A/N : First of all, THIS CHAPTER does not follow the story line of 'Of Love and Pain', it's just an idea I thought of, but it didn't really fit into the rest of the story, so it's a bonus chapter that again, ISN'T related to the rest of the story, please enjoy.
Think of this as a SatoshixShizuku one-shot fluffy thing... WARNING! May contain some OOCness just for the sake of fluff. Sorry I released this a little late, but still, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Ya know, if you celebrate Christmas, b/c I wouldn't know! :3
Satoshi's POV:
It was a late Friday afternoon, and Shizuku and I both were assigned for cleaning duty in the art room. It was a strange coincidence, but I didn't really mind.
I started wiping the black broad, I noticed how quiet it actually was, which made it seem a little uncomfortable. I looked over my shoulder at Shizuku, who was just staring out of a window.
I felt myself smirk at the sight, for some reason, she did that a lot. If it wasn't a window, she would be always looking at, well, something. Wether it was a tree, a squirrel, even some kind of furniture. She was always spacing out while she just, observed.
I silently walked over to her, being careful not to make any noise, and apparently, I was succeeding, since she didn't seem to notice. She was still staring out into space as I wrapped one of my arms gently around her waist, placing the other on her shoulder.
She slightly jumped in surprise, and I felt her tense up. She slightly turned her head to face me, and I heard her release a sigh of relief.
"Satoshi, you scared me..." She said, and sounded as if she was out of breath.
"You were doing it again..." I whispered into her ear, and based on the slightly confused look on her face, I could guess that she didn't understand what I was getting at.
"Doing what?" She asked, "Breathing? What, is that some sort of crime now?" And as you could see, she was quick to add in some sarcasm.
"No, besides if that was some sort of crime, then everyone would either be in jail, or dead." I said, returning her sarcasm. "I meant, you were staring off into space again, I mean, why do you always do that?" I asked her, and I realized that it was a pretty stupid question to ask her, but I didn't really care, asking dumb questions beat the silence.
"I do not 'stare off into space' all the time!" She protested, causing me to laugh in response. It was a little cute how defensive she could get sometimes.
"Oh... yes you do!" I whispered playfully into her ear, and I felt her shiver ever the slightest, as if recoiling from me as I breathed on her neck. I knew it wasn't really like me to be doing things like this, but I didn't really think it mattered. I guess it's just one of those 'in the moment' things.
All of a sudden, it seemed as if she had snapped out of some kind of trance, and quickly pulled away from me before I could do anything about it. She turned around to face me, an eyebrow raised and a slightly amused look on her face.
"It's called observing your surroundings, and I may admit that I may do that from time to time, but I have my reasons..." And with that, she grabbed two nearby brooms that were leaning against the wall, and shoved one in my direction. "Come on, we're here to clean, not make small talk." Shizuku said matter-of-factly, before she turned her back to me, and started sweeping the floor. Taking it as a hint, I did just as she, and faced my back to hers, but that didn't discourage me from speaking to her.
"There's no reason we can't do both..." I said, sweeping one particular spot over and over, although it didn't seem to get much cleaner than it was to start with. But it gave me a reason to look at the ground.
"Then, what would you want to talk about? The history assignment?" I felt myself sigh, of all things to talk about, she wanted to talk about something academically based? Honestly, I would talk about just anything else with her, I would probably show more interest in a topic about rocks. But after all, I needed something to talk about, but wait, that's it! I know just what to talk about!
Shizuku's POV:
"Why do you, well, observe everything around you?" I heard Satoshi ask. I felt my eyes raise from the small pile of dust my broom had collected to the wall, as I turned my head toward the sound of his voice, only to see his back facing me. The question struck me as odd, since no one had ever asked me anything like that.
"W-Why would you want to know?"
"What? I can't ask questions about you? Like, what's your favorite color?" Okay, this just got from a little random to a little bit awkward. Why would he want to know all these random facts about me? They weren't that difficult to answer, but still...
"Either a dark or light blue, and I absolutely hate light pink..." I said blandly. There wasn't any reason why I couldn't answer him truthfully, although I don't see a point to all this.
"Oh, like my hair and eyes?" He teased, now looking over his shoulder to look at me, and I noticed the small smirk on his face. I felt a small warmth rise up to my cheeks, probably one of the causes of his smirk.
"W-well, I don't know!" I said, now looking away, pretending to have become very preoccupied with my sweeping. "It's just always been my favorite color okay?"
"But you still didn't answer my other question... Why are you always observing?" Darn it, I thought he had forgotten about that question, I guess not. But I didn't want to tell him about that, because trust me, I actually do have a very good reason to observe my surroundings, but it really wasn't any of his business. Better change the subject.
