Community: Autumnwrite
Challenge: 24/50
Prompt: #32. Underneath it all
Characters/Pairings: Azuma Yunoki/Kahoko Hino
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Fun and games
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"Another low mark?" Azuma glances over her shoulder and Kahoko stiffens.
She whirls around, surprised by the voice. Their noses nearly touch and her face turns the colour of her hair. "Yunoki-sempai, stop doing that!" She presses her hands on his chest in an attempt to push him away.
"Why are you pushing me away?" he asks as he glances at her hands futilely pushing.
"I need space!" She was still red but now irritation filled her face as well.
"Oh," he leaned his head closer, whispering into her ears, "Are you sure about that?"
She shivered, making him smile as he remained leaning over her for a moment. Her hair smelled nice, though it could use a little more conditioning.
"Just kidding." He stepped back and watched her try to compose herself. It was amusing to tease her like this, to see her reactions to his insults and flirting.
Had one of his guards been there, she would have fainted instead of just turning red.
Kahoko was fun to tease, someone he didn't have to wear a fake smile around. Someone he could show the hidden side of his personality. He always tried to remain nice around others, even those who annoyed him, because wearing a smile was better than always shooting someone down.
("Grandmother, can I—"
"No. You will do what I say."
"Can I—"
"Follow these rules. This will help you survive.")
"Why do you always have to insult me?" It was a rhetorical question but Azuma answered anyways.
"You annoy me."
(That wasn't the truth any more.)
"I know, but what annoys you?" She stopped glaring at him angrily and instead looked at him curiously.
She was really that curious to know?
Azuma smirked. He couldn't tell her the important, real reasons but he could tell her the original ones.
"Do I really need a reason? Besides the fact that you are dense, annoying, and I'm surprised that you have even passed the grades before this?"
(You are free, you worry too much, you try too hard.)
"…" She looked surprised for a moment before she growled with anger.
He laughed at her expression, at her moves.
The reasons she annoyed him were the same reasons he was falling slowly and maybe already liked (loved) her.
Kahoko was very naïve, not noticing the clues in front of her. She probably wouldn't understand unless someone showed her how two things connected.
That was what made her all the more amusing to tease. He could tell her anything and she wouldn't realize how close to the truth it was.
"Why are you smiling?" she asked him, noticing the soft smile on his face while he stared at her.
Azuma froze for a second, putting a smirk in the smile's place, before replying.
"You're annoying."
Maybe the smile wasn't so fake after all.
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A/N: I liked the last sentence. Other than that, I think my delivery was bad. Maybe I should have added more.
What do you think, though?
Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
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