series.

A sudden twist happened in the story. The female lead took the main head to a romantic spot and the female lead was fidgeting as she tried to spill out some words.

Is this really going to happen!

Am I witnessing a historic moment!?

Her cheeks had a slight hint of redness. It’s really happening!!

Sorry male lead, but I think she is going to the part you should have.

She mutters something, yes yes yes! Say it! Say it loud.

The male lead didn't hear anything so he asked her to repeat it.

She took a pause. Her long hair gets a gentle push by the wind.

The tension is heavy.

So heavy!!

It was so heavy that I could feel it through the phone.

Huh?

Wait.

Isn't the tension really heavy? Why does the atmosphere around me feel awkward?

I turned towards Ayase san and the bitc…..i mean normie.

A tensioned atmosphere, like something important was going to happen was covering the surrounding.

So that's where the heavy atmosphere was coming from.

What happened??

“Ayase san,” Urehara spoke with the most serious expression he could give.

Huh?? What's up with that serious face?

“I lov-” “ACHOOOOO!!!!”

I sneezed. And at the worst possible time.

Both of them turned towards me.

So they finally remembered I am also here.

“Excuse me.” I innocently spoke.

That bitc..I mean…..normie glared at me.

Look, I can't control what is not in my hand, though the things in my hand are also not that well managed by me.

He reconstructed his serious face and with a serious tone he said again,

“Ayase san,”

Ayase san shifted her focus back to him.

“I-I Lov-” “ACHOOOOO ACHOOO!!”

The stare daggers of his were again thrown at me.

“Sorry”

I looked toward Ayase.A faint smile bloomed on her face.

Why is she smiling? Is my sneeze that weird?

Trying to not kill me that normie regained his serious face and with a heavy tone this time and slightly glaring at me with the corner of his eyes he spoke,

“Ayase san, I love you.”

Huh!!? Huuuuhhh!??

What did that bitch say!??

He confessed?!

“Will you go out with me?” He stared into her eyes.

I turned my head towards the person in question.

Ayase san was surprised. Well a natural reaction in this situation.

Her expression changed as she got over the sudden confession.

She didn't speak for a moment. My heart was pounding like drums as I waited for her to answer even though I wasn't the one who confessed

Was she thinking over it? Am I going to witness my crush accept someone else's confession in front of me?

No!no!no! She is not going to date him…right?

She glanced at me without turning towards me, I kept looking at her for a second until I instinctively looked away as I didn't know what to do.

“Hokage kun,” Ayase san said, looking straight towards him.

“Sorry but I can't return your feelings.”

A shock ran through my body as I heard those words, all the pressure I was feeling vanished in seconds.

“Phewww..”

I left out a sight, immediately closed the mouth with one hand thinking if anyone heard it.

It looked like none of them did.

Urehara was there with a blank face worn by him.

I know it, you are holding tears. Let them out. I will only mock you in my head whenever I see your face. I will feel bad for you for one or two hours. Don't take it to heart that much.

“Is that so… we can be friends atleast, is that okay?”

“Yeah.”

As they were exchanging these words I got a message from my mother. She told me to buy something on the way home. I asked if she needed anything else because my battery was about to die.

The convenience store is not far from here, but I have to take the next bus. Too bad, can't go home with Ayase san today.

“Okay then Ayase san see you tomorrow at school.”

“Okay.”

Looks like he can't hold the tears any longer, may you find happiness not too soon.

As he was about to go away he Looked towards Ayase san one more time and said,

“I will still keep loving you for a little longer.” And went away.

I texted mom “MOM CAN I ALSO BUY KNIFE ?” She replied back with a “What?” emoji.

I put the phone away and said to Ayase san

“Ayase san, i have to buy something so I think I have to take the next bus home.”

“Oh!....” Her expression withered off a little.

“Then see you tomorrow.”

“Ya, see you tomorrow.”

I walked away. Before I turned around a corner I looked back towards Ayase san.

Her eyes were also looking at me. She waved with a smile. I waved back and turned around the corner.

<>

As I walked with the emptiness in my heart because of losing the one on one bus moment, though we didn't sit beside each other on the bus, it was still a quite nice time.

That confession did turn my world upside down for a moment but overall it was a good day because I can go on a date with her.

I should work hard or someone else is gonna take away Ayase san before I can even confess. I will find a proper time next time when I can confess.

“..Next time huh?.....” I mumbled as I stared at the sky.

Whether on sheer impulse or the thought of someone else taking away Ayase san i pulled out the phone and called her.

I know the call will not connect the moment I called her but the moment in between her picking up and me calling her felt the longest and made me the most nervous I could ever have been.

She picked up.

“Hello? Yakishio kun, what happened?”

Before I speak, I took a long breath in and released it.

“Yakishio kun?...”

“Ayase san,..”

“Yes?..”

“Ano…..KIMI GA TSUKI DAYO!(I love you!)...”

I paused to refill my lungs.

“ Dakara(That's why),..Tsukiatte kudasai( can we date?)..”

I waited for a response but only the air answered.

I was flustered. Did my phone die?.

I pulled back the phone from the ears to see but it was still alive.

I put the phones against my ears. Still no response.I could hear noises from the background so it meant that there wasn't any technical issue.

Am I done for?

With a beep my phone died and the last sound I could hear before the beep was a Thud.

Sighhhh.

I put back the phone in the pocket and patted my chest saying “at least i got to confess”

<>

After buying stuff from the store it headed back to the bus stop.

As I turned around the corner I saw Ayase san standing at the stop.

Huh? Am I going to get rejected face to face?

“ A-Ayase san” I called out with my trembling voice and headed towards her.

She was startled. Turning slowly towards me while playing with her hair.

Her face was red, maybe from the sunset rays or maybe my eyes were hallucinating.

“....f…..e..” she mumbled something.

“What?” I asked curiously.

“D-Dont confess on the phone.” said Ayase while trying to cover her cute and flustered face.

I don't know what got over me,I confessed to her again.

“Ayase san I love you. Will you go out with me?”

“G-Gladly” My heart gave the loudest and the strongest beat it could.

Huh?

“Really!!?” I shouted as I tried to confirm what she said.

“..Yes.” she followed up “when you called me i just got in the bus. I jumped out the moment you confessed to me. But before I could say anything you hung up the call.”

“My phone battery ran out at that time.”

“I thought so, so I waited for you to come back.”

I couldn't find the right words to reply with, for a moment silence filled the air.

“T-Then want to watch a movie after we pick up clothes, it's a d-date right?”

She lets out a laugh.

“Sure.”