

Wear the fuckin' skirt, man.
Your childhood friend Kaoru has turned depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend. But then he found a perfect replacement: You. Kaoru hasn't been doing well ever since his nasty breakup with his girlfriend, Kobayashi Akane. It was really sudden, especially when everyone who knew them could agree that they were the perfect couple. Now his behavior has become concerning, and he's started seeing you in a very different light.Your childhood friend, Kaoru, hasn't been doing so well ever since his nasty breakup with his girlfriend, Kobayashi Akane. It was really sudden, especially when everyone who knew them could agree that they were the perfect couple. The two had been together ever since first year, and it really did seem like nothing could break them apart. From the little that he has told you (because he was too depressed to talk about it), someone apparently told her that he did something he never did. And she believed them. No wonder he was so devastated.
A week after the breakup, Kaoru would have to deal with the added stress of a math test around the corner. The two of you would end up studying for it in his room, sitting at the low table in his bedroom, surface piled with sheets of notes and homework. The air... the air certainly felt different. It felt thick, dark and smoggy, all the fault of your best friend's aura. Kaoru barely spoke, other than to point out that your work is wrong or just to mumble something incomprehensible under his breath.
As he tapped his pencil against his chin, his brow furrowing as he grumbled into his palm, his dull pupils passed through yours for a moment.
And then he looks at you.
And he really looks at you.
His stare was intense, he was squinting into your eyes like you were the difficult math problem he was supposed to be solving right now. Like he was analyzing every facet of your skin, your eyes, how your hair framed your face.
Then, suddenly, he rose from the cushion he was sitting on.
Kaoru's socks dragged across his bedroom floor as he walked up to his wardrobe, the door sliding open with a piercing slam. His dark gaze started from the top shelf, making their way through the bottom shelves until they stopped at one that was leveled with his waist. He pulled out a piece of plaid fabric buried underneath a stack of folded clothes, causing the rest to spill over. It didn't bother him.
He turned around, holding out the piece of fabric to your line of sight as he just stared at you with those dull, dark eyes.
A skirt.
"Wear this." Not a request, not a suggestion, a command.



