To He Who Has Waited
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Sept 18, 2011 21:27:37 GMT -6
This happens on April 30, 8:30 PM. Here, outside, she could see clearly.
The night was deep and dark and wonderful; the sky was bare, the stars were out. She had learned the constellations once, specially the zodiac; after all, the horoscope was a way of telling your fortune, too. She raised her hand as she gazed heavenward, connecting the gleaming dots. She smiled.
Here, beyond the baths, there was no steam, though a little of the vapor mixed in with the air, blown by the wind. The warmth of the baths effused into the coldness of the fallen dew. The light smoke reminded her of her doubts. She likened her vision to her thoughts. Yesterday, the day before that, the days after she had been confessed to, her mind had been rather clouded. People had given her valuable advice, but it did not make as much sense when one is disturbed. She had many to thank.
Now, the doubts were still there, like the heat and the haze, but they were silent, quelled. If there was one thing that she had learned from fortunetelling, it was that one cannot be sure of the future, even with various insights. The only thing that was sure was that one should go forward... no matter what heaviness, what swaying, lay in the heart.
She had an answer, at last.
And then, even as she was thrilled by her realization, she saw him. She had been sitting upon the porch of the place, and he had just begun to emerge from the entrance. Nobody else was outside; people were probably bathing or sleeping. This was much too good for a coincidence. She giggled a bit. She was a little nervous, a little scared, a little... happy.
Perhaps all that thinking about it was worth this.
"Haru-kun!" she called, a smile on her face.
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Sept 18, 2011 21:51:32 GMT -6
So far the hot springs had proved to be rather valuable to Kichiro. With all the stress of Fuko and her starfish, school work, and of course his impossible to sort out relationship with Ryou, he really needed a break of sorts to just relax and not worry about anything. Granted hot springs weren’t necessarily his thing, but he would occasional make a trip to them and hang out when it wasn’t that crowded. It was nice to just soak in the hot waters and relax in the quiet, letting all his worries just leave his mind and go away.
However, his mind just wouldn’t let him rest; it had been a few days since he had confessed an interest in the younger Fujibayashi, and he had yet to hear of anything from her. It was a little worrisome; had he scared her off? Had he possibly ruined any chance of a friendship with the girl by just spouting it out like he did? Even if he got rejected, or if this was a sign of rejection, he didn’t want to ruin his friendship with her. Maybe he should just find her and apologize to her, just calling the whole thing off so they could get back to their lives without all the awkward confusion and doubts. And then, maybe if they hit it off on a more natural relationship they could date or…no, no, if he thought of a relationship like that then it would be no different than it was now.
Taking a deep sigh, he figured that he should probably just sit outside and enjoy the quiet, clearing his head and all that. This was a vacation; he could worry about love and romance once he got back home. Sliding one of the doors onto the porch, he just lazily walked his way out when he heard her voice. He stopped for a moment, thinking on how her voice sounded. It seemed chipper, not with the confusion and vagueness she had when he first confessed. So maybe she had an answer, but he wasn’t sure how to interpret the smile her face had. Her personality though told him she probably wasn’t smiling about rejecting him. If she was, then she would have been a lot more depressed. A faint increase in his heart and a little anxiety was telling him that maybe, just maybe she was about to say yes? Still, he had to be cautious about it, less he just screw things up again.
”G-good evening Ryou. I hope you’ve been enjoying the trip so far.” he replied, his smile a mixture of nervousness and happiness…
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Sept 19, 2011 20:47:01 GMT -6
"Mhmm." she uttered, in the affirmative.
She had enjoyed this trip very much. While her sister had not joined in, and initially she felt that she would be rather alone, since she might not be able to talk too much with Haru-kun, with the unresolved issue on their heads dealing a fair share of awkwardness... things have turned out quite all right.
Tomorrow they'd be leaving, and it had seemed to pass all too quickly. The atmosphere of this place, the interactions that had happened here that would have probably been easily tossed aside in less festive times... they had helped her very much. "I should get oneechan a souvenir. Maybe I should thank the god of these hot springs, or something."
