Jealousy

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As they were walking along, Nishikita was zoned out, thinking about his new plan and how sure he was that it was going to work. 

"Hey Takagi-San."

 "Yes Nishikita?" 

"Do you want to play a game?"

 "Sure, what kind."

"Whoever does 10 push-ups quicker, wins the game."

"Okay"

'Haha, I've got her now' Nishikita thought to himself. 'I knew that doing all those push-ups would become useful one of these days'.

"3, 2, 1, GO!" shouted Takagi-San

"Hey you cheated!" replied Nishikita, struggling to get down on all fours and start doing push-ups. However, he quickly caught up, when suddenly he heard Takagi-San say his name. He looked up, burst into laughter and stopped doing his press-ups. She was doing her funny face again.

"Yes I win" screamed Takagi-San

"You cheated" Nishikita replied between his bouts of laughter. Eventually, after getting over his laughter, they started walking again.

'I wonder what I should make him do as his punishment' Takagi-San thought to herself. 'Ah, I know, I should force him to become friends with the transfer student we're getting today.'

"Nishikita,your punishment is to become friends with the transfer student." Takagi-San said.

"O-okay then. I was going to do that anyway " replied Nishikita.

'What, I don't believe that' Takagi-San thought before looking at his face. He didn't seem annoyed or nervous at all. Maybe she had misjudged him and he was actually just trying to be genuine. If he was, she didn't want to stop him doing that.

They walked in silence the rest of the way to school, not seeming to have anything to say to the other person.

Arriving in class, they made their way to their seats at the back. Once everybody was settled in their seats, the Sensei welcomed them to another day and spoke about the new student.

"As you all know, we are getting a new student today. Her name is Akari-San and we will all welcome her to this class kindly. Is this understood?" He said.

"Yes Sensei" everybody replied.

As the transfer student called Akari-San walked in, Takagi-San wasn't focused on her, instead being lost in thought whilst looking at Nishikita. She zoned back in when she saw Nishikita's jaw drop and a few seconds later him start to blush. She followed his eyes and laid eyes on the transfer student. When Takagi-San saw her, she understood why Nishikita's jaw was dropped and why he was blushing and looking away. She was a beautiful girl, and Takagi-San started to regret her punishment to Nishikita almost immediately.  She knew that she could never compete with this new girl for his heart almost as soon as she looked in Nishikita's eyes and saw him unable to stop staring at her.

Nishikita couldn't believe it. The girl that was standing at the front of the class was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his life. He didn't realize that his jaw had dropped and that he was staring at her until she looked at him and snapped him out of his gaze with her delightful eyes. He quickly blushed and looked away, but it was too late, as all of his classmates had already seen the glint in his eye that showed that he like Akari-San. While they didn't say anything, he could see most of his friends snickering quietly to themselves.

Thankfully for him, the class lost interest in him after the Sensei cleared his throat and continued speaking. Nishikita however wasn't listening, as he simply buried his face into his arms in an attempt to hide his embarrassment.