Oh my gosh. I forgot to give Osorō lunch! He's going to kill me, before I can make an excuse! Maybe I can bribe my way out of this. Perhaps I could make him lunch everyday next week. Or... ugh... This is hopeless. I'll just text him an apology and bring him lunch on Monday. Upon grabbing my phone I realized that I was possibly in deep trouble... There was an unopened text from the delinquent.

I want my lunch Monday

Wait, he isn't angry?

I had td something fora client

Client?

Yes how else do you think I'll get money

I highly doubt I want to know, but what do you do?

Like u said u don't wanna know

Fine. I'll give you your lunch on Monday.

Good.

So what up

Um... He...wishes to converse with me? Uh... How do I respond?

Getting ready to go on a run. 

It's not lying. I'm in shorts and a tang top, sitting in the kitchen waiting for Aso.

Yur a runner?

Not really...

Figures 

Yur as muscled as a baby.

I'm not that weak.

Prove it.

When?

When I feel like it pipsqueak.

U running by yerself?

No.

Who you running with?

A friend.

Who

I already stated a friend of mine.

Red head idiot?

He's not entirely dumb, and no.

Lol

Brown hair

No.

Creeper dude

Oko? No.

Figured, purple weirdo

Hell no.

Pfffft! 

President

Why would I agree to that?

Idk

Who I missing that's all yur friends right

I highly doubt Ruti-Senpai and Saikou-Senpai are my friends, but you are indeed missing one other person.

Blondie

Took you long enough to figure it out.

Maybe, but I figured out all of my rivals

Do what!? 

Am I wrong?

Gotta play dumb! Gotta play dumb!

Rivals? What do you mean?

Trust me pipsqueak u will figure it out soon

I'm confused...

Have fun on your run with sports boy

Shidesi-kun? Please explain.

Please? Did you actually say please?

No, I texted it.

Whatever smart Alec 

Besides, call me Osorō

I'll explain when yer older

We are in the same class, are we not?

Ha! I've been held back for two years! I'm older

So this is where your guardian powers come from.

Really pipsqueak? Another incinerator joke?

Yes.

They're getting old.

And on your nerves.

Ya that to

You still haven't explained yourself Osorō-senpai.

There was a lengthy pause as my phone sat silent. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to dig around for a pair of shoes that would work for running. After a couple more minutes, with shoes found and tied, I finally received a text.

Senpai?

You are older than me, this is the correct greeting.

Uh...ok

Anyway, rivals?

I gtg

Will you inform me later?

Maybe.

So no.

Yep

Goodbye.

That could have went better, but it raises a few questions. Is he a yandere like me? By rivals are me and him on the same definition? Does he intend to kill the other six boys? I can't decide if this is a good or bad thing. If he kills off all the other male rivals I can instantly blame it on him and get rid of him. As well as have all of my male nuisances.

However, he will kill Osano. I'd rather that not happen to him. He's already been avoided for now I hope. But on a more sentimental note, I'd miss him dearly.  As I much as I hate to admit it with my twisted lovesick heart, he's grown on me. His blushing, annoyed scowl would be missed. I guess I consider him as that of a sibling almost. 

But what if he isn't a yandere? Is Osorō going to make me look at the other six in a bad light and attempt to sweep me off my feet? Or is he going to beat them up one by one and threaten them to stay away from me? Whatever the case, I don't  care. I'm in love with Taro, not him.

I was taken away from my thought process by the sounds of knocking on my door. "Ayano, ready to run?" Aso's here, good. I believe this is where the protagonist says something to boost their esteem before running out into the world and horribly humiliating themselves. Go me. That's all I got. Guess I better greet the tanned male.

I opened the door to be greeted by a stretched muscle shirt, his abs were prominently showing against the white fabric. "I'm ready." Aso was stretching and didn't seem to have heard the door opening. 

"Great! I was thinking just a two or three mile run today, get you warmed up before we do anything crazy." I nodded as he continued stretch, should I copy him? I mimicked his stance then  crossed my arm across my chest before holding it like he did. He looked over at me then started to chuckle seeing my confusion as I tried to figure out how this would stretch my muscles. "Here! Lemme help!" He went around behind me and grabbed my wrists and tugged my arms back. I felt my muscles stretch as he pulled. "See?" I turned to nod at him. But all I noticed was his light blush, wait...did his hand brush my-? "Lets go? Shall we?" He let go briskly and turned towards the road. 

Interesting. Is he not going to acknowledge that he may have touched me inappropriately? I caught up to him and we then began the torture. I know my mother is like me, I know what real torture sounds like. I was punished once in that same space. But this...this is painful. Excruciatingly painful. My chest, stomach, legs and feet feel like they're made of lead. And the lead is on fire. And gravity is pulling specifically on me. 

The things a girl does for love.

