27. Crush (1/2)

actually listening to happy music right now whaaaat

-crush-

tsuna feels like curling up into a ball of embarrassment as kahiro grins at him, eye

ows waggling.

it was a slip of the tongue that led him to revealing a secret even his friends didn't know about (although he swears kahiro made it happen somehow-she's always getting him to say things he wouldn't usually mention).

"so, sasagawa kyoko eh?" she looks positively delighted that she's made him spill the beans.

"no, i mean-" he covers his face with his hands. "kahiro!"

she laughs and pokes him in the shoulder, still squatting in front of his desk so her chin rests against the top of it. "no need to be embarrassed, tsunayoshi~"

"stop sounding so pleased about it…" tsuna half whines, removing his hands from his face. "and look, i know it's hopeless-"

"hopeless? you sell yourself too low!" kahiro exclaims and tsuna's glad that almost everyone in the class has already left for home and yamamoto and gokudera had detention for talking in class.

(well, yamamoto was laughing and gokudera was threatening to kill him but that's beside the point.)

"the school idol is a fitting match for you!" she speaks with such sincerity that his cheeks get even redder. "so…" kahiro stands up a little and leans herself over the desk a little more. "what's it about her you like?"

tsuna's ready to mumble a request for her to stop this (the embarrassment is killing him) when the question repeats itself in his head.

what's it about her you like?

well, he reasons, i like her because she's kind to everyone including me, even though i'm undeserving-

but my friends are kind to you and tell you over and over again that you're deserving of the praise.

he pauses. i like her because she's friendly even to me-

but my friends are there for that and it's nothing special.

i...i like her because she's never really judged me-

but my friends always accept me, they've accepted me with all my flaws and want me as their friend and leader.