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Chapter 8: To the school

The next morning Mia woke up to find someone jumping on her bed. She opened her eyes to find Kari bouncing up and down at the end of her bed. "Come on Mia, wake up, Woof's up alweady and down stairs," she said giggling as she landed on her knees on the bed.

"Ohayo Kari chan, nani time is it?" Mia asked sitting up to rub the sleep out of her eyes and then put her shades on.

"Its 7:30 in the morning" Kari replied with a kawaii confusing look on her little face before asking, "why are you wearing gwasses, you're hiding your eyes",

"Well Kari, you see until about a week ago I was blind and I wore these to hide the scaring on my eyelids, I guess...I just got used to wearing them", Mia replied as she climbed out of bed and walked behind the screen where a maid had filled the sink with hot water and had left out a pair of jeans and a spaghetti strap top which was black with a silver dragon etched into it. "So you were like Hulio, Mia, you couldn't see?" Kari asked jumping down from the bed. The bed was a king sized bed covered in a purple canopy, lilac pillows and a lilac throw. Mia stepped out from behind the screen brushing her hair. "That's right and now I can see," she said sitting at the dressing table. The door creaked open and Fanren came in. Kari was standing saying "I weally wike you Mia, you make Woofy happy"

"Arigato Kari chan, I really like you too and I'm sure we both make Wolf happy," Mia said.

"I think that's very true," a new voice put in. Kari and Mia turned and saw Fanren standing in the doorway. "Good morning Mama" Kari said running across the room to hug her mother.

"Good morning sweetpea, why don't you go and wake up uncle Xiao Lang and Aunt Yingfa, just make sure you jump on uncle Xiao Lang's side of the bed," Fanren said winking at Mia.

"Oke Mama, ja ne Mia," Kari said hugging her mother before she left the room.

"I know Xiao Lang is going to kill me for that demo it will be fun to see Yingfa calm him down again" Fanren confessed sitting on the bed while Mia brushed her hair.

"Wolf's a nice young man isn't he?" Fanren said breaking the silence that had lasted for several minutes.

"Yeah," Mia agreed then added, "and he's good with Kari too". She sat absent mindedly brushing her hair with a dreamy look on her face. She was thinking about the dream she had the night before. She and Wolf had looked and sounded older about the age of 18. Shinji and Alara were also in the dream and the four friends were at a disco. The atmosphere was great with the music being upbeat and people dancing in groups and pairs. Fanren watched as Mia blushed as she remembered how close she and Wolf had dancing in the dream before she woke up. "Mia, hey earth to lover girl", Fanren teased bringing Mia out of he thoughts.

"Huh? Nani?" she asked shaking her head to get her thoughts back in order.

"You've got it bad don't you?"

"I don't know nani you're talking about."

"Wolf, You fallen for him big time, haven't you?"

"What...I...um...oh no"

"Nani is wrong, I think it's a good thing, you two look totally kawaii together."

"Yeah, maybe demo we're just friends," Mia said trying to finish the conversation but sounding disappointed.

"Listen Mia, I can tell you two aren't just 'friends' as you say, now I've only now you for a day demo in that time I've seen the way he looks at you", Fanren said "He loves you Mia, now how do you feel about him,"

"I love him, Fanren I have for a while," Mia said thinking back to the dream. She really wanted it to happen. The dancing, the closeness between the two of them and the fact that the four of them were still together. "Well why don't you tell him, you know that he feels the same way," Fanren said giving Mia an encouraging smile before standing up and leaving the room. 'I hope you're right Fanren, I hope you're right', Mia thought turning back to the mirror to put her hair into a ponytail with one of the hair accessories Yelan had leant her.

Down in the kitchen Wolf was having a similar conversation with Kai. "Calm down lover boy, all you have to do is tell her how you feel, just out of curiosity how do you feel?" Kai teased amused by the fact that his nephew was in the middle of pacing back and forth in the middle of the kitchen. "Uncle Kai you know how I feel, I told you. I love her, demo I don't know if she feels the same way or what if we're too young."

"Wolf, no one is too young to fall in love it's just a question of are you going to take the chance to find out if it is love. Just ask her, because if you don't ask, you'll never know." Kai finished. Wolf stood staring before saying, "Oke Aunt Fanren's been watching way too many romance movies with you".

