𝑺𝑲𝟖𝑹 𝑩𝑶𝒀 || 𝑹. 𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑲𝑨

𝙎𝙄𝙓

~first person~

I rub my feet together softly as I stare at my ceiling, fiddling with my fingers. No matter what I try to distract myself with, my mind always ends up back to thinking about the boy from today. Tanaka. Oh, Ryu, I guess. It's a bit weird calling a boy I know nothing about by his first name so soon.

There's just something about him.

He just has this sort of vibe that makes me feel at ease. I feel like I can do or say anything without him judging me. And, he's talented, too. I can't lie, I enjoyed watching him on the court..

What am I saying? I met this guy literally like, 12 hours ago.

I brought my hands up, covering my face as I let out a groan. I pull myself to the edge of my bed, sliding down and I accidentally take my blanket with me. 

"Himiko, dinner's ready!" I hear Kiyoko call out to me. I hum a response as if she'd hear me.

☆☆☆

After eating and helping clean up, I walk back to my room quietly. I lay down on my bed once again, wrapping myself tightly with my blanket. I pull my arms out of the blanket-burrito, reaching for my phone.

I start to scroll mindlessly as I listen to my music. Faint instrumentals play in my ears, soothing me. I feel kinda sleepy. I check the time, 19:43. Ugh, it's too early too sleep. I feel so unaccomplished today, I barely did anything..

I get a notification, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"ryu.tnka" started following you.

I drop my phone, it laying down on my chest as I lay there wide eyed. I toss it to the side as I roll around in my bed, trying to free myself of my tight blanket jail.

I look at the notification once more as I jump out of my bed, sprinting out of my room as I do a few laps around my kitchen.

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," I repeat quietly under my breath, walking quickly. Kiyoko looks up from her book, a confused look on her face. I couldn't tell if she thought I was crazy or having a nervous breakdown. Both, I think.

She hesitates, probably thinking if she wants to ask what's up or just ignore me.

"..What are you doing?" She finally says, staring at me judgingly. 

"Headdedme!" I say quickly.

She blinks at me.

"He added me," I say a bit slower.

"Who added you?"

"Tanaka-senpai!" 

She nods, giving me a questioning look. "Okay?" She says, drawing out the 'o' sound.

That humbled me. It was like a knife through my heart. It made me think a bit more clearly, though. Why was I so excited? I sent her a hurt look as I walked slowly back to my room.

Picking up my phone that I threw away in shock, I reread the notification for the third time. I internally hype myself up. Finally, I bring myself to follow him back.