Chestnuts!

“Remember, everyone has flaws and you all should embrace them~!”

“Kotoko, right?” he asked with a simple tilt of his head. “𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞.”

He leaned back against the counter. He couldn’t help himself—humor twisted through his words as he replied, “Well, I might be a loser, but I’m gonna marry your big brother someday, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞!“ He could already practically hear Shuichi scolding him for making things worse. With him in mind, he tacked on simply, “But if you’re gonna be mean, 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬. I was gonna offer you some, but now I’m insulted.”

Kotoko grumbled in frustration. Does this guy know who she even is? She’s a Warrior Of Hope! Geeze, how annoying! If he was some random dude, he would be dead and swept under the rug right now! The only thing that was keeping her from harming him was Shuichi. She would hate to deal with his nagging..or worse...his tears.

“Well, I would hope that Shuichi kept his mouth shut about a lot of things about me. My name isn’t really known for the right reasons, you know.” Kotoko side eyed him when he mentioned “marriage”...how rude of him.

“I don’t care if you marry him or not. Honestly, you marrying might be your best option! If I find out that you break his heart, you’ll be on a missing poster on the nearest traffic poll~! You wouldn’t want that, huh~?” Kotoko was bluffing..probably. Again, she didn’t want Shuichi to bother her. 

//10 years later I finally finish my super basic carrd bc I gave up