Chapter 12 The confession
They stood in the centre of the stage waiting for the curtains to close. They heard the flurry of rushing steps making their way out of the auditorium in order to catch the fireworks. Kanata pulled her to himself and almost dragged her to the second floor, ushering her into a dark classroom. She gripped his arm tightly as her fear of dark kicked in.
"Don't worry Miyu, you're safe with me" he reassured her and led her to a window. He pushed open the doors and she knew instantly why he had dragged her in there. They could watch the fireworks and it looked beautiful. She felt arms wrapping around her as Kanata held her, her back pressed to his chest. She felt a bit awkward at first but then relaxed in his arms as they stood there watching, his chin resting on top of her head.
"It's beautiful" she whispered.
"I know" somehow she felt he wasn't talking about the fireworks. She turned to look at him and fair enough he was looking down at her.
"Miyu, that night what I wanted to tell you was, is that I love you. Even if you don't want to love me, my love is enough for both of us though I would prefer it if you love me back but I know your hesitation and I understand it. I want to know you better. You never cease to amaze me and that's something I love about you" he bent down on his knee and pulled out a ring.
Miyu gaped at him like a goldfish, picturing how stupid she must look she snapped her mouth shut. It was a very un-lady like behaviour.
"Miyu Kouzuki, will you be my girlfriend, will you be the love of my life because all I want is to be with you. I'll follow you to any corner of this world, till we live, forever. And I am not proposing you for marriage though that is my long term plan but the ring and all, I'm a bit old fashioned you see" he scratched his head giving her a cute almost embarrassed smile.
She laughed because that was all she could think of at the moment. She wanted to say yes but her commitment phobia told her to run like Usain Bolt. She was torn between the choices so she simply stared at him her face blank.
"Miyu will you be kind enough to say something. My knees hurt like hell".
"Oh I'm so sorry. Why don't you stand up?"
"First say something".
"I err…" she shook her head like she was halfway through saying yes and no.
Her mind said this will damage the relationship they already had but her heart wanted to say yes.
"Miyu, please...I'm dying here" he looked in real pain. She couldn't guess how much of it was because of him kneeling down.
She bent down to his level "Kanata you don't understand. You mean a lot to me but I...I have…"
"Commitment issues" he interrupted her "I thought so, your entire personality screams commitment phobic. But can't you give us a chance, I swear if it doesn't work out, I'll walk away with my broken heart and you'll get to live in peace. Don't worry about that but please just give us a chance, please".
"You know, I've always liked you. If I ever want any sort of relationship then it should rather be with you than anyone else but I'm scared that I'll ruin it...I'll ruin something beautiful" she looked down.
He hoisted her chin up so that she could look at his face "you'll not ruin this Miyu. You're amazing and you can never ruin anything...don't be doubtful. Just listen to your heart".
She looked at him. She loved him, obviously she loved him but did she love him enough...but his face was so expectant and so full of love for her and that made her resolve. She knew that they were made for each other...never to part. She nodded so lightly that Kanata blinked, did I imagine it or did she just say yes. She blushed and he had his answer. Huge grin appeared on his face as he slipped that ring into her finger and hugged her. This time there was no stopping him and he kissed her...kissed her like she was never kissed before. This amazing person was his at last and he was happy. His happiness doubled when she kissed him back, neither of them wanting to break apart. The sexual tension between them had been way too long and neither of them moved away. He leaned forward kissing every part of her face, her eyes, her nose, her cheek and her throat. She sank her hands into his soft hairs pulling him closer as she felt his desire for her. She gasped as he gazed down at her, his eyes dark with passion.
"You know I'm a virgin" she teased trying to gauge his reaction.
"It's okay, I don't want to rush things" he replied playing with a strand of her hair. "But I..." she flushed at what she was about to say. He raised his eyebrow at her "but you obviously want to" he said smirking at her. His scorching gaze told her he wanted her equally.
"My place" was all she could say. Soon enough they were out of school before anyone could find them and they reached her house in record time. She fumbled with the keys and he took them from her hand and opened the door of her house, for her. They entered and she closed the door behind them. She turned to look at him heart thudding suddenly feeling self conscious and scared.
He walked over to her "You don't really have to rush. I'll be happy with few kisses" he spoke softly and somehow managed to embarrass her further. Two teenagers madly in love, all alone in a house with hormones running wild is not a really good news for parents. Soon enough they were in her room, sprawled on her bed as they tried to mark every part of each other's body with kisses.
Miyu was happy that she had waited for the right person, happy that she was with the person who loved her so much, happy to share and build such a precious bond with him. She cherished every moment of the night and they fell asleep together, holding each other in their arms. It was Sunday so they stayed in bed longer and showered together playing with water, throwing things at each other, bickering, laughing and enjoying their time together. Later she grabbed his clothes for him wrapping a towel gown around her and went down to make some breakfast. She tried to summon a will-have-to-do breakfast with her lethal cooking skills.
