Chapter 3

Disclaimer's Note: I don't own any of these characters except the brunette I guess. I think I'm making Sano too mushy..hahaha. Please R&R! =]

As the sun starts to rise and birds start to chirp, an annoying alarm sound ruined the peaceful morning scenery. beep beep beep! The high pitched noise disturbed Mizuki's slumber and she wakes up. Still groggy from sleep she rubs her eyes and realized it is Monday; which means she's got school. With the annoying alarm still blaring in the background she slams the off button and starts to trudge over to the bathroom.

Sano just finished his early jog and just walked in through the door smelling breakfast cooking in the kitchen.

"How was your jog Sano?" Mizuki's mom asked with an apron on.

"It was great. Please call me Izumi." Sano answered politely.

"Okay Izumi why don't you come grab a seat on the table while we wait for the others to come down?" She said with a smile.

Mizuki's mom reminds him of his mom back in Sapporo and he suddenly misses her dearly. Not long after, Mizuki's dad appears with his lab coat on. He took a seat and sipped his hot coffee.

"Did you sleep well Sano? How do you like our neighborhood?" He asked.

"I slept great. Thank you for your kind hospitality. It's a really nice neighborhood to jog in, I had a great time." Sano politely answered.

"Honey, Izumi wants us to call him by his first-name." Mizuki's mom chirped in.

"Oh ho is that so? Okay Izumi I'll call you by your first-name then." He said with a smile.

Sano is suddenly embarrassed and bowed his head down.

"Mizuki hurry and come down or you're going to be late!" Shizuki called out as he passed her room.

"Good morning everybody and you." Shizuki greeted as he walk down the stairs and glared at Sano.

A loud bang was heard and Mizuki comes running down the stairs. She is in her school uniform with her hands full carrying her school and gym bag. Her uniform is very similar to 's uniform back in Japan. She looks really feminine with her uniform on and Sano is glad that he can see her like this.

She noticed Sano's track suit and asked, "Did you went out to jog this morning I..zumi?" Mizuki whispered the last part getting all embarrassed.

"You didn't know? Izumi was the first to get up and went out early this morning." Mizuki's mom answered while grabbing a toast for Mizuki.

"Everyone's calling him by his first-name now?" Shizuki protested early in the morning. "I will never call you by your first-name until I accept you boy!" Shizuki challenged Sano.

Mizuki is happy and yet really sad at the same time because she gets to see Izumi in the morning like she used to during their time in Osaka High. But she's sad that she has to go and spend less time with him. Mizuki grabs a seat next to Izumi and made him toast with butter and ham. Shizuki was getting really jealous because she never makes him a toast like that.

"I want you to make a toast like that too Mizuki!" Shizuki wailed as the rest of the family rolled their eyes.

Sano takes the toast and thanks her. They smiled at each other and a warm aura surrounds the couple in the morning.

"Sorry brother I can't make you a toast cause I have to run or I'm going to be late! I'll definitely go straight home right after I finish track practice Izumi so be here okay!" Mizuki said to Sano as she dashes for the door. "Bye mom, dad, brother see you later!"

"Feels like a tornado just passed by" Mizuki's dad say. "Now we can finally get our peace and quiet breakfast right honey? Or not.." as he hears Shizuki crying in the corner rocking himself back and forth mumbling to himself.

"Um..Is Mizuki's school far from here?" Izumi asked.

"No it's not. The school is actually pretty close from here that's why she's running there instead of taking the bus or anything like that." Mizuki's dad answered.

"Do you mind drawing a map for me sir? I would like to pick her up after school." Sano answered with a smile.

"No problem! No problem! I'll draw it for you really quickly. I'm a good artist you know?" He playfully winks at Izumi.

"Thank you so much!" Sano bowed deeply and enjoyed the toast his girlfriend made for him.

Mizuki ran full speed to her school and passed through the gates as the guards were just about to close them.

"Phew. That was close. I can't afford to get another detention because I came late to school again. I'll have to serve after school detention." She walked to class and sits at her usual seat by the window next to the window. Julia trots to her.

"So how's my two love-birds in the morning today?" She teased Mizuki mercilessly.

Mizuki blushed a deep red and put her hands up to her face. Julia giggled and took her seat since the homeroom teacher has started the roll call.

"I want to see Izumi now and spend more time with him." She then realizes how easy it is to say his first name. It makes her heart thump happily when she says his name. "Hmm I wonder what he's doing.." she mumbles to herself.

The clock strikes 3:00 P.M and last period is over. Mizuki drags herself to the field where she has to practice until 5:00 P.M before she can leave and see Izumi again. She changed into her practice attire and warmed up. Coach Jack comes up to her.

"We're taking your best time today. So do your best on your run okay?" He pats her on the back and trots back to the start line. Mizuki starts to stretch her muscles out for the run seriously and watch her juniors run down the track.

Since it's 4:00 PM Izumi decides that it's probably a good time to start walking to her school and surprise Mizuki by picking her up and go on an after-school date. He easily read the map and arrived in front of the gates of her school. Izumi looks for the field and finds it quickly. As he absorb his surroundings he pass the cheerleading practice area. Julia sees Izumi walking towards the track and field.

"That guy is so cute! Where's he going? I wonder if he's lost? Is he looking for someone?" The cheerleaders buzzed about Izumi and Julia chuckled to herself because she's the only one who knows about him.