"Oh, I forgot. Sorry. Good evening."
It seemed rather funny. Now that she had faced Haru, the one who she should have been... answering, she felt nervous. Perhaps she needed more time to enjoy the answer, but then she might have lost this chance, that had so gratuitously presented itself. And Oneechan might be watching at a different time. she thought.
As it was, she did not know how to go about it, telling him that... that... she was going to say yes to him. It felt a little awkward inside. Now, she realized with some hindsight, her interactions with Haru-kun had been rather fraught with awkwardness, it had been almost funny... that now, even though she still felt a little unease inside, it seemed awkward to be less awkward, if that even made sense. It was like it was wrong that she wasn't stuttering.
She played with her fingers.
"Would you like to sit down?" she asked, offering the spot beside her. "It's easier to see the stars when you sit."
She half-wondered if she was going about it the right way, or if she was going at all, but she had been resolute... she would go forward. She was the one who was supposed to tell him, to get the conversation going... but it seemed difficult, now that she had come to it. She wasn't going to back down, however. She just might be a little... slow.
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Sept 20, 2011 21:28:17 GMT -6
”Oh, it’s no problem. It’s good you’re close with your sister enough to think about her like that.” Kichiro responded, just to make Ryou feel less guilty about getting distracted. It wasn’t completely untrue though; even if he didn’t have any siblings, it was nice seeing Ryou and her sister getting along so well. Being surrounded by people you love and care for was probably one of those better pleasures in life…and with that note he was starting to get nervous. Depending on how this conversation went, there was the possibility that Ryou would be one of those people in his own life and…god did that sound cheesy? Maybe he should have read more romance novels instead of textbooks; then he might have had a better way to explain his current feelings right now. The mixture of anticipation, nervousness, and anxiety was starting to nibble at him; he was really hoping that this moment could set that aside.
Just standing there was kind of weird, so he was glad when the purple-haired maiden (look at him using such fancy language) offered him a seat next to her. Normally he would take the safe route and sit with like a foot or so in between them, but tonight just had that special feel to it that he could scoot a little bit closer to her, with maybe just a few inches in between them instead. Still, even then, he was a little bit shelled in; close to her but not relaxed. He knew there wasn’t a reason to, but he just couldn’t help but act that way. It was just the way he was after all.
Since she at least offered him something to look at other than stars, Kichiro was going to take her up on the offer and just look at them. In his mind, this would be the time to make some kind of cliché comment about Ryou and comparing her to stars or what not, but that wasn’t his style. Instead, he just took a deep breath and figured it would be best to try and nudge this in the direction that the two of them both knew it was going to go to.
”So then…….I hope I didn’t ruin these last few days for you with my question. I-I know it was kind of sudden when it happened and all so I do really understand if you’re still needing time with it….”
Taking another deep sigh, Kichiro figured he might as well tell Ryou what he thought about their relationship, no matter what the answer, in hopes it might just go and make it easier for her.
”But whatever ever answer you give, just know I still hope that we can always be close friends.”
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Sept 21, 2011 23:18:49 GMT -6
"Mou." she whimpered, to herself.
He was near, nearer than he had ever been. Well, there were the times when he'd managed to accidentally slump into her, but those didn't count. He was near, and yet she felt she wouldn't be able to get to him so easily. His words, his pronouncements, were a mixed blessing. He had brought up the matter, which was good, since she was having a hard time thinking of how to bring it up. At the same time, now that he had brought it up, she couldn't control how it was brought up.
She felt a little aggravated. A little constricted.
"About that..." she began, though she stopped as Haru continued his sentence. More time... well, she had reached a decision already, and there was no point in lengthening Haru-kun's suspense. How was she supposed to break it to him? And it was supposed to be easier because she wasn't turning him down.
