Disclaimer: I don't own Kimi ni Todoke!

Main pairing: AyanexPin

Now I'm posting the fourth chapter. Ayane finally admitted her feelings for Pin to herself, and to Chizuru. But to admit it to Pin, she really wasn't ready yet, was she?...

Enjoy ^3^

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KIMI NI TODOKE

AYANE RETURNS

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Chapter 4: Teacher's way

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Kitahiro High School:

Pin was sitting at his desk, observing his students as they did their homeworks. There were a lot of guys weren't there...

Those boys are full of hormones, I should be careful and not let them too close to Yano... he thought with a little jealousy.

This morning, he'd talked to the director and principal. To say they were surprised would be an understatement. They all thought Yano Ayane was too frivolous and not hard working, that was of course only based on her outer appearance, which made Pin irritated. It was so easy to see how fragile and hard thinking she was when you took a little time to look at her, really look at her.

She was special.

How come only I noticed that? He thought with a frown. Don't just judge people without knowing them...

Well, even if their reaction had made him angry, he was glad because they agreed to let her work as a teacher here. She would have to be in training for a few months though, one teacher was close to the retiring age and she could take his place at that time.

Right. He had to call her when classes finished, he was a little worried since she felt sick this morning. He wanted to at least send a message but he wasn't going to do what he forbid his students to do during courses. Then he remembered Chizuru's accusation and roared in anger, shocking his students.

"Wow the Pin is awake!" One student said, making the others laugh loudly.

"What the hell!" Some shouted, laughing hard.

"Are you a lion or something?"

"Shut up you kids!" Pin shouted, pointing at them with a big vein at his temple. "Study! That's students' duty!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"He's even making rimes!"

Pin puffed his cheeks and stood up to claw at the black board, making his students shout in pain.

"Uhwaaaa!"

"My ears!"

"HA HA HA HA HA! Here take that you noisy brats!" Pin laughed madly, his tongue moving like a snake's.

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"Bye Pin!"

"You have club activities?"

"I'm going home, see you!"

While the students went to their clubs or home, Pin walked to the baseball court, taking his phone out to dial Ayane's number. It rang several times before she finally picked up the call.

"H-hello?" She asked, sounding a little restless.

"Yano? It's me, Pin." He said, slowing his steps.

"Pin..." Ayane softly whispered, making him a little warm in the chest.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, sliding a hand through his hair.

"I'm fine. C-Chizuru came to pick me up, I'm at my house now." She said, gently patting the kitchen table with her finger.

Chizuru was smirking at her blushing face and chuckled as Ayane made gestures with her free hand to shut her up.

"Oh right," Pin said in irritation, "she called me this morning, tell her I'm a great guy and I would never ever force myself on a girl!" He shouted, some students passing by looking at him in shock. "What're you looking at?!" He shouted at them.

Ayane blushed furiously and turned to Chizuru who was facing her.

'What the hell did you tell him?!' She mouthed to her friend. Chizuru shrugged her shoulders and looked away.

"Yano?" Pin asked again when she didn't say anything.

"Yes?" She quickly replied.

"Are you free tonight?"

"T-tonight?" Ayane whispered in surprise. "Y-yes, why?"

Chizuru gaped at her friend. Did Pin invited her out again?!

"What is he playing at?" Chizuru asked out loud with eyes wide open.

Ayane hushed her and turned away. Is that another dinner just the two of us? She thought as her heart beat faster.

"Well, I have some things to say to you, can I come over after club?" Pin asked, entering the baseball clubroom.

"To my house?" Ayane asked, hearing Chizuru gasp in shock.

"Yes, if that's okay." Pin said, a little unsure.

"Of course... i-if you want to... I can also make dinner..." She said.

"Then I'll bring a cake. Oh yeah, will your mother be home?" He asked, wondering if he would disturb them.

"Well, she works pretty late so..." Ayane trailed off, wondering if her mother would agree to her inviting her former teacher over. "I'll give her a call to ask if it's okay."

