My internet, although it's gotten a little better, is still pretty gosh darn horrible. I haven't felt much like continuing with the coming chapters lately, so I think I'll need to start writing out the plot. I already know what I want to happen, just not how it's gonna end. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter! Don't forget to review!

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Itsuki awoke the next morning with a horrible headache. It didn't recede as the day went on, either. He was gone from Kyon's house by ten in the morning, so he spent the rest of the day with that pain, along with all the buzzing thoughts from the previous night. Or perhaps that early, early morning.

The young ESPer hadn't said many more than a few words to Kyon that morning. It might not have been too awkward, but the girls were around as well, and it would've been risky to speak to Kyon at all, guessed Itsuki.

So there Itsuki sat, his homework binder laying beside him untouched and unopened. The TV was on but it wasn't being paid any attention. There was too much going on between Itsuki's ears for him to care what was happening outside them.

That was, until he felt a faint vibration shake the couch for a moment.

He junmped a little before looking around to find that it was his cell phone. He picked it up to find that he had a text message, from (who else?) Kyon. The message read, "call me", so after a few different buttons being pressed, Itsuki held the phone up to his ear.

His head was still throbbing, and now his heart joined in the rhythmic pounding, however this vital organ was creating excitement instead of pain. He heard the phone ring one time, and it began to ring a second before he heard a deliciously low voice gently speak his name, right into his ear, even if through the phone.

"Koizumi?" Even Itsuki's own name sent shivers down his spine.

"Yeah... hi..." he said softly in response. What could he want? Itsuki wondered, half excited and half scared. Is he going to say that he wants to see me now? Or that he regrets what happened lastnight?

"I was wondering if I could see you today..." he said quietly, and Itsuki almost didn't hear him. When he was able to process what the other man said he thought had misheard.

"You want to see me?" he asked, his voice small.

"Y-yeah, if it's okay," Kyon said.

Itsuki didn't even have to think about it. "Of course it's okay!" he said, his whole chest pounding. "Where do you want to meet?" The ESPer could hear a moment of silence and breathing while the other man thought.

"Let's meet at the park."

After a few more minutes of discussing arrangements, Itsuki and Kyon hung up and both began getting ready for their meeting at the park.

It took Itsuki longer than he knew it should have to decide what he should wear, but he eventually decided and was off. It was cold, and Itsuki hadn't thought to wear anything warmer than a T-shirt, thin jacket, and jeans, so he was freezing by the time he'd made it to where the two men had agreed to meet.

Itsuki had just stepped into the park when he saw, to his left, a bench with a certain Kyon on it. He took a deep breath and walked over to him. The scenery was all frozen; the grass with crunchy with frozen dew and Itsuki could see his breath. The speed at which the breaths left his mouth increased almost rapidly as he got to where Kyon was sitting, now standing, at the bench.

"Hey, Kyon-kun," the ESPer said lightly, a smile coming to his mouth even though he was incredibly nervous about the situation.

"Long time no see," Kyon joked goodnaturedly, and Itsuki smiled.

"Yeah," he agreed, the same tone of jest in his voice. It was silent for a few moments, the breaths coming out of both their mouths in puffs of white.

Kyon then looked up at Itsuki nervously, his face serious. The lighter-haired male was a little frightened, but he returned the gaze with a questioning one of his own.

"I want to talk to you, Koizumi," he said, sounding a little defeated as he took a couple of steps toward Itsuki and then beyond him. There was a lake not too far from them, and a path leading around it, and it looked like the path was the direction Kyon was taking.

"Okay," Itsuki said, breathing in a breath of horrifically cold air and letting it go. He felt like jumping out of his shoes when he noticed that Kyon had his hand held out, and he took it nervously with his own. Their fingers laced together, through means that seemed like magic, and they began their way around the lake.

Itsuki's heart was simply fluttering. Kyon's hand was unbelievably warm compared to his own, and it made him feel warm through his whole body as well.

"I want to date you." Kyon said it while Itsuki was distracted by his hand warmth, and he was a little caught off-guard.

"Wh-what?" Itsuki asked, his voice faltering a little. "Date me? Like... you want me to be your boyfriend?"

Kyon smiled down at the ground, laughing a little. "Yes, that seems to be the definition of dating someone."

"That would be amazing."

Kyon looked up upon hearing that come from Itsuki's mouth. "So you will? Even if... even if we have to do it in secret?"

Itsuki felt his heart fall a little, but he was expecting that to be a condition if they were ever together. "Yeah," he sighed. "I'm sure Miss Suzumiya wouldn't like it if she found out."

Kyon nodded, squeezing Itsuki's hand a little. "Good," he said. "Let's just walk, then."

So the two men just spent the rest of the time at the park just walking the path around the lake. They didn't see many people, as most were sane enough to stay inside on a cold day like that one, but the few they did see eyed their joined hands warily as if there was a label on them that advertised a contagious disease.

By the time they were starting their way out of the park it was beginning to get dark outside. Kyon still had Itsuki's hand and was holding it tightly. They'd agreed to walk together until they had to part ways.

So down the streets they walked, hand in hand, receiving the same strange looks they'd gotten in the park, but many more of them now.

It wasn't until a block or so before they had to part that Itsuki finally decided to break the pleasant silence that had grown between them.

"I had a lot of fun today," he said softly, not able to see much in front of him, but they approached a street light and things came into view again. He turned his head and smiled at the other man.

"Me too, Koizumi," he said, returning the smile as they walked under the light. He looked at the street sign for a moment. Kyon had to cross the street from here, and Itsuki had to continue on straight, for them both to get back to their respective homes. He stopped directly underneath the street light, the glow creating a nice romantic scene for anyone that might've been looking.

Fortunately for the two men, though, no one else was around. To contribute what it could to the romantic scene, or so it seemed, the sky sent down small flurries of snow in the slight chilly breeze that flowed around them.

Itsuki's whole face stung with cold, and he longed to be someplace warmer and cuddly, but at the same time there was nowhere he would've rather been, especially as Kyon leaned in and gave him a small peck on the cheek. Even though it wasn't a kiss on the lips, it had all the romance and intimacy of a full-on makeout session, and it made Itsuki want to melt.

"Goodnight," Kyon said softly as he slowly let go of Itsuki's hand.

"Goodnight," Itsuki echoed in reply, and watched with a loving, longing look on his face as the darker-haired male crossed the street and disappeared beyond the light of a street light.

The snow grew thicker as Itsuki walked the rest of the way to his house, and once there, he immediately took a hot bath and climbed into bed.

As he laid in his bed recalling the day, he almost gushed. He felt so warm and fuzzy, and not entirely from the comfort of his bed. He hadn't been expecting any of the things that had happened in the past twenty-four hours, but they weren't unwelcomed and it only seemed to get better every moment. The ESPer couldn't help but fall asleep with a smile on his face that night and a mind clear of disrupt.

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Tori: Awh!

Itsuki: Kyon-kun is such a romantic...

Tori: You sure seem happy this evening, Itsuki-kun!

Itsuki: Well, who wouldn't be? Things are going so great!

Tori: Heheheh... yep, for now, things are amazing, aren't they?

Itsuki: W-wait... for now?

Tori: I'm sorry, I can't answer any questions right now, Itsuki-kun! You'll just have to wait and see!

Itsuki: What's going on?!

Haruhi: Well you see, Koizumi-kun, within the next couple of chapters, I--

Tori: *conks Haruhi over the head with a bottle and drags away her unconcious body*

Itsuki: o____o

Tori: Don't forget to review, everyone! Be excited for the next chapter!