OK, I am so so so so so so so sorry. This was actually supposed to be put up a few days ago but I kind of side tracked by these books I'm reading. They're really amazing and I have to have them finished by the next time I see my friend so I've been on a bit of a reading binge... So yeah...here's chapter 37. Hope it's to your liking.
The next morning when I woke up I just couldn't keep the grin off of my face. Finally for the first time in two weeks I was going to be able to get out of bed, get dressed, do my make-up, and leave this goddamned house! I've been confined to the four drab walls of my bedroom for much too long. Last night was the first time I'd left my room, other than to go to the bathroom of course. When I swung my legs over the side of my bed and sat up and leaned over and grabbed the crutches. I'm actually able to put quite a bit of pressure on my foot now so standing up wasn't actually all the difficult.
I walked over to my closet door and opened it. I began to sift through the many clothes that were hanging inside of it to find the perfect outfit for today. It's the first time Momiji will be seeing me outside of my pajamas so I've got to make sure I look good. I mean... I know he could probably care less, but for some reason I feel the need to look extra good today. After I sorted out my outfit for the day I grabbed my towel and headed towards the bathroom for my shower.
Once I was squeaky clean I dried off and began to get dressed. I had finally decided on my black pleated miniskirt with chains, a blood red tight fit long sleeved cashmere shirt, and a pair of my favorite beat up converse since those are just about the only shoes I have that I can wear with how my foot is right now. After I was dressed I started working on my face. I gave myself a smokey eye using shades of purple, I used blue eyeliner to really make my eyes that extra pop, and I just used a soft, rosy pink lip gloss to finish off the look. I gave myself a once over in the full length mirror that hung on the door and I approved. As I entered the living room too show my mum I was startled to see Momiji standing there with her and I flushed bright red. Why I blushed I wasn't so sure, maybe it was cause of the way he was looking at me. It wasn't a bad look or anything, but it was much different from the looks I'm used to getting.
"H-hi Momiji. I wasn't expecting you for another hour." I stuttered out, god I sound like such an idiot. What the hell is wrong with me?
"Well I got impatient and thought I'd show up a little early. Is that ok?" now his eyes looked worried.
"No, it's fine. You just started me a little." I recomposed myself and smiled the most happy-go-lucky smile that I could, which in turn go him to smile.
"Well you look beautiful sweet heart." my mum walked over and kissed my forehead, "A bit dressy for the park, but it's been so long since you've gotten out of your pj's I can understand like you dressed yourself to the nines." she smiled, "Well I'm off to work. You two kids have fun, be safe, and have her back home before dark." she walked out of the house.
"You do look amazing Akemi-chan." Momiji complimented as he walked over to me and closed his arms tightly, almost protectively, around me in a warm embrace.
"Thank you Momiji-kun." I rested my head on his chest and closed my eyes, taking in the almost perfect moment, which was only ruined by the fact that I wasn't able to hug back without losing my balance, "So you ready to go?" I asked.
"Yeah, we're gonna go get some ice cream before we go to the park though, is that ok?" he asked with a hopeful smile, one that even if I wanted to, I was completely hopeless at saying no to.
"Of course it's ok. I LOVE ice cream."
"Good, than let's get going." he let go of me and I grabbed my messenger bag that mum let on the table by the door for me and we were out of the house.
I relished in the warmth given off by the afternoon sun and breathed deeply to inhale the lovely scent of freshly cut grass and clean laundry that had been hung out to dry. As we made our way out of the main Sohma estate Momiji and I saw Kisa and Hiro walking around.
"Onee-chan!" Kisa shouted gleefully as she dropped Hiro's hand and ran to me at full force, nearly knocking me over when she wrapped her arms tightly around my waist, "Onee-chan, what are you doing out of the house? Are you finally feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better actually. Momiji and I were just headed to go get some ice cream and hang out at the park for a bit, would you like to join us?" I glanced over at Hiro to see if he was ok with it and he glared at me for a split second till he saw the smile Kisa had on her face.
"I would love to! Can we Hiro-kun, please?" she looked over at the young ram with pleading eyes and he let out a small, defeated sigh.
"Yeah, of course. What ever you want Kisa."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she glomped him.
I looked over at Momiji, "I'm sorry... I hope it's ok that I invited them... I didn't think about it..."
He just smiled at me, "It's fine. Today is your day so what ever you want goes."
"Thank you... You're really the best." I smiled back and we made our way to the ice cream parlor where Momiji treated all of us.
I chose a booth by the window because I enjoy watching the passing people. I always wonder where are they going, why are they going there, who will they be with? Sometimes I'll create my own stories based off of the clothes they wear, or what they may be holding at the time. It's a game I play with myself that tends to keep me entertained for a while. I must have zoned out because the next thing I new there was something extremely cold being pressed to my mouth. The sudden shock of cold pulled me out of my thoughts and when I looked down Momiji was holding a spoon of chocolate ice cream to my lips. I took it into my mouth and it's deliciousness slowly melted away in my mouth.
"Sorry about that, guess I zoned out... Thanks for the ice cream though."
"Yeah, you did. You always do that. You have probably one of the shortest attention spans I've ever seen." Hiro grumbled.
"Hiro...be nice to Onee-chan..." Kisa said softly, "Please say you're sorry." she looked up at him with puppy dog eyes he couldn't resist.
"I'm sorry Akemi." he sighed.
"It's fine, I agree with you." I laughed.
"What were you thinking about?" Momiji asked thoughtfully.
"Oh, nothing important. I was just thinking about the people outside passing. You know how I'm a big fan of people watching."
"Oh, ok. You're silly Aki-chan." he smiled at me and continued to eat his ice cream.