can you keep it a secret?

chapter 4 - hair cut

after shiros sudden collapse, she was absent for 2 days.
shoyo and kokoro kept calling her and texting her, but there was no reply. and they cant visit her, since they dont know her address.
sooner or later both of them asked yachi, kageyama and other students, but they still dont know.

2 days later, shiro comes up to school with a hair cut.
everyone was shocked since her long locks were shorter, but it didnt change the fact that shes pretty.

the door opened and everyone in the classroom was shocked, shoyo as he notices the silence, he looked to the door where everyone was looking,
as shoyo looked, he saw a familiar face but something was different, her hair was shorter....
**shiro doesnt like hair cuts..**
shoyo whispered.

"shiro!?"
a small girl suddenly runs up to her.
"shiro.. why were you absent?! i thought you were dead!! and whats with you hair?!"
**dead...**
shiro whispered.
"i just had some family business..
and for my hair.. i wanted to change it..?"
kokoro looks at shiro with suspicion.
"its true though.."
shiro said nervously.
"okay then...but why didnt you answer my calls?? or atleast reply to my messages?!"
"i.. it was a really important family business.."
"fine.. ill let you go this time.."
shiro went and sat down to her chair.
as hinata stood up to talk to her the teacher opened the door.

the class greeted the teacher and sat down. as shiro sat down, she thought of what kokoro said..
**dead, huh..? i never thought about it... but, what would they think...what would the feel.. if i die..?
what ever.. lets not think about it..**
shiro gives a big sign and continued to listen to the teacher.

it was lunch time, the bells rang, and students voices echoed through the halls. shiro stood up and suddenly hears her name, an orange haired boy runs to her as she looks behind.

"shiro!"
"shoyo?"
"come to me on the rooftop."
the orange haired boy breathed heavily with a concerned face.
"what? why?"
"just come on!"
"w wait shoyo!"
hinata took shiros hand running through the hallways, leaving kokoro behind.
"wAit hInaTa kUn!! hOw dAre yOu tAke sHirO cHan aWAy fRom mE!!"
kokoro screams her lungs out leaving other students shocked.

[ rooftop ]

"shoyo, why are we here? you took me all of a sudden and ran all the way here... now im even more hungry.."
"why did you have a hair cut?"
"eh? whats wrong do you not like i–"
"its just that...you hate hair cuts dont you?"
shiros eyes widened.
cold winds suddenly went through them, hinata had those scary eyes again.. but shiro wasnt scared this time, she was able to put alittle courage in her words.
"i changed this past few years..
i promised myself that i was gonna be fine without you.."
hinatas eyes widened
"it was just a coincedence that we went to the same school.. and.. a hair cut isnt gonna stop me"
shiro crumpled her skirt and looked at hinatas eyes.
"shiro chan i–"
"heh, what am i even talking about..?
ignore what i just said okay?
i was in my little world for a moment"
shiro interupted hinata, and let out a slight laugh. she crosses both hands and puts them in the rooftop bars at the edges.
"but its not like i was lying.. that i was okay without you, that is.."
the wind gave another cold blow to them.
"shiro, your okay right?"
shiro looked behind confused.
"whats with that? of course im okay.."
"its just that, your being more confident with yourself now than before.. you really did change.."
shiros eyes widened with a slight red flush in her cheeks.
"hey, shoyo"
"what?"
"what if i was bald?"
shoyos eyes widen with shock
"wHat? are you really okay shiro?!"
"yeah yeah! im fine haha, that was a stupid question.."
shoyo looked at shiro with a smile on her face..
**you only get to see those types of smiles when she means it..
shes really pretty..**
"well, you already have a new haircut, and it really fits..but being bald? i dont think so.."
hinata gives a laugh while shiro suddenly has a vein on her head.
"oh i see"
shiro said annoyed.
"but do you mean it? about my hair cut fitting me?"
"yeah, it really fits you."
hinata gives her a big bright smile
with slight blushes.
shiro lets out an exhale and looks at hinata blushing.
"thats good to know.."

“im sorry shoyo, i lost my crown years ago.”