Chapter 4: What? A Date? With Nagihiko?

Amu POV

Our walk to my house, like the previous walks toward the supermarket and to his house, was filled with lively conversation. I was glad that Nagihiko was able to get me to talk. I really hated the strange silence between two people that can't find things to say, but I wasn't loquacious enough to be able to prevent such a thing from occurring. He really was the perfect person to talk to, when he wasn't saying something or asking me a question and waiting patiently for my response and a wordless moment came, it felt strangely comfortable. Today really made me realize how much I really liked hanging out with him.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow Amu-chan?" he asked when we were both standing side by side staring at my house. He must have been surprised like I was at how fast that walk had felt.

"Mmm, no I don't think so." I said still looking up at my well lit house. Not unless endless hours of TV, TV and more TV counted.

"Then would you like to spend the day with me tomorrow?" he questioned. I could see from my peripheral that he had turned toward me now, but I had been spacing out thinking about how cool the lights looked in the darkness that had come during our walk. I had noticed him, but didn't really absorb that fact I was supposed to respond now. I broke out of my trance as quickly as I could so I wouldn't leave him hanging.

"Sorry! I was spacing out, but yeah, that would be great." I said as I turned to face him. That's embarrassing. He just laughed.

"Cool. I will see you tomorrow at 10 a.m. then. Later." And with that, he began to walk in the direction of his house.

"Wait! Umm, should I meet you somewhere or something?" I shouted at him. He whirled around and stopped to see the confusion in my expression. He smiled for some reason and it made me a little suspicious.

"I will be here at 10 a.m. I would tell you where we're going, but then it wouldn't be a surprise now would it? Goodnight Amu-chan." He said and began to walk towards his house again.

"Goodnight." I said, maybe a little too late. I wondered where he could possibly be taking me. I guess I will just have to find out tomorrow then, huh? It was a good thing he walked me home, it got darker than I had expected in such a short time. Time to go inside.

"It's tasty big sis!" squealed Ami with pie all over her face.

"So cute!" shouted my parents in unison as they looked over at Ami. Papa then proceeded to take a million photos of her while she went through various poses. After that was over with they all kept telling me how good it was and that I was such a great baker. They kept saying things like 'that's our Amu' and I tried to tell them I had a lot of help and my dad wondered why I didn't bake more and why I would only bake with 'that boy'. I couldn't take it anymore so I wished them all a goodnight and ran for the stairs. After taking a bath, chugging my signature after-bath bottle of milk on my balcony, and changing into my pajamas I collapsed onto my plush bed and slipped under the covers. I turned off my lamp, flipped onto on my back, and put my hands behind my head.

"What a fun day that was. Tomorrow should be even more fun. Just me and Nagihiko alone. Going wherev-" I stopped midsentence and my jaw dropped. This wasn't a date, was it? We may have been alone together for most of the day today, but that was different. I had asked him today, and we went to the store and made a pie together only because that's what he was already had planned. This time he asked me and we weren't even going by his house so there was no chance of seeing his mom and our destination was going to be surprise for me. He didn't even think about inviting anyone else like I had. He probably didn't know whether they were all busy or not. Ah!

I was holding my now hot face in the darkness and wondering what to do. Did I want to go on a date with him? I wasn't sure. He was really nice though, and pretty cute, especially when he smiled and his honey colored eyes would have that adorable gleam of true happiness…hold up, what am I thinking? He was just a good friend of mine, right? Yeah, but what if it was a date and we got smoothies and I totally spilled mine all over myself and ruined it? What if I thought it was a date and then one of his friends from second grade who had supposedly moved to Ireland appeared out of nowhere and they caught up and had a great time while I became a third wheel? Does he even have a friend that moved to Ireland? I don't think so. Well now I'm just making things up. I just have to calm down and approach this logically. It could or could not be a date, but the bigger question is, will I go?

I hesitated. In the event that this was a date, and it did go wrong, would it ruin our friendship? That was the last thing I wanted to happen. I cherished our friendship too much. If it wasn't a date it would be much easier on my nerves, but I couldn't say that a part of me didn't hope that it was. I really liked Nagihiko, and I never really thought of him as more than a friend, but when I did now, it wasn't a hard thing to picture. There were a few boys that had caught my attention, but they weren't like Nagihiko. Unlike him, when I had gotten to know them better, they weren't the people their outer characters led me to believe they were. So I had to make a decision. As much as I was afraid that things would go wrong, I wanted to go. There was no doubt that I would have a good time, I mean, I don't think it was possible to have a bad time with Nagihiko. So I would go, partially for him and partially for me of course, but either way I was still going. I would not let my fears get the best of me and accept my other option of making up a lie and cancelling.

After my restless thoughts had calmed, I was finally able to stop tossing and turning and clear my busy mind. I took some deep breaths and finally shut my eyes. A few minutes later I had been enveloped by sleep.

Nagihiko POV

What am I going to do? Should I tell her? What if she hates me for lying to her?

That's one intense cliffhanger. Sorry if this story is really slow, I am just trying to give it a backbone so I don't just throw some randomness at people that they have to accept just because. I expect next chapter to be pretty crazy as there is a lot to deal with. It will have more Nagihiko POV than these few sentences, I promise. Thanks for lasting this long.