Awkward moments (Batilde).

"Oh joy. Why does this happen to me? Why has my life lately seemed more and more like an anime? And when the hell can I get some actual answers?!?!?" Takeru thought as he headed down the hall.
You see, Takeru here was in a very awkward predicament. In his hand, he had accidentally grabbed one of Batilde's (one of the few people who could match him academically) notebooks when they had a class together (there was group work that day that they had to do together, and in the after-school rush, he had grabbed hers by accident.
She was also one of the prettiest girls in school, by pretty much any of the guys's standards.

And here he was, single, and wanting to talk to her (so that he could hand it back to her without anybody potentially making a big deal out of it). Now you take all of that out of context, and all of a sudden, the connotations change.
Either way, it sounded like something straight out of an anime.
Yeah, go figure.

"Welp, here goes nothing." Takeru said, arriving at the classroom where he had heard she was (he would've found her more quickly if it weren't for the fact he didn't want any potential funny rumors to start spreading, and thus, asked as few people as possible). He knocked on the door, and said:
"Excuse me, is there a Batilde Gagnon here? I'd have something i'd like to return to her." He said.

"Thanks." Takeru said, heading over to the back. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out the notebook, trying his hardest not to blush and/or freak out now.
"Gotta keep it together, gotta keep it together...." Takeru thought.
"Well, I don't blame you. She's quite a looker." Twelve said.
"Not! Helping!" Takeru said mentally.
"Um... my name's Takeru Kagemaru. You forgot your notebook when the bell rang at the end of class, and I found it, so um... i'm here to return it to you." he said, nerves just about shot at this point.

"While you're at it, you may as well eat lunch with her. Your break only lasts so long, you know. Besides, isn't this your next class?" Twelve said.
"... grr... I hate it when you're right sometimes. Rub it in, why don't you?" Takeru growled mentally upon checking the time.

"Oh, and um... if you don't mind... mind if I eat lunch here?" Takeru asked her.
"... you know what. I give up. My life is now officially an anime." Takeru sighed mentally upon realizing his situation in resignation.
"Mmmm... resignation isn't usually your style, but some changes have to occur eventually." Twelve said. Takeru could only sigh mentally in response.

"Y-you're welcome." he said, bowing his head graciously while nervously laughing a bit.
Then he heard her response for the lunch thing.
"Oh. Thanks." He replied, sat down, and began to eat.

"Well. You should be celebrating, not being nervous as a bomb disposal squad member next to a nuclear warhead that's trying to disable said warhead!" Twelve said. "You're officially talking to one of the prettiest girls in the school, and she seems interested you. I'd call that a success, wouldn't you?" Twelve asked Takeru.
"NO! I mean, yes- AUGH! Why do you have to get me so riled up?!?!?" Takeru said mentally.
"What? For the most part, it's the truth, as far as I can see. Now go on. Make small talk... or something." Twelve said.
"Gee, my life really has become an anime, eh?" Takeru mused, and mentally sighed.
"I guess that means god is an otaku with a preference for action/romantic comedy, amongst other things...." Takeru said mentally.

"So... um... how are you doing?" Takeru asked her.
Twelve, at that point, did a mental facepalm.
"Hopeless. He's hopeless." Twelve said.
"HEY! This was YOUR idea!" Takeru snapped back mentally.

"N-No..."Takeru said, mentally taking a deep breath.
"That's it now. Deep breath. Deep breath now." Twelve said.
"Yeah deep breath- HEY!" Takeru said mentally, upon realizing that was twelve.

He was able to relax once he heard her answer, though.
"Same." he said, also eating his lunch gently.
"Great. That's good. We think somewhat alike. Now I need another topic. What to say... oh!" Takeru thought upon seeing a cadet walk by the room.

"So, what do you think of the cadets? Do you plan on joining them? You seem like the type that might." He asked her.

"Hm. Alright. Personally,  neither am I. I'm just here for about the same reasons you are: Knowledge." Takeru said, sighing.
"Okay... I'm doing well so far. Now to move on to step...uh... what was it? Four?" Takeru thought.
"Four." Twelve said.
"Got it." Takeru responded.
"So, um... beyond studying, do you enjoy doing anything else?" Takeru asked her.

"No, no. To me, it's not. I myself am an avid reader. Have you read Dylan Thomas's 'The dying of The Light'? Good stuff. I read a lot of stuff. Mainly for enjoyment, and for inspiration." Takeru said, before doing a mental spit take at what he had just said.
"Great.  Now she's gonna ask what for. Oh... geez. D'oh!" Takeru thought.

"Yes. It is." Takeru said, nodding. He mainly liked it for how it showed that, even in the face of insurmountable odds, humanity will keep fighting them, and simply not just surrender and resign themselves to their fate.

And then for a brief second, he thought she might not have noticed his slip of the tongue.

That is, until she asked that question.
"Writing. And between you and me... my main specialty is poetry, but i'm a jack-of-all trades when it comes to sub-genre." He said.

"Oh... dammit. I've really done it now..." Takeru thought.
"Mmm... you could've just passed it of as nothing. Instead, you said exactly what you didn't want to. My, are you this much of a sucker for a pretty face?" Twelve snarked. "At this rate, women are going to be the death of you." He added.
"Shut. Up." Takeru said mentally. At this point, he had a feeling how this conversation was going to go, and decided to take a chance.

"Yes. Yes I do. I actually have one of my collections here with me right now, completely full of original material. Would you like to see?" he asked her.

"Hmph. I assume then, your plan is to stop delaying the inevitable, and charge in?" Twelve asked Takeru.
"Yup. I'm this far in now. No point in trying to stop now." Takeru mentally replied.