DISCLAIMER: I do not own Love Hina.
We now go back to the present.
"Like I said, last night, while you were still out cold, me and the girls talked about a lot of stuff. It was a good thing Haruka-san was there to mediate----"
"Wow, so does that make us officially---"
"You can put it that way, but don't go out blurting it to everyone okay?" Naru said, cutting Keitaro's words.
"Whoah!!!" Keitaro shouted in exclamation. "I never thought this day would come!" he happily announced.
Naru smiled at him and told him off.
"You better settle down before you hurt yourself." She told him.
"Sempai!" yelled Shinobu. "Keitaro!" screamed Su. Both girls were running towards Keitaro. The sun was taking it's place high in the sky and they were rushing back to find shelter from the scorching heat. Motoko can be seen from the distance, treading back from her morning training while Kitsune and Haruka walk into the kitchen carrying the stuff they bought for the café.
"Nice to see you two lovebirds are getting along this morning!" teased Kitsune.
"Aaah--- Ohayo Haruka-san. Ohayo Kitsune-san." Keitaro said. His face and Naru's flushed from Kitsune's previous remark.
"Good morning Keitaro. I'm glad to find you in high spirits this morning." Haruka replied.
"How are you feeling Keitaro?" Su asked while poking his arm.
"OW!!!" Keitaro shouted. "It still kinda hurts but I'm better now, I guess."
"It seems so." Naru added. "But you've recovered fairly quickly. I thought you'd still be wasted until now."
"So what are you feeling, Sempai?" Shinobu repeated.
"Well, my muscles still hurt a bit and I feel a little sore but aside from that, I guess I'm okay." He replied.
"Naru!" Haruka called. "We're expecting customers to be coming in soon. I'd really appreciate it if you can help prepare the place."
"Okay." Naru responded.
The rest of the Hinata girls were busy fixing up the café while Keitaro finshed his breakfast.
"Aaah--- this is the life!" Keitaro thought to himself. "I'm surprised nobody's out to beat me up this morning or that nothing bad has----"
"CRASH!"
"Sorry Keitaro!" called Su from the roof of the café. I was trying to remove this pot that was left here when it slipped from my hands. Su then smiled at Keitaro and scurried away from the roof.
"So much for that---" he thought. "Oh well, at least it's not as bad as it used to."
"Urashima, how are you feeling?"
"M---Mo---Motoko!!!" cried Keitaro. "I didn't do anything to Su, I swear!" He cried in defense.
Motoko just smiled at him. Do not fear Urashima, I was not planning on attacking you."
"Huh--- okay." Keitaro muttered. "What can I do for you Motoko-chan?"
"I can't help but look at you, all bandaged up like this. You must be in great pain." She told him.
"Well, it doesn't hurt that much anymore, if that's what you wanted to ask-- -" he nervously replied.
"While I was practicing this morning, I can't help thinking about what you did last night." "What about last night?" Keitaro asked.
"How did you learn to fight like that?"
"Honestly, I really don't know. I can barely recall what happened last night. Everything that I did was based on feelings and not action. I wasn't thinking about my next move but rather, I was going with what I felt during that time. Now that you mention it, I'm starting to find it weird too." He tried to explain what happened but words failed him.
"It only shows that you have some kind of fighting skill hidden in that body of yours. Maybe with a little practice, you can harness it. I would like to challenge you to a duel Urashima."
"A duel?! What are you saying Motoko-chan? I don't have the guts nor the skill to beat you!"
"Tomorrow then, at the break of dawn. Get rested well, Urashima." Motoko said with a smile.
"B---But---!!!"
Motoko left Keitaro and went back to help the others. Keitaro fixed the area where he slept the night off and moved on to one of the rooms inside the café. He was left alone to sleep the whole day. It was almost dark when he woke up. Naru seated at the foot of his Futon, reading a book.
"Na---Narusegawa!"
"Oh, hello Keitaro! I'm glad to see you're already up. Everybody's outside helping out. I thought I'd spend my break watching over you. You seemed to have slept well. You even forgot to eat lunch!" Naru replied.
"Huh? What time is it?" Keitaro asked. He scanned the room as if looking for something and found a tray of untouched food in one corner.
"It's almost seven in the evening. Shinobu brought you some food for lunch this afternoon."
"That's right. I remember telling her to leave it there. I guess I must have fallen asleep again right after she left." He laughed.
"It's okay. You look so much better now. Maybe you can come out and have dinner with us already. Haruka-san will be closing the café in a bit and we'll be having a barbecue for dinner. I'll see you outside then?" she happily asked.
"O---Okay." He replied.
"Great!" Naru squealed. She gave him a peck on the cheek and then skipped off.
"I sure hope this isn't one of my stupid dreams again." Keitaro muttered.
