Chapter 20: The date - Now a real one!

Next day I woke up as an anime theme song played - Gakupo called me.

"The hell you wakin' me up for...?" I asked sleepily. Hey, it was Saturday morning and I wanted to sleep in. Why wouldn't I want to sleep in? Who the freak wouldn't want to sleep in at the weekends?! Huh?! I'm not a morning person...

"It's ten, so by all means you shouldn't be so tired", he answered in an I'm-smarter-than-you-tone.

"It's weekend, for cryin' out loud! I'm supposed to sleeeep!" I moaned.

"You sound like you're drunk..." he muttered and then continued in a bit louder voice: "We were supposed to go to movies today. When will I pick you up?" Oh yeah, the date... "Whenever you want, I don't care..."

"In that case, I'll be there half four. We'll have time to eat something before or after the movie", he said. I agreed and hung up. Oh, great... Now I can't sleep anymore...

It felt weird eating breakfast without Akaito and Mikuo since usually it was Mikuo who came over to our place overnight so he was pretty much a family member. Well, of course there were times when Akaito was at Hatsune's and they weren't eating breakfast with us, but now that I knew they both were at the hospital, I felt like something bad would happen.

"Um... I'm going out today so I won't be here for dinner", I announced quietly to my parents. They just nodded without looking at me. Mom's eyes were red - she probably had been crying for the whole night - and so were Nigaito's. I guessed Nigaito was the most sensitive one out of my cousins.

"You're still going to visit Akaito with us, right? I'm going to bake a pie for him and Mikuo", mom answered and glanced at me.

"Of course", I muttered sleepily. Taito looked at me weirdly and I sent him a questionable glance. "Who're you going with?"

"A friend", I replied and started eating a toast. Taito didn't seem to lose his interest, but didn't stare at me anymore. He turned back to Kikaito and started casually talking. They talked something about 'cosplay' and 'anime-convention', so I naturally took a part of the conversation and asked what they were talking about.

"About the con next month. Kikaito and Nigaito both wanna go, but they don't have a cosplay-costume so they're trying to get money from me to buy something", Taito explained bluntly.

"C'mon, niichan! You have a lot of money, don't you?" Nigaito said and pouted.

"At the moment I'm saving for an own apartment and stuff. I've got no money for cosplay", Taito replied.

"If you want... I could make the costumes. I always make my own anyway", I suggested shyly.

"Eeeh, really? Would you do that?" Kikaito immediately gave me a bright smile and I smiled back. "Sure, I like making costumes. I'll just have to keep them away from Kai..."

"You found him? When?" Taito asked curiously. Shit...

"Um... I saw him in a street. I took him home and gave him food and stuff. He's okay", I answered. Yes! I'm able to lie again! Wooohoo!

"Oh. Anyway, I can't really visit Akaito today. I've got something to do", Taito said. Mom looked at him curiously and asked why. He said it was a secret.

"A secret, huh? You got a girlfriend or something?" I asked and grinned devilishly. Hey, someone has to pull Akaito's role here! Otherwise it would be way too weird.

"Nothing like that", Taito replied coldly. He quickly finished his breakfast and then left.

"So, Kaito-kun, about those costumes... When could you make them?" Kikaito asked.

"Well, I could actually start already tomorrow. Who would you want to cosplay?" I answered.

"Well, Nigaito said he wants to be Ciel from Kuroshitsuji. I'm gonna be Alois", Kikaito said. "We'll order the stuff you can't make from the internet. I don't really need a wig, but Nigaito does."

"Eeeh? I love Kuroshitsuji! I didn't know there were other guys who like it! Maybe I should try cosplaying a character from it too!" I said excitedly.

"Pfft, yeah. You could be Elizabeth", Nigaito joked, making Kikaito laugh. Mom and dad obviously had no idea what we were talking about, so they left the table.

"Whaaat? I wanted to be a cool character! Like Sebastian!" I pouted.

"Maybe you should be Ronald... You'd have to get glasses and a wig, though", Nigaito suggested as Kikaito was still catching up his breath because of the laughing.

"I think that might be a good idea, actually. Nigaito, are you gonna be normal Ciel or crossdress?" I said and smirked widely. What a comeback!

"Does it look like I'm going to crossdress? Besides, you're the one with the most feminine body", he snapped back.

"Hey! You're the feminine one!" I replied. He was! But I guess I'm pretty feminine too. But he's even more!

