Juuni Taisen: Ai [DISCONTINUED]

Depend on Me (Nezumi)

Author's note: To be honest, this is already going to be one of the more light-hearted one-shot in this series (other than Uuma's since I've planned for his to be pretty adorable), so you can expect some sort of angst or tragedy for the other chapters.

Hopefully this isn't too OOC, because I never really had the time to actually fully analyze Nezumi's character.

Anyways, enjoy this one-shot! (It's really long since I've added some Juuni Taisen elements into it too, but hopefully it's okay.)

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"... And that's it for today's lesson. Class dismissed!"

As the school bell continued to ring, your teacher and a couple of students from the classroom slowly began to walk out to hang out with the others. Another day, another normal afternoon in high school. Lunch time had just arrived; a time where students could just relax and have just enough time to get a quick bite.

Stretching yourself after taking down so many notes and about to fall asleep from the lecture, you smiled to yourself when you remembered what was waiting for you. You couldn't wait to dig into the cheesecake that you had made for yourself just last night.

Reaching into your bag, you pulled out a red lunchbox and opened it up. The smell of the cheese and sugar wafted out, and you took a big sniff, smiling to yourself. After all, this one did turn out exceptionally well. You had even added extra whipped cream and berries as toppings for it.

It was probably the most amazing cheesecake you had ever made in your life, even though you did always get A+ for your Home Economics. After all, you loved cooking, baking, and generally anything that was related to food. That included eating, of course.

"Well, Ittadakimasu!"

However, as you were about to take a bite out of your delicious cake, you paused, and placed the fork back down on the table. A strange feeling started to crawl into your heart. Have you forgotten something...? Your ( e/c ) eyes slowly turned towards the side of the classroom where the windows were, and they began to land on your classmate, who was simply just laying on his desk and daydreaming.

Sumino Tsugiyoshi, the boy who was always sleeping during class. For some reason, the teachers never seemed to care about his habits but... those little movements of his always seem to make a smile grow on your face. Of course it wasn't surprising, though. For quite a while, you always thought he was kind of adorable thanks to his hair that looked like a pair of mouse ears and his mannerism. You had worked with him on a couple of projects before, and he was also surprisingly more mature and serious than the other students in the class.

You frowned for a moment, then suddenly gasped when you remembered the promise you had made to him just a couple of days ago. Groaning, you mentally slapped yourself. God damn it, how could you forget about it?

But you still had to keep your promise, no matter how great you knew the cake was going to taste. Slowly, you stood up and walked over towards where the white-haired boy laid.

"Sumino-san."

Lazily, his head lolled to the side such that his sleepy eyes could get a good look at you. "Hm?"

You handed the red lunchbox towards him with a smile. "I haven't forgotten about my promise, you know?"

Tsugiyoshi squinted at you for a moment, before he sniffed a little and his eyes lit up with a glint you've rarely seen before. Looks like he managed to detect the cheese in the little dessert you've made. "Really?"

You shrugged at his question as you placed the box on his table. "I mean, you can smell it from here... Here. The utensils are attached to the box, so I guess you can just use it."