Disclaimer: I don't own Kimi Ni Todoke *go cry in a corner*
Main pairing: PinxAyane!
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KIMI NI TODOKE
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Childish Love
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Chapter 3: Getting Mature
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Pin: 15 years old
Ayane, Chizuru, Ryuu and Shouta: 13 years old
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The following months, Ayane would go look for Pin in the third years building. She wanted to be with him as much as she could, since they would only be in the same school for one year.
She would get the stares of boys even more often with how much she started to stand out. She was practicing softer gestures and behavior, and was getting better at that. And being as cute as she was, it only added to her charm.
She could also hide her childish side easier to the other students and even managed to do the same with Pin. Of course it was much more difficult with that personality of his, and he could still get on her nerves in a very quick and effective way.
Chizuru and Shouta also helped her so Pin would look at her with different eyes.
Or so they thought.
Ryuu was different. He didn't do anything.
Even if he had a silent nature, he was a sharp observer. That's why he knew that even if Ayane changed her attitude, it wouldn't change the way Pin saw her.
That the third year had a soft spot for Ayane, it was evident. But Ryuu thought it was more than that.
Shouta and him were in the baseball team now. They could practice with Pin and his friends. They had heard some comments the guys had made about the red haired boy and Ayane, and how fast he got pissed off at that. They called her his wifey, his wife, his little devil, and other things. And Pin would yell at them or run after them with his face as red as his hair. He would send the ball he threw in their faces or the rest of their bodies, like he did the first time Ryuu and Shouta went to see his training. He'd also forbid them to talk to her, and if they dared to do so, he would use all means to get back at them.
After all, Pin was a jealous guy.
If there were guys talking to Chizuru, and they did treat her like one of the boys, his brother Tooru wouldn't get upset at all. In fact it was the opposite. He often told Ryuu that his "little sister" was growing fast and he felt old. Or that Ryuu should act fast before someone stole her away. Tooru would say that with a smile on his face, and Ryuu knew he thought every word he said sincerely.
He would never look at Chizuru as a girl.
But with Pin and Ayane, it was different. He did look at her as a girl, and even if he did tease her or got angry at his friends provocations and Ayane's embarrassing actions, he was properly taking care of her.
That's how Ryuu knew Pin was in love with Ayane.
But it was not his place to point that out, and he didn't want to have Pin deny it like crazy and hurt her. She was his friend after all. Ryuu didn't say anything because when Pin would be ready to admit it, he should be the one to tell Ayane.
"Ryuu?" Chizuru called out. "What are you thinking about?"
Ryuu looked back at her, interrupted in his thoughts. Shouta and Ayalooking too and he sighed.
"It's nothing." He replied.
The bell rang, signaling the next period was starting and the four first years went back to their seats. Chizuru stared at Ryuu, sitting next to her, with narrowed eyes. She was sure he was hiding something. But she would wait unil they went back home to question him about that.
Lunch Break:
"Aaah I'm so hungry..." Shouta groaned, taking out a blue bentou from his bag.
Ryuu and Chizuru did the same and Ayane looked at them expectingly, fidgeting on her chair. Chizuru made a dead panned face and sighed loudly.
"Alright, let's go to third years building." She said, standing up with her own bentou in her hands.
Ayane stood up with a big smile on her face.
Ryuu and Shouta nodded and stood up too. The four of them went out of the classroom to reach the other building. They stopped in front, finding a spot to sit down in the grass and eat their lunch. Ayane was glancing at the entrance a lot, waiting for Pin to come out.
He did after a few minutes and froze when he spotted them.
"What are you doing here?!" He exclaimed, pointing his finger at them.
"Hey Pin." Shouta said with a toothy grin. He was glad Pin got pissed by their presence.
Pin's nostrils flared and he stomped to them, holding a bag with stuffed breads in it. Tooru soon followed and he smiled at the four younger kids.
"Hey." He greeted them, sitting down in front of them on the grass. "Did you come to have lunch with us?" He asked.
"Hm yeah..." Chizuru replied, blushing.
Ryuu looked down at his bentou and started to eat, he didn't want to see Chizuru's happy face. Shouta imitated him quickly, stealing a glance at Ayane. She was properly kneeling with an handcherkief on her knees and her bentou resting on it. Pin frowned and went to sit down next to her.
"What do you have?" He asked, looking over her shoulder.
Ayane fought back a blush and she replied as softly as she could.
"Chicken croquettes, fried rice with mushrooms and a potatoes salad."
"You're going to get fat." Pin said bluntly.
A vein popped up on Ayane's temple and she did her best to not get angry. Pin saw this and smirked.
"No seriously." He said. "Do you want to look like a little pig or something?"
"If there's a pig here, it's not me." Ayane replied as calmly as she could.
"Are you saying I am?" Pin asked with a deep frown and a vein throbbing at his jaw.
"I didn't say it was you..." She replied with a smile. It looked sweet but in fact it showed Pin she was mocking him.
He growled at her and turned his face away.
Wait until we go home, he thought.
He took a stuffed bread from the bag he had and opened the paper around it. Ayane started to eat her bentou properly and ignored him. Pin looked back at her and saw that she was facing the other way.
"Tche." He snorted and pushed her with his shoulder.
"Pin is so childish." Shouta said with a grin.
The red haired glared at him an threw a handful of grass and dirt on him.
"What are you doing?!" Shouta exclaimed, dusting his clothes off.
"Shut up, or I'll be having a long talk with your dad after school." Pin said with a big smirk.
