1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

a/n: whoa. it's been over 2 years since i posted a story. 0.0 this is something i wrote in class last year when i was bored. i finally decided to type it out and clean it up.

it is also my first attempt at anything even remotely romantic. you should have seen how red my face was.

of course technically, this is less of romance and more of just some fluff.

whatever. enjoy.

yoroshiku onegaishimasu! (よろしくお願いします！)

he loved watching her.

from afar, he saw her as the student council president.

strong.

hardworking.

dependable.

he watched as she tackled any problem head-on, beating it to a pulp. sometimes figuratively, sometimes literally. he saw the long, tedious process of transforming seika high school into a better place for all students.

he marked that people grew to accept her, acknowledge her efforts and their fruits, and praise her. even the people who had hated her initially.

he saw her shine.

but it was in the evenings - long after the other members had left - that he could really enjoy being alone with his misaki.

he loved leaning further over her shoulder. he loved how her back would stiff when she noticed, and then how she would pretend not to notice.

well, until he leaned in too close. then he'd get socked in the face by a red-faced misaki.

but he loved that too.

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she hated when he looked over her shoulder.

like right now, she could feel the heat radiating off his skin. and hear both of their

eathing as it synced. it was distracting.

her scolding that he shouldn't be hanging around in the student-counsel office was answered with the usual, "but i'm bored."