I am having a really hard time finding inspiration to write right now. I have no idea what this chapter is supposed to be about, but I'll just let my hands type and we'll see where it ends up.
Ryuuji woke up as a sunbeam slightly struck his eye from a crack in the curtains. He grumbled as he rubbed his eyes.
As he tried to turn around, he felt something holding him back. He opened his eyes and smiled brightly as he saw Taiga, still fast asleep, clinging into him.
He checked the time. "7, huh? We slept since yesterday.." He said to himself as he stroke Taiga's hair away from her forehead.
"Taiga, we have to go to school, wake up." He said with a gentle voice as he lightly put a kiss to Taiga's forehead. Taiga pouted as she opened her eyes.
"But, I want to hug you more, Ryuuji." She said, looking up at him with tired eyes. Ryuuji sighed a little.
"Yeah, yeah, but we really have to get to school. I'll make you some nice breakfast, and we can eat together, how does that sound?"
Taiga smiled at him and nodded her head. Ryuuji smiled back as he quickly pushed his lips against hers, before standing up.
Taiga stretched her arms and yawned as she got up from the futon. Ryuuji looked down at his clothes.
"We fell asleep in our school uniforms.. I should iron them, so.. well, I don't think we have any clothes in your size, so you should probably go get some from your apartment."
Ryuuji looked at her as he talked. Taiga looked at him for a while before nodding. She walked into the hallway, put on here shoes and left.
Ryuuji sighed a little. "She'll probably take forever. I bet I can iron my uniform and prepare breakfast before she's back." He said to himself.
He started off by ironing his pants, before he put them back on. He got into the kitchen and started working on breakfast.
As he had started cooking the food, he knew that he would have to let it cook for a while.
"I could iron my shirt and jacket in the meantime.." Ryuuji said to himself as he went to the ironing board in the living room.
He pulled off his jacket and shirt and started ironing them both, standing in a bare upper body.
"As I thought, she's taking long.. It's not that bad, actually, it gives me time to maybe surprise her with a nice breakfast." He said to himself.
Just as he dragged the iron carefully over the sleeve of his shirt, he heard sizzling from the kitchen.
"The vegetables!" Ryuuji put the iron down and ran into the kitchen, barely managing to save the vegetables before anything happened.
"Phew.." He sighed as he put the vegetables aside, declaring breakfast for finished. Just as he smiled at the meal he'd made, he heard a clicking sound by the door.
Ryuuji turned to the noise and saw Taiga standing in the opening with her uniform in her hands, wearing a plain dress. She walked in, taking off her shoes.
"I'm back." She said as she walked in and looked up at Ryuuji, suddenly freezing. "Ryuu-" She suddenly blushed like crazy, dropping her clothes to the floor.
Ryuuji looked at her, confused. He just kept the stare for a while before looking down at his bare torso.
"Oh.. OH!" Ryuuji blushed as he took a step back. Taiga closed her eyes.
"W-w-what are you? Some kind of p-p-pervert flasher?" She shouted at him, her face flushed with a red color.
Ryuuji ran into the living room, clearing himself from Taiga's view. He talked loudly from the living room.
"S-sorry, I was ironing my shirt, and-" He was interrupted by a door slamming open behind him.
Ryuuji turned around and met Yasuko's furious expression. "Loud.." She said, a murderous intent in her eyes.
Ryuuji widened his eyes. "S-sorry Yasuko, we'll be quiet!" He said, looking a little embarrassed. Taiga walked in, her fist raised.
"Perverted dog! Ah, Ya-chan." She said, looking more calm as she saw Yasuko. Yasuko suddenly calmed down and looked from Taiga to Ryuuji, back and forth, before..
Before looking down at Ryuuji's bare torso. She looked surprised. "Ryuu-chan! Isn't it a little early in the morning for those kinds of things? Even so, your mom is in the house, you know!"
She talked to them both in a flustered voice. Ryuuji and Taiga looked at her confused for a moment, before lighting up.
"N-no, you're-"
"What the hell are you-"
They shouted at the same time, looking extremely embarrassed. Ryuuji broke Taiga off again.
"Yasuko! Don't go around and misinterpret things! I was ironing my shirt!" He shouted, flustered.
