26 Days

Prologues

"There is a myth that if you feed koi fish in the back garden of the school and for 26 days see black and white koi come out together then your love will be reciprocated." I told him while biting the chocolate bar he bought from the canteen.

Beside him Akari poked up from her bento and looked directly at Sayaka. "Where do you know that?" Actually Akari is a girl who does not believe too much in myths or other mystical things that are uncertain but if it is the thing that makes her interested no matter if it is myth, mystic or uncertainty.

"From my grandmother, she used to go to school here." Akari nodded in agreement with Sayaka's answer.

"Why not try?" ask Akari again, if the myth is true it will be good, the love that is reciprocated must be very beautiful is not it? So why not?

"I have a boyfriend." Sayaka replied indifferently shrugging her shoulders, Akari just said 'oh' only she forgot that Sayaka already has a girlfriend named Sai, actually Akari is quite envious of this best friend who already has a boyfriend, actually Akari, unlike her now seventeen-year-old self, she has never felt anything called dating.

Eliminate his negative thoughts by shaving his head which makes his dark hair look waving because of this movement even more so with a gust of wind that is strong enough because they are on the roof of the school even more so the school they are in foot mountain.

"Why don't you?"

"Huh?" Akari blinked confused by the sudden twitching of her best friend, Sayaka with a ignorant smile pulled Akari's hand to make her stand up. Because Akari's small body makes Sayaka easily take Akari towards the fence. He enthusiastically pointed down, there was a pyria who was laughing with his friends. "You and Taki have been friends since childhood, so maybe you like them, right?"

Akari refrained from blushing at her best friend's words, smiling at Taki running when chased by his angry friend. "You know for yourself, don't you?" Akari said without distracting her from the man she likes. Sayaka already knows her crush and Akari has no problem with it, after all Sayaka is his very trusted friend of course Taki who is his friend from childhood is also very trusted by him but for this matter Taki still does not know with Akari's feelings to him.

But every once in a while Akari regretted telling Sayaka this little secret, once Sayaka pushed Akari towards Taki but instead of falling into Taki's arms, Akari fell down in front of Taki. After that day Akari is completely embarrassed to meet Taki, until for a week Akari tries desperately to avoid Taki.

"So how?"

"Huh?" Sayaka rolled her eyes off guard with Akari's nature, if she thought about Taki all the things would be forgotten. "About the myth."

"oh" Akari tried to think about her decision on whether she would believe such a thing, but even if the myth was not true Akari would not get into much trouble. "All right." Akari said with a soft sigh hoping that this decision will not make her regret later.

"Yosh, let's go there." Akari is only resigned when she is pulled by Sayaka, after a long journey, Akari and Sayaka arrive at the school's backyard, there Akari immediately crouched down in front of the pond looking at a black koi swimming in circles. Trying to look and observe the other parts of the pond Akari turned around and looked at Sayaka who was also crouching beside her. "You said there were black koi and white koi, but I didn't see the white ones."

Sayaka blinked a few times then she folded her arms in front of her chest trying to remember what she had forgotten to say to Akari. "Ughh" Sayaka becomes agitated when she forgets one important thing her grandmother told her. "I'm sorry Akari-chan, my grandmother said these two fish change their appearance, the white one at night and the black one during the day."

"Even so I won't give up, as Akari does." Akari clenched her hand and raised it upwards, seeing Akari's behavior makes Sayaka giggle amused even though Akari is gentle and also a little shy but she also has her witty side that occasionally comes out that changes the atmosphere.

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Akari stared at the clockwork of the wall restlessly, she had already completely lost her patience waiting for the time to come home which felt like a very long time. Moreover, he was currently attending a very annoying math class. Having done nothing but stare at the clockwork, Akari's mind bergeriliya far away considering his conversation with Sayaka.

He has liked Taki for a long time even if you ask him since when then he will not be able to answer. It all started when Akari was six years old who had just moved to a new house because of her father who moved duties. Because little Akari who has a very big curiosity makes her explore her new village until finally she lost her way. Anxious, scared and sad that was the feeling of Akari at that time. He doesn't know how to go home, what Akari does is the only thing he can 'drug' and that's where Taki comes and sends Akari home. The friendship between the two is getting closer since then, they always spend time together to play and learn, initially Akari greatly admires Taki with his loving attitude and also his caring, his love for her, but that feeling slowly grew into loving.

"30 minutes and 23 seconds." Akari was a little jolted in shock at hearing a voice beside her, there Akari looked at the blond-haired man, the man stared at the mobile phone in his hand as he shook his head and turned towards Akari. "This is your highest daydreaming record." Akari just rolled her eyes hearing the joke of the man in front of her who was Taki Tachibana the man she always admired and loved.

"Where is everyone?" Akari asked finally realized only the two of them were in the classroom. "Home home you've been daydreaming too much."

"Why haven't you come home yet?" Akari asked again as she put all her books in the bag. "And let you go home alone?" Akari turned her head to look towards Taki who was also looking at her with a serious look. "I don't think it's my job anyway." At first Akari feels a surge of happiness hearing Taki's words, but at the end of the sentence Taki's feeling disappears as quickly as he appears.

After she finished putting all her things in the bag, Akari and Taki left school. The two walked side by side, Taki's head was always staring at the sky that had started to darken, he was indeed very fond of the beauty of the sky. It is not uncommon for Akari to see a dumbstruck Taki staring up at the sky, but when asked why Taki always smiles and shakes his head, but Akari knows that the smile is fake. She has known Taki since childhood, and therefore Akari can distinguish genuine and fake smiles.

Ignoring Taki who continued to look up at the sky Akari saw beside the road there was a pet store that he often visited. Accelerating Akari's move successfully precedes Taki and immediately enters the store. Taki just frowned confused by what Akari was doing, he waited for a while until Akari finally came out with a black pouch in her hand. "Buy what?" Taki asked Akari who immediately opened the black bag in her hand, there Taki could see that it was fish food.

"You got a pet?" Taki asked again puzzled, who in his year Akari did not have any pets. Akari just shook her head slowly and the two continued on their way. "I bought it for a koi in the back yard of the school, pity no one is guarding it." Hearing that Taki smiled and put his hand on Akari's head while ruffling Akari's hair a habit that Taki had always done since they were children.

After ten minutes later they finally arrived at a house that has a traditional Japanese style, Akari beegeser and facing towards Taki, he bowed his head slightly. "Thank you for driving me." Taki just smiled and waved his hand unnecessary marks, he did suck with something that smelled formal but Akari occasionally did this because she had been taught since childhood by her father. "It's the night I just go home." Taki turned around and left, but only one step away and Akari was startled by a voice from behind the door. "Why is it too late?"

Taki turned around and saw a middle-aged man staring intently at him. "ah uncle sorry, I was at the picket class so Akari also had to wait for me to finish." Clearly Taki is lying so that Akari does not get into trouble from her father. "Then I go straight home uncle." Akari's father nodded and accepted the lie given by Taki.

After entering Akari's house directly to her room, there she placed fish food on the table while commenting on the smile on her face. "Then tomorrow's the first day huh, I can't wait for him."