- Negi

I don't understand... I'm a trilingual child prodigy and a ten-year old teacher but there's still so much I don't understand... How can I fall in love with two girls? Is that wrong? Isn't it only supposed to be one girl at a time?

I kept walking down the hallway, lost in thought. A few of my students gave me cheery greetings, which I returned groggily, making no effort to hide how distracted I was. I don't even know where I was walking. I didn't really have a goal, per se. I just needed to walk.

I couldn't keep going like this... it's not right. I have to choose one of them... Well, for now at least... How does the saying go? I can't have my cake and eat it too.

I was so lost in thought I didn't even notice when I did it... I had run into her. Literally. I didn't even notice I had fallen to the ground until she had scrambled up, blushed, and held her hand out, offering to help me up. Her lips... her gorgeous, sweet lips were moving, forming words I didn't hear. I had no grasp on what was happening. I just stared up into her face. I was in a trance, probably just staring stupidly at her.

Real smooth, sensei.

-Nodoka

Oh no! What happened? I had run into him... I'm so clumsy! I must look like such an idiot!

I'd fallen to the ground, dropped all my books, but all I could think of was helping that cute little teacher of mine. I got back up to my feet, face bright red. I gave my hand to him, trying to help him up, firing out words of apology at a million miles an hour.

'O-oh! Sensei, I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention, I mean I couldn't see with all these books but I should have been looking! Are you hurt? I'm so sorry, let me help you up! Oh I'm sorry, you look red, did you hurt your face? Ayaaaaaa, I'm so sorry!' damn, i talk fast when I'm embarrassed. My eyes were clamped shut. I couldn't bare to see his face, he must be furious. He hadn't said anything. He also didn't take my hand. I knew it, he's mad at me.

I worked up the courage to look at him. He... wasn't mad. He was just blankly staring at me, which only embarrassed me further. Things were starting to get awkward... as usual. Nice going, Miyazaki.

'U-um...S-sensei, are you o-okay?' he blinked at me, finally broken from his apparent trance. He grabbed my hand and pulled himself up, ending up standing right in front of me.

Bang, time froze. I could feel his hot breath in my ear. I turned a brand-new, brighter shade of red, bright enough to light a path for a boat on a dark night. His ear was right in front of me. It took all my willpower not to reach out to it... To bite it softly...

Ah! No, no, I must not think such things! I mean... it's not that I don't want to do it... But it would disadvantage him...

He backed away from me, frantically apologizing, throwing out a near-copy of the panicked speech I'd said to him while picking up my books for me.

He was so cute. All I could do was smile at him.

-Negi

I picked up her books for her, trying to hide my bright pink cheeks. I'm such a fool... She must think I'm a moron... Oh, Miyazaki-san, I'm such a moron, aren't I?

'N-no, of course not, Negi-sensei, it w-was just an accident...' Wait, what? Crap! how much of that had I said out loud? I looked at her, and was caught off guard by her sweet smile. So... infectious. Of course I smiled back.

'I-I'm sorry, it was kind of my fault,' we both said in stereo. I looked away, embarrassed again. She probably did the same. I heard a beeping coming from my watch. I checked my watch and saw it 11:55.

'Oh, no! I've got a staff meeting across campus in five minutes!' Just my luck. I hurredly bowed and said goodbye, running off to that meeting.

I thought of her the whole time.