Destined to Collide - Inumaki Toge

28. Mine

She is everything he had imagined. Soft, sweet, and adorable.

Wrapping an arm around her waist, Inumaki hoisted her down from the infirmary bed and pressed her small body to his tightly, cupping her head with one hand and angling his lips over hers perfectly.

This is exactly what he had imagined kissing her would be like.

Perfectly.

He wanted to keep kissing her, but this was probably Maguro's real first kiss, and he didn't want her panic incident to repeat. Reluctantly, he releases her lips softly and leaned his forehead against hers.

Despite feeling a little breathless from how nervous she felt about kissing with Inumaki, Maguro smiled happily, feeling ecstatic and over the moon that it finally happened.

And that he likes her too.

"You have no idea how happy I am right now," Inumaki said with a smile, eyes still closed to savor this moment with her. Lifting up her hand, Inumaki kisses the back of her hand softly.

Maguro looked up in a slight daze. Mesmerized by his voice, Maguro asked, her fingers tracing the Snake and Fang mark on either side of his mouth, "Was it true that no one has ever told you how lovely your voice is, Inumaki-kun?"

Inumaki raised an eyebrow at the question. He smiled. "There is one actually."

Inclining her head, Maguro asked curiously, wondering who else has been starstruck by his voice like her, "Who was that?"

The off-white-haired boy merely smiled and kisses Maguro's forehead. "My girlfriend."

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By the time they went back, the sun had almost set.

The garden lights lighted up along the pathways leading back to the dorms. Inumaki leads Maguro back by holding her small hand in his. It amazes him that her hand fits in his perfectly, almost like she was made for him.

A little cheesy thought, but who would think right when they're in love, right?

He kept glancing towards Maguro at his side with a smile, who happily skips next to him.

Sensing he is looking at her, Maguro glanced up at him and flashed him a wide happy smile.

They are officially a couple now.

Inumaki beamed. Words couldn't describe how happy he is right now. To have her as his girl, whilst having her so happy next to him. It's making him feel a sort of feeling akin to butterflies fluttering in his stomach.

Oh, he realized as he thought quietly to himself. So this is how butterfly flutters feels.

Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled her into his arms and swings her around a few times, earning giggles from her.

Setting her down, Inumaki gently rubbed his nose with hers and whispered to her with a smile, "Mine, Maguro. Mine."

"You're mine too, T-Toge-kun," Maguro shyly stuttered his name, not quite used to calling him on first name basis. Afterall, she did call him by his family name Inumaki for a few months now.

Inumaki smiled. He leaned down and wrapped his arms around her, squeezing her a little as he hugged her tightly. Calling his name with a stutter? Too cute. She's just too cute!

Entering the dorm together, Inumaki leads her by hand to her room. He had initially thought of just going back to his room, but Maguro had other ideas when she pulled on the lapel of his shirt.

"We can have dinner together now, can't we?" she asked shyly, blushing despite her repeating to herself in her mind that this is an extremely normal invitation to dinner. Just her inviting Inumaki into her dorm room to cook dinner together, and have them together.

Nothing's gonna happen.

...right?

Before she could say forget about it because she had a sudden thought about it being a little bit inappropriate, Inumaki had slide her room door open and took off his shoes, inviting himself into her room and straight up beeline towards the small kitchen area.

Maguro's words got stuck in her throat. Too late to rescind her invitation now.

"Sure," Inumaki replied in thought, inviting himself into her dorm room with a smile. Maguro finds that tantalizingly manly, the way he just stepped in and force her to walk backwards so as to allow him in. She almost melted under his gaze until the option to choose for dinner comes up.

"What do you want for dinner? I'll cook," Inumaki asked her in thought. He preferred to speak in his mind rather than out loud if he wasn't holding onto Maguro or touching her skin. It made him feel safe around people, so as to avoid possible accidents.

Afterall, they will have time to practice on Maguro's Nullifying ability. The range, the timeframe, how long the ability's effects will last on someone once Nullified.

They'll have plenty of time.

"Oh, oh! Curry beef! Curry beef! Make Curry beef please!" Maguro piped up, bouncing on her feet around Inumaki in excitement. Inumaki laughed. She immediately dived into peeling the potatoes and carrots, not caring if he is laughing at her for being silly. She couldn't forget how good Inumaki's Curry beef was. And to think that she was just feeling a tad bit shy about him being in her room now as her boyfriend no mere seconds ago.

Inumaki smiled at her enthusiastic behaviour over anything related to food and get the beef out of the fridge he knew Maguro had bought the other day when they went shopping for grocery.

Though they can eat at the cafeteria, some students preferred to cook. Fushiguro for example, cooks his own dinner. Said he prefers to eat in his room and liked the norm of doing chores and dinner.

Maguro had then commented during their rare gatherings, that he'd make a good wife someday. Inumaki then laughed out loud when Fushiguro made a face.