MARIKO<br/><br/>My smile became much more solid, now reflecting definite happiness. Oh, yes. I'd lucked out, and she<em>was</em>interested.<strong>"No need to apologize."</strong>I resisted an urge to put my arm around her or take her hand. Not yet, not yet. Patience, Mariko. She's not as used to this as you.<strong>"Of course I'm willing to teach you, at least as well as I can."</strong><br/><br/>Damn, her blush was so cute.<br/><br/><strong>"Mm, yeah, good idea."</strong>I started to enter the dorms, then briefly stopped.<strong>"Oh, and you don't need to use the '-san'."</strong><br/><br/><br/>[Unless something happens, I think next post should probably be in the dorm thread.]