"Oh, okay, no problem." Pin said, taking out some bats with one hand.

"I'll call you right back." Ayane said, feeling happy to see him again tonight.

"I'll wait." Pin replied, hanging up and staring at his phone. Aah... home made cooking... he thought with a smirk.

Ayane's hands trembled slightly as she dialed her mother's number, her eyes were sparkling and she had a big smile on her face. Chizuru was staring at her like she'd grown a second head. She looked so happy.

"Aya-chi..." Chizuru said, realizing her friend was serious. "You really..."

Her friend looked at her with a red face and bit her lip. Chizuru's eyes softened. She loved him. She really did...

"Ayane?" Her mother's voice asked suddenly on the other side of the line.

"Mom?" Ayane replied, turning away from Chizuru.

"Yeah, it's rare for you to call me. Did something happen?" She asked.

"No no, everything is alright." Ayane said, reassuring her.

"Then, do you have something to ask me?" Her mother asked, filling some files.

"Yes. Hm Mom... can I invite Pin-err... Arai-sensei to dinner at home?" Ayane asked, fearing her mother's reaction.

"Arai-sensei? Your former teacher?" Her mother stopped writing, all her attention on her daughter's words.

"Y-yes..." Ayane whispered. "Oh hm, it's okay if you don't want to."

"No, it's all right Ayane." Mrs Yano said. "But I'm a little surprised..."

"W-why is that?" Ayane asked, her heart stopping.

"Oh no... it's nothing." Her mother said and Ayane could hear the smile in her voice. "Anyway, it's perfect because I'm eating with some collegues tonight, so you can enjoy all your sweet time together..."

"Sweet time... M-Mom it's not like that!" Ayane suddenly exclaimed, completely red.

"I didn't imply anything honey." Mrs Yano said, smiling at her daughter's flustered voice. "Well, I have work to do, see you later."

"Mom? Mom!" Ayane shouted, looking at her phone. "She hang up..."

Chizuru laughed, she'd heard what her mother said and couldn't get enough of Ayane's face. She was blushing so hard when teased about Pin. It was amazing to see her act like this around a man.

"Aya-chi, I could never imagine your mother was pushing you into Pin's arms." Chizuru smirked.

"She's not!" Ayane shouted, putting her phone in her pocket.

"Yeah yeah, as you say." Chizuru chuckled. "Well, I've got to go now, I'm working tonight." She stood up and hugged her friend tightly. "Aww... who would've thought you could be so cute?!" Chizuru exclaimed before running away as Ayane started to shout at her with a red face. "See you later Aya-chi!"

Once she was out, Ayane sat in a chair, putting her head in her hands. So tiring... She thought, closing her eyes.

Also... was she that obvious?...

She just realized she loved Pin and yet, her mother seemed to have figured it out already and Chizuru knew too. If Pin knew he'd tease her to no end. She blushed madly and stood up. She didn't have time to think about all this right now. She dialed Pin's number and told him he could come over. Ayane hung up and inhaled deeply to calm herself down.

Now I have to hurry and make dinner before he comes! She thought, running to the fridge.

Rice, eggs, ham, cheese, some vegetables and fish... She could make something good with all this, she thought. When she lived alone she had to learn how to cook everyday. Ayane was not bad at making sweets too. She thought back of how Chizuru, Sawako and her made a chocolate cake for Pin...

"Aah..." Pin opened his mouth, waiting for her to feed him.

At that time, it made her flustered. She also remembered Kento had the same reaction but she didn't feel the same at all...

Ayane shook her head from left to right. Now wasn't time to think of the past, she had to make something for the present, to act accordingly to her real feelings. And if she wasn't ready to tell Pin, she could at least make him understand what she felt by her actions.

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The bell rang two hours later as Ayane finished to put plates on the table. She hurried to the door and quickly took a look in the mirror before answering.

"Who is it?"

"It's me." A deep manly voice said and she felt her cheeks warm up.

