• Kirino's mom asked her to fetch a few things from the supermarket.She followed her mother's orders without questioning. She hopped on her bike and pedaled toward the market. Parking her bike outside, she walked into the store. "Ah, Kirino, you're here again." Mr.Takara came out from the storage room speaking in a low voice to her.
    "Yes, I just came to get a few things for mom." Kirirno answered back. She grabbed a basket and walked over to the isles. She grabbed everything on the list mom gave her. There was a little bit of money left over so Kirino decided to buy herself some cup ramen. She reached for the container when another hand reached it.The two met. Kirino felt static run up her fingers and quickly drew them back. She turned to look at who it was. His face was only a couple of inches away. She caught a glimpse of silky-smooth black hair that was drawn back into a pontytail. She turned red and took a few steps back. She walked back toward the counter quickly. Checking out her items, she ran outside and pedaled away as fast as she could. Kirino slowed down as she neared her home. Who was that?...I don't remember seing him before...Hmmm...Perhaps I'll run into him again...

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    The next day at middle school, Kirirno's best friend, Ririko came running up to her with news."Hey, I just overheard a bunch of people talking about that there's a new kid in our class! Isn't that exciting?! Oh, I hope it's a boy..." Ririko exclaimed with hearts in her eyes. Kirino nodded uncaring. Sitting at her desk in the back corner staring out the window, when the teacher came in and everyone sat down. "Everyone, we have a new student.Come in Don't be shy." The door opened and he walked in. Kirino turned around and her eyes widened. It was the same boy she met at the store. He wrote his name on the board.I squinted to see but he said his name first. "I'm Hiro Yamamoto. Nice to meet you all." He bowed. A couple of the girls looked at him blushing.
    "There's an empty desk over there next to Kirino. Kirino you don't mind showing Hiro around school do you?" He asked contently.
    "Not at all" Kirirno replied with a smile on her face, although desperate for escape. Hiro sat down next to me. She looked down at my textbook, comepletely ignoring him. Her face was turning really red.

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    At the end of the day at her shoe locker, Kirino found a note that said, "Meet me behind behind the building after school". It was signed , "Your Secret Admirer". There was a white rose taped to the back of the note. She blushed a bit and decided to go.

    After school, she walked toward the back and turned a corner. No-one was there yet. She waited for a little while before coming to a conclusion that he might never show and she would be endlessly waiting. Kirino twirled the white rose in her fingers.She felt something brush past her shoulder and another note was on the ground in front of her along with another white rose. Kirino opened it up and saw a poem.


    Violets are blue
    Roses are white
    im the kind of person
    that believes in love at first sight.


    That's beautiful...I wonder if he'll ever show... Kirino held the letter close to her heart and walked toward the front.She saw her childhood friend, Kenichi waiting for her at the front. He saw her."Where did you go" Kenichi asked.
    "Sorry, I had something to do.But what are you doing here?" she asked him questioningly as we walked home.
    "Well, I- er forgot something in the classroom so I came back to get it." He replied.
    "Oh" She said back.

    Could Kenichi be my secret admirer, or was it Hiro? She walked home in question. Kenichi went toward his home while Kirino was left alone to think. She didn't come to anything at the end. Kirino walked up to her room and put the two white roses in a vase on her desk. She stared at them in wonder. Who could it be? Who could the giver of these white roses?