"At least I don't like yaoi and visual kei boy-bands", Nigaito said, grinning as wide grin as Akaito. I pretended to be hurt and said: "I don't like yaoi! And visual kei is so much better than k-pop!"

"How dare you insult k-pop!"

We continued the fun little play-fight for a long time.

"Visual kei is way better than some crappy PSY!"

"Don't drag PSY into this, Gangnam Style doesn't even compare to Big Bang or SHINee!"

"And they don't even compare to GazettE or Miyavi!"

"Pfft, Miyavi? That guy looks like he's drunk!"

"Oh really? At least he's better looking than PSY!"

"I told you not to drag him into this! He sucks, unlike the other k-pop bands and singers!"

And so on...

After visiting Akaito and Mikuo in hospital, it was already three, which meant I'd have to start getting ready for the first official date of me and Gakupo. Luckily mom and dad had to leave somewhere and my cousins were out too, so I had the house all by myself.

I just didn't know what to wear. It was a date, so I had to wear something casual. But not too casual. After fifteen minutes of thinking, I ended up wearing skinny jeans, a dark blue shirt, a black jacket, and of course, my loyal blue scarf. I did my hair and I was ready just in time when Gakupo called and said he'd be soon in front of my house.

I got really nervous. Like, seriously. I'd be going on a date with my boyfriend. Feelings rushed through me as if I was a high school-girl. What if I'd screw everything up? I almost jumped when I heard the doorbell ring. I rushed to open and saw Gakupo standing there. He looked perfect, as always, and he had a wide smile on his lips.

"Ready to go?" he asked. I took a deep breath and nodded. I left the house - after making sure I had my keys - and climbed into Gakupo's car.

"So, we're going for a dinner first?" I asked.

"Yeah. How about the place we went on the last time?" he suggested with a charming smile. I blushed slightly and agreed. That place was nice enough.

"How's your brother doing?" Gakupo asked after a while of driving. We were stuck in traffic.

"Complaining about not getting out of the hospital yet. He still doesn't remember anything, but seems to be really close to Mikuo already. I guess that's a good sign", I answered and smiled a little. Even though my smile would never melt someone like Gakupo's did.

"That's good. What about Kai?"

"It's almost like he never ran off. He sleeps on top of me all night, as always", I said.

"Is it weird to be jealous because of a cat?" Gakupo asked. Just a couple of days ago, I would've playfully punched him or something, thinking he probably joked. But now it was different, and I just blushed and changed the subject. "Um... Have you planned on a history test? One should be coming up soon, right?"

"Wow, you're actually interested in school?" He laughed. "But yeah, there will be one next week."

"Could you give me some extra tutoring for that? I want to get good results from at least one test", I say. He smirked and answered: "'Extra tutoring?' Wow, this is starting to sound like a yaoi porn thingy."

"Oh, shut up", I muttered.

Rest of the trip went smoothly and we soon arrived to the restaurant. Luckily I didn't see the white-haired girl, Yowane Haku, there this time. After eating, we still had a lot of time, so he suggested we could go to a café. It was a really nice café. There was this amazing ice cream thing called 'chocolate dream' and it was delicious.

The movie-part wasn't that good. The movie was boring because we had just chosen a one that we could go watch right away. It was just full of some romantic shit, but I didn't really focus on the movie. I focused on Gakupo's arm.

Imagine a typical date, a girl and a boy, going to movies. You'd expect the boy to do the yawning-thing to place his arm behind the girls neck, but no, Gakupo just put it there without any warning. And yes, I know that sounded so very wrong. But still! Does it mean we really are officially dating?

Halfway of the movie I actually fell asleep, so I don't remember much. I just woke up in his car when we were heading back to my home. I apologized I had fallen asleep and he said the cheesiest thing ever.

"Don't worry, watching you sleep was way better than the movie."

Seriously! And the tone he used... GAAAAAH! I'm not complaining, though. I'm supposed to be his boyfriend, he's supposed to say things like that. Right? Right?!

We were standing on the porch of my home, kissing. I felt his tongue in my mouth and his hand on my waist. It was a very cold night and it was snowing, but his body warmed me up. My arms were wrapped around his neck and a couple of my fingers were tangling in his soft hair. He leaned in to deepen the kiss even more, when...

"Oh, hi, Yutaka-kun."

