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Chapter 32 – We'll go get ice cream

"He's late." Yachiyo looked at her watch and sighed. She lifted her head up and looked at her reflection from the other side of the street. "Do I look okay?" she thought. She looked from head and toe. A white cardigan over a black shirt and a ruffled light blue skirt. Some locks of hair from the left side of her head were tied in a little braid by a white ribbon. She wore white wedges and carried a light blue shoulder bag. "I'm a little too under-dressed."

"Ohime-sama!" Kise screamed. He waved his hands in the air and looked very excited.

"You are gathering too much attention." Yachiyo coldly said to him.

"Right, sorry. Ahaha." Kise laughed then looked at her intently. Too intently.

"What?" she looked away from him.

"Nothing. It's just… you look great. It really suits you."

"You're not wearing something so flashy. You're a model after all so I thought you'd wear something with a lot of shine. Or leathery or something. "

"Uhmmm… okay? Sorry for being not so model-ly. Ahaha." Kise wasn't wearing anything flashy at all. Just a checkered red shirt over a black tee, with brown pants and just a silver cross necklace for accessory. He had his usual hairstyle and the same piercing. Pretty normal.

Yachiyo scanned him and thought; "Nothing flashy but he still looks—" before she could continue thinking a dash of red appeared on her cheeks.

She realized the Kise was staring at him and that he was smiling. "Oh right, I told you I'd make you do something embarrassing. Payback time." she grinned.

"Wha—let's just forget about that. Can't we just—" she grabbed his hand and pulled. "Nope, you'll be my slave for the whole day."

"Slave… wait, what?!"

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The huge sign said "Amusement Park". It's the perfect place to have fun… but…

"This place is full of children." Kise said depressingly.

"Yes, I know." She took our something from her bag, a digital camera.

"Eh? For remembrance?" Kise asked. "How nice."

"Yes. Remembrance." Yachiyo gave a weird smile that said 'I have something in mind'.

"Ride that." She pointed at the colorful circling ride full of horses and children.

"Merry-go-round?" Kise looked confused.

"Yes." Yachiyo smiled. "You're my slave for the day, so do as I say."

"Oh I see." Kise seemed like he was thinking then merrily said; "Okay~"

Kise was already at the horse. Oddly enough he seemed to enjoy it. People were staring at him but he didn't mind.

"Mommy, that guy is weird!" A child pointed at Kise.

"Lookie Yachiyo! Wee~" Kise waved his hands.

"Doesn't he have any shame? That was supposed to be embarrassing." she thought as she snapped a picture. "Well he sure looks good in a camera... he's a model and all."

Kise got off the ride after a few minutes. "What's next?" he asked.

"I want that bear." she pointed at the children's shooting booth.

Oddly, Kise smiled and said; "Okay~"

He didn't mind that everyone that surrounded him were all children.

He got the big blue bear and gave it to Yachiyo.

"Ne, ne, Onii-chan. Can you help me get that toy?" a boy asked Kise.

"Sure thing little man." Kise patted his head. Yachiyo snapped the picture and stared at him. "He sure is good with children. But… doesn't he feel embarrassed?"

"Arigatou, Onii-chan!" A few kids said in chorus. Each one had a prize in their hands. The only person that didn't look so happy was the man in the booth who thought; "I ran out of prizes."

Yachiyo tugged at Kise's shirt. "Sorry that took quite a while, Yachiyo. Ahaha." he apologized. "Let's go eat something, okay?"

"Yeah, I want to go there." she pointed at the kiddie dessert shop.

"Uwaaaaaaa~ Their food here is so cute! Look Yachiyo, look! It's a bear ice cream! Uwaa and it says kuma-chan! So cute~" Kise is like a child. "I don't want to eat it, it's too cute!"

The sound of the camera click made Kise look at it's holder. "Yeah, cute." she smiled at the picture she took. "Ne, didn't you feel embarrassed?"

"Hmnn? If you meant what you made me do, well not really." Kise had a spoon in his mouth. "Are those the embarrassing things you wanted to make me do? Ahahaha. It takes more than that to embarrass me, Yachiyo."

"I won't just give up easily. My goal for the day is to take a picture of an embarrassed Ryouta." she sounded weirdly too serious.

"Good luck with that. Ahaha."

They rode the roller coaster, the huge swing, the fast boat ride and most of all, the cup ride.

Kise raised his hands in the air and screamed; "That was fuuuuuuunnn~" Another click was heard and he turned to Yachiyo. But she looked weird.

She had her hand in her mouth and looked blue like she was about to puke.

"Yachiyo? Are you okay? Hey." Kise ran to her.

"Nnn." she replied. She walked slowly and plopped on his chest. She hugged him and said adorably; "I feel dizzy, Ryouta."

"Mommy look they're hugging!" A child pointed at them.

The red glow in Kise's faces made Yachiyo smirk. She took out her camera, but before she could snap a picture, Kise squatted down to dodge.

