I promised I wouldn't post another for a day at least... but as it is 00:02 it is technically tomorrow from yesterday, so as it is now today I don't have to wait until tomorrow to post, as yesterday was today and today was tomorrow and I can now post it 'cos today is today :)

I'm tired...

Enjoy!


We'd walked down to the kitchens (which were massive by the way) and he took me over to find some things the the picnic. We made some egg mayonnaise sandwiches, as well as some ham sandwiches. He picked out a strawberry and cream cake from one of the fridges, and asked me what I wanted to drink. I picked out a bottle of cola, and a bottle of water (apricot flavored and fizzy, yum) and then we went on our way.

Takashi carried the basket, while I walked beside him.

"The park isn't far from here, so we can walk if you want?"

"Yeah, that'd be nice." It was a lovely day, so walking wouldn't be too bad.

We were walking down the extremely long garden path to get outside the grounds when we heard a voice shouting behind us.

"Tak and Saori, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

I giggled as Takashi turned and shot Satoshi a filthy look, flipped him off (in an 'I'd only ever do that to my brother way') then turned back to me, smiled as if nothing had happened the opened the gate so we could go out to the park.

* * *

We'd sat under a tree, on a spread out checked sheet, while we talked and laughed. He managed to keep the conversation light, asking questions about what my favorite things were.

"What's your favorite food?" he asked, leaning against the tree and smiling at me.

"Well... I'd have to say it's spaghetti bolognaise with Parmesan cheese. What's yours?"

"I love Sanma Fish." he smiled.

"Okay, cool." I giggled, crawling over to where he was sat and leaning against him.

"Right... what's you're favorite singer or band?"

Oh, toughy.

"Um, I'd have to say I like a lot of rock music... so I can't pick from them. But my favorite singer is Amy Lee."

"Who?"

I looked up at him so he was kind of upside down, but the confusion on his face was obvious.

"Amy Lee... sings in Evanescence."

"Oh." he still seemed clueless, but he managed to downplay it.

He wrapped an arm around me, and pulled me close. I felt he butterfly's again, but I refused to let it bother me.

"Who's your favorite then?" I asked.

"The Fray."

"Seriously?" I was kind of very happy, I loved The Fray.

"Yeah." he chuckled, ruffling my hair slightly.

I batted his hand away, then when I was sure he wasn't about to attack my hair, I went back to resting my head against his chest. He continued with the questions:

Colour? I like red and black, he likes green and black.

Film? I like Titanic, he likes James Bond (all of them).

Place? I like Japan, he likes Japan (we laughed a little after this).

"Okay, what is... the strangest thing you have ever done?" he asked me. Without thinking I gave a little 'ha' and shook my head.

"Like two guys at the same time." I realized what I said and clapped my hands over my mouth. He just laughed a little at me and moved my hands away.

"Chill out, it's not that bad." I rolled my eyes and tried to relax against him... he seemed genuinely un-phased by my little outburst.

"What's the strangest thing you've ever done?" I asked.

"I... I get really sociable when I'm tired. I once complemented Haruhi, and she went mad thinking something was wrong with me. So I had a nap, and I pretended I couldn't remember anything before the nap. It kind of made it easier for Haruhi to get over the embarrassment."

"What did you say?" I giggled, imagining Haruhi looking very flustered at a complement.

"I just said she looked nice. And I smiled at her."

"Well, that's enough to send any girl crazy." I smirked.

"So I make you crazy?"

"Course not, I was already."

After our conversation, he opened the basket and we ate the sandwiches and cake and drank the pop, then we were attacked by a border collie puppy. She just came running over and leaped on us, barking, wagging her tail and licking our faces.

I was glad it wasn't muddy, or we'd have been plastered in it.

"Hey girl." Takashi grabbed the dog around it's middle and front legs, lifted her easily onto his lap and started patting her.

"You're a hyper little thing aren't you?" he cooed, scratching her behind the ears. The pup just let her tongue loll out and she looked extremely comfortable.

