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I feel real fired up about this story now, so here we go!

Scritch Scritch Scritch Scritch (sound of writing)

Akihisa contuse to stare at the paper without looking up. He has been doing it for quite a while to avoid making eye contact with Shouko. The entire thing just weirded him out.

'Why is Shouko going to be my tutor! Why would Iron Man pick her to be my tutor? Well actually it makes sense. She is a Class A student -the class representative at that, the best in her year- and she does hang around with us a lot. I bet Iron Man set it up from the beginning.' Akihisa continued to do his work until he saw a lock of purple hair cover his homework. He looked up to see Shouko peering over him, looking at what he had written.

"Ah!" yelped Akihisa as he back off from his desk (orange box). Shouko looked at him with an inquiring look on her face. She doesn't seem to know about the perverted workings of his mental eye.

"What wrong, Yoshi? Did you see a spider?" she asked politely.

Akihisa just stared at her. 'Why did she have to lean forward! I could totally see the curve in her boobs! It's like a gravure shot in one of my magazines… I should probably find a better hiding spot before anyone finds it. He finally spoke and said, "What are you doing?"

Shouko held up the paper.

"I was simply trying to correct the mistake you made on your paper. I am your tutor after all" she said with a calm expression on her face.

"Oh, uh…I knew that. I was just startled by your sudden appearance in my face." He said with controlled anxiety. Shouko just looked down at his paper once again, as if she was trying to hide something.

"You forgot to divide the x value and solve for y. Also, this graph is wrong. Try using this function instead" She picked up her calculator and typed a few keys, showing an easy-to-read equation.

"WHOA! I can actually understand this! It's better than what Iron Man taught us!" Akihisa stared at the calculator as if it was his savior (and it probably was since he sucks at everything). "Thanks Kirishima-san! You're amazing!" he shouted with glee. Shouko looked at him with a tint of pint on her cheeks but continued writing on her own paper.

The silence continues for another five minutes until Akihisa asked her a question.

"So, how's it going with Yuuji, Kirishima-san?" he said with a smile.

Shouko looked to the corner of the room to avoid eye contact. "I'm… not sure…" she said hesitantly.

Akihisa looked confused. What was she to be 'not sure' about? She loved Yuuji since kindergarten and she has been clinging to him like a leech since day one. He knows it's been working since he can see the dynamics in Yuuji's personality. She should be happy he allows her to be so close, delighted even. Why was she hesitating now?

"What do you mean you're not sure? Sure, Yuuji acts like a tsundere at times, but he really does care about you. You're just about to crack him, I can feel it." He said reassuringly. Shouko still had a hesitative face.

"…It's not that. There is nothing wrong on Yuuji's part of our relationship. It's just…" She looked down at the desk (orange box) and continued to write to get her mind off the subject.

Akihisa was confused. If there was nothing on Yuuji's side, then there was nothing to worry about. But it looks like he made her feel bad. He felt like he was prying too much into it.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up." He said as he hit his head to the desk (orange box) to apologize. Shouko looked at him.

"Lift your head, Yoshi. It's alright. Let's just continue your tutoring"

"Okay, Kirishima-san" he said picking up his pencil and continuing to write,

As he wrote, Shouko grabbed his hand and Akihisa looked up startled. Shouko was still looking at her own paper as her hand squeezed his.

"You made another mistake, Yoshi."

He looked down. There wasn't anything wrong with it. "No I didn't. I'm using your formula so everything is fine."

"…" Shouko pulled off her hand and continued to write. Akihisa looked at her. There was definitely something wrong with Shouko today. At five, Shouko started to pack her things and head home. Akihisa knew the tutoring today was over and started packing himself.

"Hey Kirishima-san" he said looking at her.

"…Yes?" She continued to pack her things but hid her face from view.

"It was nice talking to you."

Shouko froze as she was about to put in her notebook.

Akihisa brought a hand to the back of his head. "It's just that we don't talk to each other a lot. It felt good talking to you without everyone around. I hope you felt the same." He said nervously chuckling. Shouko turned around and looked Akihisa in the face and his eyes widened.

She was smiling.

It was just a simple smile, but it felt much more important to him.

He could see every detail on her face. Her glowing silky skin. The salmon pink blush that colored it. The way her lip curled up and her dreamy, violet eyes. She seemed to be made of beauty. Akihisa felt himself burn up. He could imagine his face steaming from the heat.

"I do. It was a nice conversation. See you tomorrow, Yoshi." She then strolled to the door and went out into the hallway, leaving a dazed Akihisa frozen in place. He felt like a complete pervert looking at her hips sway and how her hair flowed behind her like a river. After a minute of daydreaming, he stated to pack his things, but his mind was somewhere else at the moment.

Minami just came out of the crepe store that was nearby her house. They all tasted so good that she must have one every day. She was glad she brought Himeji here as well. They were strolling down the street with crepes in hand and their mouths in pure ecstasy.

