Chapter 2: The Slippery Path – A awkward moment!
The day had come; Aki was waiting around in town expecting Yusei to arrive any minute. She was waiting calmly on her own D-Wheel, the one that Jack, Crow and Yusei had made for her as the minutes slowly passed by. Her leather jumpsuit wasn't much protection from the cold, as the cold winds blew through her hair. It was forecasted to get worse later today, rumours of further snow and icy roads which would have made it even harder to get around.
The entire city was covered in a blanket of white, the snow had been falling heavily the night before and it was really showing. No one could predict how much more was to come, or if Neo Domino would be completely snowed in. Still that didn't stop the Christmas spirit for many of the people. Children were blissfully playing in the streets; snowmen could be seen practically around every corner. Parents laughed as they saw their children's smiling faces, at the miracle that was Christmas.
"You seem happy; sure you don't want to join in?" An all but familiar voice came from Aki's side.
"It's amazing isn't it? How much children get excited around this time of year, makes you wish you were still as young and carefree like them." Aki smiled, as she gazed out at the winter wonderland. "Also what took you so long? It's freezing out here." She frowned as she turned to Yusei.
"So much for your smile," Yusei gave a small smile. "Anyway I was held up; Rua seems very overexcited this time of year. According to Ruka this is nothing new, but with us lot around as well he is very overexcited. So I was held up, besides it wasn't like I wanted to keep you waiting. Martha did always say, never keep a lady waiting."
"Well she has a point there; well ok I will forgive you this once but next time, hurry up." Aki said blowing at her hands trying to warm them up; even with her gloves on they were freezing. When it looked like things couldn't get any colder for the both of them, a truck which was passing by flung a huge wave of snow at the two Signers. Covering them to head to toe, this was hardly what they needed.
"Oh great now I really am freezing, and not to mention that my clothes are now soaked."
"Yeah well at least we are wet together; it could be a lot worse. Let's head back to your place, so we don't have to worry the twins with cleaning our clothes." Yusei replied as he tried to wipe the snow from his hair. Aki nodded as they travelled back to her home. Things were already turn out to be very weird for the both of them, but it didn't matter. It didn't take long to get back to the younger Signer's home, even with the slippery pavements it was still fairly easy to get there.
As the two entered Yusei couldn't help but be amazed by his surroundings, the mansion was huge from the inside. He had only really been in here once before and even then he didn't really pay much attention to detail. The main hallway was huge and it had many rooms split up from it, he could see many a doorway in the bottom part of it. The stairs were located on the same straight path as the door, and the decoration was very flower coloured, especially red and white. The colours of a rose.
"Well I guess the main thing would be to leave our clothes to dry, though that leaves us with a problem in that you won't have anything to wear." Aki spoke after looking at the awe struck Yusei. She found it somewhat funny, that Yusei was only just taking in his surroundings.
"Fair point Aki." Yusei thought carefully for a moment, trying to find a way to dry himself without removing his clothes. "Where is your fireplace? I know it seems a bit of an odd way, but at least I can sit there and get dried."
The red haired girl smiled, "Oh you will need the lounge for that, if you go down the right and entered that second door on that end. That is where the lounge is, I will join you when I've changed again. Just relax and make yourself at home." She ran up the stairs, and vanished leaving the dripping Yusei to make his way to the lounge by himself.
Another big room came across his place; the colour scheme was similar to the hall. A table was in the centre with two long sofas on each side, a wide screen TV was on the wall on the right on it, with a huge glass window on the left side of the table. Showing the garden which was almost unrecognisable with the falling snow, on the wall on the opposite of the wall was the fireplace. Which he carefully walked over to and turned it on, it didn't take long to warm the place up the fire was a pleasant feeling since it was extremely cold around the place.
Aki returned a few minutes later dressed in her usual outfit, she saw Yusei sitting by the fire looking very satisfied. "Enjoying yourself Yusei?"
He turned back to the younger woman, as she sat down beside him. "Well yes I finally feel warm for the first time today, as much as I like my home with Jack and Crow it is barely warm this time of year. Plus if anything needs doing it is usually up to me to do something about it." He sighed and closed his eyes, enjoying the sensation of the warmth that filed the room.