Izumi spots his girlfriend quickly getting ready on the start line with a serious look on her face. Her serious and determined eyes charmed him and he fell head over heels in love with her again. Izumi can't help but stare at the girl running with all her might with such power but also grace. As he was zoning out, someone tapped him on the shoulder and snapped him out of it.

"Hello! Are you waiting for Mizuki?" Julia asked cheerfully.

"Yeah. What are you doing here?" Izumi then looks at her attire and answered his own question. Mizuki finished her run and broke her past record. She's proud of herself and wishes she can share this moment with her boyfriend. The buzzing and chattering from the cheerleaders caught Mizuki's attention because they are squealing and all are staring at one direction. She follows their gaze and sees a familiar jet-black hair tall boy with Julia.

"Izumi?" Mizuki breathed his name. She walks faster towards them and Izumi notices Mizuki coming closer and starting to sprint towards him. He automatically opens up his arms and caught her. She was out of breath from the running and happiness well she can't help herself since she's been thinking about him all day. Mizuki can hear and feel him chuckling.

"You miss me that much? We've only been apart for a couple of hours you know Mi-zu-ki." he teased.

Mizuki would've melted if she could from hearing his voice saying her name playfully yet lovingly at the same time. She unwillingly lets go of him warmth and looked up at him grinning. On the other side, the cheerleaders were staring and talking about Mizuki. One particular brunette looked at the couple with jealousy. Julia cleared her throat and the couple came back from their own little world.

"Mizuki coach is calling for you. You need to go cool down and you can quickly leave to Romeo's arms okay?" Julia said with a playful grin plastered on her face.

"Go. I'll wait by the benches until you're finish." Izumi said.

"Really? Okay I'll be really quick. Then we should go somewhere okay? I want to take you to this dessert place it's really good!" Mizuki added the last part as she jogs over to her coach.

The thought of sweets gave Izumi goosebumps and he sits himself down by the bench. He is just watching Mizuki stretch out when he feels like someone is staring at him from behind his head. He turns around and sees the cheerleaders but a particular tall brunette with her hair tied up in a ponytail is looking his way with intense eyes. She smiled at him and he smiled back trying to be polite and looked for his girlfriend again.

Alisa is captain of the cheerleader and she's the one that's been staring intently with want at Izumi. She fell in love or lust for him at first sight when he was walking over to the field. She feels a deep jealousy when she saw that he came to visit his girlfriend. But that never stopped her before and she's determined to make Izumi hers.

"I always get what I want." Alisa said to herself with confidence.

"Izumi" Mizuki cheerfully calls for her boyfriend while carrying all her things with her.

"Thanks for waiting and picking me up today." she said with a bright smile that made Izumi's heart skip a beat. He takes Mizuki's gym bag and carries it for her.

Alisa was looking all of this from the distance and evaluated the situation between the couple. She decided to retreat for now and make her move later because she has a lot of research to do on the guy.

"Thanks..again" she whispered with a blush. That made Izumi want to hug her even more because she's acting so cute. He's holding back his actions and controlled himself. He quickly changes the topic.

"I saw you run. You improved a lot; I don't think I'll be able to catch you if you seriously runaway from me now."

"Eheheh" Mizuki answered with her typical embarrassed happy laugh. "I had to improve my time so I ran as fast as I could." He just doesn't know that I was imagining that he was on the finish line waiting for me. She thought to herself that's why his surprise visit was extra special.

They are walking side by side enjoying each others company. The couple joked around and talked about everything just like they used to do back in Japan. Their hands brushed each other accidentally and both got quiet. Mizuki's too embarrassed to say anything and is contemplating whether she should ask him to hold her hand.

As she was about to open her mouth, Izumi entwined his fingers with hers and faced the other side because he didn't want her to see him blush. Mizuki is about to die of happiness because this is what she's been imagining for them to do when they go on dates. They couldn't do it before because they were both "guys" in Japan. Now they can hold hands and hug freely.

After walking for 10 minutes, they finally reach the dessert shop. It looks like a regular cafe and has a nice ambience to it. The shop is called "Dessert Heaven" and Izumi has dreaded the taste of super sweet cakes. They decided on a seat by the window that looks out to the street.

The waitress came and Mizuki expertly ordered everything without even looking at the menu. All the dessert came and Izumi was shocked by the four plates he sees on the table between him and her. They all look so sweet.

"Are you sure I'll like at least one of this?" Izumi asked uncertain.

"Yup! Try this one! You'll like it I promise!" MIzuki cuts a small-piece of the lime cake she ordered and feeds it to him naturally. He hesitantly takes a bite and chewed. It's definitely not bad and he smiled.

"See! I told you you'll like it. They make the best cakes here. I always order the same things because they're my favorite!" She happily explains.

Izumi curious asks his girlfriend,

"Who do you come here with?"

"Julia of course and some the girls. Usually some guys would tag along and we'll just hang out here." She answered honestly.

"These guys are your classmate?" Sano continued.

"Yup! They're also in the track and field team." Mizuki answered.

"Okay" Izumi is secretly relieved but still he worries.

They quickly finished the cakes and decided to bring some home for everyone to share after dinner. Izumi and Mizuki naturally holds hands and they walked home happy that they got some quality time together outside the house.