Ice-cream is very good I decided while biting into my mint chocolate chip ice-cream.
I looked up at Tech who had gotten double chocolate. He had a nice large chocolate mustache. I giggled as I looked at him and he glared at me pretending to protect his ice-cream.
"You have a chocolate mustache," I informed him cheerfully.
He stuck his tongue out at me and went back to eating. I laughed even harder as we sat there eating. Tech had suggested that we got some ice-cream and had insisted on getting me some when I told him I was flat broke.
"So," he started after finishing his ice-cream and making a big point of leaving the mustache, "What have you been doing sense I last saw you?"
"Sleeping," I said simply like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it probably was.
He pretended to look offended as he spoke next, "You mean you haven't been restless because my handsome figure kept popping into your head all night?"
I pretended to think hard. "No not that I can say." I shook my head negatively.
He sat there pouting lightly. "Well I know I for one had trouble sleeping, couldn't help but think about this girl that I got into a little fight with and ended up kissing. She was a good kisser to, wondering if she'd like to make it a regular thing," he said with false bravery. I knew it was false bravery mind you not because of his voice, that was as calm as ever, but because I could feel his legs gently shaking under the table.
I looked at him as he smiled nervously. Had he just asked me to be his girlfriend?
I sat there a moment to shocked to say anything.
He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled faintly. "I guess that's a no then?"
"No!" I said finally finding enough voice to say something.
"Well we can at least still be..."at that I cut him off.
"No, I mean yes, I mean I would love to kiss you some more, errrr, go out with you, errrr, yeah," I said, or at least tried.
He smiled at me and I blushed fiercely. "Sounds good to me. So now that that's official," He said as my blush heightened and his smile widened obviously finding the whole thing extremely amusing, "how about we go back to the park."
I smiled at this to and as we got up slipped my hand into his blushing once again.
We finally got to the park and sat down under the same tree that we had been under before. I leaned my head on him and then blushed. It was cold out and being next to him kept me warmer but that warmth just served to remind me that I was sitting here under a tree with a boy who was now my boyfriend of a few minutes.
"You know you're the first boyfriend I've ever had," I told him softly.
He looked down at me and had a cute surprised expression on. "No kidding? I was sure I was the one who would have had less experience dating," He said.
"You've had a girlfriend before?" I asked.
"Well I've had a girlfriend for a few minutes now, about as long as you've had a boyfriend I'd say," he said smirking. "Honestly I would have thought that you would have had plenty of boyfriends before, all the guys at your school must be absolutely blind, not that I'm not glad about that." With that he widened his grin by a few notches.
I couldn't help thinking what a cute smile he had while I shook my head. "No I just do a really good job of staying invisible," I said with a slightly forced laugh.
He looked at me eyes full of concern as I silently met his gaze.
"Who did this to you? Who gave you that scar? I know someone did this to you Tsukasa, come on tell me," he pleaded.
I looked away from his eyes and pressed my face into his chest thinking feverently of something to get off the subject. He rapped his arms around me and rubbed my back up and down my spine trying to calm me down or comfort me.
I wasn't going to talk about it, there was no way that I to ruin the good time that I was having, especially with them being so rare. NO! I wasn't going to go there.
I fought the urge to tell him everything and collected myself focusing on putting a fake smile on. "I have no idea what you're talking about Tech," I lied straight to his face. I felt a surge of guilt wash over me. No, I told myself fighting of the next wave of guilt, I'm keeping this a secret to help him, I can't let him get involved!
Tech looked at me and I could tell that he hadn't bought it but he knew enough to let the subject fall.
I let out a sigh of relief when he shook his head and started to look at the sky, absently stroking my hair.
After a while of sitting there both of us got hungry again and decided to get an early dinner, seeing as the ice-cream constituted as our lunch for the day.
We went to McDonnell's and got some hamburgers, fries, and soda's before coming back to the park to eat, it was much to crowded inside. We ate under a tree in mutual silence, just enjoying the other person's presence.
When I finished I leaned back against the tree we were under and sighed.
"It's not as pretty here," I told him looking at the sunset.
He followed my gaze and shook his head in agreement. "Yeah but I think I like it here better anyway, there's a lot of thing you can't do in 'the world' that you can do here," he told me.
