Chapter 8

"Akira-senpai!" Nagisa yelled out, catching up to her as she was about to board the train. Akira turned and smiled at him lightly, waiting for him to catch up before they both got on. Nagisa grinned, catching his breath. He leaned against a pole, beaming.

"You can stop calling me that, you know," Akira muttered, folding her arms across her chest. "It's a little weird now that everyone knows we're dating. You can't address your girlfriend as senpai."

Nagisa grinned. "Gomen, I'm just used to it. What can I call you, then? Akira-chan?"

"That's okay."

"Aki-chan?"

Akira narrowed her eyes. "That's pushing it a little, don't you think? I am older than you."

"Just by a few months," Nagisa pouted before grinning. "It's amazing, Akira-chan. Since we won the swim meet and everyone found out I'm dating a senior girl, I've become so popular! Everybody respects me now, especially the guys!" He paused and frowned. "Well, actually, the girls do too. This one girl from my class baked me cupcakes because we won the relay."

Akira nodded and Nagisa looked down at her, smiling hopefully. "You're not jealous?"

"I don't care," Akira grumbled.

Nagisa grinned, knowing her tone meant the exact opposite. "Anyway, it doesn't matter. Rei ate most of them anyway. Besides, Gou-chan told pretty much everyone in our year that we're dating." Nagisa beamed, looking excited. "I've always wanted a girlfriend! We can go to the movies, and picnic in the park, and… ne, Akira-sen- sorry, Akira-chan! Do you like festivals? There's a summer festival coming up! Do you like wearing yukatas? You would look really pretty in a yukata, I love wearing them too! Did you know they serve squid there? They make it really well at the festival stalls. Maybe we can even go boating! I always see couples going boating, and we can hold hands, and…"

Akira glanced up at him and yawned, causing Nagisa to stop abruptly and blush. "Gomen'nasai. I'm boring you again."

"No, I'm just tired," Akira replied with a sigh. She smiled up at him lightly and Nagisa blushed, scratching the back of his neck.

"Ne, Akira-chan. Do you really like me?" he asked nervously.

Akira blinked. "Why would you ask me that?"

"It's just a little hard to believe," he admitted with a small smile.

Akira smiled, entwining her hand in his and leaning against him slightly. Nagisa put one arm around her waist holding onto the handle on the train with the other. "Of course I like you, Nagisa-kun. I wouldn't change anything about you."

Nagisa smiled. "Really?"

"Well… it might be nice if you were a tiny bit taller…"

"Akira-chan!"

"What? It's true. That's okay, though, We'll manage. I won't wear heels around you."

Nagisa grinned. "You're so thoughtful, Akira-chan."

They both got off the train and Nagisa walked the short distance to Akira's house with her, holding her hand. Akira blushed the entire way, but she said nothing as they stopped outside her gate. She turned to face him with a smile. Nagisa was smiling too, his magenta eyes looking down at her happily. She laughed as she saw a few leaves had tangled in his blonde hair.

"Baka. You look like a caveman, there are leaves all over your hair," she scolded him, reaching up to pull them out. She stood on her tiptoes, but before she could touch the leaves, Nagisa had grabbed her face in his hands and pulled her down to his lips. Akira's eyes widened as his lips gently pressed to hers, still for a moment before they slowly moved against them. Nagisa flushed, pulling away quickly and staring at her.

"What was that?" Akira demanded, staring at him.

Nagisa was blushing furiously. "Gomen, Akira-chan, I didn't mean to! Rei-chan was the one who said it would be okay to kiss you since you're my girlfriend, and I really wanted to know what your lips felt like, but I should have asked first, I'm so sorry!"

Akira sighed, frowning at him. "Baka. That was my first kiss you just stole."

Nagisa looked to the ground, ashamed and worried. "Gomen'nasai. Please don't break up with me!"

Akira folded her arms across her chest and raised an eyebrow at him. "Well, you'll just have to make it up to me. You can start by taking me on a date Friday night."

Nagisa grinned widely and nodded. "Hai!"

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Akira entered the crowded train and sat down in her usual spot. She placed her school bag in her lap, opening it to pull out her organizer. There was a busy day ahead of her. Ask Naomi-chan to help develop swim club photos was written at the top, followed by Hand in History report to Kobayashi-sensei. She sighed, skipping past the next few lines until her eye caught the bottommost task, written neatly with a small heart next to it.

Date with Nagisa.

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A/N - Thanks to everyone that read this! I have written a Rei/OC that I will be posting soon, but it's quite different from this and will be M rated. I'm also willing to take any requests for Free! oneshots (no yaoi, though, I've never written that). Hope you liked it!