Keitaro stood up and headed off to the bathroom to fix himself. He was still half-asleep when he opened the bathroom door, only to find Naru taking a leak inside.
"What are you doing, you PERVERT?!!!"
"WHAM!!!"
Keitaro landed right smack in the area where the rest of the girls were barbecuing dinner. There was a table on one side where the food was kept and a bonfire on the other.
"CRASH!!!"
Silence.
Everybody turned to see Keitaro, face down in the sand.
"Nice to know you're back flying again, Keitaro. Whad'ya do this time?" Kitsune teased.
Keitaro sat up with a huge grin on his face, scratching his head. "I didn't know Naru was in the bathroom when I walked in. He he---" He somehow missed this. "But I could really get used to the way Narusegawa has been treating me lately." He thought.
"What were you trying to pull off walking in on me like that?" Naru smaked his head and then seated herself beside him. Just because we're together now doesn't mean you can go on doing that." She wrapped her left arm around his right arm and then pinched his nose.
"Hey, you two, you might want to stay away from each other even for just a few minutes. We've got kids here, you know!" Haruka jokingly commented.
"Hey! I'm not a kid anymore!" Shinobu protested.
"I'm a kid! I'm a kid!" Su yelled.
"Have you recovered enough yet, Urashima?" Motoko asked
"I guess, I feel so much better now." He replied.
"Good! Then we can continue with our plans tomorrow at dawn?" Motoko continued.
Naru turned to Keitaro and gave him a dagger look.
"You mind telling me what this is about?"
"Er--- I promised Motoko, I'd help her train tomorrow morning." He nervously replied.
"You baka!" Naru cried. "You know you're not even well yet!"
"Don't worry, Narusegawa. I'll be okay." He assured her.
"You think you can pull of that martial art thing that you showed us last night one more time? Is that it?" Naru protested.
"I don't know if I can do that again, but don't worry. I'm okay." He assured Naru. He gave her a quick kiss before running off the foodtable.
The night was filled with food and sake, courtesy of Kitsune. Everyone was out cold on the sand after the clock hit 12:30. Shinobu brought her futon out and was tucked away near the warmth of the bonfire. Kitsue was her usual self, knocked-out cold on the sand, barely clothed. Su was clinging on to Motoko while Naru was beside Keitaro, her head resting on his chest.
It can't get any better than this. Tomorrow is going to be another exciting day.
We now go back to the present.
"Like I said, last night, while you were still out cold, me and the girls talked about a lot of stuff. It was a good thing Haruka-san was there to mediate----"
"Wow, so does that make us officially---"
"You can put it that way, but don't go out blurting it to everyone okay?" Naru said, cutting Keitaro's words.
"Whoah!!!" Keitaro shouted in exclamation. "I never thought this day would come!" he happily announced.
Naru smiled at him and told him off.
"You better settle down before you hurt yourself." She told him.
"Sempai!" yelled Shinobu. "Keitaro!" screamed Su. Both girls were running towards Keitaro. The sun was taking it's place high in the sky and they were rushing back to find shelter from the scorching heat. Motoko can be seen from the distance, treading back from her morning training while Kitsune and Haruka walk into the kitchen carrying the stuff they bought for the café.
"Nice to see you two lovebirds are getting along this morning!" teased Kitsune.
"Aaah--- Ohayo Haruka-san. Ohayo Kitsune-san." Keitaro said. His face and Naru's flushed from Kitsune's previous remark.
"Good morning Keitaro. I'm glad to find you in high spirits this morning." Haruka replied.
"How are you feeling Keitaro?" Su asked while poking his arm.
"OW!!!" Keitaro shouted. "It still kinda hurts but I'm better now, I guess."
"It seems so." Naru added. "But you've recovered fairly quickly. I thought you'd still be wasted until now."
"So what are you feeling, Sempai?" Shinobu repeated.
"Well, my muscles still hurt a bit and I feel a little sore but aside from that, I guess I'm okay." He replied.
"Naru!" Haruka called. "We're expecting customers to be coming in soon. I'd really appreciate it if you can help prepare the place."
"Okay." Naru responded.
The rest of the Hinata girls were busy fixing up the café while Keitaro finshed his breakfast.
"Aaah--- this is the life!" Keitaro thought to himself. "I'm surprised nobody's out to beat me up this morning or that nothing bad has----"
"CRASH!"
"Sorry Keitaro!" called Su from the roof of the café. I was trying to remove this pot that was left here when it slipped from my hands. Su then smiled at Keitaro and scurried away from the roof.
"So much for that---" he thought. "Oh well, at least it's not as bad as it used to."
"Urashima, how are you feeling?"
"M---Mo---Motoko!!!" cried Keitaro. "I didn't do anything to Su, I swear!" He cried in defense.