Satoshi's POV:
I couldn't believe this. She was just going on and on about how this one painting in the art room looked. How it "used contrast and tricks of shadows and, how the colors all blended together", and of course I agreed with her on all of what she was saying, but I still knew what she was trying to accomplish. She was just trying to change the subject so she could avoid my previous question.
True, it had just been a random question that I asked just to get a conversation started, but now that she didn't want to answer it, I was even more curious.
I could have just let it go and talk about art with her, since I did enjoy the topic, and apparently, she just loved to talk about the subject. But that way, Shizuku would have won this little argument by making me drop the subject, and I wasn't about to let that happen.
"So, you like observing art as well?" I said, now once again receiving a confused look from her. "Or is it just that this particular artwork is part of your surroundings?" I quickly added, and based on how Shizuku's expression quickly changed, I could tell that she had started to catch on with what I was getting at.
"Oh ha ha, blue boy's got jokes now does he?" Her confused look now turning into one that looked quite annoyed.
"I thought that blue was your favorite color, and the last time I checked, my hair wasn't pink." And after saying that remark, I earned a laugh from her, something that I always loved to hear, although I could tell that she was trying to contain it, since she was covering her mouth with her right hand.
"I, would love to see that!" Shizuku said in between giggles.
"How about you answer my question first? Then maybe, I'll temporarily dye my hair pink." I said, and really, I was lying, but still, it was fun to see if she would believe me or not.
"Oh, that would be a sight, but I highly doubt that you would do something like that..." Damn, she's smart, well, now that you think about it, there would never be any chance that I would dye my hair, (even temporarily) especially not pink. Let's see how far I can go with this until she answers me, because right now, I wasn't really getting anywhere.
"You'll never know until you answer me!" I said, now teasing her even more while standing right behind her, and placing my hands firmly on her shoulders, so this time, she wouldn't slip away from me.
"Well, fine, I guess that would be okay..." Yes! Victory! (Why am I acting like this?)
"Satoshi? Have you ever heard of the anthropic principle?" (A/N: Yes, this is a real thing, you can google it if you want.) Anthropic principle? I don't think that I've read about that since college... and that was a long time ago, so I can't really remember, what was it again?
"Um, maybe you could refresh my memory..." I admitted quite sheepishly, although, Shizuku didn't seem to mind the fact that I didn't know.
"Well, basically, the anthropic principle is a theory that suggests that the universe is the way it is right now simply because human beings are able to observe it and determine that it is the way it is."
Okay, did anyone else understand a word that she just said? Or the key concept of what she just said? Because any of that information would be very helpful to me right now. I'm pretty sure that she said that humans make the world the way it is today, or something like that, but it was still hard to follow.
"I'll be honest, I'm not completely following what you're suggesting..." And it was true, if I didn't understand what she was saying, how would I be able to understand the answer to my question? One which I worked so hard on to get her to admit. Okay, not that hard on, but you get the point.
"Well, let's say for example, I observe, so therefore, the universe is."
"So, if I look at a tree, it is a tree?" I asked confused, because the last time I checked, whether someone observed what it is or not, a tree is still a tree.
"Exactly! You see, since humans were able to discover the rules of physics and constance, we can observe the fact that the universe even exists at all. And of course when that happens, the universe becomes apparent." Oh, wow, she can really talk about this principle, can't she? But it seems that everything she's saying makes perfect sense to her. Unless, she doesn't know what she's talking about, and Shizuku was just trying to confuse me again. Except, it seemed that this time, she wasn't doing it on purpose.
"But still, even if humans never existed, wouldn't the universe still exist?" I asked her in a confused voice, while I started to twirl a small lock of her hair, my other hand still on her shoulder. Shizuku didn't even seem to notice though, and just concentrated on answering all of these stupid questions I was asking her.
"That's still true, but then, it wouldn't really matter if the universe existed or not, because there wouldn't be any observations, and no one would be able to acknowledge its existence."
Huh, I guess that's true, what's the point of something existing if no one will be able to know that it does exist? It's like a piece of beautiful artwork, (one that's not dangerous of course) what's the point of it being created if no one will be able to see it and feel the emotions that's suppose to emanate from it?
"But then, why are you observing all the time? Since there are plenty of other people like scientists who can do just that, it doesn't mean that you have to as well." She should do more in her free time than doing something that really doesn't do her any justice.
"Well, I don't really have any other purpose, so I think it's best to help and acknowledge the presence that is the universe..."
Was that her perspective on her life? That she didn't have a purpose?
