"F.R.I.E.N.D.S, that's how you fucking spell friends! F.R.I.E.N.D.S! Get that shit inside your head!" Is what you'd yelled at him just last week. The two of you had been friends since you were ten, and in recent months he'd been rather clingy and affectionate. It wasn't Akihito's fault your temper got out of control. But he should've stopped the first time you said no.

It's 2:30pm and the two of you are sitting in the library doing homework. Until a pair of girls came up to the two of you and asked if you were dating. You sighed, assuming he'd say yes just to get on your nerves. But the words out his mouth made you freeze.

"F.r.i.e.n.d.s, we're just friends."