When lunch period came, Hiro spent most of the hour with Aoi, chatting calmly about music and academics. He tried not to be too overwhelming with his conversation, as he could sometimes be, and made sure not to talk too loudly either. The rest of the class obviously knew what was up, but did little more about than snicker and pass glances at the two every once in a while. When the bell rang, Hiro thanked Aoi for letting them eat together and hopped back to his own desk, ignoring Hotaru and Natsuki as they pried for information. "We'll talk about it when we aren't in class, okay? So be quiet." XX
The two boys left him alone, and the next class started, passing by quickly. The rest of the day passed similarly - a little groaning here and there, a couple quizzes, another essay. Needless to say, everyone was glad when the last bell finally rang. "Oi!" Yuki called, striding into the room with her bag and a grin on her face. "Hiro, Hotaru, Natsuki! Wanna go to the mall?" Hiro grimaced at the thought. "No way, I went there just last night and got lost." "Aw, c'mon Hiro, you won't get lost if we're there!" After two more minutes of prodding, Hiro still wouldn't give in, and Yuki frowned. However, it took her less than five seconds to find a way to get him to come, and she skipped over to Aoi's desk with a sly smirk and and rather sneaky aura about her. XXX
"A-o-i-kun! How would you like to join us on a mall adventure? We've never been there as a group, and I heard that you were there recently, so perhaps you could show us the best places to go~" Yuki proved to be rather persuasive, and it wasn't long before she'd achieved her goal. Practically bathing in her success, Yuki returned to Hiro's side, earning a frustrated glare from the smaller boy. "Wanna come along now?" "Yes." XXX
The four friends welcomed Aoi into their group outing, chatting with him same as they would with anyone else. Walking to the central mall was a long but enjoyable venture, and it was obvious how well everyone got along, despite having only known their newest friend for about three days. "You know, Aoi, Hiro gets along with everyone, but I'm pretty sure you're the first person he's taken a liking to this quickly~" Yuki giggled to herself. Hiro elbowed her lightly in the side but didn't make his frustration apparent, instead starting up a new conversation about everyone's after-graduation plans. XXX
"Woah, its definitely crowded in here." While it wasn't nearly as crowded as it'd been the night before, the central mall was still filled with people, and Hiro groaned inwardly. Well, with everyone here, at least it'll be harder to get dragged away by the crowd. For the next ten minutes or so, the group wandered in and out of stores, making fun of different items and somehow managing to get kicked out of one shop for teasing the shop's very misleading logo. Hiro and Aoi were in the middle of a conversation about piano songs when they turned to find that they were alone, the others nowhere in sight. XXX
"I bet they disappeared on purpose." Hiro let out a sigh before looking to Aoi with a smile. "Well, we can go wherever we want! Got any suggestions?" XX