Sigh…what a day…I can't wait to go home and…oh yeah. "Stellar." I said to Stellar and she turned to me. I felt lost in those brilliant magenta eyes of hers.
"Oto-san and Oka-san won't be home until tomorrow night so what do you want to eat? I'm cooking." I smiled as I asked her what she wanted to eat. I really want to just make her happy even if I'm not doing anything special to her. Stellar had a surprised look on her face and I wondered why.
"Oniichan you don't have to trouble yourself. I can cook dinner for the both of us." I couldn't help but chuckle at her. I really appreciate it that she doesn't want to bother me but…
"Iie, it's not any trouble at all if I cook; besides I want to give you a special dinner." I kept on saying what I wanted to do for her tonight so I didn't notice Stellar was blushing and was already looking down. "I'm not that good at cooking but I'll try my best to cook a dish that's fit for a candle lit dinner." I turned again to look at her only to find out that she also turned to look at me. Stellar was looking surprised and she had tints of red on her face.
"O-oniichan!" the blonde beauty in front of me stuttered out. "It's alright you don't have to go through all that just to give me a special night. I'm already happy just spending this day with you." Stellar tried to reason me to stop insisting that I give her a candle lit dinner. I shook my head and placed my hands on both her shoulders.
"It's okay; I'm doing this because I want to so you shouldn't feel so bad about it." I told her and she settled down a bit but I don't think she's still completely willing to let me cook her dinner. I realized that my hands were still on her shoulders and I quickly pulled away blushing. I looked at Stellar and I found out that her face was mirroring my red face. As we were walking to our house we passed some couples along the way and something within me stirred.
I placed my hand around Stellar protectively. I was feeling nervous and I'm sure I'm sweating a bit. Stellar sure feels warm and soft and she smells like lemons. I almost smiled when she went closer to me and leaned her head on my shoulder. I looked at her she had her eyes closed and she looked really relaxed. She had that smile on her face. It may sound funny but I think that I'm the only whom she shows that smile to. I'd do anything to keep that smile on her face.
I felt something touching my hair when we where almost to our house. At first I didn't notice it but after a few seconds I realized what it was. "Ame?" I asked myself then the rain came in pouring hard. I ran as fast I can dragging Stellar with me so we wouldn't get wet, while we were running Stellar asked me a question.
"Oniichan can we go slower? I can't run that fast." I slowed down a bit and spotted a place where we could get some shade from the rain. I took Stellar there and we waited for the rain to stop. Just my luck the rain became heavier. I tried looking around to see if I could find something to at least cover Stellar so we could go home and dry up but I didn't find anything. Why didn't I bring an umbrella? This is really annoying.
"Gomen oniichan." I immediately focused my attention on Stellar when she spoke. She was looking away and she seemed sad about something. "I really can't run that fast since my health isn't that good." Worry suddenly overwhelmed my entire body. What did she mean by that? Does she have some disease or something?
"Stellar what do you mean? You don't have some terminal disease or something, do you?" I quickly asked hoping that it wasn't true. I felt very relieved when she shook her head. Damn for a second there I thought I was going to lose you. Don't worry me like that Stellar.
"Iie, it's nothing like that Kira-nii. My body's just fragile so I pass out for no apparent reason sometimes." I don't know why but the desire to protect Stellar just seemed to increase. I wanted nothing but to hold in my embrace her right now.
"Oh…I'm sorry." I said feeling sorry for her because her body was weak. I hugged Stellar and she hugged back. We kept holding each other in each other's arms until I pulled out because I was becoming annoyed by the sound of the droplets of rain hitting the ground. "Mou, when will this rain stop?" Stellar giggled and I looked at her. "What's so funny?" I asked her.
"Don't you like the rain oniichan?" I shook my head. I don't really like the rain at all since whenever it rains all my plans for the day are always ruined. And another reason why I don't like the rain is because it makes the day seem gloomy it's as if the sky is crying.
"Not really." I said to Stellar then she looked at the sky and I swear I would've kissed her if she didn't suddenly say something.
"Sou ka…you know I don't really hate the rain, actually I like it. Whenever I would look at the rain it feels like its cleansing the world. Whenever I have problems I actually feel a lot better when I look at the rain." Stellar said and I smiled. I really can't explain what I'm feeling right now but it feels nice.
"But you don't have problems right now do you, Stellar?" I asked her and she looked into my eyes. I could see my reflection in them and I can tell she's really happy. My heart was beating faster than usual but I ignored it.
"Not when you're with me oniichan. I feel safe whenever I'm around you." She said and my heart skipped a beat. Just hearing her say makes me feel very special. I wouldn't care even if a thousand girls said they love me. I'd prefer hearing her say that to me over some random girl just coming up to ask me if I wanted to go out with her. I wish I could've recorded this moment.
