'Oh no he's not going to say those words, not the those three words she'd heard from Makoto'. 'Please, please don't say lets have sex, if he says that I'll slap him, he's better than Makoto please' she thought.
"Izayoi, I'm in love with you". Izayoi's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.
'Aww crap she's shocked, shock is a bad thing' Inutashio thought.
"Your in love, with me, really, I mean your not kidding"?
"No, of course not". He looked down sadly figuring that was her way of handing back his heart, rejecting him.
"Wow".
"Huh"?
"I said wow, cause I'm in love with you too".
Now it was Inutashio's turn, "What, you are"? He looked up and saw her blushing shyly. He grinned back and leaned forward, placing a gentle kiss on her lips.
"C'mon lets go eat now" she suggested. Inutashio nodded still in a daze. They walked back into the kitchen, Izayoi's fingers laced around his.
A few minutes later when the blush on Inutashio's cheeks faded he got up the nerve to ask her, "So your first kiss was with me".
"Is that a statement or a question" Izayoi mocked.
"Both" he snickered.
Izayoi sighed loudly, "Perhaps".
"Perhaps" he repeated".
"Are you a parrot" she questioned?
"Are you a parrot" he said continuing to taunt her.
She threw her hands up in defeat. "I give up"!
"Answer the question".
"Define kiss".
"What do you mean" Inutashio pondered?
"Well if your definition of kiss, is a quick peck on the lips then yes, I've been kissed". Inutashio raised an eyebrow in amusement.
"Or if to you a kiss is long, passionate, steamy and involves wandering hands, then yes, you were my first kiss". Izayoi noticed a small smile creep up on Inutashio's lips.
"Well, was it what you expected" he asked leaning back in his chair and putting his hands behind his head.
"I dunno, maybe, well no, not really".
'What"! Inutashio said putting all four legs back on the floor, and his palms on the counter.
"Oh what's wrong with you now, just because I said that it wasn't what I expected, doesn't mean it was bad, it means that it was better than I expected".
"Oh".
"Boy you need a boost in the self confidence department, but then again, maybe that's what makes you so appealing" she said brushing her hand against his cheek.
"What that I have no self esteem" he mumbled back.
"No, that you're shy, not cocky, besides what don't you have that makes you have low self confidence"? She tilted his chin upwards, her soft brown eyes peering into his golden ones. "Nothing, because now I have you". Izayoi felt her cheeks flush and she looked down. He stretched out his arm and cupped her face in his hand. He smiled. He loved the softness of her skin. Everything about her, he absolutely loved.
The day went by without any further confusion. They watched a movie and then Inutashio decided that he'd better go home. Izayoi nodded, she'd spent six hours with him and it only seemed to be a matter of minutes. She walked with Inutashio to the end of her driveway.
"What should we do about tomorrow?" Inutashio asked
"Tomorrow"?
"Yeah, its Monday, I'm sure you don't want people to know that you and me are, well in a relationship, I understand if your embarrassed, so you know I –" he was silenced by Izayoi's fingers on his lips. She had a hurt look on her face.
"Do we really have to go through this again? I love you; I'm not embarrassed to be with you. Why would I be? Unless of course your embarrassed to be seen with me".
"No- no, I just thought-"
"Well don't think, just act". She leaned up and placed and gentle kiss on his mouth. He wrapped his arms lightly around her waist; she ran a finger along the base of his neck.
They pulled away from each other after a few moments. Inutashio stroked her face with his hand. "Goodnight" Izayoi said softly turning to walk into her house.
He watched her walk into the house and close the door. He stood there until he realized how much of a stalker it must've made him look like. He slowly walked home, only to be greeted by emptiness. 'That's right, dads gone' he thought before slumping into the couch.
Izayoi nearly melted into the door. There was no way she was on earth right now. 'Gravity must've stopped for me cause I'm floating on a cloud' she thought. Every time she kissed him she felt so excited, the adrenaline she got off a goodnight kiss was too much.
She probably leaned against the door for a good twenty minutes before dragging herself upstairs to get showered. Inutashio loved her, he admitted it. He loved her, she loved him. After the failed attempt to do her homework, Izayoi fell asleep.
Inutashio, not bothering to move from the couch to his bed, fell asleep watching television. Although TV couldn't even slightly dull the ache he had for Izayoi to be crawled up beside him, his arm wrapped around her.