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The days spent in the drama clubroom had been lacking activity. The preparations for the Cultural festival had sent everyone for a scrabble of time, spending every minute doing something. Our play had been a giant success when it had ran 3 months ago. Now, we sit in the clubroom, eating our bentos and chatting about the weather.
"I was surprised to see the clouds overhead this morning," Nagisa started as she tried to make small talk with the other members. No one responded and I was thankful for the silence, but also horrified that no one wanted to chat. That doesn't make any sense, but in these past few months, nothing I've done had been making sense. Kotomi nipped away hurriedly at her onigiri while Ryou and Kyou chatted about their upcoming weekend. Nagisa stayed silent and continued eating her lunch. I cleared my throat and she turned to me, her eyes widening.
"Tomoya-kun, maybe after school we can go on a date?" She said innocently enough, she cocked her head to the side and gave a shy grin. Kyou and Ryou stopped talking about whatever and looked at us. My face flamed up.
"Idiot!" I half whispered. "You don't ask like that!" I put my hand up to my head, and started shoveling food down, as not to respond. Nagisa continued on, unaware.
"But we are dating. We never do anything. We only ki-" I slapped my hand down on her mouth as Kyou broke up into fits of laughter. Kotomi only kept eating. Nagisa noticing her mistake widened her eyes of thought of telling everyone. Her eyes said 'I forgot there were other people in the room'. Damn, I thought.
"Ki- ki- kill spiders! We only kill spiders in my room," She hurriedly finished. I sighed at the jokes Kyou was going to make later on. Nagisa looked down and apologized to everyone her own face turning red. "…I just forgot you were here," she finished. I choked on my drink at how ridiculous that sounded. We returned to our equilibrium until the bell rang. I caught up to Nagisa in the hallway were she hurriedly apologized again. I just shook my head and patted her hair down. How couldn't I forgive someone so adorable? We returned home at normal time, having no need to stay over ten minutes in the drama clubroom. We were greeted by silence. The bakery was abandoned. I pictured the old man swinging the bat around at the park. Sanae must be teaching upstairs, I thought.
"We go on dates sometimes," I said, bringing up the embarrassing subject again. Nagisa's hair flittered in the breeze as she shut the door behind us. My heart started to pound. My face felt like it was on fire, starting from my neck, spreading to my ears. I was so lucky to be able to call her my… girlfriend. I didn't like that term, girlfriend. It sounded like I was some silly teenager in puppy love, which I was, but still. Nagisa was My Nagisa and that's all that mattered. She shook her head avidly.
"No, Tomoya-kun, we went on one date." She said as we took off our shoes and entered the house. I smelled Nagisa's scent throughout the house. It was a mixing between lavender and honey. All the Furukawa's had it, a slight smell clinging to their clothes. Whenever I got close to Nagisa, my nose was over powered by a strange longing, a smell that reminded me of home. I bet I smelt like this too, since moving into their house. My laundry was sun dried on a clothesline. I loved the Furukawa's residence. I was brought back to reality when Nagisa continued.
"I don't feel like we are a couple since we never do anything." Nagisa said staying in the same spot. I turned towards her and leaned down. I put my mouth next to her ear, not caring about how bold I was being.
"I love you, Nagisa. I will do anything for you. I would kill spiders with you all day long." I said. I felt foolish; we were only in high school, yet how could I be so certain about what I felt? It isn't that I am not sure of my feelings, rather, I feel so young. I hate the way adults pass our relationship off as a naiveté characteristic. Nagisa started giggling and I did too. We were doubled over in fits of laughter when Akio came in. He carried a baseball bat, as I suspected, a cigarette dangling out of his mouth.
"Kah! Punk. What's so funny? You look in a mirror?" Akio said in spite and then cracked up to his own jokes making our laughter prolonged. When we had eventually settled down, we went our separate ways. I did my homework on the table in the living room while Nagisa finished hers in her room, leaving me no chance to continue our conversation. Sanae and ten preschoolers left my room about an hour later. I finished the rest of my homework there until I was called for dinner. Dinner was amazing, side dishes courtesy of Nagisa. I loved Nagisa's cooking. No matter how good Sanae was I was always much more interested in whatever Nagisa had made. Akio was chuckling over a childhood story of Nagisa's, which I had learned to cancel out for the sake of Nagisa's and my embarrassment. Then suddenly the doorbell rang when after dinner tea was being served. I jumped causing the tea to spill of my pants. I groaned and reached for a napkin as the hot liquid soaked through my undergarment. Nagisa grabbed some napkins as well.
"I'll get it, Tomoya-kun" Nagisa said reaching for my pants, unaware of the awkward situation she was about to make. With out thinking another thought, Nagisa pressed on my family jewels with a napkin. Instantly she realized what she had done, she backed up with the soggy napkin in her palm. I threw my hands in the air to let Akio know I had no part in this. He just stared at his daughter, who's face was redder than a tomato. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean- I mean I didn't think it was- I just-" She stammered on as the doorbell rang again. Everyone was frozen in his or her spots when Sanae got up and went to the door. I stood up, trying to ease the awkwardness of the moment. Nagisa had tears on her eyes, and I was wondering why she was so upset. All she did was… touch me in front of her parents. My face flamed up as well. I tried to resume my 'I don't care' attitude but was failing miserably. Akio was staring sternly at me. All at once, he cracked up into laughter. I was utterly confused and looked to Nagisa for support but she just shrugged her shoulder, she avoided looking me in the eye. Akio laughed and pointed. And then it hit me. The stain on my pants made it look like had wet myself.
"I can't believe my daughter's going out with a boy who wet his pants." Akio yelled. I laughed also, a strained laugh. This is when Sanae walked back in. She smiled at her family, and the weird scene it probably looked like, and took a step to the side and revealed the most beautiful person I ever saw.
