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kazutoshi and ruiko were hanging out in the high school's dining hall. ruiko was eating an ice cream while kazutoshi just stared, mostly in disgust. she ate weirdly, or maybe he was just a hater since he couldn't eat that.
"so," ruiko started. "whats the deal with you and hasegawa? you two are like, weirdly close. you guys doing stuff?"
kazutoshi stared in disbelief, he didn't blush, didn't react, just stared. then, he slowly spoke. "sorry?"
"yeah, are you two something yet?"
"no? i dont even like him?"
ruiko stared at him like he was some weird laboratory experiment. he was concerned about it.
"youre a very bad liar, toshi."
kazutoshi stared at her. what the fuck, man? maybe he was trying to ignore his feeling—that sounded corny.
he blinked a few times, processing. this was a stupid topic.
".... no?" kazutoshi said slowly. "im not lying, rui. shut up."
"thats what they all say.." ruiko replied, rolling her eyes with a smug expression.
she finished eating the earlier mentioned ice cream, god finally.
"do you ever shut up?"
"huh? what? no! youre so mean!"
kazutoshi rolled his eyes, at her reaction, looking down at the table. ruiko gave him a look if curiosity, he ignored it. she suddenly opened her mouth to speak, looking prideful (both ways).
"how about this, i-"
"fuck no, your ass is NOT getting involved." kazutoshi cut her off quickly, not letting her finish her sentence.
"OKAY. FINE. Well, how about you just tell him the normal way? i can poison everyones lunch if you want to."
"i am NOT confessing in front of everyone. are you dense."
ruiko pouted, stretching her arms on the table as she sighed.
"are you even going to confess? at all???"
kazutoshi thought, very deeply, maybe not that deeply. but he was thinking, that's the point.
was he going to confess? not even he knew. ken was a nice guy, he wouldn't make fun of him or something weird. he's a weird kid anyway, no one would care about that.
but, he had past experiences, he didn't want to confess. thanks to the fear of history repeating itself. eh. who cares, edgy ass thoughts.
"maybe? i dont fucking know. leave me slone." he groaned, holding one of his sidelocks and twirling them with his finger.
"whatever you say.. but trust me. im one hundred percent sure he likes you back!" ruiko almost yelled, kazutoshi had to stomp her foot under the table to shut her up. she yelped as a response(not really).
"jeez! i-i need that, you know!" ruiko groaned, she flinched slightly at the stomp.
"wow. and im supposed to be weaker than you.." kazutoshi looked at her suffering with a low chuckle, maybe hanging out with ruiko wasnt so bad.
"o-okay, okay! fine! but.. how will you confess? letters? directly? gifts? HOW?!" ruiko looked at kazutoshi like a kicked puppy, her pleading expression almost annoying for him.
"make that face again, i'll do it again but harder." kazutoshi threatened, not really meaning it, he was joking. mostly.
"Hasegawa would like that."
an awkward silence begins, and none of them know how to make it go.
kazutoshi stared at her, his body slightly tensing at the sudden comment. would he really?
ruiko stopped moving, looking at kazutoshi to know if he's uncomfortable, grossed out, or anything at all. she doesn't find anything, not negative. what was he thinking about...? gay thoughts. probably. like, 'would he let me hit him?', 'is he really into that?' and more stuff that ruiko doesnt want to know.
"what the fuck was that, rui." kazutoshi suddenly spoke, breaking the awkwardness of the silence.
"took you long enough. thought you died for a second!" ruiko exaggerated, crossing her arms and pressing her back against the chair again. looking unhappy.
"shut up."
"fine."
kazutoshi sighs, looking up at the ceiling. he was bored, really bored. maybe he should go take a nap, if he doesn't get called for work.
he looked at ruiko, she seemed bored too. why is she so stupid? how did his idiot even get a girlfriend? focus. focus.
he huffed, shoving his hands in his sweater's pockets.
"sooo... see you later?" ruiko did an awkward attempt at finishing the conversation.
"yeah. see you." kazutoshi waved goodbye as he wstched ruiko leave the dining hall. he then groaned to himself, then walked sway, too. making his way to the school's dormitories.