She opened the door and found Pin on the other side, dressed as always into jeans, a jersey jacket and a scarf around his neck. His hair were high on his head as usual. He was holding a plastic bag and looked a little awkward, almost shy. She smiled and stepped back to let him enter.

"I bought a cake." Pin said, holding the bag to Ayane.

"Thank you." She said and took it. He stepped inside and Ayane closed the door behind him.

"I'm coming in." He said, bowing slightly.

Pin looked around. It was the first time he'd been inside her house. He knew where she lived though as they'd come back together more than once when she was still a student. Ayane disappeared in the kitchen to put the cake in the fridge.

"Give me your jacket, I'll hang it up." She said as she came back, holding her hands out.

"Oh, okay." Pin took it off and gave it to her, looking at her outfit.

She was wearing a long sleeved white top with beadings on the shoulders and had her hair in a low ponytail held on the side and tight fitting black pants. Pin looked at her intensely and Ayane could feel his eyes on her, making her heart beat fast. She turned to him and noticed how pink his cheeks were. He looked cute.

"Hm, I made some dinner, will that be okay?" She asked, a little embarrassed.

"Yeah, that's great." He said, smiling at her.

"Oh, then I'll be right back." Ayane said, showing him the table in the living room.

"Okay." Pin nodded, sitting in a chair.

He looked all around as Ayane walked back into the kitchen, finding the house warm and cosy. He liked it. So Yano grew up in this house huh?

"I only made rice with grilled fish, a potato salad and some tempuras, I hope it'll be okay." Ayane said as she came back, putting large fuming plates on the table.

"It smells good." Pin said, rubbing his hands.

"Hey, wait a minute." Ayane said, slapping his hand as he went for a appetizing tempura of lotus root. "Go wash your hands first."

"Oi, I'm not a kid!" Pin protested, making his weird face.

"Shut up, and do what I told you, that's bad manners." Ayane said with a frown. "Who's the kid now?"

Pin chuckled.

"So you're still hanging on that huh?" He said as he stood up.

Ayane glared at his back as he hurried to the kitchen. Baka... she thought with a blush. Pin came back after a few minutes and sat down. Ayane served him and then herself and the two started to eat in silence.

"Hey it's pretty good!" Pin said in shock.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Ayane exclaimed, a vein at her temple.

"Well you had to be three to make a cake that time." He explained with a smirk.

"S-shut up! We weren't that bad!"

"It's true... surprisingly." Pin smirk widened as Ayane mumbled with a pouting expression.

"Just eat." She said, taking a bite of potatoe salad.

The red haired man chuckled and ate the grilled fish. It was really good. Ayane observed him as he ate her cooking. She was glad he liked it since she didn't have that much time to cook and prepare everything before he came. She wasn't really used to inviting people to dinne at her house either. She bit her lip before opening her mouth.

"Is... is there something you don't like?" She asked, curious.

"Not at all, it's good, I'm not difficult." He replied.

"A-and what do you like to eat more?" She asked again, her whole attention on him.

"Oh I... I like a lot of things, but my favorite food is ramen." Pin said.

"Right, that's not really surprising..." Ayane said with a small smile.

At first Pin thought she made fun of him but as he looked at her pink cheeks and soft expression, he realized she genuinely wanted to know his tastes.

"And what else?" She asked, wondering if it was okay to insist.

"Oh... well... I like cakes too... and my favorite meat is chicken because we can do a lot of different things with it. And I like curry too, and breads. Well I like a lot of things. I-I told you I'm not difficult." He said, a little embarrassed.

Ayane laughed and he noticed he'd rarely saw her that relaxed and carefree.

"You're so beautiful when you smile." Pin said sincerely.

She stopped laughing immediately and blushed a deep red.

"Ah... hm, sorry..." Pin said apologitically. "I shouldn't say that kind of things to a student..."

Ayane looked up at him, her face betraying surprise and dare he say... hurt?

"I-I'm not you student anymore!" She exclaimed. "It was three years ago already!"

