Ginger had know idea what to do. She didn't even know exactly how she felt about Hoshino. She was waiting for him to say something.

"Ginger?" he said quietly.

"yes?" she asked.

"I- w-would you... Will you go out with me...?"

Ginger was shocked, even though she really shouldn't have been.

"I- I..." she said

"y-you don't have to..." Hoshino said, looking down.

"no, I..."

Hoshino couldn't meet her eyes.

"I just... I would love to go out with you." she said.

Hoshino looked up at her.

"really?"

"yes, but I just don't know how... I mean, we're surrounded by lava..."

"I can fix that!" said Aia, walking into the room. She had taped the whole thing. "I'll totally fix you up!" she said with a wink.

That night, or what Aia called 'date night', Aia had set up the dining room the look fancy. She had gone out on Chubbi and got an outfit for Hoshino aone some food from a restaurant(don't ask how people responded to the dragon, she practically got the food for free). She told Ginger to wear something nice, and alstht old she and Hoshino to stay upstairs until she was ready. Eventually she called both of them downstairs.

Ginger was wearing a dress with sparkles along the top. It was pink and looked really nice on her.

Hoshino had on... Whatever men wear on a normal date(I have no idea lol).

The dining room was decorated to look like a restaurant. There was a tablecloth and cushions on the chairs. There were two chairs at the table and plates and stuff where they should be. The food was fried chicken(xD sorry I just love chicken).

"this is amazing, Aia!" said Ginger. "thanks! But you really didn't have to make it so fancy. We aren't like sophisticated or anything. At least we got chicken!"

"you look amazing..." said Hoshino.

"thanks." Ginger blushed. What am I doing? Ginger thought. This was never supposed to happen! Why is my heart beating so fast?!

They sat down at the table and started putting chicken on their plates. Aia was taking a video.

Why am I here? Hoshino thought. She's too good for me... I'm just a human! This must be what other humans were thinking of her. She was too good for them. I don't deserve her, I haven't given her anything. I followed her and am living with her... She's given me so much... I should have asked Aia to get me flowers to give to her, too. At least I would have that...

Should I say something? Thought Ginger. I'm not sure what to do. I've never been on a date before. I don't socialize, my house is surrounded by lava for cryin out loud! But we have to talk...

"so... Hoshino?" said Ginger. He looked up at her. "uhh..." why is he staring at me? He's burning holes through my skull! It's making me nervous! "so... How old are you?"

"I'm 24." he replied. "what about you- oh, that's right. You're a demon, sorry, I forgot..." he looked down at his plate.

"no, it's ok." ginger replied. "I stopped aging when I was about 21."

"cool."

Gahh this is so boring! Thought Ginger. It feels like something's going to go wrong and I'll end up crying and singing in my room again!

Aia was getting worried. She couldn't even tell what was going to happen. Love was too strong a force for her to be able to tell.

"so... Uh..." Hoshino said.

"hmm?" replied ginger.

"uhh..." why is she staring at me? It's making me nervous! He thought. "I uh, I don't know, I just feel like we should be talking."

"yeah..."

"so... Tell me about the past, then."

Ginger was startled by this, but determined not to freak out again and leave.

"well... It was really different... I don't really know what you would be interested in knowing. We really don't know much about each other."

"that's true. We really just met a few days ago."

"it was like yesterday."

"haha, yeah."

Uncomfortable silence.

"sooo... What do you want to know about the past?" asked ginger.

"I don't know... What was your daily life like?"

"well... I actually traveled with a group for a while. There was a half demon, inuyasha, a... Well basically the reincarnation of a priestess named Kagome, a demonslayer named Sango, and a perverted monk named miroku. There was also Shippo, a little fox demon, and Sango's demon cat, Kirara. When I was with them, my daily life was traveling and battling demons. I wasn't there at the beginning, I came after Sango, who was the last one added to the group. We originally tried to get the sacred jewel shards, but ended up battling a demon named naraku in the end."

So inuyasha's from the past, thought Hoshino. That makes sense.

"so anyway, Kagome and Inuyasha fell in love, and so did Sango and Miroku. There were others, too, like sesshomaru. He never found love, but could have. Like Sara or Kagura. But they both ended up dying. I saw a lot of blood back then. Now it's more peaceful and all I have to worry about are the kids, but Gina's still stuck in the past... You don't know anything that's happened to me in the past few weeks. You have no idea..." she looked about to cry.

"Ginger?" said Hoshino. "I'm glad you could get your feelings out. You really seemed like you needed to. Please calm down. Everything will turn out fine in the end. And if it doesn't, then it's not the end yet." he smiled.

Ginger stood up. A tear rolled down her cheek.

Hoshino stood up too. "ginger? You're going to be fine." he walked closer to her. She ran to him and hugged him.

"ginger...?"

She didn't respond, just hugged tighter. "I wish... I wish this never happened." she sobbed.

"no you don't." Hoshino replied calmly. "if none of this ever happened, your life would be as boring as ever. What has happened has been a great experience, ginger. If you hadn't met Sheya again you would think that he was dead. I'm sure Gina is learning something, whoever she is. And if you hadn't met me... Well, if you hadn't met me then this wouldn't be happening."

"but it's been so hard... I didn't even get to see kagome while I was back in the past. I have no idea if Gina and Inuyasha are going to find her. I didn't explain the real situation to either of them, and the whole balance of time is messed up!"

"but think about it. If this happened, then it happened for a reason. Now save your wishes, you might need them later."

Ginger wanted to stay there forever, hugging Hoshino. She couldn't explain it, not even to herself. She just felt better whenever he was around. How are you supposed to break up a hug? She thought. When does it end?

Hoshino eventually pulled away, but just enough so it wasn't really a hug anymore, but they were still really close. Gingers heart was beating really fast again. She closed her eyes. Her eyes were still wet. She looked up at him. They stared into each others eyes. Then Ginger pulled away and ran upstairs. Why does this always happen? She thought.

She ended up singing again, only this time it was a different song. When it was finished, she cried for a few moments. She got ready for bed. She was really tired. This time she didn't open up the door. If Hoshino wasn't there, she would feel like an idiot. She got in bed and started reading, but just ended up singing again. She closed the book and put it on the table next to her bed. She kept singing, and got up out of bed.

She knew what she had to do, or at least try.

She opened up the door, and screamed.

Hoshino was standing there.

"you pervert! She yelled at him.

"I- I was just worried about you!" he protested.

"have you been standing there the whole time?" her eyes softened.

"um yeah..."

"oh."

"I, just, um-"

"thank you."

"what?" he was startled by her response.

"thank you. For everything." and she kissed him. His eyes widened in surprise, and she ran down the hallway, down stairs, and out the door, leaving Hoshino Standing there in surprise.

"Ginger! Wait!" he called after her and ran.

Ginger rode to the grassy field on Chito. Hoshino Made it downstairs and told Chubbi to follow her.

Hoshino made it to the field as Ginger was about to jump down the well.

"Ginger, what are you doing?!" he yelled at her.

"I need to go back to the past."

"but if it doesn't work you'll get hurt!"

"I'll take my chances." she smiled. "if I don't do this now I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

"but don't you have courage in Gina?"

"I do. I'll regret not being able to go back and relive myself. I'll also regret not telling them what I knew about the situation, so I have to try. If the well closes, I don't want Gina to be stuck there alone."

"what do you mean if the well closes?!"

"bye, Hoshino." Ginger said. And with that she jumped down the well.