Note: Mai-Hime is an anime that was done by the studio Sunrise and is based on a manga of the same name.

Natsuki Kuga was walking around the city. She had a lot on her mind so she wasn't paying that much attention while walking. She accidentally bumped into Shizuru Fujino, her girlfriend. Natsuki almost fell, but Shizuru caught her. Natsuki felt ashamed of herself for walking so carelessly so she said, "I'm sorry."

Shizuru smiled and said, "It's no problem sweetie. I enjoy seeing you fall for me."

Natsuki replied, "I've just been thinking about a lot of stuff."

Shizuru asked, "What drama could a cutie like you have on your mind?"

Natsuki answered, "For the record I'm a pretty intimidating hero, not a cutie."

Shizuru replied, "Fair enough, but I still consider you a cutie."

Natsuki said, "Being a hero, a twenty year old high school student, and all that other stuff is hard sometimes."

Shizuru replied, "I understand, but I have news that I think will make you smile."

Natsuki asked, "What is it?"

Shizuru said, "Valentine's Day is nearby."

Natsuki asked, "What do you mean? It's November. Valentine's Day is in February."

Shizuru replied, "We're going to celebrate Valentine's Day in November."

Natsuki asked, "What?"

Shizuru answered, "February fourteenth is a holiday for all couples. If we celebrate it in November it would be our own personal holiday."

Natsuki asked, "Did you come up with this holiday, because you can't wait for February fourteenth."

Shizuru giggled nervously said, "You guessed correctly my dear. Do you wanna try it?"

Natsuki said, "Okay."

Shizuru replied, "I'll meet you at your house tomorrow."

Natsuki asked, "Tomorrow?" Shizuru nodded. Natsuki said, "But that doesn't give me much time to prepare."

Shizuru replied, "It'll be easy sweetheart. We're going to have a wonderful day tomorrow."

Natsuki said, "Okay then."

Five minutes later Shizuru asked, "Wanna re-schedule our Valentine's Day to right now instead of tomorrow?"

Natsuki said, "We haven't even gotten ready for Valentine's Day."

Shizuru giggled nervously and said, "Good point. I'm so excited to finally spend Valentine's Day with you that I can't wait."

Several minutes later Natsuki went to a nearby store. Natsuki walked up to one of the employees and asked, "Do you have any Valetine's Day stuff?"

The employee answered, "It's November, not February."

Natsuki said, "Accurate point, but stores often get holiday merchandise months early."

The employee replied, "We have lots of Christmas stuff."

Natsuki asked, "Shouldn't you be mainly focusing on Thanksgiving stuff?"

The employee answered, "Thanksgiving stuff doesn't make as much money so which we're not very thankful about."

Natsuki asked, "When will you get Valentine's Day stuff?"

The employee answered, "At the end of December."

Natsuki replied, "But my Valentine's Day is tomorrow."

The employee responded, "You're a weirdo." Natsuki angrily stared at the employee and walked out.

The manager walked by and asked, "What happened?"

The employee said, "A woman was trying to celebrate Valentine's Day in November so I called her weird. She should know that we don't have that kind of stuff in November."

The manager replied, "You could of convinced her to buy some flowers."

The employee said, "Nah."

The manager said, "I'm not going to pay you this month."

The employee asked, "Why not?"

The manager said, "If you can't sell Valentine's Day stuff in November that means that I can't give paychecks in November." The employee shook his fist at the manager while the manager had a smug smile on his face.

After searching around a few stores Natsuki got some Valentine's Day gifts for Shizuru. Natsuki went home. She knew that Shizuru wanted to start the next day as soon as possible so Natsuki went to bed early so she could be ready early the next morning.

The next morning Natsuki got up early, changed into a blue dress, and started brushing her hair. She quickly ate breakfast while her dad whined to her about the importance of money.

Natsuki's mom walked into Natsuki's room and asked, "Do you have a place where I can hang up a poster of Martin Short?"

Natsuki answered, "You can put wherever you want."

Natsuki's mom saw that Natsuki was brushing her hair so she said, "I've never seen you brush it so carefully."

