Just a quick note before this chapter begins, each chapter of this series will be told from a POV (Point of View), that I feel is appropriate. I will list the POV next to the chapter name so you won't get confused on who's talking (This one is told from Tokoha's POV). Lastly, if you haven't read the first chapter, do so before reading this one. Now on with the story! – mrd256
I open my eyes, and am met with the sight of an endless view of white light. "Where am I?" I wonder to myself. Just then, I feel a warm presence embrace me from behind.
"Don't be afraid, it's just me." He tells me in a soft voice, the voice I only recognize as Chrono Shindou. His hands then start feeling across my body causing me to yelp in pleasure.
"Chrono… I…" I say in between heavy breathes, but he holds me tighter and whispers in my ear,
"I know…" And I feel him give me a peck on the back of my neck, and his hands start going toward my lower area and I loudly moan in pleasure.
I fly up from my bed breathing heavily; it was all a dream… "Weird dream…" I think to myself. I put my hand to my cheek, and realize I'm hot and sweating, why did I dream about Chrono? I quickly shake off the weird feeling and regain my senses, but as I look at my clock by my bed, I start to panic. It read seven-forty-five, "I'm going to be late for my date with Chrono!" I scream and jump out of my bed.
I rush out of my room and across the house to get to the bathroom to shower, after that, I rush back to my room to get dressed. I put on my underwear, but when I open my closet to put some clothes on, I freeze in concern; I have so many outfits, I can't pick one to where! I end up getting my mom to help, which took forever because she kept going on and on about me finally getting a date and that she was happy for me. I finally decide on my normal summer clothes with a slightly shorter skirt, throw on my shoes at the front door, and rush out the door.
I run down the street hoping to get to the train station in time. I look up at the big clock by the park and I read eight-twenty-five, I'm gonna be late if I don't book it, so I pick up my pace.
I finally get to the station and I see the boy who asked me out and who I dreamt about, Chrono. "Hey Tokoha!" I calls out to me and I run over to meet him. I stop near him to catch my breath.
"Hey, sorry I'm late… I couldn't decide what to wear." I apologize and he puts a hand on my shoulder,
"Its fine," he reassures me, "I uh… would have happy with whatever you decided to wear." He rubs the back of his head like he's embarrassed and then gives me a kind grin and I smile back. "Come on, or we'll miss our train." He says and grabs my hand and starts pulling my along.
"Ah Chrono…" I get his attention, embarrassed about the fact he's hold my hand. He turns to face me and looks down at our hands. He blushes and quickly lets go.
"Heh, heh, sorry about that…" He apologizes, "I just thought since we're on a date, we could hold hands like a couple…" he explains. I ponder his words for a minute and the strange feeling in my chest.
"If you want to hold hands, I'm not against it…" I tell him with a smile making him smile back.
"Alright," I says and takes my hand once again, "let's go then." And the two of us board the train for United Sanctuary.
As we step onto the train, we realize it's filled from what looked like end-to-end with people, most of which looked like couples and families. "There are a lot of people here." Chrono remarks.
"Yeah…" I reply, but the two of us step in anyway hoping to find a place to sit. We wonder and weave between the crowd for a while, and after a long time we end up cornered.
"Tokoha," He tells me, "maybe today wasn't a good day to go to the United Sanctuary…"
"No, today's still a perfect day." I reassure him and he smiles back at me. Just then, he tries to come closer to me so he can conserve space, but he ends up tripping on the metal pad at the rim of the train. I brace for impact thinking he's going to fall on top of me, but it's actually much worse.
He puts his hands out to catch himself and ends up pinning me to the wall. "Ah! Chrono! You're too close" I panic.
"Sorry!" The two of us are so close. We normally get this close when we fight and argue, but this time it's different. Our faces are much closer than normal, almost in kissing distance. I could feel his breath on my face and my heart is pounding. I'm having that same feeling from this morning, a weird feeling in my chest. What is this, I thought to myself…
I could hear many people talking in the crowd. Saying things like, "Oh my God, look at them.", "He's on top of her!", "How lewd!" But I ignore them, as I'm focused on the boy in front of me.
"Chrono… I…" but before I could finish, the train comes to a stop and the doors open, to which we realize, we were pressed against a door and we fall backwards out of the train. As we fall, I feel his arms embrace me, a hand on my head and a hand on my back, as to cushion my blow and I brace for impact.
I open my eyes and notice him hugging me on the ground, "Are you alright?" He asks me.
"Yes, I'm fine…" My face is burning and he finally gets off me.
"That's good." He says and helps me up, and then we get off the train and make our way to the station plaza.
Once there, Chrono points to a big building off in the distance. "See that big building over there?" He questions and I nod, "That's Date Mania." Realizing that's where we're going, I'm awestruck.
"It's huge! It's as big as an anime and manga store."
"Yep, come on let's go." He says and grabs my hand once again, but this time it doesn't feel right given what had just happened. I let go and tell him,
"Chrono, I don't feel like holding hands right now."
"A-Alright. Well let's just go, our date's only just begun." He walks away and I follow shortly after him. He's right, our date's only just begun and we've already had an embarrassing and awkward moment. I'm kind of scared for what's going to happen next, but kind of excited at the same time.
Next Time:
Chrono and Tokoha arrive at Date Mania and begin to explore. Where will the activities in this massive building take them?
TURN 3: Game On!
