Now Ikasu stood outside Heero's door at the Inn and briefly straightened her blue tank top, and khaki shorts before knocking on the wooden door in front of her.
"Heero!! It's me Ikasu!" she said happily.
Heero stood on the other side of the door in front of his mirror. He didn't know what to wear! Ikasu had invited him to a carnival not far from the Inn at which he stayed. The two were to spend the whole day together! He had been looking forward to this; he planned to finally tell her his feelings on the Ferris wheel ride. Duo had said that that was the best place, and the most romantic, well at a carnival anyway. Yes Heero had finally made friends with the gundam boys. Ikasu had wanted to meet the rest of the boys after hearing so much about them, and Heero came to realize that he did care for each of them as a friend.
"Heero? Are you there?" Ikasu persisted beginning to feel a little worried.
Heero was supposed to be here. She had called him and told him she would arrive in a few moments. Maybe he had had second thoughts? She sighed; she knew he probably would've chickened out. He was, after all, a loner type person. He didn't care for big crowds, and didn't have the same idea of fun as everybody else. But he did seem excited when she asked him. So maybe she would wait a few more minutes, what did it matter? She would wait forever for him if she could.
"I'm almost ready Ikasu." Came Heero's voice.
He had finally found something that pleased him. He turned to look at his backside in the mirror and smoothed his pants out frowning. These pants made him look terribly fat, or so he thought. But they would have to do. He sighed and turned to look at himself once more. The green polo shirt he wore was unbuttoned, and was neatly tucked into his khaki pants, which held cargo pockets on either side. He smiled some testing out his unpracticed smile and then turned to the door.
When he opened the wooden slab that served as his means of entering and exiting his Prussian eyes meet those of Ikasu's. They locked on each other for a moment and then each of them blushed as they turned away.
"Oh Heero!" Ikasu said noticing his clothes.
Heero looked to her. He knew he shouldn't of worn this outfit! Now he had embarrassed himself in front of Ikasu! What was he to do?
"You and I are wearing the same thing practically!" Ikasu giggled.
Heero looked to her outfit that consisted of a blue tank and khaki shorts, and then to his. Yes they were the same type of color coordination. How odd that they chose the same outfit! He grinned happy that she wasn't displeased with the clothes he had chosen to don and said.
"Shall we go?"
Ikasu smiled. "Yes of course!"
Heero returned her beautiful smile much to the surprise of Ikasu. He had never given her a smile before! She had accomplished a great feat! And what a beautiful smile he had! His pearly white teeth gleamed in the dim light of the hall way and his Prussian eyes had brightened. She had, so it seemed. Started to mend the scar, which turned him from people.
Not but a few moments later the two had reached their destination. The laughter of excited children, music of the rides, and yells from angered parents swirled around them as they approached the ticket stand. Heero turned to Ikasu and said while taking out his wallet.
"I'll pay for both of us." He said.
It was another tip Heero had picked up from the date master Duo Maxwell. Always pay for a ladies ticket, food or anything else she needs to buy. It was not only polite but got you bonus points.
"Oh Heero, I can pay my own way in! Don't worry about it!" Ikasu said smiling.
Heero blinked she had refused just as Duo had predicted. How did Duo know so much about women? They couldn't all be the same. Ikasu was definetly different from all the others. She was radiant, and cheerful. No matter how down he was she always picked him right up and she always was there for him. Unlike others in his past she hadn't abandoned him.
"I'm paying you're way in, and that's final." Heero said smirking.
Ikasu shrugged and put her money away, "Alright fine mister tough guy!"
So he did know how to take a girl out on a date! If this is what it was. She didn't really know for sure. She had thought that he loved her, but with a boy like him it was hard to tell what emotions he was feeling.
"Two tickets please." Heero asked the ticket master.
The man in the booth smiled and handed the two tickets to Heero. "That'll be 3.50" he said.
Heero nodded is messy haired head and gave the designated amount of money to the man, and received his tickets. He then walked with his beloved Ikasu away from the booth to the entrance handing her an orange ticket on the way.
"Thank you Heero, for buying me a ticket." She said taking the orange piece of paper.
"You're welcome." He replied.
He had pleased her! Everytime he did this, a wave of great happiness swept over him. There was no other feeling in the world, or words to explain it. Each smile he received from this beautiful girl could never be suppressed by any other gift or smile and he was glad that she had made that brave move a few weeks ago at the inn.
"Well what ride do you want to ride first?" Ikasu asked looking around.
Heero blinked himself back to reality and looked about the carnival at all the unfamiliar rides. He hadn't ever been to a place such as this and didn't know which were most enjoyable.
"Which is your favorite?" he asked looking once again to Ikasu.
Ikasu giggled and pointed to a ride at which she chose as her favorite. It was the carousel. Thirty to forty colored animals on vertical golden bars moved up and down and twirled around slowly on this ride and children waved to their parents and friends as they rode.
Heero looked to the ride and a sweat drop appeared behind his head. This was her favorite ride? It looked boring as hell!! And what was worse it was, pretty. Pink, purple, and blue horses, dragons, and giraffes were the mounts on which one sat on. He wouldn't be caught dead on one of those if he had the choice! But it was her favorite, and he wasn't about to displease her, so he agreed to join her on the ride.
Ikasu smiled and laughed with glee as she took Heero's hand and lead him over to the ride. It had taken her some courage to grab the handsome boy's hand but she didn't want to be uneasy the whole day!
Heero was surprised with Ikasu took his hand in hers and pulled him along with her. He looked down at her beautiful white hand and smiled. Maybe she cared for as he cared for her? Maybe he would know the answer by the end of the day.
The two teens, when reaching the carousel, boarded and took a mount. Heero swung his left leg over the plastic saddle belonging to a blue dragon, while Ikasu boarded the white unicorn next to it. The two looked to each other once they were seated and Ikasu giggled and flashed him a smile.
"You'll like this Heero." She said.
Heero grinned back at her and doubted the fact that he would enjoy this girlish ride, but maybe his Ikasu was right. Maybe he would enjoy the ride. Well as long as Ikasu was there beside him he believed that no matter how bad the ride was it would be enjoyable.