Rumours

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The lunch bell gave out a loud ring which caused the students in the classroom to quickly get up from their desks and make their way to the cafeteria or push their desks together to eat lunch with friends.

Near the back a girl with short blonde hair and brown eyes was highlighting the last few parts of her notebook that contain notes for the class that just ended.

'Is this one important… no I should just leave it be and focus on this part of the lesson.' The side ponytail on her left side swayed as she scanned her entire page.

"Yachi! The teacher wants you to go to the faculty room to grab papers for the next class!"

"Y-Yess! I will go to her now." The girl named Yachi called out and replied back to the girl.

Yachi closed her book and got up to go to the faculty room quickly so she could get this job out of the way. She eventually reached the room and got the papers for the class after lunch.

'Haa.. I want to eat my lunch already.' She sighed in her mind and made her way back.

"Hey did you hear about Watanabe and Shiina being seen together during the cherry blossom festival."

"Kyahh! Do you think they're dating??"

As Yachi made her way she heard some girls gossiping as they walked past her. She naturally perked her ears as anyone liked a little bit of gossip, especially when it's about one of the most popular boy and girl in the first year.

Yachi entered the classroom and put the papers she was holding on the podium for the teacher to see when she comes in for the next period.

She sat down at her desk and saw the seat next to her was crowded with people as the person who was sitting down was the girl who was the root of the gossip she heard in the halls.

"Shiina-san, did you really go with Watanabe to the cherry blossom festival?"

"Yeah! Is it true that you guys are dating now?"

The girls surrounding Mahiru bombarded her with questions about the rumor that was going around about her being seen going out with Haruto.

"It's just a misunderstanding. We just happened to meet each other as I was looking at the display the parks had." Mahiru said with her usual 'angel mode' smile and lied to try and calm down the gossip going around.

"But I heard that he was holding your hand right?"

"He just helped me get away from the crowd since it was getting really packed with people." She tried to explain which unfortunately caused the girls around her to squeal.

"How kind of Watanabe.. I wish I could have experienced that."

"Right! Getting saved by Watanabe and watching the display together while holding hands. How romantic!!" The girls squealed.

Yachi looked at this and tried to imagine it and slightly nodded as it did sound romantic. She looked towards Mahiru and felt that she might have seen her eyebrow twitch but she might have been mistaken.

The crowd of girls finally disappeared due to Mahiru's excuse of wanting to eat lunch and the nosy class became calmer. Mahiru sighed and looked beside her and saw Yachi looking at her.

"I'm sorry for all the commotion that I caused." Mahiru smiled and apologized to which Yachi just shook her head and said it was fine

Silence then came as they stopped talking and Yachi was getting a bit nervous as she didn't know what to do after speaking with Mahiru. She glanced over towards Mahiru's desk and saw a DIY book that was opened.

"Are you trying to make something by yourself, Shiina-san?" Yachi asked and Mahiru looked over to her.

"You can just call me Shiina. And yes I plan to make something from a cherry blossom petal that I found after watching their display at the park. But I still don't know what to make."

She sighed but began to lightly smile as she remembered the petal that she found after coming home.

'Wow.. she really is beautiful when she smiles…' Yaichi saw this smile and was slightly frozen as she thought that Mahiru really fits her title of angel.

"Do you have any hobbies that you like doing?" Yachi shook her head and asked.

"Well I can't say that I have any but cooking and reading is something I do a lot."

Yachi heard her answer and began to look down and think. After a while an idea popped in her head.

"Why don't you press the petal and make it into a bookmark." Yachi recommended and opened her notebook. She began to format a design that was able to highlight the petal while also making the bookmark very modern.

"Wow… this design is very good. Do you do this as a job" Mahiru admired the design that Yachi quickly made which made her blush happily.

She just said that her mother worked for a design company and she always bothered her about different formats when she was little..

"Do you mind if I use this design?"

"Yes! You can definitely use it however you want." Yachi quickly said. The two of them began to talk and discuss some specific details about the bookmark. The sound of a pencil being used and girls laughing was heard from the corner of the classroom as lunch quickly passed by.

***

"Thank you for the meal again." Haruto patted his stomach and started washing the dirty dishes from dinner. Mahiru sat at the table and looked at Haruto remembering the commotion that was going on during lunch.

"Did you hear about the rumors going around?" Mahiru calmly said, causing him to almost drop the plate in his hands.

"Yeah don't remind me.. My seniors on the team started to bombard me with questions when they heard the rumors." Haruto thought back to Tanaka and Nishinoya asking him lots of questions while also crying tears of blood.

"Did you also get asked a lot of questions?" Haruto asked back while Mahiru gave a sigh and a tired nod back.

The sound of water running was the only thing being heard as both of them stopped talking.

"...Did you face any troubles after being caught up in the center of the rumors.." Mahiru timidly asked as she knew about her status in the school.

"Hmm? Well at most all I got was some jealous stares and some weirdos chanting 'a mere mortal going on a date with an angel is impossible!'." Haruto calmly said as he finished washing.

"Plus I just needed to give them a 'kind' smile and they will turn their heads right away."

"...I'm sorry if I indirectly caused more troubles for you in the future." Mahiru said in a sorry voice

"It's fine. It was my idea anyway to take you out to the park so you don't need to worry about it." Haruto said as he sat across from Mahiru.

"But.."

"Shiina, it's alright. You don't need to worry. It's just some jealous stares anyway, It's nothing I can't handle." Haruto looked at Mahiru and lightly smiled.

"I get more nervous serving during a set point in my games compared to some looks guys give me. Plus the rumors will start to die down once everyone is satisfied." Haruto said, which made Mahiru feel slightly better about the situation.

"But who knew just by seeing me with you would cause this much of a commotion." Haruto held his chin as he quickly said which had Mahiru blankly stare at him.

"You do know that you also have a reputation as a 'Prince' in the school right." Mahiru teasingly smiled which made Haruto's face scrunch up.

"And during lunch I had a lot of girls say that they would have also loved to experience what they heard from the rumors." Mahiru said, which made her slightly annoyed for some reason.

"Oh? It seems like you got fortunate to experience it first hand huh~."

"You wish. Shouldn't it be the other way around?" Mahiru scoffed and stared back at Haruto's grinning face.

The two of them looked at each other and didn't break eye contact for a decent amount of time feeling the need to not lose this stare off. After a while the both of them turned their heads as the mood started to get a bit embarrassing.

"...Do you want to have some tea?.."

"...Sure."

Haruto quickly chose his escape route and Mahiru turned her head to hide the slight redness in her cheeks.

***

"Hmm? Haruto went to my school."

A girl was sitting on her computer looking at a picture of Haruto, Tsutomu, Kageyama and Hinata holding their prizes of deluxe meat that they had won.

The girl had long black hair and black eyes. She had pale skin and she looked to have grown into her features from when she was younger, making her the appearance of a beautiful quiet girl that you see in a library sitting and reading alone.

"That brute didn't even tell me he was going… Alright I guess it's time for the surprise event where the older sister comes over to visit." The girl chuckled and logged into her game to go and farmed for materials for her characters.

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Tried to go for a different pov other than Haruto. Hope you liked it. Peacu.