"So... Kissing!"
"What about it, Harada-san?"
"Oh, don't be silly, Hiwatari. You know it's for our assignment! We have to learn to talk about these things openly and honestly with adults, however awkward they seem. We're just lucky we didn't get homework on something worse in the same sort of area. So what are we going to write?" Satoshi just shrugged at Risa as if the whole thing was ridiculous. Risa got very annoyed by this and raised her voice slightly. "Can't you at least think of something?! We came all the way up to the library to work on this together! And you are my assigned partner afterall!!"
"I shouldn't think that this is a topic I will need for the future, Harada-san," Satoshi mumbled, leaning back in his chair.
"Well, we need this assignment done by tomorow because you've chosen to leave it so late! Please help me!" Risa begged. "I'm no good with descriptive stuffies!"
"Pfft. Look, I'm sure you know plenty about kissing already - just write down whatever comes into your head..." He replied with a flick of his hair. He didn't really catch what Risa was getting at. Her point was that however hard she tried, she just didn't know how to put things to make them sound realistic. Describing a kiss... was like trying to describe love itself. All Risa could think of was the word... well, 'lovely'.
"Hiwatari-kun... please..."
"Come on, use you brain. You're not always going to be paired up with someone intelligent - you need to think for yourse-"
"Hiwatari-kun!! Don't try to get out of this! You are DEFINATLY helping, whether you like it or NOT!"
"..." Satoshi just let out a long sigh and looked down at his notebook as he spoke. "The truth is, I wouldn't know anything about kissing. I've never kissed a girl in my life..." Just then, their eyes somehow met. It was silent while the two stared into eachother's eyes... but for once, not an awkward one. It was a silence full of thought and meaning... Satoshi was beginning to wonder why Risa's eyes looked so confused, like she desperatly wanted to have the answer to something.
"What... is it... Harada-san?" Satoshi dared to ask.
"So you've never kissed... a girl then, huh?" She sighed. Her gaze... it was almost painful now, and the space between them was starting to get less. But she broke the short silence by continuing her question. "So does that mean that you've kissed boys before, Hiwatari-kun?"
(Anime fall)
"NO!! No I have not, I've never kissed anybody, okay? So get on with your f---ing assignment alone!" He swore. Angered and slightly embarrassed inside, he stood up quickly. "I'm going--"
"No you're not. You're going to help me!" Risa said, gripping onto his shirt to prevent him from leaving.
"I already told you! I can't!" He snapped in reply whist trying to struggle free.
"You don't get out of it that eas-- ah!"
Suddenly Risa felt herself slip because of all the pulling and tugging. She fell on top of Satoshi, her hands on his shoulders. It was a good thing that this was happening after school hours otherwise there would have been other people around... A blush mark quickly spread like a forest fire across Risa's face but she managed to try to look confident.
"Satoshi... I understand that it may be hard for someone who's never kissed anyone to explain how it feels..." Risa sighed, her long hair brushing his face. "But I... how about I help you out with your homework for once, rather than the other way round..."
"What are you saying...?" Satoshi asked.
"I'm saying just because I'm s-such a nice person, w-why don't I help you by -- j-just for the sake of our work -- giving you a kiss so that you can put into words what it f-feels like..." Risa answered, tripping over her words. When she saw Satoshi's nervous expression, she looked away, blushing. "Besides, what are you going to tell the teachers when you get asked about the work tomorow...?"
"Harada-san, we shouldn't. It's--"
"-It's very important for our schoolwork," Risa continued for him. He just turned his head away from her, shyly.
"I don't think I can," He sighed, thinking about Krad. "I don't want to, Harada-san."
"Neither do I, trust me. But I'm only trying to help," Risa explained as she moved closer to him. "Don't worry... I'll go really easy on you, since you've never done this before..."
"O-okay..." Satoshi stammered in reply, since he really had no other choise. He was a little shocked too. Since when did Risa ever want to help him...? He closed his eyes and she moved even closer to him. His heart was beating so fast that he could barely breathe - he wouldn't admit to himself the effect she was having on him. But just as he could almost feel their lips brushing, she stopped getting closer to him and burst out laughing. He opened an eye and looked up at her questioningly. "Harada-san?"
"Hahaha!! Oh, if only you could see your face now, Hiwatari-kun!!" She said, gasping for breath between laughs. "You've gone all red!"
"Hm?"
"You're a fool!" Risa explained, still laughing. "You actually thought that I was going to kiss you!? Peh! Maybe in a thousand years!"
Satoshi's face went even redder when he found out that it had all been a tease. How could he have fallen for something so simple? Of course Risa would never kiss him or offer to help out! "You think this is funny, do you...?" He asked, trying to keep his cool. She nodded vigerously, still unable to stop laughing.
"Hells yes! Anyway, I bet you couldn't kiss a girl for you life as you're scared of-" Suddenly he grabbed her nose to make her open her mouth (ie. so that she couldn't breathe if she didn't) and forced his lips against hers. If there was one thing Satoshi hated, it was people thinking that he was bad at or scared of things. The kiss didn't mean anything either, he just did it to show Risa that he wasn't scared to do anything. And Risa thought he wasn't actually that bad at it either.
He stood back afterwards and wiped his mouth, muttering rude words at Risa as he did so. "There. I proved it. I'm not scared of kissing girls, and I can. It's just a waste of my time."
"I-I see..." Risa stammered, with new found respect for Satoshi. Come on Risa! Get a hold of yourself, you stupid girl! She told herself in her head. She couldn't help feeling slightly flustered by the fact that Satoshi Hiwatari had just kissed her. But it just didn't feel real to her as she sat on the library floor, staring up at him with widened eyes... she felt to dizzy to get up.
"Need some help?" Satoshi asked bluntly, once he'd realised that she was in a state. He offered her a hand to help her up and she took it. "Come on. Now let's go and finish this project..."