Disclaimer: Well, I made some time and this chapter is a bit short so I managed to translate it when I got back from the labs. All credit goes to Shingo Nanami and フクロウ。Enjoy.

ひたむきな熱情

Simple-minded passion

Kasane x Inuchiyo

Part One

"Huh? Where's Katane?"

Noticing that a certain girl wasn't around, Inuchiyo voiced out his question.

"Kasane-dono? She reported that she wasn't feeling well…"

"I'm sure she overate! This is why gluttons are so…"

"Kora! Kuranosuke, Kasane-dono isn't Inuchiyo, so she wouldn't act like that!"

"You're not going to negate Inuchiyo as well…"

The lively argument between Kuranosuke and Inuchiyo didn't reach his ears.

"Katane… Is hope she's okay…"

Inuchiyo's heart wasn't calm at all.

If that energetic girl wasn't feeling well, then something big must have happened.

Being with Kasane was fun, he would become happy when he sees her smile.

When they brush hands, his heart would flutter. A whiff of her sweet scent intoxicated him.

This is the first time in the 16 years of his life that he held such emotions.

At first he thought it might be some sort of illness, which he confided with Kawajiri-sama and Mori-sama, but the two of them gave him an expected expression and good naturedly laughed saying, "It's not an illness, no need to worry."

He felt relieved by those words, however from what he heard the solution was to let his body handle it.

Completely clueless by that, Inuchiyo remained dissatisfied as he just nodded to them.

And before he knew it, he began thinking about Kasane all the time.

When he wakes up in the morning, he wondered where Kasane was. In the afternoon she was always in his mind and at night he wondered if she was still awake and what she was doing.

He wished to be by her side always, but there were times when he couldn't.

Besides, Gorouza and Kura were always there with him, and the thought of Kasane all alone with one of them….. he didn't like it.

Why did he have this feeling; Inuchiyo still didn't know.

He wanted Kasane to look in his way.

He also, at certain times, wished to be alone with her.

However if he was all alone with her his heart would get all crazy, so he wouldn't be able to speak…!

"But I'm worried for Kasane-dono…"

Though he was reoccupied by his thoughts, Gorouza managed to snap him out of it.

That's right, right now Katane isn't feeling well.

What was she doing?

Where was she feeling unwell?

Did her head hurt; did her stomach hurt?

Was she in such great pain? Is Katane okay…?

The thoughts continuously rolled in.

Inuchiyo rushed away from the sight.

"Inuchiyo!?"

He thought he heard Gorouza from behind, but he paid no mind to it.

TBC

Well that's it for now. Sadly this is the last Inuchiyo x Kasane pairing story フクロウ has out there... So sad, but well I guess this shows that we're nearly approaching the end soon. Hopefully everyone was entertained by seeing Inuchiyo going through puberty.

Well then, that's it for now. Until next time, I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable week.