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Pre-Read by: Zenapax
I Fell For You In San Francisco: Last Night Together
Shinobu has been sitting on the shower floor for ten minutes with water droplets falling on her body. She is confused with the events that happened at Pac Bell Park. 'He kissed me.' She thinks, touching her lips with her fingers. She remembers the tingle, the feeling, the moment of her lips pressing against his'. 'He kissed me. But why?' After a few more minutes in the shower, she turns off the water and dries herself. Once dressed in her night shirt, she goes in the bedroom and is surprise to see Keitaro lying on the bed. "Sempai. What are you doing in here?"
"Oh. I'm sorry. I just...never got to try out the bed, so I thought..." Shinobu puts up her hand, letting him know to stop talking.
"It's OK. I don't mind." She goes to the other side of the bed and lies down next to him. She looks at the TV, noticing that it's on. "What are you watching?"
"I'm trying to find the news." He flips the channels until he sees what looks to be a news anchor.
"Two things happened in the Giants' Dodgers' game. First, Kirk Rueter pitched a perfect game, a first in the Giants' history. The second is that Barry Bonds surpassed his godfather, Willie Mays in the career homerun list with this blast. But as the ball comes down, we spot-shadow this fan..." They circle a guy that looks dress like Keitaro. "...who dives and not only grabs the ball with his bare hand, but also rips this girl's shirt off." As the news anchor continues, both Keitaro and Shinobu notice that they are being featured in the story. He immediately turns off the TV, but not before feeling embarrassed.
"Do you think anybody we know saw that?" Keitaro ask.
"I hope not," Shinobu tells him, sweating profusely. "I just hope not." Keitaro stretches his arms.
"Well, it's getting late. Better get some sleep." He gets partly off the bed while he feel Shinobu holding onto his arm. "Shinobu?! What are you doing?" She pulls him back to the bed.
"I'm sorry Sempai. But I'll sleep on the couch." She gets off the bed. "You can sleep here tonight."
"No. I shouldn't." He grabs Shinobu's wrist. "You sleep here. I'll go back to the living room."
"But you haven't slept in the bedroom before. I want you to use it at least once on this trip." Before getting into an argument, Keitaro lets go of her hand and raises his hand above his head. She immediately remembers the first night in the hotel room and does the same thing. With a smile, they play the game and choose their weapon.
"Whoa," Keitaro says, holding out a rock.
"I...won," Shinobu says, showing paper. He lowers his head, accepting defeat. He looks up at her again, who is still surprised that she won.
"Well, I guess I'll be taking the bed then." He says, getting off of the bed. "I'll fix the couch so you can sleep on it." As he beings to walk away, Shinobu tugs on the back of Keitaro shirt. He stops and turns to her. "What is it Shinobu?" He calmly says, staring at her as if she was going to cry.
"Well I...I...I...was wondering if we...could actually...share the bed together?"
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An hour has passed since Keitaro accepted Shinobu's offer to sleep in bed together. The two of them have done nothing but sleep on the opposite sides of the bed, away from each other. At least, that's what Shinobu thinks, who is too nervous and too anxious to sleep in the same bed as him.
Having her back towards him, she slightly turns her body, seeing only his back in the dim lit room. "Sempai," she whispers, sighing to herself. "We are...we are...in the same bed together." She has been thinking about this moment each night since the incident in the jacuzzi. She pictures the two of them cuddling together as they embrace in a kiss before doing some naughty things. "I want us to be closer, but..." The image of Naru comes into her mind. She becomes jealous, remembering them going to Kyoto after failing the entrance exams and then Pararakelse Islands when Keitaro thought he failed a fourth time. "...you love Naru." She shreds a tear, knowing that nothing will ever happened between the two, for he only loves her. She turns back around and grabs her pillow, shoving her face so she doesn't wake up Keitaro with her crying. 'At least I can say we slept in the same bed together.' She wipes off the tear to the pillow and tries to sleep.
Unbeknown to her, he is also awake. Like Shinobu, he is too nervous and too anxious to sleep, but becomes tired. "Good! I feel sleepy," he says to himself. "Now, as long as I..." Before he can finish, he turns his body off the edge of the bed. 'No! No! No!' He thinks. 'Damn it! Every night I toss and turn before I fully go to sleep. Please! Don't let me wake up Shinobu.' He continues to move around the bed, hoping it will end soon. Just before he feels that he'll finally sleep, he turns again, but extends his arm and grabs something. He begins to feel the smooth and soft object in his palm. He opens his eyes and is terrify, seeing his arm over Shinobu's back. 'NO WAY! This...isn't...happening! This...can't...be...Shinobu's...'
"Ummm...Sempai?" She franticly says. "Why did you grab...my breast?" With those words, he is unable to move.
'Oh no! My little brother woke up!' He close his eyes, thinking of what to tell her. "I'm sorry Shinobu. I didn't mean it. I always toss and turn in bed just before I sleep. Please forgive me." With no respond, he attempts to move his hand off her breast. Because he can't think straight, he slowly drags it off. With every inches off, he feels more relief, hopefully that she'll forgive him. As he's about to get off of her, he surprisingly feels her warm hand on top of his, pulling it back on her breast.
"It's...OK Sempai. I...don't... mind."
"What?" He says, feeling confused. Usually, Shinobu would run away crying. And with anyone else, he would get a beating. "What are you saying?"
"I don't mind that you grabbed me...as long as it's you." Keitaro likes that she's letting him touch her, but is confused why. He's lost in deep thought when she speaks again, with both her hands on top. "But can you answer me a question?"