He was near. Her face flushed red. She couldn't... look at his face, at this proximity. I should say it anyway. "Yes." she said, choosing instead to look up at the sky yet again.
She had seen an opening, though it wasn't assured to work; she wondered if their places had been reversed, if it would work with her. We're talking about openings now, huh? The only thing I'm good with my cards is fortune-telling... and I don't think you call those openings, the chances in card games...
He was near. And so the stars hesitated in their radiance. For they were much farther, farther from me.
"Friends... yes, let's be, even if things don't work out between us." Was it too vague? Maybe I should clarify... "In the future." She might have not been stumbling with pronouncing her words... but now she was stumbling in choosing them.
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Sept 22, 2011 20:43:23 GMT -6
Finishing his line about always wanting to be friends no matter what happened, Kichiro found himself confront with pretty much just one word: “Yes.” His mind knew that it was her answering the question he had asked her several days ago in front of Kotomi, but he was also doubting that it had actually happened. It could have just been a yes to his statement about always being friends. This might have just been his way of figuring out what his emotional state was; just denying what was in front of him and and…gah, he just couldn’t accept it could he? It was rather funny; all the buildup and now he was having trouble accepting that she had actually said yes.
Just as she turned to face the sky, he had turned to face her. Her flushed face, nervously looking towards the sky, was just too cute for words. The two of them really were a pair; both shy, socially awkward, ready to blush at a moment’s notice. Right now he was rather red himself, but he also had a bit of a smile on him. He wasn’t beaming just a nice, gentle smile. Granted, her statement in response to his request to being friends was kind of awkward, but it didn’t matter. If he was in her position, he would have been brave to have just said anything at all.
”So then I-I guess that means we’re a couple now?” he said, hoping just joking about the obvious would lighten things up. Still, he felt like he had to have some kind of a serious moment here; his first relationship needed something a bit more than just some kind of awkward start off. They had been awkward enough hanging out; he felt like if they were going to do this, they were going to have to work together to get past that awkwardness and anxiety if they were going to grow as a couple.
”I’m going to admit that this is my first relationship, so I don’t really know what it is I’m supposed to do right now, or what to do tomorrow, or even the day after that. So I hope I don’t mess anything up, but I’m glad that I’m going to learn how to do this alongside you.”
As his hands were just lying on his lap right now, he figured he might as well try and do something couple-like to, in a cheesy way of thinking, confirm the relationship. Raising it, he offered his hand to Ryou.
”So, uhm, would you like to hold hands then and start this right?”
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Sept 23, 2011 9:37:32 GMT -6
"I... I think so."
It felt rather funny. It still felt awkward, like the times they had been together, before... but there was something amusing about it. She felt constricted, but she could not help smiling, and she turned to face him, because while she felt she was rather in shambles... he deserved to see her like this. "If you're fine with me."
"It's my first, too." she said, stating the obvious, with a strange, pleasantly strangled sort of cheerfulness. "And I'll probably mess up too. So... please take care of me." She wondered if they were sounding rather pathetic. They were taking such a thing as their first relationship so seriously, almost as if they were getting married. Ryou flushed even more at the thought.
"Mou..." she said, her fingers tentatively crawling towards Haru's, though they never seemed to want to complete their journey. "You sound like you were expecting this, Haru-kun." she joked, not really thinking about it. I hadn't really thought about what would happen afterwards...
Still, she was happy. They were a couple! She felt the oddest urge to ram her head onto something, and to stop herself from doing just that, she stared at Haru's hand as if staring long enough would force it to move or something. It all felt rather surreal. She was shaking a bit, and she almost flinched when the tips of their fingers met. "Um, there." She... touched him. Grasped his hand. Tightly. Now she might be grasping too hard.
Now, he is nearest.
