Noticing a Heart

'Awkward is my specialty'

それは私が不器用なんだ私のせいではないです...

A few weeks after the game against Nagoya Tsumi started talking more with Kasamatsu. He would visit the bookstore where she worked on occasion and engage in small talk. After she finished with her sewing club she would find him waiting outside for her, his basketball practice would end at the same time as her sewing club and the two would walk home together. She found out that he just lived a few blocks away from her home. This became a normal routine and people were starting to suspect that the two were seeing each other, but both knew that you were only friends.

As that same as everyday Tsumi sat in the sewing club working on her project that she has been working on for the past three weeks. She was making a small Kise plush, and was planning to give it to Kise the next time he would win a game.

That's if I can get through the crowds of raging fangirls…Tsumi frowned to herself and continued to sew, shivering at the thought of fighting her way through the rabid fangirls.

"What's that?"

"Yee-!" she jumped slightly from her chair and turned her head to the right to see Kasamatsu staring at the small plush in her hand.

"Kasamatsu-san! Don't scare me like that!" Tsumi scolded him lightly before placing a hand on her chest.

He gave a half hearted apology before picking up the plush from the table, "Is this…?" Tsumi panicked and snatched it from his hand but quickly dropped it when she felt something stab at her finger.

"Ah!" she cradled her finger to her chest and brought it up to her eyes. "Not again…" Tsumi called out her friends' name, who turned around and gave her an exasperated look and tossed her a small box labeled 'band-aids.'

Kasamatsu gave her a worried glance, "You alright?"

Tsumi smiled, "Yeah, I have a tendency to stab myself with needles…" she sighed as she finished placing the band-aid on her finger. He looked down at her hand and frowned.

"That's a lot of times…" Tsumi laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"So what is this anyways?" He held up the half finished Kise plush.

She blushed and pursed her lips, "That's Kise-san…"

"I can see that."

"It's just something that I'm working on for the club…"

Kasamatsu made a sound of agreement, "You should give it to him."

"Wh-what?!" she gave him an incredulous look.

He grinned, "You like him right?" Tsumi sputtered as she felt her face heat up, "So you should give it to him."

Kasamatsu placed the plush back on the table and gave her head a light tap, "I'll wait for you outside." Tsumi pouted and stuck her tongue out at him before staring at the Kise plush that was sitting in front of her.

Give it to Kise… I was planning to but I could never gather enough courage to do it…she hung her head in despair, How am I even going to get past the fangirl barricade?

Hmm... This chapter is on the longer side... :x

Here's another speedy update for you guys! I feel bad because Kasamatsu OOC -dies-

Anyways! Hope you enjoyed reading!

-KizunaCho