"HUH...sure." With the position he's in, he hopes it isn't something sexual. With the way he feels for her, he doesn't want it to be a lusting one night stand or something.
"Why did...you kiss me?"
"Kiss...you?"
"At the baseball game. Why did you kiss me?" He can feel her tightly holding his hand. It takes a moment for him to recollect his thoughts about what he did in Pac Bell Park.
"Well...the team in blue hit one of the Giant batters. The next thing I knew, the batter charges the pitcher and everyone is standing up to see. I was about to stand up himself, but I turned to you and saw you sleeping. I thought that since no one was watching us, it would be the perfect opportunity to...kiss...you."
"But why?" She cries out. He thought that she wouldn't wake up from something like that, but he was wrong. He already know why he did it, but doesn't have the heart to tell her. He opens his eyes and sees her shaking nervously, anticipating his answer. He debates for a few seconds before taking a deep breath to speak.
"Because...Because..."He has lost the courage to tell her, but feels her tight grip on his hand. He can tell she's hurting by not telling her his reason. Not wanting to cause her any more suffering, his closes his eyes and tells her, ready for a bad outcome.
"Because...I love you." Silence arose as she immediately lets go of his hand form the shock. He feels that her love belongs to someone else when she let go. Maybe Tsuyoshi or someone else. He doesn't know. What he does know is that he has finally told her how he feels towards her. Before pulling back his hand and about to go to the living room, he feels her shifting, causing him to feel the other breast. Surprised, he opens his eyes and sees her face under the dim light. Both her hands are held together above his, looking as if she's about to cry. But she looks more happy then her usually sad self when she does this.
"You...love...me?" He nods, making her tear and breath heavy. She moves herself forward, causing his hand to go around her back. Putting her arms around him, she begin to cry into his shirt. He is completely bewildered by what she's doing. He didn't expect her to do this. A moment later, she pulls back and wipes away the tears, looking deep into his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"I thought it was one sided." It takes a few seconds for him to fully process what she said.
"One sided? What do you mean?"
"I...love...you...too." The word sends a piercing joy through his heart. Putting his other arm around her, they embrace each other in a hug. They feel very happy in each other's arms, knowing that no one will drop by unexpectedly. But her previous thoughts of who he loves still lingers in the back of her mind, causing her not to truly enjoy this experience. Clouded with this burden, Shinobu pulls back, looking away from him. "I'm sorry for asking, but what about Naru? I thought you loved her."
"I did," he says, reaching back and lifting her chin so her can look at him. "But I've always loved you more." Shinobu is bewilder that he picked her over Naru.
"Really?"
"Yes." He puts his arms back around her. "It didn't matter if everyone was at the Hinata Sou when I came back. I wanted you and only you to come with me on this trip." With tears of joy, she embraces him in another hug. But like her, Keitaro is burden with the thought of who she likes. "Shinobu. What about Tsuyoshi? I thought you two were going out?"
She lets out a tear before pulling back to answer. "No. No were not. He does like me, but I told him that there is someone else that I wanted to be with. I didn't tell him that it was you." She gently pokes his nose, cause him to laugh. Once he stops, they look at each other, knowing what to do next
"Shinobu..." He leans forwards to kiss her.
"Sempai..." She does the same thing.
"Please...call me Keitaro."
"All right...Keitaro." And with that, they embrace each other with a kiss. They both feel this kiss is better then one hours ago. Not only is Shinobu awake, but they both know how the other truly feels. Hearing only their heart beating, they bring to roll around in bed.
Neither of them thought this would ever happen. They thought the worst, only to be proven wrong. They feel truly happy in the situation they are in. As he thinks this couldn't get any better, Keitaro suddenly hears her tear-jerking. He opens one eye and see a river run down hers. He pulls back in concern. "Shinobu! What wrong?"
"I'm sorry Keitaro. I'm not ready. I thought I was...but I'm not. I'm sorry for letting you down. You must be disappoint. I mean, you are so much experienced and all...being in college and everything..." He cuts her off, not knowing what she's talking about.
"What do you mean experienced? What are you talking..." He looks down at himself and realizes what she mean, seeing that he's on top of her and in between her legs. Knowing that he may have scared her, he quickly grabs her and strokes her long hair, trying to calm her down. "Don't apologize. It's my fault. I didn't know where I was. I'm sorry." She starts to cry less.
"You *crying* sure?"
"Positive. And another thing, I'm not experience at all. I never been in a situation like this before." Shinobu seem flabbergasted to hear this. From what Akiko and Sachiko told her, she thought that every college student would be 'making sweet music'. Then again, she realizes that neither Mutsumi, Naru or Motoko are like that. And it doesn't sound like the Keitaro she knows either.
"I'm sorry that I thought you...well...you know."
"Don't mention it." He pulls back, smiling at her. "Tell you what. We don't have to do anything now. I've waited all my life for someone like you. I can wait for however long it takes because you are the only one for me." Shinobu is surprise to hear his offer. She knows that when he makes a promise, he keeps it.
"You mean it?"
"Yeah. I want to make you happy. There isn't anything that I wouldn't do for you. Just make sure that the others aren't around at the time." The two of them laugh before agreeing with a kiss. They roll over, side to side and hold each other, knowing that they'll have a romantic, but secret relationship with each other once they get back home. Without realizing it, they fall a sleep in each other's arms until they're awaken by the San Francisco sun.
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