I sit on the swing next to him and he stands quickly, turning to look at me, caught off guard, "Geez…You were so quiet. Why are you out so late?" Toshinori asked as he sat back on the swing with a chuckle, feeling silly for jumping so much.
"I was just taking a walk after dinner. I went to see Shouta at the hospital and I took him his clothes earlier. I would've come a visited you but Hizashi said you were probably home by the time I got back." I said as I looked at him. "So how are you feeling?"
He seemed to laugh gently, "I'm doing fine right now. How is Shouta doing..?" Toshinori asked with a tinge of guilt in his voice.
I reached over and put a hand on him which rested on his leg, "He looks like a bit of a mummy right now, but other than that, I was told he is doing better. He is getting healed slowly." Even in the dim lighting of the park, I should see Toshinori's bright blue eyes.
When I touched his hand he seemed to calm down a bit with a relieved sigh, "That's good. I was a bit worried about him and another teacher who's been injured."
That made me smile a bit as I stood from the swing and gripped his hand, pulling him lightly to try and get the tall man to stand up, "Come on, let's go get some snacks and play games or something at my place. We both need to have some fun." Toshinori tried to protest as he stood up but I cut him off, "I'm not going to take no for an answer. You need to distress, I can tell."
He rubbed the back of his neck with a smile as I got it right on the nose. He walked with me to a small convenience store that was nearby and we got some snacks and things and talked about some cool movies that were coming out soon on the way to my place.
When we arrived, we took off our shoes and I set the bag of snacks on my coffee table. Toshinori seemed to glance around a bit awkwardly, not having been to a woman's house alone late at night in a long time. "It's a bit late for coffee, want some tea, or maybe some water, or juice?" I ask with a smile as he walked to sit on my couch.
"Just some water would be great." He said as I went to the kitchen and got us each some water to drink.
"I guess I don't have many video games or anything like that, but I do have cards, we could play something with those. I mean we could just maybe watch some movies or TV. I forget that I don't usually have people over. Well, I guess I have more people over than I normally do now. Oh, I have a puzzle! I sound like an old person." I chuckled as I handed him his glass of water and I went to dig up whatever he decided on.
He laughed a bit at my comment, "You? Old? Far from! I, on the other hand, this old man actually likes puzzles."
"What are you talking about! You don't look old at all. Don't be so harsh on yourself!" I say as I grab the puzzle and set the box on the coffee table, moving the bag of snacks onto the floor as I sat on the floor. "I think puzzles are a good relaxing thing to do."
Toshinori moved from the couch to sit on the floor next to me as we started the puzzle. We spent a while talking and joking with each other, he was definitely loosening up and it made me happy he was more comfortable around me. The puzzle came together as we snacked and talked. He looked like he was genuinely smiling for once, having a good time.
Eventually, I laid my arm on the table and rested my head on it as I tried to put pieces together, feeling super sleepy. I was informed earlier I wouldn't have to come into work the next day, but even staying up this late was usually passed my usual bedtime.
My eyes started closing for a sec before Toshinori's voice made my eyes open again, "Hey, you look tired. Want to get to bed? I can go walk home."
I sat up and shook my head, "No! I'm fine really! I was just thinking to myself. Plus, it's super late, you sure you should be walking home? I mean I know you are clearly capable to take care of yourself, but you are still probably a bit injured and I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." I ramble slightly as I scratch my cheek with my index finger. I hadn't noticed since my eyes were focused on the puzzle, but Toshinori had pulled most of his hair into a ponytail and it was really cute. That thought made me blush and glance to the side.
Toshinori smiled softly and continued to fit pieces together, "I'm sure I would be fine walking home on my own. It's not like I live that far away, only a couple blocks or so."
We continued to put pieces together; he was focused on finishing this small puzzle as he talked about something from when he was younger. It was only after he looked up and saw me asleep that he stood up, and gently picked me up quite easily, before finding my room and placing me in bed.
He sighed slightly to himself and brushed some hair away from my face as he blushed slightly. Toshinori walked out of my room, closing the door gently before cleaning up a bit and writing a note that read, 'Thanks for the fun night. You are a really nice woman. I hope we can do something like this again.' He then scribbled out what he wrote and flipped the paper to rewrite the note. 'Thanks for the fun night and the snacks. You really cheered me up after all. I walked home for the night, so don't be too worried when you get up. ~Toshinori'
A/N- I don't make notes on these chapters as much but I wanted to thank everyone for reading! This story is really fun to write since it is a lot of fluff and fun things so it makes me happy a lot of readers seem to like it! Thanks for the favorites, follows, and reviews!
