#sayaka i think drinks a cafè latte or jasmine tea

[togoldlilya]

You silly boy

this is the build up to "because i love you okay?" which starts immediately after this one

toge is unsure if he'll ever get the confidence to confess to sayaka. he wants to so so so badly but he's just scared. scared to ruin everything they have right now. scared she won't feel the same. scared that if he does they won't be friends anymore, and he cares way to much to let that happen.

"what's wrong kiki? are you okay?" her voice breaks him out of his thoughts, prompting him to look to his right where she's walking next to him.

"mmm shake" he responds giving her a curt nod. she hesitantly lets it go shooting him a small smile.

"well we're almost there, it's right up ahead!" she points to the storefront of the antique shop they're going to. her excitement makes his heart happy, loving the fact he's able to see her smile like that. he let's himself be pulled along, entering the shop without complaint. he doesn't really understand her fascination with things like this but he lets her be, finding her wide eyes filled with wonder to be adorable. "ah! look how cool this is kiki!" she exclaims holding out some old pocket watch or something, to be honest he's not sure cause he was looking at her face the whole time.

"ooh ikura! shouyu!" he mindlessly replies eyes watching her fondly as she starts rambling about the object. he lets himself be dragged around the shop, looking at and reacting to whatever she shows him. they end up leaving the store with only two items, their next destination a cafe up the street.

"hey there, you're pretty cute are you available?" suddenly a girl appears in front of them, batting her eyelashes at toge. "can i have your number?" she presses on not giving him a chance to respond. toge is shocked by the boldness of this stranger, words dying in this throat.

"he's not on the menu tonight, sorry. please leave us alone" sayaka immediately comes to his rescue, words hard but not unkind.

"he can speak for himself you bitch, don't interrupt like that." the girl does not back down causing toge to tense up.

"look he has feeling for someone else, and they like him back okay? and that someone is definitely not you, so leave us alone" sayaka doubles down, refusing to let this girl intimidate her.

"augh whatever you psycho" she scoffs spinning around and walking off.

"are you okay toge? that girl was crazy..." sayaka turns her attention to stunned boy.

"umm gomashio natto, shiozake! nozawana okaka ikura... tsuna mayo okaka" umm sorry natto, i'm fine! you didn't have to lie for me... i know what you said is not true his words upset her greatly.

"what are you even saying right now toge? do you hear yourself? of course i like you back silly!" toge feels his brain shut down at that, unable to proccess what she's saying.

"okaka, nozawana! natto nozawana! ikura... hakusai..." seeming to get frustrated at his inability to explain he pulls out his phone and furiously types out a message.

you dont have to lie to me like that saya. you dont have to spare my feelings just because you feel you have to. thank you for helping with that girl but i know you could never like me back, im just me after all... i cant even express my feelings to you properly, how could you ever like me back?

sayaka balks at the message stunned that he feels this way. "but that's not true toge i-"

i dont understand, i cant even talk normally, how could you ever have feelings for me? i can give nothing compared to you, how??