"C'mon, you seem like you need a break. You seem to like drawing, so..." Kiku smiles, looking around at my multiple drawings and sketches. "...Want to draw?" he asks softly. I blush a little more and squeak out a little "sure" as I reluctantly release his hand and go over to my drawing desk to get supplies. About half an hour later, I reveal a drawing of Luddy and Reenie at lunch. I smile at how well drawn I feel I made it. Kiku studies it carefully, a curious and wondering expression dancing across his features as he looks at the picture.

"Wow, this is amazing, Jae... It's like looking at a photograph!" he compliments kindly. I feel my cheeks grow rosy again.

"I wanna see yours now!" I grin. He blushes a bit and shyly show me his. This whole time he sketched me with three kitties while looking happy. My cheeks darken.

"Wow Kiku...I never told you my favorite animals were kitty cats... They look just like my..." I say softly, lightly reaching out and tapping the picture. He looks curiously to me as I don't finish my sentence. As if on cue, my three little kittens walk in and start to purr.

"Ah! Kiku, meet Blackie, Rose, and Alineko! My kittens!" I smile, holding up then putting down my three kittens. Alineko curls up in his lap and looks up to him with big blue eyes. Blackie and Rose play with their toys. He looks at them, then to his drawing, probably thinking about how could he have drawn them if he never saw them before.

"I didn't know you had some pets." he says soon, smiling at Alineko. She was playing with his hand.

"I love my kitties! I just adopted them a month ago, they're so sweet." I smile. I start playing with Blackie and Rose as Kiku continued to let Alineko play with his hand. He smiled more when I played peek-a-boo with them.

"Peek-a-boo!"

"Mew!"

"Ahhh...Peek-a-boo!"

"Mew!"

"Peek-a-boo!" I cooed at my mewling felines.

"They love playing peek-a-boo! Try it! Alineko always paws at your hands!" I giggle. He smiles brightly at me as he hides his face behind his hands. Alineko mewed confusedly, pawing at his hands. He suddenly opens his hands, revealing a smiling face.

"Peek-a-boo!" he exclaimed.

"Merow!" Alineko purred happily.

"Ah! This is fun!" he laughs happily. I smile and we continue to play peek-a-boo.

"Jae, honey! Will Kiku be staying for dinner?""Okay. I'm making some gejang, kongbap, and boribap! I'll make something for your friend if he doesn't like what I'm making!"

"Oh, I'll try it, don't go to the trouble of making me a separate dinner, Mrs. Hyun."

"Okay!"

"Ahhhh... Peek-a-boo!"

"MEW!" all three mewled. We laugh a little, and when Kiku smiles over at me, I feel my heart skip a beat. The next morning, I sit in my usual seat between Serena and Elizabeta in homeroom, who were interrogating me about Kiku and my first tutoring session.

"Oh, you guys! Lea-"

"TELL US!" they demanded.

"Well, a few hours into his Korean lesson, I threw a fit about Yong Soo, and then we went to my room-"

"Omg you slut!"