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[sugahbunni]

BUCKET LIST ☆ 04

The sunrays are simmering into your skin on your way to school, your footsteps speeding up when you glance at watch and .. JEEZ ?? 30 MINUTES LEFT ??!

Bland colored houses are all you can see for a few blocks before entering the school grounds. Your body basically shuts down once you flop down on your hard chair, which is on Saiki’s right. You beam at him, your heavy breathing breaking apart the quiet atmosphere of the classroom. You sit on the edge of the chair, waving him over.

"Sai-"

The teacher smacks the yard ruler on then chalkboard, grabbing the attention of everyone in the classroom. You bite your lip , a look of defeat washing over your face when you fix your position on your seat.

“Okay listen up ! Since this is your last year at high school, oh so very exciting” She says in the most boring tone ever you start to question if she even wants to be here. “You will create a bucket list with about thirty ish activities, it will be a project and I will be the one to assign partners!”.

Your ears perk up at the word partners. You have a gut feeling that you and Saiki are destined to be partners for such a project. You turn to Saiki with an idiotic smile, he pretends to not see you in the corner of his eye. “I’ll be naming off the partners now..” Mrs. Shimizu announces, picking up the crumbled paper which makes it seem like she thought long and hard about the duos.

You straighten up your back and bite the skin around your fingers. You really hope it’s not some weirdo who is secretly into adult magazines, and you really hope it’s Saiki. You’re not sure why you felt some connection to him but you really did feel something in your weakening heart.

I just want to be friends with him, that’s all.

As names are being called out, you could hear groans and gasps from your classmates. Either indicating they love or dislike their partners. You turn to Kaidou who is visibly excited of being partners with Aren but trying to hide it by saying “Psshh no biggie”.

“Kusuo Saiki and L/n Y/n”.

You gasp loudly, clumsily falling out of your seat with a loud thump. You peer up at Saiki with a snicker, sucking in your lips to hide your smile when he stares down at you with a pained look.

“Good grief, you’re going to be a pain in the ass” He mumbles. You can only shoot him with finger guns and send a wink his way. He rolls his eyes and gets up as soon as the bell rings, and the teacher calls out the last partners. Teruhashi passes by you and gives you an awkward smile, her hands balled up in fists. “So lucky! You got Saiki ahahah ..” She says, Chiyo having to drag her away from you when she notices Teruhashi might hit you upside the head. You nervously laugh, shaking your head to dismiss the tense air between you two.

You make your way towards Saiki, your footsteps a bit too loud and skippish.

“Get away, I’ll deal with you later” He tells you. You shake your head, wrapping your arms around his arm. “Let’s write our list together, please!” You pipe out, your grip deadly tight. He attempts to shake you off but gives up once he sees your puppy eyes staring up at him.

He does not like that he developed somewhat of a soft spot for you but your e/c eyes really got to him at times. He exhales dramatically, reaching down and flicking your forehead with a bit of force. “Alright alright, just get off. You’re causing a scene” He whispers, nervously looking around and seeing your classmates giggling and at pointing at the both of you.

You let go almost immediately, dusting off your shirt and leaning in way too close to his face. He does the opposite, leaning back as you came closer to him. His palm comes in contact with your forehead, forbidding you to come closer.

"I lied".

You slump down on your seat, throwing your arms in the air in frustration. "Then when?" He shrugs his shoulders, not seeming to care about your feelings until he smiles. "Lunch time".

You freeze, dumbfounded as he hands you a book. You pout as he leaves, your fingers playing with the dog ears that he did on the corners of the pages. You open up the book, seeing notes on the blank sides of the pages. You hiccup out of embarrassment, a faint color of pink brushing against your cheeks.

You get up and run out into the hallway with the intention of getting his attention. "Saiki" You loudly call out into the crowded narrow space, watching him walk down as he tries to make his way down to the cafeteria.

Why does he make my life so complicated?

As you catch up to him, he turns his attention to you with an amused look on his face. "Yes?". You gulp, showing off the pages full of neat handwriting. "You annotated my book?" You ask, your hands shaking with a bit of anger but nervousness as well.

He nods, "Duh".

You let your book in hand fall to the side, wondering if you should ask this question but decide to do so anyways.

"I thought you didn't read much" You question with a soft voice, your classmates giving you stares as they walked by the both of you. You're not aware that you are in the middle of the lunch room but Saiki completely takes note of this. He jus doesnt want to say anything.

"What's much to you?" He replies with coldness hinted in his voice, his eyebrows knitting together as he seems offended by your statement. You step back, your hand practically crushing the book. A sigh leaves your lips, shaking your head.