"You know nani I mean Wolf, go on sweep her off her feet kiddo." With that said Kai left the room just as Mia came down the stairs. "Ohayo Mia," Kai said as he passed her.

"Ohayo Kai," she answered and looked up to see Wolf waiting for her at the bottom. "Ohayo Mia chan, did you sleep well" he asked pulling her into a hug when she reached the last step. As they were about to pull away from each other he decided to try and take a step further to telling Mia his feelings. Just as they pulled away he pressed a soft kiss on her cheek. He stepped back feeling slightly embarrassed but the feeling only lasted a moment when she stepped closer to his and pressed her lips to his cheek kissing him back. Wolf coughed in an attempt to clear his throat and put his brain into gear again. "So...a...are you ready to go?" he asked handing her a denim jacket as he put on his own. "Sure demo aren't we going to wait for Shinji and Alara," Mia asked slipping her arms into the sleeves of the coat before making her way to the door with Wolf. "Iie for some reason Shinji told me that he and Alara weren't coming anymore, I wonder nani they're up to." Wolf replied shutting the door behind them and led Mia down the front steps of the Li mansion. It was a bright and slightly cold morning but Mia enjoyed the walk to Wolf's school especially when Wolf slipped his hand into hers as they walked along the road. It took them about 10 minutes to walk to the school which was surrounded by a high wall. The school itself looked huge. They stopped outside the rout iron gate which was the only entry to the school grounds. They saw through the gate, the pupils of the school sitting, walking, running, playing and chatting as most young people did before school started. Wolf knew that he would probably see his old friends in the school as well as old rivals and fan girls who could easily say something that could hurt Mia. It was then that he realised that if he was going to say anything about his feeling, he had to say it then and there. "Mia chan before we go into the school can I ask you something?" he asked blushing slightly. He could remember talking to Syaoran about confessions and Syaoran told him about how hard he had found it to confess his love to Sakura. "If you ever feel that way Wolf, don't wait or hesitate because the longer you put it off the harder it is to say when you finally feel like you can", Syaoran had told him. Wolf decided to follow that advice now. "Is there something wrong Wolf?" Mia asked, her heart pounding in her chest as she thought back to what Fanren had said to her. 'Could he possibly feel the same way' she thought. Wolf took a deep breath to calm himself before saying, "I know we're only supposed to be friends and that we've only really known each other 6-7 months demo I really like you. Iie that's not the right phrase...um...nani I'm trying to say is Mia I love you, will you go out with me". He then closed his eyes and bowed his head when he heard Mia say "As Mia Shadow walker I would say no..." she then paused and then said "demo I no longer walk in the shadows so I am no longer Mia Shadow walker, I'm Seguchi Mia and I say ... of course silly How could I say no," Mia teased as Wolf eyes snapped open and his head lifted to face hers.

"Honto?" he asked praying that he wasn't dreaming.

"Honto, Aishiteru Wolf kun,"

"Aishiteru Mia chan," With that they hugged each other. Both felt that they maybe weren't old enough for anything other than hugs and pecks on the cheek. They both stepped back and Wolf took hold of Mia's hand before opening the gate. They walked through the yard as the bell sounded signaling the start of the school day. Everyone ran towards the school so that they would not miss the beginning of their first classes. "Eko Mia chan the office is this way," Wolf said going through the back entrance of the school and into the now deserted corridors of the school. "Ohayo gozaimasu Mrs Xing long time no see," Wolf said when they came to the office door to see a bright red headed woman sitting at a desk. "Well, well if it isn't young Lang Li what on earth are doing here, I thought your family had moved to Japan," Mrs Xing said taking 2 visitors badges out of her desk draw and handing them to Wolf. "Hai we did demo we've come back to visit over the Christmas holiday. Oh yeah this is my girlfriend Mia Seguchi," Wolf replied clipping the badge to the lapel of his jacket and Mia did the same. "It's nice to meet you Miss Seguchi and I hope you two have a nice visit" Mrs Xing said before returning to her work as Wolf and Mia walked away.

Hope you enjoyed that. next chapter is up as well. Please R+R is you can. Enjoy

Ookami Chosha