"Yes I noticed that, but I guess it is because of who you are." Aki said then sighed herself. "You are just one of those people Yusei; you care for your friends and will always do anything for them. You notice the good in people, and can help them find their way. You did it for me, and I'm sure if I need help you would be there for me." She paused before speaking again. "Actually you have always been there for me; I just wish I could repay you in a way."
The raven haired Signer opened his eyes, looking at the saddened expression on Aki's face. "Aki...all I wish for you to do for me is be happy; as long as I can make you smile and you do smile I'm happy."
Aki looked back her saddened expression fading, as small smile crept on her face. "Yusei...thank you." She spoke softly; her words were a bit hard to get out. A small blush added to the heat on her body.
The older Signer suddenly stood up, "Well I think we are dry now, we might as well go before it gets too late. It is already getting dark, if we are out any longer it will only get worse."
Aki nodded and followed him out of the room, as she got her stuff once again. The two of them left the house, making sure to be careful everything was locked up tight. The pathway was slippery due to ice and snow, and even the simplest movement would cause a full grown man to fall flat on his face. The young red head thought she could manage, after all she had been taught in balancing properly thanks to Yusei.
It all seemed to be going fine, as they carefully walked down the pathway. Both of them walked side to side, making sure they could both be sure that the other wasn't to slip. Unfortunately that was not to be, it had happened so suddenly Aki felt her foot slip at first she thought she could get her grip back but it was useless. She fell backwards her feet going completely underneath her, she let out a gasp of shock then shut her eyes.
She was expecting to fell a great pain in her back, though strangely it never came. In fact it felt like she had all of a sudden fallen forwards instead, but where was the pain of landing on her face? She slowly opened her eyes and looked back at two cobalt blue eyes staring up at her. It had suddenly dawned on her what had happened, Yusei must have tried to catch her though doing so he fell backwards and took her with her.
"Yusei are you alright? I'm so sorry if I had been more careful you wouldn't have fallen." Aki asked very quickly, almost in complete shock of what had happened. She could feel the heat rise up in her face once again, she was seriously worried by her constant blushing.
The raven haired man could also be seen blushing at the thought of his companion laying on top of him. "I'm fine, you gave me a bit of a scare there if you had fallen back you may have hurt yourself."
Aki looked back puzzled. "That is nice and all but what about you? Aren't you hurt from falling flat on your back, and not to mention with me on top of you. That is a bit of extra weight, so how on earth aren't you even in pain?"
Yusei gave off a small smile. "Well to tell you the truth, you barely weigh anything you are almost as light as a feather. Plus I was for a while but it was just the initial pain, I've got used to it." He paused for a while the heat in his face was still there, and he couldn't believe the situation he was in. "Umm Aki you can get off me right you know?"
The red head laughed nervously, as she got off Yusei and both of them got to their feet. "Sorry about that." She said then walked on towards her D-Wheel and got on. "Anyway shouldn't we be going? The others will be worried about us."
Yusei joined her on his own D-Wheel and together they drove off, making sure they would go slowly so as not to crash.
Half an hour later, they arrived back at the twins place. As they stepped into the room, they were automatically greeted by the young boy and girl who looked very happy to see them. Rua was already buzzing about the holiday despite the fact it was still almost a week away. Ruka was just happy to be with them all.
Jack and Crow had joined them, as they all entered the living room. "Took you two long enough to get here, what on earth held you up?" Jack asked them his tone was still as serious as always.
"We ran into a little trouble with the snow, so we went off to Aki's to get dry. Then as we left we slipped up on the ice, so that is why we were delayed." Yusei explained, he rubbed his back slightly it was still sore from his fall.
"So you guys got wet, then went back to Aki's? Why didn't you come here, or was it more of a private one on one moment." Crow smirked slightly amused by his little question.
"W...What are you talking about Crow?" Aki stared daggers at the orange haired Signer, "We just didn't want to get the place filled with water. Plus nothing happened we got dried and got back here, nothing more nothing less."
Crow and Jack smirked slightly at Aki's reaction, it was somewhat amusing to see Aki get worked up like this over such trivial things. It was going to be an interesting Christmas to say the least.
A/N: Well that is it for chapter 2, I'm sorry for the delays my laptop charger is broken and won't get a new one until Tuesday. So I had to get another computer to help in the meantime, still I'm working as quickly as I can. Next chapter will hopefully be up in the next few days. I will still try to end this before Christmas. Please review and keep telling me how it is going, I feel the buzz of doing more on it if it happens.