"You can do it Ayano! Don't give up!" While I'm gasping for oxygen, this guy is encouraging me every few steps. "You're doing great!" No, I'm dying.

I think it was about when we reached a mile that I truly was grasping how effective this truly was in "whipping" people into shape. The burn that I was feeling was slowly becoming numb as my legs kept pumping that steady beat against the pavement, even my mind was clear of thought or emotion.

In that brief moment I felt somewhat accomplished. That was before I ran into a boy who looked about a year younger than me with a odd similarity to my senpai. "O-ow! Sorry miss! I didn't see you!" When we had collided I had skidded on my knees to a stop besides him while he brushed dirt off his shirt. 

"It's okay." 

"Oh, hey Hanakō." Wait, Senpai little brother? I repositioned myself so I was sitting and looked fully at him to see my future brother in law. His hair was longer than Senpai's and was held back with a girly hair clip. 

"Hi Aso-Senpai! Sorry I bumped into your girlfriend." Aso's face flushed as he looked at the ground.

"We're not dating." I said slowly, hoping to get my point across. The boy smiled and looked like he was about to respond till a gasp broke the simple scilencel

"Your knees!" Aso was cupping my leg gently as he examined the red oozing blood that gushed out of both my legs. "My gods! Do they hurt!?" I shook my head, my legs were still numb from running. "We gotta get these cleaned! Crap!" Before I understood what was happening I was being hoisted onto his back and carried back the way we came. "Later Hanakō!" 

That's when he began running, "I can walk." He ignored me as I wrapped my arms loosely around his neck. "I'm fine."

"Have you seen your legs? You look like someone swung a bat at them and shattered your knees!" I rolled my eyes as he over exaggeration of my condition.

"It's just a scratch." Hold on, are we already at my house? 

"A scratch?! They're like volcanoes!" He knelt down and deposited me gently onto the grass. "We got to get those cleaned up!" I sighed and opened the door allowing the two of us inside. As I tried to walk in I was swept off my feet and gently dropped into my father's recliner. "Stay put." 

He rushed off towards the kitchen and the sounds of cabinets opening and closing filled the empty atmosphere. There was a sound of water before he came back holding a bowl and towel. I reached for the cloth but he held it out of reach, much like a teasing friend would.

"I got it! I got it!" He smiled before kneeling down to gently dab at the drying blood. "Does it hurt..?" I shook my head trying to relax. This is more contact than I would want in a day. 

Like I said, I'm not much of one to enjoy physical contact. I'll engage in handshakes, pats on the shoulder, or even the occasional hug. But this boy has crossed over the boundary more than even Osano has. I'm used to Osano. Aso...not so much.

"Just a few scrapes from the asphalt. You'll be okay." He plopped a damp hand onto my thigh beaming up at me with a wide grin. "We still need to get some peroxide on it, maybe bandages as well. We don't want any infection." 

I nodded and began to stand up, hoping he would take his hand off me. Instead his eyes widened and he pushed me back down. He stood up quickly and had grabbed my shoulders to push me back. In this action he had triggered the mechanisms in the chair and it folded out causing him to land in a less than appropriate stance over top of me. 

His breath hitched as he stared down at my face, his own was covered in a red dust. "U-Uhm! Sorry about that! I'm going to find the first aid kit now!" He literally rolled out of the embarrassing position onto the floor before sprinting away.

That was...awkward.

Why is my heart beating so fast..? Is it still trying to catch up from the run? That's likely the issue. I really need to exercise more. "Found it!" Aso returned holding a brown bottle, cotton balls, and bandages. I fixed the chair and he doused a ball with the clear liquid. "This might sting..." He pressed it against a rough section of my knee.

At first it felt kind of nice, cooling my muscles. That was before the unbearable burn started to shoot out across my leg. I clenched my teeth as he continued to dab the venomous stuff across my knee caps. This felt worse than running...

This feels like torture...

"I'm almost done." Almost..? Almost! ALMOST! It needs to be done right now! OW! "There! Um... You can open your eyes now Ayano." 

I hadn't even realized I clenched them shut. I looked down and realized he had already bandaged them. "Thank you... Aso-Senpai." 

"N-no problem! I got to get going, see you at-Actually here." He whipped his phone out of his pocket and clicked on something before handing it to me. "I'll send you a text so you can have my number, I want you to call me if it gets worse okay?" I took his phone and nodded, I entered my information quickly before handing it back.

"Okay." 

"Great! Have a good day Ayano!"

"You too." He left after grabbing his phone with a smile. Finally peace and quiet.

Hey Yan-chan do u remember the favor I asked u yesterday?

Gosh dang it Osano, I was going to take a shower.

Yes, why?

What time do u go in?

One o'clock.

Ok thnx🙂

You're welcome.

