A cute romantic story where the guy loves the girl and she has no idea!

Our Winter Love

Name: Amaya

Nickname: Maya

Age: 20

Height: 5ft 3in

Personality: Loving, passionate, highly intelligent, responsible, cocky, clumsy, smug, sassy, talkative, stubborn, short tempered, bottles up everything inside and secretly depressed.

Appearance: Light brown straight hair up to her mid-back, fair skin, oval shaped face, rosy cheeks and lips and round sea green eyes.

Best friends: Sora, Kairi, Riku, Roxas, Namine, Axel, Xion, Aqua, Ven, Vanitas and Terra.

Background: Her parents died when she was 18 in a car accident on her birthday. She is also an only child and lived by herself since her parents died.

Chapter 1: Date

Riku waited outside Amaya's house covered in layers of clothing, wearing a thick high collared black coat, black beanie hat and leather gloves. He rubbed his hands together whilst exhaling as breath vapor appeared. There was frost everywhere and it was extremely cold at -3°. His fingertips were numb and his nose was pink. He had only been out here for 2 minutes and his car was warming up. Why wasn't he in his car? Because he wanted to be able to hug his best friend once she got out of her house.

Amaya got out of her house and was dressed warmly. She wore a thick burgundy jumper, black collared blouse underneath, black high waisted skater skirt, black tights, knee high suede boots, a black boyfriend coat, burgundy scarf knitted hat and gloves. Her hair was left out, she wore some mascara and dark red lipstick and a brown bag. She turned around and smiled to see Riku.

"Riku!" She sang whilst waving. The said man turned to see Amaya and his cheeks turned a faint red. Every time his cyan eyes would fall on her and every time he'd see her smile or hear her voice, he'd fall in love again. He felt his heart beating faster and his palms were sweaty underneath his gloves. Amaya began to shiver and rub her sides. "Wow it's colder than I expected." She ran over to him and hugged him. He hugged her back and she sighed; he was like a big teddy bear! After a few seconds, she pulled away from him and she noticed his faint red cheeks and nose. Her head tilted to the side. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah, just really cold." He mumbled.

"You should have waited in the car, silly." The brown-haired woman flicked his forehead whilst giggling. "Come on." They both got into the car with Riku in the driver's seat and Amaya in the passenger's seat. "Ah it's nice and warm in here. I hope it isn't too cold at the shopping centre."

"With the amount of people there, it'll be warm." Riku said whilst starting the car.

"Why aren't you wearing a scarf?" She asked and he turned to her, seeing her adorable pout and intimidating glare with crossed arms. His eyebrows rose and he gulped.

"Um, I forgot it?" He rubbed his cheeks and she huffed.

"You're so bad at lying." Amaya stated whilst poking his cheek. His cheeks went pink and he smiled as he kept his eyes on the road, as he started driving. Amaya looked out the window and wiped the steamy window.

"Do you think it's gonna start snowing?" She asked curiously.

"I hope it snows. It snowed last year on your birthday." Riku answered.

"I think it's gonna snow on yours. That way we have a white Christmas." Amaya giggled. "Thanks for coming with me to get everyone's presents."

"No problem. I know there'll be a lot to carry." He said.

"And I need your help on what to get everyone." Amaya pointed out.

"What are you getting me, Maya?" He smirked and she rolled her eyes whilst shaking her head.

"As if I'd tell you, Riku." She pinched his cheek and he chuckled at this. "That's a surprise."

"Well I can't wait to see it." He stated and she averted her eyes whilst smiling.

Within just 15 minutes, they reached the huge shopping centre and Riku parked up in the crowded car park. They took a lift to where all the stores were and saw so many people. Riku turned to Amaya who just pouted.

"I know, I know, I should have got these things a while ago." She huffed. "I've been so busy with work."

"At least they gave you some time off." Riku replied and she nodded. "Alright, hold onto my sleeve. I don't want you getting lost in this huge crowd."

"Just say I'm short." She crossed her arms.

"The best things come in small packages." She grinned whilst shaking her head.

"Yeah right." She held onto his sleeve and they walked into the crowd of walking people.

"I mean it." He said. "Alright, where to first?"

"The jewellery shop!" Amaya exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Let's go." He chuckled.

They walked within the crowded line of people. Some were walking one way, whilst others were walking in the opposite direction and it was all over the place. The only thing they were thankful for was that the shopping centre was heated and the amount of people added to the heat. Fortunately, Riku and Amaya left their coats, gloves, scarves and hats in the car.

The brown-haired woman's hand slipped from Riku's sleeve and she gasped. She held out her hand and held onto his. Riku's eyebrows rose and blood rushed to his cheeks. He turned to her and tried to act cool about it but looked flustered.

"You okay?" He asked shyly.

"Yeah, I think this is easier. That's if you don't mind." She replied.

"No, it's okay." He said and she nodded.

They continued walking whilst holding hands and went quiet. Riku was extremely flustered that the girl he loved was holding his hand. Amaya began to feel weird feelings in her heart, a strange yet beautiful tingly feeling as her heart beat faster. She felt safe holding his hand and knew she wouldn't get lost because he held her hand firmly. It felt nice holding his hand and having him hold hers. She smiled at this with pink cheeks, but her eyes widened as she shook her head; what was she thinking? Riku…Riku was her best friend, they were best friends since as long as they could remember. This was Riku they were talking about, Riku who was always there for her, Riku who stood by her side through thick and thin, Riku who fought her bullies and defended her. What if he liked someone else…?

