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[battering]

UNIT № 1 0 7
"Yo, this is Yata!
Make the message worth my time
an' I'll get back to ya!"

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[redsea]

You do that a lot, don't you?

[ Amused, she smiles at him and swings their hands in bigger arcs a few times. ]

Hehe, it'll be like we snuck out... [ Proof that Yata is a bad influence #495 ]

[battering]

[ He's a great influence shut up. ]

Have you snuck out before, caused a little trouble?

[redsea]

Not really. Well, sometimes I would, just so someone would try to find me. I never went too far. It wasn't for the sake of leaving. [ She wasn't that bad... ]

[battering]

Just so someone would find you? [ laughs, ] You're so weird! [ it's said as fondly as if he'd just called her pretty. ]

[redsea]

I'm not! [ Kougyoku groans and pouts. Now she's insecure. Maybe she should start being more self-conscious around him... ]

[battering]

[ Another laugh when she pouts, and Yata leans his head down to bump her shoulder with his forehead. ]

Relax, that's one of the reasons I like you so much. You're a weird princess but, uh... in a really good way.

[redsea]

[ Oh, well that's not so bad. She puffs her cheeks up and looks at him from the corner of her eye, feigning dissatisfaction. ]

How is that good? I bet you're just making fun of me again.

[battering]

I'm not! It's just kinda hard to explain it. [ His free hand reaches over to press on Kougyoku's cheeks. Nice fishy-face. ]

Besides, when have I ever made fun of you?

[redsea]

[ While making that fishy-face: ]

Misaki! Ooh... [ He has a point. She gently pulls his hand away. ] Well, if you say so.

...I'm just scared I'll mess up.

[battering]

[ Ah. Aaaah. ]

... Yeah, me too. Promise you'll tell me if I do something bad and I'll do the same?

[redsea]

[ Holds her little finger out for him to take. ]

[battering]

[ Kisses her instead. Oops. ]

[redsea]

That's not how it works! [ She's blushing like mad. Yata. ]

[battering]

[ Victory. ] It's the secret way!

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku covers the lower half of her face with her sleeve. She can't win. ]

I-it's a promise, then. [ She's quiet for a while. ] Um. Since when?

[battering]

[ With her, Yata doesn't mind the silence, and he's caught a bit off guard when she speaks again. ]

Since when what?

[redsea]

[ She hesitates. ]

Did you start liking me. [ Look, she's curious. ]

[battering]

Uh... is it dumb if I say from the moment I met you?

[redsea]

Really!? [ She wasn't expecting that answer, but she's happy with it. Just let her get over her initial shock. ] No, it isn't dumb at all! It can happen. Sometimes, you can't even explain it...

[battering]

Haaa, I always thought that love at first sight stuff was all a bunch of crap... you're the exception, I guess!

[ They arrive back at the house though and Yata's glad, if anything because admitting to the length of his crush was a little embarrassing. He doesn't let go of her hand, leading her over to a window on the side. ]

What about you? Since when?

[redsea]

[ So she had that effect on him? She didn't know.

Listening to Yata talk about love is funny, but Kougyoku knows that he wouldn't say anything like this to anyone else. As she follows him, she hums in thought, considering her own answer to the question. ]

When someone tells you they like you, you start thinking about them a lot. It was something like that when I found out you thought I was your girlfriend. [ She has to laugh at the irony. ]

[battering]

That was really embarrassing...

[ He laughs as well for similar reasons, softly, because wow. Not one of his finest moments. ]

I really thought you were a dating-professional, you know!

[redsea]

Professional? I have never even had any friends! [ She's amused until she listens to herself, then she shrinks away. ]

Ah, that's even more embarrassing...

[battering]

You have a lot now, don't you? That's what counts!

[ So don't hide away. He gives her hand a reassuring squeeze before finally letting go so he could prop open the window. ]

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[redsea]

... Yeah. [ Kougyoku smiles. Yata always manages to say the right things when it counts. She waves a hand dismissively at his offer. ] Oh, it's no trouble. I have always wanted to do it this way!