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Chizuru walked back to her house after a long day at school, her mind blogged with the ramblings of Ryu in her mind. Why did he confess? She had always

considered him such a sweet and caring guy, patience was his virtue and his vice. He loved his baseball, he was going to be amazing one day and he was so

athletic, so strong for both of them. She has never been without Ryu and she didn't want to be, they had been together too long, as friends rather than lovers

but now Chizuru believed that was all to be changing soon enough.

She started to worry when she saw him, palms sweaty, pulse racing; she gave him chocolates for Valentines which looked to be for a lover rather than a friend.

They were more than friends but less than lovers and lately Ryu wanted more of the latter and Chizuru couldn't get her head around the relationship. She

didn't want them to change, or did she. Her feelings towards Ryu had gone from brotherly to a slight admiration and the beginning of a romance she was yet to

decipher. He was reserved, quiet, sleepy; he was not as obvious as her, he could keep secrets and a straight face whereas Chizuru could not. It was later than

she thought as she saw the sun setting, turning the sky a deep shade of orange and a quick chill in the air. Her mum must have been worrying now although

she was used to her being out late, especially when she spent so many nights at Ryu's. Her mother never minded the evenings there or even the nights spent,

what if that all changed is she was his girlfriend? Just the thought of that word made her feel girl and not the unique, tough way she usually does. She is a

lively spirit and usually has a tomboy trait which Ryu admired her for. She saw no attraction to herself she was nothing to be highly admired or put on a

pedestal; nor did she show her mature side as she wanted to with Tohru. Ryu had seen her through all her highs and her lows, watched her cry and sing and

be happy and angry. Comforted her when she was heartbroken, and rose to a challenge whenever she desired it. In fact Ryu had seen this all up close and still

not run away and that in itself was an achievement.

Dazed in her fog of thoughts she reached her home. She looked back from the route she walked and wondered when everything would become clearer; what

would it really be like to experience new emotions with her best friend? Love, desire, fantasies, admiration, awkwardness; the list was endless yet in a way

she had experienced some of the feelings before so it couldn't be much different. Although Ryu, she didn't want to lose him, what if something happened in

their relationship? The damage would be too great to repair, they would change, and they wouldn't be the same. She didn't mean to reject his feelings before,

but she didn't want to accept them when she had things to figure out. She had to set herself straight before she led Ryu on, and she had to figure herself out

at her on pace.

In the back of her mind, she knew Ryu would make this in to a competition of some sort to distract her or even make a game out of it until she figures it out,

not to confuse her or be mean as such; but just as a little fun. He knew what made her tick and every last detail about her, he would know exactly what to do

in this situation after all he had many a year to study Chizuru and he was patient enough to execute the perfect plot. Unlocking the door and walking through

her living room, Chizuru shouted to her mother to let her know she was home before walking up to her room. She huffed and stomped up the stairs,

daydreaming. As she checked the clock it had gone eight, this was technically early for her; she went to slide the door of her room open when her mother

called out:

"Chizuru, you have a guest and they'll be staying tonight. If you will spend all the days and nights at theirs the least you can do is return the favour and let

them come here once in a while. Your room is still a mess so you need to clean it too, though I'm sure he won't mind". There was a sly little giggle in her voice

and she opened the door to find Ryu sitting on her bed, with a smirk on his face. He looked up with his dark eyes fixed on her, and then darted them towards

the messy room which surrounded him with everything from underwear scrawled on the floor to her uniform, laundry and paperwork for school. She dropped

her bag by the door and turned the shade of crimson, picking up an arm-full of clothes and muttering under her breath about her mother. She had never felt so

self-conscious around Ryu and yet here she was, sweating the small stuff. She took her things downstairs and hid away the mess, Ryu was still casually smiling

when she returned and closed her door to join him in her room.

"It's not like you to come over so often" Chizuru said sitting cross legged on the bed next to him.

"You stay at mine all the time, you heard your mother, and I need to visit here more" He said simply. Chizuru knew he was playing a game, he was making sure

she could establish her feelings and he was doing right by that as she felt her heart beat out of her chest at the thought of him on her bed. He yawned and

stretched his arms back, pushing himself down so his head would reach her pillow and so he could lie down and feel at rest. Chizuru watched him with curious

eyes as he loosened his school tie and through it on the floor before unbuttoning a few buttons casually on his shirt. Her mind raced and he could see she was

over thinking, this made him happy, he was going to see her like this from now on; curious Chizuru, wide eyed with flushed cheeks and an overactive

imagination. He liked the idea of what a new relationship they would have, it didn't scare him he was ready for it.

"So what do you want to do?" He asked her slowly, he pulled his askew baseball cap down over his face so she didn't see his coy smile or slight tint of rose on

his cheeks. Chizuru flustered herself, what did they usually do at hers? She couldn't think. She simply replied to him "I don't know we have no routine, you

don't come over enough because we don't have much to do here, what you want to do?" She looked at him quizzically, seeing what answer he could draw to

but she couldn't see his face. Ryu let out a sigh and replied "Movie night?"