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Sweet Candy Promise
Chapter 7: Our first date?
Taruto could hear Purin breathing soft and deeply while sleeping in her bed. After they had set a long time next to each other, her head on his shoulder, after making Taruto part of Purin's family, she fall asleep there. He realized because her head suddenly got heavier. She was sure cute while sleeping, but he didn't want to sit like that all night and softly woke her again. She just smiled, yawned and jumped on her bed, falling asleep again right away.
Already about 30 minutes had passed again, but Taruto couldn't find sleep yet. In his head he went through the day again. At first, how they arrived at earth, him teleporting down right away, looking for Purin and deciding to watch her first for a little time to find more about how her live was right now.
Then the great shock when she threw away the candy. Back then he'd yelled without thinking "Don't!" Luckily a strong wind came up in that moment so she didn't realize really something was said.
But the worst thing was then still lying in front of him. His heart hurt when he thought about how she screamed and ran away when he showed herself to her, somehow waiting that she'd be happy to see him. And then when she said to him that he should just vanish, he really felt like dying. For a moment he really thought he would, but when he saw Minto slapping Purin everything else went out of his hat and he had just yelled at the bird mew: "What do you think you're doing, you…!" He just stopped because he couldn't think of a word bad enough in that moment. When he thought about it now, 'bitch' might have worked.
When she stood there, looking at her hand, not knowing what to do he just couldn't stop his hand from reaching for her. She might hate him, she might have forgotten him, and everything wouldn't matter. Because no matter how she felt or thought about him or acted towards him, it wouldn't change his feelings. He loved her.
Then yes, he was now pretty sure this feeling that leaded him in all his situations was love.
Besides, he felt so endlessly relieved when she then turned around, already before he could touch her, and hugged him, yelling his name, crying. He never felt anything similar to this before. Another prove that this feeling just had to be love.
But – how did she fell about him? Was it the same – or did she just see a good friend in him? He didn't know. But somehow it didn't really matter now.
He felt how his heart filled with happiness even more when he thought about the last things she said: It was the first time he had a home, a family… His family and his home… that sounded good in his hat.
'I'm home…' was the last thing he thought before falling asleep.
„Taru-Taru!" Nothing. He didn't recognize her. So she said his name again, louder. Again, no reaction. She sighed and yelled then with everything her lungs could give: "TARU-TARU, WAKE UP ALREADY, NA NO DA!!"
"Uwaaaaaah!!" Taruto literally stood in his bed, shocked. Okay, well, at his futon.
"Purin, you baka, what do you think you're doing here?" he asked, still not able to really calm down from the shock.
"I'm waking you, na no da."
"There was no need to yell like that!"
"There was, na no da! You just didn't want to wake up."
He sighed. It was true, he had a deep sleep. But there was definitely no need to yell like that.
Purin's morning yell had yet another effect: she didn't need to wake her younger siblings. When the two came down the stairs the five midgets had already prepared the table for breakfast.
"Good morning! Did you sleep well, na no da?" asked Heicha. Neither she nor her brothers were surprised from Purin yelling like that. She did this frequently when one of them didn't want to wake up.
"Yay, Purin slept great and peacefully, na no da!"
"Hm" Taruto didn't say anything else. He just wasn't that type of a morning person.
But even the last rest of him still sleeping woke up when he heard what one of the little boys asked: "So Taru-nii-chan didn't do anything to you while you slept?"
"Heh?" Purin didn't say anything else but that, but her cheeks turned slightly red, while Taruto's only thought were 'Who the hell taught them things like that?'
But fast he came back to himself and yelled at the small boy: "Who do you think I am, you midget?"
The answer came right away, shocking Taruto even more: "Onee-chans boyfriend of course."
"I AM NOT…"
Purin's hand on his shoulder stopped him. "It's okay, Taru-Taru, na no da. Besides, it makes Purin happy that her siblings are worried about her, na no da. But it's true, Lucha. Taru-Taru isn't Purin's boyfriend. They're just good friends, na no da!"
Taruto didn't know why, but even though it was exactly what he wanted to say, it hurt him to hear it out of her mouth. Then it was true…
"Taru-Taru, what are you standing there? Let's have breakfast, na no da!"
"Okay."
They sat down around the table again. Surprisingly Taruto knew all the foods placed on it.
"Itadakimasu!" (6x) "na no da" (2x)
After the meal the midget started to run around in the house like crazy.
"Where did I put it?"
"Onee-chan, do you know where my shoes are, na no da?"
"Time's running out!"
"Hurry!"
"Woah, I forgot my package!"
About ten minutes later they stood all five at the door, every one with a package in his/her hand. They made a last check if they really had everything, then they left the house.
"Be careful while crossing the street and don't talk to strangers, na no da!" Purin yelled after them. But she knew that there was no need to worry. They'd be careful.
"What's going on here?" Taruto didn't understand anything.
"They were invited to a friend's birthday-party, na no da!"
"Birthday – party?"
"Don't you have something like that on your planet? Your celebrate your birthday together with you family and friends and get presents from them, na no da!"
"Something like – ehm how-is-it-called-again – Christmas?"
"Well, na no da… hm… Well, I suppose it's similar, na no da!"
"I see. And no, that day isn't celebrated like that on our planet."
"Well, because that's your home now, we'll also celebrate your birthday, na no da! So when is it?"
"I don't know when it's on earth calendar. Our calendar is different from yours."
"So… hmm… I've got it, na no da! Then we'll take the day when you came to us as your birthday in the future, na no da! Are you okay with that?"
Taruto didn't know how to react for a moment. Normally she never asked what he thought about her ideas.
"Sounds good. Let's do it like that."
"Okay, then it's settled, na no da. Taruto's birthday party will be from now on every year on the 12th July, na no da!"
"By the way, I don't know anything about earth's calendar system. Can you teach me something about it?"
"Of course, na no da!"
And so the two spent the next hour discussing about months, days, weeks and hours. Purin told Taruto the earth's system and he told her some things about how they handled it at their planet.
"So, I think I got it now."
"That's great, na no da! And your system's also really interesting, na no da!"
"Really? I did never think about it. I mean, it was there, but more?"
"I did also never mind to much about it, till now of course, na no da!"
"Well, and what now?"
"Hmmm… my siblings won't come back until evening and I have to start working at 3 pm, so we have still about 3 hours, na no da… So what do you wanna do?"
"Eh? I don't know…"
"So what about going to the park? Together?"
He felt how he blushed. Why did she add 'together'? Wasn't that oblivious?
"Are you alright, Taru-Taru? You're face's all red, na no da!"
"Ye-yeah, I'm okay."
"So then, let's go, na no da!"
"Wait a second, there are gonna be lots of people, and I don't wanna put on that stupid hat again. It's freakin hot!"
"Don't worry about that, na no da! At that place are never many people, na no da! It's a very calm place, na no da, not as crowded as the huge parks in the city center!"
"You sure?"
"Of course, na no da! There's no need to worry so much, na no da! Let's just spend that time together and have fun, na no da!"
"Eh… okay, then, if you're sure that it's gonna work out…"
"Well then let's go, na no da! Departure, na no da!"
And with that she slammed open the door, took Taruto's hand and together they left the house.
After a few minutes of walking (and thinking nothing, at least at Taruto's site) suddenly something popped up in his hat like something threw a bomb inside there.
'Wait… Isn't that… Moment – Should that mean we're going on a DATE?'
