Linna's Apartment 3 days later

Josh was still sleeping when Linna shook him.

"Josh wake up." She whispered.

"Huummm?" He moaned.

"I want you to meet my parents." Linna said.

'Not good.' Josh thought as he rolled over.

"What?" He asked hoping he heard her wrong.

"Lets go to the countryside and see my parents." Linna said again.

'Meeting parents oh man I'd rather fight boomers at least then I can hit back.' He thought.

"Come on get up." Linna said and pulled the covers off him.

"Ok ok I'm up I'm up." He said finally sitting up. He sat on the end of the bed rubbing his eyes and shaking his head trying to ward off the sleep.

"Come on babe get up lets go." Linna said jumping on the bed.

"OOOOHHH" He groaned as he stood up. "Can I grab a shower first?" He asked.

"Yea sure." Linna said in a cheerful voice.

Josh wasn't in the shower for 2 minutes when Linna started hammering on the door.

"Lets go." She shouted.

'I'm gonna kill her.' He thought as he shut off the water.

Linna was sitting on the bed when he came out and looked at her. Even with the magazine in front of her face he could tell she was laughing.

"I can see you laughing." Josh said as he got dressed.

"I'm not laughing." Linna said not taking the magazine from her face.

"Prove it look at me." Josh said facing her.

Linna's eyes went from the magazine to him.

"See." She said.

"Lower the magazine." Josh said.

"No." Linna said and looked back to the magazine.

"Ok then I'll just have to make you." Josh said and jumped on the bed.

He reached for the magazine and Linna tried to keep it from her. They flopped and rolled around on the bed wrestling over the magazine until they fell off the bed onto the floor with a thump.

"Ouch." Linna said as Josh fell on top of her.

Josh took that moment to take the magazine from her and look her in the eyes.

"Now look me in the eyes and tell me you weren't laughing." He said.

"No." Linna said and gave him a peck on the lips.

"Oh now your gonna get it." He said and started tickling her. "I'll keep this up until you confess."

"Hysterical laughing No-no I wasn't laughing." Linna laughed.

"I can hold out for hours." Josh said. "How long can you?"

"I wa-wass not hysterical laughing Laughing." Linna laughed as tears were rolling down her face.

"I know you were just admit it and this will all stop." Josh said.

"Ok ok I was I was." Linna cried begging for mercy.

"There now was that so hard?" Josh asked pulling her off the ground.

He turned to finish getting dressed and Linna leaped on his back covering his eyes.

"I lied." She said.

"Ok that's it." Josh said and fell back on the bed on top of Linna.

Linna wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck so he could not get hold of her again.

"Oh you think you got me beat now don't you?" He asked as he grabbed her foot and locked his arm around it.

With her foot under control with one arm he used his free hand to tickle her foot. Linna dropped of him as soon as he touched her foot.

"Ok ok I give up you win you win." Linna said.

"Ok then." Josh said and finished getting dressed.

A few minutes later they were on their way to the countryside. Linna tolled Josh a little bit about her parents as they drove. Once they hit the country side Josh turned to Linna.

"I got one question how did we meet?" He asked.

"What?" Linna asked.

"Your parents are gonna ask how we meet and we can't say fighting Boomers can we?" Josh asked.

"That's right." Linna said. "So how did we meet?"

"I was asking you." Josh said.

"Well I'm asking you." Linna said pinning it on him.

"Umm. Ok how about this. Priss is a singer right?" He asked.

"Yea at Hot Legs." Linna answered.

"Ok then lets say we meet at a concert and hit it off right away." Josh said.

"Ok but lets not say anything about you living with me." Linna said. "They would probable freak." Linna said.

"How long have we been dating?" Josh asked.

"Almost a mouth." Linna said. "I talked to my mom almost a month ago and I would have tolled her if we were dating."

"Ok then sounds good to me." Josh said and sat back and enjoyed the view the rest of the drive.

