Skyla's P.O.V

I was waiting in the kitchen for Haruhi to come back. She said that she was going to check on Hikaru and be back in five minutes, but ten had gone by and there was no sign of her.

"H-Hey,"

You heard a voice and snapped your head up. Hikaru was standing a few yards away, and looked as terrified as hell. But besides the look on his face, he looked like a model. His hair was perfectly pushed to the side, with the back spiked up. His clothes fit him perfectly. And you couldn't help but blush when you looked at him. You was doing a lot of blushing lately.S

Hikaru didn't notice that you were staring at him, because he was still busy staring at you. Haruhi must have put you up to wearing that dress. It was perfect, and he loved it on you. Your hair was pin-straight, but still really short, and the small but of makeup you were wearing made your eyes stand out. You were very beautiful.

"So where are we going?" you asked, trying to find the right words. Hikaru struggled to come up with a good answer.

"Well… there's this restaurant down by the park, and it's really good. It's an American restaurant. We could go there and then catch a movie or something." He suggested. He knew he sounded terrified, but he honestly couldn't help it. This was the very first time he would be without Kaoru. He was also going out with a girl. Like a date. Which it wasn't, or so he was telling himself.

"Yeah, that sounds great!" Your face flooded with relief. You were happy because there wouldn't be any extra time for awkwardness. They'd just eat, watch a movie, and then go home. Hikaru was thinking the same thing.

He smiled and held out a hand for you to take. You grabbed it and walked with him outside.

"Ah! My jacket…. I forgot it inside. I'll be right back!" you said, turning back around and running back into your house, you went crazy trying to find it. You looked though everything, but it was nowhere you could see. Finally you just gave up and walked back outside. If it was going to rain you would just have to deal with it.

"Are you okay-"Hikaru was cut off when you opened the door and marched back outside?

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just can't find my jacket." You sighed. Hikaru shrugged and walked over to you.

"I'm sorry about that. It is going to rain, but I don't think there will be any major changes in temperature." He tried to make you feel better.

Once you both were in the car, Hikaru felt a lot better. He was confident in himself, and was able to hold a conversation with you that didn't bore you. Before he knew it, you ended up in the parking lot of the restaurant. He stepped out of the car and waited for you.

"So this restaurant is really nice, you can sit inside of out, but today I think it would be better if we go in. Is that okay with you?" Hikaru asked you.

"Yeah this place seems really nice and I think it's a good idea to go inside to eat." You said.

"Okay let's go inside." He said, then started walking into the food layout. You stood in place for a while, and thought what was this going to be like.

They took their food trays and filled them with hamburgers, French fries, sodas, and many other snacks. When you both were finished eating, Hikaru led you to a big rock that was right at the edge of the pond.

"So what do want to do now?" He asked. He didn't know why, but for the past few days he had wanted to spend as much time as possible with you. She was just so fun and nice to be around.

"Well isn't the movie theatre close to here?" you asked, Hikaru nodded.

"Yeah, it is. I don't know if there are any good movies showing, but we could go see something if you want." He offered. You nodded again.

"Catching Fire is supposed to be really good. I saw the first movie and kind of want to see how the series ends."

"You know that there's still one more movie that needs to come out, right?" Hikaru asked. You tried to hide your disappointment, but Hikaru could see thought it. He hugged you dramatically.

"You poor baby! Didn't even know that there was another movie!" He gushed, still messing around. You shoved him off and pouted a little.

"Whatever. I still want to see it." You grumbled. He nodded enthusiastically and stood up.

"Well, let's go!"

[At the Movie Theatre]

Haruhi was right. The movies were packed. Especially their movie.

They had seats in the waaay back of the room, but they were still able to see the screen. It was actually really cold in the room. For some reason the fans and vents were on, and unfortunately, you were positioned right above your seats.

"There seats are fricking horrible," They heard a teenage boy around your age snap to a girl that seemed to be his girlfriend.

"Yeah, I know…." She whined in a high pitched, annoying voice. Hikaru knew that he was not going to last long sitting next to these people. But he had to try for you.

Once the commercials finally ended and the movie itself started, you tried your hardest to hide how cold you were. A vent was directly above you, and you were only wearing your dress. Hikaru noticed that you were shivering.

"Are you cold?" He asked softly, you began to shake your heard, but then gave in a nodded. You didn't notice Hikaru dong anything for a while, but then you felt the leathery material of his jacket over your shoulders.

"Take mine. It's okay, at least I have a long sleeved shirt…" He trailed off, blushing. He was glad that it was dark and nobody could see him. You smiled like an idiot and thanked him. You took his arm and draped it over your shoulders, leaning against him for comfort when something gross or scary happened on the screen. His heart was pounding a mile a minute, and he loved the feeling of you needed him there with you.

When the movie was over and they made it to the car again, Hikaru noticed that they were almost out of gas.

"We might not make it home," He sighed angrily. "But I'll try and drive fast."

You nodded, but had your doubts.

"What if we get stuck in the middle of the street?" you wondered. Hikaru shrugged.

"Well, I'll pull over. And it's ten at night. We took a while to get to the theatre anyway, so we had to take the later movie. Nobody will be driving on the main road this late." He said.

He jammed in the key and within seconds they were speeding down the road. They were about forty five minutes away from your house when you heard churning noises coming from inside of the car.

"Dammit," He cursed, pulling over onto a grassy area on the side of the road. You face palmed.

"Could you call someone?" you asked, pointing to his cell phone. He pulled it out and tried to turn it on.

"It's out of battery. I would try to call Kaoru, but he is probably still asleep. He was really tired today." Hikaru said. "What about you?"

"I left mine in my jacket. Which I can't find." You said. "So what do we do now?"

"We wait. We might have to wait through the night and sleep in the car."

You looked out of your closed window at the sky.

"B-but isn't it supposed to rain?" you asked nervously.

"Yeah, but it will be okay. It's not really cold anymore."

"That's not the problem…" You tried to tell him how afraid of thunder you were, but the words just wouldn't come out.

"Well what is-"Hikaru's question was interrupted by a sudden huge clash of thunder and a few drops of rain hitting the roof. You gasped and buried your face in your arms. The light rain soon turned into heavy rain that was so thick nobody could see two feet out the window. It all happened so fast that you didn't have time to prepare yourself. You stayed curled up in a ball on your seat, your fists clenched and your eyes slammed shut. Hikaru noticed but didn't know what was wrong.

"S-Skyla?" He asked softly, "What's wrong?"

You just stayed still and didn't move except for the small winces whenever it thundered. Hikaru finally understood.

"Hey," He said, feeling awful for you, "Come here,"

When you didn't look up or respond Hikaru frowned and basically pulled you to him using your arms as support. You just became ridged. Once you were curled up on his lap, with your head buried in his chest, Hikaru began stocking your hair and trying to calm you down.

"Skyla I want you to look at me," He said calmly. You slowly raised your tear stained face up to his and let a whimper.

"I want you to think about all of the good things that have happened to you. You don't need to be afraid. I am here with you and nothing is going too happened." He held you closer.

You felt his steady heartbeat in your ear and looked up at him again. You looked into his golden eyes and reflected on the whole day. The fun at the restaurant, how sweet he was at the movies.

His eyes.

His smile.

His laugh.

Him.

You felt a strange twinge in the bottom of your stomach and looked at him differently. What was this feeling? You felt your face get red, and at that moment all you could hear was his heartbeat and his comforting words.

What was this feeling?