"Trixie! Trixie!" I looked up and saw a girl with long blond hair, about ten years old, running around with a lead in her hand.

"I think we found the owner." I said, standing and plucking the pup from Takashi's arms. I walked a little down the hill we were on and then the girl saw us. She let out a cry of delight and raced towards me, taking Trixie from me and kissing her on the nose.

"Thank you, I thought I'd lost her!" she cried, hugging the dog and linking the lead onto her collar.

"It's no problem. She jumped on my friend, so it really wasn't hard to keep hold of her."

"Where's your friend? I should thank them too."

"He's up by that tree." I turned and looked, but saw no Takashi. "Or he was."

I then was about to turn back to the girl, when I felt arms wrap around me. I squeaked as I felt myself lift from the ground, but recovered when the girl started giggling.

"Actually, he's here."

She laughed, and smiled at us both, then bowed slightly.

"Thank you both. You are very kind." she chirped.

I blushed (I really am not used to formalities...) but Takashi rescued me by answering for the both of us.

"You're welcome. Just take care of her."

She smiled and nodded, then turned away. But she stopped after a second and looked back.

"If you don't mind me saying, you make a very cute couple."

She flashed us a cheeky smile, then trotted off with the hyper Trixie.

I felt my face burn, and was too preoccupied with trying to calm my nerves to notice that Takashi had put me down and was now mumbling something.

I started to talk. "That was..."

"Strange." he finished. Never the less, he cupped the side of my face with one of his hands, and slowly stroked it back, catching my hair with it and smiling.

"Yeah. Strange." I whispered, suddenly feeling very shy. He chuckled quietly, took my hand and pulled me back to our picnic blanket.

We sat for a while in silence, I was just leaning against him while he had his arm around me. I didn't notice how long we'd been there until he nudged me and nodded towards the sunset.

"It's beautiful."

"Yeah."

We waited for the sun to set before getting up and packing things away. He carried the basket again, took hold of my hand and we walked slowly back to his house, watching the stars twinkle above.

"Can you see the North Star?" he asked.

"Yeah, that one up there." I pointed our hands in the direction, and he had to pause and lean in closer to me to see it from my point of view. I turned to face him, and smiled.

"See it?"

"Yeah. I do."

He turned, smiled and me, then kissed my forehead.

"Let's get back." he said, before pulling me down the street again.

* * *

"Hi guys!" yelled Satoshi, waving at us as we passed. Takashi merely grunted at him, while I opted for the more polite greeting where I lifted my hand in greeting and kind of acknowledged he existed.

"You ought to be nicer to him." I couldn't help but giggle as he shrugged and ignored the whole idea.

"He annoys me." he muttered, though putting it quite simply.

"Even so..."

He gave me a side ways glance, before he smiled at me.

"I'll consider it."

I gazed at some of the finer architecture of the house while he went to give the basket back, then called for a limo to come and get us so he could take me home. We talked quietly, while we sat in the limo and waited out the journey. I snuggled into his side and stayed there for a while just breathing in the smell of his aftershave... or whatever. He held me close and kept me there, resting his chin on my head, not saying a word.

When we eventually got to my house, he helped me out of the car, and walked me to the door just like Kyouya did last night.

"I hope you had a nice time today." he said, brushing loose hairs out of my face.

"I did. It was wonderful." I replied, mentally slapping myself for letting this sound like a corny film script.

"Good."

He leaned down slightly, as if he was about to kiss me... then he stopped, and looked me in the eyes. It was as if he was asking permission to carry on.

So I did it for him.

I don't know what possessed me to do it.

I kissed him.

Our lips touched, and I felt something more than butterfly's. It felt as if my heart exploded, but in a good way.

It was chemistry.

It was amazing.

It was just... wow.

We parted, and for the briefest of time, we looked at one another... then we smiled.

"Night." he whispered.

"Night."

He caught my lips briefly again, then left to go to his limo, and I walked into my house.

I think... I was in love.

With Takashi Morinozuka.

Holy crap.