LoUdMoUtH87: thank you again ::blush:: so glad ur enjoying it

Aloisia Rhodes: i always thought that when I write everything (especially characters) seems too exaggerated. Glad you like it!

Impersonating-an-entity: thanks for reading. I'm glad u like Souji and Kiri, and, no worries, they come back shortly. uh...about the trailers, I tried really hard not to dwell on those too much. When I started writing I just sorta blanked on what to call them. thanks again

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Blossoms

By: Der Träumer

pt. 3 "First Date"

Touya'd been avoiding Kiri all day but as the gem eyed, wolf eared flora master walked over to him, he knew he'd been avoiding the inevitable.

"Hi, Touya!" the excitable demon exclaimed as she stopped just short of running into him.

"Hi, Kiri," he answered none of Kiri's exuberance mirrored in his tone.

"So?" Kiri asked.

"So what?" he responded, pretending he didn't know what she was talking about.

"Sooooo, have you asked him yet?" Kiri was shifting from foot to foot excitably.

Touya didn't answer, but he was sure Kiri already knew what he was going to say.

"Tooouuyaa!" she exploded, "It's practically nooooon! When were you going to ask him?" Irritated green eyes flashed at him.

"Um..."

"Don't say it Touya. You're either going say 'I don't know' or 'I wasn't going to today.'" She sighed. "Do you even have the gift certificates?"

Touya sighed too. "Here."

"Now come on!" Kiri grabbed his arm and proceeded to drag him in search of Jin.

They found Jin asleep in a field of flowers. The wind master looked peaceful with his eyes closed and hands behind his head.

"Jin! Wake up!" Kiri called down to him.

Jin ears twitched and his bright blue eyes flew open to meet familiar bright green ones. "Heya, Kiri. Wa's up?"

Kiri cut right to the chase. "Are you busy tonight?"

Jin shook his head.

"Good, see, I told ya so, Touya." She turned back to Jin who was shaking flower petals out of his shaggy red hair.

Kiri pulled the gift certificates out of her back pocket. "My brother sent me these, but my mom wanted me to help her clean house, and this was my only free day, so I'm giving them to you and Touya." She handed them to Jin.

Did Kiri even have a brother? And since when did she keep in touch with her mother? Touya wondered if she'd already had that story planned in case is he "chickened out", or if she came up with it on the spot.

It took Jin a moment to recognize the name. "Cool! Thankya', Kiri!" He caught the small flora master in a crushing embrace that lifted her to her toes.

"Don't thank me," she gasped, "It was all Touya's idea."

Jin dropped her and caught Touya in the same bear hug.

The ice master flushed a crimson that looked painful across his pale cheeks. Over Jin's shoulder, he could see Kiri grinning from one furry ear to the other, success written all over her face. Touya wasn't sure if he wanted to glare at her or thank her.

XxXxX

Touya was stressed as he buttoned up the black coat. Jin was sure to get them kicked out before their meals had even arrived.

He sighed; images of food flying around in whirlwinds throughout the restaurant crossed his mind. He wished Kiri had been able to see in that light of things before she got him into this.

A knock on the door alerted him to Jin's arrival.

Touya opened it to see Jin standing before him in a white suit with his hair some semblance of brushed.

"Kiri did all that didn't she?" Touya asked, gesturing at Jin's new attire.

Jin nodded, "She kept tellin' me 'bout how them humans dressed like this." He snorted. "Weird humans ya ask me. Ya can't feel the wind when yer in these things." He yanked on the sleeve of his jacket.

Touya just grinned.

XxXxX

Total shock. That was the only way to describe Touya as he watched Jin eat.

Albeit, he wasn't as neat as the human customers, but he was trying. He made use of the napkin given to him. There was no food in his hair, on the floor, or flying through the room. For Jin, this was being polite.

The only thing Jin did that was earning glares from other tables was his endless loud chatter. And if the people around them didn't like that, they could move.

XxXxX

"Sheesh," Jin sighed as he walked Touya home. "Kiri said them humans ate funny, but she didn' say it'd be tha' hard."

"Kiri taught you to behave like that?" Touya asked, not at all surprised.

"She said I'd embarrass ya, Tou-kun, if I didn't," he answered, "So I tried real hard to be..." he trailed, trying to think of the word Kiri had used. "Sawfist somethin'."

"Sophisticated?" Touya tried.

"Yeah!" Jin agreed.

Touya smiled broadly, flattered that Jin put that much effort into trying not to embarrass him. "Well, you were very sophisticated," Touya said.

Jin beamed.

"Night, Jin," Touya said and went inside.

ende


ugh! I'm losing my plot! On the bright side the thicker end of the plot starts next chapter, but like I said, I lose any trace of humor with it (hence why I called this romance/angst, for some reason they don't give a romance/angst/humor choice). Kiri/Souji fans prepare to hate Riesho! oh, and for those of you who were expecting a total catastrophe at the restaurant, sry. Since I normally write closer to black humor (if any humor intentionally), I didn't think I'd write it well, and it was unnecessary. c u next chapter!