"Amaya?" His voice snapped her out of daze and she looked up at him. "We're here."

"Ah great!" She smiled and they walked into the store.

He let go of her hand which she missed the warmth of. Riku stuck to her side as she began looking through the jewellery the shop had.

"So, who's first?" Riku asked curiously.

"Kairi, I'm getting her a seashell bracelet." She said. "I know how much she loves seashells." The young woman began looking through the bracelets they had and at the back of many bracelets, she found the one. She took it out and it was a beautiful silver chain with many small seashell charms and one Thalassa Shell.

"It's got a Thalassa Shell on it and it's the only one. You're lucky to find it." Riku said and she turned to him.

"She'll love it, then. Thalassa Shells are rare to find and I found a bracelet with one." She grinned.

They went to the check out. Lucky for them, they saw Selphie working there wearing a reindeer headband for the holidays. When Amaya saw her, she smiled brightly and when Riku saw her he got nervous as he gulped. Selphie turned to her friends and grinned whilst waving.

"Hey, you guys!" She exclaimed.

"Selphie, how are you?" The brown-haired woman asked.

"I'm great. You guys doing last minute shopping?" Selphie looked at them both.

"Actually, she's doing last minute shopping. I'm just helping." Riku stated and Amaya pouted. Selphie took the bracelet and placed it in a beautiful little box. She looked at Riku with a bright smile.

"Oh, Riku the necklace you ordered should be ready for tomorrow." Selphie stated and the silver haired man's eyes widened as he gulped. Amaya turned to her best friend with a puzzled look.

"You got a necklace from here made?" She asked and their cashier friend noticed her friend's nervous demeanour, and knew what to say.

"Oh yeah, Riku got a necklace made for his mother, I think it's really cute." Selphie said and Riku sighed with relief.

"Aw, that's so sweet Riku." She grinned whilst poking his cheek as he blushed. "Mama's boy."

"Yes, I do love my mama." He said embarrassingly and Selphie giggled at this.

They said goodbye to their friend and continued shopping. When they were done, they decided to get some Mexican takeaway and drove back to Amaya's house.

When they entered the house, they heard a cute high pitched meow and running. Amaya closed the door behind her and knelt down, opening her arms as her white kitten hopped into her arms.

"Marie, did you miss me?" She asked and Marie began rubbing her head against Amaya's chest whilst purring. "Looks like you did."

"Hi Marie." Riku knelt down next to his best friend and she meowed at him as he rubbed her head.

"She really loves you." She grinned. "Alright, let's go and eat, I'm starving!" They stood up.

"Where should I put these bags?" Riku asked.

"In the living room. I'll take out the food." Amaya took the bag with their lunch in them and went into the kitchen. After a few minutes, she returned with their lunch on plates and sat in the living room. "Now, what to watch?"

"Vanitas said that the Netflix Death Note movie is really awesome. Wanna try it?" Riku asked as he took his plate.

"A live action adaptation of 37 episode successful anime?" She sounded extremely sceptical. "This better not be like Dragonball Evolution, or I'll beat Vanitas up."

Amaya switched on her TV and put on the movie. They both got comfortable with their feet up, watched the movie and ate their food. As the movie continued their expressions completely changed. Riku just looked like he was being forced to watch this and had given up, whilst Amaya's looked completely freaked out and disgusted. Just as the film finished, they both fell silent whilst staring at the blank screen.

"What the hell did we just watch?" Amaya asked.

"A shit movie that isn't Death Note." Riku replied.

"I lost brain cells watching this movie. What did they do to Light?" She asked. "He's supposed to be this sexy, smart, manipulative psycho. Not a stupid kid."

"You're gonna kill Vanitas, aren't you?" He asked.

"Yes and if I had a Death Note I'd write his name in it for telling us to watch this piece of shit." She said. "Anyway, let's go wrap some presents."

Riku and Amaya went into the kitchen with Riku carrying the bags of presents and his best friend carrying plates. She put them in the sink and took out the presents she got her friends. For Sora, she bought a pair of roller skates, knowing that he loved skating. She got Roxas a skateboard. For Namine, she knew she was crazy about art and got her an artist set. For Axel, she bought him a Tetris Lamp which he could play around with. Xion's gift was a jar full of seashells and a ticket to the Seasalt ice cream factory with Amaya. She got Aqua a cute carousel music box and Terra boxing gloves and a skipping rope, knowing he's started boxing. She had already prepared Ven's gift because she wanted to make a cookie hamper for him; he loved her cookies. She knew Vanitas loved reading and watching Game of Thrones and got him the whole book set of Game of Thrones.

"Hey Amaya, my mum wants you to stay over for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Got any plans?" A beautiful genuine smile graced her lips as she looked up at Riku.

"I'd love to come, Riku." Amaya accepted the offer. "Plus, I wouldn't miss your birthday for the world." He smiled and blushed at this whilst rubbing the back of his neck.

"Does that mean you're gonna go shopping on Boxing Day?" He asked.

"No way. It's gonna be so busy at the shopping centre." She replied and Riku paused for a second, looking down. "Is…everything okay?"

"Yeah." He smiled with cheeks pink. "Um, I was wondering…" He cleared his throat. "Ah forget it."

"No, tell me." She said.

"Um, do you wanna go to Winter Wonderland on Boxing Day evening?" He asked.

Her cheeks turned pink and she gulped. Amaya felt her hands get sweaty and her heart beat faster. Riku was asking her out on a date.

"I'd love to." She acted cool and collected about it but was internally screaming; she had a date with Riku!