"Let's dance." Hayate suddenly said, standing up as the waitress took out plates. I blinked. Please no I was a horrible dancer!
"Nah let's just sit here…" I suggested, smiling nervously.
"Himeno come on, for me? I want to dance with you." The words came out so smooth I didn't hear them at first. Then it clicked after a second. I blushed and pushed the chair back to stand up. Was this the song I thought it was?! It was! As I stood up, First Love (by Utada Hikaru) started playing softly! Hayate took my hand and led me out to the dance floor and turned to face me, his hand still closed around mine. I stepped up to him, knowing I couldn't dance at all, and he put his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I put my arm around his neck and put my hand in his soft navy blue hair. His head was lying peacefully on the nape of my neck, his breath warm against me. I had no idea what I was doing but I was pretty sure I was dancing. And I had no idea how Hayate was doing it. I smiled and tightened my fingers around his, whispering the words to the slow song under my breath into his ear. I knew he understood the words.
"…you are always gonna be my love…" I said slightly louder, running my hand through to the end of his silken hair and then back to the middle. He guided my hand back to his neck a second later and slid his hand down my arm-shivers now replacing the warmth of his breath on my neck-to my back and down just lower than the other one lay. "…will I always be yours?" I breathed as I felt his head sink to my shoulders.
"Always…" he breathed in my neck. He was so warm and smelled so good…it didn't really seem fair to me at all. I looked over, seeing a plant move and saw what looked like the Knights huddling behind it watching us. I smiled through my pink face and looked back at the back of Hayate's head. Not what I wanted to look at necessarily but it was still good.
"Sssh Hajime sit still!" Goh hissed, pushing the small Knight's head down more behind the plant.
"I gotta pee Goh!!" Hajime protested with a whine.
"Then go but be quiet." Mannen snapped back this time. Hajime wriggled away from Goh and disappeared. Shin and Kei's eyes were watery and Kei sniffed, holding a handkerchief under his nose.
"Kei you're such a wuss." Mannen sighed.
"It's just like a romance novel…" Kei said, ignoring the Ice Knight's remark, "isn't it beautiful Shin?"
"Himeno looks so happy…" Shin said, nodding his little blonde head.
"Hayate looks like he's grabbing her as-" Goh started, but Kei hit him hard in the head.
"Don't say that in front of the children!" Kei hissed.
"I'm not a child!" Mannen protested, louder than intended. He winced and ducked back down, clamping his lips shut.
"Shut up, he's going to hear you!" Goh snapped in Mannen's ear.
"It's just so beautiful…" Kei sighed, going back to watching.
"Maybe it's just me…" Goh started, "but I swear Hayate has never been so…romantic?" Goh finished, raising a brow.
"Well he's always running off, maybe he only treats her like this when they're alone." Mannen suggested.
"Well he should be flattering her with remarks on how beautiful she is or how much he loves her, but instead he just hides and dances. He gives us men a bad name." Kei said dryly. Goh and Mannen looked at the Light Knight with amused faces and then at each other, trying not to laugh.