Of course Kumiko was known for her 1 year crushes, guys she liked but never had a real romantic relationship with them. She'd usually found someone who was very attractive and didn't know anything about her and just fell in love(sorta).

Those guys all had something in common that unfortunately Tetsu could just not give her... They didn't know about the Ooedo family and they didn't want her succed as the 4th generation kumichou.

Tetsu was her true love but his wishes... she just couldn't bear. He could never love her just by herself, Kumiko believe that he loved the Ooedo family more and she needed someone who would love her for her.

Of course her trying to drift away from Tetsu wouldn't stop her from feeling jealous when her college,Shiratori sensei, fell for him. Of course she wanted to be Kujo sensei's girlfriend but it still hurt her seeing the man she really loved with someone else. She never felt so happy as when Shiratori Sensei told her she was back trying to get Kujo sensei to like her.

She felt a little selfish, she could see other men but Tetsu couldn't how was that fair? She tried to shut her feelings try to to feel what she felt for Tetsu for someone else...

Still the Kurugani students were about to graduate and no progress was made in trying to get over Tetsu. She was drinking sake with her grandfather alone while the others went to sleep.

"Is something troubling you Kumiko?" He asked serving her "Is it your students?"

She shook her head in denial "No it's just...what if you loved someone who could never love you for yourself but... loved you with hidden intentions?" She asked looking away.

"Well" He started "First I'd make sure those hidden intention really existed"

"What do you mean?"

"Kumiko you already know that what may appear to the eye may not be the same inside. Though sometimes that person may be confused and may not know what they actually feel..."

"Grandpa I..."

"Kumiko I always told you to make your path... well I never meant that you should jump head on, if you're unsure about something there's nothing wrong in putting that matter to the side for awhile until you're completely sure"

"Grandpa thank you." She smiled


After the year at Kurugani, Kumiko was offered a job teaching foreigner students much to Tetsu and the rest of the Ooedo household displeasure they wanted their oujo near them specially Tetsu. But that wasn't for long since Sawatari offered her a job back in his new school Akadou she took it immediately(also cause she was fired).

When she came back she was greeted with a warm welcome as always. She missed home, also Tetsu cooking.

And as always with a new school, new students came also a new crush. This year's victim? The school doctor Natsume (A.K.A Romeo). Needless to say that the nurse from the school and her fellow teacher also fell for him.

When Tetsu heard about a party with Natsume sensei he saw red and conviced Minouro to go spy with him. Little did they know that the their oujou's collegues would invite them to have dinner with them and flirt with them.

Was right then that Kumiko knew what she actually felt...Looking at Tetsu with his suit and hair fixed but it wasn't looks that caught her attention but actually the fact that she really did not want him with somebody else.

"Tetsu..." She mumbled under her breath.

"Everything alright Yamaguchi sensei?" Natsume sensei asked her.

"Hai, don't worry" She said

"Hey don't it look like those four are getting pretty cozy themselves? Soon enough they will become a couple" Baba sensei pointed out

"Couple?" Kumiko then got really mad imagining Tetsu with somebody else "No way"She shouted impulsively as she got up from the chair.

"Why Yamaguchi sensei?" Baba sensei asked

"Eh?" She then realized what she just did "Because... Because"

"Could it be... that you want for one of them to inherit the takoyaiki shop?" The nurse said

"Eh no it's not that!"

"Actually if you were to marry one of them it would be good, they know the business and they could run it as the 4th generation while you stayed a teacher" Natsume said

That brought Yankumi back, if Tetsu were to desire her it would only be to achieve a goal the continuation of the Ooedo Clan.

"Impossible" She said coldly.

If only she knew how much that hit Tetsu's heart.


"Everything alright Kumiko? You scolded pretty hard Minouro and Tetsu" Her grandfather asked

"Yeah, they just shouldn't have agreed to join us at dinner back at the restaurant"

Her grandfather wasn't stupid, of course there were better man suited for his granddaughter but as he always says if it's her choice. And he knew that Tetsu liked her back but he was so into the clan's well being that he'd put Kumiko in the background without even noticing. He can see why his granddaughter feels pain.

"Why do you think they did that?" He asked

"I don't know. To bother me?"

He gave her a warm smile and a pat on the head "You're still very oblivious Kumiko."