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The sun's starting to set and I was getting ready for my dinner with Shuuya. I don't know why I was nervous. Is it because it was my first time having dinner with just the two of us? I'm really not sure. Mikoto and I are done so it's okay to date another guy right? What did I just say? A date? Am I really considering this as a date? With Shuuya?

Occupied with various thoughts, I was taken back to reality when I heard my phone ring. I clicked the accept call button and put the phone on my ear.

"Tsubomi? Are you ready? Let's meet up in front of your company building. Bye!"

He hung up before I could say anything. I took my bag and left my office hurriedly. I went through the lobby since it was more convenient to go through there. It was a direct path to the entrance. The employees who saw me walk by bid good bye to me and I addressed all of it. I waved at them instead of saying good bye and they acknowledged it. I exited through the automated door and saw a person in a polo shirt holding a single rose. I tapped his back and just looked at him, flushed.

"Shall we?"

His hand was arched, like he wanted me to take it and be a gentleman in front of me. I took it happily but when our arms made contact with each other, I felt awkward. This is the first time we acted like this to each other and it's making our brother-sister relationship bite dust. Seriously, if we were real siblings, this would be incest. We have that brother-sister thing going on after we were taken in by the Tateyama family. We always help each other out and like Kousuke said before, we can't seem to shake each other.

Shuuya and I walked down the street, searching for a place to eat. He would mutter words but he wasn't really talking to me. He was just saying a bunch of words, commenting on things he saw. Like that one shop that sells weird products, he commented that people think of the weirdest thing. I laughed when he said that but it was so soft and quiet that I think he didn't hear it. Now, his hand was on my waist and I had my hands in front of me. Someone was about to bump into me but he pulled me gently and the collision didn't happen.

"Don't worry, I got you."

He smiled at me and I felt the warmth his emotion was emitting. I really did feel it. It was like he wants to protect you. It felt so good. I feel so secured. I have never felt so protected in my life. Not even Mikoto can compare to this idiot. We continued to walk and after a while, he pointed at an establishment.

"Do you want to eat there?"

I followed where his finger was pointing and saw that it was a fine dining restaurant. I wasn't sure about it because I know he doesn't earn much. I asked him if it was okay to eat dinner at an expensive establishment like this. He directed his gaze at me and kissed my cheek.

"I saved enough for this. I want to take you out on a date so here we are. We're both wearing formal attire so it's no problem, right?"

I sighed at his words and agreed to eat there. I offered him that I'll pay for the dinner since I felt guilty that he's spending his savings on me for dinner. He shook his head and held my shoulders.

"Tsubomi, come on. I'm the guy. I should pay for everything on our date. Don't feel ashamed to have a guy who earns little to pay for 2 expensive meals. I chose to spend it for you. The least you could do is accept and enjoy our night."

This guy really knew how to tick me off. Since when did he become a smooth talker? Who am I kidding? He had a lot of girls around him when we were in middle school. He's an expert in this field. We entered the restaurant and we were approached by the receptionist. Shuuya said that he had a reservation. The guy took a look at his list and led us to a two-seated table.

"Here is your table. This is the menu and an order taker will be with you shortly."

He left us with two menus and we started to browse their catalogue. A female waitress came near us but didn't say anything. My blond companion can't really decide on a course so he asked the waitress what she would recommend. I also can't decide so I told the waitress that I'll be having what he's having. In the end, we ordered the 5,000 yen course. I own a chain of restaurant and yet I don't understand why they have to overprice the food here. Does Shuuya have 10,000 yen? I was there to pay so I'm not really worried.

"Your order will be served after 5 minutes. Please enjoy the night."

The waitress left us and went to the counter to punch in our order. Shuuya rested his chin on the back of both his hands. His elbows were on the table and I reprimanded him that it was disrespectful. He still didn't heed my warning and he was staring at me, looking like a complete moron.

"Have I told you how much beautiful you are?"

He said something that caught me off guard. I blushed and hid my face and tried to say something but I ended up saying something random, which were the usual embarrassed moan and a few Uh's. He cupped my face and his face was now so close to mine. He saw my red face and it was getting any better for me.

"It's been a long time since I wanted to tell you how much I love you."

Love? Is he serious? He loves me? What about Ayano-nee? Doesn't he love her more? Aren't I just a childhood friend and a sister to him? I was too focused on his sudden confession than his lips on mine. Why didn't I feel him kissing me? Was I that distracted? I can't believe myself!

"My first kiss…"

For once I thought he already kissed numerous girls but it turned out that I was his first. He was my first too. There was one time though, I wanted to kiss Kousuke. Oops, I shouldn't have said that. It's a good think I was only thinking that or else Shuuya's going to hear that. I'm thinking if I should accept his feelings… If I should say that I love him too. I mean, I think I love him… It's just that, Mikoto got in the way and I somehow forgot that Shuuya was my first love.

What am I doing? Do I plan on torturing myself? Come on girl, no matter how much you drive Shuuya away, you know you like him. Oh really? Yes. Kido Tsubomi loves Kano Shuuya so much. She loves him so much that she's willing to give up everything for him. She hits him when he 'annoys' her because she wants to see Shuuya's real expression. She doesn't want him to deceive. She cared for him.

But does Shuuya really love her?

I was having a talk with myself, and it seemed like there were two Tsubomis, the one from the past and the present one. We were both in conflict in regards to our feelings. The past Tsubomi is rejecting the fact and the present Tsubomi wanted to tell him that she's been in love for so long. What was Tsubomi to do?

"Tsubomi? Our foods' getting cold…"

I snapped out of it and saw a plate of salad in front of me. The waitress brought the appetizers already and I didn't even notice it.

"Are you okay? You kind of spaced out."

I shook my head and waved my hands left and right, signaling an "I'm okay" gesture. He shook his shoulders and stated that the salad wasn't much. I told him that fine dining restaurants serve little but exquisite dishes.

"Well, we do have a few dishes after the appetizers. Why don't we start eating?"

The smile on his face made me start digging through the bunch of greens in salad dressing on my plate.

A KanoKido date XDDD a whole chapter of fluff haha XD Not really good with romance XDDD