"Damn. I almost got it." Yachiyo looked at the picture she took but it was blurred.

"Seriously? Why did you do that?!" Kise shouted. "Jeez, you scared me!"

"I told you, that's my goal for today; to snap a picture of the embarrassed Ryouta."

"Why do you want that so much?!" he sounded angry and worried.

"Because…" she timidly looked at him. "It looks cute."

"Huh? Yachi—"

"Oh look, it's time." she looked at her watch.

"Time? time for what?"

"Let's watch a movie." She said to him. Although Kise still looked a little angry, he just sighed and followed her.

When they arrived at the theater; the huge sign said; "Pokemon: The search for Ash's Father."

"It'll be a nice movie. Pikachu would help Ash find his father, but for some reason, a lot of things are happening. The mystery of his dad will finally be solved." Yachiyo said in a narrative voice.

"You are not serious, are you?" Kise shook his head in dismay. "Is this one of the funny ways you came up to make me embarrassed? I'll have you know, I do like Pokemon so that won't work."

"Half of that, and half because I like Pokemon." she took a picture of the theater.

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"Eh? Out of tickets?" Kise asked the ticket booth. "Sorry sir, no more available."

"Hey, Yachiyo, what do we do now?" he turned to Yachiyo.

"I really want to watch Pokemon."

Some drops fell down from the sky and soon it got heavier. It's raining again. They went to a nearby café and sat there for a while. Silence filled the air as Yachiyo stared at the falling rain.

"Yachiyo." Kise called her. The worry in his face was noticeable. He knows she how the rain makes her remember of her loneliness from her childhood and the death of her mother.

"I really want to watch Pokemon." she said softly.

"Then… let's go." Kise offered his hand to her. She doesn't know where he'd take her, but she took it anyway.

Soon, they were at Kise's house.

"Onee-chan is away so you could stay as long as you'd like." Kise took out pile of cds and gave it to her. "Kore. My whole collection of Pokemon movies."

Yachiyo scanned the pile and laughed. Even after seconds, she was still laughing.

"I know. I know. It's almost the whole Pokemon movie franchise. I just happen to have a lot of excess money from modeling, and I like the movies. They're a lot more interesting than I thought."

Yachiyo tried to stop laughing. But when she saw the embarrassed look on Kise's face, she laughed even more. She took her camera and prepared for a shot.

But Kise managed to cover the lens before it clicked. Yachiyo adorably pouted in annoyance; "I almost got the shot. "

"Okay okay. Where do you want to start watching?"

"Let's watch from the beginning."

"Beginning of what movie?"

"The beginning."

"Yeah. Beginning of what?" Kise looked at Yachiyo who was smiling hugely. "Wait. Don't tell me you—"

"Yes. From the first movie."

"But I have almost the whole set."

"Yes. So let's what all of it."

"We can't finish that in one sitting."

"You said I could stay as long as I'd like, right?"

"Yes, but you'd have to stay overnight if you want to watch all of these."

"Then I will."

"See? I told you, you can't—Wait what? Did you—"

"I want to stay…. here….. overnight." Despite the un-shaky voice, her eyes were diverted in shyness.

"Is that one of your ways of making me embarrassed?" Yachiyo smilled nodded in response. "Well, it's working."

Yachiyo grabbed the camera again and prepared for a shot- yet again, Kise managed to take the camera away and shout in a comedic way; "STOP TRYING TO TAKE THE PICTURE!"

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"There all set." Yachiyo grabbed the first cd and placed it inside the player. "What are those?"

"A blanket and a mattress." Kise unfolded the white sheet. She gave him an 'I don't get it' look. "Because we won't fit in the sofa. So.. this." He pointed at the mattress that was placed on the carpet. It's position is just below the sofa so it doesn't really make a difference.

"We would fit in the sofa, you know."

"Not in what I imagined." Kise said. "Like this…" He grabbed her arm and lifted her up princess style. "Huwa—What are you doing? Put me down!"

"Hold on. Ahaha." Kise plopped on the mattress and leaned against the sofa with Yachiyo still in his arms. Then he placed her between his legs and placed the blanket oever them. "Like this."

"I can't watch like this!"

"Yeah you can. You're just embarrassed. Ahahaha."

"No I'm not!"

"Oh really?" He grabbed both sides of the blanket and hugged her. She was completely covered in the blanket, covered in him. "Try saying that again." He teasingly whispered in her ear.

"It's your choice Yachiyo, want to watch Pokemon or not?"

