Chapter 9

Akihisa's point of view

I laid on my bed for a while thinking about my dream, about my angel, and how I would do whatever it takes to keep her safe. For a dream, it seemed so real, I have never had such a bad nightmare. I sat up on my bed, and ran my hands through my hair. I need to take a shower and get ready for school. I'm not usually up this early, it feels so weird to not be in a rush to leave. Well, being up this early gives me plenty of time to get ready and leaves me enough time to sit down and talk to Akira, I wonder how she is going to take it. She has always told me I was not allowed to have relationships with girls, but this was different, I wasn't just having fun or screwing around, I actually cared for this girl, I love her. She is my sister I know she loves me and will support me in everything I do.

I stood up from my bed, confidence filling every motion I made, and walked to the door. I went out into the hallway, it was quiet, Akira must still be asleep. I tiptoed into the bathroom and turned on the water, it was cold at first. Good thing Akira moved back in with me otherwise I would still be taking cold showers. The water quickly heated up and I hopped in. The warm water felt refreshing on my back, and my thoughts soon wandered. The person occupying the spaces in my mind were her, her smiling face, her soft flowing hair, her flushed red cheeks, but most of all her heart piercing emerald eyes. Whenever I felt her eyes resting upon me, I could feel his heart melt. I could stare into her eyes forever.

I turned off the water and stepped out drying myself before wrapping the towel around me and walking to my bedroom. I got dressed in my usual school uniform, the white polo, with black blazer, matching black pants, and my blue tie. After I made sure my uniform was in order, I walked out to the kitchen, 5:22 am, still pretty early. I have never woken up before Akira, so I was unsure what time she woke up, but I decided to start cooking breakfast for the two of us.

I rummaged through the cabinets, pulling out a box from the back and brushed the dust off. I quickly checked the date on the box to make sure it was still good, a smile broke over my face, looks like we are having pancakes for breakfast. The pan was sizzling on the stove, I forgot how much fun flipping pancakes was, I chuckled to myself, I haven't made them in so long, they were just too messy to make for myself I didn't want to have a big mess to clean up, and I normally didn't have time in the mornings anyway.

A half-asleep Akira walked into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes and yawning.

"Aki, why are you up so early?"

"Oh, morning sis, well, I had trouble sleeping, so when I woke up I decided to make breakfast. Also, there is something I need to talk to you about."

"Well that was sweet of you, however you know you don't have to cook for me, I want you to make sure you get enough rest Aki, you need to do good in school I can't be a distraction to you."

"No, you're not I just woke up early, because of, um, a dream." A chill ran down my back. I didn't want to think of that nightmare again.

"Aki, are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?"

"Well, that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean not the dream, but the cause of the dream. Please don't be upset with me okay?"

I brought the plate with the pancakes over to the table and sat down across from her. We each put a few pancakes on our plates and began eating.

"Aki, I'm your sister, if something is bothering you to the point where you are losing sleep, you shouldn't feel scared to talk to me about it."

"Okay, well, yesterday I went out to have crepes with Minami after school, and I told her I loved her…" I tried to swallow but my nerves were not on my side right now. "… And she told me that she loved me too, so I asked her to be my girlfriend and she said yes."

I was looking at the floor now, scared. My sister was very nice and kind, but when she was upset she was very scary. What was she going to do to me? Dare I look up at her? She wasn't saying anything, she was always trying to kiss me, would she be jealous?

"Aki, do you really feel that way about her?"

"I can't get her out of my head, her flowing magenta hair is so infatuating, her beautiful green eyes, and her sparkling white smile, they never leave my thoughts. I know you don't like me having relationships with girls, but this isn't just a regular relationship, I love her and I have for a while now."

"Aki, I couldn't be happier for you. Why didn't you tell me you felt this way about her. I could have told you that she liked you, it was kind of obvious. I was only hard on you about relationships because I wanted you to find true love, and not lust, but from what you just said I can tell you mean it."

My jaw dropped, I was in shock. She was actually okay with it? I was so prepared to argue with her, that I wasn't prepared for her to answer differently.

"What?" I asked quickly

"I said I am happy for you, but don't you need to get going, your girlfriend is probably waiting for you. You don't want to be late."

She smiled at me. I stood up, grabbed my bag, put on my shoes and left, 6:00 am. A smile was stretched across my face as I left my house to go meet my girlfriend. I knew we lived fairly close only about ten minutes apart, but it seemed like I was walking for an eternity. I couldn't wait to see her; my heart was racing. This was our first day as a real couple, and that was exciting. I couldn't wait to tell our friends; however, I was not looking forward to telling Himeji or having the FFF find out, but Minami was worth any pain they could put me through.

Her house was coming into view now and I could see her standing out front. She obviously could see me because I saw her wave in my direction. I waved back to her, and started jogging in her direction. I soon found myself walking up to her huffing out of breath.

"Hey, Minami, how did you, sleep last night?" I asked as I kissed her forehead.

She blushed, "I slept good, I dreamt of you, I'm sorry you didn't sleep good."

I blushed at the mention of her dreaming of me. smiled, grabbed her hand tightly, and intertwined our fingers.

"I was so scared, but I'm not anymore, because I have you here."

"I'll always be here for you Aki, always."

"I love you."

"I love you too, Aki."

"Oh, by the way, I told Akira this morning."

"Oh, what did she say? Do you need a place to stay while she calms down?"

"Actually, she was really happy for me."

"That's amazing Aki, I'm so happy, I told my dad and Hazuki and they were both extremely happy for me."

"This day is already off to a great start, I am just worried about Himeji and the FFF. Both of them scare me a little."

"Don't worry Aki, I'll protect you."

I pulled her into my warm embrace and gave her a quick squeeze. I let go and with her hand in mine, I pulled her along.

"Let's get going, we don't want to be late. We have a big day ahead of us."

Hand in hand we walked towards our school. A big exciting fun filled day ahead of us. The worry of our friends thoughts of us being a couple soon faded to the back of my mind, as the joy of love emanated through my body.