~Chapter 7~
Dry snow spiraled across the road as each car passed. The frigid cold around my house had me pulling at the cloth of my Hitachiin coat trying to keep the heat even closer to my body. I had insisted that Kaoru and I walk back to my house since I hadn't been outside recently. I felt kind of bad; he probably isn't used to walking in weather as cold as this.
I looked up at Kaoru, as I expected he was wrapping his coat around himself and pulling his scarf to cover his nose. I laughed at his ears that were sticking out of his beanie hat.
"Hm?" He turned to me and gave me a questioning eye brow raise.
"Oh nothing," I laughed and reached out, pulling down hit hat a little.
He looked shocked for a minute but soon went back to walking. We were still a few blocks from my house when I felt something warm around my shoulders. Kaoru pulled me closer and mumbled something about being warmer this way. I couldn't help myself but smile for the rest of our walk.
When we reached my house I pulled the key out of my pocket and unlocked the door. We both gratefully took in the warmth the house offered. I set off to take care of the few plants we had around the house and checking all the basics of the house.
A few minutes later I came back to the living room and found Kaoru on the couch. "Ready to go?"
He hopped up gladly and followed me over to the door. It was snowing lightly outside, adding to the snow that already covered the ground. "So what kind of festival is this?"
"I don't really know," I answered honestly. "I read about it in the paper before I went to you guys' house. It should be right up here."
Kaoru nodded his head and we both continued up the path. I a minute we came to a field covered with all sorts of snow activities. In one corner there were several large sculptures of local attractions and lopsided snowmen, in another there was a large stand selling hot chocolate. The main thing there was a large hill that had kids and adults alike sliding down it. It went for a long ways and only had a few trees on the course.
"Do you want to go commoners sledding?" Kaoru asked, jumping with excitement.
"Sure." I smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him over to the stack of lids and random things people in the neighborhood had brought to sled on. I picked out one of the larger, round plastic sleds. "We should just go down together."
Kaoru's face got slightly redder but he went along with it and we started walking up the hill.
At the top I sat in the front of the lid (I'll just call it that, okay?). He looked down at me as if to say what now? I tugged on his coat until he came and kneeled down next to me.
"Are you sure this is safe?" He asked warily while he sat down behind me.
I rolled my eyes "Have you never gone sledding or something?" I pushed on a few times until we began to roll down the hill.
"No!" He screamed as we started down the hill. We passed a few kids going slower than us and I was laughing the whole time. Kaoru was freaking out in the beginning but soon calmed down and started laughing. Half way down when we hit a small bump he practically had a panic attack and grabbed on to my waist.
We finally got to the bottom of the hill and Kaoru still had his arms around me. "Oh, sorry." He said as he stood up.
"I don't mind," I grabbed the tube and turned to go up the hill again. "Come on, let's go again!"
"Oh. Okay," Kaoru smiled and we both headed up the hill hand in hand. (A/N ;) teehee)
Kaoru and I spent the next few hours going up and down the hill, trying different routes and speeds. We were both giddy the whole time and neither of us could stop giggling as we walked over to the hot chocolate stand.
"Two hot chocolates please." I said while I fished into my pockets for some money.
Kaoru stopped my hand and gave me a few dollar bills from his wallet. "The cocoas on me." He winked and I felt butterflies in my stomach. No, not butterflies, they're far too normal. These were more like gut birds, or something like that. I don't know I was never good with poetry.
"T-t-thanks." I stuttered while handing the money to the stand vendor. He gave us two cups of rich warm liquid.
Kaoru and I took our cups and went to look at the snow sculptures, smiling at the falling snowmen from kids and staring in awe at the large buildings being built by small teams. In the end we both had a fantastic time.
"Do you want me to call a driver to take us home?" Kaoru asked when it was starting to get darker out.
"Uh," I thought for a moment, do I really want to go home yet? I guess I shouldn't keep Kaoru for so long. He probably is cold. But it would be nice to stay out longer. No, no I should-
Kaoru gave me a large smile and gave my hand a nice squeeze. I had forgotten he was even holding my hand still. My stomach did another flip. "We don't have to go home if you don't want to." He bent down and gave me a light peck on the cheek. The warmth from his lips lingered on my cheek. I looked up at him in awe and touched where he had kissed me. "Oh, oh uh. I'm sorry Haruhi, listen-"
"It's fine," I nodded my head and eventually was smiling slightly more than I was before. "Do you want to have your driver meet us in an hour at the park around the corner? I think it's an Ootori Park actually, made so kids with disabilities can play on it or something, but it's, it's nice."
Kaoru's face brightened. "Alright." He hit a few buttons on his phone and we walked to the park.
Neither of us talked on the way over to the park but the silence wasn't very bad, more like we were both thinking.
I wonder what he was thinking about. I wonder if it's me. Or maybe he's thinking about school. That would make sense; we do have that big test coming up. I need to study for that. Well if force equals mass times acceleration then acceleration is equal to force over mass. I need to finish reading that book for lit too. What did I do with that book? I think I gave it to Kaoru so he could read it last night. Oh yeah Kaoru, gotta keep my head here.
"Were here." Kaoru said when we arrived at the park.
"Oh," I smiled at tried to come back to where I was. "Let's go over to the swings."
"Alright."
We both took a swing and began slowly swaying back and forth. Eventually we got tired and went to sit on one of the bridges between the slides. "Did you have fun today?" I asked.
"So much fun." He laughed and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I leaned into him and closed my eyes. I just sat enjoying his warmth and the fact that he was there until he nudged me awake. "Hey, the driver's here, ready?"
"Oh," I nodded sleepily and pushed up off the ground, just to feel myself sitting again moments later. This time though, I wasn't on the ground. I was in Kaoru's arms. "I'll carry you." He whispered to me and carried me off to the car. On the way back I felt my eyes getting heavier and heavier until I could take it no longer. My eyes closed and I slipped off into unconsciousness.
Yay! Go writing things over the four day weekend! Finally feeling like I can do a bit more writing. Close to finishing the story though, yahoo! Okay, I'll leave you guys alone for now then, adios!
~Micadee123