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Sept 23, 2011 22:01:13 GMT -6
Kichiro had to admit was pretty funny how serious they were sounding about this whole thing; it was just a high school romance. The way they were talking you would have thought they were getting married or something. Maybe if they would just calm down and have more fun with it, the whole thing wouldn’t be so awkward. They had plenty of time to worry about finding ‘soulmates’ and all that so treating their first relationship this serious might just be a little much. Then again, he never went half-hearted on anything…
So now here they were in this weird mixture of cheerfulness and awkwardness, though the later was sort of fading away even if it was still a little present. It briefly lit up again when the two of them touched before grasping hands (she had a harder grip than he had thought her possible of). After a few seconds though, it felt kind of natural, and his own grip loosened as he felt more comfortable. Of course now just came the question of what exactly they could do now, leaving the two of them in silence. For now he was just content on looking up at the stars with Ryou.
And then his nice little meeting with Tomoyo entered his mind. He remember the idea of going on a shopping trip with Ryou would be a good way to go and try and find out some other interests that the two of them shared, and what she liked otherwise. Maybe they could even find some fortunetelling game or shop in the city and see what they predicted about them. The thought of one of those showing them destined each other would be funny, but even if it didn’t, well, Ryou did believe the future wasn’t set in stone no matter what the fortunes said.
”So, uhm, maybe once we get home did you want to spend the day together, maybe go window shopping or something?” he asked. Already a couple and he was jumping for a first date. He had no idea if he was doing this right, to fast, too slow (he figured too slow was most likely). It really didn’t matter though; he was just doing what he felt was right. Speaking of which…
”Oh, uhm…we might want to tell Kyou about this too. I have a feeling she’ll be rather interested to hear about this.” he said, half serious and half joking. It was only a matter of time till she found out about it, so might as well get through the overprotective sister speech sooner rather than later.
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Sept 25, 2011 18:04:47 GMT -6
"Uh."
She had been thinking so much... even up to this point, her mind had been rushing to and fro and round and round. It seemed so different just feeling... just swimming, well, not even swimming, just wading in the sensations, of the wind in their hair, and the cold wooden floor, of the voyeur moon, of Haru-kun's hand and his similarly-embarrassed face... it was intoxicating, to be with someone like Haru-kun, in a manner like this. Hopefully my only Someone would be Haru-kun. She immediately felt even more awkward just thinking it.
Oh, I might be gripping too hard. "Sorry." she reflexively uttered, almost drawing back her hand, and then deciding to keep it there, but trying to avoid clamping it down like earlier. Perhaps she was a little afraid he would let go.
"Anou... thank you. For waiting for my answer." she said. I must look like some sort of smiling Mars... (This sentiment arose amidst the endless pounding train of 'we'reacouplewe'reacouplewe'reacouple' in her brain.)
She would have wanted to stay there, still, for a little more while, but she guessed Haru-kun was a bit antsy... and she was, as well, since it all felt so otherworldly. "A date, huh?" she spoke, her voice a little airy from the atmosphere. "Uh, I mean... I don't mean to be presumptuous... but it's a date, isn't it?" she fluttered, fiddling with her words, looking a little goofy. "Uh... where..." It had been mentioned earlier that Ryou's thought process has been considerably slowed, and so, she wasn't exactly able to give an exact location, yet.
Even as she fumbled, Haru brought up another important note... well, it was more important, terribly so. "Oh, onee-chan." she blurted, remembering and bemused, wondering how she would take to this; she had advised her well and thoroughly, but she hadn't come to a decision when she had been discussing this with her. The younger Fujibayashi's smile was twitching a bit. I wonder how she would take to it... I do hope she wouldn't do anything particularly... painful to Haru-kun.
"She'll probably want all the details."
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Oct 4, 2011 19:06:14 GMT -6
”Oh, don’t worry I’m fine,” Kichiro responded. He hadn’t really been bothered by Ryou’s holding his hand; her clamping down on his hand wasn’t bad at all. Still, as long as she was holding onto him, he really didn’t mind if she wanted to soften her grip or not. He wasn’t going to let go anytime soon…and boy was he thinking he sounded a bit cheesy right now. It really didn’t matter though; cheesy or not this was a big moment for him, and he was going to enjoy it. At the very least, the blushing on his face right now was keeping him as a gentle breeze blew outside.
