~Chapter 3- That Date

The night has passed by and for Aya, it was really peaceful, for the first time in months, she had a very good sleep. No wonder, she slept beside Souichirou.

That morning, Souichirou woke up first, he was staring at Aya, "she seems peaceful" he thought. Then, Aya woke up and saw Souichirou's big brownish eyes. She was amazed to see him beside her.

"Good morning" he said. "How was your sleep?" He added.

"Better, it's the first time in months that I have slept that well." She replied. "First time in months that I..."

"You what?" He asked her.

"I... Uhm, never mind." Then she smiled at him.

He smiled back at her, though Souichirou was still wondering what Aya was about to say.

"Say Aya, would you want to spend the day with me? Just the two of us." He said to Aya which was still lying at his arms comfortably.

"I would love to, but would sister be mad at us if we skipped training today?" She replied.

"Well, it was her idea for me to take you on a date."

"Oh, right. Her idea."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Well, I don't want to go on a date with you just because Sister asked you to take me."

"That doesn't matter Aya, what matters is that I really, really want to take you out on a date, even if it is her idea."

"Fine, I just don't want you to mention her while you are with me."

"Ok, I won't. Now, can we get up and get prepared?"

"Wait, just 5 more minutes. I want to stay here in your arms longer. It might not happen again."

"Aya... Uhm... Fine, 5 minutes."

After that 5 minutes Aya asked, they both got up and prepared. Aya cooked breakfast first for the whole group. The group was still in their house because they are still training for the competition. Maya was the first one to go to the dining room, and then came Masataka and Kurei, then Bob and Chiaki, then Souichirou. Souichirou was all dressed up for their date.

"Hey Souichirou, what's up with the outfit? Why are you all dressed up?" Maya teased him a little bit.

"Well, I took your advice and asked Aya out on a date, we're going out today." He replied

Masataka was crushed. We all know how he feels for Aya. Poor Masataka, if he was only straightforward and tell Aya how he felt, but then again, she's in love with Souichirou and telling her how he felt wouldn't make any of the difference. Now, on with the story.

They were all shocked to hear what Souichirou what just said, it was like taking Aya out on a date is such a huge deal, it was like a crime to do such thing.

"What? Is there something on my face? You all look at me like I did something bad. I just asked Aya out. What's the big deal?" He asked

"We're just shocked to hear that from you. We all know how you really like." Said Bob

Aya stopped for a while because of what she heard from Bob and thought "He's right, he'll never really like me, it was even my sister's idea for him to take me out. If she didn't suggest it, he wouldn't even ask me so."

Souichirou noticed Aya's reaction. He immediately went to Aya and grabbed her arms, "Aya, come on! Let's go. I don't want anyone spoiling our date." He said

"But I'm not dressed yet." She replied. Aya was still on her night gown and it was terribly short.

"Fine, hurry up and get dressed. I'll wait for you outside."

"Ok, I won't take long."

Souichirou waited for her outside the Natsume house. He was standing there at a wall beside their gate. He didn't want to be in there at that time because he felt really tense and he might just start a fight with them. He doesn't want anyone or anything spoiling this day for the both of them.

"Souichirou-sama, I'm ready" Aya smiled at him as she grabbed his arms

"So, where do you want to go?"

"Can we go get something to eat? We didn't have the chance to eat breakfast. You didn't even taste my cooking again" She said with a pretty sad voice.

"Oh come on Aya, don't be sad please. I'm sorry that I didn't taste what you have cooked for breakfast. It's just that… they were really hard to argue with them sometimes. They don't even understand." He replied trying to explain his side. "I promise I will taste the next food that you cook."

"Ok, you promise right?"

"Yes, I promise. Now, let's go some place to eat. I'm starving." He said as his stomach growls.

They went to a place where Aya really likes, the Serenity Café. She goes there whenever she likes to have a peaceful meal.

"Ah, Miss Natsume. Long time no see." Said one of the waiters as she assists them into seating. "So what would you like to have today?"

"Hmm, how about, some ham, bacon and egs, then some pancakes." Aya replied.

"What about you sir?" She asked Souichirou

"I'll have what she's having."

They looked really hungry so the waiter rushed up on placing their order. No longer that five minutes, their order was on their table.

"Enjoy your meal." Said the waiter as she left them.

"So, how long have you been going here?" Souichirou asked Aya.

"Well, I've been going here since I was in grade school. My brother was still, you know, alive. When Sister and him started to argue about something I didn't understand at that time. My brother told me to go here whenever I will here them fight."

"That's a long time ago huh."

"Yeah, but I haven't been here since Maya started to train us this year. You know, I have to help her in doing all those house chores she doesn't want to do."

