Nagisa P.O.V
("How long has she been in love with me?") I asked myself while I'd slowly closed her diary. "I can certainly tell that she didn't fall in love with me recently, as it seems like she's been liking me for a quite awhile. But when?" I asked myself while thinking of the times I'd spent with her, so that I could at least figure out what time period when she could of fallen for me. But then, that's when I realised that in the very first entry I'd read from her diary. Kanzaki had complimented me, and it wasn't just any ordinary compliment. She commented on my new look, and she pretty much liked it which only means one thing...
"P-Please don't tell me that Kanzaki-san... has actually been in love with me, since before the moon was destroyed..." I asked myself in response to figuring out when it was that Kanzaki had fallen for me, and even though I don't actually know when it was, I knew it had to be before the moon was destroyed. "But if that's the case, why would Kanzaki-san of all people, fall in love with me when there's literally nothing special about me?" I myself while I'd sighed. "I simply cannot just walk up to her and ask her about it, as it'll just make things complicated, and then, it'll affect our relationship with each other, and I simply don't want that to happen. But, I simply can't play dumb either, not after learning that Yukiko is in love with me. Damn it, it's so frustrating." I said out loud, as I simply didn't know what I should do now that I'm in this situation
Elsewhere
Third P.O.V
Kanzaki is in her room alone, playing on her most treasured game in the world, which is a game called Gradius. "I so love games like Gradius, it always provides that tough and hard difficulty that people commonly complain about, but it's pretty easy in my opinion." Kanzaki said out loud along with a giggle as she continued to play her most treasured game. "But to be honest, it's shame that it's successor and all the other Gradius games I'd played aren't the same level of difficulty as the first one, as they'd made them easier. But then and again, if I were to get Nagisa to play Gradius with me, I'll likely get him to play one of the easiest one first, so that he can at least gain some experience." Kanzaki said out loud, and soon after she sighed. "But, I doubt that Nagisa would even want to play with me, and I'm so glad that none of the others know about my crush on him." Kanzaki told herself while having not enough confidence about Nagisa, but that's when she realises that the spot where she normally places her diary, is vacant which causes her to panic.
"WAIT! Where's my dairy?" Kanzaki had asked herself upon realising that her dairy isn't in it's usual spot. "I could of worn I'd taken it out of my..." Kanzaki couldn't finish her sentence, as fear took over her upon realising she might of lost it. "Wait... Please tell me that it's in my bag, and that I didn't lose it." Kanzaki asked herself, which she then quickly rushed over to her schoolbag, and quickly opened it up, and her eyes widened in fear, as her diary wasn't there.
Kanzaki P.O.V
After I'd rushed over to my schoolbag and quickly opened it up to see if I accidently left my diary in there. However, fear instantly took over me upon seeing that my diary wasn't there. "IT'S NOT IN MY BAG EITHER?! Don't tell me that I dropped it somewhere?" I asked myself while I kept panicking over the lost of my diary, as I've written very person stuff in there about myself, including about my classmates, especially Nagisa. ("Wait... I had my diary out in the classroom right before I went home, could I've accidently dropped in the classroom?") I thought to myself, as it made perfect sense that I could've accidently left it in the classroom or at least dropped it when I wasn't paying attention. But, that's when I realised that it was Nagisa's turn to help Korosensei to tidy up the classroom, and means that one of them might've found it by now.
("I certainly hope that Nagisa was the one who'd found it first than Korosensei. But knowing him, he'll likely has already opened it up by now, and read one of my many entries. But I seriously can't blame him for it, as my diary is just a plain journal and people tend to use it as a notebook. But if he has read it, I seriously, seriously hope he hasn't read of my entries about him, as if he has, he'll know about feelings for him.") I thought to myself even more, and as I did. I began to fear that Nagisa may have found out my crush on him. ("Then and again, considering that I've known Nagisa since he came to Class-E, I know for the fact that Nagisa wouldn't fully believe it. But it's not like he'll know...") I couldn't finish my thought, as I realised that Nagisa would want to return the diary to it's rightful owner, and the only way he can do that is by finding a clue in the diary itself.
A while later
After a while of thinking, I decided that I should risk it, and just call Nagisa to see whether or not he has my dairy. "This is going to be so awkward for me. I mean, I'm literally going to be calling Nagisa for the first time in ever, as even though we'd already exchanged our contact info, we haven't really used it for anything. So how can I approach him, when he's the boy who I first fallen in love with?" I told myself while I'd stared at Nagisa's phone number, which I ended up sighing. "I just hope he hasn't found out that I love him..." I said to myself and after continue gazing at his number, I finally decided to call him.
