promise me? @xiao

'' running test. '' | four

I turn to Xiao, seeing him anxious made me just wanna talk to him. '' Xiao, you alright? '' I whisper in his ear. '' Yes, I am.. you do not have to worry about me. '' Xiao turns away from me. I decide to leave Xiao alone, however, if this continues, I'll have to ask him, again.

As we continue to eat, Hu Tao continues to play on her Nintendo. '' Ah, yes!! I finally got the jumpscare! '' Was she playing Omori again? And why's she so happy about getting a jumpscare!? Oh, I mean, it IS Hu Tao..

As I finally finish, Chongyun and Xingqiu chat a little.

RINGGGG!!!

The school bell rings. We all quickly place our empty plates and trays at the counter. As we all rush to the gym, we swing open the doors, walking over to where we usually sat.

As everybody from our class gathered, our gym teacher, Tartaglia, A.K.A Childe, walks in front of us. '' Okay, everyone, today we're gonna be doing our little running test, who's excited? '' He smiles at everyone, awaiting for an answer. Nobody talked, making the atmosphere feel awkward. '' Ah, uhm.. well, you guys will be running around the gym around.. two times while I time you, alright? Come on, over here. '' He gestures everyone to a corner of the huge gym.

'' Do we really have to do this..? '' Chongyun asks. '' Yes, of course you have to! But, if we do have time, we could play a little basketball! '' Tartaglia smiles.

We all line up, while Tartagila looks through his bag for a timer. Once he finds one, he stands on a taped line on the floor.

I was behind Xiao, who had to go first. Hu Tao was behind me, and so on. '' Ready? '' Tartaglia asks. Xiao nods. He turns on his timer, while Xiao started running around the gym. Xiao was pretty fast, it almost felt like.. he was quickly.. riding the wind, or something? Either way, he was extremely fast.

Once Xiao ran two laps around the gym, Tartaglia stopped the timer. '' Jeez.. twenty - five seconds! '' He sounded impressed. Xiao just quietly sat on a bench, now, I was next. I get into a running position, hoping that doing this would help.. a little.

'' Ready? '' Tartagila asks. I nod, him starting the timer. I try my best not to fall, running as fast as I could. I start to get a little tired, though I still push through it. After running around the gym two times, Tartagila stops the timer. '' fifty-nine seconds! '' He rests a hand on his waist. I quickly walk over to the bench Xiao was sitting on.

'' Hey, Xiao! '' I smile, sitting down beside him. He looks over, while drinking a bottle of water. '' Hello.. '' He places the bottle down, whole I rest both my hands on my lap. '' You know, you were pretty fast, mind telling me your ways?? '' I beg.

'' I don't really do anything special. '' He boldly claims.

'' Huh?? So you just run normally like the rest of us?? '' I ask.

'' Yes.. ''

'' Okay, forget I said anything. '' I Look back at my lap, feeling a little awkward, again. A few seconds later, I see Hu Tao run. She ran past me, smiling, before she started to slightly get faster. As I watch her run, in the side of my eye, I see Xiao handing me over an extra water bottle. '' Aw, thank you! '' I clutch the waterbottle, drinking out of it. '' Er, don't mention it. '' He replies.

I finish drinking out of it, putting it to the side. '' Hey, why'd you bring an extra water bottle to P.E? '' I ask, turning to Xiao. '' .. I knew you'd be thirsty after this, you've always been like this, ever since we were children. '' He turns to me, giving me a small, lopsided smile. He turns back to his lap, while I stare at everyone running. Everyone was pretty good.

After around thirty minutes, everybody finally finishes. '' Alright, we have around.. twenty minutes left, basketballs are on the side. '' Tartagila walks over to an empty area, just.. standing there. Everybody grabs a basketball, I do aswell. I try my best to find an empty basketball net, no luck. '' Hey, Y/N!! Over here!!! '' Hu Tao waves at me, wanting me to come over.

'' Hey Hu!! You were pretty fast, but not as fast as Xiao! '' I tease her. '' Yes, but I promise I'll be faster next time! '' She giggles, holding her basketball with one hand. Promise? Promise me.. Xiao?

Once again, I remember the promise Xiao did when we were little, but now, it doesn't really matter. Seemed like Xiao also remembered, but I can't tell. '' Heyy!! C'mon, let's shoot some hoops! I'm probably gonna shoot more then you.. '' She gives a cheeky smile, challenging me. '' Oh you're on! '' I start getting into a good position, shooting a hoop first try. Xiao looked at me from the side, not wanting to interrupt us.

Still a true gentleman. A cute one at that.

After awhile, Tartagila warns us about the time, and so, we put our basketball's away. As we all walk back to our classroom, I quickly bring the waterbottle Xiao gave. I stare at it a bit, feeling my face heat up.

Do I really like him? Maybe I shouldn't tell him yet, I don't think he's aware of.. love..

[ Xiao's POV ]

As I'd walk back, into the classroom, Y/N walks past me.

As I look at them, her face turns a little red. What's wrong with her?

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A/N

I was listening to my omori Playlist when I was writing this...

finally, I didn't know what I could make this chapter about, but then I remembered that I had a running test after March break.. I'm pretty mad about that..

WERE GONNA HAVE TO RUN FOR LIKE 40 MINUTES STRAIGHT, WE EVEN HAD TO PRATICE AND IT SUCKED.

ok I'm done rambling about it, have a good day!

Word count - 2146 words! New Record!