Izumi-chan: the reader's age would be the same STARISH'S (16-19) and older then Ai's (15).

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Recap:

Everyone was cheering, besides Ittoki who was staring at me. I turned towards the idol and gave him a smile, which caused him to respond with a smile of his own. Although I was a (beginner/amateur/intermediate/professional) at arts & craft, I managed to help out all the children.

On with Chapter 12:

(Y/N)'S POV

I was sitting with STARISH, excluding Ittoki who was at somewhere else, and Nanami who has already recovered and is now well and healthy. I explained to the group about Ittoki's past.

"I see." Syo said as he leaned back in his chair and folded his arms. "So, that's Otoya's situation." he added. "Otoya said he had forgotten to tell us." the megane said from his seat.

"He must have been trying to be considerate." Hijirikawa stated. "Just because we know doesn't mean that changes anything." Ren added. "Of course not." Syo agreed as he looked up towards the taller male.

He then looked at me and nodded his head with a small smile. I responded back by showing a smile of my own.

==TIME SKIP TO A FEW DAYS LATER==

I was standing by a wall in the dim room, looking at all the children setting up the decorations and props for their haunted house. "We finished setting up the ghosts!" a kid informed as he was on his friends' shoulders.

I was then pushed towards Ittoki, who looked as equally confused as me, by a ravenette kid as he shouted "Our first customer is here!". "Huh?" Ittoki and I exclaimed as we turned behind to look at the group of children.

"What? What's going on?" I asked the group. "Haunted houses are great for couples." one of them stated, resulting in me blushing. "Huh? Wh-What are you talking about?" Ittoki asked too as he had a tint of red on his cheeks.

"What?" "Go in!" "Go, go!" the kids basically pressured us with their adorable voices and puppy eyes. "Oh, come on. Okay, but you're next." Ittoki agreed nonetheless and looked towards me.

"(Y-Y/n)-senpai??" he stuttered after looking at my gloomy form. "Do you not want to go with me?" he asked. "No!" I exclaimed out of the blue, Ittoki flinched and stepped back with a look of hurt on his face.

"I-I mean, it's not I don't want to go with you. It's just that.." I mumbled the last part, embarrassed to say it out loud. "I'm sorry? Can you say that a little louder, (Y/n)-senpai?"

"It's just that, Haunted Houses or any kind of paranormal stuffs scares me.." I admitted and looked towards the ground, prepared to be laughed at for being a scaredy cat, but instead the kids exclaimed "(Y/n)-chan, you can do it!"

I looked up at them, bewildered that they were supporting me. My mood changed and I shouted with a determined look. "Yes! I can do it!"

TIME SKIP

"I can't do it.." I whined as I was heading towards the door. "(Y/n)-senpai.." Ittoki called out as he held my wrist, preventing me from escaping. "Come on senpai. It's not scary. Plus, I'm here with you." He said, trying to comfort me.

I looked up at him with teary eyes and nodded my head slightly. "Mhm.." I replied. We then heard a loud sound that came from somewhere in the maze. I jumped from the sudden sound and hugged Ittoki, as what I would usually do to QUARTET NIGHT if Kuro-kun were to scare me. 《so gonna write a one shot of this for Halloween 》

Ittoki patted my head and said "It's okay. It was just a sound." I opened my eyes to look into his red eyes. I soon realized what I was doing and let go of him. "I-I'm sorry." I apologized as my face was warm from embarrassment.

Ittoki then offered his hand to me and I looked up at him. "Here, give me your hand." I hesitantly brought my hand into his and soon warmth enveloped my smaller hand.

"You'll be fine now." Ittoki said as a tint of red dusted his cheeks. "Is it all right if we keep doing this until the exit?" he asked as he looked to the side. "Yes. Thank you, Ittoki-kun."

===IN ITTOKI'S MIND===

Her hand is so soft and small, perfect for my own larger hand. I wish I could do this more often.

3RD PERSON POV

"Are you okay now?" Ittoki asked as he looked at you. "Yeah, I've calmed down a little." (Y/n) said as she placed her hand above her heart. "R-Really? That's good." Ittoki said. "I can't calm down at all!" Ittoki said in his mind as his heart was racing from holding your hand.

"Shall we go, then?" the red-head asked. "Okay." you answered before both of you walked into the house.

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Izumi-chan: I didn't want to make this chapter too long so I had to move some of the contents to another chapter. ALSO,, this may be sudden but should I include MYSTIC MESSENGER and ALL OUT! in the voting??

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