”No problem, you had to think it through after I just jumped you with the question….boy Kotomi is going to be interested in this when we get back.” he replied with a bit of a laugh. It hadn’t been that long of a wait, though admittedly it felt rather long with the indecision over his head. It was funny though that this had all started due to some off the wall comments about Kotomi. Well, there were some hints of them getting together earlier, but it was really Kotomi’s innocent comments that gave him the push to ask Ryou out. Hopefully the girl’s efforts wouldn’t be in vain..
Apparently their brains were both rattled at this point as something as simple as planning a date was suffering from some communication issues.
”I guess it would be called a date…,” he responded, a little slowly as if he had just hit upon some great realization that going out with your girlfriend alone for the day would pretty much be date.”I just thought that maybe we could walk around the shopping district and just look around, find out more about each other and whatnot…”
Then came what was probably the most important issue of their relationship; Kyou’s reaction to it all. While he really doubted she would have an issue with it all, he still had a slight feeling that something might just happen. At least Ryou’s bemused reaction to it lightened the mood some. He expected that Ryou had already talked with Kyou about it, so they couldn’t try and maybe hide it for a bit, so maybe he would just come over and talk with Kyou about it when he went to meet up with Ryou. Or maybe Kyou could come with them on the shopping trip or something..
”Yeah, and I guess no point trying to put it off. Maybe I could come over and talk with her, or maybe we could join her for lunch while shopping or something like that? After all, I think together we might be able to take her if something happens.” he laughed nervously.
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Oct 7, 2011 7:35:40 GMT -6
OC: And now, for this thread, I'm going to research the constellations visible in Japan's night sky during April and May 2003! Go my Physics elective! XDRyou echoed Haru's slightly anxious chuckle. While she had known her sister for so long, she honestly, sometimes, was incapable of telling just what course of action she would take. She wondered what would happen if she would ask her cards what her sister would do every time it came to a crucial situation like this. The lavender-haired girl chuckled a little more, the side of her mouth gently twitching.
"I wonder from which books Kotomi-chan read all about that... " she said, since the boy had mentioned the childlike bookworm. She remembered something more about the unofficial librarian... "Weren't you asking about her once when I was fortunetelling?" she spoke, teasing him a bit, uncharacteristically. (She wasn't good at making herself sound teasing, though.) She did wonder if Haru liked Kotomi once. She had liked Okazaki once. Kyou-oneechan would probably tell her not to mention it.
But no, she wasn't jealous or anything; in fact, she was very grateful for the unique girl who had insisted they call her with the -chan suffix, so immediately when they were acquainted. She had sent the proverbial snowball rolling. Perhaps they would have probably gone on being awkward with each other in an awkward manner that even other awkward people would think awkward, if not for their genius friend's extremely unexpected intervention. She might not have even realized what she did. The younger Fujibayashi chuckled a little more at these thoughts, with a little more sincerity.
She was truly happy, after all; she had been unsure how to do this, since they could be both rather clumsy, but it seemed it all worked out between them in their own clumsy way. We'll just have to stumble forward. The blush on her face had been there for so long that she had quite forgotten about it, and the warmth that her heart provided her with made the cold of the evening lose its sharpness, even as it was getting deeper. She felt like worrying a little less.
"Let's not think about oneechan for now." she uttered, admiring the constellations. She fell silent for a while, enjoying the feeling of his hands in hers. Her fingers unconsciously entangled themselves in his. She was running out of words to describe the feeling... it was heady and sweet, even if the air merely smelled of the steam of the baths. The silence was sonorous and the darkness was radiant.
But even if she wanted that they keep on with just the silence and the darkness, since it was them, Ryou felt it would just get awkward. So she spoke up again.
Find out more about each other, huh... "Have you looked at the stars at night, Haru-kun?"