"Glad to hear it. Iko." Stellar had this puzzled look on her face which I really found cute. This little conversation with Stellar just made we want to go home more so I could cook her dinner.
"But the rain hasn't stopped yet." Well that's not gonna stop me. Wait a minute, since Stellar has a not so strong body she may get sick especially with this rain if we just go home right now. Well doesn't matter…I'll just use my uniform to shield her from the rain. "Oniichan what are you doing?" She asked me when I started to take my uniform off.
"We don't have an umbrella, right? So I'm going to use my polo to cover us from the rain." Stellar had a surprised look on her face. I didn't know why though. I didn't do anything wrong did I? I noticed Stellar's face was red when I took my polo off. It's pretty cold out here.
"Oniichan I don't mind waiting for the rain to stop." I frowned a bit before deciding to reply to Stellar.
"Well we're just going to waste our time since it doesn't look like its going to be stopping anytime soon." I reasoned to Stellar and there was a moment of silence between us. Stellar slowly nodded her head and went beside me. I placed my polo over us so it was covering our heads. We then started going home.
"Oniichan, why don't you like the rain?" I was surprised by Stellar's innocent question. I looked at her then I answered her question.
"Well it's because it always rains whenever I seem to have something planned, like right now and besides it makes things look lonely." I answered Stellar while leading her home. The rain seemed to get softer and I'm feeling really grateful for that since I don't know how much longer I can stand the rain. I just hope Stellar doesn't feel cold right now.
"I never thought you'd hate it because of those reasons." Stellar said to me while smiling. I smiled back and we kept walking. A few minutes later we reached our house. I reached for my keys and opened the door. I let Stellar in first before going inside myself. I smiled at the warm feeling our home gave me. It feels much better than being outside in the pouring rain. I looked at the clock and realized it was already six in the evening. I went inside the kitchen to cook the meal I was planning to do only to find Stellar already there…wearing an apron.
"S-Stellar…" I trailed off since she looked so cute in what she's wearing. I don't know why but Stellar wearing our school uniform and an apron makes me want to hold her. I'm pretty sure I'm blushing madly right now but still I have to tell Stellar that I'm going to cook no matter how much I want to see her wearing such a cute outfit. "Stellar…" I told her more clearly "I thought I was going to cook."
"Gomen oniichan but I really think I should be the one cooking. After all I'm the one who made you walk through the rain." Is it me or is did Stellar just sound a little bit guilty? I hope not. It's my free will that I decided to use my polo as our cover from the rain. I didn't feel forced to do it just because Stellar has a frail body. Just to be sure maybe I should just ask her.
"Hey Stellar…by any chance do you feel guilty about what I did?" Stellar's eyes widened and she just kept silent. I took that as a yes. "Well you shouldn't. I wanted to do that to you and I really have no regrets." I stepped closer and hugged her. I enjoyed her body's softness and the warmth it gave off for a few minutes. I pulled back and kissed her on the forehead. "Really, you don't have to cook right now. It's alright if I do it anyway." Stellar just shook her head.
"Iie, you've so much for me today oniichan, the least I could do is cook you dinner." Looks like Stellar is really dead-set about cooking tonight. I thought for a while before deciding to let her.
"Fine, but only on one condition." I couldn't stop myself from smiling as I said that. Stellar nodded and I grinned. "After eating you have to go out with me tonight." I said and she nodded almost immediately. I can see the rain getting lighter outside the window so maybe tonight will be perfect.
"You can go and relax oniichan, I can handle this." Stellar said to me. I decided to change clothes so I left her alone in the kitchen. I looked at Stellar cooking at the kitchen before I decided to go and take a shower.
I went to my room and placed my clothes in the laundry basket. I went inside the bathroom and took a nice hot shower. It really feels so good when the warm water touches your skin on a cold rainy day. Maybe this is all what the rain is good for. I went out after some time and went down. I noticed Stellar already sitting in the table.
"Stellar gomen, did you wait for me that long?" I asked her and felt relieved when she shook her head.
"I finished cooking just now oniichan." I smiled and took my seat next to my cute sister.
I can't take my eyes off Stellar again. Just what is wrong with me? I was so occupied by me thoughts I didn't realize Stellar was trying to talk to me.
"Oniichan…" I saw she had a worried look on her face. I smiled to make that look on her face vanish. We finally managed to finish eating and I helped Stellar clean the dishes. As Stellar was washing the dishes and handing them to me so I could fry them our hands accidentally touched each other. I felt my body tense up and I looked at Stellar. There was a bit of red in her cheeks.
"Sorry about that." I said to her then we went back to washing the dishes. We finally finished at about 7:00.
"So Stellar ready to go out with me? The rain stopped now." I told her and she nodded.
"Just give me a minute to change clothes." She said to me then went upstairs to change to her clothes.
A/N: By any chance do any of you guys know the title of Lacus' image song?