Chapter 8: A Walk in the Garden
AN: Hello. How's everyone doing? No one is probably going to answer that, but I think that I should anyway. So, I know that I've been kinda inactive for a while, but that's because I've been really busy keeping my life together. This chapter was requested by a friend of mine. I hope that someone likes this. If you don't please don't hate/hurt me.
(This takes place a few months after the last chapter. Just thought that might be important to clarify. The reward from last chapter has already been collected.)
Yuu slowly wakes up after a restful slumber and yawns. He then stretches his back and feels it pop in a few places. Yuu sighed. He looks around his simple apartment and nothing seems out of the ordinary until he hears a familiar voice singing a song he did not recognize.
Yuu realized that Mika had somehow broken into his apartment without him noticing and was now using his shower.
After a time, Mika walks out of the bathroom, a small amount of steam following her. Yuu blushes at the sight before him. The vampire was currently drying her long, whitish blonde hair and she was wearing his bathrobe. She had tightened it so that she retained her female decency (I'm not going to go into great detail).
A single question popped into Yuu's head. "Mika, what are you doing here?" he asked, a deep red blush finding its way across his face.
"Good morning Yuu-chan!" Mika said, sitting down next to Yuu, still drying her hair. She set down the towel, now finished with her hair, and scooted very close to Yuu.
"Mika, how did you get into my apartment without waking me up?" Yuu asked, frustrated that the vampire kept doing this but never revealed her method.
Mika put a finger to Yuu's lips. "That's not important Yuu-chan" she said. Yuu looked at the vampire and contemplated arguing, but knew his efforts would be futile. Mika's puppy dog eyes held too much power to try that.
Mika wraps Yuu in a hug and the boy blushed at the action.
"Mika, why are you here?" Yuu asked trying to defuse the tension in the situation. "I mean, I'm happy to see you, but usually you just track me down" he said.
"Aww, I'm happy to see you too, Yuu-chan!" Mika said hugging the boy tighter. Yuu now realized that Mika was very scantily dressed.
"Mika, can I ask that you put on some more clothes please? I would like to protect your decency" Yuu said, looking away from the vampire.
Mika placed a kiss on Yuu's cheek, then his neck, making him blush. "What decency Yuu-chan?" she said, giggling slightly. "Alright, I'll go change, but only because you asked" Mika said, grinning at Yuu's red face. She raced into the bathroom and emerged moments later in her military uniform, tying the bow to hold the cloak in place.
"How do I look Yuu-chan?" Mika said, smiling at Yuu as she finished the bow. Yuu smiled back before replying.
"You look great Mika" he said, making Mika blush.
Yuu looked down at himself and saw that he was still wearing his pajamas. Yuu slipped into his bathroom and took a quick shower, emerging in his own uniform.
He looks around the room to see Mika sitting on his bed, kicking her legs back and forth and humming. She turns and smiles warmly at him, patting the space next to her, gesturing for him to sit. Yuu obeys and sits next to the girl.
"Ok, what do you want this morning, Mika? You always want something" Yuu said.
Mika smirks and feigns offense. "How rude of you! I came all this way to see you and you think that I want something!" she said.
"Mika. You ALWAYS want something from me. I'm happy to help you with anything, all you have to do is ask, but you seem to want something from me almost every day" Yuu said.
"Maybe I just want a good time" Mika said, smiling devilishly. "You did say anything..."
"Mika, if you want what I think you do, now is not the time. There is never a good time for what you're asking for" Yuu says, with determination and genuine concern.
"Well...actually..." Mika starts quietly, looking down, a shy expression on her face. Yuu takes Mika's hand in his won and turns her head to face him.
"Mika. Please keep talking. You can tell me anything. We're family remember?" Yuu says, looking into the vampire's pretty red eyes and getting slightly lost in their beauty.
Mika's blush deepens and she blurts out "I just wanted you to spend the day with me!" Yuu laughs at how simple her request is. "Hey! Don't laugh at me!" Mika says, glaring at Yuu, but with difficulty due to her embarrassment.
"It's okay Mika. I'd be happy to spend a day with you" Yuu says, smiling, but still slightly enthralled by Mika's eyes and their beauty.
"Just us though. No one from your squad, no Guren, no Asuramaru, no work, no distractions. Just us" Mika says, unleashing the power of her begging eyes, although they were unnecessary. Yuu nods quickly, not intending to give any argument to begin with, but now it was impossible.
"I would have done this any day you wanted Mika. Why now?" Yuu asked, regaining his senses after the eyes went back to normal.
Mika hugs Yuu tightly, her head on his chest. "I feel like something really bad is about to happen (she's right). And that something will happen to you, so I want to be around you as much as I can before it does."
Yuu wraps his arms around the girl and holds her tightly. "If anything bad happens, I'll protect you. No matter what" he says as he holds her.
Mika smiles. "Thank you, Yuu-chan" she said.
Yuu grins back and disentangles himself. He pulled Mika to her feet and said "I'm all yours right now Mika. Lead the way."
Mika smiled brightly and pulled Yuu out the door. First, she led him to a nice cafe where they had breakfast. When they were done eating Mika realized that she literally had no money. Yuu laughed and paid for it by charging it to Shinoa's tab. He said that as she annoys him so much, this is his revenge.
Mika then pulled Yuu through the city, making him show her the various buildings and parks. As they walked around Yuu directed Mika towards a particular empty looking park. They entered and Mika became confused.
"Yuu-chan, why are you taking me here? There's nothing to see" Mika complained. Yuu grinned and continued to guide her forward. After a few minutes, they passed under a shady passage way and entered a new portion of the park that was much different.
Mika gasped. All around her were thousands of different types of beautiful flowers in full bloom. She twirled around to see them all. After she became dizzy from that action, Yuu led her to a bench and sat her down. While she was regaining her sense of direction, Mika felt Yuu began to pull at her hair. Still too dizzy to see what he was doing, she simply let him continue. By the time she was able to see straight, her curiosity about his actions was almost painful.
"Yuu-chan, what are you doing?" Mika tried to look back, but he held her head facing forward.
"Just wait. I'm almost done. I'm sure you'll like it" Yuu said, adjusting a few more locks of hair. "Finished~" he said as he let go of her hair and led her to an old, rocky fountain. However, despite its sorry condition, the water within made a perfect mirror.
Mika looked at her hair and saw that Yuu had picked hundreds of flowers and carefully braided them into her hair. There were violets, carnations, blue and pink hydrangeas, and roses that were as red as her eyes.
Mika's eyes became a little watery at Yuu's action. She turned from the makeshift mirror and hugged Yuu. "Thank you! It's beautiful!" Mika cried, tears running lightly down her face as she looked into Yuu's green eyes.
"I thought you'd like it" Yuu replied, smiling at Mika before wiping away her tears. "No crying on your day."
Mika nodded and Yuu grabbed both of her hands. She looked at Yuu in confusion before he pulled her gently into a slow waltz around the garden. The vampire was surprised, but followed his lead nonetheless. As they moved Mika saw the garden in its entirety, without Yuu having to say anything. They moved around, no music to guide their movements. After a time, they stopped their dance.
"Feeling better?" Yuu asked, still holding Mika's hands.
The vampire nodded. Yuu smiled.
"Now lead on. We've still got plenty of time in the day." he said, gesturing toward the exit. Mika beamed and led him out of the garden.
AN: So... I hope at least one person enjoyed that. Sorry for any errors. I was really tired when I wrote this, so there may be a few. Next is an Asuramaru chapter. Any ideas? My friend and I are drawing a blank right now. I would really, really appreciate any ideas for the next chapter. So, the next chapter should be up like really soon. Bye for now.