[Still unsure of how he was going to react once it sank in, she pulled her tail in under her. Looking up at him, her eyes showed how nervous she was. Kotarou was the first boy she’d had a crush on and she really wanted him to like her.]

Yeah, kind of a surprise right, but I wanted you to know. You’re important to me, and… and I like you. Like a lot.

[Might as well get all of it out in the open. He probably suspected, and he’d been flirty enough that Laura figured he at least had some feelings for her as well. She twirled her hair around her finger as she waited for his reply.]