Hey, readers. Now I did say before that this would be a 3 or 4 part story, right? Sadly, due to some reasons, it might end up being a lot longer than that. Sometimes, I hate myself for having too many ideas, but at the same time I felt grateful that I would be able to write more. So, like I said, this story will be a little longer. I hope you readers can stay tuned.

To Guest (the one who requested this fanfic)

What does via mean? You mean the word via? Well, basically via means through. I'm not good in teaching, so I'm not sure how to explain it in great detail so that's all I can say.

To Kotano-chan,

Ah... Err... Um... Ahem! D-don't worry. I-I know you're just teasing me... B-but c-can you please not tease me like that again? I-It might send the wrong hint to a guy, plus, I-I'm not sure if... my heart can handle that. By the way, I'm also single if you want to know, with zero romantic experience.

To Frostwind7359,

Hey there. Glad to see another reader for this story and like you said, there's not much fanfic for this anime/manga mainly because it's not very popular. I only know about the anime thanks to one of my ZNT fanfic reader.

By the way, sorry for not replying to your message. I wanted to reply, but I'm not sure what to say at that time. So, I'm sorry, okay.

I might try to read the manga as you suggested since, well like you said, the anime doesn't cover much of the story. Do you have any suggestion on which chapter/volume I should start reading or would it be better for me to read the whole thing from the start?

So now let's begin the story.

[MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU]

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'Mmhh...'

I stirred in my bed as I felt the ray of the sun shines over me through the window. I lazily opened my eyes and scanned my surroundings. I'm in my room and it's already morning, that was the two first thing I managed to grasp on in my half awake condition. Usually, at this time of the day, I need to quickly get up from bed and prepare myself for school to avoid from being late, but today... it's different. It's Saturday which means no school for me and I can continue my sleep in peace.

I pulled up my blanket and let out a yawn, wanting to get back to sleep as soon as possible. Nee-chan doesn't really like me waking up late, saying that it would make me lazy, but in Sundays she would allow me to sleep in a little longer so I don't have to worry about her crashing into my room and hearing her babbling in the morning. However...

'Why does it feel like I'm forgetting something?'

I can't explain why I felt that way, but it's true. I feel like I have forgotten something. Something really important that involves this particular Sunday, but what am I forgetting? I tried my best to remember it, but nothing came to mind. Maybe it's just my feeling? But I really think that I have to do something today, but what is it?

The more I tried to remember, the more my brain turn blank. It doesn't seem forcing for the memory to return would work. As I had finally given up on remembering, I closed my eyes and snuggled in my bed. Maybe when I woke up, I would remember about it. For now, I should return to my sleep and hopefully return to that dream I had earlier. It's not a dirty dream or anything. It's just a dream about me and Urabe, the girl who I love so much and whom I have a date with today.

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'Wait... date? Today?'

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"Wahh! I'm late!'

I forcefully opened my sleepy eyes and instantly jumped out of the bed. How can I forget something like that? I need to get ready soon or I would really be late for my date. I head to the bathroom and take an express bath before choosing the clothes I will wear taking only around 5 minutes, which might be a new world record or so, but I have no time to think about that as Urabe might have waited for me.

"Ah, good morning Aki- Eh? Where are you going?" my sister asked me as she saw me dashing through the house to the front door. She must be wondering about where I'm going since I rarely went out in weekends.

"I have to go and meet someone!" I answered as I put on my shoes.

"Don't you need breakfast first?" My sister approached me. I appreciate her concern for me, but I really don't have the time to wait.

"Sorry, I'm already late. I will be home a bit late, okay?"

"Fine..." she replied with a sigh. "By the way, Akira?"

"Yes?"

My sister suddenly smiled and said in a casual tone "Say hi to Urabe for me."

'Ack!?'

Wait, wait, wait, what!? How in the world she knows I'm going for a date with Urabe today? I never told anybody about this, not even to Ueno, who I had revealed my relationship to some time ago. So how does my sister know? Did Urabe told her? No, that can't be possible. Urabe won't do something as bold as telling my sister about dating me. Or... could she? I mean she always did something unexpected after all.

