It is in fact inevitable that we have to face in order to meet. Talk in order to converse.

However, I still question myself, Must I begin to have a start?

You were busy thinking of what you could have done at home as you doze off during lectures. You took Psychology as part of your major while Philosophy as a minor. Of course, at first, you were quite excited about the courses but after a few semesters you started to grew bored. As the lecturer continued his speech, you were wondering when you are going to get a significant other. You are quite popular but none of your admirers interest you.  Just as you let out a sigh, you saw a boy tripped over an invisible hindrance. Out of pure reaction, you chuckled. Your lecturer noticed it and raised an eyebrow on you, "Since you seemed to be confident in this course. Let me take this opportunity to test that confidence you have on you. Alright?"

"Have to anyway," you answered nonchalantly while laughing in your mind about the tripping scene.

Since you did review a bit yesterday, you were quite sure you could answer the question which you in fact, did answer correctly. The lecturer, though infuriated, decided to shut his mouth and ignored your presence.  When you sat back down to look out for the boy, a teacher knocked onto the room door. The lecturer nearly snapped the chalk against the board for being interrupted twice. He switched to a kind and gentle expression when the Assistant Head Lectures of the University was at the door. She brought a graduate behind her, a male as you assumed from your point of view. Quite a nice figure for a boy, probably androgynous. The way he stood was slightly unrefined to be a girl so he had to be a boy. You continued your analysis just from your perspective until the new graduate entered the room. His dark brown hair swayed as he moved to the centre of the room with his bag hung over his shoulders as he stood beside the teacher. It would be a awing moment if it wasn't for his height. He was about your height, just taller by an inch. But to stand beside an Englishmen lecturer, he seemed so hilarious. As you continued humiliating him in your mind, he introduced himself in English, " Nice to meet you. My name is Aozora Elliot, El for short. I'm 3/4 Britain and 1/4 Japanese. Even so, I tend to spend a lot of my time in Japan. Hence, my Japanese is quite fluent,"

He changed his language to Japanese halfway through. You rested your chin on your left palm as you continue to study him. The more you study him, the more normal he became. That was one problematic habits you have. To make people normal. No matter how special, they are still normal. If they are normal, why give them special treatment as if they are special? Your eyes then saw the dirtied part of his pants - the knee area. The moment you realised that, you remembered that the boy that tripped earlier had the same shirt as him. You eyes widen for a while. Before you knew it, the new graduate sat in front of you. When he did, you heard some girls whispering and giggling.

"Heeh~ Quite of a magnet," You accidentally spoke your mind. Lucky for you, it was soft enough for none to hear. After the lecture was your free time and you decided to stay back in the room since no other teachers or clubs would be using the room. You yawned and started dozing off.

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All of the sudden you felt something warm and soft on your left cheek. You slowly force your eyes to stay open only to see the new boy, El, had his chin resting on your desk as he stared into you with such serious expression. When your senses came to, you jumped out of your seat. The equation was finally solved.

Soft + warm + on the cheek = kiss/ peck

El + staring = he kissed me.

You were about to question him but he beat it to you.

"Yo, you were smiling just now," that sentence alone gave you a shock. Did he realise that you were laughing at him when he tripped earlier on. Being caught red-handed you quickly apologised for laughing. There, you wondered, how could he see you who was at the 5th floor or probably his eyesight just plain sharp. With your head bowed down, you heard no response, you got even more worried, he was definitely mad, you thought. A lot of possible reason for El's silence was screening through your brain but it immediately halted when you felt a pair of fingers reached for your chin and lifted your head. When your eyes met El's, you were completely dumbfounded.

What was he doing? Is he telling me to raise my head? But why isn't he letting go of his two fingers?

Questions then overwhelmed the scenarios, your eyes probably started to look here and there in order to avoid his stare. For a moment, you could see him smile and that made your heart flutter. Then, he inched his face closer to yours, close enough for you to feel his breath. As he continued to reduce the gap between your faces slowly, your heart kept racing. When you couldn't stand the teasing from this El, you were about to push him away until you yelped in surprise when he your left earlobe.

"I shall see you tomorrow then," He whispered to your ears.

DUDE! How could you let out a yelp!? You are a man! Man! Man! Man!

And that El guy. Don't he realise that I am a Full-Fledged GUY?

As you continued complaining about what happened, you recalled some past memories where you got beaten just because you were into sewing and cute stuffs. Yes, you were a girly boy back then, if you had continued your attitude back then, you might ended up as an Okama today. Thanks to your parents that you became a MAN.

