"Call me Ryuichi!" He countered.
I gulped. 'Ryuichi-kun"
"Hai"
"Where are we going"
"Where do you want to go"
That caught me by surprise. I gulped again. "Whare do I want to go?" I reapeated.
"Hai." HE answered.
"Umm..." My stomach growled.
He laughed. "Well that settles it. Out for food."
About 10 minutes later, we walked into a moderately nice breakfast place and sat down. I was really hungry, so I ate a lot. While Ryuichi just picked at his food.
"You okay?" I asked between mouthfuls of food.
He said. "I'm fine." Then laughed. "You're eating like a growing teenager!" I blushed. Then he dowsn't know
"If I call you... Ryuichi-chan, will you eat"
He looked up from his plate, a large smile on his face. "Sure will! I was just so sad that Tatsuha-kun wouldn't call me by my first name that I couldn't eat!" He quickly lied. You could easily tell that he was using that as an excuse for the real reason he wasn't eating. But at least he was scarfing things down now... Like his old self. Old self? I've barely known Ryuichi for a day and I'm talking about his old self
The waitress walked up and asked if we were finished, then said "Sakuma-san!" Quietly. "I didn't know you were here today. And you brought a friend"
"Hello Kat!" Ryuichi squealed between mouthfuls.
"Kat?" I questioned curiously. "That's a different name"
"Her full name is Kathleen." He smiled.
"Ka-the-line"
"It's englishe. She's from America"
"Oh"
"Don't know english, do you"
"Not really.." I admitted.
"Well are you two finished?" Kat asked again.
"Yes, I think so." Said Ryuichi. "At least I am. How about you Tatsuha"
"Yeah, I'm finished"
"Then let's go!" He paid the bill then drug me outside. "Now where do you want to go, Tatsuha"
"Umm"
"The park!" Ryuichi cheered. And pointed. Then he promptly drug me over too it. We wandered a while there. Maybe a couple of hours. Him chatting incessantly while I enjoyed my surroundings. Then he interrupted my reverie.
"Look Tatsuha! Ice cream!" He drug me over to the stand and ordered two vanilla cones. He promptly started eating his hurriedly. Not unlike a child of 8 afraid his ice cream will melt before he's finished. Consequesntly, it was messy.
I looked up from my ice cream to see a sticky white face busily crunching his cone. "I'm a messy eater." He stated matter of factly. Talk about stating the obvious. I thought. But it is kawaii
The vendor lady was looking at Ryuichi strangely. So I chose that moment to interrupt him."Ne, Sakuma-san"
"Call me Ryuichi!" The lady's eyes widened. Uh oh
'Let's go to lunch"
"Okay"
I quickly pulled him into a nearby cafe. Just in time, too. Because when we sat down, a horde of screaming fangirls ran by.
"Ooh! I wonder who they were chasing?" Ryuichi asked in awe.
"You." I commented flatly.
"Huh?" He asked cutely. "Is that why you drug me in here so fast"
I nodded, blushing.
"Tatsuha-san saved me!" He screamed cutely. Also happening to get a waitresses attention.
"Ryuichi-chan, since we're hear, let's eat"
"Hai!" He's watching me real closely. Thought Ryuichi. So I won't be able to get away with not eating anything. I don't feel to well right now, so this could pose a problem
"I'll have a burger, no fries." Said Ryuichi.
"I'll have a burger WITH fries." I said.
When the burgers came, Ryuichi scarfed his down like it was going to run away so that 1. I wouldn't worry about him. And 2. He wouldn't have a chance to look at it and change his mind.
Afterwards, Ryuichi drug me (Unwillingly) into a record shop to drool all over the cd's of his that they had.
"Wow! Look at this one Tatsuha!" Squealed Ryuichi. "This one has the limited edition cover and hidden song! And this one! ONly 1.5 million copies were released! Oh my god! This is the album of my favorite band that I couldn't get! I waited in line and they"
I interrupted him by leaning down and kissing him sweetly. His eyes wide, he stared at me and blushed. But he didn't break the kiss.
When it was finished, he locked his eyes on the ground, put his hat and sunglasses on (They appeared out of nowhere), Then paid for the album he had chosen.
Ryuichi walked down the street in a daze. Not noticing that I was still following him. Suddenly Ryuichi stopped. I stopped too, some feet behind him. Not wanting to spook him.
I was wondering why he had stopped, when he suddenly took off sprinting. "Leave me alone!" He shouted.
I would have chased after him, except for what he said. I'll guve him a bit of time to think. I pulled out my cell. "Shuichi?"
Ryuichi POV He kissed me! I thought. Ad I walked out of the record shop. THinking nothing, staring of into nowhere. I stopped to put my fingers up to my face, and touched my lips. He kissed me! I heard someone stop behind me somewhere. I froze. I have to get home! I took off sprinting, but heard no one follow. When I was a few blocks down, I slowed down because I realized that Tatsuha wasn't following me and why. When I took off. I unconsciously shouted at him to leave me alone! I got home sometime later, and stood in front of my door. Fumbling with my keys. I gave up on trying to unlock the door because my eyesight was blurred. I sat down in the hallway, thinking He's just like the rest! I thought he was different! I thought that he liked me for me! Not my body! I broke down sobbing. "I don't want my heart broken again!" I screamed. Unaware of someone walking up behind me.
Tatsuha POV
I got out of the car and thanked the driver. Thank god Shuichi gave me his address. Then I walked into the apartment building. I walked up the stairs and stopped. I could hear some muffled sobbing on the second floor. Then I heard "I don't want my heart broken again!" Wailed.
Ryuichi! I took off running up the stairs and then downt he hallway. I found him on the floor crying. I saw his key on the floor next to him. He was probably crying pretty hard by the time he got here so he couldn't open his door. I thought "Oh, Ryuichi." I mrmered as I picked him up off of the floor, unlocked the door, and took him inside.
Ryuichi snuffled, "Tatsuha?" He whimpered.
"Ssh. It's okay. I don't want to huet you." I soothed. I set him down on the couch. He moved nervously away from me.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, almost fearfully. I looked at him with hurt showing in my eyes. Then started to leave.
"I just wanted to make sure that you got home safe. Since you probably don't want me here right now, I'll leave." I walked out the door and shut it. He didn't try and stop me, or anything. Then I realized that womething was wrong. Kumagoro! I ran out of the building. Where was
he dropped at?
Ryuichi POV
"Oh, Ryuichi." I heard someone say as they lifted me up and took me inside my house. I was still crying too hard to know or care who the person was. In other words: I was totally out of it. Then I recognized the clothing of the person who carried me. I snuffled. "Tatsuha?" Then I stifffened.
"Ssh." He said. "It's okay I won't hurt you." When he set me down on the couce, I unconsciously scooted away from him. He might be dangerous. I thought. He looked hurt. So I immediately regretted my actions. He turned away and went towards the door. Explaining why he was her- and why he was leaving. Then he was gone. After a moment, I recovered sufficiently enough togo find him and apologize. I figured that he couldn't have gone far, but he was gone. He wasn't inside the building, or out. I was really truly sad about what I had done to him, and now he was gone. I was so upset, that I had only one thought: Drown out my miseries.