Here there be spoilers if you haven't read the manga. This doesn't happen in the cartoon of the manga nor the live action version, so you have been warned.
What is Noda thinking in volume 7 chapter 9 of the manga series while the boys are discussing Shin's date. Read the manga if you want to know how said date went and what the date was about. Start with volume7 chapter 8 or so.
I still don't own anything, nor will I ever own anything. I don't even want to own the characters, though they do amuse me.
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Noda sat listening to his friends discuss Shin's date. All of the boys were so love-starved they were trying to live through their unfortunately devastatingly hot friend. Only said friend wasn't interested in girls, or women, or anything. He was so aloof it was hard to read the expressions coming from Shin's lifeless eyes.
Someone started laughing, but Noda didn't quite hear who it was or why someone was laughing. He vaguely recalled the forthcoming conversation.
"This isn't the time to laugh!" Noda heard Uchi all but shout.
"I wonder why Shin doesn't seem interested in any of the girls who have thrown themselves at him. It's not as if someone doesn't confess at least once a week. The rest of us would blow a wad on the spot if someone came and confessed to us."
He then thought back to all of the times they were in class together.
"Wait, he does tend to stare at HER an awful lot. He even started showing up for class; something he hasn't done since I've known him. But still…I have noticed the 'chemistry' the two of them seem to have, even when they don't know anyone is watching. Of course no one else in the class pays enough attention to see it. We are all too busy thinking about what we want to do after class is out, or if we want to skip." Noda shuddered slightly at the thought of skipping since he knew HER bark and bite were both equally nasty at times.
"Nothing…"
"Oh, it was Shin who was laughing."
Noda scrutinized Shin for a moment. "Was it HER? Was SHE the reason Shin never seemed interested in anyone? Only one way to find out."
"I've always been curious about one thing…Well, maybe not always…Shin-chan, do you…LIKE YANKUMI?"