Takagi: "Sup Nagatoro-san."
Nagatoro: "Sup"
Takagi: "I really enjoyed the art club today! You were a great model, Nagatoro-san."
Nagatoro: *Smiling* "Thanks, Takagi."
Takagi: "Something I've noticed, you seem to have an… interesting relationship with Hachioji-san."
Nagatoro's cheeks began to go slightly flush at this statement.
Nagatoro: "Is that so?"
Takagi: "Well one thing I'm pretty familiar with teasing and I feel like you do that with Hachioji-san a lot."
Nagatoro gave a small nod indicating agreement.
Nagatoro: "Yeah. He's really fun to tease and toy around with and he has the best reactions!"
Takagi: "But you also seem a little… possessive? Affectionate? Like you hugged him in front of all those people.
Nagatoro blushed slightly as she tried to think of a response
Nagatoro: "I mean, I like to tease and toy around with him since he gives me really funny reactions and I just hugged him to get all those girls away from him. I almost expected you to leave too."
Takagi: I can't bomb her with the most important question just yet. "Hmmm. How'd you guys meet?"
Nagatoro's face went pale as she tried to think of what to say. She settled on a part truth.
Nagatoro: "W-we m-met in the library. He sh-showed me his manga and I teased him about some of the stuff in it. We re-enacted a scene from the manga and I've been hanging out with him ever since."
Takagi: This girl definitely isn't telling me everything. Not that I need to know that. "Sounds like a good first impression."
Nagatoro's face got even paler.
Nagatoro: "Y-yeah. Definitely."
Takagi: "So do you know why Hachioji-san didn't let me refer to him as Senpai?"
Nagatoro: "I mean, I… don't know?"
Takagi: She seems to be pretty jealous since Hachioji-san only told me not to call him Senpai after Nagatoro-san glared at me. I'll have to confirm that tomorrow, though. "Well in that case, want to meet up in the art club room with some of our friends outside of the club? I'd love to get to know some of your friends and for you to get to know some of mine."
Nagatoro: "I'll have to check with Senpai for that. I know! I'll make a group chat for the art club!"
Nagatoro created a group chat for the 4 of them and named it "art club group chat".
Nagatoro: "There we go!"
Nagatoro sent a message asking if they wanted to meet up, to which Nishikata and Senpai both agreed.
Takagi: "Nice! Anyways, I noticed that you and Hachioji-san are pretty close and you seem a little protective of him, even if you aren't dating."
Nagatoro: "Did it seem like we're dating to you?! There's no way in hell I would date that gross virgin Senpai! I just like teasing and toying with him, that's all."
Takagi: *smirking* "You're all red, Nagatoro-san"
Nagatoro turned an even deeper shade of red at her words.
Nagatoro: "I'm just really hot right now! We didn't turn on the air conditioning!"
Takagi started laughing at this but quickly reeled herself in.
Takagi: "I'm sorry for laughing, Nagatoro-san. You just remind me a lot about Nishikata."
Nagatoro: "That… That kinda buff really competitive guy? Who was really embarrassed after looking at me?"
Takagi: "Yeah, that's him. By the way, are you doing ok? Nishikata gets really flustered in front of girls in general but I swear he's not a perv or anything like that. He's probably the most respectful guy I-"
Nagatoro: "Oh, I know that. Senpai's a lot like- I mean I joke about him being a perv but he'd never actually do anything to me and I guess that's why I-"
Nagatoro stopped herself mid-sentence but the damage was done. Takagi gave her a knowing look as Nagatoro blushed deeply.
Nagatoro: "Sh-shut up."
Takagi: "You admit it?"
Nagatoro was shocked at Takagi's accomplishment while Takagi merely smirked and gave her a knowing look.
Nagatoro: "Y-yes. Fine. I like him. So what? You're not gonna tell him, are you?"
Takagi: "Of course not. You'll do it when you're ready or he'll do it when he's ready."
Nagatoro: "What makes you think he likes me back? I tease him so much that… I'm not sure… if he can."
Takagi: "It's just a hunch for now but notice how he doesn't seem to mind when you tease him?"
Nagatoro: "I don't know, okay?! I feel like I've teased him so much that he's just putting up with me out of pity. How could he like me if I call him a pervert or gross or creepy in front of others all the time?"
Takagi: "Don't worry about it for now. Tomorrow, we'll have more time together and we can all get to know each other."
Nagatoro: "I feel like you already know me completely."
Takagi: "Well, I am pretty good at reading people and I did just get you to confess your crush so yes, I'd say that I do know you pretty well."
Nagatoro: "Well, how about you? Do you like that Nishikata?"
Takagi: "I have the feeling that you just jumped to a conclusion to get back at me but yeah, I do like Nishikata.
Nagatoro: "How did you- never mind. So what'll you do if I tell him?"
Takagi: "Oh, I don't have to worry about that."
Nagatoro: "Huh? How come?"
Nagatoro had her trademark smirk on. She was so sure that she had this Takagi girl cornered.
Takagi: "He won't believe you."
Nagatoro: "What?!"
Takagi: "He's still trying to work through how he feels about me at the moment. After the summer festival we had a few years back and the start of high school, I think he's sorted out how he feels about me, but he's trying to suppress himself because he thinks that there's no way I'll like him back."
Nagatoro: "You should be a therapist."
Takagi: "Heh. Good one. I know how people act and it helps that all 3 people I was with today are open books-"
Nagatoro: "What? I'm not an-"
Takagi: "Yes, you are. I'm sure your friends and everyone you've met all know and Hachioji-san is the only one who doesn't. I can't tell if you're extremely lucky or unlucky that he's as observant as a decaying log. Either way, he seems like a good guy who likes you back, although I still can't completely tell you about him."
Nagatoro: "Huh. I guess I'm not used to being grilled by anyone. My friends tease me about Senpai but they always lay off."
Takagi: "Heh. My friends tried to tease me about liking Nishikata but they know about how Nishikata's like. When they realized that I didn't care about them saying that I have a crush on him they just kinda… stopped. Anyways it's getting late so I hope this call helped you out and I'm looking forward to meeting some of your friends."
Nagatoro: "Uh, thanks. Yeah, same to you, looking forward to that."
They hung up and went to sleep. Nagatoro had some trouble getting to sleep after hearing and getting flustered at what Takagi said but ultimately was able to fall asleep. For Takagi, on the other hand, having her friends come to her for relationship advice was no rare occurrence so she got to sleep fairly easily. They both looked forward to the next day.