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Oct 15, 2011 12:54:44 GMT -6
”It wouldn’t surprise me if she read a book or two on theories of romance or something…or she’s actually more socially awkward than we are.”
He was caught a little off guard when Ryou brought up his past attempts with Kotomi, or at the very least his asking her to give him a fortune telling about him and Kotomi. He admittedly had a bit of a crush on Kotomi, but that sort of faded off as the two split apart. Ironically, if he hadn’t run into Ryou that day and Kotomi had pushed them, he might of started to try again with Kotomi. It was weird how things like that happened.
”Yeah, I’ll admit I had a crush on her at some point…” he said, embarrassingly scratching at the side of his head. It was odd getting teased at by Ryou like that, but maybe that was a sign the two were getting more comfortable with each other? ”So was there anyone else you liked?” he asked, just wondering since his love life had already been laid out by them.
Whatever the case was, it was over now. Kotomi was a good friend of theirs, and by accident she had sent the two of them straight at each other. And here they were, under the stars holding hands, officially a couple. This was all a rather strange twist of fate; just one different hallway and him and Kotomi could have been together (or well, more realistically he’d be still trying to get through her aloof and socially inept outside). There really was no point thinking about alternate presents and past events now though; there was just the future to look ahead to. And hopefully things turned out for the best from this point onward, such as taking on Ryou’s suggestion that the two of them do not think about Kyou right now. He could get worried about being killed by her later; for now he would just enjoy the feeling of Ryou’s hands in his.
”I think I can live with that.”
The conversation soon shifted into one about stars, and admittedly he never really got into that. He always preferred a good book over looking at the night sky. Okay, maybe he had seen pictures of the night sky, but he never really looked out at the stars that much. But if it was something Ryou liked he could get into it. After all, wasn’t stargazing a big part of fortune-telling?
”No, not really, but I guess you look at them a lot? After all, astrology is a branch of fortune-telling right?”
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Oct 16, 2011 3:11:07 GMT -6
Well, I asked for it. "Well... I think I liked Okazaki-kun once." she said, coming out. After all, if they were going to be in a relationship together, they have to be sincere with each other, right? "Um... I think... he was the reason why I didn't get to answer you immediately..." Um... Ryou... that might be too much information. Too sincere, too sincere! said a part of her brain that distinctly sounded like her older sister, for some reason.
But I said it already... she said, to the voice in her head. It wouldn't do if he gets the wrong idea! continued the voice, prompting her. The lavender-haired girl flushed. "Um... but I decided! So..." Now she was feeling awkward all over again. "I decided I like you." She thought she had gotten over the blushing, but it seems she hadn't. She looked like she couldn't be redder... though by this point, she had learned she probably could. Stupid voice.
It was true that it had been her greatest stumbling block to giving Haru an answer. Perhaps the fact if she liked somebody else other than Okazaki-kun, the fact that, in that situation, her sister would be free to like Okazaki-kun, and it seemed like an easy way out... those were some of her doubts, and she'd be lying if she said that there were no longer any trace of doubts in her feelings. But she had decided, just as she had said. She hoped Haru-kun would trust her. Maybe I should trust Haru-kun a bit, too.
She went back to the topic of stars, though she still had the nagging feeling that she was mostly escaping from Haru's judgment of her. "Um... right. Well, not always... and I found out astrology doesn't really follow astronomy that much. Though I found out a lot about stars, as a result." she said, sheepishly, a little embarrassed with her hobby... well, a branch of her hobby. To be more exact, the science that a branch of her hobby had dipped in.
"We're facing north, so..." She stretched out her hand, pointing at one of the stars. "That's Polaris over there... so, a little to the left..." she traced. Polaris is part of Ursa Minor, and then a little to the left should be Ursa Major... and after that... It took her a bit of a while, her face wearing a look of concentration. "There, that's Leo and Cancer over there... Cancer looks like a bone, as always. "and below that's Gemini." she exclaimed triumphantly, finding the line of the zodiac signs. This place has a great view. Finding the constellations had always been a challenge, and it made her a bit euphoric.