Though you tried to filled your thoughts with that but your hand unconsciously reached to your earlobe that he .

"The heck is happening to me!? I need external help for this," You shouted as you decided to take out your phone and dialed a frequently used number. When the line was connected, you rushed, "OI, Are you okay in meeting me today? Same place usual time. I need some… h-h-help,"

Help is a word that you prefer not to use because not everyone helps you without expecting a reward in the end.

"I was about to cut in and reject the meeting but since you, YOU, asked and mentioned help. I will have to agree to this meet-up," the person in the other line said and even without meeting that person, you knew that a smirk was pasted on the face. Knowing that, you sighed and ended the call.

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"Simple! He is your childhood friend. No one - correction, No man! would do that to the same gender person unless he knows you well. Or…" your friend trailed off as he gave you a smirk and whispered to your ear, "Or… That Elliot guy is your stalker,"

Hated the close proximity and the sensation felt, you flushed as you pushed your friend away. He just like to tease you every since you met him. He then continued, "Plus, you act like a girl. Those kinds of tricks usually work for girls. The close proximities weakens them - generally speaking,"

Ignoring your friend's explanation, you pondered. Who was your childhood friend. A male childhood friend.

"Aozora… Aozora… Aozora…" you kept muttering Elliot's family name until a person flashed into your head. "Aozora Sora! That rhyming name!! YES! That girl!!"

"Whoah Whoah Whoah! Hold your horses. This Elliot of yours is a dude. How could - Ah… I see I see…" Again teasing you with the trailing off answers.  You were about to pry into his answer further however, you were stunned when El appeared at the shop's entrance. Instinctively, you grabbed your friend's head and ducked down. When you peeked over, El was practically staring at you and your friend with quite a normal stare to any weirdos. You tried to laugh it off but your friend just had to make it worst by leaving, "Gotta go, You must be Elliot right? He talked about you quite a lot. Enjoy your time!!"

"Y-You!" You called after your friend but instead of help you got a thumbs up. One of these days, you will have to punch that guy right at the face.

"I'm sorry for earlier on. I shouldn't have done that to you…" an apology caught you off guard as he bowed his head. After you replied that you don't really mind, he sat down immediately and smiled widely at you, "Really~? That means I can do those kinds of stuffs to you everyday? Banzai!! I'm glad I found you here! What a coincidence! After staying at England, everyday I thought about you. The you who loves sewing and cute stuffs!"

His sudden change of attitude and expression really stumbled on you. You just got frozen stiff. Every day? Those kinds of stuffs? El is a girl right? But why does she sound like a guy and had a guy's build?

"I'm here for you… Princess," El suddenly took your right hand and kissed your fingers. You quickly took your hand away and clearly, your face was red. Seeing you blushing, El smiled sweetly. Somehow, her personality resembled someone.

"Are-Aren't you the Princess!? You are a girl aren't you?" you retorted as you hid your flushed expression. El cocked his head to the side, as if telling you 'What are you talking about?'

"Y-Y-You are Aozora Sora right? The girl back then in the neighbourhood who got transferred to England," you stuttered since El's eyes were piercing through you. Your heart kept beating fast. Out of the blue, chuckling came to your ears. It was El laughing with tears slowly forming at the edge of her eyes. "Oh dear… Did I really look like a girl back then to confuse you? But same question to you as well. Aren't you the one who acts more like one?"

"Wait WHAT!? YOU ARE A GUY?!!?!?" You shouted as you pointed to the innocently smiling El. He was definitely fooling you around.

Elliot then stretched out his arms upwards and said, "Since I've got your approval. You are now my girlfriend and I'll be attacking you anytime possible. So don't let your guard down there, Okay?"

Without wasting a further second, he placed his lips onto yours as he covered the scene with the shop's menu.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm back, Rine," he said it softly.

A memory triggered into your mind.

It was a cold autumn and both you and Sora, was laying down on the ground watching the autumn leaves fell during sunset. Sora had to leave because his father wanted to take custody of him. With his parents divorced, her mother had to give him away since the father won at the court. You practically holding back your tears because, Sora, the first ever person to ever accepted his girly side, had to leave him alone. Sora noticed that sat up and wiped away your tears and said, "Don't worry Rine. I'll be back. Just wait for me… I will definitely return to your side and make you my bride,"

"Sora…" you started as Sora or now known as Elliot smiled.

"The heck!!! Why am I the uke!?" You continued.

"Maa~ Probably because you act like one? Fufu," and there goes his signature laugh.

Every meeting ends with a parting. But, every parting will ended up with a reunion…