Zelos sighed as he stared out of Shihna's living room window. "Shihhnnnaaaa, I'm bored," he whined. "You've barely been here for an hour," Shihna said, placing a cup of tea in front of him. "But you're being so cold!" Zelos whined again. "That's how I always am towards an idiot like you," Shihna pointed out. "But Lloyd's stupider than me and you treat him much better," Zelos said, tugging on Shihna's sash. Shihna pulled it away from him and whacked him in the head. "He doesn't try to peek at me in the shower!" She glared at him. "Aw, come on. You're still mad about that?" Shihna whacked him again. "Of course." Zelos rubbed his head, whimpering. "You're so mean."
"I wouldn't be mean if you didn't act like such a pervert," Shihna said, turning away. "I'm going to take a shower and if you even try to peek I'll kill you." Zelos was very aware that she was serious. She'd probably take out Volt and...he shuddered.
He looked down at his cup of tea and then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. There was a red book sitting close to him on the floor. He picked it up. Was this Shihna's diary? He looked at the lock attached to it. "Hmm..." He looked back down at the floor and noticed the key. "She can be so careless sometimes," he said, sweatdropping. He picked up the key and stuck it inside the lock. Of course he wasn't guilty at all about invading Shihna's privacy. At all. He opened the book.
"Dear Diary,
Today I went to Iselia to speak with the mayor. To be honest...I can't stand that guy. He's even worse than Zelos. He's rude, obnoxious and he's so hard to deal with. When I say that it looks like I'm describing Zelos. It's all that idiot's fault for all this. If he hadn't sent me as the peace emissary to Iselia I wouldn't have to do all this..."
Did she really hate her job that much? Well, he didn't even ask her if she wanted to do it. Naturally she would be angry. He knew that, yet he still told the king that Shihna would go anyways. He continued reading.
"Dear Diary,
I ended up staying at Zelos' house for dinner last night. I was actually really nervous. I really wanted to tell him...that I..."
Zelos stared at the page, wondering exactly what she wanted to say. She hadn't written anything after that. Or did she use invisible ink? He looked at the book closer. Nothing. "What are you doing?" Zelos almost threw the book out the window. "Oh crap..." He felt Shihna's glare boring into his back. "Heh heh...I was just curious about what this was. I didn't know that it was yours and-" Shihna hit him hard in the head. "Liar! You knew that was my diary and you-" "Whoa, whoa hunny! Calm down I was just-" The people of Mizuho turned their heads towards Shihna's house when they heard a loud crash.
"Ow! Ow! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Zelos cried, covering his head. Shihna sat on top of him. "You're heavy," Zelos groaned. "Hmph," Shihna whacked him in the head again. "There goes all my brain cells..." Zelos sighed and made himself more comfortable. It felt weird with Shihna on his back. "Hey, Shihna..." He tried to turn his head to look at her. "What?" Shihna asked, annoyance still in her voice. "What did you want to tell me?"
"What?" She had no idea what he was talking about. "When you came to my house for dinner last night..." Shihna practically jumped off of Zelos' back. "N-nothing! It was nothing!" She turned away so he couldn't see her red face. "Hmm..." He stood up and brushed himself off. "Could it be something like...'Oh, Zelos. I love you so much. I want to be with you forever'," Zelos said, imitating Shihna's voice. "Or something?" Shihna stiffened. "N-no way...I would never say a stupid thing like that to you of all people."
"Aww...I'm so hurt," Zelos said, taking a few steps closer. "You're denying it," he said softly, blowing on Shihna's ear. "Gyaah!" She covered her ear. She turned and glared at him. "What are you doing?!" Zelos grinned. "That's still your weak point, isn't it?" She glared at him. "Well then, I should get going," Zelos stated cheerfully. "Oh..." They started walking towards the door. "Sad that I'm leaving so soon, hunny?" Zelos asked, sliding open the door. "You wish."
"Heh. Next time you stay for dinner you can tell me what you wanted to say to me." Shihna stuck her tongue out at him. Zelos kissed her on the forehead. "It's a promise, okay?" Shihna couldn't respond. "Bye!" Zelos started jogging away. He turned around and waved. "You're definately telling me next time!" Shihna held her hand up to her forehead. "Maybe I won't!" She yelled back. She closed her door when he was out of sight. "Idiot..."
SakuMeiMei Says: What was it that she wanted to say I wonder? XD It might not even be the obvious "I love you" kind of thing. I'll leave you to think what you want. My friendy wend has been wanting to read this one forever. :P So I finished it. Yay.