Taito had opened the door from inside and saw us. He didn't seem to mind. He just looked at us casually like we weren't kissing and stuff. Still, I flushed and quickly withdrew from Gakupo. But he still had the hold on my body so I couldn't go far away.

"Don't worry, it's okay, Kaito. You wanna come in? Others aren't home yet", Taito said. I nodded breathlessly and we stepped into the warm house.

"So, what's up with your life?" Gakupo asked from Taito.

"My parents are dead, my other eye is blind, it hurts to move... I'm pretty well, thank you", Taito answered. I could tell his tone wasn't sarcastic but playful. And he actually smiled.

"Sad to hear", Gakupo said.

"It's okay. What 'bout you?"

"I think you already know. I'm a teacher, I'm dating my student, I live in a cheap apartment even though I've got tons of money, etc. I live a pretty normal life", Gakupo replied jokingly. I now realized how close those two had some time been. Just as close as me and Len are. Or were, now that he had stopped talking to me.

"I think I should go. I've work to do", Gakupo said after a while of talking with Taito. He kissed my forehead and after saying good-bye to Taito, left. For a moment, me and Taito gazed at each other without saying anything. He soon broke the silence.

"So... You're dating now?"

"Yeah. We started just a couple of days ago", I answered, nodding a little. He said nothing and sipped coke from the glass he had taken.

"You two were really close, weren't you?" I said. He nodded but stayed silent. I didn't say anything either. Then I decided I should do my homework, so I headed to my room.

The next day was Sunday, so there was a new anime episode coming up I had to watch. I also played my PS3, read manga and started one of the cosplay costumes. That was pretty much my day until six, when Gakupo called me and we talked for a long time.

Unfortunately Akaito had to stay a couple of more days in the hospital, so he didn't get to come home yet. But when he did on Tuesday, we celebrated - a lot. Even though he didn't remember most of us.

One week, two weeks, three weeks. Time flew by and it was already four weeks after we started dating. We had been together pretty much every weekend and I started realizing how much I truly liked him. At this point, the better word would've been love. On Thursday, he asked something from me.

"Look, I'm going to my parents' this weekend, from Friday to Sunday, so I was thinking if you wanted to come too."

I was shocked. We'd been together four weeks and he wanted me to see his parents? (I guess that's pretty normal...) I was a student, he teacher! How could he explain that to his parents! I asked him this, and the answer wasn't too bad.

"You'd go for a 20 year old, maybe 19. That's old enough. And we don't have to tell them you're my student."

"And how would I explain my parents I'll be away for three days?" I asked.

"You have friends, haven't you? You could say you're going to theirs", he said.

"I'll ask them", I said.

"Good! You're gonna like it, my family's home is amazing! Oh, and my sister will be there too." Gakupo smiled widely. His sister? The woman whose child was lost and I helped her? She did seem rather nice.

"I'll look forward to it."

A/N

I'll be apologizing about the devilishly long A/N once again, but I just have a lot of stuff to say. So much stuff that I'll have to list them down!

1) If any of you have read my GazettE fanfic, Bad Luck, Good Luck, I moved it to AsianFanfics and you'll find it there. Sorry.

2) Sorry if I spelled SHINee wrong, I'm not very familiar with K-pop. I just know few bands because my friend loves them. Especially Big Bang.

3) Sorry if I offended anyone who likes PSY

4) You can now stalk my life on Twitter! I made the account ( GreatYaoiLover) especially for you guys, who read my fanfics either here or in Asianfanfics. I haven't really tweeted anything yet, but if you're interested in what's in mind of such a weird girl as me, feel free to follow

5) I've planned this fic to pretty much end (Don't worry, it won't be ending for a loooooong time!) and I've decided that after I've finished this, I'll make either a sequel or a fanfic from Akaito's and Mikuo's POV. That should be rather interesting. You decide which one should I do!

6) I'm changing the rating of this fic to M because of the future chapters. I made your wishes come true! *angel music*

7) About the ice cream thing (chocolate dream, as I called it)... One day I went to this AMZING café and ate a chocolate thingy called suklaa-unelma (literally translated chocolate dream) and it was SO delicious! It has little pieces of chocolate in the bottom, vanilla-ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream (dunno if that's the right word) on the top. And small sprinkles of chocolate on top of it. So yeah, that's the ice cream i mentioned.

8) I guess that's it. See ya in the next chapter~