"Like what?" I asked not getting even a hint of what he was talking about.
"Like hold someone," he said as he slipped next to me and rapped his arms around me, "Or then there's always this."
"Wha.." I was cut off as his lips met mine and tensed before finally returning the kiss.
"Yes, I do like those," I told him, "But I still think I like the word better."
"Oh? And why is that?" He asked me.
"It's prettier there, and..." my voice faded away. I had almost said no one can hurt you there but I couldn't say that, what if he found out and agreed with my dad, I don't think I could take that.
"And what?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's nothing."
"You know hat I like about the world?" he asked keeping his glance on the sky.
"What?"
"No one can hurt you in 'the world', not physically I mean. Even though the player killers can kill your PC all it does is set you back to your last saving point, not nearly as serious as in the real world."
I stared ahead, I knew what he was doing, he wanted me to open up. I felt safe with him though, I didn't want to tell him all the sad things, I didn't want him to be mad at me. Even if he wasn't mad at me though he would never understand. So I just had to keep it a secret, that was all.
He continued on despite my silence as though he didn't expect me to speak, which was probably the case. "That's the one thing that's not realistic, and I'm glad. The real world has a lot of screwy people in it, rapists, murderers, child abusers," he paused for a while and looked at me. I tried to be as calm as possible but my heart was racing. What the hell was Tech doing!
"In 'the world' though what they do isn't as bad, in 'the world' they can't hurt people. In the real world though you have to worry about them more because they can hurt you. Tsukasa," he lifted my head up so I had to look at him and then continued, "I would never hurt you, and whoever does is an ass. Next time, when they try and hurt you, remember that I'll always be there for you, if you need somewhere to go anything, just tell me, I'll do whatever I can okay?"
My eyes were still locked with his but I felt like tearing out of his grasp, telling him it was all a lie, deny all of it, but I couldn't, I couldn't run away from the truth, so I just shook my head indicating I understood and lay my head back on his chest closing my eyes and trying to get away from the things I left at home when I was with him or in 'the world'.
I fell asleep there with Tech stroking my hair and wiping away my tears.
I looked up at Tech who had gotten double chocolate. He had a nice large chocolate mustache. I giggled as I looked at him and he glared at me pretending to protect his ice-cream.
"You have a chocolate mustache," I informed him cheerfully.
He stuck his tongue out at me and went back to eating. I laughed even harder as we sat there eating. Tech had suggested that we got some ice-cream and had insisted on getting me some when I told him I was flat broke.
"So," he started after finishing his ice-cream and making a big point of leaving the mustache, "What have you been doing sense I last saw you?"
"Sleeping," I said simply like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it probably was.
He pretended to look offended as he spoke next, "You mean you haven't been restless because my handsome figure kept popping into your head all night?"
I pretended to think hard. "No not that I can say." I shook my head negatively.
He sat there pouting lightly. "Well I know I for one had trouble sleeping, couldn't help but think about this girl that I got into a little fight with and ended up kissing. She was a good kisser to, wondering if she'd like to make it a regular thing," he said with false bravery. I knew it was false bravery mind you not because of his voice, that was as calm as ever, but because I could feel his legs gently shaking under the table.
I looked at him as he smiled nervously. Had he just asked me to be his girlfriend?
I sat there a moment to shocked to say anything.
He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled faintly. "I guess that's a no then?"
"No!" I said finally finding enough voice to say something.
"Well we can at least still be..."at that I cut him off.
"No, I mean yes, I mean I would love to kiss you some more, errrr, go out with you, errrr, yeah," I said, or at least tried.
He smiled at me and I blushed fiercely. "Sounds good to me. So now that that's official," He said as my blush heightened and his smile widened obviously finding the whole thing extremely amusing, "how about we go back to the park."
I smiled at this to and as we got up slipped my hand into his blushing once again.
We finally got to the park and sat down under the same tree that we had been under before. I leaned my head on him and then blushed. It was cold out and being next to him kept me warmer but that warmth just served to remind me that I was sitting here under a tree with a boy who was now my boyfriend of a few minutes.
"You know you're the first boyfriend I've ever had," I told him softly.