"Nevermind" You say, your cheeks burning up when you realize you're blocking the way for others. Also because Saiki kinda just ended you on the spot. "I was joking" Saiki clears up, but honestly who can tell when he sounds so serious at times? You throw the book at his chest, not too hard because well it is your only copy of Peter Pan. Why did he do stuff that made you so confused?

Why does he have to be so complicated?

"Get me a new copy, I don't need you to clarify the book with your little notes" You huff out, nudging him quite harshly when you flee the scene. You stomp down to the classroom, grabbing your backpack with the intention of leaving the school day behind earlier.

Making your way down to the exit doors, you feel a presence behind you which causes you to speed up your walking.

"Y/n" A firm voice calls out to you.

"Nuh uh, you're not getting to me" You reply, you clasp your hand around the exit door handle. Without warning, a tender hand sets upon yours. You push their hand away gently, and see Saiki with your book in hand to your left.

"Not so nice to throw books at people, don't you have manners?" He asks, passing you the book. You accidentally graze your hand against his, and he drops the book in surprise.

He bends down and grabs the book, pushing it into your hand and he grimaces. "Cheeto dust" He mumbles, stepping back and eventually walking away. "Get your bucket list ready for tomorrow, I don't want to waste time".

You glare at his disappearing figure, flipping through the dull pages to read some of the writing he left behind. You notice that yes, indeed you have cheeto crumbs on your fingers. Brushing them off on your shirt, you continue scanning the pages. A neat annotation catches your interest, you turn the book around to see the writing better.

“Peter losing Wendy was his biggest lost, he really thought she was his forever” You read, you could hear Saiki's monotone voice in your head as you read the note. You smile, knowing he was probably poking fun at Peter Pan. You nod, making your way back to the classroom and picking out your favorite annotations that Saiki had left behind.

“Yeah he’s definitely something”.

You could feel it in your chest that this bucket list project will do you good for your sickness. All you hope is that Saiki does not dislike you at the end of it.

☆☆☆

Writing down the last item on your list, you place your head in your hands. You scan the events from number one to number one to number twenty-seven.

Say farewell to Saiki and friends is what your list says at number twenty seven.

You won't die of course, it's just in case you do. Although your treatment is going well so far but you know it could backfire at any moment. Sometimes you find yourself praying until your knees stung, praying that you get better and do not have to tell your friends anything.

"Hey Y/n, done with yours?"

You flung yourself over your paper, hiding the evidence that you're not at your healthiest right now. Kaidou frowns, leaning down to face you and his eyes show unsettlement.

"You okay? How's your nose doing?" He gingerly presses his thumb against your nose bridge. You wince slightly, wrapping your hand around his wrist and pulling it down to your lap.

"I'm okay Kaidou, I swear" You softly whisper, watching his face turn completely red as you spoke. He pulls away, rubbing his wrist as if you hurt him. "Okay! I'm glad, uhm, see ya!" Kaidou hesitates to leave but scurries away when you give him a smile.

You always wonder why Kaidou was a mess around you, his words always stumble upon each other. Jeez, the amount of shades of pink that paints his face is astounding.

You tap your shoes on the floor in the most obnoxious way, oblivious to the fact that Saiki is staring at you at the classrooms entrance.

Do they not know that's annoying? He thinks to himself, his mouth opened a bit to show how much displeasure you are rising in him.

As soon as he walks pass by you he regrets even stepping into the class in the first place. "Saiki hi!" You exclaim, waving at him and expecting an immediate response back.

Saiki could pretend he could not see you, but he's done that so many times he thought maybe he could spare you a second of his time. The pink haired boy waves back at you and with a satisfied nod of your head, you cross out the first item on your list.

Saiki raises an eyebrow, hovering over your desk and staring down at you and the number one being crossed out already.

"What-", "My first on my bucket list is to get you to say hi back to me!".

He leans even closer, his fingertip finding the first item and he could not help but express disbelief. "You really wasted something like that on your bucket list?". You nod profusely in return, "I did not think it would be able to cross it off so quick".

He plants his hands on your desk, wondering why the hell the teacher even paired you up with him.

They're obviously annoying and very childish so why .. his thoughts come to a pause when you grin at him with mischief in your eyes.

Yeah, they're definitely annoying.

"We're only doing your list, so let's pretend I have the same list as you, okay?" He asks, punching the desk quietly before retreating back to his seat. You watch him in silence, folding your paper and pushing it down your pocket.

He seems off today .. eh.

So you continue on with your day, not even paying attention as much to your schoolwork as usual. Though, you could feel eyes burning into you everywhere you went.

It was Saiki. Obviously. He's fixated about your condition again as you showed up to school with dark eye circles. He wishes he did not care, he wishes he could ignore it but he has a suspicion you won't be getting better anytime soon.

He just hopes he could save you in time.

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