AN: Hello again everyone! Before we dive into the chapter I wanted to express how much everyone's kind words meant to me. They really were a nice confidence boost that I didn't even know I needed. So, thank you to everyone who left a comment on the last chapter. They were all greatly appreciated. As with the last chapter, any advice people have would be really great to hear! Now on with the fic!

Naoto couldn't decide whether the weekend had gotten here too quickly or too slowly. The plans he made with Nagatoro elicited both a sense of dread and excitement. While the verbal barrage he was about to receive from Nagatoro was sure to be brutal, he couldn't help but smirk at the thought.

Naoto had just departed from his house, bearing his parents a swift goodbye and letting them know he'd be back later that night. He had previously explained that he'd be going to Nagatoro's house to work on his art project, which had gotten a sly smirk from his mother.

Pulling out his phone Naoto sent a message to Nagatoro letting her know he was on the way. After sending the text he scrolled up and reviewed the previous messages. Despite the fact he had already confirmed the exact time and day he'd go over to Nagatoro's house, he couldn't help but keep making sure that he'd correctly read it. After confirming that, no the last twenty times he read it weren't his imagination, he felt his phone buzz indicating Nagatoro's response.

"Good timing, I just got out of the shower. I should be ready by the time you get here!"

Naoto blushed a little at the thought but quickly forced it to the back of his mind, she was trying to get a reaction out of him but he was going to do his best to not let it get to him.

"Cool, see you in a bit." Naoto replied.

"Gross Senpai~!" Nagatoro sent back.

"What? I didn't say anything!"

"Yeah, but you were thinking about it! Pervy Senpai!"

Naoto shook his head and put his phone back into his pocket. "She's a damn telepath, I swear." He muttered.

After a bit of walking Nagatoro's house came into view. As he approached it he noticed someone swing the door open and walk out. From where he was it looked like Nagatoro, but just as he got close enough to see he realized it was her older sister. He flushed with embarrassment and stopped to contemplate turning around when she called him.

"Is that a Senpai-kun I see?" She said, quickly approaching him.

Sis-toro had an evil mischievous grin on her face as she got up to him. "Now, what could you possibly be doing here, Senpai-kun?"

Naoto gulped and quickly got a response out.

"N-Nothing! Nagatoro agreed to help me with an art project." Out of the corner of his eye he noticed some movement in the upstairs window of Nagatoro's house. Sis-toro then said:

"Ahhhhh, that explains a lot. No wonder Hayase is so worked up about me being late for work." She got an evil grin on her face and continued with "Sounds like she was trying to sneak you in while she was home alone hmm?"

Naoto flushed and quickly said:

"I-I'm sure it's just so I could focus on the art project is all!"

Sis-toro laughed and walked past Naoto, as she walked away she said:

"Oh I'm sure that's all it is. Well I am going to be late so you two have fun!"

Just as she was about to leave eyesight she said "Bye Senpai-kun! And good luck!"

Hayase stepped out of the Shower and began to dry herself off with the towel she'd set aside. As she was drying off she heard her phone's notification sound go off. She grabbed her phone excitedly with anticipation of who had sent the message. It was of course her Senpai.

"Hey, I just walked out the door. I'll be there soon." He had sent.

Hayase grinned to herself and responded to him, being sure to tease him a bit before beginning to get ready. After she felt he'd been properly teased, she wrapped the towel around her and walked out of the bathroom. Much to Hayase's shock, her older sister was standing outside the bathroom door with a grin on her face.

"Geez, took you long enough Hayase." Said Sis-Toro.

"WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?!" Hayase yelled.

"You were hogging the bathroom Hayase, what was I supposed to do?" Sis-Toro responded, the grin still plastered to her face.

"We have another bathroom!" Hayase yelled again.

"Yeah, but I wanted to use this one." Replied Sis-Toro as she walked into the recently vacated bathroom. She pulled a brush from one of the drawers and began to run it through her hair, which as far as Hayase could tell, looked as if it was already brushed.

"Don't you have work though?!" Hayase said, still visibly frustrated.

