3 POV

After kashino and ichigo kind of confessed to each other in Paris, they haven't acted differently to each other. The blonde was still her biggest critic and the brunette was still her cake loving self. They both knew that they would one day confess for real, but that day had to wait until they were ready. For now they just acted normal or normal for them, but there are a few times when kashino can't control his actions, and lets his feelings show (much to ichigo's delight and confusion).

The first time it happened was when ichigo's and kashino were in a fight, who knows what it was about, but it was bad enough that they were yelling. They didn't notice that every time they yelled they always got a little closer to each other. It wasn't till they were 3 inches apart did the sadist notice this. The brunette on the other hand was still oblivious and angry, so she was really surprised when the blonde suddenly leaned forward and kissed her on the nose. Ichigo stood there stunned and blushing while the blonde used this time to escape, leaving their fight unfinished. Ichigo was confused but didn't ask about the unexpected kiss.

The second time kashino showed affection was when Ichigo and him were sitting by the pond at school. The brunette had had a bad day and was feeling down. Kashino hated to see her so sad and was thinking of a way to distract her from her gloominess. Ichigo felt kashino nudge her shoulder and she turned to look at him. She half expected to get kissed on the nose and wasn't that stunned this time when he did it. The brunette simply blushed and watched the sadist as he excused himself and walked/ran to the school. She smiled and laughed at the blush she saw on his face.

A week went by and Ichigo was nagging herself about kashino's surprise kisses. She couldn't take not knowing the reason for the kisses and walked straight up to him and asked. He looked very embarrassed about his answer.

"Well…" he looked away from her and tried to hide his flushed face "that's because…I…um I kiss you on the nose when I think you you're cute" he finally stopped stalling and gave her a straight answer. She looked at him with wide eyes and a confused look on her face.

"So when you think I'm acting cute you kiss me?" he nodded his head. She didn't know whether to smile or to ask again.

"Yeah" he looked at her watching her facial expressions, which where very funny.

"So, according to you, I'm cute when I'm mad and sad?" she looked at him uncertainly.

"And happy, excited, hyper take your pick, so mostly yeah"

"But our promise in Paris… we weren't supposed to say our feelings!" kashino rolled her eyes at her.

"Baka, I wasn't admitting my feelings… I was just acting on them" kashino went from flushed to bushing to red in the face. Ichigo was shaking her head as if to give up on making sense of all of this. The blonde watched her as she signed and looked even more confused then before. Then his feelings took control and made him kiss the brunette again. She just starred at him for a while before she spoke.

"You did that because you think I looked cute confused"

"Yup" Ichigo signed. 'I guess I better get used to this, but I really don't mind'