But he didn't want to go back to the festival later. He didn't want to see Kojuro. He was so embarrassed by just the thought of kissing another boy that he was ashamed to show his face. Did other boys have this thought, or was it just him? Wasn't he supposed to be thinking of kissing girls?

            As soon as he was inside the gates of his home and dojo, he heard Shoko making her way towards him.

            "Ara, Ben-kun, look at the state of you!" she fussed, trying to pat the dirt off his kimono.

            Ben wriggled out of her grasp and took off runn...

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