"Nn." A burst of red splattered on her face. Kise smiled and grabbed the remote.

~~~~~I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was~~~~~

The Pokemon theme song starts playing.

After five movies, it's already night time. The lights were out and the tv was the only thing that illuminated the room.

"Whoa. Sugoi." Yachiyo said in utter awe. "I've watched this a hundred times yet it still looks awesome."

"She's really focused on the movie that she's not paying attention to me… I wonder." Under the blanket, Kise held her hand and squeezed.

Yachiyo budged at the touch.

"Oh?" Kise smiled. He lowered his head and laid it at her shoulder.

"Ryouta, don't annoy me." she said without a single trace of coldness.

"Just ignore me. I've watched this movie a lot more times than you probably did so I already memorized it. For now, I just want to cuddle. Ahahaha."

"Whatever." She took out another cd and said. "Next is… eh? Ryouta, what movie is this?"

"I must have mixed up with the other cds. The title is "Unplanned Story". It's about a young couple who made a promise to marry each other when they were young. But when they grew up, the girl got engaged because of his parent's wish. The guy chases after the girl throughout the whole movie with the help of his comedic friends. They had a plan in mind, but it all seemed to fail. In the end, the guy announced that the girl was pregnant with his child. He didn't really mean to say it but that simple sentence got the girl out of the engagement. In the end, they got married, had children and lived happily ever after."

"That sounds…" Yachiyo trailed then…"amazing! I want to watch it!"

She placed the cd in the player and then went back to Kise and placed herself on the same postion as before. "You are too enthusiastic about this. Ahaha." Kise laughed and covered her the same way. "You even voluntarily cuddled without complaining."

"You said you wanted to." she said timidly. Kise laughed and kissed the side of her head. Just the red look on her face was enough to make him smile. "Kurokocchi will kill me for this. But it's worth it."

Yachiyo took the remote, turned the player off and the television was left on but with a blank screen. "Huh? What's wrong?" Kise asked.

"I'm… tired." she said.

"Yeah right." Kise laughed and hooded the blanket over his head to envelop her tightly. After a few moments of silence, Kise asked; "Hey, what are you thinking right now?"

"You're warm." Yachiyo said and he chuckled back.

"I'm thinking… I wonder what will happen in the future."

"Future?"

"Do you want to end up like the Unplanned Story?"

"You mean, like I'd get engaged to another guy and you will say I'm pregnant? Not really."

"Ahahahaha. Not that part. What I meant is the end. Do you want to… you know… like… uhm…"

"Live happily ever after?" She turned a little to face him.

"Yes. But not exactly." He paused and looked hesitant.

"Yachiyo… Will you… uhm… maybe in the future… or sometime after a few years… will you ever think of… or will you even consider to….. marry me?"

Her eyes widened. "W-what?"

"I knew it. That was weird right. Don't worry you don't have to answer. Ahahahaha." he laughed awkwardly.

"Are you serious?" she asked.

"Uhm… the truth… yes. I am. I know it's too early to ask. We're not even graduates. Plus I don't have a ring with me. You probably have plans for you life but I just want to know… Do those plans ever include me?"

"You know, I once had plans for my life. To study at Kaijo, be their basketball clubs manager to know more about basketball so when I transfer, I'll be able to help Tetsuya. But that plan got messed up when I met someone. That someone changed me. I was able to be express myself, find new friends, and feel a lot of different emotions. I do have a plan for my future but it's simple. Graduate and get a job. But if I ever think of who I'd like to spend my life with… I'd chose the person that changed me."

"So that means…you…you…" Kise started crying. "Uwaaaaa *sniffs* I want to hear that again. *sniffs* Please say that again!"

"No way. It's too weird."

"Oh come on!" Kise protested. "Let me ask again…" He held her face, making her face him. The smile on his face and the glow of his eyes made her melt inside. She as well couldn't help but smile. The whole moment seemed magical.

"Kuroko Yachiyo, Will you marry me?"

"Yes, Kise Ryouta."

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"Kise Yachiyo sounds nice." Kise said. "Hmn. Where do you want to get married? Let's invite the whole team!"

"You're planning way too early." She flicked his forehead.

"One more thing, how many children do you want to have?" he asked bluntly.

"Wha—What!?"

"I want to have a boy. A little me!~" he looked overjoyed.

"I can't guarantee that you know!"

"I want to name him Takumi. Then I want a girl, what do you want to name her?"

"I told you, I can't guarantee that…" when she saw the big smile on his face she sighed and said; "How about Izumi?"

"Uwaaaa… Takumi and Izumi!" Kise's eyes chibily sparkled.

Yachiyo smiled awkwardly; "You have to wait a few more years."

"I will." Slowly, he leaned closer. "Aishiteru." They coincidentally said at the same time so they couldn't help but laugh. And then, with their eyes closed, they share a kiss.

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Somewhere after a few years…

The ball came flying and went in the basket; "Papa, look the ball went in!"

"Uwaa, my little boy is talented." A man said as he ruffled the hair of the young boy with blue hair.

"Takumi, come here." A female voice called.

"Onii-chan, aren't you tired?" a little girl with yellow hair asked.

"Of course not, Izumi! I'm strong just like Papa!"

The woman laughed. "Yes you are, Takumi. But you have to rest."

"Listen to Mama, Takumi." The man said. "For now, let's go."

"Where?" the little girl asked.

"We'll go eat ice cream."

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THE END.

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