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Introduction: Sakura and Shizuna's date.
(The evening of Sakura and Shizuna)
For their date, Sakura and Shizuna did not take the time to dress up and instead, wore their school uniforms. Sakura wore her pearly white Spica uniform, with her baby-blue sweat band on her wrist, and Shizuna wore her red-checkered Lulim uniform. The two decided to just spend simple time together. Sakura had planned out the evening and found that there was a tiny carnival that had come into town. At 3:30 in the afternoon, Sakura took Shizuna by the hand and the two took a bus to the carnival.
When they arrived, Shizuna's senses were over-whelmed by the joyous noise and the smells of sweets and food. Sakura took out a small piece of paper and looked through what she had written down.
"What are you looking at?" Shizuna asked softly as she tried her best to take a peek.
"Well, I wrote some things down of what we can do before the gates close to our dorms." Sakura bit her lip and shook her head as her eyes scanned down the list and then her eyes widened and she looked up at Shizuna and smiled. "Want to go and try out the games or the roller coasters?"
Shizuna thought to herself for a second.
"Well, I am not a huge fan for roller coasters."
"Then we go to the games!" Sakura grabbed Shizuna's hand and led her to the area where the games were.
Sakura's dark, brown eyes scanned the rows of game stands. She was looking for a game that had the biggest stuffed animal as a reward. Finally, she led Shizuna up to a stand where a large white puppy doll was sitting at the edge of the stand. She walked up to the stand and was greeted by a cheery young man.
"Hello, welcome to Dart Me Here; would you like to play, ladies?" The man asked with a kind smile.
"Yes, sir; could you tell me the objective of the game?" Sakura asked politely.
"Yes, ma'am; you see the rows and rows of dots behind me on the board?" He asked and Sakura nodded her head, "Well, what you have to do is hit the tiny red dot here." He went over to the board and pointed at a miniscule red dot right in the center of the board. The red dot was about three times smaller than the numerous black dots surrounding it. "It is $2 per dart."
Sakura nodded her head and fished out her wallet but then a warm hand held her arm.
"Are you sure you wish to play this; the odds are truly against you and you will be wasting a lot of money." Shizuna said quietly.
Sakura smiled lovingly.
"Anything for you, dearest; I want you to have that doll. Wish me luck." She gently pecked Shizuna on the cheek and handed the guy the money.
The man handed her a dart and she took a deep breath as she focused her eyes on the red dot. Doing her best not to squint so that her vision would not blur, she held her breath and threw the dart at the red dot. She narrowly missed and hit a black dot that was 4 inches away from her target. Growling, she handed the guy four more dollars and she took a dart in each hand and readied herself again.
In total, Sakura spent almost $20 and her darts kept missing. Shizuna, who was growing annoyed, handed the man $2 of her own and she gently pushed Sakura aside. Holding her breath, Shizuna took aim and it hit the red dot right in the center. Sakura felt her jaw drop and the man behind the stand clapped his hands wildly as he handed Shizuna the gargantuan white puppy doll. Shizuna turned to Sakura and smiled at her and gave her a sweet kiss.
What the hell was that?! Sakura thought to herself. I am the one who is supposed to impress her and she pulls that? I need to show her that I am better at something than losing money. Roughly, Sakura took Shizuna's hand and she scanned the stands of games for something that she thought she could be good at.
As they were walking, Sakura spotted a bunch of people crowded around a rickety ping-pong table. She walked up to the crowd and saw that two people were playing a small game of ping-pong. The announcer of the game held a red jewelry box in his hand.
One of the guys served the ping-pong ball and the receiver tried to hit it too hard and missed it. The crowd clapped as the server rose up his hands in triumph.
"And it seems Mr. Too-Good has won again; if he wins the next round, this beautiful jewelry box, which also plays the tune Be My Last by Utada Hikaru, will be his for the taking. Any fresh challengers?" The announcer asked in a bass voice.
Sakura let go of Shizuna's hand and walked up to the table.
"I would like to challenge." Sakura said confidently.
The announcer smiled and the challenger gave her a disgusted look.
"Alrighty little miss; what would you like to be called?" The announcer asked.
Sakura bit her lip but then Shizuna cut in.
"Her name is My Love." Shizuna squealed in the background and Sakura felt her face grow hot with embarrassment.
The announcer cocked his eyebrow and Sakura nodded her head slowly.
"Alrighty then, so My Love will be challenging Mr. Too-Good." He handed Sakura a paddle and nodded his head at her for good-luck.
Sakura stood in front of the ping-pong table and readied herself for the serve. Mr. Too-Good laughed as he bounced the tiny ball in front of him and then served softly to her. Sakura hit the ball back at him with enough velocity so that it was still in bound but too fast for him to counter and hit it back. The ball bounced away from Mr. Too-Good and he growled at her. Sakura gave him an innocent smile and he gave her a snarl. It was her turn to serve so she threw the ball up in the air and slammed it down on his side like she would a tennis ball.
The ball cracked as it hit his side of the table and his paddle missed the ball by mere inches. The crowd began to roar at Sakura's obvious talent and the two played game after game until the announcer stopped.
"Well, it seems we have an obvious winner; My Love!" The announcer screamed through the microphone.
The announcer handed Sakura the jewelry box and she and Shizuna walked away from the table. She handed Shizuna the jewelry box and gave her date a kiss on the cheek.
"You did very well, dear; are you hungry?" Shizuna asked Sakura as she glanced at her wrist-watch.
"Yes; I am so famished; what would you like to eat?" Sakura asked.
They spotted a tiny restaurant across the street from the carnival and decided upon eating there. The two carefully crossed the street and entered the restaurant. They were seated without much waiting, and looked at the menu. Sakura ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke while Shizuna had ordered buffalo chicken wings and a coke as well. The two ate ravenously and Shizuna decided to be a bit bold and held Sakura's hand from across the table. Sakura could not help blushing as the two ate their food.
After eating, the two quickly caught a bus back to their dorms. When they reached the dorms, Sakura walked Shizuna to her dorm. At the door, Shizuna handed the white, puppy doll to Sakura.
"This is yours, Shizuna." Sakura said as she tried to hand the doll back.
Shizuna shook her head.
"We both got something for each other." Shizuna smiled warmly as she held up the red jewelry box.
Sakura smiled and she giggled to herself. Before she left, Sakura cupped Shizuna's face and kissed her as sweetly as she could. She wanted Shizuna to feel the euphoria she always felt when she was with her. After a while, the two pulled away to catch a quick breath.
"You should get to your dorm; I will see you in the morning, right?" Shizuna asked as she nuzzled her face into the hollow of Sakura's neck.
"Oh, why are you seeing me in the morning?" Sakura asked as she rubbed Shizuna's back with one hand since the other hand held the big puppy doll.
Shizuna giggled.
"Tomorrow is the start of winter vacation; your mom is going to come and pick us up, remember?"
"Oh, okay I remember now; are we going to tell our parents about us?"
Shizuna giggled and kissed Sakura one last time.
"Yes, tomorrow when we are at our house for the barbeque."
Sakura nodded her head and watched Shizuna open the door to her room, blow a gentle kiss to Sakura, and closed the door behind her. Taking a deep breath, Sakura clutched the doll close to her body and made her trek back to her dorm.
I wonder how our parents will take it knowing about the twins being with the twins. Shaking any nervousness from her, she walked back to her dorm and looked forward to a nice, long rest after a blissfully eventful day.
So, was that cute or not cute enough? Yes, I know it was a bit short but excuse me for that. I hope you shall all indulge to your heart's content for the next chapter. It is a bit hard juggling two stories but I am doing my best. Until next time, dear. And thank you for reading.