Raider walked to the door, sunset coloring the skye. He was wearing skinny jeans and a shirt with its sleeves almost on his elbows. After a deep breath, he rang the bell. The wait before the response was the worst. Not knowing what to say beforehand rose the tension. Finally the door opened, and revealed a cute, beautiful face.
"Raider! Please, come in!"
She was wearing a blue sundress with matching long socks.
"We are going out, right?"
"Yes! In a minute. I'm almost ready!"
He walked in. The place was neatly organized, with a white simplistic undertone. They walked up the stairs and went into Nobushi's bedroom. The place was clean and tidy. The large room had a desk, computer, piano and a large shelving filled with school textbooks and decorated with Fire Emblem figurines.
"I'll be back. Please get yourself comfortable."
The big viking explored the room with is eyes, then picked up Ike. Not too long she returned.
"Ok i'm ready."
She came back wearing what it looked like pearl earrings. Raider put back Ike and went to the door. Nobushi aligned the figurine with the books again and joined Raider. But he stopped, and looked at her with a crooked smile. Then, went back and rotated another figurine. Nobushi rushed to rotate it back.
"What are you doing?"
"So, you have OCD or something?"
"No! I just like my things in order."
Raider looked her in he eyes. Trying to hide his smile, rotated another another figurine.
"STOP IT!"
Raider laughed hard. But Nobushi was pouting with her fists under her chest. The mere sight melted Raider's heart.
"Ok, that was the last one."
She smiled back and returned the tiny mess to its natural state. On the way out the room they were stopped by a man in Bgu.
"So, you are Raider. I've heard the legends..."
"Dad?"
"Hi sir. And you are?"
"Tozen, but you will call me General."
"Well General. Nice to meet you."
Raider extended a hand. But he was left hanging.
"So, Raider. You are trying to date my daughter"
Nobushi started to blush in shame.
"Dad? Can you please not?"
"Well, yes Sir General."
"The YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT ME FOR THE PRIVILEGE"
"DAAAAAD!"

Walking through the sidewalks, Raider broke the silence.
"Sorry i pushed your dad off the balcony."
Nobushi, barely able to talk:
"Don't worry. The only thing he got really damaged was his ego."
"Yeah, how did he do that? When he split into three?"
"They were his coworkers. After the smoke he hid behind a panel. By the emperor i'm so embarrassed."
"Don't be, your dad is a cool guy. I mean, weird. Like: really weird. But cool."
"This is all wrong. I'm so sorry..."
Raider took her hand. She got startled and confused. But his eyes were warm and calm.
"Don't worry about it. You'll have a story to tell."
She tried to relax, but her hands were sweating waterfalls. So she crossed her fingers he wouldn't mind.

They arrived at a hill, surrounded by trees. Raider submerged his hand on a bush and pulled out a picnic basket. Nobushi smiled with joy.
"We are having a picnic?"
"Yeah, a little bird told me you love them."
Said while preparing the blanket. They sat together and Nobushi opened the basket. There was something unusual about it.
"There's only fruit here."Raider apologized with his face.
"I'm not a good cook."
Nobushi giggled with joy.
"Its fine. You tried." Said grabbing a grape.
"Nobushi? Can i ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"When did you realize you liked me?"
She pondered a couple of seconds.
"When you were on the verge of being kicked out. I think it was going to be hard to go to Honor High without my favorite viking. Now mi turn: Why did you say yes?"
"That's pretty easy. You are the by far the most beautiful samurai. Maybe the hottest girl in honor high. But i never thought you would go out with a guy like me."
"A guy like you?"
"You are one of the best students. Why would you go out with one of the worst. And i'm a mediocre fighter at best. My only accomplishment is being the strongest guy at school. And maybe not even that. There's always Tank and Lawbringer".
"I wish you could, only once, look yourself through my eyes. You would think pretty different."
"Wait... did you...call Ubi that day?" Nobushi tried to respond. But the words didn't come out."You did!"
"No no no no no! You shouldn't know!"
"Why not?"
"I want you to be with me because you like me. Not because you owe me or something."
Raider smiled and looked her in the eyes.
"Look at me." He waited for her to look back. "I said yes because i wanted to. I said yes, because i feel happy just looking at your face. I'm here," He leaned till their faces were just inches apart. "because you put a spell on me and i just can't shake it off."
Her face turned red and leaned back. Getting some space. Then gaze at the sky.
"Its running late. I have to be home before sunset."
"But its friday."
"Yeah, but i need to be home early. My dad got pretty banged up today so I'm not going to test my luck with him."
They packed up the picnic and headed back. Eating the fruit on the way.

They arrived at the door. Nobushi grabbed him by the hand.
"I want to show you something."
They entered the house, but this time went to the backyard. A a gigantic bonsai garden wall to wall. with little steps to a pond. In the middle, a really large island with steps to reach it and a beautiful cherry tree. She guided him through the steps and turned. They were facing each other. Nobushi grabbed him by the shoulders, Raider took her by the waist. They leaned to bring their faces closer. Nobushi was shaking, exited, nervous, anxious. She closed her eyes, and finally, felt the sweet embrace of his lips. After a couple of seconds the flash of a camera interrupted them. They stopped an Nobushi ran to the bonsai garden and pulled a Polaroid hidden behind a tree. When Raider came to her she was holding a picture. She turned to face him with the image covering her mouth and nose.
"A picture of our first kiss."
Raider puzzled, asked:
"How... did you...?"
"I had the camera on timer."
Said painting a clock through the window inside the house.
"Oh, you are adorable."
And grabbed her by the waist and kissed her again. Then they smiled at each other.
"You are terrible at this."
Nobushi frowned.
"Oh, shut up."
And kissed one last time.

Raider left, and she watched him walk away from her room's window. She held the picture on her heart and fell on her back on the bed. Filled with joy she rolled through the bed from side to side.