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He makes good food.
"Took ya a while tah get 'ere."
"... I had detention."
"..." And suddenly, he bursted into laughter. Noya covered his face in embarrassment. How many times does he need to embarrass himself in front of his crush before he got the courage to confess?! If he doesn't tell his feelings soon, he might as well die from embarrassment. "What did ya even do tah get detention?"
"... I woke up in the middle of class yelling my special move."
"PFFT-" Noya, whose face turned redder than those cherry eyes he loved to look at, covered his face as he internally wailed in despair. Why... Just why?! Noya thought that the gods were on his side for once! They let him see Iwata June wearing a low ponytail just the day before so were they against him now?!
"Gah! Daichi-san's gonna scold me if I keep this up!"
"Don'tcha worry. I'll have Koushi smooth things out for ya if that evah happens." Ecstatic, Noya stared at him with sparkling eyes. "Would you really, senpai?!"
"Yup, anythin' for my fav'rite kouhai! Now, eat. Ya'll become skin and bones if ya don't eat properly." Iwata June ushered him with a quick wave of his hand, gesturing at the empty seat beside him. "Hurry. Lunch'll end soon if ya keep dallying 'round."
Taking the seat with a blissful expression, Noya didn't even manage to take his yakisoba bread out when his crush shoved a lunch box into his arms. "Take that. I ain't havin' my disciple eat junk when I can make food for ya."
Noya had always fantasized about the day when he would receive a homemade lunch from his significant other... but wasn't this a bit too early?! He hadn't even confessed yet! Then again, he gulped and eyed the wrapped bento box laying on his laps. Isn't this a good thing, too? Trying not to do anything stupid for the umpteenth time in front of his crush, he made sure to take things slow, unwrapping the lunch box in a manner too foreign for him.
On normal days, Noya wouldn't care and untie the cloth in a haphazard manner. Today, however, Iwata June invited him to eat lunch since his cousin was suddenly called to the faculty for something. Of course, how could Noya refuse? Only an idiot would pass up the chance of eating together with someone they like, after all.
The second he took off the lid, a metaphorical arrow shot right through his chest and captured his heart. H... He's the type to make those cute lunch boxes! Tiny rice balls were shaped as bunnies and pandas, veggies were cut up to resemble flowers, there were even two pieces of apple slices to look like rabbits, and meat (just simple meat but still!). So... So cute! It was so adorable that Noya didn't have the heart to eat it!
But the second his senpai glanced at him, Noya picked up a bunny rice ball and popped it in his mouth. It's so damn good! The taste was so delicious that he even ended up crying.
"Why're ya cryin'? Is it that good or somethin'?"
"It's the best lunch box I've ever eaten, senpai!"
"Ya dun hafta exaggerate, Noya. There're better cooks than me. I have this kouhai from mah previous school that makes some damn good onigiris. Ya hafta try some of them one day."
"I'm sure senpai's a better cook!"
Iwata June chuckled. "Glad ya think so."
Seriously though, how more awesome can his crush be?!
I want to marry him! Determined not to let Iwata June go, he promised himself that he would drive away every possible individual who shows so much as even a speck of romantic interest in him.
