The next day at the meadow;

The two of them lay in the grass and stare at the sky.

Kozuka- "So anyway, you can come over allot more now. He's going back to LA today. Thank God."

Mel- "Ok. Finally! So are you ok on homework now? Need help?"

Kozuka- "Yeah. We can do it later though when we get to my place. Thank you again." he smiles- "That Japanese report got an A!"

Mel smiled- "GREAT! I'm glad. Told you I love Japan."

Kozuka- "Someday we'll go."

Mel- "Really?"

Kozuka nodded with a smile.

Mel- "I'd like that. I still wanna get used to Umeboshi."

Kozuka laughed- "Eat it every day and you will."

Mel- "I hope so."

The two of them laid there silently.

Kozuka sits up and grunts- "Curse this heat! I'm so hot."

Mel sits up- "Well why don't you take your shirt off... or I should say shirts." she laughs.

Kozuka- "Neeh..."

Mel- "Honestly. How the hell do you stand that? Atleast take the under-shirt off."

Kozuka- "I... I don't want to."

Mel- "Why? You're overheated... infact you were wearing it yesterday in gym too..."

Kozuka- "I have scrawny arms..."

Mel stares at him with wide eyes- "Kozuka... you're with me for God sake. Besides, they're just arms! Allot of people have scrawny arms! Hell I wish my arms were scrawny!"

Kozuka sighed.

Mel- "Fine... then stop whining about being hot." She laughs and stands up.

Kozuka notices clicking sounds. He looks over.

Mel is taking pictures. She takes one of him.

Kozuka- "NOOO! Get that out of my face!" he covers his face.

Mel- "Oh come on! I need pictures of my best friend! SMILE!"

Kozuka- "IIYAAA!"

Mel chases Kozuka around, getting odd-ball shots the whole way. She eventually drops the camera which is timed to go off every few seconds.

After chasing him around she finally pounces on him and pins him down.

The two of them laugh.

Kozuka- "No-ho-ho-hooo!... hehehe... You horrible girl!"

Mel- "Oh be quiet! Hehe! They're just photos."

Kozuka- "I look bad in photos."

Mel- "Well... you don't in mine. I make people look as they do in person in my photos. Not 10 lbs bigger or awkward like those 'professionals'. I swear every time I get my picture taken, the way they position my head makes me look 200 pounds in the face!"

Kozuka laughs- "Yeah I know what you mean. I look weird with that. They also make me smile so my face always comes out wrong. I hate smiling for them."

Mel- "Same here..."

Kozuka- "You know... the group photo... they always yell at me when I do peace sign."

Mel- "Me too. That was backwards. I just made the picture look stupid. I didn't look at the camera. Hehe... bastards. But the annoyance, after all that bullshit over my peace sign everyone flipped the camera off. No one got in trouble. But I almost did."

Kozuka- "Hai..." He sighs and closes his eyes.

Mel plays with his hair- "You know... this whole time we've been together... I've never seen you take your hat off once."

Kozuka- "Your point?"

Mel is silent for a moment, grabs his hat and pulls.

Kozuka quickly puts his hands on his head, rolls away and sits up- "Don't you dare!"

Mel gets a devious smile- "Hehehe... Why not?"

Kozuka- "Because... just because! I don't want it off."

Mel- "Oh come on! I wanna see your hair!"

Kozuka- "NOOOO!" he says in a goofy way.

Mel pounces at him.

Kozuka jumps up and runs!

Mel chases him around, pawing at his head trying to get his hat- "Come on Kozukwee! What are you hiding!"

Kozuka- "Yoseyo! Stop! Serious!"

Mel jumps at him, her arms grabbing around his waist and they fall to the ground.

Kozuka- "NOOO!"

Mel- "BWAHAHAHA!"

The two of them wrestle around.

Kozuka tries to get up but Mel grabs his hoodie and pulls him back down. She gets ahold of him, one arm around his chest from behind, under his arms. He breaks loose and tries to jump up, but as he does she simply takes hold of the little button on the top of the hat. the force from him attempting to jump to his feet caused the hat to fly off of his head.

Kozuka realizes this and falls to his knees. He covers his head in embarrassment and faces her.

Mel's eyes open wide- "Oooo!"

Kozuka in panic just sits there trying to figure out what to do next, attempting to cover his hair the best he can. Putting his hands on his head caused his hair to fall out of the hat-hair a bit.

Mel quickly grabs her camera and takes a picture. A large smile crosses her face and she softly giggles.

Kozuka gets a pouty look on his face and blushes- "Hnn..." He sits up all the way and puts his hands down, realizing he had been defeated- "I look funny..."

Mel scoots over to him on her knees- "AWWE! No you don't! You're so cute! Let me play with it!" She grabs him with one arm and starts playing with his hair, sitting behind him.

Kozuka sits there embarrassed, but at the same time he enjoys the attention. She saw his hair and liked it. She didn't laugh or make fun of him. She fell in love with it just like she did everything else about him. To him that was a good thing and made him feel more secure. "One less thing to hide." He thought. A little smile crosses his face.

Mel- "I like your head. It's so squishy! First your face, now your hair! Hehee! Why do you hide your hair?"

Kozuka- "Eh... it's just... I don't know. It looks weird. It's really frizzy and untamed sometimes. It makes me look funny."

Mel- "Well it's soft... I think it's cute like this anyway. You don't look funny. Atleast to me."

Kozuka- "Well.. it's also the hat-hair."

Mel- "That's cute too! If it's just frizz you're having trouble with, try washing your hair twice, and use a better shampoo. If that doesn't work then try conditioner."

Kozuka- "Really? Never really thought about that. Thanks."

Mel- "You're welcome. How else do you think I keep my hair this long and nice?"

Kozuka smiled.

Mel- "Well... forget what the others say. I love your hair." She cuddles her her face to it and smells it.

Kozuka freaks out- "AH!" he covers his head and pulls forward, then looks back at her- "That's embarrassing!"

Mel giggles- "Fine then!" she snags his hat and smells that instead- "Hey! Your hat smells like your hair."

Kozuka blushes- "You're really weird."

Mel smiled big- "Thank you!"

Kozuka stares at her for a moment, then lowers his hands, laughs and looks infront of himself shaking his head- "Hehehe. You."

Mel laughs.

What can I say? XD I like head-hair... hehehe!