Finally, now I can go get this sweat off of me.

Yandere-chan, I have some profiles on your data base I need to update.

Why do I even bother planning on showering if people wish to be so social?

Then be my guest.

I can't do so without payment, so honey got anything new?~

Give me a moment. 

I walked to the bathroom and dropped my drawers before taking a quick shot and sent it to him.

There.

Oh momma! You have no idea how much I love this! 

Whatever. What's new.

Just a few small things. Such as your rival changed clubs.

Kokona?

Bingo!

She joined drama per request of a friend.

Thanks for the information.

No problem honey~

I really dislike this pet name of yours...

Like I care. So how was your run with Mr. Muscles?

Could have been more enjoyable.

Of course. You could have NOT ran and became super wimpy because you're weak.

Are you making fun of me?

Yep;)

I'm leaving.

No wait!

Don't go!

Why?

I'm bored...

Of course you are...

It's not like you have anything else to do, besides get ready for your tsundere to come over.

My tsundere?

I guess it would be Kuu's tsundere wouldn't it?

I wish. It'd get him off of my back.

Teehee! Poor Yandere-chan!

It sucks having eight boys interested in you, doesn't it?

Autocorrect?

Huh?

Oh crap...

Yes, apologies. My sister must have tampered with my phone.

Wait... 

No! You didn't read that!

You have a sister?

Yes...

Who?

I am not going to disclose that information to you.

Not even for another panty shot?

Real tempting honey~

But no.

You said it yourself, we're friends. Right?

How dense can you get?

Sure, we're friends.

Dense?

Ignore that honey.

Ok, anyway aren't friends supposed to tell stuff about each other?

I already know everything about you honey~

Even the color of my bra?

Oh dear lord I need a tissue!

Are you alright?

Yes, but I got to go.

Ok.

Thanks again for the information.

He didn't respond. I wonder why he needs a tissue? Oh well, now maybe I can get a well deserved shower. As I set my phone down it began to buzz with a new notification... Whoever it is is just going to have to wait! I quickly hopped into the water as it buzzed again, and again, and AGAIN. 

I do believe Oko has put a demon into my device. Why else would this many people be texting me? 

As soon as I was done I hesitantly picked up the thing before sighing in relief. It was just Yuto-kun saying "Thanks again!". Aso with "Hey here's my number!" And Riku...

Any ideas yet?

Yes. 

What do you think about joining the drama club with her on Monday?

Idk...

Do you like her or not?

I do! Ok I'll do it!

Good.

You'll guide me through it?

Of course. See you Monday.

Now that that is out of the way. I better go whip up something to eat and get ready to go to work. Before I knew it, it was already twelve. That's when there were two people knocking on my door. 

"Onee-chan!" Looks like Hiyori is here to 'see me off'. I opened it to be met by a tackle of a hug. "Hi Onee-chan!"

"Hello Hiyori-chan. How are you?" She smiled showing her newly missing tooth.

"I lost a chomper! It's gone!" She let go, allowing me to look up at Osano's grin while his younger brother slept soundly on his back. He met my gaze before mouthing a quick thank you. His siblings mean the world to him. "Now!" The little red headed six year old attempted to make a serious face. "Be safe! Call Onii-chan if anything goes wrong! And don't forget your lunch!" She looked down at her hands as if she was making sure that she had it.

She looked up at her brother expectantly. "Oh! Sorry." He handed down a bento to her so she could hand it to me.

"Thank you. I promise to be safe." I forced a grin as I knelt down to take it from her.

"Onee-chan?"

"Yes Hiyori-chan?" She looked down at her hands as she fiddled with the bottom of her skirt.

"When are you and Onii-chan going to get married?"

U-uh..! Dang it! Is my face getting warm again!? 

"I-I think we better get going!" Osano's blush nearly put his hair to shame. He went to grab her hand but she skipped out of his reach. "Hiyori!"

"I wanna know!"

I better do something... "Hiyori." She looked at me expectantly. "Me and Osano, we-" How can I be such a monster to this kid... She doesn't need for me to crush her world... "We'll talk about it."

What AM I SAYING!?

"Really?!" She looked so excited...

I nodded my head slowly. Osano looked like he was going to faint... "I better get going."

"I call being the flower girl!" I forced another grin as she skipped out of the house.

"Sorry about that..." I whispered to him.

"I-its fine! N-not like I care! Don't die on your way to work! You're knees are already tore up enough! Idiot!" 

"Oh... So you noticed." 

"Of course, idiot!" He looked away, "Bye." I gave him a light hug, careful to not brush against his brother before heading to work. There wasn't really anything noteworthy when I got there, or when I returned home. The picture Hiyori included in the bento was cute though. I hung it next to the three pictures of me and her brother.

What am I going to do with my pictures of Taro and his shrine?