Midday Meetings
Advice
Aoko sighed and Kaito raised a pointed eyebrow.
Sighing was not normal Aoko behavior.
It happened but it wasn't normal Aoko behavior.
"Something wrong?"
Aoko blew a strand of hair from her face and let out another sigh, "Nothing… sorta something… kind of annoying… extraordinarily weird… unhealthily irritating…" Aoko sighed yet again, "It's nothing…"
Kaito's other eyebrow shot up.
"If that's nothing than… dang, what the heck to you consider as 'something'?"
Aoko managed a slight grin before she punched him in the arm jokingly, "It's nothing important…"
Kaito let out an amused smile before he shook his head sagely, "In other words it is something but you don't want to tell me what because you either want to figure it out yourself or you don't want anyone to know what it is."
Aoko collapsed onto her desk, expertly avoiding her open bento, before sending a slight glare at Kaito from under her bangs, "How do you do that?"
Kaito grinned this time and tsked, "A magician never explains his tricks."
She rolled her eyes, "I should've known."
Kaito ignored her dry comment and instead watched her with an impish grin, "So? Are you going to find an indirect way of explaining it to me so that I don't know quite what's going on but I am still able to give my excellent advice while I worry under a mask of obliviousness or not?"
Aoko couldn't resist her giggle this time.
He was so silly sometimes…
She rolled her eyes again, "Right, right… I cave, you win." Chewing thoughtfully on her straw she continued, "What do you do… when you feel like you're giving someone the wrong impression and there's an easy way to fix it but it's something important to you so you don't want to 'fix' it but you're still worried about giving them the wrong impression?"
Kaito blinked, twice, and finally let out a slight laugh.
"That must be quite the story," Aoko sent another light glare, "…but I'll refrain from prying. Hmm… how to show them without giving up what's important to you…?"
He smiled slightly, "I'd suggest being honest. If they're getting the wrong impression, even if it may hurt their feelings, it's best to steer them the right way before they do something embarrassing. And if it's really important to you, you shouldn't give it up just because they're making you feel pressured."
Aoko seemed slightly thoughtful as she sipped her juice. She was just about to reply when the intercom asked her to go to the teacher's office.
With an apologetic smile, she left.
Kaito shook his head and leaned back in his chair, pondering as to what she could have been referring to.
"Certainly not to let moronic kaitou's in, now if you would excuse me, I have homework!"
Kaito choked and jerked forward.
"Damnit!"
Behind him, Akako snickered. Took him long enough.