Day 2 Realization: The first time a member of your OTP (or both members!) realized they had feelings for the other.

Oh geez... I honestly didn't mean to leave this un-updated for so long. A lot of stuff have been happening recently, and I had been hit with a terrible case of writer's block for quite some time. Anyway, I finally remembered this existed and got the second chapter out so huzzah!

~Start~

It had been a few months into the school year by now.

If you had asked anyone at the beginning of the school year if they could imagine the Ultimate Moral Compass and Ultimate Writing Prodigy becoming close, they would have told you no. Their personalities had seemed to rub each other the wrong way at first, but now, lo and behold, they had actually meshed nearly perfectly.

Toko and Kiyotaka had actually gotten rather close, hanging out on a daily basis and enjoying each other's company any change they got. Of course, neither of them imagined the other being anything more than friends, so the realization hit rather hard and seemed to come from nowhere. It took a while for them to come to terms with it, however, seeing as one was unfamiliar with the feeling of being in love with another person, and he other had been so sure they had feelings for a different person.

This whole school year, Toko had fallen had been so sure that the one she loved was actually the prestigious Byakuya Togami; not the loud and obnoxious Kiyotaka Ishimaru. Despite that, it began to grow more and more evident that she maybe felt a little something for the hall monitor—not that she was willing to admit to such a thing. She tried to push these feelings aside and focus on the heir that she so desperately wanted to be with but that grew increasingly harder with everyday that passed.

She wasn't even sure how these feelings came to be, if she was quite honest. Perhaps they first started the day after the two had met. After all, the hall monitor had kept his promise to talk to her once more despite the fact that the others ignored her. Maybe it started when he had begun to use the term "friend" to refer to her, or one of the days that he would constantly shower her in compliments when he noticed she seemed upset. For all she knew, it could have started when he had agreed to help her with some of her math homework. She couldn't pinpoint an exact time and place, but she could tell that it wouldn't be long before she could no longer deny these feelings if he didn't stop being so nice to her.

Maybe that was it.

All her life, she had been bullied and picked on. She always had a hard time making friends and, as the years went by, her sharp tongue had only made it worse seeing as she could only seem to insult others. Having someone who could tolerate her behavior (despite reprimanding her every now and then) was refreshing and rather comforting. To know that she had yet to scare him off or say anything to anger him to the point where he couldn't stand her... she felt relieved.

But, of course, she'd never let anyone else know. For now, he would have to remain as the loud and slightly annoying friend.

As for Kiyotaka, he still couldn't figure out what exactly this was that he was feeling when he was around her. All he knew was that being around the quiet author made his day a million times better. Sure, every now and then she would let a snide and rather hurtful insult get out, but she was definitely working on that and it had become less frequent. But... every time he complimented her or agreed to accompany her somewhere and noticed a small smile creep onto her face, it hurt his heart but on a good way.

Or something. He wasn't quite sure how to explain it.

He had brought it up to his other close friends, Chihiro and Mondo, more than once only to receive a small chuckle from the biker and a knowing look from the small programmer.

What the heck was that supposed to mean?

Every time he asked this question, Mondo would simply give him a pat on the back and tell him that he would understand soon. It took him forever to realize it, but when that time came, boy was he surprised.

He had discussed it one day with the teacher of one of the other classes when she noticed him sitting alone one day with a frustrated look on his face. He had explained everything to her, and the entire time she had held that same knowing smile that Chihiro had. "Do you want to know what I think?" she questioned after he finished, and he shook his head aggressively. Finally, an actual answer! "Well, I think you might have a crush on a certain little author," she responded, a bright smile on her face.

A what?

After a bit of explanation, Kiyotaka had scoffed. There was no way he had taken a romantic interest in her. He didn't mean to put it so rudely, but Toko herself had said many times before that they were simply friends and he had respected that.

But... one day, when Toko seemed to actually be in a good mood, the realization hit. She had just seemed so happy that day for whatever reason—he thinks he heard her say something about getting another best selling book published, but he been so distracted by the change in her attitude to be sure.

Seeing her so bright and uncharacteristically cheerful just made the hall monitor's heart melt in happiness.

That was when he realized that he was in fact in love with her. And man, was he willing to do anything to see that smile everyday.

~End~

Sorry that it sucked and all. Hopefully, however, I will get back into the swing of writing and start updating this a little more frequently, though it still won't be everyday and probably won't have a normal updating schedule.

For those of you taking to the time to read this, thank you very much!