Part 8 - I Am Here

While the two of us looked at eachother, what shined between us was the sun from the window. I found it hard to keep eye contact with Haruka, even though she was facing me honestly. "Why?" She questioned me while staring at me. Her eyes were shining, though that was most likely because of the tears building up within them.

Why? Why is she asking me that? Does she know that I didn't get them the money like I was supposed to? The feelings of guilt and sadness spread across every bone in my body. And so, I lowered my head in defeat. "Why haven't you been talking to me?" She asked me.

After that question, I felt tremendous confusion and shock. So I moved my head back up to face her. While looking at her with my shocked expression, she began to walk closer to me. Once I got a closer look on her face, I realized that she was holding back some tears. The way her lips frowned, and the inner corners of her eyebrows raised.

"Talking to you? Is that why you've been upset?" Once I asked her that question, she rubbed her eyes. My eyes widened even more than they already were, from the possibility that she's been upset because of me all this time.

"I know I'm being dramatic. I know that I shouldn't be this emotional but I can't help it. When you asked me if I wanted to eat lunch with you, I was excited because I didn't know if I'd be able to make friends here. But then you just treated me like I was invisible regardless of what I tried to do. And I don't get it." Haruka confessed to me with glistening eyes that had tears flowing down them. After she confessed, and while looking at her, I realized that I've been an idiot this entire time.

I moved in closer to her with a worried expression."So Dejin didn't do anything to you?" I asked her, hoping for the best.

My prayers were answered when she looked extremely confused. "What would he have done?" She asked me.

"God..I'm such an idiot." I face palmed before squatting down. Haruka watched me the entire time with dried up tears on her face. After a few seconds of us remaining like that, I finally looked up at her. "There's a reason I've been avoiding you..I'll tell you everything that's happened." She looked at me with a surprised face, while I looked at her in a more serious manner.

Because of my own insecurities, I avoided her. I didn't think there was any way for her to like me as something more than a friend. And I couldn't bare the thought of being so close to her, yet only being friends. But now, after she's confessed to me, I feel like maybe it's possible. Maybe it's possible that she will become my anime girlfriend.

After confessing to her everything that's happened so far, she looked at me in silence, and also disbelief. Only thing I didn't mention was how she called me another guys name. I hoped she wouldn't assume that I was crazy though. "So that's what it was? You didn't think I'd want to be friends with you?" She asked me, and I lowered my head in shame. At this point I was still squatting down.

Haruka then smiled. Her tears were now gone. She bent over slightly, as she reached her hand out in front of me. From the corner of my eye, I saw her hand reaching out towards me. So I looked up at her bright face and smile.

Seeing Haruka like this again, made me feel like I was in the clouds. No tears or sadness, instead a smile and bright eyes. "Ofcourse you can be my friend. Friends trust eachother, so you can tell me anything." Haruka said to me. I felt my heart flutter.

Then, I took her hand and used it to stand on my own two feet again. As I did, my eyes were still focused on her as she was the only person I was fixated on. I hadn't realized it at the time, but Ikimisa and Jimini were watching the both of us behind two separate corners of the hallway. "The fact that you went through what you did for my sake, proves to me that you're not just a good friend. But you're a good person." She said to me while we were still holding onto each others hands.

"You're smiling..are you not worried about what Dejin and the others might do to you if I don't get them the money?" I asked.

"No..I plan to help out. After all, you did go through all of that for my sake." Haruka responded to me. "Oh no, I can't let you do that." I said back to her while shaking my head.

"It's okay..my family is really wealthy. Let's get this done and be proper friends again." Once she said that to me, I wondered if she would ever see me as more than a friend. But isn't that the case for almost every romcom? They start out as friends then blossom into something more. Something special.

Along the way, I let my insecurities get the best of me. I had forgotten how so many romcoms consist of the absurdly abnormal guy, and the perfect girl. It just so happened that I was lucky enough to be the average guy that met the perfect girl.