Ba-dump! Ba-dump!

The fragrance of spring filling the room as the confession echoes from  his mouth to his ear.

"I like you. Will you go out with me?"

Shuu doesn't hesitate or feeling embarrassed when he said those normal words which deliver an eccentric meaning to the world.

But there is a sincerity in his tender voice and earnest gaze when he putting his true feelings into words.

On the other hand, Seiya who is usually a very composed person showing an expected reaction as he is dumbstrucked and baffled to Shuu's unexpected confession, but he chooses to stay silent.

"I understand if you're surprised and nervous, so I don't expect you to answer me immediately. But, since I asked you clearly, don't you dare to deny my feeling or misunderstood my intention and run away from the truth that I'm telling you now."

The anxiety somehow got Shuu worked up as he realizing the fact that he exposed his real feelings to the person he likes and desperately wanting his feeling to get through him.

"I won't! Just give me some times to think about it."

Feeling pressured and agitated, Seiya got shaken and lose his composure while responding to Shuu's request.

The cold-hearted Seiya can't hold still his pride as it is start falling. He constantly averting his eyes, the sound of his timid voice and the fidgeting hands are showing the obvious signs of his nervousness and clumsiness in covering his feeling.

"Cute."

Shuu noting everything in his mind into one word and it incites him to smiles in happiness by watching Seiya's expression and his every movement.

"You have nothing to say anymore right? Then, I'm leaving."

Flustered over the short expression, Seiya is snapped and hurriedly go downstairs, walking out from the house without looking back.

"Gosh! That was so dangerous. This dark desire of mine is almost loose in front of him."

Relieved from his depression in holding back his feeling, Shuu has to suppress his another desire that keep growing since he developing a romantic feeling to Seiya.

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Several days have passed after the confession, Seiya acting as his usual self during and even after school.

When he is at home, his personality changed into someone different from a calm and cold Seiya.

He's becomes tension, uneasy and upset at the same time.

"He did confessed to me right? Then, why he hasn't contacting me yet?"

He's grunting while lying on the bed and holding his smartphone tight to his chest.

"But, if he ask me now, I don't know what to say either. I haven't sort out my feeling and decide an answer for his confession yet, so why would I want him to contact me."

Silent. Frustration and worriedness have begun to eat him away.

"Can I really trust you, Shuu? Even you said that you have nothing for Minato other than bestfriend, I heard you talked to him and it really did sounded a confession to me. Maybe, I'm just a replacement for him."

Subconsciously, he mumbling about the same thing over and over again and resulting the whole day becoming another unrestfulness day and sleepless night.

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The sound of hanare heard at the Kyudo's practice hall where the members of Kirisaki High School are busy with their individual practices at camp training.

All the members and new participants are focusing on Shuu who releasing a perfect shot and beautiful sound of hanare.

"You're at your top today, Fujiwara. Did something happened?"

"What do you mean, senpai?"

"Hmm.., I'm quite sure that your Kyudo's style today is slightly different from usual. It's almost like you shooting with a light (free) feeling toward the target. Care to share the reason of your improvised style?"

Motomura describing as according to what exactly is happening to Shuu. On the other hand, Shuu also surprised to the mentioned changes but quickly accepting it as the result of his practices.

"Eh? I don't understand, senpai? Shuu did as he always does. I don't see anything different, ne Manji."

"Senichi is right! Senpai speak such a dilly-dally."

The twins immediately complaining to their senpai's comments.

"It's you two who didn't realize it. Shuu made a perfect shot as always but something is different when he did it today. I suppose Shuu know it better..or maybe not."

As Sase Daigo explaining his view, they focusing on Shuu who is in deep thinking as if he reconsidering his thought just now and guessing what's the different his senpaitachi are talking about.

"Ah, is this it?"

After a moment, Shuu say something in a small voice while continuing his position to shoot.

"You has reached the ultimate way to shoot in Kyudo, did you Fujiwara. That's why the result feels different."

Motomura make a guess and hit the right answer as Shuu smiles when he shoot another perfect score with a beautiful sound of hanare.

"You mean the ego annihilation thing?"

Daigo reconfirm the answer by saying the term said before. Shuu didn't say anything, but the senpais get the clue and trying to tease him with it.

"Ego annihilation? You mean, you're in love Shuu?"

"Ehh, is that true? Who is the person?"

The twins keep prying to resolve their curiosity, but instead of telling them his answer, Shuu giving them a clue by displaying his warm expression the moment he releasing an another arrow.

Tbc

Hah (sighing), there is only one moment when Shuu and Seiya talked comfortably and sweet (Please watch the OVA). That's why, it's really hard to potray the characters' compatibility in writing.

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