One moment Later
Third P.O.V
After Kanzaki had finished staring at Nagisa's phone number, she finally gained the confidence to make the call, and decided to call him while hoping that he hasn't found out about her feelings towards him ("Please answer... Please tell me you haven't found it out...") Kanzaki thought to herself, and was completely worried that Nagisa may have found out about her feelings. "H-Hello?" Nagisa answered the call, and was both completely confused by it, while also embarrassed due to what he had learned. "Hey Nagisa-kun. It's me, Yukiko, and I hope I'm aren't interrupting you with anything, but there's something I really need to ask you, and it's something seriously important. So I hope you can bare with me for a moment." Kanzaki nervously told Nagisa, as she's worried may have found her love for him. However, Nagisa on the other hand is completely embarrassed by the call, as he wasn't expecting her to call him. But when he had saw the caller ID was Kanzaki, it caused him to feel both completely scared, and as well embarrassed due to what he had found in the diary about him.
"H-Hey Kanzaki-san. I... I probably know what your going to ask me, so I'm going to say it anyway. I have your diary... and yes I'd read some of your entries. But that's only because I didn't want to deliver the diary to the wrong person, and I didn't want to go asking around about it. So I'm sorry, I really am, and I promise that I'll make it up to you somehow, so I hope you forgive me." Nagisa told Kanzaki while confessing his crime for reading her diary, and because of it, Kanzaki couldn't believe what she'd had heard, and certainly hopes that Nagisa hadn't read too far into her diary. "D-Don't worry about it, you had pure intentions when you read my diary, and you said it yourself. You only did so that you don't accidently give it to the wrong person. So thank you for keeping my diary safe for me, and I do forgive you for it. But if you don't mind me asking... How much of it did you read?" Kanzaki told Nagisa, and asked him how much of her diary did he read.
"I didn't read your entire diary if that's what your asking. But, when I first found your diary, I just opened it up and found myself at entry twenty five, and that's where I started reading from. But to tell you the truth Yukiko, I wasn't reading page by page, as I didn't want to read your diary in the first place. So I decided to skip ahead to random entries, and I was quite surprised by some of them. But how I found out the diary belonged to you, is because of what you said in your rant, and it quite surprised me as I never thought it bothered you that much. So I'm sorry again for invading your privacy." Nagisa apologised to his female classmate, and while Kanzaki cannot see how sorry he was, she could certainly tell how sorry he was by the way he sounded.
"Don't worry about it too much Nagisa-kun. You'd already apologised to me about your mistake, and besides. You protected my diary from being read by someone else, and the only reason why you did it, is because you wanted to return it. So I'm not mad at you or anything. But if you don't mind me asking, where do you live? As I really want to have my diary back, and I think it'll be safer for us if I went to your house instead." Once Nagisa had heard all of this, he became even more embarrassed to the point he started to sweat due to the fact that Kanzaki wants to come to his house, and he's never really brought a girl home before, not even Kayano. "A-Are you sure? I mean, we could always meet up somewhere, and I'll give you the diary there." Nagisa nervously suggested to her, as he knew inviting a girl into his house while nobody was home can be quite problematic, especially to him if his classmates or even his mother were to find out about it.
"I know what I'm saying is embarrassing Nagisa-kun. But trust me when I say this, I'd rather come to your house, because if we were to be seen public, things could be problematic for us, and I know got some questions for me. So, I'd rather answer them somewhere in private where no one can eavesdrop on us." Kanzaki explained her reason why she didn't want to meet up in public, and Nagisa now understood her reasons for wanting to come over. "Alright, here's my address..." Nagisa replied as he told her his address.
Later
Nagisa P.O.V
After doing the regular chores that I typically do for my mother, I sat down in the living room, and waited for Kanzaki to arrive. But I couldn't help but stare at her diary, as there are questions I want to ask her, mainly about that drawing I found. ("Just.. Just how much does Kanzaki-san trust me anyway? I know her diary says that she's in love with me, and that she wants me to ask her out at the next Cherry Blossom Festival. But would I even be the perfect match for her? I mean, there's guys in the class like Karma, Sugino and even Isogai. But why me?") I thought to myself, but I couldn't really figure out a answer for my question. ("I don't even know should I even question her about it. But knowing Kanzaki-san, she probably wants me to be honest, and tell her the entries I'd read. I think that's probably for the best, as how can I forget-") I couldn't finished my thought, as it was interrupted when I heard the doorbell, and I instantly knew or likely knew who's at the door.
