Hi Readers! I must admit that at first I was a tad but disappointed that I didn't have many readers and even the few reading this didn't drop a review... Then I realised that as long as this story has readers, even in a small number, I would still write this story... Or so I hope...

So, here's your chapter 4... Enjoy reading!

It was a 30 minute long drive to the carnival. They talked very little. Rather, it was Tomoyo who did most of the speaking which was predominantly about what happened in school last week. Touya was clever to distract himself from the influence the air had around him and Tomoyo by switching on the radio. Why was he feeling so tensed around her...? Was it her exposed thighs...? Touya was furious with his own cheap, low perverted mind. How could he?! She was, after all, his little sister's best friend! Seven years of age gap! Touya kept reminding him of the age gap just to prove to himself how impossible it was for a relationship to develop between them.

They reached the destination. The moment they entered, he found almost every one around turning to see them in awe. Some of them were even whispering to their companions and it wasn't hard for Touya to guess that they were talking about them. Tomoyo was a beauty indescribable in words, not to mention her attention grabbing attire. And he knew he was quite a head-turner himself.

A few hadn't even realized that their whispers weren't low enough to escape the couple's eardrums. "So cute!" "Mom! Look there!" "Such a cute couple!"

All Touya could hope was that his face remained unaffected especially after he noticed Tomoyo blushing.

"Woah! Lookkit here!". Touya was alarmed to hear a male voice behind. He noticed that a bunch of guys were ogling at Tomoyo, rather at her exposed fair skin beneath her hips. He totally lost it. The bunch of perverts almost trembled when they saw Touya's scorching glare. He marched few steps towards them wondering which fool amongst the lot deserved to be punched first. The goons didn't give him any chance for physical assault, they simply ran away. Noticing Touya's threatening stance, Tomoyo was alarmed.

"Touya...?" she called as she neared him, "Is everything alright?"

NO, it's NOT! His mind bellowed. He wordlessly turned around and started walking into the hoards of shops without even glancing at Tomoyo. He didn't want to intimidate her with his temper.

"Ah!" Tomoyo exclaimed at his reaction. It was his misfortune that she got, in fact, intimidated by his wordless stance. She gulped and followed his pursuit. "What happened? Did I do something wrong?" the worried girl asked.

Touya still refused to look at her. He only kept marching forward. Don't say it. Don't say it. "It's not about what you did" Shut your f***ing mouth! "but about what you're wearing" Damn! You jerk! Why did you even say that?! You'd scare her away! Besides, what right do you have to comment on her attire in the first place?!

Tomoyo was clearly shaken by his statement. It really took her off guard. It took him a while to realize that Tomoyo was no longer following him. He turned around and only to find that she was gone. His heart sank to the bottom of the earth. Not even a minute inside the carnival and he just ruined a perfectly planned date. What's wrong with him anyway?! Why can't he be moral like the other guys and take things coolly?! And why did he have to get pissed over a pair of shorts Tomoyo was wearing? It was not even inappropriate! Besides, who doesn't wear them, anyway!? For God's sake, Sakura owns more number of shorts than any other clothes!

It wasn't hard for Touya to guess that she'd be heading to her house already. He was such a jerk! No wonder Kaho dumped him. Which girl would want to date a narrow-minded fool like him? But he couldn't just leave the place. He started weighing the consequences of calling her. He took out his mobile phone and kept staring at the screen as if it would come up with a useful suggestion. But wait... She wouldn't have gotten far within the time, would she? May be he should go after her and apologize. And that would be so embarrassing... But what if he simply got back home and act as if nothing happened? That would be easier but only for a short while. His dad would figure out something went wrong if he found him back at home and alone... No... He should go after her and apologize... That's right...

Sound of quick footsteps shook him out of his thoughts and there stood the very object of his anxiety but costumed in a simple, yellow, half-sleeved woollen shirt and a long, ankle-length, brown skirt instead. Somehow the blue shoes didn't look odd and out of place on her despite the color of her dress. Touya was stunned by her unexpected return, her new clothes and how beautiful she looked in them. The girl took a moment to catch her breathe after a minute long running. She saved the trouble of him asking her by saying, "Something told me I might need another set of clothes"

Seconds passed in silence before he opened his mouth, "You really didn't have to-"

She interrupted by saying, "I feel more comfortable now" which was not true. She was equally comfortable with shorts. Just that she found Touya uncomfortable with her in the dress when she wore them in public that made her change it right away. She didn't realize till then, how important Touya's opinion was to her.

