Same disclaimer as the last chappy T.T


Yomi sat on the roof, looking down at Kantaro whine over his work. Haruka sat next to her, laying back.

"Is this all you do, Haruka?" She startled him with her abrupt question.

"I help Kantaro on-"

Yomi shook her head and moved back to him, "No, I mean in your free time."

"Then pretty much, yes."

"Haruka, have you ever wanted to just leave here and have fun? Without Kantaro?"

"I've never really thought about it. But what would I do anyways?"

"What do you like? You could go relax at the river. Hai, that sounds nice, a swim in the river." She nodded and got up.

She held out her hand to him and smiled. Haruka took it. She helped him up. She started to climb down the roof. He was just about to spread out his wings. She shook her head. He folded them and followed her down to the road.

"No powers, just an ordinary day." She asked of him.

"Alright." He agreed, one day would not be so bad.

They reached town when Yomi realized that they would need swim stuff. She walked to a store that sold all manner of things. Haruka followed close behind her. A bell tinkled as they entered the shop. A young woman stood behind the counter and lazily read a magazine. She watched the pair for a minute or two, then went to the backroom to avoid her job as long as she could.

Yomi noticed a hat. She picked it up and hid it behind her back. Haruka looked at towels while Yomi quietly snuck up behind him and stuffed a bright lime fedora on his head. He looked at her and put a pair of gold and pink sunglasses over her eyes. He poked her in the eye.

"Ow!"

"Sorry, but if I wanted to see these on you..."

"You could have asked, Haruka. But I'm fine. I'm not made of paper or glass you know. But that hat looks lonely..." She picked up a paper rose and put it in his coat, "There." She smiled.

Haruka looked at them both in the mirror. He laughed at their appearance. Yomi joined him. They finished laughing and went about their shopping. They got all the necessities like towels, an umbrella, and suits. They paid the woman and left.

It was noon when they arrived at the river. Yomi put her stuff down and grabbed her blue flower suit. She turned back to Haruka.

"Don't look ok?" She held the suit on her arm.

"Fine, I won't look." He added in his mind, "But you didn't say at what."

Yomi untied her bird yukata. She slid it off and slipped her legs into the suit before her robe completely was off. For the slightest of seconds her chest was completely exposed. Haruka took full advantage of those few, fleeting seconds. But she was soon completely covered. She heard rustling and quickly drew a knife. She threw it, narrowly missing her mother. Her father was left behind, yet again.

Muuchan bobbed up to her. She noticed Haruka and quickly left. Yomi looked strangely at her retreating mother. Yomi shrugged and got in the water. Her hair flew out and floated all around her atop the water. She turned back to Haruka.

"Are you going to change or what?" She splashed water at him.

Haruka sighed and started to disrobe after turning around. She giggled with a tinkle when he removed his pants. He quickly put his own suit on and entered the water. She swam up to him.

"Why'd you laugh?" He asked reproachfully.

"It wasn't a laugh, it was a giggle. Ad you have a really cute butt." She blushed as she said that.

"Why can you look at me?"

"Because you never told me not to look." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"That is not fair. Get over here so I can see you!" Haruka started to chase Yomi.

He grabbed at her playfully. She laughed as he tickled her. She squirmed away from him repeatedly. He swam after her and finally cornered her at a near vertical rock formation. He held his arms out around her.

"Got you."

"Yeah, I'm at your complete mercy." She blushed deeply at the situation all around.

Haruka got closer to her. He could feel her skin heating up even though they were not yet touching. He got closer still. He could taste her scent of cherry blossom and rice. He closed the remaining space between them. Her skin was incredibly smooth and cool, considering all the heat that he felt under his fingertips. He could tell that she was scared, and shy, and inexperienced.

He moved in to kiss her. He was inches from her lips when...She turned away. He floated back, shocked at the outcome. She had rejected him. This had been a first. He had not thought himself vain before, but thinking back, he was unbelievably so. Yomi started to cry large, glistening tears.

"I'm so sorry! This was all my fault! I did not mean to lead you on like this...I merely ment to become your friend. I'm so sorry Haruka! You must hate me."

"No! this was not your fault at all..." She would not listen to his attempts to make her feel better.

She swam past him and went to the shore. She got her clothes and put them on over her wet suit. She extended white feathery wings, identical to her father Sugino, and flew away into the evening sun. Haruka packed her things and went back home to an angry, waiting Kantaro.