Acting normal.

So I start waiting at the gate of the academy.

'It shouldn't take long to get out'

So I start to wait as I watch other students leave while you talk your stuff.

-10 minutes later-

"...it's taking a while"

-30 minutes later-

"Maybe he was late with something very important"

-1 hour later-

"He wouldn't have left before me, would he?"

With my patience lost I stop waiting and then I go to the last place I didn't want to go.

His house.

Even though I could execute my plan tomorrow or the day after I couldn't because I feel like if I don't do it as quickly as possible then my guess that we're going to have an awkward relationship will come to pass.

Then I reluctantly go to Tenten's house.

'Why did this have to happen to me?'

After walking for a while I finally reach the house.

'Hah, it's time to do it'

knock Knock knock

After knocking on the door I wait a few moments and then the door opens and Tenten's mom comes out.

"Oh, little one, it's rare for you to visit us, what did I treat you around here? Is it Tenten?"

With a friendly smile on her face she asks me.

"Um...yes, I came because she forgot something and I came to return it-"

I say it with the most genuine smile I can give as I pull out a bag of ninja supplies.

Somehow I feel nervous when I'm in front of Tenten's mother.

"Well then, what are you waiting for?"

I obediently walk through the door as she leads me through the house.

"I hope you can talk to her"

"?"

"*sigh*, ever since she came yesterday she hasn't wanted to leave her room and it's starting to worry me"

Hearing her words already understood most of the story.

"Maybe if it's you, you could talk to her so that she at least eats her food"

'I'm sorry ma'am that's my fault...but I'll try to fix it'

"What happened"

"I don't know, last night she came like this, she went into her room and this morning she refused to leave there"

"... I'll see if I can convince her of it but I won't promise anything about her"

I say it with a look of concern.

Hearing my words I see that she immediately smiles.

"Then I'll be waiting down here while I fix some lunch"

"Okay"

She raises her finger pointing in a direction on the second floor.

"Her room is the last one"

After telling me that she leaves for what appears to be the kitchen.

'I see that she has enough faith in me'

Then she mentally prepared me to act.

I walk towards the door.

'I think it's the first time I'm going to see her room'

In the past she couldn't do it due to very obvious issues.

knock Knock knock

"Are you there?"

-Tenten-

Something unimaginable happened yesterday.

I kissed with Yuu.

Every time I think about it my face turns red as I roll around on my bed clutching my pillow.

"...What should I do now?"

Just remembering me meeting my lips with him makes me feel both happy and embarrassed somehow inside.

Since yesterday I have been thinking about what happened that I have slept little and even ignored my food.

I'm embarrassed to go out and let everyone see the blush on my face.

Right now I don't know how I should deal with Yuu the next time we meet.

My mind is in confusion right now.

From what I've seen around, only people who are committed would do these things.

"...then he....and...I will be...."

Her mother has always taught her that she should have a partner and not look for another in the process, added to the fact that other people say that only couples can do such intimate things, they make her mind a little confusing, but not so much because she he knows.

For a while now she has been more or less aware that she has feelings for her very good friend Yuu of hers but she has been shy about it.

Although it always seems that he only sees as a friend the truth is lately he has thought of ways to approach but he always has the doubt of being rejected so he was waiting a little more time to do it but things have changed a little in this moment.

The kiss changes everything, although this event seems simple on the surface, in fact it has advanced many things in the process.

Now the priority is not whether she accepts me or not, it's how we should act now.

In a few words within Tenten without her knowing how much there is a part that says 'he will be my future partner, I must act in a way that things don't get too complicated' (PS: don't ask how an 11 year old girl has these thoughts ).

As she was thinking about this, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"Are you there?"

The moment I heard that voice, I was immediately on the edge of the bed and fell down due to surprise.

*blow*

"Something happens?"

"Mn- no!, no, nothing happens- rather, what are you doing here?!"

The moment I heard your voice, the scenes that happened last night ran through my mind, even some details that were not there magically appeared.

"Well, I came to give you something back because yesterday when I woke up I saw that it wasn't there and then I found that you hadn't taken your bag of ninja supplies, so today I'm here to return it to you"

The instant she hears those words she realizes something that she had been ignoring until now.

"He was asleep..."

Yes, because she was lost in her world, she completely forgot Yuu's state at that time.

"Did you say something?"

"Ah- not only did I mean that- due to the dream he had forgotten about him"

"Oh, so now you could open the door and go out because your mother told me that the food will be ready in a few moments"

Because I remembered that I feel less shame knowing I did that to him but at the same time a kind of disappointment deep inside me.

And suddenly I feel a little lost.

--

After calling her to come out, I notice that the other side is silent.

"Try?"

"Ah- just wait a minute"

Then I notice some noises and after a while she comes out in a casual outfit with a smile that isn't that different from usual.

'Although I'm surprised that she can hide it so well still the slight blush on her cheek gives her away'