Motoko just smiled at him. Do not fear Urashima, I was not planning on attacking you."
"Huh--- okay." Keitaro muttered. "What can I do for you Motoko-chan?"
"I can't help but look at you, all bandaged up like this. You must be in great pain." She told him.
"Well, it doesn't hurt that much anymore, if that's what you wanted to ask-- -" he nervously replied.
"While I was practicing this morning, I can't help thinking about what you did last night." "What about last night?" Keitaro asked.
"How did you learn to fight like that?"
"Honestly, I really don't know. I can barely recall what happened last night. Everything that I did was based on feelings and not action. I wasn't thinking about my next move but rather, I was going with what I felt during that time. Now that you mention it, I'm starting to find it weird too." He tried to explain what happened but words failed him.
"It only shows that you have some kind of fighting skill hidden in that body of yours. Maybe with a little practice, you can harness it. I would like to challenge you to a duel Urashima."
"A duel?! What are you saying Motoko-chan? I don't have the guts nor the skill to beat you!"
"Tomorrow then, at the break of dawn. Get rested well, Urashima." Motoko said with a smile.
"B---But---!!!"
Motoko left Keitaro and went back to help the others. Keitaro fixed the area where he slept the night off and moved on to one of the rooms inside the café. He was left alone to sleep the whole day. It was almost dark when he woke up. Naru seated at the foot of his Futon, reading a book.
"Na---Narusegawa!"
"Oh, hello Keitaro! I'm glad to see you're already up. Everybody's outside helping out. I thought I'd spend my break watching over you. You seemed to have slept well. You even forgot to eat lunch!" Naru replied.
"Huh? What time is it?" Keitaro asked. He scanned the room as if looking for something and found a tray of untouched food in one corner.
"It's almost seven in the evening. Shinobu brought you some food for lunch this afternoon."
"That's right. I remember telling her to leave it there. I guess I must have fallen asleep again right after she left." He laughed.
"It's okay. You look so much better now. Maybe you can come out and have dinner with us already. Haruka-san will be closing the café in a bit and we'll be having a barbecue for dinner. I'll see you outside then?" she happily asked.
"O---Okay." He replied.
"Great!" Naru squealed. She gave him a peck on the cheek and then skipped off.
"I sure hope this isn't one of my stupid dreams again." Keitaro muttered.
Keitaro stood up and headed off to the bathroom to fix himself. He was still half-asleep when he opened the bathroom door, only to find Naru taking a leak inside.
"What are you doing, you PERVERT?!!!"
"WHAM!!!"
Keitaro landed right smack in the area where the rest of the girls were barbecuing dinner. There was a table on one side where the food was kept and a bonfire on the other.
"CRASH!!!"
Silence.
Everybody turned to see Keitaro, face down in the sand.
"Nice to know you're back flying again, Keitaro. Whad'ya do this time?" Kitsune teased.
Keitaro sat up with a huge grin on his face, scratching his head. "I didn't know Naru was in the bathroom when I walked in. He he---" He somehow missed this. "But I could really get used to the way Narusegawa has been treating me lately." He thought.
"What were you trying to pull off walking in on me like that?" Naru smaked his head and then seated herself beside him. Just because we're together now doesn't mean you can go on doing that." She wrapped her left arm around his right arm and then pinched his nose.
"Hey, you two, you might want to stay away from each other even for just a few minutes. We've got kids here, you know!" Haruka jokingly commented.
"Hey! I'm not a kid anymore!" Shinobu protested.
"I'm a kid! I'm a kid!" Su yelled.
"Have you recovered enough yet, Urashima?" Motoko asked
"I guess, I feel so much better now." He replied.
"Good! Then we can continue with our plans tomorrow at dawn?" Motoko continued.
Naru turned to Keitaro and gave him a dagger look.
"You mind telling me what this is about?"
"Er--- I promised Motoko, I'd help her train tomorrow morning." He nervously replied.
"You baka!" Naru cried. "You know you're not even well yet!"
"Don't worry, Narusegawa. I'll be okay." He assured her.
"You think you can pull of that martial art thing that you showed us last night one more time? Is that it?" Naru protested.
"I don't know if I can do that again, but don't worry. I'm okay." He assured Naru. He gave her a quick kiss before running off the foodtable.
The night was filled with food and sake, courtesy of Kitsune. Everyone was out cold on the sand after the clock hit 12:30. Shinobu brought her futon out and was tucked away near the warmth of the bonfire. Kitsue was her usual self, knocked-out cold on the sand, barely clothed. Su was clinging on to Motoko while Naru was beside Keitaro, her head resting on his chest.
It can't get any better than this. Tomorrow is going to be another exciting day.