<div class="floatright">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/images/dnangel/Dark_Mousy.jpg)</div>Daichi smiled brightly as he saw Aika in her new all-black attire that looked very good on her making her way towards him with a plate of food.<strong>”Thank you Aika-chan, you are the best!”</strong>He said, accepting the plate just as she started whispering something to him.<strong>”I was-“</strong>An instant after she finished speaking her covert message, his mind registered the likely meaning behind it and his body went rigid as a flash of adrenaline rushed through him.<br/><br/>Did she know?  Did they all know?  Daichi’s eyes moved from her to the rest of the group then back to meet her gaze for a moment before averting it down at his food.  He could hear his heartbeat booming in his ears.  Why was he feeling so embarrassed about this?  No…  It wasn’t embarrassment.  Was it shame?  Shame that it had been Aika who had caught him of all people?  He replayed her words through his mind and this time he could hear the tension in her voice.  It was then that his eyes went wide with comprehension and his purple hues returned to meet her blue eyes.  Did she have feelings for him that he had overlooked in his naivety?  Had she seen him and Sarah together or did she just assume something happened since they were both absent?  Had he blown his chance of finding something more valuable than a friendship before he even had a chance to see there was such an opportunity?  Or had he simply misinterpreted her words?<br/><br/>Either way, the pause would make it impossible to deny anything.  Daichi couldn’t just let it hang in the air though.  There were too many questions that he wanted answers to.  Most importantly, he wanted to make sure he hadn’t unwittingly burned the bridge between them.<strong>”It wasn’t-… I just…”</strong>He replied in a whisper just as low as hers had been, though his was more nervous than anything.<strong>”Would you mind going somewhere we can talk in private?”</strong>He could feel other sets of eyes on him and the additional attention was beginning to make him uncomfortable.