I'm pure raging because I just lost 3 pages full of pure fluff and cuteness because I accidently pressed the back button and didn't save. I'm in a horrible mood and I had to retype everything which is something I hate doing, but I'm just going to roll with it. If there's any gramatically errors it's because I speed typed through everything. Sorry about that. And I'll also be keeping to the usual chapter sizes as requested. They'll proabably come out once per day since I'm getting busier due to back to school shopping and preparing for the new year.
"H-Hey! Where are you even going?!" Tomoe shouted while he tried not to swallow a bug as Nanami dragged him through the streets like the speed of light.
The two halted suddenly and the girl panted, "Here! I saw it earlier." she smiled. Tomoe looked over, she brought him to a mask shop. Although he preferred fans more than masks, he'd buy one for her sake. "One kitsune mask!" Nanami smiled to the shopkeeper, she handed her a kitsune mask painted red and gold, Nanami gladly accepted and put it on the reluctant boy.
"Geez, you're really happy." Tomoe groaned from in the mask, his voice muffled slightly.
Nanami bopped the mask's nose which bumped into him and made him blink in surprise, "I sure am!" She turned to the old lady, "How much for this mask?" She asked.
"300 yen." The granny chimed, "But here, you can have it. You two remind me of my hubby and I back when we were younger. You can keep it." she smiled, she really missed her old days. Nanami's eyes shined, "Really?! Thank you! Come on Tomoe! Let's go look at the yukatas!" Tomoe groaned as he removed the mask and fixed his hair, the shop keeper smiled, the two were such a cute couple. "Come on Tomoe! The shop is right there!" Nanami whined as the two walked down the streets, "Hey! How about I buy you a yukata and you buy me one! It'll be like a surprise."
"Sure" Tomoe murmured as he itched the back of his ear, "What size are you? I'm a medium, but do you know how to shop for yukatas?"
Nanami's face grew red, "O-Of course I do! Girls are good shoppers... at least most of them are, I'm a small by the way." The two headed into the shop. Tomoe groaned when he saw the ladies chuckle about how cute he and Nanami are and he looked through the clothing racks. After a while of looking through countless clothing racks and stacks of folded yukatas. Tomoe smiled as he saw the perfect one for Nanami. He kept in mind that although she looked nice in pink, the girl had way too many pink clothes so he pulled out a pale red yukata with sakura petals outlined in gold. It was perfect. He folded it back to it's original state and headed into the male's section for Nanami. "Nanami? Are you finished? I'm already done." He saw he the girl looking through a rack of children's yukatas and had some yukata's of his size drapped over her arm. "You know I'm a medium right? Are you finished yet? I've already got yours."
Nanami looked up, she was totally embarrassed. "T-Tomoe! I was just looking at kids clothes because they're cute! But you can't look at your clothes! It's a surprise!" She shooed him off to sit outside on a bench where he waited quietly. Nanami gazed at the yukatas she picked out for Tomoe, a blue one with silver stripes, a navy yukata with a white umbrella pattern outlined in black, and a white yukata which came with a haori and was adorned with a purple seashell pattern. After much thought, she sided with the navy yukata and poked her head out the door. "Tomoe! I'm finished!" Tomoe stretched up but was dragged off into a changing stall.
"O-oi!" Tomoe sputtered, but the girl shoved the yukata into his hands and pushed him in.
"Don't say anything! I wanna see you look nice! I'll put mine on once you finish yours!" Nanami squealed. Tomoe sighed he wanted to say 'wanna' is not proper, but he didn't want to make her pout. He changed and he had to admit, it did look nice. He smoothed out the wrinkles and opened the door to see a squealing Nanami. The fox smirked once he saw her jaw drop and her eyes widened.
Nanami gawked, she knew she had okay fashion sense, but what she picked out for Tomoe made him look... really handsome. She rarely saw Tomoe's smile, but when he did it sent her over the room and her all fidgety. "It looks really nice on you Tomoe, I'll go buy it for you." she hurried off to the cash register, her face was pink but Tomoe's hand clamped down on her shoulder holding her back.
"Nanami, you didn't show me you in your yukata." Tomoe said, she couldn't look him in the eye, he was just too handsome.
