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Now were we go with Chapter one. Hope you like it.
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We were walking back to our apartment, we purposely made the taxi stop five blocks before we get home because we got the knack of walking after a date, so we walked. It was almost two in the morning now.
"It was an amazing night! Thank you Otani!" Koizumi said as she clung to my arm, I had my hands in my pockets and my jacket was around her shoulders. to keept her warms. After six years I had managed to grow a few inches and she had stopped growing but still she was taller than me. The difference wasn't so abysmal anymore but she still towered over me if she wanted to. She still had to bent to kiss me or I had to create some genius way to kiss her.
Risa was taller than me.
And always will be.
A part of me was mad at this, not at her but just the fact. For once I wanted to be taller than her so I could just bend down like a normal guy and kiss her… and don't be embarrassed at it. I know that most of the troubles on our relationship weren't due to our height but… it just pissed me off at times. However, today was not of those days.
"You are welcome. After all with all those classes and your photoshots we had been quite busy I wanted to make something special."
"And you did. The food was amazing and—I just had a great time." Risa was all smiles as we walked and I was happy too. I had chosen the perfect girl to be with.
"Im just so proud of you." I said smugly.
"Why, what for?"
"For choosing such an amazing guy to be with, you are always so stupid I guess you could have ruined it all, like going for Kohori that is."
She kicked me hard and I growled at her under my eyelashes.
"I was just saying!"
"Oh, shut up! If I hadn't showed up you in your life you probably would have ended with that ex girlfriend of yours!"
"Impossible! She likes the mutant!"
"Or with Mimi-chan!"
"She's like a demon in disguise, Risa! Besides she's as tall as a giraffe! She scared the hell out of me."
"I'm tall too so that makes me a giraffe?!"
"Of course!"
"You little midget, is that the way to talk to your girlfriend?!"
Risa stomped off, we were just two blocks away from the building of our apartment and I sighed as I watched her go before I caught to her and took her hand.
"But… your my giraffe. So… its fine." I said nonchalantly as I walked and I heard Koizumi open and close her mouth before she laughed a bit.
"Sometimes you—"
Whatever she was about to say died when two guys came walking our way shouting things, they were clearly drunk so Risa walked to be my side and I positioned myself in between them and her just in case. It gave me comfort than even if she was taller she always came for me seeking protection. It made my heart warm. It made me feel like the man I should be for her.
I kept talking to her not minding the world.
"I was thinking on getting a break from school, the kids my grade are going to a field trip with their literature teacher, so we could have a week off."
"Really? That would be great! In the agency I just finished my work so I have like ten days off before going back to normal."
I was in thought for a moment. "So what if we go to Osaka? Or Tokio? Its been a while since we have gone there."
Koizumi was about to answer when the guys in front of us stopped just when we were about to pass them.
"Who's the pretty girl?"
"And she's walking hand by haaandddd with the midget!" The other replied.
My eyes twitched and turned, Risa tugged at my arm but I didn't mind.
"Whatdidyousaid?!" For the way I was talking I might have sounded drunk too.
"What you heard shrimp!" Both of them were taller than me but I didn't mind, not one bit.
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I tried to tug him away but he was stronger than me and stayed put, he hated to be called things, I know, we all know but why does he wants to get in a fight?
"Otani…."
"Oi! Pretty girl over there, care leaving the shrimp and come with us?"
"You—"
One of them pushed Otani harshly on the chest and made him stumble back letting go of my hand for not bring me down with him, the other guy advanced on him and I snapped to the other one that remained.
How I wish we could have just took the taxi straight to the building!
"What are you doing? Leave us alone."
"Better leave with us, sweetheart." One of the man said with a sickening smile and involuntary I took a step back. Mistake. "We'll have fun."
He grabbed my hand and yelped a bit at the strength and fumbled to get away.
"Let go." I could hear Otani's voice calling me but as I wanted to turn away the other hand came to rest on my cheek stopping me. The smell of alcohol made me sick.
"GEY AWAY!"
"My my, if I was just wondering why were you so tall and fancy…."
Suddenly I couldn't talk anymore. I tugged at my arm in vain.
"Cause there are only three reason you would be with him..." My eyes grew wide. "Either you are model, abnormal or a slut and I will go for the last one."
My eyes grew open and before I know it the strength on my arm was gone and instead Otani was in front of me, he was furious as he shouted at the man on the floor.
"You take that back, NOW!"
The man on the floor just chuckled as he tried to gain his balance and failing at it. I tugged Otani's shirt.
"It's the truth!"
"TAKE IT BACK, YOU IDIOT, NO ONE TALKS TO HER LIKE THAT!"
"I JUST DID, MIDGET."
"YOU REALLY WANT TO END WITHOUT A FACE?"
"O-Otani…" I said and he snapped back at me and stopped. If I had been thinking I would have noticed that he wasn't mad at being called midget. He was mad because of what he had said to me.
"Risa…"
"Lets just go."
"But he—!"
"Please." I said as I looked into his eyes, after a second Otani grumbled and before he turned he kicked swiftly the guy to the floor again.
"If I see you again I swear…" Otani was just so mad, so enraged that words could barely leave his mouth, he just turned as he took my hand and walked away fast, Otani kept giving glances over his shoulders and finally turned on the corner.
We were just a few meters away from the door of our building apartment when we heard them. We didn't turn we ran the few meters that would lead us to safiety but they were close one of them shouted and I dared to turn around and I tripped.
I panicked and Otani, who was still holding my hand pushed me back to my feet with all his might and when they were upon us Otani out of reflex pushed me hard to the wall as I stumbled to the side, just a few feet away from the staircase.
"Risa, get inside." I heard him say and after that I could barely see a glimpse of his read hair.
So I from the floor I witnessed how the two of drunk man beat him up.
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There! Quite a cliffhanger! But worry not Chapter three is already written.
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