Takumi and I arrived at the city in about an hour, leaving us with almost the entire day to spend together here.
"Takumi," I call.
"Hmm?" he inquires.
"Can we get ice cream?" I ask, pointing at a nearby ice cream stand.
"Of course," he replies with a smile, placing his hand on my head. I blush and walk towards the stand with him following right behind.
"Hello, what would you like?" the lady at the stand asks. I couldn't help but notice that she only looked at Takumi as she asked that.
"Hi, I'd like a-" I try to speak, only to be rudely interrupted by the lady.
"Please wait your turn," she says to me with a sickeningly sweet smile. I frown and look up at Takumi who was glaring at the lady.
"Actually, she's with me," Takumi chimes in.
"Oh, siblings?" the ice cream stand lady asks in an attempt to give herself hope. Takumi shakes his head.
"She's my girlfriend," he says, possessively wrapping an arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer to him. I blush at the affectionate gesture, but mainly at the fact that he just called me his girlfriend. "One scoop of mocha almond fudge ice cream please," he requests. I stare at him, my mouth agape.
"H-How did you know-"
"I'm an alien, remember?" he jokes with a boyish grin. I can't contain the smile that breaks out onto my face from his words.
"Indeed," I respond with a laugh.
"Here's your ice cream," the lady says, a bit dejected. I take the ice cream from her hand and try to pay her, but Takumi pulls my hand back. He pulls out his wallet instead and hands her a $2 bill.
"You didn't have to do that," I whisper to him, as we walk down the street.
"I just wanted to be a gentleman," he responds with a cheeky smile. I scoff.
"When are you ever a gentleman..." I murmur, taking a lick of the ice cream. "Oh, where's yours?" I ask.
"I'm going to share with you, of course," he says. He leans over and takes a lick of my ice cream in the exact same spot I ate from. My face instantly heats up.
"Y-You-"
"Why are you embarrassed about an indirect kiss? We've kissed plenty of times before," he teases with a smirk. My face turns a darker shade of red at that comment.
"Plenty?! Only twice!" I argue. He chuckles.
"Three times if you count this morning," he responds promptly.
"No way! That was on the neck, not lips!" I retort, blushing profusely once I realize what I actually said.
"Still a kiss," he says with a smirk. He leans down towards me, and I can feel his hot breath against my cheek.
"T-Takumi?" I stutter, as he proceeds to get even closer to my face. Instinctively, I close my eyes, since I knew he was going to kiss me...
But instead I feel the cone in my hand move as he takes another chunk out of the frozen treat. My eyes snap open immediately, and I see Takumi staring at me with an amused look on his face. My lips curve into a slight frown.
"What's wrong?" he asks innocently.
"Nothing," I reply, taking a lick of the ice cream right where he bit some off. It was the closest thing I'd get to a kiss without throwing away my pride. This, however, doesn't go unnoticed by Takumi.
"You really are too cute," he says. I look up to see his expression, only to have soft lips crushed against mine. He tasted like ice cream- and I'm sure I did too. Takumi's larger hand secured the cone in mine, which I would've dropped if it weren't for him.
I squeezed his free hand to let him know I needed to breathe. After a couple more seconds, he pulled away from the kiss, leaving me gasping for air.
"If you ever want a kiss, just tell me directly," he says with a smirk. My face was bright red, and I'm not sure if it was from the lack of air or the fact that he just kissed me in public in front of everyone to see.
"B-but that's too embarrassing..." I mutter, wiping my glossy lips with my sleeve.
"Not a problem. I can read Misaki-chan like a book," he teases. "Now, let's continue this date," he says with an annoying grin. I blush.
"IT'S NOT A DATE!"
"Woah- Takumi, look at this one!" I exclaim, pointing to a silver and black fish. I bend down to get a better view of it. "So pretty..."
"That's a Banggai Cardinal," he says, bending down beside me.
"Really? Then, what's this one?" I ask, placing my finger in front of a dark orange fish with blue stripes.
"That one's a Catalina Goby," he replies instantly. I nod and stare at all the beautiful fish in the aquarium.
"They're all really beautiful," I say breathlessly.
"Which one's your favorite?" he inquires. I give him a confused look.
"Why do you want to know?" I ask.
"Just curious," he responds with a shrug.
"Okay then..." I say, still a bit suspicious. My eyes scan the entire aquarium, but one especially stands out and catches my eye. I walk forward for a closer look, and decide that one is my favorite.
"This one," I answer, pointing at a fish with one silver stripe, one blue stripe, and one red stripe. Takumi walks over and observes the fish beside me.
"That one is a Cardinal Tetra," he says. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah. It's colorful," I respond, staring at the fish as if I were in a trance.
"It is. Wait here for a moment, Misaki," he tells me.
"Okay," I say, nodding my head in acknowledgement. I watch him walk out of the small aquarium room we were in and into another one.
"Oh my god, is that Misaki Ayuzawa?!" I hear someone gasp.
"It is! I think it is!" someone else squeals. Uh-oh. I completely forgot I was famous!
"Misaki! An autograph, please!" a lady with short black hair requests, running up to me with a sheet of paper and a pen.
"Oh! Me too!" someone chimes in.
"I asked first!" the black haired lady yells, shoving her paper into my face.
"If you two are going to bicker, let me go first!" another lady jumps in.
"Misaki Ayuzawa!" someone screams. Before I know it, a crowd of people are surrounding me. Everyone is arguing and shrieking, and my head starts hurting.
Suddenly, the lights turn off. Sounds of frustration and confusion were heard from a bunch of people. I feel a soft fabric being shoved against my nose and mouth, preventing me from breathing.
"Mmph!" I try to scream, but it only came out as a muffled sound which couldn't be heard over the noisy crowd. I feel very dizzy and see the world spinning in front of me.
The last word I heard was "Goodnight," before everything turned black.
"Mmm," I groan, my eyes slowly opening. The room I was in was dark, but I could see a bit of light from the corner of my eye. Where the hell was I?
"You're awake," a voice says, followed by a very dark giggle. I gulp.
"W-who are you...?" I ask, my voice shaky from fear.
"Ah, how rude of me," they say, walking over to another side of the room. They flicks the lights on, and stand right in front of me where I can see them clearly. My eyes widen as I see the face of someone I hate very very much.
"We meet again, bitch." she snarls.
I thought this fanfic didn't have enough drama, so I'm starting to add some in mwahaha :D
Who do you think the mysterious kidnapper is? I know, it's really obvious xD
I finally came up with a lot more stuff to put into this story so I'll probably be updating this story daily if I can! Yay!
See ya next chapter~