"Ugh…"
Pointing out a mistake she made on one of the questions, Kagare looked at her.
Thinking to himself, he wondered:
"Even if she hasn't studied anything for class… she should know at least some of these..? Is she… just dumb..?"
Lost in these thoughts, his question accidentally spilled out.
"Itachi, aren't you a little dumb?"
Realizing what he just did, his eyes widened, with him ready to immediately justify/apologize for what he said.
"What I mean-"
However, she has already ready to strike at him.
Eyebrows knitted and nose scrunched, Kagare was hit by a wave of her fury.
"What did you just say? Repeat it to me again."
A vein appeared on her neck, with her fist balled up and and arm raised up to her shoulder.
Pulling her right arm back, she said:
"Actually, no… I'll just send you to hell right now."
Putting his hands up to show he meant no ill intent and to protect himself.
With his eyes shut, so he wouldn't ever know if she was about to hit him; he said, in a monotone voice:
"Please let me explain."
After a second of nothing happening, and realizing he was given the chance to justify, his words shot out like a machine gun.
"No, um, you didn't let me finish. I… I was gonna say it's… fine… I want to study with you to help you… so we can graduate together… Yeah, that…"
There was no response, which Kagare was surprised by, so he slightly opened up his left eye.
What he saw across from him, was the same sight as earlier.
Itachi as a rambling mess, playing with her wily but short black hair.
"Oh, I mean… of course you want to graduate with me… it only makes sense… wait are we..! I think so… maybe..! … if it's you…"
Shutting his eye again, Kagare took a deep breath in, as he realized there was no repairing the misunderstanding.
And as strange as it was to him, he didn't want to fix it either.
Opening his eyes, he looked at Itachi Minami for a short moment, before asking her:
"Actually, Itachi… did you want to be like… that?"