"Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical."
-Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Chef Aid, 1998
Saturday was around that corner. Daisuke had looked forward to this for what seemed so long, but was only less than a week. Of course he had called Riku everyday and spent all his time with her at school. He had found that lately all his doodles were all of Riku. Her angelic face left the tip of his pencil and graced sheets of paper with its graceful presence. He knew now, that it was love, for if she found the way into his art, she had also found the key to his heart.
Riku was also in the deep trance known as love. Her friends and family complained that it seemed as if every other word to escape from her mouth was Daisuke. Daisuke graced her most beautiful dreams and Daisuke was the one who came to her rescue in her most dreadful nightmares. Dream or nightmare, Riku hadn't a care. Just the sight of the boy sent her heart aflutter.
So when Saturday came you can imagine the excitement of two youngsters that have fallen to the love bug.
Preparation for this day was a quite an ordeal for both lovebirds.
Daisuke was in a frantic search for an appropriate gift. He had thought of buying a bear, chocolates, flowers; all the conventional gifts any other loving boyfriend would give to their significant other. Of course Daisuke, who was positive that the feeling he got and the flip his heart did was most definitely love, wanted something special. Above and beyond was what Daisuke desired. OF course, Dark was of no help. 'Just get her some flowers. Or you could just pay for dinner; I say that that's good enough.' Pacing back and forth finally got Daisuke to realize exactly what he needed to give Riku.
Riku was in a scramble to figure what to wear. Riku dressed very simply and conservatively. She had a couple of skirts, but all of them went down to her ankles. She looked everywhere for something to wear, but then remembered something that Daisuke had said to her on the phone the other day.
"Riku, I like how you have such a great sense of who you are. If you were to ever change…"
When those words crept back into her mind, Riku dove in and got a silky beige skirt and simple tan blouse. She found shoes to match her blouse and decided that if she picked an outfit she personally liked, maybe Daisuke would like it more.
Saturday came. Here it was. Daisuke was outside Riku's house holding something rectangular in his hands that was wrapped in a white cloth. Hesitantly, he rang the doorbell. To Daisuke's luck, Riku came running to the door.
"Mom, I'm leaving now!"
"OK, Hun." A female voice called from inside the house.
"Here, this is for you." Daisuke handed Riku the object wrapped in white cloth.
"Awww, you shouldn't have." Riku exclaimed.
"Well, are you going to ope- Oh…" Before Dai had a chance to finish his sentence, Riku, maybe a tad bit too eagerly, tossed the white cloth and revealed what was underneath.
"Oh my God! This is so beautiful! Did you paint it yourself?"
Daisuke blushed. "Yeah, I did paint it. So, what do you think?"
In a speechless Riku's hands were a painting of landscape of a beach during sunset, with a couple in the middle, overlapping a portion of the sun, was a couple sitting together watching the sun make its journey to the horizon and a note that read: "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures"-Henry Ward Beecher.
"I was thinking that we could go to the beach and watch the sun going down and have a picnic." Daisuke lifted his other hand that held a picnic basket which held brownies, iced tea, and other picnic foods.
"I would love to! But let me place this inside, OK?" Riku raised the painting.
"OK, I'll be out here waiting for my maiden." Daisuke said with a smirk.
Riku giggled and stepped inside quickly and set down the artwork Daisuke had done for her.
After Riku came back out, they set off on their walk to the beach that was luckily close by. On the way there they exchanged more quotes on love. Daisuke and Riku were both the hopeless romantic types and felt their hearts warm up walking side by side.
"You know what I have always said?" Daisuke asked his companion with a smile. Riku, with her cute smile that made Daisuke melt, asked "Tell me what you've always said, Daisuke?" Riku placed his hand into hers, throwing Daisuke off just a bit. Blushing, Daisuke stated, "Many guys out there keep their eyes out for girl who will catch them. I've always believed in keeping my heart out to see if a girl could warm it."
"Aww, that's so cute. Well, did I warm your heart?" Daisuke turned to look Riku in the eyes. "Riku, you set my poor little heart on fire."
Riku was right. He always knew exactly what to say, because with that, Riku melted inside.
Soon the two lovebirds reached the beach. Daisuke lay out the picnic blanket he had in his basked and gestured with his arms for Riku to take a seat. They had made it just in time, as the sun had just begun to make its way down into the horizon.
Daisuke took out the snacks that he had prepared himself for this picnic; brownies, iced tea. "I read somewhere that staring into the sun, even as it sets, will damage your eyes." Riku said as she sipped some of the iced tea Dai had poured for her. "If you believe everything you read, better not read. It's a Japanese proverb" Riku laughed.
"If you're sitting by me, I'd watch anything, no matter how much my eyes get screwed up." Riku smiled at Daisuke. Daisuke was caught in a trance, staring so deeply into her eyes. As Daisuke stared, Riku was soon also caught in a trance. For a moment, the sunset served not as a feature presentation, but rather as a background for a romantic scene.
With the luck Dai had, a beach ball bounced its way into hitting his head, pulling them both out of their trance. A toddler with a missing tooth yelled, "Sorry, Mister" and ran over to pick up his ball. "Sorry…" the kid repeated. "It's OK." Both Riku and Daisuke replied at the same time. The little lovebirds laughed and sipped their iced teas and fed each other brownies. The rest of the date went on, the sun creeping its way into the horizon, with the two laughing and joking with one another. Even after the sun collided with the sea, they were staring into each others eyes and having the times of their lives.
At the end of the night, Daisuke walked Riku to her door.
"That was a ton of fun." Daisuke said.
"It sure was…" With those words, Riku leaned in, softly touching her lips onto his and it was obvious.
It was obvious that it was love
Author's Ramblings: I decided to put this at the end. I really liked this chapter. I keep getting these amazing quotes off of I hope you like my fanfic, this is my first. Please R&R?