Wait, this isn't the time to think about that. Now I have to figure out a comeback that can get out of this situation. Without thinking much, I end up doing what most people would do in this situation.

"N-no! I'm not going out with Mikoto!"

I'm denying it. The most common way to deal with the situation. However, I think I just screwed up. Not because of how nervous I sounded like when I said it and not due to me being overreacting to her simple statement. I screwed up because of how I addressed Urabe by using her first name.

"Hm... Mikoto? I see...," my sister smiled teasingly at me as she managed to catch the words I said.

The way you address someone reflects how close you are to that person. And the way I just casually said Urabe's first name out of habit, greatly shows that I'm very close to her which means I have just dug my own grave by revealing that to my sister.

"Then... say hi to Mikoto for me," my sister kept her teasing smile before leaving me blushing in the front door. That... was pretty embarrassing, but at the same time, I wonder... does she already know I'm dating Urabe?

That question arises in my head, but I have no time to think about the answer. I immediately left the house as I began my journey to Urabe's house.

It has been a few weeks since the change in my routine with Urabe. Instead of giving drool by her finger, she now gave me drool by her mouth while taking in my drool at the same time. Simply said, we kissed. Every day, at the junction where we would go our separate ways, we will kiss each other with full passion, exchanging our drool, our emotion and our love.

It was still hard to believe that we managed to get to that point in our relationship, but we did and I can't describe how blissful it feels to press my lips against hers. Not to mention, the sweetness of her drool which for some reason, got sweeter each time I kissed her.

Other than that, what might be the biggest change in our relationship would be... dates. It starts with Urabe suddenly asking me out for a movie on the weekend right before we parted ways at the junction. After that, we start going on dates every free time we can get, doing things that couples do. Snuggling to each other while watching a movie, walking while holding hands in the park, we did all that although it's a bit awkward to do so even till this day.

Back to that what I'm doing, today. I'm on my way to Urabe's apartment for another date so I may spend time with her during this wonderful day. However, it's not like any other date, in fact I'm not sure if it can be called a date because it's actually for study.

Exams was just around the corner and based on my past results, I'm not doing so well in my studies. Urabe on the other hand, was the opposite of me. She's not the top student or anything, but she always got plain good grades in all the exams. Therefore, yesterday on our way home from school, she offered to help me out in my studies which I gladly accepts, not only because I'm badly in need of help, but also because I want to spend time with her.

With my mind reminding itself everything that happened since the past few weeks, I ended up arriving at my destination without my own realization. It was now just in front of me, the door that separates me from meeting Urabe.

"Fuh... calm down Akira. It's just Urabe," I murmured to myself to calm down my beating heart. We have been dating for quite a while and I have been to her apartment several times already, but somehow my heart was still beating wildly with the idea of seeing Urabe in her own home.

I took a few deep breaths to calm down before pressing the bell. I can hear the ringing sound echoing inside the apartment which was followed by a female voice saying "Coming...!"

In a short moment, the door to the apartment was opened and I was speechless as I had seen something completely unexpected. It was Urabe. Well, that was expected since it's her home after all, but what caused my eyes to widen as I stared in awe was what Urabe was wearing. She's wearing an apron. A plain, white housewife apron. There's nothing wrong with it, nothing wrong at all. She's wearing casual clothes beneath the apron so it's not like the infamous naked apron that I sometimes find in erotic manga. Still, for some reason, I find it very attractive and it makes Urabe looks like a housewife which is why I can't stop staring at her.

"Welcome back, dear," the image of Urabe saying that to me with a bright smile starts to form in my head. Even by imagining it already makes me grin like an idiot. If only I can hear her saying that, it would make me the happiest guy in the world.

"Mmhh!?"

My thought was suddenly interrupted when I felt something forcefully entering my mouth. I look up and realized that Urabe's finger was in my mouth before she pulled it out and inserted it into her mouth, tasting my drool. It didn't take me long to figure out why she did it. I was spacing out while grinning, anybody would be curious.

