Hey Guys! I want you guys to know that I don't want you to hate Mikage... Like I said, I like his character and his fatherly ways. So don't hate him.. ( Yet. Nope, Kidding. Don't hate him. Haha )

22. Lets Skate

Tomoe sat down on a park bench and pulled his knees to his chest. He had finally gotten his emotions together but didn't mean he felt okay now. He swallowed and tried not to let his emotions pour out again.

His throat was dry but he didn't care. He didn't want to go back home, It was cold there and a mess. Nanami was probably there; worrying.

Tomoe breathed out, his breath fogging because of the rainy weather. He cuddled his torso and let his tail wrap around his legs as he shivered. To be honest he could get ill in this type of weather but he didn't want to move.

Kurama and Mizuki were probably shocked or maybe even mad at him. The foxes mind flashed with their teasing and he swallowed, How in the world did they find out about that..

Kiss?

He was so embarrassed he wanted to crawl up in a hole and bite his lip. The cold air made Tomoe's clothes slightly damp but he didn't care. He was cold though, His body was shaking and he knew if he didn't move he would get sick.

Tomoe moaned as he stood up and froze. He narrowed his eyes and paused, Kurama and Mizuki ran up to him, Their coats in their hands. He knew it was cold so what were they doing?

"Tomoe-Kun!" Mizuki screamed and stopped in front of him; breathing heavily.

"Hey.." Kurama said panting, he tried to caught his breath without choking.

The fox blinked and shivered in his lite jacket, What where they doing here? He didn't understand; He threw his phone at-

Before he could finish his thoughts Kurama handed him his phone and winced, " Dude. You have an arm." He rubbed his chest where Tomoe hit him and smiled, " Take it."

The fox reached forward and gripped the cold metal, he was surprised it wasn't broken; not a scratch was on it. He sighed and stuffed it in his pocket; suddenly feeling foolish for running off like an idiot. He hoped his face didn't give away his recent tear fall.

He swallowed as Mizuki looked him in the eye, " Tomoe-Kun, We don't know whats going on; but you shouldn't go through it by yourself."

Tomoe looked at him and shook his head, " I'm fine. I just needed to cool down." He muttered slightly, looking around at the rainy weather.

Mizuki sighed, ' Mom checked you out; you better be glad she's the owner of the school."

Kurama shivered and shrugged into his coat, " I'd say you needed to cool down. Its freezing out here."

Tomoe shrugged his shoulders and sighed, " Its not that bad."

Mizuki nodded," Yeah, I like this weather."

Kurama glared at them both, " Well, excuse me for not liking swamp weather or having fox-fire in my veins."

Both teens shrugged their shoulders making Kurama glare at them. He sighed out and then winced, Tomoe looked at them both and then paused. hsi blood ran cold before the back of his neck burned. He looked down and opened his mouth slightly.

"How..." He paused and swallowed a shis face burned, " How did you guys know about that kiss?"

Kurama looked a him as Mizuki smiled slightly, " Security cameras."

The fox jerked his head up and he looked mortified, " YOU WATCHED IT!?" He fumed and clenched his fists, only to watch Kurama start laughing. The fox felt himself blush, they saw everything?! They saw him... Bite her.. His embarrassment grew as he growled and tried to cover his blush.

"Dude, You didn't look like you would let her breath. Touching your ears sure gets you going." He chuckled and then sighed, " You should tell her about your ears, Then she'd stop."

Mizuki smirked," Or he doesn't want to tell her."

Tomoe's fur bristled as he glared at the snake, " THATS NOT IT!" He looked away from them and sighed heavily, There was no explaining to these idiots, " Nanami is my Best Friend, She's having family issues so she's staying with us; but you guys know that already." He muttered the last part and Kurama sighed.

"What type of family problems?"

Tomoe paused, his body went rigged and he sighed, " You would have to ask her that. I'm not at liberty to tell."

"Because your having problems too?" Mizuki asked innocently.

Tomoe looked at him shocked but soon recomposed himself, His voice dropped and he swallowed, " N-No." He paused and cursed. His voice cracked a bit but he only pulled on a fake smile and looked away from them,

"Like I said before. I just needed to cool down."

Kurama sighed, " Is it because we teased you about kissing Nanami with your tongue?"

Tomoe glared at him, " How is it that you can sound concerned and yet so sarcastic at the same time?"

