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9: Ito Shunsuke

9: Ito Shunsuke

Inumaki Toge couldn't get rid of that person from his mind.

Every day, Shunsuke's face would pop up inside his head. Whether he was eating, in the middle of the class, or after exorcising a curse; it was always that person who he first thought of.

Sometimes, whenever he was passing by a stationery store, he would think of Shunsuke and how his studies were going along.

Was he passing?

Did working part time affect his grades?

Every little thing in Toge's life, ever since the very first meeting with him, began to revolve around Shunsuke.

Whenever he sees long hair? He would think of Shunsuke.

Whenever he sees a family? He would think of Shunsuke looking after his siblings.

If he sees Hello Kitty? He would be reminded of that pink apron Shunsuke often used when he was cooking.

When he sees a crescent moon? Shunsuke's smile would come to mind and Toge would remain absentminded until the next day.

Once he told Maki and Panda- oh, and Yuuta who recently came back, metaphorical lightning struck the three of them. Without telling him anything, Toge watched as they formed a circle some distance away from him and began their little meeting.

His classmates were so cute.

However, he wasn't aware of them planning a certain mission on how to get him to confess to a certain someone. If Toge knew, he would have instantly barged into that little meeting and stopped them.

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So, here he was now, certainly against his will, standing in front of the Ito Household with four bouquets of flowers - three came from Maki and the third one from Yuuta.

And that little cart filled with an abundance of coneflowers... came from him.

He could still remember when they first met.

Fear and confusion glistened in Shunsuke's eyes but the effervescence swimming inside his amber eyes could not be denied. It drew him in, like a black hole that would never let go.

Each time Toge glanced at him, a weird feeling brewed inside his chest.

And each day, it grew bigger and bigger.

Until he realized that this feeling was none other than him hopelessly falling in love.

Toge used to troll people on the internet for sharing their sappy love stories with their partner. Ever since it dawned on him that he himself felt the same way, he had stopped trolling that kind of posts.

Because he realized that being sappy when in love was a normal thing.

If Toge could spend more time with Shunsuke by finishing his missions at the fastest, he would do it.

If Toge could just shamelessly hold Shunsuke's hand in public, he would also do it.

If Toge could speak... he would compose all sort of love poems for him and recite them every single day for Shunsuke.

Nothing he could do or say was enough to express just how happy Shunsuke made him feel. From the moment that person talked to him like normal, to the way that person would smile until his eyes turned into crescents; all those little things became the catalysts to Toge's affection.

So although he felt so embarrassed standing here today in front of the Ito Household, and even though he almost fled when the main door creaked open to reveal Shunsuke, with flour splattered all over him; Toge stayed in place.