Urabe's face immediately turned bright red. There was no doubt, she had seen what I had just thought about earlier. Crap, what have I done? I barely been here for a minute, but I might have just ruined this study date.

"G-good morning, Mikoto. Uh... Nice weather we're having today, right?" I greeted her, attempting to get out of this awkward situation and hopefully save my date with her today.

Urabe shyly raised her eyes to face me before looking away. Her face still quite red. I kept praying in my heart so that she won't be angry about it.

"G-good morning, Akira-kun," she greeted back. I immediately let out a sigh of relief as my date was still safe.

"You're early," Urabe pointed out to me, the redness on her face can still be seen.

When she pointed that out, I look upon my watch and she's right. We promised to meet at 10, but my watch was pointing at 9 which means I'm an hour early. When I think back, I didn't even take a proper look at the time before leaving home as I truly believe I had overslept and she would have been waiting for me. Perhaps, I was just imagining of being late after all.

"Uh... sorry. I thought I was late..." I scratched my head as I said that. I can't believe I had done something as embarrassing as this. Urabe must think that I was really looking forward to meet her that I forgot to look at the time. Well to be honest, I do, but letting her know that was pretty embarrassing.

"That's okay, come on in," she invited me with a slight smile before walking inside. It seems she wasn't really bothered by it after all which was a relief to me. I went in and close the door behind me before removing my shoes. However, before I stepped in...

"Akira-kun," Urabe turned back to me with the brightest smile I had ever seen. "Welcome home, dear."

My heart skips a beat as she said that greeting with a sweet tone, like a wife greeting their husband who had just returned from work. I was overtaken by both happiness and excitement that I couldn't think of anything else except the girl in front of me.

"Mikoto!" I leaped towards her, attempting to pull her into a hug, but she skillfully dodged with next to no effort. Even till this day, I was still impressed by her athletic value.

"Akira-kun, please wait in my room. I have to clean the kitchen," Urabe told me before leaving me in the hallway, still without a hug.

I suppose I should wait for her in the room, or at least that's what I thought at first, but instead of heading into her room like she told me to, I ended up following Urabe to the kitchen. Waiting for someone can be boring, so I thought I should help her out or something so we can begin our lesson a lot faster.

I make my way into her kitchen which I think I never stepped inside before. As far as I remember, every time I went to her apartment, I will head straight into her bedroom without even taking a look around her place. Well, it was rude to walk around someone else's house anyway.

Guided by the sounds of plates and glasses clattering, I went to the kitchen. It was smaller than the one in my house since this was an apartment after all, but it still had the... homey feeling to it. At the back, I caught my eyes on Urabe, who's busily washing the plates with her back facing towards me. It doesn't seem like she had noticed me so I began to slowly creep towards her.

As I went through the kitchen slowly making my way to Urabe, I took extra care on each step I take so that I didn't alert her with my presence. Eventually, I reached her, yet Urabe still focused her eyes on her work. Realizing the opportunity, I stretched my hands around her, wanting to get the hug that I didn't get earlier. However, before I could wrap her in my arms, I quickly retract my arms and put them up in the air.

"What are you doing, Akira-kun?" Urabe asked me with a scissor in her left hand, pointed directly at me. She then turns around to face me with the scissor still in hand. Seriously, did she bring that scissor around even at home? And how did she realize I was here without even turning around? However, I put the questions at the back of my head as I need to find a way out of my current situation.

"I was wondering if... you need some help," that wasn't a lie, since I did come here with the motive of offering my assistance. That is until my youthful side takes over.

"No need. Go wait in my room," Urabe sternly told me before returning her attention to the dishes.

Is she angry? No, I don't think so, but it's hard to tell with that mysterious nonchalant face. Still, I don't want to risk upsetting her, so I excused myself and make my way to her room. However, after only taking a few steps away from her, my stomach let out a sound.

Gruu...

My stomach was growling. I didn't find that surprising since I had skipped breakfast earlier in order to get here fast. Now, I completely regret that decision. I should have taken a bite first at least, but now... it was too late as hunger was consuming me.

"Akira-kun, didn't you eat breakfast earlier?" Urabe pointed that question to me. It seems like she managed to catch the growling of my empty stomach.