Touya was rendered speechless yet again. How many times was she going to stump him like this? He knew that no ordinary girl would have put up with his age old ideas. He was never against girls wearing shorts and that included his sister. But strangely he was dead against Tomoyo wearing anything exposing. Goddammit! Touya cursed himself. If he wasn't ashamed enough till a minute ago, Tomoyo's empathy only shamed him more. She actually changed her dress to something which was anything but exposing the next minute, just because he didn't approve her exposing ones!

All he could say was, "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to-"

She interrupted him again, "There's nothing for you to apologize. You were only acting in my best interest. I know you wouldn't have acted like that if those guys weren't acting the way they did"

How empathetic! Just like mom! Touya eyebrows raised in surprise as his gaze bore into hers.

Seconds ticked away like hours before Tomoyo said, her eyes twinkling in amusement, lips smirking and tone teasing, "Are we going to keep standing like this all day...?"

That relaxed Touya's facial features as a grin broke out. "Let's go" he said as he held out his hand. Tomoyo was only eager to grab it both finally started their adventure together in the carnival. From shooting the duck to ferry wheel, they tried almost everything. Both felt at ease with each other when they played various games together. Neither Touya nor Tomoyo could remember the last time they had so much fun. Amidst the excitement, Touya didn't fail to tape her. When he was clicking pictures of Tomoyo, Tomoyo demanded that she should take pictures of him, which he reluctantly consented. He was never one in front of camera although he'd enjoy being behind it. He didn't want to disappoint Tomoyo so he managed to make causal poses and make his infamous and all the more sexy smile making the girl's stomach do somersaults. Her mind was flooded with wildest imaginations all having Touya being intimate with her. She was blushing furiously but all she could hope was that it should remain unnoticed. There came a middle – aged couple with a camera, politely requesting Touya to click pictures of them. He agreed and kept his own camera inside his pocket. After he clicked a few shots of them, they thanked him and offered him to click pictures of him and Tomoyo. He blinked once before nodding. Touya went and stood beside Tomoyo at distance of half a feet.

The man chuckled and politely suggested, "Shy are we? Draping her shoulder with your arm would look better". His wife nodded in agreement.

Touya hesitated for a moment. Having seen no negative reaction from Tomoyo, he dared the gamble. Her instant leaning into his hold both surprised and pleased him. He relaxed and put on back the casual look in his face.

As the wife smiled widely, the husband said, "Now that's more like it!". After clicking a couple of shots, the couple left after returning the camera to Touya. Both him and Tomoyo heard what the man was telling his wife as they walked of "They're just as shy as we were on our first date... Reminds me of those days..."

Okay, that was pretty embarrassing even for Touya. The entire universe, except him and Tomoyo is convinced that they're a couple. As much as they enjoyed, the day had come to an end almost too soon. They had to get back home and start preparing for dinner.

"Are you OK with cooking tonight...? We could always order pizza" said he during their drive back home.

Tomoyo said with a chuckle, "I know what gave you the idea. I'm not tired at all. I can cook".

She's too darn smart for her age! Touya thought. "Don't push yourself so hard. Sakura, dad and the brat would be just fine with pizza".

"You do know, Touya, that nothing, not even you, can stop me from my favorite hobby" she teased.

Touya couldn't help the smirk after hearing that. "Only if you let me do half the cooking"

"Touya..." Tomoyo drawled in a warning tone.

"Tomoyo..." Touya drawled back.

"You could always do the cleaning"

"Nope. That's always Sakura's department"

"You meanie!"

Touya merely chuckled at that. Both didn't fail to notice that their conversation was like those of a wedded couple. That silenced them both for some time after which they reached the house.