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Post by Kichiro Haru on Oct 24, 2011 18:18:46 GMT -6
There was that Okazaki name again. First, Tomoyo had stated that she had an interest in the boy, and now Ryou admitted a past interest in the boy. Did all the girls at this school have an interest in delinquents? Still, apparently he was no match for Kichiro as Ryou had chosen him over the bad boy. It was fine though, he had expected some of the hesitance to be about another boy or something. Granted he could admit that if he ran into Okazaki while he was with Ryou he might get a little jealous and protective, but it didn’t bother him that much Ryou had an interest in the guy.
”Okazaki Tomoya I presume? I kind of expected your hesitance to be about another guy, but odd that you mention him. I’ve heard about a couple other girls interested in him. I don’t really see it, but I guess if you liked him he has to be a good guy…” he replied, letting Ryou know he wasn’t doubting her taste in men while, admittedly, trying to put the idea out there Okazaki was at least a tease, or at least drew a lot of girls to him. Okay, well, two girls at least, but for all Kichiro knew there were more girls interested in him.
Moving on, Kichiro just followed Ryou’s fingers as she showed where all the various constellations where. He had knew of them, but just never bothered to try and locate them. So he had apparently learned that Ryou had a thing for astronomy, and apparently was rather good at it to. At the very least, it was giving her a lot more confidence in comparison to the nervousness she had around telling him about Okazaki. Hmm, maybe they could do this again sometime as a date, just hanging out looking at the sky, seeing if Ryou could spot constellations in new locations. Of course he’d have to work on it too; he wasn’t going to just sit back and let Ryou do all the work after all. He made a mental note as she pointed to each constellation, remembering the names to look up later and work on.
”I’m going to admit, I was kind of worried about what the two of us could do together after I had asked you out, but I think we should do this again sometime. And I’ll work on learning them myself; next time I’ll be the one to try and point them out okay?”
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Post by Fujibayashi Ryou on Oct 24, 2011 18:53:05 GMT -6
"Uh..."
Now she felt a little embarassed with her earlier enthusiasm. She had, well, when he had asked her to tell him about the things she liked to do, she had advanced rather quickly. "Uh, Haru-kun, you don't have to learn them if you don't want to..." she trailed, sounding a little panicky. She didn't want to force so many things on him just because they were in a relationship... it was not like they were supposed not to have any differences whatsoever...
While she easily found the constellations because she had somewhat memorized their places given some months, it had been difficult when she had been just beginning, and it was not like she was that engrossed in astronomy... "Anou... but that doesn't mean I don't want you to know about them... and it's not like you can see them as clearly back home..." although she did put a lot of effort in finding the zodiac signs... I guess I easily get carried away.
She turned her eyes downward. "But if it's okay with you..." She was grateful that he was... listening to her; that he was looking to where she was pointing, that he was considering what she had taken interest in, even if he didn't know much about it in the first place. She guessed she shouldn't be as reserved, though she also guessed she would probably find it difficult to break some habits, specially for a person one likes a lot.
She was grateful that he had understood the part about Okazaki-kun... and she was grateful that he was here with her tonight. She didn't mind Haru-kun's perception of Okazaki-kun; after all, the delinquent was rather infamous, and a little troubled, to boot. It was funny how she didn't feel inclined to defend the troublemaker anymore, though she did wish Haru would get to know him. A lot of girls like Okazaki-kun. Haha. Yes, there must be some reason why.
"I'll be really happy if we could do this again, even if the skies are a little less clear in Hikarizaka..." she pronounced, gathering up her courage. She shouldn't let her awkwardness interfere with the proceedings.
"So, Haru-kun, what do you like to do?" she asked. While she surmised her fortunetelling hobby was rather popularly known, she didn't really know if Haru-kun had a hobby of sorts... she was interested. I think I have the right to know.
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