"N-no, I'm fine," I briefly answered while hiding my face. What's wrong with me? Why do I keep embarrassing myself in front of her ?

Urabe left her work and slowly approached me, concern can be seen written all over her face.

"If you want... I can prepare something for you."

I was grateful by Urabe's offer, but I can't possibly ask that from her. I don't want to trouble her with my own carelessness. However, my body was more honest as my stomach growled again. Uh... this is really embarrassing.

"Take a seat, Akira-kun. I will prepare it fast," Urabe start up the stove before heating up the frying pan.

"No, Urabe. I'm fine, no need to-"

Gruu...

Uh... Why does my stomach have to growl so much in one day? I can see Urabe smirking at me as if teasing me. Unable to argue anymore, I head to the dining table while Urabe prepared the breakfast for me.

"Here it is Akira-kun."

Urabe placed a plate of pancakes in front of me. It was a stack of normal pancakes. Even my sister had made it a few times for me already. But why, do I feel so excited to eat this.

'Wait, this is... Urabe's cooking...'

That's it. That's why I felt so happy to see these pancakes in front of me. This is the first time I would taste Urabe's cooking. Homemade dishes made by Urabe's own hands. This is... this is... heaven!

"Akira-kun, what's wrong?" Urabe peered her face towards me as I had just spaced out yet again. I really need to stop this habit.

"No-nothing," I shook my head. "Thanks for the meal!" I exclaimed before enjoying the special meal in front of me.

As I put a mouthful of the pancakes in my mouth, it tasted... quite normal. If I had to compare, the one my sister made tasted a lot better. But... what is this bulging excitement in my heart? Why I can't help, but feel like this is the best pancake I have ever eaten in my life to the point that I couldn't stop eating it while crying out tears of joy.

"A-Akira-kun, why are you crying? Did it... taste bad?" Urabe asked me.

"No, it's perfect! Just perfect!"

With the way I'm eating it didn't take long for me to finished my breakfast. I even went and ask for another plate and finished it all as well with a record-breaking speed. Now with my stomach had been filled, we are ready to begin our study date which was the main reason I head here so early in the morning. However, I had ended up making yet another mistake.

'I didn't bring my book.'

Due to rushing out so early in the morning, I forgot to bring along my bag which contains all the study material I'm supposed to study here with Urabe. Why do I keep screwing up today when it was supposed to be the time I can be alone with Urabe? Without books, how are we supposed to study?

"Haa... Nothing can be done then," Urabe then shifted closer to me before placing her book between us. "Let's share, Akira-kun."

"Ah... um... Thanks..." I humbly accept Urabe's kind gesture, although it kinds of hurting my pride as a boyfriend.

"You see... you need to divide it like this then multiply it with this. That's how you get the answer," Urabe carefully explained to me the solution to the maths question that I was having trouble on. Even though Urabe was explaining it in the most simplest way she can that can easily be understood by anyone, I can't get it into my head. The reason?

'It's too close...'

Since we're sharing the book, Urabe and I was sitting next to each other. I can pretty much feel her warmth since we had to keep invading each other's personal space in order to read the book. Her sweet scent was also invading my nostrils, testing my ability to stay calm

Then, a grand opportunity suddenly arises which caused my eyes to widen like an eagle who had caught sight of its prey. Urabe had her hand placed on the table, completely defenseless. This was risky and I might end up with another scissor heading my way, but to ignore this fine opportunity would make me regret it. I take a few deep breaths before slowly reaching her hand. I later placed my hand on top of Urabe's doing it as natural as I can.

"Ah!" Urabe turns to me as if surprised with my bold action. I averted my gaze away, as making eye contact with her at this moment would be too much for my heart to handle. I waited silently for her reaction while hoping that she won't get mad at me for this. I later heard a soft giggle, which causes me to turn back my eyes to Urabe. She was smiling shyly and her hand was still there on the table, under my own.

"Yes!" I screamed in my head as my approach was accepted by Urabe.

"Man... I'm tired."