Kanata joined her in the kitchen, one glance at her attempt and he threw her out of the kitchen announcing that now that she was his girlfriend he had no intention to die young, earning a punch from her.
But he was too fast for her and before she knew it she was in his arms and he was kissing her. He found it as his favourite way to shut her up cause every time he kissed her she almost stopped breathing and he had to remind her to breathe. He wondered if he would ever get used to that.
"So you can obviously cook too" she almost blamed him, for what she didn't know.
"I take it you are not happy with that".
"No, it's just that you are so perfect. You can do anything".
"Well thank you for the compliment" and he looked up to smile at her and then resumed his chopping.
Miyu took her time to drink him in; he was really an exquisite sight, too handsome to be real. No wonder I was so affected by him. Watching him chop vegetables in her kitchen gave her a feeling of being couples, like newly married couples and she blushed at the idea. Great Miyu not even 24 hours into the relationship and he is making you think about marriage.
"A penny for your thought" she looked up to see he was watching her intently. She tried to scowl at him but failed massively so ignored him.
"No problem, I can pretty much guess what you were thinking" and he gave her that carefree smile not his usual cold smile that did not reach his eyes, the smile she had fallen in love with. She had assumed that things would change after last night but she was glad to find that they were still their same old bickering, arguing, fighting selves. They talked and played card games loosing the track of time when they were suddenly pulled back into the reality as the doorbell rang.
Miyu frowned as he stood up to open the door. She headed back to her room to change into cloths; she was still wrapped in her towel gown when she heard familiar voices coming from the living room. It seemed like her whole group was here. She headed back and almost had a panic attack when she realised that Kanata was still wearing clothes from last night and none of them were stupid to not guess why he hadn't changed and why he was in her house. They would take less than a second to comprehend what was going on and suddenly she was too embarrassed to go down so she turned back to her room instead but she was stopped by strong, firm hands.
Turning around she saw Kanata holding her, he seemed to have guessed her source of embarrassment and he gave her a reassuring smile. Literally dragging her down the steps along with him he made his way back to the living room where their friends were waiting for her. A quick glance around the room told her that everyone was here. "Hey Miyu, you were superb last night" she received hugs from her best friends and everyone was kind enough not to comment on neither her ring nor Kanata's cloths or his presence and she began to relax.
"Nanami, what are you doing?" asked Miyu as her friend held her at arm's length, scrutinising her from head to toe.
"You look different Miyu" she said in her very own matter of fact tone "You know we came here to surprise you but you surprised us instead. Well, not exactly a surprise since we knew it would happen sooner or later. But I'm happy that you both decided to take it further finally" she hugged her again.
Miyu beamed at her and from the corner of her eye looked at Kanata who was deeply engrossed with Santa. As if sensing her gaze he turned in her direction, winked at her & then resumed his talk with his best friend.
"Girl, you've got it bad" commented Aya as Miyu blushed.
Kanata looked at her again, a blushing Miyu was new for him and it seemed like he couldn't have enough of that. She looked so cute, so adorable that he wanted to kiss her. Heck I can kiss her anytime I want she's my girlfriend after all he thought as he walked over to where she was talking with the rest of her girl friends. He tapped on her shoulder.
"Care to join me in the kitchen" he asked. She looked at him quizzically "we should prepare snacks for everyone" he suggested and she told her friends to make themselves comfortable to which they agreed happily and stalked him to kitchen. "Kanata you know I am hopeless in the kitchen why did you ask me to join you?" "Oh I just wanted to do this" she was ready with another question but it never came as his lips met hers, rendering her speechless. Surprised she forgot to breathe again.
"Breathe Miyu, breathe" he told her in between his kisses as she melted in his arms. "Let's see what we can do. Can't have them waiting for too long or else they'll get ideas what is stopping us" he teased her making her blush further.
He started preparing sandwiches while she ensured there were soft drinks in her freezer, which was about all she could do in there so she just stared at him while he gracefully moved around in her kitchen preparing snacks for their friends. Sometimes he looked up catching her ogling at him making her blush now and then. It was one of the best days as she spent half of the day with Kanata and rest with all her friends but sadly it came to an end as they all retired for the evening. Kanata lingered till the very end, promising to call her once he reached home. Sure enough he did and they talked till she fell asleep to him singing a lullaby for her.
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She was looking around when she felt someone come and stand beside her. Kanata is early she thought as she turned to face him and stopped breathing when she realised who it was.
"I see you've grown into a very beautiful girl, little Miyu".
Her heart was beating so fast she feared it will burst if it kept that pace while fear paralysed her.
"You don't seem happy to see me" Seiya said in a mock hurt tone "don't worry little Miyu, I'm not here to torment you. As I always said, you are very special to me and I was devastated to find out that you had left but don't worry I'm here now and I plan to make up for all the time lost"
"Please, why are you here? Why can't you leave me alone?" she couldn't help noticing the desperation in her voice.