"Wow Minami, these tastes amazing! I'm surprised I haven't been here yet."

"You're welcome, Mizuki. But it should be a principle that happiness must be spread throughout the world." She felt triumphant in her culinary knowledge.

"Maybe I should make crepes for everyone tomorrow!" said Himeji with an open smile.

Minami froze. Maybe instead of spreading joy, maybe she brought the grim reaper to the school. She had to get Himeji's mind off of it now. She then saw Akihisa coming back from his tutoring, playing his PFP.

"Hey Aki, come over here!" Minami waved. Himeji spun around and spotted him.

"Oh, hello Akihisa-kun!" she said brilliantly.

Akihisa didn't seem to hear them. He continued to stare at his PFP with a dazed expression on his face. He seemed to be in a trance.

"Hey AKI!" Minami screamed.

No response.

Minami pulled the game console out of his hands.

He just continued to walk as if nothing happened.

Now increasingly annoyed, Minami grabbed him by his shoulders and pulled him into a Frankensteiner. "Don't you know it's rude to ignore people!"

Finally, Akihisa snapped out of his daze just as his joints snapped. " AAAAUUUGGGHHH! IT BURNS WITH THE PAIN OF A THOUSAND SUNS! I'M GOING TO GO TO OTHER WORLD!-Actually it won't be that bad: IT'S BETTER THAN THIS!"

"Minami, I think you're actually hurting him this time!" Himeji yelled. Minami blinked out of her rage and dropped the boy, who twitched on the ground just to cause himself more pain.

"Minami, what did you do that for?" cried Akihisa.

Minami looked at him apologetically. "Sorry Aki, you were just in a daze and ignoring us. Is there something wrong?" Akihisa looked up at the sky for an answer but got none.

"No, nothing's wrong here. I was just thinking about… how my sister was going to kill me because of my bad test score. Bye Minami." Akihisa picked up his bag and ran off.

Himeji watched him disappear with a worried expression. "I don't think what he said was the truth."

Minami watched him go. "I'll say, he forgot his PFP and he isn't even going in the right direction."

It took Akihisa half an hour to get home because he went the wrong way. He had to avoid Minami and Himeji on the way as well. He just couldn't face them after that: they would definitely ask question. As he neared the door, he realized he didn't PFP. After crying and burning incense for it, he entered his little apartment complex. His sister, Akira, was already cooking for him in the kitchen.

"Hey there, Aki" her said sweetly. To him, it sounded like poison. "I got a call from your teacher, Nishimura Soichi."

"Iron Man?" Akihisa said feigning ignorance.

His sister nodded. "It seems you only got 5 points on the test, even after all that studying you did yesterday. You must be a complete cute idiot, aren't you?"

Akihisa only signed, ignoring his sister's flattery. "I tried really hard, I bet the tests are rigged to make me fail." Akira stared at him with a stern expression.

"What did I tell you about trying hard? If you don't get results, then all the work in the middle doesn't mean anything. I should subtract points from your allowance, Aki." Akihisa's stomach dropped. Goodbye instant ramen, hello salt water.

"However…" his sister said. Akihisa looked up.

"Because you went out of your way to get yourself a tutor to help you, I think I'll let it slip by this one time." She smiled warmly. A smile. Akihisa was able to get himself in check before he dazed off.

"Thanks Nee-san. I'll get right to studying right after dinner." He said confidently. His sister brightened and told him to sit down to eat.

After dinner, Akihisa went right to his room. However, it was not to study. Akihisa jumped on his bed, feeling its comfort before turning over to look at the ceiling. He closed his eyes…and quickly opened them back up. All he could see was Shouko's smile and how radiant it was. He has never seen her smile much except around Yuuji. Now, she did it to him.

When they were alone in class 1-F.

Akihisa smacked his cheeks. Shouko was basically Yuuji's girlfriend; he couldn't stand the way he was acting like right now. Maybe he should call off the tutoring; everything would just go back to normal, as if it never happened.

…Never happened. That smile never happened to him…

Akihisa ruffled his hair. He's not acting like he usually is, which is freaking him the hell out. He went to his desk and pulled out a textbook. He was going to read until his eyeballs popped out of their sockets.

And we're done with another chapter. I gotta tell ya; it feels bloody great.

The more I write this, the more enthusiastic about it. I can't get it off my mind really.

I'm going to change a few things:

1. Iron Man will be called Tetsujin, the romanization of his name. It sounds cooler and not like a certain marvel hero. And...

2. Akihisa's surname, Yoshii, will now have two I's because it is proper romanization.

Also, the PFP is a reference to Akihisa's seiyu in Japan, who also plays Katsuragi Keima from The World God only knows. If you want to see a great series, check it out!

Thank you Haseo angelic rogue for the first review I have ever gotten, I'm so happy someone actually enjoyed my writing.

There shall be more!