Yasuko suddenly laughed a little nervously. "O-oh.. sorry, Ryuu-chan.. then, I'll go back to sleep." She said with a sleepy voice, obviously having a hangover.
Ryuuji sighed. "I'll leave breakfast in the freezer." He said as he turned to pick up his shirt, Taiga still looking embarrassed.
"Mh, thank you, Ryuu-chan." Yasuko said before she closed the door to her room. Ryuuji sighed.
"Geez.." He said as he pulled on his shirt. He felt embarrassed. "Breakfast's ready, so sit down." He said, trying to hide his flushed face.
Taiga nodded silently and sat down while Ryuuji walked into the kitchen and brought back out some plates with food.
"Here you go." He said as he sat down opposite of Taiga. Taiga looked at him with slightly annoyed eyes.
Ryuuji looks to the side. "What? As I said, I was only ironing my shirt, I didn't try to.." Taiga interrupts him.
"I wanted to sit next to you." She said with a monotone voice. Ryuuji smiled hesitantly.
"O-oh.. Well, come here then." He said with a slight smile on his face, patting the floor next to him. Taiga smiled a little and sat down next to him.
"You always make such an impressive breakfast. Well, impressive for a dog, that is." Taiga said with a hint of playfulness in her voice.
Ryuuji blushed slightly at her statement, before deciding to play along with a pout on his face.
"Well, I have to do my best for Her Highness." He said with a monotone voice. Taiga smiled and rubbed her head into his shoulder.
"Good dog." She said with a cheerful smile. Ryuuji laughed a little as he ate his food, sitting a bit closer to Taiga. After finishing, Ryuuji quickly stood up.
"I should iron your uniform, we only have an hour until classes begin." Ryuuji said as he grabbed the pile of clothes Taiga had dropped on the floor and took them to the ironing board.
After properly ironing her uniform, he handed it to Taiga and signaled for her to go the bathroom and change. She nodded her head and did as told.
As she came back, she was greeted by Ryuuji holding out a lunchbox for her. She smiled sheepishly at him and grabbed the lunch box, before they both put on their shoes and went to school.
While getting closer to the gates, they heard a familiar voice shouting. Ryuuji looked up to see the redhead waving at them.
"Oooy, Taiga, Takasu! ~" Minori shouted with the usual enthusiasm to her voice.
Taiga smiled and ran up to her, hugging into her chest. "Minorin!" She shouted with a cute sounding voice, Minori smiling at her, patting her head.
"Oh, oh, oh, Taiga, such a good Taiga." She said with a joking voice, as if Taiga was a dog. Taiga looked up at her with a smile, before moving away from her again.
"Did you get enough sleep tonight, Taiga?" Minori said with a serious sounding voice, but Ryuuji could hear the usual Minori underneath it. Taiga nodded.
"Yeah, I feel asleep next to R-R-R-RURU." She suddenly shouted, her face flushed red. "Ruru is my new plush, you see!"
Minori looked at her a little confused, before smiling. "Haaau ~ I can picture you snuggling up with a plush, Taiga, you cute little thing!" She shouted playfully.
Ryuuji sighed at Minori's density and overly joyed behavior. 'You nearly screwed up, Taiga.' Ryuuji thought to himself.
'Wait, she already knew, didn't she? That's right.' Ryuuji rubbed his temples as he walked with the two girls into the school building.
As they entered the classroom, they greeted their friends before sitting down by their desks. That last thing Minori had whispered into Ryuuji's ear before he sat down was making him nervous.
"I'm going to ask you and Taiga a lot of questions in lunch break, so be prepared."
Ryuuji shrugged. 'Why does she make everything so scary?' He thought to himself, 'Well, she is in fact pretty scary at times.' He shrugged again.
Ryuuji braced himself for the upcoming classes and managed to survive until lunch. He looked at all the notes he had taken.
'Man, there's so much to remember.' He thought to himself, shrugging the thought off.
Ryuuji was waved over by a smiling Minori. He walked over to their table and sat down, greeting Kitamura and Ami. Kitamura looked up at him.
"Hey, Takasu. Exams are coming up in a couple of months, right? We should get together and use the President's notes to study." He said with a cheerful look.
Ryuuji looked a little confused at first, but then he remembered. "Oh, that's true, I won those in that race, didn't I?" He said, sounding slightly energetic.
