Chapter 3

Hikaru glanced at herself in front of the big mirror at Fuu's room. Umi was sitting and reading her favorite Japanese fashion magazine while Fuu was dealing with tons of textbooks on her study desk.

"Umi, Fuu."

"Yes?" The two replied in a chorus

"Do you think this red yukata suits me?" Umi & Fuu glanced at the red yukata with cherry blossom pattern that Hikaru was currently wearing.

"Yes, Hikaru. It really suits you and my advice is not to put on the wooden sandals because, you won't be able to explore the whole theme park with those things on." Umi suggested.

"But Umi, I'm just too short for Lantis if I don't put on those sandals on." Hikaru protested.

"No, you're not. You just think too much about your height. I suggest you to put on the black cushion sandals of yours. You'll gain about 3 centimeters just by putting that on." Fuu added.

"That's a good idea!. Thank you girls, I'd better be hurry so I can get on the next train to Maihama." Hikaru grabbed her white bag and ran as fast as she could.

"Have a lovely date, Hikaru san." Fuu said as she waved her hand.

Hikaru got off at Maihama Station and went ahead to a drug store where she waited there. She opened her cell phone and let out a big sigh.

"It's still 30 minutes more to go until the meeting time. I've come too early." Hikaru said to herself.

"Did I keep you waiting, Hikaru?" A familiar voice surprised her that she nearly dropped her cell phone to the ground.

"L-Lantis. N-No, of course not. I… I was just arrived." She answered clumsily.

"Really?. OK then, although it's quite early from the meeting time shall we proceed to our destination?"

"Sure, let's go." Lantis stretched out his right hand. Hikaru blushed and linked her left hand onto his right hand.

"Err… Lantis."

"Yes?"

"I… uh…do you mind if we have lunch as soon as we entered the theme park?. It'll be very crowded if we have lunch at the ordinary lunch time."

"Certainly, I don't mind." He gave Hikaru his rare to show charming smile that really shoved Hikaru off her feet.

Hikaru took her chance to stare secretly at Lantis who was walking beside her. She was amazed with his fashion. He loves to wear black clothes and today he wore a short sleeve black T shirt decorated with design zippers on the shoulders and some big safety pins at the lower part of the T shirt. The warmth of his hand really comforted her that she just wished for the time to stop.

"So what would you like to have?" Lantis asked after they entered a restaurant near the entrance of the theme park.

"Umm… I'd like to have hayashi rice with vegetable salad, orange juice and tiramisu for the dessert."

"I'll have the omelet rice and straight ice tea." Lantis mentioned the order to the waitress.

After waiting for about 20 minutes, their order came and they began to eat their meal.

"So, Lantis."

"Hmm?"

"What do you usually do on weekend?" Hikaru asked while leading the spoon full of hayashi rice to her mouth.

"Nothing special, just reading some books on bed." Lantis replied briefly and started to sip his straight tea.

"What kind of book do you read?"

"Something related to medicines."

"Sounds difficult." She scratched her head.

"Not really, it's quite interesting though. Anyway, how about you?"

"Recently I usually go to my best friends apartment and spent weekend there because my parents live overseas and all of my brothers are doing part time job on weekend." She finished her hayashi rice and began to eat her dessert.

"I see." Lantis finished his meal on the same time Hikaru finished her dessert.

They rode on the roller coaster, watched the parade and for the last attraction Lantis decided to enter the ninja maze.

"Lantis, are you sure we won't be dead from heart attack after exploring this creepy maze?" Hikaru started to tremble.

"Don't worry, we are too young for that kind of disease." Lantis answered frankly and led her inside the maze.

"This place sure is creepy." She said while tightening her grip on his right arm. She gave a horror scream when she saw a ninja puppet showed up from the roof throwing plastic shuriken at them. Lantis threw those back to the ninja puppet and escaped the maze together with his girlfriend. Hikaru giggled when Lantis hit his head on the exit door because it was too low for his tall body to get through. Then they headed to the center of the theme park and waited for the fireworks.

"Lantis, let's buy some snacks at the stall." Hikaru smiled broadly and started to run to the stall by herself.

"Hey, wait up!" Lantis said and went after her.

Hikaru decided to buy taiyaki (fish shape pancake) with custard filling while Lantis chose to have his taiyaki filled with tuna and mayonnaise.

"Lantis, we're eating the taiyaki in the same way."

"I didn't know that you also eat taiyaki from the tail."

"Yes, I do. That's why my brothers always make fun of me because most people usually eat from the head."

"Well, I prefer to enjoy the rich taste of the filling in the end not at the beginning."

"You sound like a gourmet reporter, Lantis. But I must admit that I totally agree with you." Hikaru laughed out loud.

Lantis noticed that his heart had started to beat faster than usual. He admitted that he was charmed by her happy face because, most of the time she rarely laugh in front of him. It was like a dream to see her talking actively and laughing out loud in front of him. The sound of fireworks caught the couple's attention. They tilted their head to look at the night sky decorated beautifully with various shapes of fireworks. Pink heart, green clover and even the shape of a teddy bear appeared in the sky.

"It's so beautiful isn't it, Lantis."

"Yes, it is and so you are in that yukata." Lantis pointed at what she was wearing. He couldn't believe that he just said his first cheesy phrase.

"Thank you." She flushed red on his words. He held her shoulder gently and leaned forward. She closed her eyes and waited from the moment to come.

Wham!

The big sound surprised both of them. Just about fifty centimeters from where they sat a bird nest fell to the ground. It has four little eggs inside it.

"Oh my God!, we should put this back to the tree. Lantis, do you mind to help me putting this back?"

"Not at all." Lantis brought her up and let her sat on his shoulder. Hikaru put the bird nest gently to the place where it supposed to be.

"I had lots of fun today, Lantis!. Thank you so much!" She thanked him when they arrived at the train station near her residence. The station was quiet, all the stores are closed and there only a very few people walking around.

"I'm glad to hear that." He let go of her hand.

They were standing face to face and stared at each other for a moment. Suddenly he circled one arm on her shoulder and the other one on her waist. She gasped and was about to say something when he plugged his lips on hers gently. She closed her eyes and placed both of her hands on his chest. He drew her head closer to deepen the kiss and nibbled at her lower lip asking for entrance. She allowed him and they started the tongue battle inside their mouths. He broke the kiss when he felt her light pound on his chest begging for air.

"Good night and have a sweet dream, Hikaru." He whispered at the end of the long kiss leaving her blushing as red as a boiled crab.

To Be Continued