Chapter 11!
A/N: It's New Year's Eve and Akiza heads off to Germany again.
Now that Christmas was over, it was time for the final holiday of the season: New Year's Eve. Yusei knew that it would mean one more party and, although he would see her again before she left, he wanted to spend time with Akiza in between Christmas and New Years. So, a couple days later, he decided to invite her over to his apartment, so she could see it for the first time. He met her outside the door when Akiza arrived.
"Hey Akiza," Yusei called to her as she ran up to him, "You ready to go inside?" Akiza nodded and Yusei turned to the door. After opening it up with a security card, Yusei let Akiza go in first. Akiza smiled as she walked in and looked around. "Wow Yusei! For a moment, I thought I was entering the twin's apartment." Yusei locked the door and turned around. "Well...I guess it's technically the twin's apartment, since they bought it for me." Akiza turned around and put her hands behind her back. "It must be fun getting to live here on your own."
'It'd be even more fun if I got to live with you,' Yusei thought, but made sure he didn't say it aloud. He went up to her and they wrapped each other in a hug. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and Akiza blushed. "I'm glad you like it." Akiza smiled. "So, what do you wanna do now?" Yusei shrugged. "Want to watch a movie?" Akiza nodded. "Sure thing. Can I pick it out?" Yusei nodded. "Of course." Akiza laughed and they both headed for the sofa. Akiza started looking through the movie package that came with owning an apartment in the Tops. "How about this one?" Akiza asked and showed it to Yusei. "A comedy? Sounds good to me." Akiza hit play and the movie started.
A few minutes into the movie, Yusei got up. "I'll go get us some popcorn." Akiza nodded and continued watching the movie. A few minutes later, Yusei still wasn't back and Akiza checked her watch. "Where is he?" Akiza wondered. She had heard the microwave go off a few times, so she wondered how making popcorn could take so long. Suddenly, a giant bowl of popcorn was in front of her along with a pair of lemon-line sodas. "Popcorn?" Yusei asked as he held a tray out in front of her. "Sure," Akiza replied and took a handful of popcorn. Yusei set the tray on the coffee table in front of her and sat down next to her. Akiza then took another couple handfuls full of popcorn. "Wow Akiza! I didn't know you liked popcorn so much!" Akiza had her mouthful and turned to him. "Why? You don't?" Yusei smiled. "No, I love it. In fact I was worried I'd end up eating most of it." Akiza swallowed the popcorn in her mouth. "Well, if that's the case, we don't have much trouble finishing it."
Sure enough, by the end of the movie, Yusei and Akiza had finished both the popcorn and sodas. Yusei let out a loud belch as the credits started to roll. "Yusei, did you have to burp so loud?" Yusei laughed. "What I was just trying to be like Justin when he went to that pizza place." Akiza rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah? And what other lessons has this movie taught you?" Yusei grinned as he turned to her. "Well, there was that time when Justin and Jessica started..." He quickly put both his hands on Akiza's stomach, but made sure to avoid touching her chest. "Tickling on the couch!" Yusei's fingers quickly started rubbing against Akiza's stomach and she fell backwards onto the couch. Yusei continued tickling her stomach, as they both started laughing.
Yusei continued tickling her, but continued to avoid touching her chest. To be honest, Yusei had never touched her chest with his hands, which was a good thing, and he didn't want today to be his first. As Akiza pleaded with Yusei, she quickly got an idea. "Yusei...Yusei...you're forgetting something! You're forgetting something!" Yusei stopped as she sat up. "What's that?" Akiza smiled. "The fact that Jessica got to tickle him back!" Akiza followed Yusei's lead and started tickling him. After a while, they finally got tired, but they continued to laugh. As they caught their breath, they smiled at each other.
"Well, I guess I'd better get going," Akiza stated as she got up. Yusei got up as well. "Okay," he replied. The two of them wrapped their arms around one another in hug and they held each other close for a few moments. "So, I'll come over for the New Year's Eve party?" Yusei asked as he leaned back. Akiza nodded. "Sure. Martha's invited as well. To be honest, it's not much of a party. We just sit around and eat snacks." Yusei shrugged. "That sounds like a party to me." Akiza laughed and they then kissed one another on the lips. They let got and Akiza headed for the door. "Bye Yusei!" Akiza said with a wave. "Bye Akiza!" Yusei replied as she shut the door.
A few days later, Yusei arrived at the Izinski's with Martha. Akiza's parents answered the door. "Yusei. Martha. It's so nice to see you two," Ms. Izinski stated as they came inside and took off their coats. "Yusei!" Akiza said excitedly as she went up to Yusei, who smiled at her. "Akiza. Happy New Year." Akiza put her arms around him. "Happy New Year to you too." She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, when her parents and Martha weren't looking, and she led them to the living room. There, the Izinski's had some food set out on the table, which mostly contained small snacks and sodas. "There's some meatballs and little wienies in the kitchen," Mr. Izinski reminded them and everyone sat down.