As they pulled up to Linna's parents house Linna saw her mother working in her small garden. And her father was using his truck to pull out an old tree stump. Linna's mom looked up as they pulled in and stood up. Josh got out of the car first and took a look around.

"Are you here about the truck for sale?" Linna's mom asked.

"No ma'am." Josh answered taking his sun glasses off.

"We are here to say hi." Linna said as she got out of the car.

"Linna?!" Her mom said in surprise as she gave her a hug. "And who is this?" She asked looking at Josh.

"This is Josh he's my boyfriend." Linna said with a smile.

Linna's mom looked at the 6 foot American with his black boots and pants and green shirt and short cut hair.

"Well hello Josh I'm Lenn Yamazaki pleased to meet you." She said with a bow.

"Likewise." Josh said returning the bow.

"Linna lets go into the house and make some tea." Lenn said.

"Ok." Linna said and they turned to the door. "Josh can you go help my father out please it looks like he could use some."

"No problem." Josh said and walked over to where her father was yelling at the stump. "Excuse me sir."

"Yea what is it?" Her father asked annoyed.

"Need some help?" Josh asked.

"If you don't mind getting dirty sure." Her father said turning to look at him. "Who are you anyway?"

"I'm Linna's boyfriend." Josh said. "She and your wife went inside to make some tea."

"Alright then jump in the hole but you might want to take your shirt off first or it's gonna be ruined." Her father said.

Josh took off his shirt leaving only his under shirt on and jumped in the hole with a long poll.

"Ok on three give it all you got." Her father said and revved up the truck. "1 2 3 now." He yelled and floored the gas.

Josh rammed the poll under the trunk and sued all he had to pry it lose. As the trunk came free the tiers threw dirt in Josh's face and covered him from head to toe. Linna was watching with her mom through the window and laughing.

"He's gonna be a dirtball." Linna laughed.

"So where did you meet him?" Lenn asked.

"At one of Priss's concerts." Linna said. "We ran into each other on the dance floor and kind of hit it off."

"He seems like a nice young man." Lenn said.

"He is." Linna said filling a pot with water.

Linna's father got out of the truck and looked at the trunk that was now out of the hole then he looked at Josh. Josh was covered from head to toe with dirt and had the calmest look on his face.

"Oh I'm so sorry." Her father said reaching out his hand to help Josh out of the hole.

"That's ok I've had worse." Josh said taking his hand.

As he helped Josh out of the hole Linna's father saw the tattoo on his arm.

"What's the tattoo form?" He asked.

"It was the name of me Special Forces team." Josh said dusting himself off.

"You were in the Army?" He asked Josh.

"Yes sir 108th Special Forces team the Crimson Knights." Josh said.

"What rank were you?" He asked.

"Sergeant Major." Josh answered.

"Hey you two the tea is ready." Lenn called from the house.

"We're coming." Linna's dad yelled back. "Well lets go."

They walked into the house and into the living room where Linna and Lenn were sitting. Linna looked up at Josh when he walked into the room and laughed.

"You're a dirtball." She laughed.

"Yep." Josh said sitting right next to her sending a small amount of dirt up and covered Linna.

"Oh thank you very much." She coughed.

"Your welcome." Josh said putting his arm around her.

"So where did the two of you meet?" Her father asked.

"At a concert." Josh said. "We meet on the dance floor and hit it of right away."

"And how long have you been seeing each other?" Lenn asked.

"Almost a month." Linna said.

They sat around talking about the time they have spent together most of which was a lie. And had a nice dinner before Linna and Josh had to get back to Tokyo.

"I'll call more often." Linna said as she got into the car.

"Good we want to hear from you more." Lenn said.

They said their goodbyes and drove back to Tokyo.

Linna's Apartment

As soon as they got home Josh headed right for the shower. When he was finished he walked into the bedroom and Linna was already asleep. Josh laid down next to her and gave her a kiss.

"Goodnight." He said and fell asleep.