Kahoko Hino woke up to find Len next to her, his head resting on her shoulder as he napped. She couldn't help but smile at his calm and sleeping face, which still hadn't realise she'd woken up. She suddenly noticed his face smiling in his sleep, and involuntarily blushed.
Kawaii ne… Len's really too cute…
She felt extremely tempted to tickle him at that moment, until she heard something coming from Len's mouth. Her name. She blushed again.
Kyaaa… how did I manage to get someone like him… he's really… he's really…
She soon enough realised she didn't want to wake him up at all. She sighed, and decided to nap a bit more.
Len woke up to realise that it was already nightfall.
How did it get to this late?
He turned over to Kahoko, who was still sleeping. He suddenly felt like rolling his eyes.
How can she sleep even though it's this late…
He decided to wake her up, and shook her softly.
"Kahoko, it's time to go for dinner"
Soon enough they were both awake and getting dressed to go out for dinner.
"Where are we going to head to?"
Len thought about it, and then looked at the time.
Thank goodness. Looks like we can get there.
"Let's head to Liege."
"Ly-edge?"
He chuckled at Kahoko's pronounciation.
"It's Liege, a place that's on the border of France and Germany. It's very well known for good restaurants. We'll have to go by train, though."
She nodded at his answer.
"Yay, I've wanted to go on more trains…"
Kahoko's smile suddenly made Len's heartbeat increase, furiously. He could feel himself getting redder in the face, and decided to turn away from her.
He could hear her tinkling laugh as he did so, but he'd rather that…
Than her having to see me this embarrassed.
As they hopped on the train, Kahoko couldn't help but ponder.
When did Len get so cute…
She definitely knew it couldn't have been from Seisou Gakuen. She recalled how cold he was back then, and how dismissive of her he was…
But… he did… eventually warm up, didn't he?
As much as it shocked her when he held her that first time, she couldn't help but remember how right it felt to be held by him.
She sighed.
Memories… so many memories… and so many good moments, right in front of me…
Len wondered, as he looked at her in deep thought, how she would react if he told her that she could stay with him.
Would she be happy? Sad? Torn because she has to choose between me and everyone back in Japan?
He knew he would have to tell her sometime.
But now… is it… is it a good idea? Bringing her to a place like Liege which is really posh… and then asking her to stay with him… if not for the rest of their lives…
He blushed furiously, and turned towards the window.
Isn't that like… asking for marriage…
If she looked at him right now, he'd probably be as red as… as…
Well, it'd be very red. So I guess I should keep looking out the window and noting the stations. Even though there's actually an announcement for each station.
He couldn't allow himself to think of marriage.
It's far too early, Len… far, far too early…
As the train slowly rocked, Kahoko could feel herself leaning in more towards Len, until suddenly she realised she could hear his heartbeat. It shocked her for several moments, never hearing another heart the way that she was in this moment.
It feels… like I'm so close to him…
She allowed herself to feel content to the sound of his heartbeat.
I can feel his heartbeat… and I'd never thought I'd be this content and happy about it. Am I weird…
She decided to sit straight in her chair and stop leaning over to him.
After all, this is still… very new… being together with Len… and… and… we're in public… It probably would be really weird if someone came in on me like this…
He suddenly wanted to put his arm around her and bring her close to him.
But isn't this like… I'll be looked at really weirdly…
Don't succumb to temptation, Tsukimori Len…
Barely meters away on the same train and carriage, someone was looking at them. They chuckled.
Still as awkward as ever, Tsukimori…
Author's Note
*cries* It's getting harder every day to come up with new material… . It's not like every single music track that is released can be applied to a story, or dreams, or stuff in life…
I still enjoy writing this story, I really do. I just wish that there'd be people who would help me think of ideas for chapters… .
Onegai….. {Eng: Please}