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Rui stayed to watch my ballet lesson. Before this morning, my feet would have been clumsy under his gaze. But I felt secure, reassured, as I glanced into the mirrors and met the soft gaze of his dark brown eyes.
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The car ride over to the Ballet Conservatory was, at first, awkwardly silent. Makino's gaze was that of concern, and at first she tried to prod answers out of me.
"Who was that boy?"
"A family friend"
'What does he do? I could have sworn I have seen his face before."
"He models…here and there."
"Why is he here?"
"I'm really not sure, he came last night."
"He said he had nowhere else to go, was it alright to let him go like that? Will he be ok?"
"He will figure something out" I squeezed Rui's hand, wanting to do nothing more than assure him I didn't have those types of feeling for Teddy.
Makino gave an understanding nod. Domyoji, on the other hand, seemed to be thoroughly amused. A sly smile was plastered to his face as he leaned his head on Makino's shoulder.
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Rui wrapped his hand around mine as I stepped out of the Ballet room and kissed me on the forehead. The blood rushed to my cheeks, and my body went limp. I hardly knew him, yet I wished he would drag me off to some private place and let him have his way with me. My sanguine complexion probably became more apparent at the shame I felt for my minds wanderings. I never thought Rui would be the type of person to display public affection, and I never thought I would feel such a swell of emotion threaten to fight its way out of my chest.
I guess we learn something new everyday.
Goose pimples prickled my skin as he leaned closer to me, his lips brushing near my ear.
"You have quite the fan club here." He chuckled softly, and I almost whimpered as I felt his breath on my neck.
Suddenly the realization of his words cut through my muddled thoughts and I pulled myself away from him.
"What?" I searched his face in disbelief. His salacious gaze softened and he bowed his head, the tips of his ears turning red.
"Gomen nasai. I should not have done that." His voice was full of genuine surprise, like he caught himself off guard. I didn't know what I should do. Did he find out I was famous? Why did he say that?
"It's-It's just other men out here were very fond of you, and didn't suppress their thoughts and…" He trailed off, looking more and more adorable as he tried to make the right words come out. I couldn't help but laugh and began to feel a warmth that seemed to intensify whenever I was in the presence of Rui. Caught in the moment, I lifted myself onto the tips of my point shoes, wrapped my arms around his neck, and softly pressed my lips against his. His lips were non responsive at first, like he was in shock, but I slowly felt his lean, but strong arms conform to my body and his lips tenderly move in sync with mine.
I slowly pulled away from the kiss and rested my forehead against his.
"Hey," he said, his voice was deep and laced with desire I could almost feel, "Come back here."
My heart seemed to double in size as his lips eagerly reached out to kiss me again.
"My feet hurt" You make my body feel like Jell-O as it is.
He lifted me off my feet and I laughed as he said with mock concern,
"Well we wouldn't want the dancer to hurt her feet now would we?"
We decided to walk to brunch. Rui's driver was out sick and we both decided not to bother Makino and Domyoji asking them for a ride. The weather was pleasant and walking hand in hand with him was serene.
"I'm sorry for what I did." He suddenly said, breaking the peaceful silence.
"You don't have to be sorry; you were trying to protect me. And Teddy is an idiot." I shrugged off the thought of Teddy and leaned onto his shoulder reassuringly.
He looked over at me in confusion. "Ted…" he looked down at the side walk in thought. His head shot up and said callously, "Oh, him."
His tone softened and he shook his head, "I wasn't talking about that. Although I-"
He stopped walking. "Actually, I am not sorry for that. He was being really immature and could have hurt you playing around like that."
I felt torn between agreeing with him, and defending the stupid fool when he continued his thought,
"I was talking about earlier at the dance studio," He stopped and looked at me straight on, "I acted brashly, and I didn't mean to come onto you like that. It's just…" He looked up at the Sakura blooms of the trees we were standing under, and then looked at me.
"I have always fallen in love and never received a happy ending. In my first love I expected too much of a woman who longed for independence. My second love blossomed too late. But with you-" he paused and tucked a stand of hair that had escaped my bun behind my ear, "with you Aiko, I feel a sensation I have never felt before. I know I haven't known you for a long, but I feel positive this will have a different ending."
"I mean… what am I even saying?" He shook his head and laughed, glancing up at the flowers again.
I hugged him, pulling him close to me.
"You're saying something that makes me incredibly happy. That is what you are saying."
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