Falling in love with my stalker - Chapter 19- Her courage..

[Aoi’s POV:]

There is a boy in my class I like.

It has been ever since I entered high school that I came to realize my feelings for him. And ever since, my love for him has increased gradually.

He sits a little too far away from me in the classroom and we barely come in contact with each other. However, there were some of the things I knew about him. And the prominent one was,

He doesn’t like wild girls.

Now having a reputation as a tomboy and someone who has gone to an MMA club since the age of twelve, I surely would be his last preference.

That was why once we began sharing the classroom, I entirely changed my demeanor and my outward appearance. Now, I solely try to be in the best and proper shape where I can be regarded as a calm and dependable girl.

The person I like seemed to be a little lazy sometimes and lonely sometimes, as such, I want him to depend on me. I want him to like me. I want to be with him.

However, for some time now, he has begun garnering the attention of some female populace of the class—which I definitely do not like. As such, I have decided to be a little proactive in my approach as well.

I don’t want to lose him, after all.

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[Shou’s POV:]

My gaze turned toward my front immediately after Hanekawa-san asked me for a private chat.

Thankfully, Takeuchi-san’s seat was vacant. It seems she went out to buy something from the cafeteria. If she had been here, then I doubt she would have held herself from confronting Hanekawa-san right away.

However, it didn’t mean I would talk to Hanekawa-san in private just because my girlfriend wasn’t around.

It would be nothing less than betraying her.

“Ah…I am kind of busy at the moment. Can we talk later?” Even though it seemed that Hanekawa-san was desperate to talk to me, I couldn’t agree to her request.

She looked taken aback by my response and so did the people around me—after all, Hanekawa-san was a kind-hearted and fairly cute girl. However, nothing was more important than Takeuchi-san’s feelings. Even if I come out as rude, then so be it.

Hanekawa-san, for once glanced toward my left before she walked back to her seat with heavy steps.

I felt a little bad rejecting her since we had a neutral relationship until now, but my feelings were limited to how it feels to have missed a sale of eggs and have to buy them at a general price.

“Shou…you really are cold-hearted sometimes, y’know.” Hearing Keita’s words, I darkly chuckled.

“Let’s refocus on the matter that concerns you more, no?” Hearing my words, Keita panicked before nodding furiously.

Soon the recess came to an end and Takeuchi-san also returned to the classroom just before the bell rang.

We shared a glance as she made her way toward her seat.

‘…somehow, she already seems agitated…’ Her crimson eyes were radiating annoyance. And it wasn’t just me who noticed it. The other classmates also, didn’t come in her way and some even just straight up froze, so they don’t anger her any further by some silly mistake.

‘Even so, I have gotta tell her…’ Deciding to tell her about Hanekawa-san’s approach later on, I took out my notebook and finished the preparation for the test.

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“Ahhhh~It feels good even after writing half of the paper. I wonder if I can get some good marks and leave my parents all shocked.” Hearing Keita’s voice I couldn’t help chuckling.

This guy goes to cram school and his mother was a university professor, yet he was getting all pumped by just filling half of the test paper.

“Hey, Shou. Are you coming for the P.E.?” Hearing his query, I shook my head and raised my injured hand.

“Sensei told me to remain in the classroom.” I wasn’t lying. The English teacher of the last period called me and Takeuchi-san and told us to not go to the P.E. class and to study in the classroom.

…even at that time, she didn’t look at me.

“Why do you seem so disheartened about it? Do you really want to go that much?” I shrugged at Keita’s query and took out a random book from my bag before laying my head on the desk.

I slightly raised my eyes and rested them on Takeuchi-san’s back.

Although I know that it was I who dearly encouraged her to keep acting like a stranger in the classroom….still it was a little too much for Takeuchi-san to keep ignoring me.

…I couldn’t help but feel, it was me getting all excited to finally be in a relationship.

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“..mmm-ah!” I suddenly jolted in surprise.

‘I fell asleep, goddamnit!’ I cursed myself since I wanted to spend some alone time with Takeuchi-san.

Although the class was empty, even Takeuchi-san wasn’t there.

I felt sad not finding her here, as some words escaped my lips, “So it was me just getting overly excited huh…”

I couldn’t help sighing at the realization. As I thought I was just being childish…

“…no, it wasn’t just you, Shou-kun.”

My brows raised before I hurriedly turned to look behind me and found Takeuchi-san sitting there with a reddened face.

“Takeuchi-san…why are you behind me?” I turned toward her and hung my legs on either side of my chair frame.

“I wanted to see, how it feels like seeing Shou-kun from behind…please, don’t take me as a weirdo.”

She covered her face with her palms and avoided making any eye contact with me.

The super strict and mostly annoyed Takeuchi-san was making such an expression? I feel blessed to be born.

“So, did I look any different from behind?” I asked her with a tilt of my head—making her blush a little more before she nodded slowly.

“Shou-kun got a really t-tough back.”

My eyes slightly widened at that before I asked, “You touched me while I was sleeping?”

I couldn’t be sure but behind her palms, she seemed to have widened her eyes before she hurriedly retorted,

“Something like that…!” She was about to deny my allegation, but she soon surrendered,

“…maybe a little.”

“Aaaand…what about the other places? I am sure Takeuchi-san wouldn’t be blushing so much if she had only touched my back, right?”

Hearing my words she flinched—proving my hunch to be right.

I was about to tease her a little more but suddenly, Takeuchi-san turned her phone toward my face, which had the camera turned on.

“Huh?!” My eyes widened as I soon realized the reason behind such a reaction from her.

On that day, I, Sawaruma Shou, received a glaring love bite from my girlfriend.

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A/N:- Haha…me not jealous at all. Drop a comment.