Saihara x Kaede

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*No one's POV*

Saihara and Kaede sat on the bed in Kaede's room in utter silence. Kaede had her hands clasped together and was looking at the floor. Saihara looked at her head, with her blonde hair blossoming from it. She was really beautiful. He really liked her, he loved her. He wanted to tell her but he didn't know how. They were really close, that was clear from when he was hugging and rocking her back and forth to comfort her. He kept wondering whether that was too far or not. Either way, he had to tell Kaede about his feelings for her. He was debating in his mind if he should tell her now or at another time. He decided, in the end, it would be better off to tell her later when she wasn't in such a delicate state. The last thing he wanted to do was make her cry.

After a while, Saihara left. He really needed to collect his thoughts. When he got back to his room, he sat at the desk with is head in his hands and racked his brain to try and figure out why Kaede was crying behind a bush. "Did Iruma insult her? Did Ouma tell a lie that upset her? "  He simply couldn't think of anything. He decided that once she calmed down, he would ask her. But on second thought, he didn't want to upset her again.

*2 days later*                                                                 

Saihara and Kaede were sitting in the arcade room, playing video games. After the round was finished (Which Kaede won), Saihara decided he would tell her that he loved her. "Kaede," He said, not meeting her gaze. "I need to tell you something." "Okay, fire away." She said.

"I..I l-love you..." He said, stuttering a little while he blushed a rose pink.

*Saihara's POV*

God, I made a fool of myself. I was stuttering, blushing, sweating a little, everything I didn't want to happen. She looked at me with a slightly shocked look, while blushing a little bit. This just made me go a shade of scarlet. "U-umm..." She stuttered. "I-I'm sorry. I'm going to g-go to my room now." I mumbled and walked away, leaving Kaede sitting there, dumbfounded. Once I was out of the room, I ran back to my room to get changed for bed.

*Kaede's POV*

I was feeling so many emotions at that time, I didn't know which I felt the strongest. Saihara, my best and closest friend, had told me that he was in love with me. I got up from my spot, not bothering to put away the remotes. I tried to find Saihara at first, but couldn't so I gave up and walked back to the dorm rooms.

When I got there, I tried to open Saihara's door, and it swung open. I stepped in as quietly as I could. I heard a rustling. When I peeked around the corner, I saw Saihara, bent over, looking in a drawer for something. I don't know why I stayed there, staring at him. It was like I was stuck in a stupor, and during that stupor, I realised that I loved Saihara.

*Saihara's POV*

I heard someone breathing from around the corner in my room, not heavy breathing, just light breathing. I turned around to see who was there, I knew who it was even before I turned around. Kaede was standing around the corner, looking at me with a faraway look in her eyes, blushing a rosy pink. When she realised that I had caught her, she snapped out of her stupor, she proceeded to look like a naughty schoolchild, caught doing something wrong. She went to turn around but tripped on the floor and would have fallen on the floor if I hadn't caught her in time.