A/n: It has been proved over and over again in canon that Nozaki is a dense KY who will be competing with Seo in terms of his ability. This is a fic establishing that fact... at the cost of Sakura's embarrassment and Suzuki's teacher's sideburns.

"So, Sakura, tell me more about this guy you confessed to."

The hand that was cheerfully filling black ink inside beta lines suddenly stopped short. Sakura Chiyo paled.

"Nozaki-kun…"

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Nozaki Umetaro sat expectantly on the desk of his home-cum-studio, in front of his assistant. Ken-san had instructed him to add yet another character to his manga, Let's Love, but a few problems had sprung up.

Nozaki had positively tried, using every bit of his strength to put down some parameters for a new character on the paper currently lying innocently in front of him. Unfortunately, all that came out of his pen was Suzuki. Somehow, all his characters always ended up being that. With the main protagonist, rival and best friend all being based on primarily the same core species – yes, Suzuki was a species now in his mind – Nozaki had no other choice but to design a new character with a new framework. Maybe a 'delinquent-but-tsundere' type?

What about Mikoshiba? his mind questioned.

Sure, his friend gave off the 'bad boy' vibe, but Nozaki knew that Mikoshiba was not like how many people thought he was. Besides, he was already the model for Mamiko, and there was no need to make two characters too similar, so there goes that option.

There is always the Drama club, he thought.

Ah, the Drama club; it had given Nozaki a lot of trouble over his first year of High School, (what with Kashima and her antics); but it had also helped him with many difficult scenarios that would be impossible to draw without human reference (like when Sakura, Kashima, Mikoshiba and Hori-senpai stood on boxes to help him with a hug scene).

Hori-senpai was also doing the backgrounds for his manga, so Nozaki couldn't really hold a grudge against the club. He could ask his upperclassman for a script where the "Prince" of the Club may have played the anti, but the time constraint on the making if the name prevented him from doing so.

Seo…, no.

Nozaki's mind auto stopped his thought processes from going down that line. Just the idea of dealing with the oblivious KY brought him quite the despair.

Not finding any fruitful use of his time, Nozaki decided to chase inspiration from the outside world. The fact that they were in the middle of winter break, which meant no school, and that it was dark outside, which meant no couple-vouyering, did not help him. The poor artist sank back to his desk with a deflated enthusiasm.

Minutes later, a brain wave struck him and he finally felt like he had found the correct answer to his problem. Sakura's one-sided crush!

He turned to face the auburn haired girl who sat on a separate desk, filling ink in the sideburns of Suzuki's sensei, smiling happily.

"So, Sakura, tell me more about this guy you confessed to." he said.

Her hand immediately stopped and the teacher's hair was left neglected for a while. When she turned her face up, she looked up a bit pale and her eyes were blown wide. Nozaki felt a pang of guilt at having brought up what was probably a sore spot for his classmate and friend, but then he swallowed whatever was it and with the excuse of 'work related hazards' and continued his expression-monitoring.

A red blush was decidedly making its way up from Sakura's neck to her cheeks, and Nozaki did not know what to make of that.

A/n: I'll update when i get reviews! Till then, tata!