After talking and eating for a little while, Ms. Izinski asked everyone if they wanted to play a game. Yusei and Akiza weren't really going for it, but the other three adults wanted them to join in. "Come on," Ms. Izinski insisted, "Lets play charades. Okay, now who's on a team? We have an odd number."
"I'll just watch," Martha replied quickly, "How about couple versus couple?" The Izinski's parents looked at one another. "Do you think we have a chance?" Mr. Izinski asked. "Of course we do," his wife replied, "Come on. I'll get the cards out." She did and the older Izinski's went first. They got a rather easy one and quickly solved the charade. It was then time for the younger couple to go and Akiza got "row boat."
"Ready? Go!" Martha said as she started the timer. Akiza quickly tried to make a rowing motion. "Dancing," Yusei replied and Akiza shook her head. She quickly made a swimming motion and Yusei got that one. She then made the rowing motion again. "Um...swimming boat," Yusei replied and Akiza made circles with her hands. "A...row boat!" Yusei concluded and Akiza put her hands in the air. They then gave each other high fives. After their opponents missed on vacuum cleaner, they got a chance to take the lead. Yusei looked at the card and it said "fried chicken."
He quickly made a bird motion and Akiza understood. He then tried to make an up and down motion with his hand. Akiza just looked lost. "What is that?" she asked. Yusei pulled on his collar. "Okay. Hot," Akiza replied and Yusei started with his up and down motion again. Akiza just sat there lost. "Time!" Martha proclaimed and Yusei sat down. "Fried chicken," he answered. "Oh," Akiza said in surprise, "So I guess that was a deep fryer." Yusei nodded. "But why didn't you make a sizzling motion or something?" Yusei face palmed himself at the miss.
After the next three turns were all figured out, it was time for Yusei to go again. This time, he got "doughnut hole."
'That should be easy,' Yusei thought. He quickly made a circle with his hand once the timer started. He then put the circle into his mouth. "Bagel!" Akiza shouted. 'All right! She's really close now!' Yusei thought. He then made a circle with his hand. "Um...tortilla? Cracker?" Yusei's face froze. 'No! She's going the wrong way!' He quickly started making the circle with his hand and then a sprinkling motion with his hand. Just like before, Akiza was lost as the time expired.
"Doughnut hole," Yusei replied once he could talk. Akiza looked confused at him as he sat down. "How was doing this a doughnut hole?" She made the sprinkling motion with her hands. Yusei shrugged and said it was for sprinkles. "You could have just done this," Akiza replied. She made a small hole with one hand. She tried to make another one around it with her other hand. "Oh," Yusei said as Akiza patted him on the shoulder. "It's all right Yusei."
For the rest of the game, Yusei was able to finally get Akiza some points. Still, he felt guilty, as they played the last round. "We won!" Ms. Izinski said happily, "Good game." Yusei and Akiza looked on in defeat, as Yusei felt as though he had weighed the team down. "It's almost time for some of the New Year's celebrations to start," Akiza noted, "Lets go watch!"
As they watched the TV, they saw some of the New Year's festivities in other areas and the news followed afterwards. As some other shows aired until they would come back to the celebration, everyone chatted some more and snacked on some food. "So, are you two going to kiss at midnight?" Martha asked and Yusei and Akiza looked at one another. "I...guess," Yusei slowly replied and Akiza smiled at him. As midnight got closer and closer, Akiza and Yusei thought about the upcoming kiss. They had never kissed at midnight, as it was done for people in love. The worst part was that it was going to be even more awkward with their parents in the same room. Finally, the TV started counting down.
"10...9...8..." People chanted on the TV. Everyone got up as they counted down. "3...2...1...Happy New Year!" Everyone cheered and Yusei and Akiza faced one another. They quickly put their arms around another and leaned in for a kiss. Their lips hung tight together, although the two of them felt a rush, and started to kiss a little more passionately. Before they could get their tongues involved, they heard Mr. Izinski clear his throat. Akiza and Yusei stopped kissing and turned to see the three adults staring at them. They felt embarrassed, because for the third time in as many weeks, a simple kiss had quickly turned passionate. They both looked away embarrassed and they both went towards their parents to wish them a Happy New Year. Afterwards, Martha and Yusei went to the door.
"Well, we'd best be heading off," Martha replied as they put on their coats. Since Yusei and Akiza had already kissed, they both waved goodbye to each other, and soon Martha and Yusei were out the door.
As Yusei went to sleep, he debated how he would say goodbye to Akiza this time. Obviously, it wasn't going to be as romantic and unexpected as last time. However, as he got dressed and ready the next morning, he remembered that he hadn't done something the whole time Akiza was here: he didn't hold her hand. Not on their date, the day she came over, not Christmas, and not the night before. They had already gotten used to hugging each other (although they still weren't the best when it came to kissing, as it still felt awkward to do in front of other people). Even though they held hands the night before they left, Yusei just wanted it to be a causal, normal (aka having their fingers intertwined), comfortable occurrence. Their last goodbye was rather formal and he wanted to refrain from that happening this time. So, he figured that his number one priority, when saying goodbye to Akiza, would be to hold her hand.
