Omake:

As I pedaled the rickshaw back home, I suddenly remembered something that had been bothering me.

"Hey, Shin-chan? Was it true? What Miyaji-senpai said earlier."

His face shot upwards, and although I couldn't turn to face him, I knew he was blushing.

"I believe I already answered that question." He replied reluctantly

After the sweet moment we'd shared at the back of the school, Shin-chan had reverted to his usual tsundere persona, which was too cute for me to deal with.

"No, I mean… like, would you like it if I said cheesy romantic things to you? I'm head-over-heels for you, so I could easily come up with a million of them, but if it makes you uncomfortable I'll just keep them to myself. Oh, I also have a trillion ideas for romantic dates that I want to bring you to, but I know you're not big on PDA, so we can stick to hanging out at my place if you want to" For some reason, now that we'd both admitted our feelings, I was feeling zero embarrassment or self-consciousness on discussing about them. I kind of wanted Shin-chan to feel reassured that I loved him all the way to the Moon and back.

"Do whatever you want."

That was tsundere-speech for "Yes, I'd like you to romance me properly." Oh man, it was as if he was actively trying to make me fall even harder.

"What about the showers? Do you truly watch me when we're showering?"

"Absolutely not, that would make me a pervert, which I am most definitely not." Ah, instant rejection; too bad. That would've made for a good fantasy. "But otherwise… you're not… unkind to the eye".

I wanted to look at him because I could swear he was blushing all the way to the tips of his ears. Could he get any cuter? This was dangerous; I wanted to jump him so bad I had a hard time focusing on the road.

"I guess that's a 'no' to the jersey thing too, isn't it?"

"What about it?" he stuttered, and I had a feeling he knew exactly what I was talking about.

"You know, what senpai said about using my jersey to, you know… uhm…flog the log?"

I felt him tense up immediately, though I wasn't sure if he was horrified by the question itself or just by my very poor choice of words.

"Why would I ever do that, are you out of your mind?!"

Instant rejection again. Oh, disappointment. "I'd do it if I could. With your jersey, I mean." This conversation had suddenly become very embarrassing. "I mean, it's kind of romantic and very erotic at the same time, isn't it? You know, like when you want to see the person you love but you can't be with them so you grab a piece of their clothing and smell it so you can feel they're right next to you. And then you'd get hard from smelling that scent you love, and jerk off to that feeling, and maybe get their clothes just a little bit dirty, just enough to leave a little bit of you there. And when you thought you got away with it, they'd suddenly appear and catch you red handed and…"

Without realizing it, I'd started rambling about an old fantasy of mine and gotten half hard in the process. I could already sense Shin-chan's body had gone completely stiff.

There was a loooong, awkward silence and then…

"I have an old jersey I don't wear anymore. We're getting new ones when the school year begins anyway…" he hesitated, and I was not sure if he was trying to say what I thought he was trying to say. "Uhm… you can have it if you want it. I have no idea of why you would but…"

Seriously, that guy. I grinned.

"I could videotape it." I commented casually. "Or I could invite you to watch, as a token of gratitude of course."

When he fell quiet, I wondered if I had pushed too far. I wasn't sure of how this conversation ended up being so erotic, when just minutes ago I'd been promising to woo Shin-chan with my romantic skills. I wanted us to take it slowly, but I also desired Shin-chan a bit too much for my own good.

"D-d-do whatever you want."

Oh.

That was most certainly tsundere speech for "I would most definitely like to watch."

We'd been officially dating for less than three hours and I already felt ready pedal back to the Midorima household and ask for their son's hand in marriage. How could he be so unconsciously adorable?

I was so busy with my head in Cloud Nine to realize Shin-chan was trying to draw my attention by clearing his throat not so subtly.

"There was… one thing that's… true." He sighed and I heard him moving on my back. From the corner of my eye I could see he had curled onto himself and was hugging his knees. "I was jealous… A lot…All the time. I wanted… every time you broke up I… hoped… that you'd choose me next. It's not like I actually expected you to do it but… it… it still hurt when you didn't."

I stopped the bike right there and then, not caring if we were in the middle of the street. I just couldn't. He was too much. I jumped to the back, where he was sitting, flushed up to the ears as I had imagined, and not looking at me. I cupped his cheek and tugged at his chin so he'd face me, and I kissed him, hoping to pour all of my love into the kiss, to let him know just how much he meant to me.

"I did choose you, though." I kissed his forehead and pecked his lips tenderly. "I'm choosing you now, and I'll choose you every day for the rest of my life."

He cleared his throat and backed away. "Takao, we're in the middle of the street."

I wasn't sure if he said that out of his natural dislike for PDA, or because he was too embarrassed to hold my gaze, but I decided not to push the issue further. I smirked and stole one last quick kiss before going back to my bicycle riding duties. There was no rush. I knew it was hard for Shin-chan to be honest about his feelings and I didn't want to push him too much. I was already exhilarated enough to know he loved me back –so much I could hardly believe it, there was no need to hurry about anything else.

After all, Shin-chan had always been the right one for me. And he would always be the only one. We had the rest of our lives to slowly figure our feelings out, all I cared about right now was the warmth of his body behind me and my heart beating a mile a minute every time I remembered that Shin-chan, my sweet, beautiful, beloved tsundere Shin-chan, my best friend and partner, loved me. I couldn't ask for anything else.

End.

Just a little extra silly tidbit that I felt compelled to write for no particular reason. Actually have had this sitting back for a while, like I mentioned before, travelling Japan consumed my time and energy so I didn't have a second to spare to upload it. And then after getting back home I started writing so many other stories I forgot I still had this around. I made some modifications since last time and I'm happier with how it came out now.

Anyway, this is definitely the last for this story, so I really want to thank everyone who reviewed and followed and etcetera (I'll get to those replies someday, I swear). I hope you've enjoyed this story, I'm mad for this pairing right now and I'm toying with several ideas for them that I hope to be able to write down soon (both real stories and brainless –but romantic- porn, for whoever was wondering)

See you next time!