Tomoyo didn't take any break. She wore the apron and started off with cooking. Touya did his best not to get noticed by her of his staring. She looked so beautiful and she resembled and behaved so much like his mom, that made her look like the most perfect form of lawful wedded wife. Which she is not, genius! His mind warned him that he was letting his horses of imagination run off too far. That didn't stop him at all from daydreaming of hugging her from behind while she was at the stove, trailing soft kisses on her soft nape, neck and then to her shoulder enticing sweet giggles out of her. How his hands would feel as it roamed up her clothed, flat stomach, towards...

Touya shut his eyes driving away the demonic thoughts. FOCUS! He mentally yelled at himself and continued with his part of the chore. The dinner was ready in a short while. Fujitaka who was away for a short while, was the first one to come who was followed by the Sakura and Syaoran.

"Ahhh! Lovely smell!" Sakura said as she entered the kitchen.

"Welcome, monster. You're right it time for cleaning" teased Touya.

Sakura glared at her brother and stuck out her at him. Then she smiled at Tomoyo and said, "If guys have done all the cooking, then I should at least be doing the cleaning"

It was when Syaoran entered the kitchen. Before Touya could react, Tomoyo was quick to whisper in a warning but gentle tone, "Touya, be nice". God knew what calmed him the next instant that made him wordlessly ignore his little sister's boyfriend.

They had a nice chat throughout the dinner, even though Touya and Syaoran never talked directly to one another. Touya was glad that he got his promised two servings of the cake apart from the portion he stole from Sakura, much to her annoyance. She was whining and complaining how evil her elder sibling was when all she did was waiting the whole day to have her share of the cake.

"I'll bake you a new one, Sakura" said Tomoyo who was sweating anime style.

"You're just being awfully kind to her" teased Touya.

Tomoyo let out an exaggerated sigh and teased back, "Well, I must make up for your evil ways, by being overly nice with her, just to strike the balance". That earned an amused chuckle from the eldest Kinomoto (Fujitaka) while making the junior Kinomoto (Touya) smile. With this little crowd, Fujitaka felt that his family was already complete. He wondered if this is how it's going to be all the way down the years after the marriage of his children.

It was already 9 PM and upon Touya's stubborn insistence, Tomoyo called her bodyguards to inform that she'd be dropped by Touya.

His heart was sinking as they neared her house. They hadn't talked much during the drive and all of a sudden, the route to Tomoyo's house seems very short to him.

"Here we are" said he in regret as he pulled over in at the gate of her house.

"Thanks for the ride... And for the trip to carnival, for the dinner... For everything"

Touya raised his brows and teased, "Sounds like a farewell speech"

Tomoyo chuckled and said, "We'll it's not! At least, I didn't intend it to be"

"Yeah, I know" Touya shrugged.

Tomoyo sighed. "I had so much fun today... Don't remember the last time I had so much fun. It's almost like a dream"

Touya wondered how was that the girl said exactly how he was feeling at that moment. "I feel the same" was all he said.

"You surely made up for all the cookies I made for you". This rendered the man speechless. It was merely an excuse he came up with to ask her out.

Touya's silence worried the girl. So,Touya...? Is it all over, between us...? Are we ever gonna see each-

"Now that I've had a lot of your cheesecake, which happens to be the best ones I've ever had, I think I should be making up to you for those too" Touya hinted.

Tomoyo's heart started beating fast as she said with a chuckle, "What do you have in mind?"

"Ah... Not much of a plan really... But I do have this shopping agenda that I have in line"

"Shopping what?"

"Clothes... And may be a new pair of shoes..." he smirked and said, "I might need an expert to get me those that are trending. Fashion is not my forte, you know"

Tomoyo smirked back and said, "Ready when you are"

"Sunday?"

"Saturday. I have a test on Monday" said she biting her lower lip expectantly.

"Then Saturday it is. Let's meet at the Square Mall after breakfast"

"Then do shopping during the noon, followed by lunch"

"Movie in the afternoon"

"Deal!"

And before their first date was over they were already in for the second. Tomoyo hopped out of the car and entered the campus through the open iron gates. Only after seeing her surrounded by her bodyguards did he leave the place. He knew he was going to look forward to the weekend throughout the weekdays. But what was he going to do between Monday and Friday other than slog like a dog at office? May be he could text or even call her once in a while, just to know how she's doing. Touya was wearing a smile all his way back home.

So...? How was it...? Lame...? Boring...? Slow...?

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