"Touuuko~" Bianca cooed, skipping behind her best friend since childhood, "the homeroom teacher definitely has a crush on you."

"What?!" Touko hissed as blood rushed to her cheeks "No he doesn't, shut up!"

"He's positively smitten." Cheren piped in, making his presence known as he sped up to walk beside his two female friends. "I counted that he snuck a peek at in your direction ten times during self-study, and his face always lights up when you walk into his classroom."

Touko's cheeks and ears burned as she shifted her gaze down to the floor and away from her teasing friends. She had noticed it too, the way he would occasionally space out and stare at her instead when he was in the middle of a conversation with someone else, or how his ears would turn pink whenever their eyes would meet and contrast against his green hair. Quite frankly, she was worried about him getting fired.

"That's just because I'm class rep." Touko huffed in an attempt to defend him. "Mr. H is just relieved to see me when I come in because that means I'm not sick and he's not stuck doing paperwork by himself after school, and everyone knows that he'll space out during self-study because he has nothing to do."

"Yeah, space out and stare at you" Cheren stated flatly.

"Face it, Touko. Mr. H likes you, and judging by the pink in your cheeks, my guess is that you like him too."

"Cut it out, will you?" Touko growled, looking at the floor as she decided it would be a more pleasant sight than her best friend's smug faces.

"Speak of the Devil, there he is." Cheren deadpanned as the three rounded the corner to face the Math classroom at the end of the hall.

Inside, N Harmonia, the AP math teacher, was organizing his desk as the last straggling students lefts the classroom to head home for the day. He initially didn't notice that his favorite student was just down the hall, but when he did, it was all too obvious that Bianca and Cheren's claims were true. N's eyes lit up when he made eye contact with Touko, and the excitement that he tried to hide rivaled that of a lillipup who's owner just returned home. His cheeks and ears flushed pink, and he tried to make himself appear busy and as if he wasn't just waiting for her by picking things up off his desk and placing them in a different spot. It honestly melted Touko's heart.

Touko began to jog forward towards the classroom so N wouldn't explode in anticipation before she was stopped dead in her tracks at the door by hearing Bianca call out "have fun on your date!"

Red in the face, Touko sent a death glare her friend's way before slamming the door behind her, happy to be rid of them.