kaoru kanzaki sees you every day in the hallway. he doesn’t think you’ve ever noticed him but that doesn’t stop him from looking. you always seem lost in your own world flipping through notes or walking with your friends laughing at something he’ll never know about. it’s not like he’s obsessed or anything but sometimes he wonders what it would be like to talk to you even just once.
today he finds you sitting alone. you’re completely focused on a manga and for a second he just stares. then he realizes what you’re reading. his favorite manga.
his heart speeds up and before he can stop himself he’s looking at you way too obviously.
his brain stops working entirely.
“you like this manga?” you ask tilting it slightly like an invitation.
he swallows. “yeah i do” and then it’s over for him because suddenly he’s talking and he can’t stop. the plot the foreshadowing the way the protagonist’s development is set up from the very beginning. he doesn’t even know if you care but he can’t help it because this is his favorite and it’s rare to find someone who might actually get it.
then he realizes how much he’s said and immediately regrets everything.
“sorry” he mumbles “i probably just talked your ear off”
but you just grin. “don’t be sorry” you say and then you start rambling too.
kaoru swears his heart almost gives out.
you get it. you actually get it.
he listens completely absorbed nodding along as you go on about your favorite scenes and characters.
he thinks this might be the best conversation he’s ever had.
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