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Title: The Formula of Love
Series: ガリレオ/Galileo
Characters: Utsumi Kaoru, Yukawa Manabu
Summary: She'd waited almost six years without much result. Another year wouldn't have made any difference. But still, one can't help wondering...
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Yukawa tried to scramble out as quickly as he could to chase Utsumi after she ran off; but by the time he managed to hastily gather his things and ran out of the lecture hall, she already disappeared from sight. Even worse, it's already lunch hour... meaning that a lot of the Teito University students and staff would start to come out in the open. In which, it would make it even harder for him to try determining which direction Utsumi has gone.
He sighed... before his phone started ringing. He answered, noticing that it was a call from Kuribayashi.
"Yes? Kuribayashi-san," He paused for a long while before cutting in the other man's words, "would you be fine to take over the lab session this evening for me?... No, it's not something big. I just had something personal to tend to, so I might not be able to get back soon enough. You should already know the details needed, right?... Thank you. No, really... I appreciate it. Please relay my sincere apologies to the other students. Yes, thank you."
Yukawa put back his phone in his pants pocket, before looking around clueless.
Now where should he start looking for his dear, runaway police officer?
xxx
Yukawa tried to smile, before returning her phone back to her. Utsumi cautiously approached him. He finally managed to find her after hours of running around the campus, so he didn't want to make any rash movements. Else, like those pigeons that occasionally gathered at the courtyard near the faculty's building; Utsumi would start flying off again the moment he started to chase after her. (And they would keep going on doing this wild goose chase.)
He took a long steady breath to recover himself.
"Did you finally calmed down?" he asked, as Utsumi continued acting tensed up on him.
She sighed in defeat. "Well, you caught me. Then again, I can't keep avoiding you forever." She took a long breath. "Before you start talking, I'm going to ask a few questions first,"
He nodded.
"First question," she started to say, "you're not ill or something similar today... right?"
"No. I'm quite healthy enough as I've always been."
Utsumi nodded, before inching closer to place a hand on his forehead. "I can see that..." she exclaimed, inching away again once she achieved her purpose.
"Second question... why did you kiss me suddenly? Oh wait, why did you hugged and then kissed me suddenly? Did Kusanagi tell you to do that? Since he didn't actually deny it earlier when I asked if he said anything weird to you."
Yukawa chuckled. "Is that actually one question or—" he lifted his arms right away in defence, "wait... my bad. I didn't intend to..."
He sighed. "Well, I guess, because I... actually missed you a lot. And yes, I did see Kusanagi a few weeks earlier. He didn't actually say it exactly... but he told me to just, not think too much. I have to admit, that was true. I have been overthinking things too much in the past seven years that I barely—"
Utsumi snorted, as Yukawa glanced up to her.
"Really? No lies?" she said softly, before smiling.
Yukawa smiled back in return.
xxx
Utsumi shrugged. "So, what did you learn? After getting the first taste at kissing me?"
Yukawa snorted.
"I regretted putting it off for so long until now to do it. I've wasted a lot of opportunities all these many years. I should've tried it much sooner,"
That answer was very unexpected that she didn't know how to respond to it. She frowned, regardless. "But before, you said that love was illogical. That it was a construct—"
"I also once told you that I did not think that dating is not fun. Meaning—"
Utsumi felt her breath catch. She swallowed hard.
"Y-Yukawa... you mean, even from back then... you already—?"
The man avoided her eyes and remained quiet.
Utsumi bit her lips.
"T-then, Yukawa-sensei, have you... been liking me and not telling me anything about it, after all these years?"
Yukawa's eyes fleeted back into focus, to stare straight into her own eyes.
"Utsumi-kun, that question... what answer did you think you expect to hear from me?"
Series: ガリレオ/Galileo
Characters: Utsumi Kaoru, Yukawa Manabu
Summary: She'd waited almost six years without much result. Another year wouldn't have made any difference. But still, one can't help wondering...
------------------
Yukawa tried to scramble out as quickly as he could to chase Utsumi after she ran off; but by the time he managed to hastily gather his things and ran out of the lecture hall, she already disappeared from sight. Even worse, it's already lunch hour... meaning that a lot of the Teito University students and staff would start to come out in the open. In which, it would make it even harder for him to try determining which direction Utsumi has gone.
He sighed... before his phone started ringing. He answered, noticing that it was a call from Kuribayashi.
"Yes? Kuribayashi-san," He paused for a long while before cutting in the other man's words, "would you be fine to take over the lab session this evening for me?... No, it's not something big. I just had something personal to tend to, so I might not be able to get back soon enough. You should already know the details needed, right?... Thank you. No, really... I appreciate it. Please relay my sincere apologies to the other students. Yes, thank you."
Yukawa put back his phone in his pants pocket, before looking around clueless.
Now where should he start looking for his dear, runaway police officer?
xxx
Yukawa tried to smile, before returning her phone back to her. Utsumi cautiously approached him. He finally managed to find her after hours of running around the campus, so he didn't want to make any rash movements. Else, like those pigeons that occasionally gathered at the courtyard near the faculty's building; Utsumi would start flying off again the moment he started to chase after her. (And they would keep going on doing this wild goose chase.)
He took a long steady breath to recover himself.
"Did you finally calmed down?" he asked, as Utsumi continued acting tensed up on him.
She sighed in defeat. "Well, you caught me. Then again, I can't keep avoiding you forever." She took a long breath. "Before you start talking, I'm going to ask a few questions first,"
He nodded.
"First question," she started to say, "you're not ill or something similar today... right?"
"No. I'm quite healthy enough as I've always been."
Utsumi nodded, before inching closer to place a hand on his forehead. "I can see that..." she exclaimed, inching away again once she achieved her purpose.
"Second question... why did you kiss me suddenly? Oh wait, why did you hugged and then kissed me suddenly? Did Kusanagi tell you to do that? Since he didn't actually deny it earlier when I asked if he said anything weird to you."
Yukawa chuckled. "Is that actually one question or—" he lifted his arms right away in defence, "wait... my bad. I didn't intend to..."
He sighed. "Well, I guess, because I... actually missed you a lot. And yes, I did see Kusanagi a few weeks earlier. He didn't actually say it exactly... but he told me to just, not think too much. I have to admit, that was true. I have been overthinking things too much in the past seven years that I barely—"
Utsumi snorted, as Yukawa glanced up to her.
"Really? No lies?" she said softly, before smiling.
Yukawa smiled back in return.
xxx
Utsumi shrugged. "So, what did you learn? After getting the first taste at kissing me?"
Yukawa snorted.
"I regretted putting it off for so long until now to do it. I've wasted a lot of opportunities all these many years. I should've tried it much sooner,"
That answer was very unexpected that she didn't know how to respond to it. She frowned, regardless. "But before, you said that love was illogical. That it was a construct—"
"I also once told you that I did not think that dating is not fun. Meaning—"
Utsumi felt her breath catch. She swallowed hard.
"Y-Yukawa... you mean, even from back then... you already—?"
The man avoided her eyes and remained quiet.
Utsumi bit her lips.
"T-then, Yukawa-sensei, have you... been liking me and not telling me anything about it, after all these years?"
Yukawa's eyes fleeted back into focus, to stare straight into her own eyes.
"Utsumi-kun, that question... what answer did you think you expect to hear from me?"
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