shino couldn't stop the panic that was

rushing inside her. the beating of her

heart and the breath of her lungs made

her look so petrified.

"akira!" she yelled from across the basement—

finding akira, who was by himself sitting on the

basement floor looking downcast and dejected.

ooh boy. things did not go well.

making her way next to him, she quietly took the seat

beside him.

she started, "i heard what happened."

"shino, i don't get it."

the girl beside him returned a questioning gaze:

"was atsumi a carnation or a person?"

shino widened her eyes, before holding her stomach—

forcing her laughs in but in her worst attempt ;

"pft—" she was unable

to hold in her laughter.

shino was laughing. akira threw her a death glare

for just what stupidity she brought him in just now.

shino wiped a tear on her eye as she threw an insult:

"oh my god, akira. i never thought you'd think that

someone who liked you was a flower!"