"Yup," Kitamura smiled, "It'd be better if we all worked together."
Ami shrugged. "Studying in groups? Sounds a little stressful to me.." She said, seeming a little displeased.
Kitamura laughed. "Well, Kawashima-san, I'm sure you'd have great use of those notes, am I right?" He asked.
Ami glared at him with sharp eyes before shrugging again. "Yeah, yeah, I guess you're pretty right about that." Ryuuji could sense a smile in her voice.
As they chatted for a while, Minori suddenly hit her hand onto the table. They all looked at her, startled.
"Now, everyone.. I shall ask some questions which I'm sure several of us here wants to know the answers to! ~" Minori talked with a mysterious, energetic as always, voice.
Ryuuji looked at her with the same eyes as Taiga; nervousness. Kitamura and Ami nodded, their eyes closed, as if they silently agreed.
"Very well," Minori continued, "I think we have all been wondering why two people in our group have been acting so suspicious lately." She still talked with a mysterious voice.
Taiga and Ryuuji looked even more nervous by now. 'This is it. There's no more hiding it.' They both thought, glaring at each other.
Minori stroke her hair back with dramatic movements. "You two," she pointed at Taiga and Ryuuji, "are the culprits."
Ryuuji widened his eyes, gritting his teeth. "W-w-wha.." He was nervous. Extremely nervous.
Minori glared at him. "You two.. have been acting suspicious. And I don't think I'm the only one who believes so." She continued.
Her voice was still bearing the same tone of 'Minori' as always, making it obvious that she wasn't very serious, or angry. 'She's just Minori' Ryuuji thought.
Taiga didn't say a word. She just stared at Ryuuji, as if internally screaming 'HELP!' Ryuuji sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"What are you talking about, Kushieda-san?" He asked, sounding as innocent as possible. 'Why am I afraid of telling the truth? I should be proud of being Taiga's boyfriend. I AM proud.'
Minori smiled at him. "You two seem a lot closer, somehow. And I've heard rumors that Taiga has.. stayed over." She talked with a wide grin.
Ryuuji tried to hide a blush. "W-well, I do make food for her, and Y-yasuko likes having her over, so.." He stuttered.
Minori glared at him. "Are you sure about that, Takasu-kun? ~" She asked. Kitamura and Ami looked properly amused by this questioning session.
Ryuuji was about to open his mouth when Taiga suddenly stood up from her chair with a slightly annoyed expression.
"Geez.." She said as she walked over to Ryuuji, turned her back to him and sat down on the open spot on the chair, between Ryuuji's legs.
"So what if we're a little closer to each other? I'm always hugging you, Minorin, so I don't see the problem with being close to my other friends, too." She continued.
"T-Taiga.." Ryuuji said, a little surprised. Minori grinned. "Oh, but Taiga, that's not it. To me, it seems like much more ~" She said, "But I'm in no way having a problem with.. whatever it is." She continued.
"My point is.. I'm curious! ~" She grinned, flashing her fingers in a peace sign. Taiga sighed. She suddenly felt her heart beat a lot faster.
'Should I really do this?' She asked herself internally. Her pulse shot through the roof. "Minorin, if you're really that curious, I guess there's no helping it." Taiga sad with a sigh.
Ryuuji looked at Taiga's back, a little confused. The others also glared at her, wondering what she was about to say.
But Taiga didn't say anything. She was completely quiet as she slightly twisted her shoulder, reaching her arm back.
She was completely quiet as she turned her head around, slightly twisting her body. She was completely quiet as she put an arm on Ryuuji's shoulder.
She was completely quiet as she closed her eyes and kissed him deeply.
She was completely quiet as Ryuuji blushed, and as the other ones stared at them in complete shock.
"EEEEH?"
There.. Done with that chapter. Honestly, I just wrote away, not having any real plans for how it would be. And, the last part just suddenly popped into my mind.. I wasn't prepared to make that happen yet, but I felt that this chapter was too boring, too odd, too meaningless, so I added that part to.. spice things up a little bit. And I also left it with a little cliffhanger, which I never knew I would do, even if it was just a small one. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it, even though I kind of.. didn't. .
Until next chapter, I hope you enjoy this story, and I'd be happy if you left me feedback. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and favorited my story so far. :3