Sis-Toro finished running the brush through her hair, and left the bathroom. "Yeah, that's true. I guess I'll have to leave now then." She said as she began to walk down the stairs.

Just as Sis-Toro was walking out the door she yelled "Have fun with Senpai-Kun, Hayase!"

"How does she know Senpai is coming over?" Hayase said to herself. The realization hit her as she ran to her bedroom window and peaked out. Slowly walking towards her house was Senpai himself. She saw him visibly react to seeing Sis-Toro and noticed her sister strike up a conversation with him. Hayase growled to herself in frustration and was about to cuss out her sister from the window when she noticed Naoto glance towards her.

Hayase let out a squeak as she remembered that she wasn't exactly fully dressed at the moment, and quickly backed away from the window. Running to her dresser she quickly finished getting ready.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! Why was she still here!" Hayase said to herself, speedrunning getting dressed.

After finishing, she quickly ran out of her bedroom to the front door. She was sure Senpai was about to knock any second. Almost on command she heard a `thwap-thwap` from the front door. She got to the front door and hoped she was presentable enough, cursing her sister one more time.

Naoto watched as the front door opened and standing on the other side was Nagatoro, who looked more than a little frustrated. About what he could only guess, but admittedly his thought process short circuited as he stared at his Kohai. She looked as beautiful as ever.

"H-Hey, Nagatoro." He said a slight quiver in his voice.

The frustration that had seemed so obvious when she opened the door seemed to melt after his words, and a grin appeared on Hayase's face.

"Sup, Senpai~." She said, quickly followed by "What's that look on your face for Senpai? You just got here and you're already thinking about something pervy?"

Naoto snapped out of it and quickly brought his hand up to his face to push up his nonexistent glasses. A nervous habit he'd yet to break out of it seemed.

"I'm not thinking of anything pervy!" Naoto said quickly.

The smile on Hayase's face grew a little as she continued with her teasing.

"I guess I shouldn't be too surprised." bringing her hands up and shrugging. "A gross virgin like you probably can't help it."

Naoto's face flushed and he averted his gaze, "W-Whatever."

Hayase, giggling at her Senpai's attempt to be 'cool', opened the door fully and said:

"Well, don't just stand there silly Senpai, come on in~."

Naoto walked past the threshold and into the house and glanced around nervously. While not the first time he'd been to Nagatoro's house, he still couldn't shake the feeling he was about to be ambushed and teased mercilessly. The sound of the front door closing behind him knocked him out of his overactive imagination. He turned to see Nagatoro leaning against the recently closed door, looking at him. While it was only about half a second, he noticed something in her eyes. Was.. Was she ogling him? Hayase noticed Naoto's gaze, and with a bit of a flush in her cheeks, looked him in the eyes and asked:

"Whatcha looking at pervy Senpai~?"

Naoto finding a little more bravery than usual, responded with:

"I was thinking about asking you the same thing." He smirked a little bit. Maybe he would do the teasing for once?

Nagatoro's face now fully red from Naoto's comment, faltered in her attack for all but a second. Quickly recovering she replied with:

"Well, you spend so much time staring at my body, I figured I'd return the favor."

Now it was Naoto's face that was fully flushed, "W-What?" Was all he managed to get out before she began to laugh maniacally and closed the distance between them.

"Hahaha! Just kidding Senpai! What? Did you think I was being serious!? Silly Senpai, what girl would ogle at you!?" She began to poke at his sides, still laughing.

Naoto turned away and rolled his eyes at her insult. "Damn, so much for that." He thought to himself, Nagatoro still giggling as she dashed around poking him. He chalked up whatever look he'd seen in her eyes to being just more teasing and moved the memory to the back of his mind.

Once Nagatoro had finished her teasing she giggled a bit and asked:

"Well Senpai, should we get started on your art project?"

Naoto sat down at the kitchen table as Nagatoro moved into the kitchen to the fridge.

"I'm gonna grab a pudding, do you want anything, Senpai~?" She asked

"N-No I'm okay. Thank you though." He replied.

"Suit yourself, silly Senpai~." She said closing the fridge door.

Hayase grabbed a spoon and then took the seat directly across from Naoto.