Natsuki replied, "It's an important day."

Natsuki's mom asked, "What's going on?"

Natsuki answered, "Shizuru and I are celebrating Valentine's Day today."

Natsuki's mom said, "That's really cute. I never knew you had such a soft side."

Natsuki stubbornly responded, "I'm really intense. I'm all about beating up villains and dark stuff. I'm like a female Christian Bale."

Natsuki's mom asked, "Then why are you celebrating Valentine's Day so early?"

Natsuki answered, "Because Shizuru wants to."

Natsuki's mom replied, "How precious. She made you gain a soft side."

Natsuki responded, "It seems like that's true. I'm a little embarrassed about being so lovey dovey, but I've never been happier."

Shizuru said, "I'm so happy to hear that!"

Natsuki blushed and nervously asked, "How did you get in here?"

Shizuru said, "I got to the door while you and your mom were talking. Your dad let me in."

Natsuki asked, "Why didn't you or my dad tell me that you're here?"

Shizuru answered, "I wanted to surprise you. Plus your dad didn't feel like talking."

Natsuki said, "Despite that he talked to me about spending money sparingly for a half hour this morning."

Natsuki said, "You listened to my personal conversation."

Shizuru responded, "I'm sorry for being intrusive darling, but I loved your beautiful words. Being with you has made me happier than I've ever been."

Natsuki blushed and said, "I was exaggerating earlier."

Shizuru smiled and replied, "You're even beautiful while lying."

Natsuki's mom was still in the room, but Natsuki was so busy being embarrassed about her feelings towards Shizuru that she didn't notice. Natsuki's mom asked, "Should I still be here?"

Natsuki nervously said, "I thought you left a few minutes ago."

Natsuki's mom replied, "I was looking around the room to find a good spot for the Martin Short poster."

Natsuki asked, "Can you do that later?"

Natsuki's mom answered, "Of course. I'm going to go." Natsuki's mom walked out of the room and closed the door.

Natsuki said, "Happy Valentine's Day." Natsuki handed Shizuru a box.

Shizuru opened it. The box had a bouquet of flowers and a necklace in it. She said, "Thank you honey. These are wonderful gifts." She kissed Natsuki.

Shizuru handed Natsuki a box. Inside the box was a teddy bear stuffed animal and one hundred flowers. Natsuki said, "Very cute." Natsuki kissed Shizuru.

Shizuru handed a card to Natsuki and said, "Read it."

Natsuki read the card quietly to herself. It said, "Dear Natsuki, love is an item that's never sold at stores, because it truly is priceless. I've loved a lot of people as family and friends, but you're the only that I've ever had romantic feelings for and that makes you the most priceless thing in the world to me." Natsuki was so moved by Shizuru's card that a few happy tears were coming out of her eyes. She tried to wipe them away quickly, because she was embarrassed but Shizuru saw the tears.

Natsuki said, "Thank you. It's a lovely card. I'm sorry that I didn't get you a card."

Shizuru replied, "You got me something better than a card."

Natsuki asked, "What do you mean?"

Shizuru answered, "Earlier today you said that dating me made you happier than I've ever been. Getting to hear you say that was a delightful gift."

Natsuki said, "Before I was with you I usually had only one or two smiles a day. Recently I have to cover up my face to hide the blushing smiles you give me everyday."

Shizuru cried tears of happiness and said, "You're going to make me tear up with sunshine everyday if you keep that up."

Natsuki said, "Thank you for this early Valentine's Day idea. This is one of the best holiday experiences of my life."

Shizuru asked, "Wanna celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow?"

Natsuki said, "You don't have to try to make everyday special, because any day I'm with you is automatically special."

Natsuki and Shizuru were about to kiss, but Natsuki's mom walked in and asked, "Can I hang up the Martin Short poster now?"

Natsuki sighed and said, "Sure. Me and Shizuru are going to go to a few stores."

Natsuki's mom replied, "Have fun." Natsuki and Shizuru left to go on a date while Natsuki's mom kept looking around for the best spot to hang up the poster.