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He kissed me back.

I was afraid for a moment that I had done the wrong thing, and so when he actually kissed me, I was realived.

Kazuma helped me finish the dinner, something he never did, and then we sat on the floor of the living room eating it. We simply talked and laughed. It was wonderful, I had never felt so happy in my entire life. When it was getting late, he was sitting on the couch and I was in the chair.

"I'll put these plates in the sink, it's getting late." I said. It really was getting late, I was exhausted.

As I walked past him, he grabbed me, pulling me down onto the couch with him. The light went off, and I stared up at him in alarm as he kissed me once more.

"You're tired." he said, "You shouldn't have to work so hard all the time."

"Someone has to do it."

"I'm sorry that you have too."

I stared at Kazuma, and then smiled, "I don't mind doing it for you."

"That's what I thought you would say."

He wrapped his arms around him, and turned around on the couch so I was laying on top of him. In what seemed like a split second, he was asleep, holding me tightly in his arms. Arms that could easily kill me in a second were holding me ever so gently.

I stared at his face for a while, and then drifted off to sleep in his arms. The dishes left and forgotten.

The next morning, I woke up. Kazuma was already gone for work, which I expected. He always left before I did. A blanket from his room was covering me on the couch. I curled up in the warm blanket, smiling to myself. I felt happy, giddy...never before could I remember feeling like that.

There was a lot to do today.

Getting up, I went to my room, got undressed, and took a shower. I did not take one last night on the account that I was sleeping on the couch with Kazuma. I did not want to ruin it. After getting out of the shower, I got dressed in my work clothes for the farm, and went to the kitchen. Throwing a lunch together, I decided to pick up some breakfest in market today. I did that once in a while.

Walking down the hill, I looked up at the sky. The birds flew overhead, and I broke my own policy once and used my Alter powers. I could hear what everyone thought, even the birds in the sky.

I hope he thinks I'm cute!

The babe over there is hot...

I really don't want to go to work.

I can't wait to eat lunch today!

It was mostly nonsense, and sometimes listening to other people's thoughts made me laugh. There were times when I avoided listening to minds, knowing there would be things I did not want to hear. There was one time I was sitting in a resturaunt with Kazuma and I accidently heard some young man's thought about his date, and I practically died with embaressment.

But for some reason, I never felt the need to read Kazuma's mind.

Maybe one of these days I should.