"Oh yeah..." Nanami fidgeted as she slipped into the female's changing room with a racing heart. She glanced down at the yukata Tomoe had picked out for her and she beamed, "Oh wow, Tomoe picked something really nice!" Excited to show him, she shimmied into the yukata and brushed her hair before stepping out. "How do I look?" she asked, a twinkle in her eye.
Tomoe looked over, his heart fluttered suddenly and his eyes widened slightly, but he smirked, "It looks perfect." Nanami's face glowed with joy.
But the girl gasped suddenly, worrying the fox for a moment until she whined, "I forgot the hair pin you gave me... it would've been perfect with this."
Tomoe blushed slightly before looking her in the eyes, "It's fine Nanami, you're always beautiful even if you don't have some pin."
"Tomoe..." Nanami mouthed, she was surprised at this, but her heart fluttered in her chest and pounded. "Thank you Tomoe... Can you keep wearing the yukata I picked out, you... you look nice in it." she whispered as she averted his eyes.
"Hmm." Tomoe grunted with a smile making it's way to his face. The two paid and left, gazing at the shops. Lanterns and music made them stare in awe and children pulling on their tails made them chuckle in surprise. Embarrassed, he slowly grasped out her hand with a nervous heart and averted eyes while they walked, but she held his hand tight, wrapping her small fingers around his knuckles. The soft click clacking of their sandals on the stone road and the pink tint on their face made it feel surreal as they lingered down the streets. Usually Tomoe wouldn't linger around since he's the type of person who would want to get things down, but today was different, he wanted to linger about with her, watch her smile, hold her hand, and just... just love her. He looked up to see a small carnival game under a red tent, "Nanami, would you like to play? There's a prize." he muttered softly, she looked up at him.
"Sure! Do you want to be in a contest or play just for the prize?" Nanami asked sweeping her bangs from her eyes.
His heart fluttered, why was he so jumpy? "Contest of course."
Nanami grumbled, he was so competitive, she could trick him with a contest to show himself off anytime. "There's only the water gun contest here though..."
"That's good enough, what is it?" he asked straightening his obi.
Yep, he was really competitive, "The water gun contest is where you have to shoot water into something, it depends on the tent, but whoever fills it first wins. I think it's near the shrine, I heard some kids talking about it earlier. There are some nice prizes apparently." Nanami said casually.
"Well we're going then, I'll win you something." Tomoe said turning them around back to the shrine. Nanami chuckled, Kitsune really are possesive... Is that why I was jealous earlier with the other foxes?Passing the street performers and the alluring smell of sweets, Tomoe stood in front of the contest stand, determination in his amethyst eyes.
"It's fine! We don't have to!" Nanami said, but she secretly enjoyed him fighting for her.
Tomoe looked over at her, "I will win whatever you desire." Her heart almost leaped out of her chest and flopped on the floor like a fish. Speaking of fish, Nanami glanced over at the stall next to the contest tent. Grilled fish over an open flame and sweet treats followed.
"Hey Tomoe! If you win-" Nanami started but was cut off by him.
"I will win."
"Well, when you do, I've got a surprise for you, I'll go get it!" She chimed. Tomoe watched her run off, the same cute way she always does. He sat himself down in a chair as the other chairs filled up. What is going to do? I wonder... But I'll win this for her! He positioned himself in front of the gun and steadied his stance.
The game operator cleared his throat and emptied the containers to restart the game. He stood to the edge of the tent, "READY? SET. GO!" he boomed signalling the contestants to start, but one of the contestants started two seconds earlier and got a head start. Tomoe glared.
"Damn human, playing dirty. I'll show you..." Tomoe growled under his breath, "Fox fire!" he whispered sending fox fire underneath that man's carton, causing the water to bubble up and evaporate.
DING DING!
Tomoe relaxed as he stood up and the game operator walked over, "Good job young man, you're here for your girlfriend aren't you? I'll start the new game while you wait for her to come and let her pick her prize. She's a keeper by the looks of it, oh here she is now."