About a week later, it was almost time for Akiza to leave. Since Yusei had to work (unfortunately) he and Akiza only met a few times briefly at Akiza house. He usually stayed for a short period, but it was always in the presence of her parents. Like their first kiss, Yusei wanted it to be a special time, just Akiza and himself. He told her the second time, to come to his house the night before she left. Akiza said she'd be there at 7 and, she too, wondered how their goodbye would be.
'Will it be a really romantic night? Or will it be a little less formal?' Akiza wondered as she walked over to the Tops. Once she got up to the top level, she knocked on the door, where Yusei was waiting for her. "Come on in," he said with joy as he let Akiza inside. Akiza hung her jacket up and turned to him. She quickly put her arms around him, wondering if he was saving a kiss for later. To a little bit of her surprise, Yusei quickly followed her lead and gently placed his hand on her neck. He leaned forward and they shared a gentle kiss. They refrained from going much further, as they quickly leaned back. "Lets head over to the couch," Yusei said with a gesture. They both walked over and took a seat.
Instead of facing each other, they sat normally on the couch and looked forward. They sat in silence for a few moments and Akiza finally looked over at Yusei. His head was tilted downwards and he looked focused on something. Unknown to her, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted her right hand laying on the couch. Less than a month earlier, he had been in almost the exact same situation. This time, however, there was no Martha or Mr. Izinski or anyone else to distract him. It was just Akiza and himself.
Yusei could tell that Akiza was about to start talking, so he decided he would have to make his move right now. He moved his hand towards hers and, unlike the last time, kept going until his hand touched hers. He slid his hand underneath hers, until his fingers could intertwine with hers. Akiza gasped when she felt his hand touching hers. Their hands were raised up a little bit and both of them saw what had happened. For a moment, Yusei was concerned. She wasn't responding at all to his actions. 'Oh no. Akiza doesn't want to hold my hand,' Yusei thought. As he finished his thought, he felt Akiza's fingers tighten their grip, and he watched as Akiza raised their hands up to almost eye level. She smiled at him and, for a moment, Yusei was stunned. It only took him a moment, before he smiled back.
They both looked at their hands and got use to the feeling of having their fingers intertwined. They both had long thin fingers and boney hands, as would be expected by their body types. Yusei figured that Akiza's hands would be silky smooth and sure enough they were. However, Akiza was surprised when she felt Yusei's hand and fingers as they were smooth and soft. 'I though his hands would be a little rough and dry,' Akiza thought, 'But they're smooth and gentle. Just like him.' After a few moments, Akiza and Yusei made eye contact again. Yusei knew that, since he was the one who started the situation, he would probably have to be the one to speak up.
"I...uh...just wanted to hold you hand," Yusei said with a hint of nervousness, "Because...we've never really gotten to do that before and I wanted...to uh...leave you with a good memory of me." Akiza blushed and then gave Yusei a quick peck on the cheek. "Well, that's very nice of you," Akiza said once she leaned back from the kiss. She then took her hand and wrapped her fingers around Yusei's right hand. She guided his hand towards her's and they held hands, side-by-side. No words needed to be said as they continued to smile at one another.
Their first time holding hands.
Their arms quickly got tired and they finally put them down to rest. Akiza was the one to speak up first. She felt rather nervous. "Yusei...I know we agreed not to see each other so much while I was here, but..." Yusei leaned forward. "Would it be all right to contact you a little more when I'm away?" Yusei smiled. "Of course Akiza. Just like the last time you left, I want you to contact me as much as you can. I want to make sure you're safe and I want you to know that I care about you." Akiza looked up and a bright smile re-appeared on her face. "Thank you Yusei."
She leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him, as they started to kiss. Yusei quickly leaned back after a moment. "Is it all right if we make out?" Akiza nodded and kissed him again. Yusei's mouth moved with hers, because they both wanted to kiss the same way as when Akiza had arrived. Both of their tongues got to taste the other, as they moaned and groaned with pleasure. There was also an undenying feeling lower in their bodies as well. Even though they were fully clothed and knew that they would never push things too far, they refrained from getting any other area involved besides their mouths. After they both retracted their tongues, they leaned back, and rested their hands on the couch. After thanking each other, they both looked down to notice that their hands were close to one another yet again.
Almost as if they could read minds, Akiza's right hand intertwined with Yusei's left once more, and they lifted them up together. They smiled confidently at one another. "When you're in Germany, just do your best," Yusei reminded her. Akiza nodded and her voice filled with confidence. "Don't worry Yusei. I will."
A/N: I apologize for the short Chapter, but I have finals this week and figured a short Chapter is better than none.
Hope you enjoyed it and please review if you can!