"I'm not Reiko-san.
I'm her grandson."

Natsume, already used to this replied.

"Please return my name,
Natsume-sama."

"Can't you wait?
I'm still--"

She cut him off,

"I'll be fine.
I'll wait."

Natsume got quite surprised by her statement.

"Really?
I can tell him to wait.."

She nodded.

"It's fine."

'I don't want his mind to be somewhere
when I told him.'

She blushed up a bit.

"Alright then."

Natsume replied and took a book from his bag.

She looked at it,

'That book..'

She moved her eyes to Natsume.
He held the book.

"That which shields me,
reveal thy name."

He chants,
as the book flips.

Natsume then bit the one paper that stood
when the book stopped flipping.

"I return thy name."

He clasped his hands
and blow on the paper on his mouth.

The black ink from the paper
seems to flew away into the head of the yokai earlier.

She didn't move her eyes from Natsume.
She couldn't help but stare.

She still agrees with herself when she first saw this.

'He's enchanting...'

The blush didn't disappear,
she became redder instead.

She doze off,
ignoring the fact that the yokai had left.

She fell for him,
once again.

Natsume, confused on what he should do.

"Uhh.."

She didn't respond.
But she's still staring at him.

"Are you okay?"

She could only hear loud heartbeat.

"T-Temari-san?"

"...eh?"

Her face became redder and redder.

"Ah sorry,
you didn't respond so.."

She covered her mouth and turned around.

"R-Really?
I'm s-sorry."

She replied.

"The yokai left already so.."

"A-Ah yes, uhm."

She became flustered and confused.

"I was-
Uh I-"

She still can't turn around.

'It's been so long since someone called me by my name..'

She thought happily.

'Somehow I'm already satisfied with it..'

She crouched down and covered her face.
She's still embarrassed, and happy.

"A-Are you really okay?"

She nodded.

"Y-Yess-"

"I'm just,
caught off guard."

She replied.

"But don't worry,
I'm very happy."

She voiced out.

Natsume's confused.
Did he do something again?

"Okay."

She whispered out and collected herself.
She turned and faced Natsume.

"Natsume-kun.
I actually, about you.."

She tried to create the sentence.
Natsume somehow tensed up.

"I like you!
C-Can you please.. go out with me?"

She partly yelled out.

She closed her eyes in afraid of rejection,
but her heard felt relieved from letting out the confession.

'I said it.
I really said it.'

She thought.

'I said it, right?'

She asks to herself.

"Y-Y-ou don't have to answer right away...."

She then continued with a shaky voice.

Natsume didn't reply because he's speechless.
He never got asked out before,
he didn't know what to reply.

"T-Temari-san,
I---------"

Perhaps with the confession,
the two got a little bit more closer
and comfortable with each other.

Who knows,
but well.
It's a start.

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10 August 2019

Hello, thanks for reading.
This is the last chapter!

Perhaps this story is weird and all, but thanks anyway for reading.

Natsume's answer?
Who knows.
I don't know, what do you think should he answer?

Again thanks for reading.

Any critiques and advice are accepted! Please comment your opinion.

I'm still new in Natsume Yuujinchou fandom and I'm still getting the hang of Natsume's characteristic so please do forgive me for any mistakes.

Once again, thanks for reading.

I'll see you in my next Natsume Yuujinchou ff then!