Chapter 82: Valentine's day

[Gritonnia Academy]

The next day after the event, Shun somehow felt like the school had one thing event after another as he somehow saw some of the boys seemed excited and blushing all of the sudden

He even found out that some boys were even getting fired up for some reason, but most of all he realized that many students were outside their classrooms during school hours

"What the heck?" Reacted Shun as he couldn't understand what was happening

But nevertheless he wasn't concerned about it as he never really was a guy who cares about stuff that he doesn't care about

Soon after as he walked by he could see a guy shouting out high while talking to a girl who seemed to be blushing, contrary to her the guy was so happy that he started punching the air that was non-existent

"That guy must be crazy"

At that moment he somehow heard a cry as that cry was calling out to him

"Shun!!! Help!!!!" When he looked over he could see Wendy being surrounded by her capture targets as they each have her a gift or token as of love for her

He somehow felt sorry for her as she was being drowned with gifts, but also was laughing at her on the inside

"That's what you get for creating a reverse harem, now suffer!!!"

But at that thought he somehow saw other gifts from other students in the shaped of a heart

As soon as he saw that he suddenly got the idea from it after watching tons of anime episodes having this filler

"A Valentine's event? Oh my... Meh! Don't care" said shun as he walked away

Apparently he wasn't all that interested on the Valentine event for specific reason

One is that he never had any girl that liked him, Two is that he prefers using that time to finish playing or watching anime episodes, and Three Valentine's is one of the events where you'll have to spend a lot of your time and money which is he doesn't have that leisure back in his old world

"The day where singles who wanted relationships cry, the day where normies and simps appear, and especially the day where some relationships broke off unexpectedly" concluded Shun

At that moment he somehow saw Cedric was being drowned by girls with affectionate gaze as they tried to appeal to him since he's handsome, tall, mascular, well body proportioned, and a crown prince at that, which is quite opposite of Shun who is feeble looking, kind of tall but not on the same level of Cedric, a commoner, normal looking guy

"I hope you die you almost perfect bastard!" Growled Shun in contempt

It was at that moment he somehow felt a tap on his shoulder as he subconsciously turned around and saw Sephiria together with Aria and Rachel

"What an odd combination a once loner, a commoner girl, and a serious type older sister vibe woman" commented Shun

At that moment Rachel replied

"I don't know if that was an insult or not, but I'll pretend that it's a compliment since I'm a good natured person"

"Right" replied Shun

"Well inst me being a commoner already a fact?"

"And Shun don't bring up the past" reminded Sephiria as her past was some kinda traumatic especially her first years in this academy

Hearing that Shun just waved his hand indicating that for them to forget about it

At that moment they handed something each to him

First one was Rachel who was hiding a bag

"Here a obligatory gift, you must be lucky to receive this but don't expect a chocolate... I don't have time to make that, so instead I got you a perfume" said Rachel with a stoic face

"Mine is this" said Aria as she handed out a bracelet

"This is a bracelet which confirmed that we are friends, don't worry the others already have it" explained Aria followed by both Sephiria and Rachel raise their hands showing the bracelets

And lastly Sephiria

"Well here..." Said Sephiria as she slightly blushed

Of course both Rachel and Aria knew her feelings as they both looked excited, but for Rachel after seeing Sephiria's unfocused reaction and was hesitating she then led Aria away which ended up in a booing

As for Shun after receiving the chocolate from Sephiria and just gazing at her, he started to cry out loud in his mind

(Why the heck are we standing here doing nothing for the past 3 minutes? This stare is so pressuring)

At that moment Shun decided to take the initiative

"Um Sephiria?"

Hearing that she then started to blush even more

Mistaking it as her having fever, shun then placed his hand on top of her forehead and asked

"Hey Sephy! Tell me... Are you sick?"

At that moment she then pulled Shun away from the crowd and to a place where there were less people

Of course naturally both Rachel and Aria decided to follow behind as well but at a distance not visible to them

******

Moments later Sephiria had led shun to a more calm place with only few students in that place before she turned around and started to talk

"You know Shun, I'm very grateful for what you did... Really and plus since childhood, you were my very first friend, do you know how that made me so much happy?" Asked Sephiria

"Um... Not really" shrugged Shun

"Umu... You could've just ignored that you know, your breaking the mood" pouted Sephiria

"Huh? But didn't you just asked me like a few seconds ago?" Reacted Shun

"Muuu... Will you just listen!"

Hearing that Shun voluntarily shut his mouth

"The thing is you did a lot for me, even though you never had anything done for you... When I isolated myself from everyone, you on the other hand waited for me behind my door for three days only taking a break when you want to excrete or sleep, but now that I remember that... Do you know how touch I was?"

Even though it's was an obvious question Shun just quietly shut his mouth per her orders

At that she turned around as if she had taken a refresher and somehow looked natural, just like the very first time they met when Shun was first mesmerized

Of course it's been months but he actually didn't forget about it, since he believed it was a faithful encounter and the very first time he saw a noble near his age

"Shun! If not for you then maybe I would've have still succumb into a corner and Crying for about being unable to change anything, did you know when my parents saw my improvements, they were really happy to the point they cried? I was really happy then that which made them even more happier than me since they somehow witnessed my sufferings when you haven't arrived yet"

With that she stepped closer causing shun to sink backwards and lean on the bench which he sitted upon arriving here

Soon after she came so close to the point they could feel each other breaths

"Shun Kurosaki, I repeat... You've changed my life, and for some reason after learning, living, hanging out, and adventuring with you, I somehow found out that I fell in love with you"

Hearing the three golden words for the day cause Shun to be shocked still as he tried to respond

But at that moment Sephiria smiled sweetly and stepped back

"Yup you heard it right!... Shun Kurosaki! I love you, I Sephiria Maelstrom am in love with you... I don't know when, I don't know how but my feelings is genuine... I love you Shun!" Confessed Sephiria as she tilted her head and somehow looked lovingly sweet at that moment

At the same time a somehow new kind of feeling was swelling up inside Shun himself as he couldn't understand what, but he clearly knew that he was somehow affected by her words

And for some reason he somehow wanted to convey something at the moment he was speechless and shocked by the sudden confession

"Sephiria... I..."

But before he could reply Sephiria placed a finger on his lips and hushed him as she said

"I know your in shock and somehow a lot of things are going into your mind but... You can think of it"

"!!!"

"By the end of this tournament, Shun Kurosaki! I'll be waiting for your response... So for starters give it all you got, I'll be cheering for you"

With that she left and went away together with Rachel and Aria as she headed away with a blush on her face

(Ahhh!!! I said it! I really said it! I don't know how he'll respond but please don't reject it!!!)

With that going on her mind she walked faster than the others

Causing both Rachel and Aria to sigh

As for Shun

(Ahhh!!! This is like an Otome game!!! I got confessed!!!! Ahhh!!!)

With that thought in mind it was assured that Shun wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully tonight