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"I can't believe you didn't tell me you liked and were planning to confess to Sanemi!" Tengen whined like a spoiled brat. "I couldn't help play matchmaker, dang it!"
"Yeah, (Y/n)-chan!" Mitsuri frowned. "We're all friends? Why didn't you tell us anything? We could've helped you."
"I felt my efforts would've been ruined if I told you guys about it." You laughed nervously, scratching the side of your cheek.
Thankfully your confession ended in great success and you hadn't told anybody about it but Sanemi's brother, Genya, seems to have caught on and told everyone else the news so now you were all out at a restaurant to celebrate. All of you had pitched in to book a private room simply because you all knew this was gonna turn chaotic in the later hours.
"What?" Tengen gasped and he was offended by the fact you thought he of all people would ruin it. "Me? The man with 3 girlfriends ruin a confession? I'm offended you think of that low."
"I might not have any experiences with relationships or confessing but I've gotten confessions before so I could've helped!" Mitsuri piped up and you couldn't help but shoot Obanai a pitiful look.
"Well it ended in success, so there's nothing to worry about."
"But in all honesty (Y/n), I never expected you would like Sanemi of all people," Shinobu voiced out.
"Why? Is there something wrong with me?" Sanemi barked from right beside you as you laughed nervously, this could end in two way; a fight or a fight.
"A lot of things actually," Giyuu remarked.
"Say that to my face, you bastard!"
"I did."
"I was honestly worried though when you said you needed Aniki's help for a confession," Genya spoke up. "I felt bad for Aniki, since he's liked you for a long time."
"He did?" you asked, piqued by what Genya had just revealed.
"Shut it you brat!" he yelled. "What do you know?!"
"Now now Sanemi, no need to be alarmed," Gyoumei started, placing a hand on his shoulder, "everyone but (Y/n) knew about your crush."
"Really?"
"Shut it!" Sanemi yelled, his face turning red.
"You had no idea, it was actually obvious to everyone but you." Tengen had that shit eating grin and Sanemi knew some things he wanted to keep a secret wasn't going to be a secret for long.
"Do tell," you urged.
"I mean, the most obvious thing would be the treatment he'd give you and us," Tengen sighed. "It's unfair really. When we ask him for things like baked goods or suddenly showing up in front of his place, he'd just get mad at us for even asking and slam the door in our faces when he felt like it."
"Yeah, who random—"
"But!" Tengen interrupted, "it's fine when it's you apparently." He rolled his eyes. "You have no idea how shocked I was when we were hanging out and you suddenly asked Sanemi to come over and bring any leftover cookies from the baking he apparently did the day before. I was even more shocked he showed up at your house with the cookies! This is unfair treatment," he sighed.
"Not that I care but," Muichirou started, "......cookies."
"Really? I only asked since he said it'll go bad if they're not eaten, and free food, you know."
"Aniki actually has a separate batch just for whenever you'd call him," Genya exposed, shocking everyone in the room. "He got mad once because I took from that pile."
"Even more unfair treatment!" Tengen whined.
"Exposed!" Mitsuri gasped.
"I want justice!" Kyojurou demanded.
"I want cookies," Muichirou commented from the side and you made a mental note to give the boy some cookies next time.
"Cookies," Giyuu preached, joining in with Muichirou.
And though Obanai wasn't that close with Muichirou or Giyuu, it still didn't stop him from preaching, "Cookies."
So while Kyojurou and Genya soon joined the Cookies preach gang, Tengen placed his elbows on the table, looking at you as he felt disappointed with himself.
"I still can't believe I didn't notice you liked Sanemi." He frowned. "I would've helped you two get together if I did."
"Well it sure wasn't easy." You grinned. "Especially when he kissed the back of my hand before I even confessed."
"HE WHAT?!" Both Tengen and Mitsuri exclaimed.
"Hey! Why'd you tell them that?!" he demanded, his face turning red again.
"Give us the details now!" Mitsuri demanded.
"And don't leave anything out!" Tengen add. "From start to finish."
You laughed, retelling the events as Sanemi did his best to shut you up while the Cookie preach gang did their own thing at the side.
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TRIVIA
•Whoa, you made it to the end of the book \( ö )/
•Funny story how I came to write this book actually. It was 11 PM and I was supposed to be doing my schoolwork but my brain went like, "Hey, wouldn't something like this be interesting?" .........and I got sidetracked, wrote this book and have made no progress on my schoolwork 😢
•I managed to finish this book by like 5 in the morning but there's a power outage where I live, so it'll be up late ●︿●.
•The Cookie preachers did get their cookies in the end.
•(Y/n)'s parents head out on a business trip once a month and stay for a week, so our lovely protagonist usually hangs at Sanemi's or Sanemi hangs at her's.
•Regarding the play where Sanemi was grass, he literally just wore a green outfit and lied down on stage for the whole duration of the play. A lot of people laughed.
•Sanemi doesn't know this but he wasn't actually supposed to play as grass, that was (Y/n)'s original role. She didn't like it so she swapped with Sanemi before he noticed and before he even read his paper.
•As for the evil king role, it was only suggested as a joke but Sanemi took it seriously. If he did manage to be the evil king, the whole plot would've revolved around him poisoning everyone only to realize it's no fun if they're all dead so he goes on a journey to find an antidote to save them, even if they were already dead.
•After the confession, the spent a while under the tree, talking and eating ohagi.
•(Y/n) still teases Sanemi about the whole "Ohagi eating challenge".
•Sometimes, they do kitchen dates which involves Sanemi teaching (Y/n) how to cook.
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