- sixteen -

〚 third person 〛

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Tsukishima stared at himself in the mirror as he wiped his damp hair. Hanging the towel around his shoulders, he threw the door open and walked out into his room.

"Oh," Momo said as she lifted the book up to cover the bottom half of her face. It was barely below her eyes as she admired Tsukishima's exposed upper half. "Itadakimasu."

Tsukishima nearly snickered at that comment. "Shut up."

He turned away from Momo, opening his closet to find a shirt to wear. As he searched for a shirt, he was unaware of Momo's sly glances.

The chair slightly swiveled as she pulled her legs up to her chest, resting the book on top of her knees. She craned her neck to look above the book at Tsukishima's back muscles that were defined.

Itadakimasu. She thought as she gulped slightly, averting her eyes when Tsukishima turned around. He smoothed his shirt out, walking over to Momo who flipped through the pages of the book in her hands.

"You didn't come here to learn about dinosaurs." Tsukishima muttered as he snatched the dinosaur book out of her hand, placing it back on the shelf where it came from.

Momo petulantly sprawled the upper half of her body on his desk as a groan escaped her lips. "I don't wanna study!"

Tsukishima whacked her on the head with a notebook he pulled from his back. "Then why'd you even come here? Go home if you're not gonna study."

Momo pursed her lips sullenly, not wanting to go home just yet. "I wanted to go to your house."

A roll of the eyes came from Tsukishima who placed his notebook in front of her. On the page were a bunch of notes that were precisely on what part she failed. It was amazingly specific.

"Wow! Did you keep these from last year?" Momo questioned as she picked up the notebook, scanning the contents.

Tsukishima glanced off to the side, shrugging. Slowly, he replied, "Yeah, that's what I did." Like I definitely didn't stay up last night revising her test to make that.

Momo didn't notice the lack of truth in his words as she read through all his small notes and tips. It was exactly what she needed.

"Read that then do this worksheet, and we'll see where you are." Tsukishima said as he handed her a worksheet. She scanned the contents and nodded, giving him a thumbs up.

"I'll do my best!"

seven minutes later

"Tsukki-senpai. That asteroid is about to hit us and kill everything we've ever know, but I just want you to know I love you."

"I love you too, Momo-chan! I shouldn't have waited until an asteroid was coming to tell you!"

"Can you not mock my voice like that?" Tsukishima asked as he put down his book, glancing at Momo who was completely off task already. In her hands were two dinosaur figures she grabbed from the shelf above his desk.

"Don'r worry, Tsukki-senpai! I still love you nonetheless!" Momo made the small Compsognathus move towards the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Tsukishima was quick to cut her little play time short when she began to make kissy noises with the two dinosaurs.

"Focus, idiot." Tsukishima scolded curtly as he snatched the dinosaurs from her hands and placed them on the shelf.

Momo banged her head on his desk, making a loud thumping noise. "But I can't focus."

Tsukishima leaned against the edge of the desk, sighing with a roll of his eyes. "Fine,"

"If you complete this and ace your test next week with no wrong answers," He smirked, pointing a finger at himself. "I'll give you a kiss."

There was a long silence as Momo stared at Tsukishima whose smirk didn't falter. Her expression remained blank as the words processed in her mind at turtle speed.

About a minute after he said it, Momo's face began to heat up as her mouth parted in surprise. Her shaky, clammy hands made their way to her hair as she silently freaked the hell out.

IS THIS A JOKE?! OR A TEST?! TSUKKI-SENPAI IS OFFERING ME A KISS IF I ACE MY TESTS?!?!!?

"What? You want a different reward?" Tsukishima teased, finding her red-face and reactions entertaining.

"N-No.." Momo mumbled as her clammy, shaky hands made their way to her hair. Red in the face, she met Tsukishima's honey-colored eyes and swallowed thickly. "I'll do it. You better keep your word, senpai!"

Tsukishima sniggered lightly, reaching out to ruffle Momo's hair. "Of course, shorty."

"Now I'm fired up!!!" Momo whispered to herself as she turned to her worksheet, beginning to quickly crack down each answer.

Tsukishima laid on his bed with his headphones on as his eyes scanned the words on the light beige pages. He was internally kicking himself. Since when were you the type to give things like that away so easily? He asked himself, glancing at Momo out of the corner of his eye.

She was sat at his desk with the end of her pencil between her lips. She anxiously bit the end of her pencil as she tried to think of the answer.

His lips curled upwards with amusement when her eyes would light up like christmas trees as she wrote the answer she just figured out. It was a rather pleasant sight to see.

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"Hello, Cowboy-san! My name is Tsukki the T-Rex!" Momo said as she played with the T-Rex and a small cowboy figure. She shook the cowboy slightly, imitating him talking. "Hello, Tsukki-san! My name is Rudy!"

"What the hell?" Tsukishima said as he got up from his bed, tossing his headphones aside. He appeared beside Momo with an amused smile on his face. "Rudy?"

Momo shrugged with a giggle. "It was the only American name I could think of."

As she played with his little figurines, he couldn't help but snigger. "What are you? A child?"

Pursing her lips petulantly, she shook the T-Rex in his direction. "I'm not a child! I'm just-"

The door opened to reveal Akiteru who smiled cheekily as he held a plate. "I brought dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets."

"Dinosaur chicken nuggets!" Momo exclaimed as she rushed over to Akiteru to get the plate from him.

"Not a child, my ass." Tsukishima muttered under his breath as Momo plopped back at his desk, grabbing a single chicken nugget and munching on it. "Give me one."

Momo grabbed another, holding it up to Tsukishima to grab. Instead, he leaned down a bit and ate the chicken nugget out of her hand. "Wha-"

"I didn't wanna get my hand dirty." Tsukishima answered, chewing on the chicken nugget as he headed back to his bed.

Momo sat at his desk, staring at her hand with wide eyes. I don't know if I should ever wash this hand again.

Much to her dismay, the time to head home came around quicker than she wanted. She was already at the doorway with her things in hand.

"Are you going to get home okay? Should Kei walk you?" Hitomi asked worriedly, genuinely concerned for Momo since it was getting quite dark.

Momo shook her head, smiling brightly at his mother. "I'll be fine! I live close by, and I need to stop at the convenience store anyway!"

"Okay, bye honey." His mother said as she walked off to the kitchen, leaving her alone with Tsukishima.

"Getting all chummy with my mother, huh?" Tsukishima questioned with a hint of mirth in his voice.

Momo grinned, nodding her head happily. "Yup! I gotta make sure my future mother-in-law likes me!"

Her words made Tsukishima roll his eyes and scoff with amusement. "Whatever you say, shorty."

"I'll see you at school! I'll do my best to ace those tests and get my reward!" Momo declared as she turned on her heels, making her way out the door.

"Tch. Good luck." Tsukishima chuckled, holding something out to her. She took it, realizing it was the photo his mother gave to her. "Try not to lose it again, shorty."

A cheeky little smile graced her lips as she tucked it into her pocket and nodded. "Thanks, Tsukki-senpai! I love you!"

With that, she skipped off in the direction of her house with a cheery expression on her face.

She was happy.