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Here's to the Atom Bomb

Chiaki's first impression of Nodame was that she might just be enough to drive a lesser man mad. This was an impression that only kept getting stronger as they grew to know each other.

She could get under his skin so easily, just by way of being Nodame. She was perfectly capable of making him twitch in annoyance just by a particular look, or reducing him to staring in gobsmacked disbelief at some especially out there antics or statements. Then she'd have one of those flashes of brilliance that made him almost admit to something like grudging respect. Of course, those would only serve to make him doubly furious when by the next minute, she was doing her best to convince him she'd never take anything important seriously enough in her life. She'd unwittingly provoke all sort of extreme reactions out of him, making him forget he was supposed to be miserable in the process.

Even as time went on, and the effect he and Nodame were having on each other became more and more obvious and quite inescapable, Chiaki still held on to that first impression.

But then of course he was Chiaki Shinichi, and not just some lesser man.