"So what's the plan, Senpai? How are you going to use me?" She said, putting a bite of pudding into her mouth.

Naoto flushed at the wording she had chosen but quickly dismissed it and responded with:

"Well, the project requires us to submit at least three different pieces, all of which have to represent a goal we have in life."

Nagatoro sighed and teasingly said:

"Yeah, I get that part. I mean how are you going to draw me to get that across?"

"O-Oh, I see what you mean." Naoto replied. Admittedly he hadn't figured that part out yet.

They sat there in silence contemplating what to do, Naoto glanced around the room nervously, wracking his brain for ideas. Eventually his eyes fell upon Nagatoro. She had continued eating her pudding while he sat in thought. He watched the expressions she made while eating the pudding, and began to think about the different experiences he had over the last year or so. As his thoughts wandered he remembered the look of determination she made when she really committed to something, whether it be Judo, Swimming, or teasing. A small smile grew on his face thinking of the memories when he realized that was exactly what he needed.

Naoto lowered his gaze to his lap and finally said. "I think the best way to portray your drive and commitment would be to draw you while you're trying to do something."

Nagatoro perked up at this and looked at Naoto. "Do something? Like what?" She asked.

"Anything really, just something you feel is worth making an effort on I suppose."

Nagatoro pondered his words for a second and began to think of ideas. After half a minute or so she thought of something.

"What if I draw you?" She said, a small smirk on her face.

Naoto a bit confused asked:

"You want me to draw you.. Drawing me?"

Nagatoro's smirk had grown and she responded with, "That's right."

Naoto still confused replied with:

"I don't think that would work."

Nagatoro's grin disappeared. "Why not?" She asked.

Without putting much thought into it Naoto responded with:

"Well, it has to be something that's worth making an effort for. If it's about me it won't really be worth the eff-"

"Shut up." Hayase said, anger in her voice.

Naoto looked at her confused by her sudden anger, "W-What?" He asked.

"I said, 'Shut up.' You shouldn't talk about yourself like that."

Nagatoro's answer stunned him. She was angry about the way he talked about himself? He remembered his interaction with Nagatoro and her friends Gamo, and Yoshi, in the lunchroom. The three girls had all been teasing him, but once Gamo made a comment saying Senpai wasn't even a man, Nagatoro had gotten angry with her friend. He wondered if this was something similar.

Naoto sat in silence. Not sure what to say to lighten the mood, when Nagatoro spoke up.

"I… I know I tease you a lot, Senpai. But don't you for a minute think you aren't worth anything."

Nagatoro's voice was the closest thing to shaky Naoto had ever heard from her. He'd never heard her sound so… sad.

"Nagatoro-" Naoto began but she quickly cut him off.

"You're worth a lot Senpai… especially to m-... to your mom and dad."

Naoto looked down and now understood. Without a second thought he reached over the table and placed his hand on hers. Nagatoro, surprised, looked up and flushed a bright red. Naoto looked her in the eyes and said:

"I'm really sorry, Hayase."

The two of them sat there for a moment, looking at each other. Simultaneously they realized that maybe they'd held it a second too long and quickly pulled back their hands.

After about thirty seconds Nagatoro spoke up, any hint of anger or sadness gone from her tone, instead back to her normal teasing self.

"Geez Senpai, who made you so confident! Calling me by my first name AND grabbing my hand? So gross~!"

Naoto quickly stammered out:

"S-Sorry! I was just trying to-" Nagatoro interrupted again.

"I know what you were trying to do, you pervy Senpai~! Gross, gross, gross!" Nagatoro wiggled in her chair, arms wrapped around herself as she repeatedly said "Gross!" to herself.

Naoto smiled, happy to see Nagatoro back to her regular self.

"Alright Senpai, let's do this!" Nagatoro said, jumping up from her chair. "I'm gonna go get my sketchbook and then we can start!"

And that's the end of chapter 2! I've started to get a better idea where I want this fic to go. Still not sure if I'll keep the T rating but for now I think it works. Like I said above any advice or comments you'd like to make are welcome! Thank you so much for reading! :D