"I hope your happy with your "five more minutes of sleep" Yukiko. Missed the dang morning bus because of it. Now we have to walk to the day care."
"Hey, five minutes can make a huge difference you know, and look on the bright side, it's a beautiful day today. Perfect day for a walk."
"Yeah, you need the walk anyway." Yukiko glared at Souji.
"Hey, what does that supp-" Souji quickly interrupted.
"Aww, look! A cat!" Souji took off running to pet the newly emerged cat. Yukiko chuckled and ran to catch up. Souji squatted to pet the white cat. Yukiko squatted next to him, and giggled at how ecstatic Souji was at this encounter.
"You know, your not suppose to touch stray animals."
"Well, I bet we weren't suppose to enter a murderous television, but we still did that." Yukiko chucked.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right."
Souji continued to pet the kitty. She watched Souji's happy face and giggled. She then looked at the cat, who also seemed to be enjoying itself. Yukiko wasn't the biggest cat person in the world, but it was fun watching her loved one act like a five year old as soon as a furry feline emerges. After a little while, she stood up and tugged at Souji's arm, signaling it was time to go.
"Come on love. It's time to leave."
"No. We are staying here for the rest of the day." Yukiko laughed.
"You would pick a cat over kids, money, and me? Because I'm about to leave." Souji sighed and complied. He waved goodbye to the kitty as he walked away. Yukiko grabbed his hand and smiled at him.
"You're so cute, you know that?"
"Well, I think we both know I have a soft spot for cute things." He gave her his own smile and they both laughed.
"But speaking of cute things, I hope you know we when get our own place, the first thing we are doing is getting a cat." Yukiko scoffed in response.
"Uh, no. We are getting a dog. You know, an actual cute animal and fun animal. " Souji glared at her.
"I will destroy you if you ever say such things again." Yukiko laughed, but Souji kept his straight face.
Yukiko loved poking fun at Souji and his love for cats. While she was more of a dog person, she couldn't care less what animal they would get in the future. She was just happy that Souji thinks they would be living together in the future. Yukiko smiled at Souji's serious face.
"Aww, come on now, don't give me that mean look. Didn't know this was such a serious matter to you. Don't worry, we'll get a cat."
"Yeah, we better." And his serious face turned into a smile.
After a short while longer they finally reach the day care center. There were already more then a dozen kids running about. Souji spotted a three young ladies that he recognized. One of them turned and spotted him.
"Oh my god! Souji is that you!" She said. Her and her two other companions ran up to him. Each took their turn hugging and exclaiming how they couldn't believe that he was back. Yukiko crossed her arms and gave Souji an accusing glare. Souji continued to hug and make small talk with the young ladies. The girls would laugh in synchronous whenever Souji would make a joke, and Souji looked like he was having a great time. Even though he knew she was there, and that she was probably not okay with this.
Yukiko debated on whether slapping the three whores for swooning over her boyfriend, or slapping Souji for enjoying himself as much as he did.
But even though Yukiko had changed quiet a bit since she first met Souji, needless violence wasn't the Yukiko way.
Yukiko stormed off and approached the large section of kids. She knew that trying to play with kids in the mood she was in was probably not the best idea, but she would rather here then watching a couple of whores throw themselves at her boyfriend.
She noticed that the day care have expanded quiet a bit since she was last here. They had swings, sandboxes, jungle jims, and slides instead of just the flat land where the kids could run around in before. This place was like a playground.
Yukiko watched as the kids jumped and played on the equipment.
"I should have remembered you were the jealous type." Yukiko look behind her to see Souji walking toward her. Yukiko sighed and closed her eyes, hoping he would just go away.
"Shut up and just leave me alone." She replied. She started walking toward the swings. Swings were always her favorite thing to do during recess back in elementary school. And while swinging with a skirt on like she was today may not be one of her greatest ideas, she didn't really care. Souji followed.
Yukiko took a seat on one of the swings. While she was clearly much bigger then these swings were intended for, she could still fit. Souji didn't have as much success as she did. Yukiko couldn't help but crack a tiny smile as Souji kept trying to sit on the swing. He just kept falling off trying to establish a stable position on the swing, but quickly went back to her sad face when Souji looked her way.
But to her demise, Souji saw it. Souji then knew that he could easily fix the damage he had caused. Souji then just resorted to standing in front of her, instead of dealing with that swing that Souji surly knew was a spawn of Satan.
"Okay, look... I'm sorry... I didn't know those girls would still be working here. I was sure they would be into full on prostitution by the time I came back." Yukiko cracked a small smile, even though she was trying her best to continue being mad.
"And I know, I looked like I was having a great time back there. But I wasn't going to tell the girls "Hey, leave me the hell alone, you're presence is making my girlfriend angry.". You know I'm not I'm not that type of guy." Souji rested his palms on her legs as he leaned forward to be face to face with Yukiko.
Yukiko knew that he was right. While he had changed Yukiko so much since they've met, going from a shy reserved introvert, to a more outgoing and open person. She could even up with Souji's witty fast talk and comebacks.
But Souji hadn't changed one bit since they met. He was still... whatever Souji was. Yukiko chuckled to herself that she couldn't even find the correct words to describe the enigma that was her boyfriend. He would go from being hell bent to catch a fish, to being ecstatic about being able to take part in the "Miss" Yasogami pagent, to seducing her on the school's rooftop, to being thrown into a murderous rage if a shadow even touched her inside the TV world, then would just so seamlessly fall right back into the witty fast talk.
Even though it has been two years since she has last seen him, Souji was still Souji.
"Yeah... you're right. I'm sorry for getting so upset, but you should've remembered that I'm the jealous type."
"Geez, after some of the fights you got into with Rise, hell yeah I should remember." Yukiko and Souji shared laugh.
"Oh god, I can't wait till she finds out you're back in Inaba. You are going to remember all over again." Yukiko gave a dry laugh. Even though she said it as a joke, she dreaded when she was finally going to find out.
"You mean she dosen't know yet? No wonder she hasn't been tailing me 24/7."
"Nope, actually I haven't told anyone yet. Only me, Dojima, and Nanako know. I want you all to myself." Yukiko smiled and rested one of her hands on his shoulder and went nose to nose with Souji. Starring deeply into his eyes.
"So selfish." Souji said. Yukiko chucked.
"Yeah, I know. I want to surprise them soon with a huge group gathering."
"Sounds great." Souji looked back and saw some of the kids looking at them. Souji realized this rather intimate position was a little much for the public. Yukiko caught his drift and stood up, establishing some space in between them .
"Shall we resume this later?" Yukiko asked.
"Yeah, that sounds good. Now, ready to okay endless games of tag where you're always it with the kids?"
"Sounds like a dream come true."
AN: What a weird chapter, am I right? There were like, actual paragraphs instead of just line after line of dialog! I am so proud of myself. Wonder how easy it was to tell that I wrote the beginning on Wednesday, and didn't touch it until Sunday afternoon. Wanted to go back and add more to the walking part, but hey, it's late and I have a deadline that I want to follow.
Thanks for the scenario suggestions everyone! And don't worry, I will starting adding interaction with other characters soon enough. As always, feedback on how to improve my writing is always welcomed! And also feel free to tell me what you are liking and disliking about the fic. Want more romance? Want more stupid banter? Or better yet, want less stupid banter? Please tell me!
