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Stupid
By: Higasa
"Yankumi, I love you."
No that sounded weird. Sawada Shin coughed and tried again.
"Yankumi, I've been in love with you for the longest time."
That sounded so unlike him. He sighed. Shin never did like confessing.
"Stupid Yankumi, I really like you and hopefully you'll see me as a man now that I'm not your student."
"Who are you calling stupid Sawada?" Yankumi asked.
"Uh…nothing," Shin said, looking at her. She wasn't wearing her usual attire for once: jerseys, which meant that she had finished teaching hours early before he arrived for dinner with the Kurodas. In her hand she was holding a bag of what appear groceries for that night's dinner: nabe.
"I could've sworn that I heard my name," she said as a matter-of-factly.
"It's nothing," Shin said, putting his hand out and grabbing the grocery bag from her. "I was just calling you stupid because I really like you." And you didn't know that but everyone else did, that's why.
"You what!?" Yankumi sputtered, stopping in her tracks as the door to the Kuroda's opened, inviting them both in.
Shin raised his eyebrows. "I'm not going to say it again," he said.
"But- since when?"
"I'm not surprised," Shin muttered. "Does that even matter when I started liking you?"
"Well no…yes," Yankumi said, changing her mind and waiting for the answer.
"Since you came to teach us in Shirokin," he said casually.
Her face was red. "Ah, um, anyways…" Yankumi was lost for words.
"I told you that you were stupid," Shin smirked.
"I'm not and who do you think are you calling your loveable teacher stupid," Yankumi said. She started to walk, not really noticing anything and resulting in a bump into the wall. "Ouch."
"Stupid," Shin said, who couldn't help crack a smile.