Shouta glared at him and showed him the tongue before returning to his lunch. Ryuu stared at his friend and kept eating the delicious bentou his father had made.
Ayane glanced at Pin and quickly turned away before he realized it. She blushed when he put his hand right behind her on the grass and weighted his upper body slightly against hers in result. Tooru lifted one eyebrow and smiled at the sight. Chizuru blushed at that, noticing the way Pin sat so close to Ayane while she was trying to focus on her bentou. She was blushing too and Chizuru thought that she was lucky. Even a monkey like Pin had some cute sides to him. What would she give to have Tooru do that to her.
Ryuu stared at Chizuru, noticing how she would glance at his brother with pink cheeks and how the oblivious teenager smiled at her. Shouta noticed it too and patted his friend on his shoulder. He wanted Ryuu to be happy with Chizuru one day.
The lunch break flew by quickly, and the four first years had to go back to their building. Ayane wanted the afternoon lessons to pass fast so she could go to the library and watch Pin train.
When the bell rang the last lesson end, Chizuru and Ayane put their books in their bags and waited for Ryuu and Shouta to do the same. They had to go to the club activities and the two girls would go to the library together. That way, they could make their homework while waiting for baseball's club activities to end. They could also see the baseball field from there so, it was great.
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"You're ready?" Pin asked Ayane, watching her chatting with Chizuru, Ryuu and Shouta.
She waved at them before hurrying to his side.
"Later kids." Pin said with a smirk at the three before giving Tooru a high five.
Shouta made a face at him and Pin made one even weirder. Ayane chuckled in her hands and he glared at her.
"What're you looking at?" Pin told Ayane before ruffling her hair.
"Hey stop that!" She exclaimed and slapped his hand away.
They bickered while going home, earning themselves strange looks and amused ones.
"Stupid Ayane." Pin said, opening the door with her keys.
"Stupid Kazu." She replied, pushing him away and running inside.
"Just you wait stupid girl!" Pin shouted, closing the door before running after her, upstairs.
She disappeared inside the bathroom and locked the door.
Pin growled and hit the door with his hand.
"You'll have to get out of there you know!"
"I don't care!" She shouted.
Pin passed a hand through his hair and noticed they were really getting longer. He then glared at the door and went downstairs. Ayane quickly took a shower and went out. She ran to her room to change and hurried downstairs to enjoy her time with Pin before her mother came back.
She quickly sat on the couch beside him and stuck close to him. Pin moved away with a blush on his cheeks but Ayane was stubborn. She followed and hugged his waist so he couldn't go further away.
"Tch what are you doing?!" He shouted, his face getting redder.
"I want to stay with you..." She softly whispered her now longer bangs covering her burning cheeks.
"W-what's with you?..." Pin mumbled, already loosing the fight. She'd been acting all cute lately.
"Say Kazu..." Ayane said in a small voice. "W-when are we kissing?..."
"Aya..." The teenager uncomfortably fidgeted, feeling his face grow warmer.
"You gave your word." She reminded him softly, her face tilted up to stare at his eyes.
Pin blushed more and asked her where. For the first time, Ayane asked if she could kiss him where he wanted. Pin almost had a heart attack at her question.
"A-as if I'd want you to kiss me!" He shouted, trying to break free.
But a stubborn Ayane was a strong Ayane. Pin gulped at the serious look in her eyes and stopped fighting. He sat back on the couch and looked down.
"I... I don't think it's right..." He said, strangely shy.
"Please..." She pleaded cutely, her big brown eyes staring at him hopefully.
His mind kept screaming 'No no don't do it!' but his heart was almost brusting out of his chest, his eyes were reflecting her adorable face.
'Shit shit shit!' He thought, realizing that it was already too late for him.
"Kiss me..." She whispered softly, closing her eyes and tilting her face up. "Kazuichi..."
That was the last straw. Pin's soul slipped out of his mouth and he fainted.
"Ka-chan! Ka-chan do you hear me?!"
He opened his eyes, looking around in a daze.
"Aya?"
"Oh you scared me so much!" She shouted, hitting his arm. "How can you just pass out like that?!"
"Ow!" Pin shouted, rubbing his arm.
"Do you hate the idea of kissing me so bad?" She asked with a trembling voice and tearful eyes.
Pin immediately grabbed her shoulders.
"Don't think that stupid." He scolded her. "You know how much I-" He interrupted himself before he said too much and pinched her cheek. "I don't hate it."
Ayane blushed and bit her lip. Did he almost say?... She shook her head. If he wasn't ready to say it, she'd wait a little more.
But not for her kiss.
"Close your eyes." She said, making him gulp loudly. "Come on."
Pin trembled slightly but listened to her. Ayane stared at the face she adored and slowly got closer. Pin felt her warm breath against his skin and gripped the couch fabric. She closed the gap between them and... kissed his cheek.
Pin would never admit he was disappointed. But her soft lips pressing so tenderly on his heated skin wasn't bad either. Ayane couldn't help but stay pressed to him a few seconds more before her lips left his cheek. Pin was once again disappointed. He was sure no other girl could make him feel that way. He rubbed his cheek with a deep blush.
"B-baka..." He mumbled in embarrassment.
Ayane smiled, proud of the effect she had on him.
"With this you're all mine Kazu." She said with a shy expression.
Pin blushed harder and looked away. He never denied it after that day, yet it wasn't like he was ready to admit his feelings, even to himself.
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To be continued...
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I hope you liked it. Let's have a time skip next chapter, see you later!