Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice. I don't even know when Koko and Sumire first met, so kindly just overlook that if this is inaccurate. :)
Winning
Sumire looked at the kid in front of her with obvious distaste. "You…" she started, lifting an eyebrow condescendingly. "You're my partner?"
The nine-year-old Koko stared up at the girl blandly, well aware that she had been ordered to be partners with him by their teacher. Nobody in the room wanted to even get anywhere near a mind-reading voluntarily; a companion needed to be assigned to him just so he wouldn't have to work alone in this stupid class. "Yeah?" At least she didn't look anywhere close to freaking out.
Much to his surprise, the girl took her place to him without even batting an eyelash, a stubborn expression on her pretty face. "They said I'm gonna lose just because I'm partners with you," she said, pulling out a notepad as she stared squarely at him.
"Let's prove them wrong and win this, all right?"
Koko blinked, briefly wondering if the girl was insane or stupid. It was certainly the first time that someone had approached him as willingly as she had, and without looking the slightest bit terrified, too. "All right."
It would take Koko seven more years before he would finally admit that this was the moment he fell in love with Sumire Shouda.
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Hilaire | 05.31.13