"Fuck you, I'm not cute..."

"Fuck you, I'm not cute..." you say trying to defend your character. But instead, Valerie just laughs again. "You are saying this while wearing those clothes on," she says pointing out your outfit.

"Shut up..." That was the only thing you could say.

"Do you not see the irony? How could you tell me to shut up with a straight face," she says smiling in laughter. "Also, that's what a tsundere would say too!" she says trying to convince you. "Once again I'm not a tsundere!" you say out loud.

She then sighs and facepalms herself. "We are going to be here all day arguing, aren't we..." she says giving up at this point. You can't help but agree with her a nod. "Well... can you at least admit that you're cute?" Valerie asked of you.

"Well, I'm..." You say out loud but then trail off. Are you cute? You ask yourself. You don't know, all you know for a fact is that the normal you was just an average guy. But right now you aren't the normal you. That moment when you looked at yourself in the mirror that morning. You became someone else.

All you saw was a different person, someone who was cute. Happy about their appearance for once. But then again throughout the day you try and try to bury that person. You try to deny what going right in front of you.

Knowing all of this you decide to finally admit one thing.

"Yeah... I'm cute," you say quietly, hoping that Valerie doesn't hear what you just say. But nope, she did, her smile turned wide. "Good on you," she says patting your back hard. "Self-affirmation is a good thing," she says. "Gosh, now I think Jeff and Chris are right... Someone replaced the original Ash," she says playfully.

Hearing this you punch her shoulder. "Shut up..." you say as your face becomes embarrassed. "See! That right there is prime tsundere behavior!" she says pointing it out. But before you refute that fact the bells ring. Seeing this chance and not wanting to get into an argument with Valerie. You quickly leave the classroom with the only thing you hear is Valerie's laughter while you leave the classroom.