Mayu`s POV
"And after an hour or so I said 'I don't know what`s chocolate anymore and what isn't.'" said Seiko. We laughed. I wiped a tear away from my eye. Oh Seiko. You do make me laugh. After Yoshiki arrived everyone calmed down and instead of doing another one of Satoshi`s activities we`d voted to just relax for an hour or so whilst Shig got the cake ready. I was looking forward to trying his cooking. Seiko was clearly much calmer and had recovered from her ordeal earlier in the night. I missed Shig though. I thought I would`ve spent more time with him this weekend but we just never got the chance to speak to him or any longer then about 10 minutes. I decided to sneak away to see him in the kitchen. I slowly got up and crept out of the room but nobody noticed me because they were too busy crying with laughter. I walked down the corridor and opened the door to the kitchen. Shig was facing away from me out of the window. The light shining on his face told me he was looking at his phone. I silently crept up behind him. A floorboard creaked underneath me and I froze. He looked up from his phone but he didn't turn around. After a few seconds his head went down again. I crept up behind him and stopped. Looking round his shoulder I saw that on his phone was a picture of me. It was one that we took outside of the crepe place in September. That was such a lovely evening. But he didn't need a picture when the real thing was stood behind him. I flung my arms round his chest and hugged him from behind.
"Guess who?" I said laughing. He flinched and turned his head around. A smile broke onto his face.
"Oh hey Mayu." he said smiling. "What`s up?"
"Nothing much." I replied. "Seiko`s telling jokes to try and cheer us all up."
"Classic Seiko. She`s the one who suffered the most and she`s the one telling jokes to cheer us up." he said. He was right. That was just who she was.
"Now…" I said, putting my hand to his face. "I believe we have some unfinished business we started in the forest." He blushed.
"Oh right yes. The…"
"Kiss?" I finished. Now. It was now. My chance to kiss the boy I`d been in love with since middle school.
"Yeah, that…" he trailed off. I leant in to kiss him. He did the same. I closed my eyes. I could his arms wrap around me. Our lips met just for a split second. Someone coughed behind us. I jolted back, startled. I turned around to see who it was. Yoshiki stood in the doorway grinning. Ayumi`s head appeared over his shoulder. Goddamit! These two again! First it was the in the forest on the phone! Then it was when I was trying to flirt with Shig in the pool! Where these two ever going to give me a chance to spend some time with my Shig!
"Are we interrupting anything?" asked Yoshiki grinning. I took a side step away from Shig.
"No." I replied. I glanced at Shig. He looked as disappointed as I felt.
"Right. The cake`s nearly done." he said pointing to the oven. "Get out while I decorate it." There was a load of cake decorating things on the counter. Icing and sprinkles and things. He waved us out of the room.
"Did he have icing on his face or something?" asked Yoshiki. I ignored him. We sat back down in our seats.
"Is it nearly done yet?" asked Seiko excitedly.
"Soon Seiko." I replied. Soon.
Morishige`s POV
About 20 minutes after I was rudely interrupted from my kiss by the wonder couple, the cake had cooled and I had finished the decorations. I stood and admired my creation; chocolate cake, as per request, with chocolate icing and sprinkles. It would be a shame to eat it. I took a picture of it with my phone. I picked it up carefully and made my way into the other room.
"It`s ready." I said. I was greeted by a round of 'Ooooohs' and cheers as I placed the cake down on the table along with 7 plates and a knife.
"Wow Shig! That looks delicious!" said Seiko.
"Yeah bud. Who knew you could cook like that. You`re gonna make a great housewife." said Yoshiki. I gave him the finger but he just laughed. I was in the process of divvying up the cake into 7 equal(ish) pieces when Naomi gasped and pointed outside.
"Look guys. It`s sunrise." she said.
"It`s beautiful." said Ayumi. The sun was beginning to come up and it covered the room in it`s warm orange glow. She gently nudged Yoshiki. "Isn`t it pretty?"
"Hmmm." he replied. She rolled her eyes. Naomi turned to Satoshi. His eyes were beginning to close. I walked over to him and gently nudged him back to world of the awake.
"You alright sleeping beauty?" I asked. He nodded gently. He looked down at the plate of cake.
"That for me?" he asked. I handed him the plate.
"Enjoy your breakfast." I replied.
"Let`s eat outside." suggested Ayumi. Satoshi groaned. I handed Naomi her plate of cake.
"Thanks." she said smiling warmly. Ah. No sunset could beat the warmth of Mayu`s smile.
"Do we have too?" he whined.
"Yes." said Yoshiki sternly.
"Alright fine." said Satoshi. It just dawned on me how much of a push over Satoshi is. He led us all outside into the garden, through the gate and over to the now empty table. Ayumi and Yoshiki stood together. I was next to Mayu and Naomi and Seiko were both sat on the top of the table leaving Satoshi by himself leaning against a tree.
"Mary me Morishige." said Seiko. Me and Mayu coughed on our cake.
"W-what?" I spluttered.
"Marry me so you can cook for me all the time." she said. Oh right.
"Well thanks for the offer Seiko but I`m gonna have to you down." I said.
"Ahh no worries." she said. She bumped her shoulders against Naomi. "Besides I`ve got the only girl for me right here." Naomi blushed.
"I`d never marry you." said Naomi laughing. "You drive me mad as it is." After this we all went quiet for a bit and enjoyed the view. Mayu rested her head on my shoulder. I`d never seen a sunset in person before. Well I had; out the window. You know what I mean.
"Sometimes I wish I could stay young forever." said Seiko. "You know. Not having to worry about adult life and just chill like this with you lot forever." We all nodded in agreement. No one said anything but I think we all agreed with her. It wasn't something I thought about often but I had considered it once or twice. It would be nice to just stay the same age forever. Stay in a high school for ever. Satoshi put his plate down on the floor and clapped his hands together.
"Well. I declare this Halloween party a success." he said proudly.
"Aside from the horrors of the forest, the wild goose chase for Seiko, the monster hunt and that creepy ass cabin." Yoshiki corrected. Satoshi waved his hand away dismissively.
"Apart from that." he said. Seiko gave a small whoop.
"Yeah guys. This weekend has been awesome." she said, beaming with joy. "I`ll never ever forget this as long as I live." I`m not surprised. Whatever she saw in the forest must`ve left her scarred. Afterwards we all went back inside and one by one, couple by couple, we made our way home. After picking up our bags, Mayu hugged the girls goodbye and I said bye to the Satoshi and Yoshiki we made our way back home.
A/N: One more chapter! I know it`s not very long but hey, enjoy the ending. Thank you very much for reading, goodnight.