Misao was getting nervous the closer the time got to three. She knew that he would be there right at three o'clock. So, in order to distract herself she looked at a picture book she had started making during Aoshi and hers second month together. Some photos were of them before they had even started dating, since they had known one another since children, though Misao had known very little about him before they first went out. Aoshi had been cute as a child, but had never really had many friends. Misao supposed he would always be that way; cute with a small circle of trusted people in his life. She continued to flip through the pages and paused when she came across a favorite. It was one of the most precious pictures she owned, and had been lucky to catch it at all. It had been taken a year earlier when Aoshi had come over to help her study for math. He stayed up with her patiently explaining her errors and how to easily correct them and how to keep her from making the same ones over again. Misao figured that she must have fallen asleep while working out some problems because she woke up around five thirty the next morning in her bed.

When she started to sit up she noticed that Aoshi was fast asleep at her desk, and it looked as if he had been correcting her math while she was alseep, and had in fact passed out himself. He looked so cute there at her desk, and she grabbed the camera from her night stand (she did love to take pictures after all) and took a shot quickly before he could wake up. The flash had startled him, and he was immediately up and apologizing for falling asleep. Misao just smiled, hiding the camera and thanked him for his help. It had been ackward for a moment there she remembered, as if he wasn't sure if he sould leave or not, but in the end, he took his leave and left her alone. It was precious to her because she had never before or since seen Aoshi while he was asleep. It was not common practice between them to spend the night at one anothers house, in fact, Misao was surprised that they were going to be doing something overnight for their anniversary. However, she was a little nervous. Sometimes she had irrational thoughts related to Aoshi and believing that he expected certain things of her at times. Basically, she feared that he perhaps thought that for their six month anniversary that they would share a bed…she paused on that thought.

"Ah! What am I thinking?" she blushed and covered her face in embarassment. She hadn't even packed anything that could be considered sexy…she didn't even think she owned anything sexy. She sighed, the thing was that, she loved Aoshi with all her heart, and the thought of having sex didn't really bother her as much as the fact that she was so self-concious of her own body, and terrified that Aoshi may not like it. It was something about herself that she could not exactly alter, and if Aoshi didn't like her because of it…well, she really couldn't blame him because it's hard to be attracted to someone with the body of a twelve year-old. She snorted, "Now I'm making Aoshi sound like a petafile. What am I going to do…" she pondered out loud as she stood up off the floor and put her shoes on. It was only five minutes or so until Aoshi would be there and she figured that she may as well go downstairs and wait.

Once downstairs Okina immediately began to pick on her.

"Ah, Misao! I heard it is Aoshi and yours sixth month anniversary!" he giggled, and Misao immediately figured that he must have been drinking. She gave him a light glare.

"Yes it is. He is taking me out." She told him dryly. She really hated it when he picked on her.

The old man chuckled again and tried his best to look like he was seriously contemplating something, "I don't know if I should allow this kind of behavior though, I mean you are still so young Misao. Perhaps I should sit him down and explain a few things, you know…make sure he knows about safety."

Misao blushed and got angry, "WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU IMPLYING OLD MAN?" she bellowed. The old man covered his ears, and luckily Omasu walked in at that moment and drug him away.

"Have fun Misao!" she smiled and pointed to a spot behind the younger girl. Everything froze for Misao. She watched Okina being drug out of the room and mentally prayed that Aoshi had not been behind her long. There was a long moment of silence, but for Misao it was not a comfortable one. She felt a weight settle on her shoulders and recognized it as his hands, but her body went tense with the pressure.

"How long have you been behind me?" she asked meekly. She heard him sigh and his hands moved off her shoulders. He bend down next to her to pick up her bag and turned to walk out the door. Misao bit her lip, turned, and followed him. Yup, no mistaking it, he had heard everything. It was so embarassing, though probably more so for Aoshi, I mean her grandfather had been talking about having a conversation with Aoshi about having sex with her. So with a heavy sigh she calmed herself down and smiled genuinely when Aoshi opened the door for her. She never would have guessed Aoshi to be the wealthy type, but apparently when his parents had died, they had left him with a rather enormous sum of money. She never really though about it unless she was getting into his car, which was a black, six speed Acura RS-X. Once she was in, Aoshi closed the door softly and Misao put on her seat belt. She heard him open the trunk to load her bag in before he moved to the driver side and got in.

He paused and looked at her for a moment before saying, "Happy Anniversary Misao." She in return nodded and smiled softly at him. The words may have sounded cold and forced, but the look in his eyes told her that he was happy to have her there with him.

She tried not to laugh as a thought came to mind, and Aoshi picked up on it quickly and asked, "What are you laughing at?" However, instead of his voice coming across as harsh, it sounded much more curious, though still as serious as ever.

Misao smiled at him, "I was just thinking that you are so lucky to have me. Anyone else would have dumped you by now, but I'm just so wonderful that I put up with you and allow you to fawn over my ever desire." She explained with feigned arrogance. She didn't really think that way, it was just fun to tease, it lightened the air.

Well it would until Aoshi would retort with something serious, and it was sure to come. She waited, and she wouldn't be disappointed. She saw his lips opening to respond.

"Aa, I am a lucky one." He agreed with her. He had started the car and was driving off to their destination, but Misao would never have known. She had never…EVER, heard that tone from him before. It sounded…wistful? Misao was not sure she would ever be able to properly describe it, but she was shocked for a good three minutes until he spoke again.

"Do you have any guesses as to where we are going?" he asked. He really just wanted to know if he still kept her on her toes as much as he liked to or if he was losing his touch. He prayed that she couldn't read him quite that easily yet, it would spoil so much of the fun he had with her.

Well, that is all for now. I have to go pick up my puppy from the vets office. My sweet little one has got mange  Got him and his brother from the animal shelter and he was really sad when I had to leave him at the doctors office this morning so I don't want him to have to wait a long time to come home. Anyways, I hope that everyone liked this chapter. Sorry that it is short. It comes up as two and 1/2 pages on my computer…but it always looks so much shorter on Ah well. I hope that everyone enjoys the rest of their day. I'll be sure to update as soon as I can.

HEARTS!

Jackson

P.S. Thank you for all my reviews so far. I CHERISH them! And I'm alright with constructive criticism. I hope that there was an alright amount of dialouge this time. I feel that I am not as good when it comes to dialouge but I will do my best! 