Tomoe blushed as the girl leapt into his arms, a grin on her face, "You won Tomoe! Well I knew you would though... But anyways, here's my prize for you!" The girl pulled a paper bag from behind her back, "I got loads of food! I got ikiyaki (fried squid on a stick), karage (fried chicken on a stick), shioyaki (fish on a stick), takoyaki (A fish shaped good filled with chocolate), candied apples, crepes, dango, and even shaved ice with syrup! I wasn't sure what flavor you wanted so I got you lemon. I also got us some ice cream! All the street vendors wanted to give me their food, they said that I could make you really happy if I did. So I did!" She chimed. "Here, take the ice cream first, it'll melt if you don't."
Tomoe smiled, she was so sweet like this sometimes, sweeter than the sweetest candy. Her face shined, a smile that drove him over the moon sometimes, he just had to tease her, if she was always this happy, he'd spoil her! "You know that ice is bad for your teeth, and all that junk food is going to get you sick. I'll help you finish your ice cream as well as mine."
"Eeh?! Tomoe! I didn't know you had a sweet tooth!" Nanami giggled, she was getting too cute for him to handle, he couldn't stop blushing now.
Tomoe grumbled, "No, not really..." he was startled when he remembered the operator was standing there watching with a warm smile, "Nanami, pick your prize out."
Her eyes shone even more, "Wow! They're all so cute!" She pointed to the giant stuffed bear, "That one please! I'm going to name him Kuma-kun!" she smiled.
"He's almost as big as you, look he's almost 4 feet tall. You sure you want him?" Tomoe asked as he bit down on a chunk of squid.
Nanami sniffled as he licked more of her ice cream cone, "Of course I do! He's cute, so whenever I'm lonely, I can hug him." Her face was too cute. Tomoe blushed a pale hue of red. He couldn't take it.
"Nanami, let's go sit over there, we can eat there and if there's leftovers we can take them home." Tomoe turned swiftly and proceeded to the edge of the stairway to the shrine since there was no where else to sit.
Nanami chimed, "That'd be nice, my legs are killing me..." she skipped over to the ledge and her lips formed a delighted grin, "Look! The ice cream cone is in a fish shaped cone! Isn't that cool?" she munched on a pocky stick that was in the treat.
"Hey Nanami... you don't need to hug that bear when you're lonely..." Tomoe said, averting his eyes as quickly as he said so. What am I saying?!
The girl looked over, a confused daze on her face, "Why?" it was so cute that he couldn't not say what he was going to.
Tomoe was quiet for a while, "Because you have me."
"Tomoe, you can hug me if you're lonely too..." she too averted her eyes. She wanted to cover her face in embarrassment and her heart thumped soundly.
"Nanami, you have ice cream on your face.", his stomach twisted with nervousness for what he was going to do and his heart thumped in his chest.
The girl scoot closer, "Hm? Where?" she turned to him and her cheeks turned rosy when she noticed how close they were. She gasped slightly when Tomoe held her chin in his hand.
"Here..." Tomoe said leaning in closer, glossing over her lips before truly closing the gap with a pink face. Nanami gasped slightly, but she smiled in the kiss and hugged him tightly. His heart fluttered and his tail swished from side to side. Tomoe felt her strands of hair in his fingers and he closed his eyes, melting into the kiss. He was ecstatic and pulled her close. It was warm, so nice, and his action practically melted his brain to a lovey dovey mess. He didn't want to let Nanami go. His Nanami. They slowly retracted from the kiss, their lips wet and a content look in their eyes. He was ready for this. They've said it so many times unofficially, but Tomoe was ready. Tomoe took a deep breath. "Nanami will you-"
"Oh look! The bus is here!" The girl shouted, carrying the bag of food and hurried off to the bus, "Come on Tomoe! Let's go home."
Tomoe pouted. I guess I still need some more time. But I don't mind... He boarded on the bus and collapsed into the seat next to Nanami, "Hm." he grunted, "Let's go home." The two smiled before falling asleep on each other's shoulders and rode the bus home. Let's go home... together Nanami...
The amount of cuteness in this chapter makes my day. But sorry that this is still a bit longer than usual, I got a bit wound up in the feels and sped wrote through the entire thing forgetting about the size... Heheh oops XP But I felt like I owed you guys some cuteness and fluff. So here ya go! I really enjoyed this small arc, even though it was only like 2 chapters long. I'll try to keep up with my daily posts, but I might not be able to due to the upcoming school year and last minute summer assignments :P But I'll work hard for this story since it's coming out awesome.