"S-sorry..." Pin said, surprised by her outburst.

"I'm an adult woman so it's okay now. You can say that as much as you want..." Ayane softly said, looking away from him.

Pin was shocked, gaping at her with his face as red as his hair. Could he actually...

"T-then... does that mean I should... court you?..." He said, looking unsure and shy.

"Court?..." Ayane said in surprise, staring at him curiously.

And then she started laughing. A loud, clear laugh that filled the living room.

"W-what?..." Pin asked, feeling embarrassed.

"In what century do you live?" She said, laughing at his blushing face.

"S-shut up!" Pin exclaimed, pointing at her. "I-I just do things right!"

"That's so cute!" Ayane exclaimed, holding her ribs.

"C-cute?! Oi! You can't say cute to a real man like me!" He shouted at her, his whole body as red as his hair.

"Say something else!" She laughed, her own face red.

"Shut up I said!"

"No way!"

"T-then stop making fun of me!"

"No way either!"

"Why you-"

She kept laughing at his childish anger and threats. Who would've thought Pin could be so funny? That stupid, old fashioned Pin.

"Ah ha... sorry... sorry that was mean..." Ayane said, breathing slowly. "Okay okay, I'll stop, I'm sorry."

"What the hell..." Pin said, crossing his arms on his chest.

"Aw come on, don't be angry." She said, making a cute pout.

"Shut up." He said, pouting too.

Ayane chuckled. He's adorable. She thought.

"Hey Pin..." She said after some time passed.

"What?" He asked, still sulking. Ayane had a small smile.

"Were... were you serious earlier?..." She shyly asked.

Pin looked up at her, trying to see if she was still making fun of him. She was blushing and fumbling with her hands. His eyes softened.

"About what?" He asked, looking down.

"Hm... about c-courting me..." She said.

"It's not making you laugh anymore?" He said with a frown.

"Pin... I said I was sorry..." Ayane said softly, looking up at his face.

Pin was a little hurt. He'd just proposed for them to see each other and she just laughed in his face. But Ayane really looked sincere right now, staring at him with tender eyes and a shy smile.

"Do you even like me?" He asked, crossing his arms once more on his chest.

Ayane's eyes opened wide in shock and hurt.

"How-how can you ask that?!" She exclaimed, her voice betraying her as it trembled.

"Then why did you laugh in my face?!" He suddenly shouted.

"Because I thought you were being cute!" She confessed with a red face.

"That again!" He said, standing up.

"Why are you still angry?! Being cute is not a shame!" Ayane said, standing to stop him.

"I'm a man Yano, do you think I like being called cute by a woman inviting me over?"

"Then I'll say that you're handsome! Super manly!" She exclaimed.

"Hmf..." He with huffed with a small pout. Ayane smiled and kept talking.

"You're amazing, you're a great guy. You're so hot and sexy..." She didn't realize what she'd just said and Pin looked at her with big eyes.

"What?..." He whispered.

"You're sex-y..." Ayane trailed off, now mirroring his expression. Seems like the tables were turned.

Pin smirked at her red face.

"I'm sexy?" He whispered, walking even closer.

He was tall so of course, Ayane felt really small in front of him. He brought his face very close to hers and murmured huskily.

"Are you seducing me?"

Ayane whole body glowed red, and she felt her knees grow weak as his warm, muscular body almost touched hers. She could also smell his perfume and a little sweat. He still smelled good.

"Well?" Pin's lips slightly brushed against her burning cheek and Ayane closed her eyes.

Pin was the only man she ever met that made her feel like this. She understood now why Chizuru and Sawako grew weak when their respective boyfriend held their hands or kissed them. The giddiness and happiness they felt... It was love.

She'd gone out with several boys over the years, even counting Kento who was her best boyfriend so far. But Ayane had never felt the way Pin made her feel before. Now she knew what was missing. That passion, that want and vulnerability to a man's words or tender gestures...

For the first time in her life, Ayane had fallen in love.

