Welcome to a series of (randomly selected and occasionally interlinked) events in the relationship between Takuya and Izumi.
Disclaimer: So, I own none of this. Not the characters, or the places, or the movies I mention. (Even if not by name.)
Enjoy!
ABCs of Takumi
Anniversary
Of course he'd forgotten it. (Again.) But on the bright side, the waitress at IHOP recognized them.
Bitter
He'd tried to use that excuse, but she countered with, "She remembers us because we do this every year."
Crush
From the moment he saw her, he knew that his life was really going to suck if he couldn't get her to like him back.
Defeat
…is realizing that he didn't automatically get the girl with his 'foolproof' wink & grin combo.
Enigma
She never figured out why she never left after the 3rd forgotten anniversary. Maybe she'd gotten used to it.
(And okay, maybe she thought it was cute that he still tried every year.)
Foreign
Because he's got the taste buds of a toddler, she was surprised at how much he loved Italian food.
(Of course, he'd never say that she was his favorite Italian dish, 'cause that just sounded wrong.)
Ghost
"Hey, if I die, let's hope we can do the whole Patrick Swayze - Demi Moore thing. Or I go Danny Phantom in this bitch."
(She couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry at how stupid he sounded.)
Healing
She'd spent the night with him in the hospital, praying that he'd make it long enough for her to be angry at him.
Injury
He screamed as the world was dulled out by pain, cursing himself for being stupid enough to push her away from a car instead of dragging her.
Juvenile
He found the way she begged for ice cream after every meal pretty cute, considering she always told him to 'act more mature.'
Kaleidoscope
He swore he saw so many spectrums of light once his lips were on hers.
Library
Because they were rarely used as make-out spots, they became the perfect make-out spot.
Movie
Just because they both wanted to watch the movie, it didn't mean they always finished it.
Notice
"You've got 3 weeks until our anniversary," she says, "so please remember to make real plans."
Order
"You'd watch a cat video before you come to my soccer game!?" He yells.
She nods absent-mindedly, because duh, there's an order of importance at place here. (Also, she finds him kind of cute when he's mad.)
Punishment
"What do you mean 'we're watching The Notebook?!'
Question
"This is probably a stupid question, but would you like to get dinner with me sometime?"
Response
"This is probably a stupid answer, but duh."
Silence
When she said "it's either The Notebook or my parents' house," he went to make popcorn.
Threat
"I'll tell you this once. I'll break you if she's not happy for even a second." That was when his (somewhat natural) fear of most female's fathers was justified.
Uneasy
He stood in the doorway for what felt like ages, waiting for the behemoth she called Daddy to let him in. (And, you know, stop glaring at him like he carried the Plague.)
Vice
Her vice was eating white-chocolate coated strawberries in her pajamas while binge-watching TV shows. His was her. (And other women too, but mostly her.)
Witch
He didn't know how far he'd fallen into her spell until he found himself ring-shopping with an overly enthusiastic mother and an equally irritated father.
X
He'd had a countdown to the day he planned to ask her marked by red X's on his calendar.
Yoga
She thought it was a good way to relax. He just liked seeing her in the yoga pants.
Zen
"You know," she says one day after another yoga session, "you'd find it much easier to clear your mind if your eyes weren't glued to my ass all the time."
I'm a little out of practice doing both drabbles AND one-shots, but I figured I'd give something like this a go, especially since I can't decide whether to finish Chapter 4 or Chapter -5 (or, since it's taking place after -4, would it be -3?) of Tempest Nights first.
And I'm guessing you're wondering why I didn't choose a word for X? It's because that shit is hard. (Now I'm just making sure the T rating is necessary.)
But yeah, hope you liked this, and thanks for reading! Leave a review, or favorite, or whatever. (You can even write "Cool story, bro.") It's all good.
- Reiji