I muttered to myself as I had just finished hours of straight studying. Usually, I'm not the type who would study diligently, but with Urabe around, I felt a sense of motivation rising inside me, allowing me to cope up with our study without any sense of sleepiness. However, when Urabe left to get some drinks, the exhaustion finally got to me. My eyes felt heavy as sleepiness came over me. I can't help it, I did wake up pretty early after all.

'I need a nap.'

I lay down on the floor with my hand at my back, wanting to get a nap while waiting for Urabe. She's not gonna get mad for me taking a short nap, right? I have given my best to the studying, so I think I deserve a nap at least. With that thought, in mind, I closed my eyes and dulled my senses, hoping to get a quick nap before Urabe came in. However, I immediately realize that I can't do it. The floor was hard and cold, making it almost impossible for me to sleep. If I did, I would definitely get a back pain.

With the floor not an option, I can only think of one other place to sleep on.

'Urabe's bed.'

It was just behind me, the bed where Urabe sleeps on, every single night. Even the thought of sleeping on it already sent thrills all over my body and kind of arousing. Morally speaking , doing something as sleeping on a girl's bed without their permission was no doubt immoral, but I'm really sleepy that I don't even have the strength to think about that.

I crawled up her bed before resting my tired body on it. It was comfy and quite similar to my own bed. I lay my head on her pillow, but a sudden familiar scent got into my nose.

'It smells like her.'

I sniffed the pillow that was covered by Urabe's girl scent. My mind feels cloudy as I continued sniffing on her pillow. I felt like a pervert, possibly a stalker by doing something shameful as this, but I can't stop myself. With the comfortness of the bed and Urabe's sweet scent filling my head, my eyes felt heavier and heavier each passing second and then... all I see was total darkness.

"Uwahh..."

I yawned as I cracked my eyes open and look around me before the memories slowly come back to me. Ah, right. I'm at Urabe's for a study group and I ended up taking a nap. By the way, how long have I been asleep? It feels like I have slept for hours. I tried to get up from bed, but I suddenly felt something warm next to me. I turned and look next to me found a figure next to me.

'Mi-Mikoto?!'

There she is, the girl who I'm supposed to be studying with, sleeping peacefully right next to me. W-Why is she sleeping here? I mean, I know it's her bed, but why? Why is sleeping next to me with her face facing against me?

'Wait, against me?'

That's when I realized that our face was only inches away from each other. If I leaned forward even just a little, our lips would surely meet and that's exactly what I'm thinking of doing. Wait, wait. I can't do something like that. Taking advantage upon a defenseless girl is not something a guy should do, especially in the girl's own house. I need to get away from her before lust took over. However, every time my eyes were set upon her, all I could think was how cute she is now. Without my own realization, I was moving closer to Urabe. That sweet scent of hers start clouding my mind again along with my ability to control my growing desires.

'So... cute.'

With this close intimacy and her cute face being so close to mine, there's no way I could control myself. Just one... One kiss, and then I will wake her up and pretend like nothing happened. Yeah, that could work. Finally decided on that, I closen the gap between us in order to taste her lips.

"Akira...?"

I was caught by surprise when Urabe suddenly opened her eyes to face me. Damn, I didn't expect she would still be so vigilant even in sleep. But I was this close, there's no way I could turn back now.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Tsubaki-kun staring down at me. He must be wondering why I was sleeping here. I'm not sure how to answer that. When I returned to my room and found him sleeping on my bed, something... bulges up inside me. Something that makes my heart beats with excitement. In the end, I ended up sleeping next to him, enjoying his presence on my bed.

I opened my mouth trying to say something, but something was pressed against my lips, not allowing me to speak. He's doing it again, he's kissing me. I can feel his tongue begging for entrance so I allowed him in and was greeted by his wonderful taste. We have kissed plenty of times as part of our routine, but this kiss was different.

He's being quite aggressive with me. Pinning me down on the bed while his tongue ventured inside my mouth, scrapping all the drool I had. My body starts feeling weird as he continues kissing me as my body was heating up.

