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Soujirou's Dream - Chapter 17
Warning: Heavy fluff ahead!

"Misao! We're leaving first!"

"Hai, hai, I'll catch up with you later." Misao shouted from her room. Soujirou let out a sigh as he sat down on the step outside her room. Misao was taking an unusually long time that day.

What a coincidence that the night was the Yuki-Machi festival. Good! Then we can have more fun later! Soujirou told Misao after Okon announced that they were going. Soujirou! Misao hit his arm lightly and turned beet red. Soujirou grinned at the thought.

"Soujirou! Let's go!" Misao announced as she finally emerged from her room. Soujirou's breath caught in his throat when he saw what Misao was wearing. The turqoise kimono looked brilliant on her, and it made what little of her curves stand out; now he wanted her even more. He hungered for her touch once more, that lusty desire surfacing within him again. Soujirou fought to push it down; he had promised himself he would give Misao a good time that night.

It probably seemed to Misao that Soujirou had gone into a trance, and she waved a hand in front of his face. "Hello? Earth to Sou-chan? Do you call?"

That probably worked, Soujirou snapped out of his stupor; and in a fast motion he hugged Misao from behind, breathing heavily onto her neck, pressing light kisses to the nape of her neck, causing Misao to blush slightly. He then grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her around, and pressed a deep kiss to her lips.

Breaking away after awhile, Soujirou hugged her tightly and whispered into her ear playfully ,"Misao-chan wa kirei..."

Hearing this, Misao blushed some more and giggled. "You're lookin' pretty cool too Sou-chan!" Blinking and feigning blurness, he only went, "Huh?" Soujirou was wearing a new light blue gi under a black jacket with his dark blue hakama.

Giving Misao a kiss on the cheek, he wrapped his hands around hers and led her out...


It was still early in the evening, and Soujirou and Misao had already walked over the whole area once. Soujirou was only waiting for the fireworks to start so he could pop the question. Leading her to the riverside, under a huge sakura tree, Soujirou leant on the huge tree trunk and Misao followed suit. As Soujirou knew that Misao would complain, Soujirou wrapped an arm around her shoulder. The rest of the Oniwabanshuu were nowhere to be seen. The people across the riverback were preparing for the fireworks.

In an instant, the fireworks were bursting with liveliness in the night sky. They stood there watching the fireworks for ahwhile, when it went silent all of a sudden. Soujirou grabbed this chance; he knelt down in front of Misao and proposed to her.

Realisation slowly dawning on her, Misao slumped to her knees and hugged Soujirou tightly, tears slowly flowing out of her eyes. Feeling his shoulder being misted by her tears, Soujirou gently pulled her away and asked softly, brushing away her tears at the same time,"What's wrong?"

"I...iya.... I just...." Unable to control her happiness, Misao lunged into Soujirou's open arms again, trying hard to stifle her tears as Soujirou lightly kissed them away.

Pulling her away again, Soujirou looked down slightly and spoke softly. "Misao... I really hope that you will accept this... because.. well..." Blushing slightly he continued and looked up to glance into her eyes. "I really, really love you Misao... I've decided that I wanna be with you forever..." With that Soujirou pressed his lips against Misao's and gave her a passionate kiss.

Breaking off slightly, Soujirou whispered into her ear softly, sending shivers down her spine. "Now isn't the right time or place to be doing this..."

Moaning slightly, Misao wrapped her arms around Soujirou's waist. "Let's go back already, ne?"

I think this would be a nice place to stop! ^-^'' hehehe.... next chapter is the lemon.... ahehehe.... shit!