"Wait, that can't be Kanzaki-san, it's only been twenty minutes, so there's no way she could be this early." I told myself, and I knew I had to answer the door in case it actual was her. But when I opened the door, I almost didn't recognise her at first, but was there stood Kanzaki, smiling at me and she looked even more beautiful than she is at school. "Hey Nagisa-kun, I didn't expected that you lived close by, so I'm sorry if I'm kinda early." Kanzaki told me which all honestly surprised me, as I seriously didn't expect that someone like Kanzaki would living close by, but it makes sense for how she got here early. "Don't worry about it, I already finished the rest of my chores, so your just in time." I reassured her, and invited her inside.
One Moment Later
In the Living Room
After explaining all the events that led that led me to finding her diary, Kanzaki understood it all and told me that it wasn't my fault that I read her diary. "Well, thank you again for protecting my diary Nagisa-kun, I'm really glad that you founded it and protected it. But anyway Nagisa-kun, I don't want to sound harsh or anything, but I could tell by the tone of your voice while we were on the phone, that you'd found something that bothered you, and while I do have guesses, I want you tell me what it was." Kanzaki told me, and I knew I had to tell her the truth, as lying wouldn't help me, and could make things worse for us. However, I could use this as a opportunity to find out the real reason why that drawing was in her diary.
"Please, Please don't hate me when I say this. But, it's just that... it's just that while I was reading your dairy, I found out how you truly feel about me when I saw those embarrassing comments you'd made about me. But I think it was entry forty two that took me by surprise, and it's also the entry how I figured out the diary belonged to you, as you were the first person and only person who came to my mind who would've wrote it. But the comment you made there... kinda took me by surprise. That and also the page next to it which literally caught me by surprised..." I explained, and I couldn't continue further as I was starting to get embarrassed again just by remembering it, and I could feel myself blushing again. "S-So wait... Your telling me that... that you actually saw that drawing?" Once I'd heard Kanzaki's reply, I think this is the first time I'd probably seen her embarrassed. But after taking her reply in and processing it all, it made me stood up and I accidently yelled at her.
"WAIT, YOUR SAYING THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO DREW US TOGETHER OF US KISSING?!" I asked her, and while I didn't really mean to shout at Kanzaki for the drawing, it seems like I accidently frightened her a little. "Well, you see... the reason why I drew that drawing of us like that... is because I really like you..." Kanzaki replied in a soft and low tone to the point it almost sounded like a whisper, so I didn't really hear all of it. "Sorry Kanzaki-san, I didn't really mean to yell at you there, you just took me by surprised that you knew exactly what I was referring to." I apologised to Kanzaki for frightening her, and in response, Kanzaki grabbed my hand and encased it in both of hers. "Don't worry about it Nagisa-kun, it's only logical that you'll be embarrassed by seeing it anyway, especially in a girl's diary. But considering that you'd seen the drawing and the entry next to it, I'm guessing you know exactly how I feel about you..." Once I heard this, I instantly began blushing even more, as everything shown on that page showed what her feelings were about me.
"So everything I'd read is true then? That you actually have feelings for me?" I asked her, and sure it was a bold question to ask her, especially after what I'd seen inside her diary. But it's already too late for us to go back the way they use to anyway, so boldness won't matter now. "I can't deny that I have feelings for you, especially since I've been in love with you way before Korosensei was here..." Once I heard this, my face went completely red, as she didn't fall in love with me recently, it was during the time when we still had Yukimura-sensei as our teacher. "Wait what?" That's all I could say to her, as I was completely embarrassed from what I heard come from her mouth.
"I've been in love with you for a quite awhile now Nagisa-kun. Like, when I'd first met you when you first got transferred into Class-E. I felt like there was a connection between, and I didn't know how to explain it. But after I'd gotten to know you more, I began feeling comfortable whenever I was around you, as you always put me at ease somehow, and you still do. I believe that's where feelings for you began, because I think you and I are the same in some way. Truth be told, I've never really been in love before, so I asked Yukimura-sensei about it, and she told me what it was, and said that I should listen to my heart. So yeah, that's how I found out that I was in love with you." Kanzaki explained, and I was dumbfounded by it all, as I couldn't believe all this time, Kanzaki has been in love with me and honestly, I don't think a girl has been romantically interested in me before.
"Yukiko-san... I don't know... I don't know what to say honestly. I've never would've thought that you'd be in love with me or even interested in me for that matter. But are you sure you really want this? I mean, wouldn't you want someone who looks more like a-" I couldn't finish what I was saying as Kanzaki stood up, and pulled me into a hug. "That doesn't matter to me, I love you for who you are Nagisa-kun and besides, I don't care what others would think of me, I still love you." Kanzaki told me, and in response to that, I began hugging her as well. "Alright... I... I love you Yukiko-san." "I love you too Nagisa-kun." After accepting her feelings, we'd both kissed for the first time, and though my first was stolen by someone else, the one with Kanzaki was filled with affection...