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Mitsuha woke up, she wondered about her yesterday as Taki. She remembered that she scored him a date with Miki so she felt pretty proud for a moment.
But then she felt weird, almost... sad. She wondered why she felt this way, why would she be sad that Taki went on a date?
It didn't make sense to her.
She wondered about how the date went, sure, he was an idiot sometimes, but he was also charming and passionate and confident and- she stopped herself.
They were probably planning another one already.. she thought, suddenly feeling even worse.
She pondered for a moment.. Was she... Jealous?? No, that's not right, why would she be, it didn't make sense! She did want to go on that date with Miki a bit, but it didn't feel like that was what was bothering her..
Suddenly the door quickly opened and she saw her sister "Breakfast is ready!" her sister said, or well, it was loud enough it could be classified as a shout, but then again, her sister was pretty loud overall. "Why do you look so.. sad..? Are you weird again today?" she said looking curious.
Mitsuha proceeded to look at her with annoyed eyes.
"Oh, well anyway, come quick or we're gonna be late!...again." The door shut with a semi-loud bang, but even then sounding slightly quieter then her sister shouting.
She got up tiredly, feeling puzzled by her own emotions. She stumbled to the mirror awkwardly and tied her hair with her red ribbon that she wore everyday.
She went to the living room and took some rice stored in the rice cooker, trying to act as normal as she could, because, there wasn't any reason she shouldn't be feeling normal!
Suddenly she flinched a bit, startled by Grandma suddenly speaking to her
"Are you feeling alright Mitshuha? You don't really look that well.. Are you perhaps ill?"
Crap. Her acting skills were horrible it seemed, she wondered how she even acted as Taki.. well, she did act pretty bad as him, but so did he, since everyone noticed it. Guess they were both horrible actors..
"Yes. I'm feeling fine Grandma, just a little uhhh, tired from bed."
"Alright if you say so.." Her Grandma said, seemingly not fully believing her, but deciding to not press further questions.
"Yeah, i told you she was weird today again, it's like she got rejected or something." Yotsuha chuckled a bit
"Ha-Ha, very funny." i say sarcastically
"Well anyway, we should get going or we'll be late"
They both stood up and walked to the door, Yotsuha slightly behind her, despise her waking up sooner, they simultaneously said bye to Grandma and left, chatting a bit while walking to school until their paths separated.
School today was... well, school, but it wasn't that bad since it gave her something to do. However the next class was Japanese, and they were learning stuff she already knew really well.
So, boredom got to her.. but instead of thinking about her confusing feelings, she tried to find a distraction. She skimmed through her notebook, but suddenly stopped. There she saw Taki's old notes, almost forgetting that he used to write in her book (as they left notes in each other's phones most of the time now, only resorting to the sharpie, in cases of very.. uhm *strong* feelings.) She flipped trough them until she saw the very first message he left her.
'Who are you?'
She remembered how confused she was by it when she saw it for the first time..
She read his notes the whole lesson, thinking about him, she wondered for a second. 'What if I could meet him? ...Would he even care about me? What if he doesn't want to meet.. but.. what if he also wants to? Guh! This is too difficult to think about.. huh.. I could maybe try asking Saya for advice.. Would she even help? I don't know.. but its worth a try i suppose..'
"Hey Mitsuha, you feeling alright? you look kinda uhhh, down...?" Saya said looking worried
"Did the fox posses you again?" Tessie asked
'If only..' Mitshuha thought for a moment, but was quickly interrupted by Saya scolding Tessie.
"Hey, cut it out Tessie! Mitsuha seems really sad.." Wait.. was she- was she sad? but.. why?.. Ughhh, these strange feelings have been driving her nuts! If only she had an explanation.. well, she was here to try to find it i guess.
"Hey Saya.. Can i ask you something? What would it mean if a person helped their friend find a date, but then felt sad?.. This is purely theoretical though!!"
"Well, I would think that the person is in love with their friend"
"Oh.. uhhhhhhh... and c-could there be any other reason by chance...?" Mitsuha asked, trying to look as calm and reserved as she could.
"oh, uhh maybe the person thinks that the date isn't good enough for their friend?"
"N-no, I- i mean, the person, doesn't think that"
"Well then it's obvious, you're just jealous." Tessie butted in
"Wha-- i- i- i wasn't talking about myself!!!" Mitsuha yelled in embarrassment.
"Of course you weren't." He said sarcastically with a smirk on his face.
"Wait! You have a crush on someone?!" Sayaka shouted enthusiastically with a shocked expression on her face.
"Uhhhh, no.... maybe... i don't know alright!!!" Mitsuha said, looking stressed.
"Well, who's the lucky/unlucky guy/girl?" Tessie said, seemingly enjoying this moment (also that is a really stupid joke lol, is it even a joke? idk -aper)
"Oh, uhh.. you dont really know them.."
"Wait.. where did you meet them then if not in Itomori?" Saya asked curiously
"Oh, well.. you see... uhhh........ "
"The internet i assume, it would be the only logical explanation, though I haven't seen you use it much to be honest, which is kinda odd.."
'Gotta have to thank Tessie for that really good excuse..'
"Yea, we uhhh met on the internet."
"Huh, that's uhh interesting.." Sayaka said seemingly thinking.
"Wait.. so you guys are saying i have a crush on that person?"
"Well, yea, that's the only explanation, and you should trust me, I am the dating expert after all" Saya said, as if she ever even went to a date or had a boyfriend before.
"Ha-! as if!" Tessie chuckled "Everyone knows I'm the dating expert around here!" Standing proudly like in some scene in a movie, except stripped of all the coolness. Saya giggled and Mitsuha proceeded to also, trying to hold it in but miserably failing, Tessie looking deafeted eventually joined the laughing.
"Well, anyway Mitsuha, you really should introduce us to him sometime, we need to make sure he's good enough for you and not some weirdo!" Saya said acting like some sort of worried parent for a moment.
"I have actually been thinking about trying to visit him, for quite some time..."
"Wait.. that would be your first visit with him right? We definitely need to come with you then! What if he's some catfish or something...!"
"Heh.. I wouldn't really be worried about that.. but okay, I'll let you guys come with me then."
"Where does he even life by the way? hopefully not too far away.." Tessie asked
"Oh, he lives in Tokyo."
"T-TOKYO??!!"