"Oh, I see. It must be a relief to not be there right now huh."

"You have know idea."

"No idea? She's been pushing my ass so hard lately, I haven't had time to have some fun. I can't even sleep long. She'll let me sleep there in the ground and wake me up 4 in the morning and start to train again."

"Harsh. Well, at least you've got some training. All she does to me is treat me like I'm a maid or some slave. She'll make me do the laundry, clean the house, cook food for you guys, wash the dishes, blah, blah, blah."

"WAIT! I thought you didn't want to talk about her. This is our date. It's supposed to be just you and me." Souichirou suddenly cuts Aya's tension.

"Yeah, you're right."

"Hmm, so, what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't really know."

"Hmm, this is hard... Well, where do you want to go after this?"

"How about, hmm, well, I really wanted to go to the theme park this season, but..."

"No buts. We'll go there next. Let's spend our whole day there ok?"

"Yeah, ok" Aya smiled.

So they ate up their breakfast and as soon as they have finnished, they got up and went to the theme park. Aya was so excited to go there. She has been waiting to go there ever since the one week vacation started, now that it was almost over, she has the chance to go there. What made it more exciting is that Souichirou was there with her.

They have arrived at the theme park and got started to explore it.

"So what do you want to ride first." Souichirou asked her.

"Hmm, how about the roller coaster. I heard that it was to die for."

"Yeah sure." Souichirou agreed.

So they lined up for the roller coaster, and when it was time for them to go on a turn, they had a pretty great time.

"So what's next?"

"How about you choose what we're going to ride next." Aya said.

"I want to ride the space shuttle."

(The space shuttle is the ride where you go up and down and up again, and down again. Yeah, you know what I mean.)

"Yeah, ok." Aya said but she's a little scared to go there.

He noticed Aya's face and it was full of worry and doubt. "Aya, don't be scared ok? I'm right here. Just hold my hand." Souichirou said as they rode the space shuttle.

When they finnished, Aya was still holding Souichirou's hand and she was shaking.

"Aya, come on. The ride is over." He said as he laughed at Aya a little bit."

"..." Aya stared at him.

"I'm sorry. I won't laugh again" he said with a smile as he hug Aya to calm her down, he can fell Aya's heart beat and it was really fast. "Come on, let's gp grab something to eat." He said as he noticed that it was already lunch time.

After they have finished eating, Souichirou said "How about we ride something less thrill-ful"

"Yeah, if not, I'm going to vomit."

So they rode the merry-go-round. It wasn't that exciting, but hey, they had fun.

"Where to next?" Souichirou asked her.

"How about the house of mirror."

"Yeah, that' going to be fun."

So they went in there and had some pretty good laughs about what they looked like in the mirrors. They went from thin to fat, short to tall, big headed, small headed, etc.

"Where do you want next Aya?"

"Can I have some cotton candy? Pleeeeease." She begged Souichirou.

(Girls do like their sweets.) After that, Aya asked if souichirou can win her some stufftoy. (Girls huh.) So Souichirou went up to the firing range and shoot up. He won a cute panda for Aya. It was going darker, the sun was about to set, Aya wanted to ride the ferriswheel(what's the spelling?) So they fell in line and when it was their turn, it was the perfect timing, the sun started to set. The cabin that they were on was on the top of the ferriswheel. Aya wass so amazed on the beautiful scenery she sees. And so is Souichirou, he's amazed to see the reflection of the sunset in Aya's big brown eyes. It was beautiful, both the sunset and Aya. Souichirou was about to make a move to kiss Aya when the ferriswheel moved. He scrached his head because of disappointment.

They went down and they went to a place to go eat their dinner. "Did you have fun today?" He asked Aya.

"Yeah, you?"

"Yes, I did." He replied. "But something's quite missing." He tought.

They ate up and they walked home. Souichirou grabbed Aya's hands and looked up to the stars as he blushed. Aya looked at him and smiled. Sshe's happy that for the fist time, Souichirou was the first time to hold her hands. When they reached the Natsume's house, at the gate...

"Aya,"

"Ye..."

Souichirou kissed Aya on the lips and thought "Now it's perfect."

They went inside and they both went to their rooms. No one asked them what happened or how it went. But for the both of them, it went great and it was perfect. They both went to bed and it was time to sleep. Souichirou knocked on Aya's door and said, "Can I sleep here tonight?"

"Yeah, why not, you've let me sleep last night at your room."

So they laid down. Aya on Souichirou's arms, Souichirou hugging Aya. They felt really comfortable and they both fell into a deep sleep.

-end of chapter 3-

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