"Come on," Shizuku said before pulling away from me once again, "You had your small talk, now lets get back to cleaning the room." And as she started walking, I spotted a mop that was left carelessly laid on the floor, and if she stepped on that, I knew she would trip.
"Shizuku..." I started to speak, and she turned around to face me, but was still walking in the same direction toward the mop on the ground, except now she was walking backwards.
"What?" She asked, as she was about to step on the mop, as I took a step towards her.
"Wait, watch where you're going..." I said, as she just stepped on the mop, and started to fall backwards towards the ground.
Shizuku's POV:
"Wait, watch where you're going..." I heard Satoshi say, but what was he talking about. Was there something behind me? I was about to turn around, but I felt my foot step onto something rounded, as my right foot slipped off of the ground, and I felt myself start to fall.
I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact of the ground, but instead, I felt a strong arm wrap around my waist. When I opened my eyes, I found myself looking at Satoshi's face, and it was really close to mine. And I found myself blushing furiously, my face now probably turning a bright pink. Like I said, my least favorite color.
"Your cheeks are all pink..." He teased me, and thank you captain obvious! I turned my head away in embarrassment, and I felt him place his other hand on my shoulder. I knew how awkward this situation was, and truthfully, I felt a little uncomfortable. I need to say something, or else I don't know what could happen. Would we just stay in this position? Would he just pull me up and act as if nothing had happened?
"Well, I answered your question before... you gonna dye your hair pink now?" I asked, and now, it was my turn to smirk, and his turn to be embarrassed. Although, he just let out a small laugh in response. He shook his head, just the kind of answer I was expecting from him. But oh well, wait, so I answered his question for nothing?
"How about something better?" He asked me, and I turned my eyes back to him, only to have him remove my glasses from my face. What was he doing?
"What do you mean by 'better'?" I dared to ask, although, my question came out as a soft whisper, and I highly doubt he even heard me. And out of the corner of my eye, I saw him drop my glasses to the ground, forgetting about them completely, and placing his hand back on my shoulder, his grip tightening a little more than before.
My eyes widened as he raised me up and brought my lips to his, pulling me into a kiss. I felt shock take over, making me frozen stiff on the spot. But it was only a short moment later that I felt the feeling of bliss wash over me, as my eyes drifted to a close, and I pulled myself closer to him, deepening the kiss as much as I could.
Satoshi's POV:
I felt her arms wrap themselves around my neck, bringing her closer to me, as I tried to deepen the kiss as much as possible. This moment, was just, what was that word? Extravagant? No, that didn't suit this situation at all, it was... perfect. She was perfect, and I wished that we could stay like this forever.
But, since we couldn't, I started to lick the bottom part of her lip, asking for entrance. And to my surprise, she shyly parted her lips, allowing me in, and I began my journey exploring her mouth, now and then flicking my tongue against hers.
As this went on, I realized that I didn't feel tense at all, in fact, I was the most relaxed that I have ever felt in my life. Shizuku was something special, and it wasn't hard to tell. And during this kiss, my first kiss, I was trying to remember everything about it. But there was one thing I knew I would never be able to remember, because I knew that I would never be able to describe it. It was how Shizuku tasted, because, there really wasn't any distinguished taste to her. It wasn't like she had strawberries in her breath, or chocolate for that matter, like you would like mostly imagine when you kissed a girl. It seemed like a clean taste, but not anything like a minty flavor. I guess there was only one way to describe it.
It just tasted like her.
Unfortunately, we eventually had to separate for air, both of us slightly panting. I spun Shizuku upright so that she was once again on her feet, although, I was still holding her against me. Especially because it seemed that she was weak in the knees and couldn't stand up straight.
I could feel her breathing deeply, so I brought her closer, hiding a smirk in her hair.
It was funny how things worked out, how all of this came to be just from one little question. Although, that was a pretty decent answer she gave me, and it was an interesting theory she believed, and honestly, I was starting to believe in it too. But only for one reason.
"Hey, Shizuku..." I said, and I felt her slightly raise her head against my chest.
"Hm? What is it?" She whispered, and I felt myself slightly chuckle, and I pulled away from her, but only far enough so that I could look her in the eyes.
"If I observe you as being perfect, doesn't that make you perfect?" And I saw her smile, the one that always gave me warmth, and made one erupt on my own face.
"Well, that's the anthropic principle..." She said, before placing a hand behind my head, and pulling me into another kiss.
Thank you science...
A/N: So, what did you think? I would have made this a separate fanfic, except it included Shizuku, so I thought it would be okay to add this as just a short, separate story. Merry Christmas! (Oh, and happy New Year) :3
