Night's Sky

Chapter Nine.

The True Evening.

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I could have almost killed Ryo when I got out of the lake. I chased him for almost twenty minutes screaming

"I swear, when I get a hold of you Akiyama, there'll be nothing left!" He just kept laughing back at me,

"We'll see when you catch me pumpkin!" After a while I stopped. I wasn't usually one to give up, but it was getting late and I was getting tired. I sat back down next to Alice.

"Hey, Rika. I know how you can get your own back…" she whispered her idea in my ear and I grinned. Hey, so I was a sucker for revenge, but this revenge was sweet, sweet, sweet!

"Hey, Jeri and Takato have been gone for a while now. I mean they said they were only going for a walk." Henry piped up.

"Yeah, Henry, Takato's probably gone to kiss Jeri in the woods. In fact, he should be doing it about now!" I said, smirking a bit at my friend. He had a small sheepish grin on his face, mocking his own stupidity!

"Oh yeah." He said shyly. Alice gave him a cheerful smile. He smiled back. I rolled my eyes and Ryo caught my gaze. He seemed to have done the same thing.

"Hey Rika why don't we go for a walk."

"Not if you have the same plans as lover boy and Jeri, I won't!" I said.

"Of course not." I nodded and got up. Ryo followed my lead and we walked a little into the woods at the edge of our small clearing. "So what's up? I mean, you obviously wanted to talk about something." Ryo nodded. I saw a broken log and sat down on it. Ryo just stood there looking a head of him. "Hey Ryo, what's up?" I asked, concerned for my friends strange behavior. He looked worried, and that made me fell bad. I mean, I liked him, he was such a close friend and I wanted to know what it was. It may not have been my business and all but I wanted to help him out if I needed too. Ryo sat down beside me and sighed.

"It's like…I mean, it's like I, I'm confused. Oh I don't know. It's all weird." I looked at him and replied softly

"What is Ryo. Tell me." I urged.

"I keep having these like dreams. I keep seeing faces of people I know, people I don't know. It's strange and all and I don't really get it, I mean, I want to know what it all means."

"So, you believe it means something then?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah. I really do."

"Whose faces do you see the most them?" for some reason, I suddenly wished I hadn't said that at all. I felt embarrassed and I looked down at my feet. My cheeks had seemed to heat up a little too.

"You." I looked up at him. His eyes were staring right back at me. I couldn't help myself he looked so nice. So perfect, but so sad at the same time. He was my friend though. If any thing happened it could really affect us. I didn't want that to happen. I had to admit it though. I was slowly falling deeper and deeper in love with Ryo Akiyama, and I couldn't believe how good it felt.

Our faces were pretty close now. It all happened so fast. First we were just staring into each others eyes and the next minute his lips were lightly pressed up against mine. Ever so lightly and it felt so nice, he felt good, we were good, together. His lips were so soft and I pressed against him a little. After a few more seconds he broke away and smiled.

"I thought I wasn't allowed to kiss you in the woods?"

"I couldn't stop you!" I said, smiling back. 'I enjoyed every second of it' I wanted to tell him. I didn't though and it was a shame.

"We should be getting back now." I nodded in response. He quickly kissed my forehead and whispered a 'thank you' in my ear. He got up and I followed. We walked back to the clearing together, in silence. A comfortable and relaxing silence.

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The kiss lingered on my lips for a while. It was my first after all! Little did I know more events would be venturing my way, soon.

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