Hello! Forgive me on the late update XD School has been out for me for a couple of weeks already so i will try my hardest to update for frequently (: Thank you to those who commented on the first chapter and everyone else who read it ^-^ This is actually part one of the second chapter so expect an update for part 2 ;) Enjoy! :D
Winter
Autumn and its colorful leaves had left them and now winter's gentle white snow and freezing temperatures had entered their lives. Winter break was only a few short days away which meant that the remaining schools days were used by young teens to discuss their plans for the long awaited release from school. Everyone including the teachers and staff had gone home for the day except Kurosaki that is.
"Freezing cold outside….can't even feel my fuckin fingers! Why do you decide to brake now!" he mumbled angrily , massaging his blue fingers trying to get some feeling back into them. A pipe and broken by the schools swimming pool causing icy water to spill everywhere on the concrete, immediately frizzing over, and causing the ground to become a death trap to whoever wasn't paying attention.
Already two students had been injured slipping on it and because he was the "janitor " of the school, Kurosaki had been order to fix it as soon as possible, regardless of the temperature. Even with a thermal shirt under his assigned orange jumpsuit and green jacket, Kurosaki could not escape the sharp sting of the 34 degree weather. "Ahhh!" he screamed as a squirt of ice cold water shot out of the metallic pipe hitting his face.
Taking off his hat he began wiping his face of the icy liquid. Because of his strings of curses, he failed to hear the door creaking open behind him followed by a small head poking out from the other side. Teru watched him as he rubbed his face vigorously and let out a giggle. Hearing it, Kurosaki turned around to find the source of the laughter. "Stupid Kurosaki. You can't even fix a pipe", Teru teased him with a snarky smile. She walked closer to him and the pipe, not realizing that the floor was icy and slippery." Teru watch out" Kurosaki began.
"The floor isn't….!" but it was too late. Before he could finish his warning she stepped on the sleet, slipping instantly. Without thinking, he threw his rench on the floor and slid on the ice with his knees to try and catch her before she hit the ground.
"Oof!" she let out as her face hit his hard chest followed by him encircling his arms around her to keep her steady. Once she realized her mistake she kicked herself mentally for being so careless. "I'm sorry!" came her apology muffled by his jacket. "I didn't see the ice on the floor…." she began but realized then that he wasn't letting go of her.
His head was buried in her neck and hair, his warm breath tickling her and making her blush. She waited a while longer, not knowing what to do. "Hmm" she thought "Should I try to pry him off of me? It's not like I hate this….I really don't". She let out a small happy sigh and hesitantly rested her head against his shoulder, hoping he wouldn't notice. She liked the way his long arms felt around her petit body, even though they were covered by layers of clothing.
She was wearing long black thermal stockings under her school skirt in order to protect herself from the cold along with her wool school vest and shirt under her brown jacket. She had taken off her scarf and hat in the class room after it became too hot inside and had forgotten to put them back on when she left in search of Kurosaki. Now she regretted forgetting her hat but not her scarf…his face and warm breath were keeping her slender neck from feeling the chill of the outside.
A few more minutes passed before she started worrying. "Maybe he got hurt trying when saving me!" she thought and mentally cursed at herself again for being so careless. Slowly, she tried to wiggle his head out from her neck with her own so she could see his face. "Kurosaki? Are you ok?" she asked, still not able to see his face. His long spiky blond bangs were covering his eyes and his mouth was only an inches away from hers.
Both of their hot breaths hit each other, creating small clouds of steam between their two faces. Her heart began to quicken its pace. "Too close….too close!" her mind screamed at her, a warning of the close proximity they were in. Somehow along the way she had managed to get her hands on top of his jacket covered chest. Even with all the clothes he was wearing, she could feel the beating of his heart going as fast as hers was.
Carefully as she could, Teru tried to remove one of her arms from his tight embrace so that she could try and remove his blond locks from his eyes. "Kurosaki?" she asked again, her now free hand making its way towards his face. Before she could reach her goal, one of his arms slowly pulled away from his embrace and his hand gently stopped hers and held it. "You should go back now", he let out in a low tone.
"B-but are you ok? Did you hurt yourself sliding on the ice?" she asked remembering her earlier concern. Before answering her he slowly started getting up, making sure that his footing was right so that he wouldn't slip and land on top of her. He still had her hand in his by the time he managed to fully stand up on the ice and carefully leaned down to grab hold of her elbow from her other arm to steady her as she tried to stand up.