He looked down at me and had a cute surprised expression on. "No kidding? I was sure I was the one who would have had less experience dating," He said.
"You've had a girlfriend before?" I asked.
"Well I've had a girlfriend for a few minutes now, about as long as you've had a boyfriend I'd say," he said smirking. "Honestly I would have thought that you would have had plenty of boyfriends before, all the guys at your school must be absolutely blind, not that I'm not glad about that." With that he widened his grin by a few notches.
I couldn't help thinking what a cute smile he had while I shook my head. "No I just do a really good job of staying invisible," I said with a slightly forced laugh.
He looked at me eyes full of concern as I silently met his gaze.
"Who did this to you? Who gave you that scar? I know someone did this to you Tsukasa, come on tell me," he pleaded.
I looked away from his eyes and pressed my face into his chest thinking feverently of something to get off the subject. He rapped his arms around me and rubbed my back up and down my spine trying to calm me down or comfort me.
I wasn't going to talk about it, there was no way that I to ruin the good time that I was having, especially with them being so rare. NO! I wasn't going to go there.
I fought the urge to tell him everything and collected myself focusing on putting a fake smile on. "I have no idea what you're talking about Tech," I lied straight to his face. I felt a surge of guilt wash over me. No, I told myself fighting of the next wave of guilt, I'm keeping this a secret to help him, I can't let him get involved!
Tech looked at me and I could tell that he hadn't bought it but he knew enough to let the subject fall.
I let out a sigh of relief when he shook his head and started to look at the sky, absently stroking my hair.
After a while of sitting there both of us got hungry again and decided to get an early dinner, seeing as the ice-cream constituted as our lunch for the day.
We went to McDonnell's and got some hamburgers, fries, and soda's before coming back to the park to eat, it was much to crowded inside. We ate under a tree in mutual silence, just enjoying the other person's presence.
When I finished I leaned back against the tree we were under and sighed.
"It's not as pretty here," I told him looking at the sunset.
He followed my gaze and shook his head in agreement. "Yeah but I think I like it here better anyway, there's a lot of thing you can't do in 'the world' that you can do here," he told me.
"Like what?" I asked not getting even a hint of what he was talking about.
"Like hold someone," he said as he slipped next to me and rapped his arms around me, "Or then there's always this."
"Wha.." I was cut off as his lips met mine and tensed before finally returning the kiss.
"Yes, I do like those," I told him, "But I still think I like the word better."
"Oh? And why is that?" He asked me.
"It's prettier there, and..." my voice faded away. I had almost said no one can hurt you there but I couldn't say that, what if he found out and agreed with my dad, I don't think I could take that.
"And what?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's nothing."
"You know hat I like about the world?" he asked keeping his glance on the sky.
"What?"
"No one can hurt you in 'the world', not physically I mean. Even though the player killers can kill your PC all it does is set you back to your last saving point, not nearly as serious as in the real world."
I stared ahead, I knew what he was doing, he wanted me to open up. I felt safe with him though, I didn't want to tell him all the sad things, I didn't want him to be mad at me. Even if he wasn't mad at me though he would never understand. So I just had to keep it a secret, that was all.
He continued on despite my silence as though he didn't expect me to speak, which was probably the case. "That's the one thing that's not realistic, and I'm glad. The real world has a lot of screwy people in it, rapists, murderers, child abusers," he paused for a while and looked at me. I tried to be as calm as possible but my heart was racing. What the hell was Tech doing!
"In 'the world' though what they do isn't as bad, in 'the world' they can't hurt people. In the real world though you have to worry about them more because they can hurt you. Tsukasa," he lifted my head up so I had to look at him and then continued, "I would never hurt you, and whoever does is an ass. Next time, when they try and hurt you, remember that I'll always be there for you, if you need somewhere to go anything, just tell me, I'll do whatever I can okay?"
My eyes were still locked with his but I felt like tearing out of his grasp, telling him it was all a lie, deny all of it, but I couldn't, I couldn't run away from the truth, so I just shook my head indicating I understood and lay my head back on his chest closing my eyes and trying to get away from the things I left at home when I was with him or in 'the world'.
I fell asleep there with Tech stroking my hair and wiping away my tears.