She was overwhelmed by this pure feeling... This amazing sensation from just having the man you love look at you, or touch you even so slightly. Even standing so close to him was making her light-headed. His masculine body and scent weren't helping either.

So it was him all along... Ayane thought, looking up to see his face.

"Yano?" Pin called her in his deep voice and made her shiver.

The young woman closed her eyes and rested her forehead against his chest.

"D-don't call me like that anymore..." She softly said. "Call me by my first name..."

Pin seemed taken aback. Was that okay?

"Hm... you sure?" He asked, his hands slowly taking hold of her shoulders.

Ayane bit her lip, his hands were so big and warm. It felt good.

"Yes..." She whispered, her own hands gripping the fabric of his long sleeved top.

"Okay then..."

Ayane closed her eyes, waiting in red haired man smiled softly, feeling her hands fist his clothing.

"Ayane." Pin finally whispered, his deep voice sending shivers down her spine.

Just that one little thing he'd said made Ayane's face grow warm and her heart beat madly in her chest. How was he even able to do that just by calling out her name?... She remembered thinking back of how Kazehaya and Sawako looked when they started to call each other by their first name. At that time she didn't understand what was so great or how it could make them so happy, but now she did. Because of him.

"Can... can I call you by your first name too?" She asked shyly.

"Do you even know what it is?..." He asked, not to make fun of her or because of anger, just genuinly wondering if she did.

Ayane nodded gently against his chest, tightening her grip on his clothing.

"It's... it's Kazuichi..." She whispered, feeling her face grow even warmer and butterflies in her stomach.

Pin couldn't help but blush as her soft voice called him. It's been so long since a girl called out his first name, and he was fired up now.

"RAAAAH!" He suddenly roared and wrapped his arms around Ayane, squeezing her against him. "HOW CAN YOU BE SO-"

"Pin?!" She exclaimed as he lifted her up, her feet leaving the ground.

"Seriously!" He exclaimed, his face burning. "You're playing with my heart you bad woman!"

Ayaned froze for a few seconds before she started to laugh. Pin made her spine round and round, hugging her tightly. Did it make him that happy? She blushed and slowly wrapped her own arms around his shoulders, squeezing him back.

"Then... I'll call you Kazuichi all the time..." She softly said, burying her face in his burning neck.

"You little devil!" He exclaimed as she breathed in his scent.

Ayane laughed again, feeling elated and the happiest she'd been in a very very long time.

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To be continued...

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There! It's the fourth chapter of this story! I hope you liked it too, I'm glad I'm inspired for this couple right now. I have to hurry before it's over because I'm scared to loose my inspiration if it does! Well, I really hope the author is going to make special chapters with a time skip, I'm really curious to know what she'll do for AyanexPin. She can't send so many hints and leave us with nothing right?! I've seen chapter's 97 raws before posting this chapter and I'm so excited! They looked amazing! Pin is so handsome with his hair down! Kyaaaaaaaaaaa! (ok fan mode over.)

And of course, thank you SO MUCH for your reviews, lazyTruck (the first!), beerbelly, Guest and Ceecile (it's thanks to your comment I went to look at the raws) I'm so happy! Wow! The last chapters are the best!

I'll stop now because it's bad for my heart, I'm going to write the next chapter and I hope I will be quick! Have a nice day! 3333

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"Ah wait!" Pin exclaimed suddenly.

"Wh-what?!" Ayane asked in surprise.

"I forgot I came to tell you about your teacher debut!"

"Seriously?! I get the job?!"

"Yeah! Thank that great Pin I am!"

"I think I complimented you enough for today..." She said with a smile.

"Oi that's never enough!" Pin pouted at her.

"Aww... then I'll make an exception for this one time..."

"Well, I'm listening..." He said, showing her his ear.

Ayane smiled and murmured against his shell.

"Thank you my wonderful, amazing Kazuichi."

"..."

"Wow... I didn't know human's skin could get this red..."

"S-shut up!"