Slowly walking backwards, he held her two hands at arm's length to help keep her balance while they both walked on the slippery ground. Snow had begun to fall from the gray clouds that had gathered in the sky and flakes started to cover their shoulders and sprinkle the ground. Kurosaki had already reached the edge of the icy part of the ground and was just waiting for Teru to finish the last few steps.
She looked up from the floor to see a slight pink color covering his face but he soon saw her looking at him and quickly looked down. "Is he blushing or is his face just flushed because it's so cold outside?" she thought but soon picked the later as an answer. Forgetting about concentrating on her steps, Teru accidently moved to fast and felt herself sliding forward only to find his two strong arms from stopping her fall.
"Well this is ironic" she thought as he helped her off the ice. She brushed her hands on her stockings in an attempt to remove some shaved ice but only succeeded melting it, the moister soaking into them.
"Great. Just great. First I forget to bring my scarf and hat, then I slip having to be saved by you, and then I slip AGAIN and now my stockings are all wet !", Teru exclaimed shaking her fist to the heavens as if the gods were to blame for her clumsiness. "Achu!" she sneezed with great disbelief. "And now I've gone and caught a cold " Teru thought as she hugged herself to keep warm.
She heard a noise come from Kurosaki and looked up to see him with his shoulders shaking with laughter. "Hey! Are you laughing at me! Go bald Kurosaki!" she yelled trying to kick him in the shin. He moved out of the way before her foot could make contact with its target. "Your hilarious Teru" Kurosaki managed to say while trying to stop his laughter. "Only you would attract so much bad luck in such a short time span!".
He doubled over in laughter, holding his sides as if for dear life. Teru only started at him as he continued to laugh, feeling dumb for even worrying about him. Getting a hold of himself, Kurosaki looked up to find her eyebrows knitted together, as well as her pink lips drawn in a frown. "Aww she looks so cute when she's mad…..shit she's mad!" he thought.
"Oh come on Teru don't be mad, I didn't mean to laugh at you! You're just so cute when…."he stopped realizing what he had just said. Teru looked at him in surprise." What did you say? I look cute when I what?" she repeated his statement back to him. Kurusaki quickly tried to come up with some sort of cover up.
"I said that you just look so cute for a short A-cup girl who shaking her fists to the sky as if she were a mad woman" he said realizing what he had just done. "Shit, I think I just made it worse" he thought to himself. "Die Kurosaki!" Teru yelled charging at him. He stopped her mid way by placing his large hand against her forehead, keeping her at arms length.
He was surprised to find her cold to the touch and remembered that she has sneezed earlier. Ignoring her death threats, he took off his hat and placed it on top of her, the rim of it concealing her eyes and the bridge of her nose. Socked at his sudden action of kindness, Teru tilted up the front of the hat and saw him wearing his teasing grin.
"A bit big on you but it'll keep your tiny head warm" he said with a chuckle. She was about to call him a crazed pervert until she remembered that she had her own hat waiting for her in the classroom.
"No wait Kurosaki, I already have one! Keep yours; I'll be fine" she protested staring to take it off but he stopped her." Nah keep it for now.
I bet mine is warmer than yours and I think you're going to need it while you walk back home. I won't be able to drive you today" he said, pointing at the yet to be fixed pipe. "Awww!" she whined realizing that she had a cold trip a head of her.
He gave her another grin and walked back to his awaiting project. Teru stared at him for a while, amazed at how he could always catch her off guard by showing her his gentle side when she least expected it.
"But that's what I love about him" she thought with a smile.
He looked cruel on the outside with his crazed hair, dark rimmed eyes, and cigarettes but in the inside he was the kindest person she had ever known. He rarely showed anyone his gentle side, "and those rare moments were only shown to her" she thought blissfully. Sensing that she was still there looking at him, he teased her with a "why don't you just take a picture? It'll last you longer!". Even if he couldn't see her, Teru stuck out her tong and said "Go bald Kurosaki!". She then walked towards the door, and left with a smile playing on her lips.
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Well that was the first part (: Thank you to my betta lizzyclair for helping me revise and improve it! Would have been wayyyy longer if i added the second part here but thank you for reading and review plz! ^_^