I want more of him. More of this boy I love so much. My hands make its way around the back of his head as I pulled him closer to me. I can hear him letting out a soft groan as if surprised by my actions.

Urabe... she's pulling me closer, allowing me to deepen the kiss. I don't know what came over me, but I can't stop kissing her as her sweet drool keeps filling my mouth. And that scent of her, I want to smell it more.

I broke the kiss and pulled away from her. Urabe looks at me with a look of disappointment. I can tell that she wanted more based on our drool bond that allows me to tell her feelings. She doesn't need to worry, because I'm not stopping yet.

Without saying anything, I tug on the collar of her shirt before taking a nice deep breath of her neck. I can hear her moaning as I did that and since she's not resisting, I decided to go further by licking her neck.

"Ah... A-Akira-kun, don't..."

Hearing her pleas, I immediately pulled away and looks towards her face. Tears can be seen forming in her eyes causing a wave of guilt to washed over me. Uh... I did it again. I make her upset again. Doing this to her in her own room, on her own bed. What the hell am I thinking?

"Mi-Mikoto... I'm sorry... I don't know what I-"

"Why do you stop?"

Huh? Why did I stop? Didn't she told me to stop earlier?

"I told you... please don't stop," Urabe said to me. Is that what she really wanted to say? Before I could even process the thought, I felt like I was being pulled towards her and our lips crashed again. I can then feel it, through our bond. She wants me to continue.

Receiving her consent and driven by youthful desires, I went back to her neck and start kissing it. Urabe moaned as I gently suck on the smooth flesh of her neck. I never heard her moaned like this and to be honest, this is quite arousing. I keep sucking harder and harder, causing her moans to grow harder as well. If she keeps moaning like that, I'm going to lose my restraint.

After sucking her neck to my heart's desire, I finally pulled away, leaving some saliva on her neck and a small visible red mark. Seeing that mark, I feel a sense an accomplishment inside me as if I had conquered something. However, I'm not done yet. Not at all.

Tsubaki-kun finally pulled away from my neck which he had sucked so hard on. This pleasurable sensation he gave me, it makes my body reacting weirdly. I can't see it, but I can tell my face has reddened up due to this sensation.

I later felt a hand running through my hair before my bangs was shifted to the side. Still on top of me, Tsubaki-kun stared deeply into my exposed eyes. His face as red as mine. He was catching his breath, but I can still see the fire in his eyes. At the same time, I also felt something poking me down below along with something sticky between my legs. The both of us, he and I... we're aroused.

"Mi-Mikoto," he suddenly called me with his eyes filled with want. Then he says in a soft tone, "I love you."

I was a little surprised, but at the same time, I had expected that he would say. He's Tsubaki-kun after all, the person I'm in love with.

"I love you too, Akira-kun," I told him with clear honesty and was replied by his usual reaction.

"Mikoto!"

The next thing I knew, his lips crashed against mine again. He hungrily kissed me like a starving lion and I returned his gesture. It doesn't seem we be doing much studying today.

I don't know how long we did it. Maybe a few minutes or maybe hours, but what I know was that the make out session felt like eternity. Even now, her taste still lingers in my mouth. Both our face are red and we didn't say anything after we finished our... first make out session.

This feels extremely awkward. I knew she enjoyed it and even tells me not to stop, but... it was embarrassing to make out with such passion like that. I turned to her and I can still see it, the red marks I had left on her neck. Why did I put so much of it?

"A-Akira-kun..." I heard Urabe speaking in a low tone, breaking the silence. "I brought some drinks. It was cold earlier, but it might have gotten warm." Urabe gestured towards the tray on the table.

"Er... It's okay. I don't mind warm drinks," I told her.

When our eyes met, we immediately blushed, but neither turn our eyes away. Urabe suddenly excused herself to the toilet possibly to... freshened up. To tell the truth, I'm glad she left, because I'm not sure how long I can hide the bulge in my pants from her. As Urabe exits the room, she turned her face and smiled to me. At that time, I didn't realize that beneath that smile, Urabe was planning something. Something mysterious that I will only discover a week from now.

So... Yeah. No lemon yet, but don't worry. We are getting close to that.