"Chapter Fourteen;
A New Routine"

This morning, on my walk to school, I met up with Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki. Now, of course, they were curious about how it went. Here's how it happened. "Hey guys!" I greeted, rushing towards them, careful so as I didn't get too close to Tohru.

They all looked in my direction, and smiled. "Good morning Miss Yudinte!" Yuki greeted.

Kyo, at that moment, put a big smirk across his face. "How was the date with Haru?" He asked, teasingly.

"Magical!" I said, twirling around. I think that he was staring at me, rather bewildered, but I really didn't notice.

I heard giggles out of Yuki and Tohru. "That's great Ai! I'm glad you and Haru had fun!" She commented.

"Thanks!" I immediately said after giving her a warm smile. Thanks to the episode I had the other day, I was able to call Tohru a true friend, same as Kyo, Yuki, along with Uo and Hana. "I really wouldn't have been able to show my face if it weren't for those weird fan club girls, believe it or not! Mokoto, Minomi, Miyo, and, Mai. Because of them, I actually succeeded in impressing him on our date." I explained.

I was given two surprised stares, and one pleased grin from Yuki. "I'm glad they decided to help you on your date!" He commented. I nodded in response, secretly knowing how Haru would put them in there place; I may have owed them thanks, but when I plan revenge, the plan sticks like with my brother and his tantrums; note that this state is a time you do not want to be around Kanye.

The rest of the walk was spent talking about how I ended up meeting up with Rakimi, and with Kyo blabbering about how he was going to defeat Yuki, which caused him to get a good hit by said male.

I walked through the school halls towards my homeroom class, happily, people still mumbling about how I had a crush on Haru, but I didn't care, because he was my boyfriend now. I had no doubts in my mind that things were gonna get better from here on out! Sure, people wouldn't let me live it down, but I really couldn't care less, because I didn't have to.

I walked into homeroom, like usual, at the exact time I normally did, walking past the people muttering about my crazy self for liking him, and turning at the lane to the corner.

Today was different. Haru was standing behind my desk, awaiting me with the brightest smile I've ever seen on his face. That was unusual. "Hey!" He greeted, dream like.

I supposed I couldn't expect things to be the same since we were dating, but it was different, so it felt weird. "Hey back!" I said happily, a warm smile on my face.

I was reaching to hug him, but before I could, he grabbed my arm, turned me around, and sat himself down in my chair, and me on his lap. As soon as I was sat down, my back, on instinct, arched back onto his chest, and we both just started laughing with each other. I'm pretty sure we got the weirdest looks out there, but before I could take time to notice, just as our laughter began to quiet down, Haru just kissed me, and that was more than enough to distract me.

We would have continued to do so if Momiji hadn't run up to us. "Oh, that is so cute! You guys have to tell me how the date went!" That exclamation made the whole class began talking like no tomorrow.

"Gotta hate school, sometimes!" I muttered towards him.

"Ya gotta hate Momiji sometimes, too, but we still have to put up with him!" He mumbled back, making me chuckle lightly. There was just always going to be a way for him to make me smile, from the day we met to the day we depart forever. No one lives forever, but in soul, him and I would always remain.

Our sensei came in, and seeing Haru and me the way we were, he teased us only once, then made sure we got the most respect out of the whole class; in a way, he was more of a romantic than Ayame.

I will admit it, though! Class felt pretty weird. The stares we got, the talks that were heard, even the examples of the lessons. Each time it happened, I looked at Haru with an expression that read one thing: If Kami-sama could see this, I wish he'd spare us!

He'd regularly shrug it off, but judging by the look on his face, he was begging for the same thing! It was simply registered by the returned glance after him being dragged up, pointed at, and used to help demonstrate the passion of love that came from the Taoists. When he came back to his seat, he was stiff, slow, and when he looked back at me, fear and annoyance were present in his stare at me towards our sensei.

When the bell rang for lunch, we never felt happier. We had brought our lunch because Tuesday was the current Monday, and that meant the leftover sashimi from Friday. Fresh; it's good! Leftovers after a couple of days; you'll be in the infirmary and/or the hospital by eating it. People tend to learn either to skip lunch, or to bring their own.

Of course, I normally made the bento for me and Haru, but he insisted he did it this time. I was surprised how he gave me a black box while he had the white; normally he wouldn't care about what he picked up, but this seemed planned. Especially since he had sat us sit away from the others.

We sat down in the back corner away from everyone else. The two reasons the seats weren't taken were simply because Yuki had complimented on how he disliked the fact the whole cafeteria wreaked of garbage, so it was all place behind the doors we sat near. The other reason is because there was a rumor on how a kid had died five years before Haru and I joined the school. Said something about dying of a heart attack, when the truth was it was choking because he ate too fast; I should know.

I explained this to Haru on our walk to lunch, and he shrugged it off, saying that he should have eaten more slowly, and even if I hadn't met him, it would have happened anyway. Adding the fact he said Yuki told him that they removed the table because they couldn't get the smell off it, so it made me feel better.

"Well!" He said, excitedly. I turned to him, just snapping out of my dazed expression. "Are we gonna have lunch, now?" He asked, eagerly.

I sighed, and decided to see what my new boyfriend had decided to make; if he could cook at all. I stared down at it, completely shocked. In it was my favorite dinner of Yakitori, four skewers of it, and in the middle, Kare Raisu, and a nice side dish of origani, and judging by the smell of it, it was made with shrimps and scallops; a personal favorite snack.

When Haru opened his, it was like looking in a mirror; I was surprised it was all still hot! I smiled either way, a small blush appearing on my cheeks. "Haru, this is so sweet! Thank you!" I told him calmly.

I knew him not to like it when girls are giddy, so I had to calm my shaking nerves. I don't think it mattered, now that I look back at it, because he only smirk a victory before saying anything. "No problem; anything for my koi!" He replied, lustfully.

Of course, I was surprised enough he called me that, but that soon didn't matter, because he only kissed me for the second time that day, only dragging me further into shock before melting away.

Once we finished lunch, of course we had to go back to class, which was straight back into our very awkward situation. But, once the bell rang, we happily got to our lockers, cleared out everything we needed, then left, hand in hand. We had plans of our own, and that was to think of our next date along the walk to my house.

It was decided we go see a movie on Friday, after school, no exceptions. I agreed to the terms as much as Haru, warning him that if he canceled, he'd regret it, but he only through the same thing back at me, that lustful voice matching the tone in his eyes with his mischievous smirk. Of course it made me blush as a shiver went up my spine, but he regularly did that.

With that, Haru went off to call a taxi, so he can get home, while I walked the rest of the way to my apartment building. I closed the door, before leaning back against it with a sigh of relief. That was, by far, the weirdest day of my life. I shrugged it off; this was probably how it was gonna be for a long time...

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- K. Fang-sama