The Tengu smiled, " Its a gift."

The fox glared at him as his fox-fire danced on his finger tips. He was getting irritated with this feathered idiot. He ground his teeth together and paused when he heard something. Mizuki heard it to while Kurama was already turning around to see what it was.

Tomoe blinked when he saw Nanami running up with one of her smiles. She smiled brightly as she neared then; she stopped and Tomoe rolled his eyes. It was typical that she would be wearing stockings and a skirt; She smiled at them and held up four tickets.

"Hey Guys! Guess what!" She smiled and waved the tickets, " I got skating tickets, Why don't we go?"

Kurama smiled while Mizuki nodded in agreement; the only one that didn't say anything was Tomoe. His eyes grew wide and his body tensed. No way.. THERE WAS NO WAY!

Why?

He had no idea how to skate..

Tomoe felt himself sit in the booth at the skateing rink. He was not moving, He wasn't even going to try, it would just embarrass him and that wasn't something he was not going to risk.

Nanami sped up to him wearing hers, she was smiling as he sipped his soda and spared her a glance. She sighed and taped his shoulder.

He looked at her in the eye and mouthed the words, 'Not on Your Life'

Nanami pouted and sighed. Tomoe watched Mizuki and Kurama skate by on the rink. He rolled his violet eyes as waitresses checked him out as they passed by. He tail flattened to his figure as his ears flattened. Kurama could skate backwards while Mizuki seemed to suceed in doing it sideways.

The fox gagged, They made him sick in a way. Mizuki's mom taught both of them how to skate and Tomoe never learned because he was more of the person to watch and observe. His father had asked him but the child only shook his head and watched idoly.

It amazed him how they could stand and not topple over on their hind-ends without breaking something valuable.

He glared as Mizuki zoomed by, giving him a mocking look. The fox narrowed his eyes and looked away; only to see Nanami still standing there.

He arched his brow as Nanami reached her hand out and gripped his ear.

If you paid close attention you could hear Kurama hit a wall and Mizuki fall on his butt.

Tomoe blushed and started to ply her fingers away until he realized what she was doing. She pinched his ear and instead of feeling his homones rile up he felt pain. The kitsune yelped as Nanami dragged him to the skate counter.

The girl smiled and handed the staff a skate ticket. Tomoe glared at her and then yelped when she pinched harder. He winced as she told them his size. The fox started to back up as Nanami let go. He shook his head.

"Nanami, Its a no. Its not-" Before he could finish his sentence Nanami pouted and made him fall on his butt. He blinked as she started to put the skates on his feet.

"NANAMI!" He screeched, 'S-Stop it!"

Her hands brushed his tail away from his legs and his body went stiff, His face distorted in a , Oh My God She touching.. ''It'' ' Look, as she tugged it away and laid it beside him. Tomoe felt his face warm as his tail tucked behind him, far from Nanami's hands.

"D-D-Don't do That!" He stuttered out. Tomoe cursed and looked down at his feet and then back at Nanami who was smiling.

"Come on!" She stood up with ease and offered her hand. Tomoe looked at it and then glared at her. He grunted and looked at the table. He would stand up and make it to the table without interuptions! He gripped her hand and nearly yelped when he slipped.

Crap, His plan was NOT going to happen.

He blushed in embarrassment as his nails scraped into a nearbye wall, He gripped onto it for dear life, his eyes showing mortal terror. Nanami giggled as she twirled around him.

"Just marchin place!" She smiled and offered her hand again.

" There is no way thats going to happen!" Tomoe half screamed, Half whined. The girl pouted and grabbed his clawed his hand and started to skate him towards the rink. He blinked in shock and suddenly put both the stoppers down.

Nanami gasped as they both fell to the floor. Tomoe slammed on his stomach while the girl slipped in front of him. The fox maoned in pain and then looked ahead at Nanami. She was glaring at him, He swallowed for some reason as the girl pinched his ear again and yanked him towards the rink once again.

"Don't you dare do that again." Nanami said a little to cheerfully.

The foxes ears flopped in surpirse as she let his feet hit the slippery floor. He yelped out again and grabbed the stone wall. His claws dung in as his ears flattened and his tail trembled.

His feet slipped around underneath him as Nanami skated beside him.

The fox glared at Nanami annoyed; he didn't want to be on this floor! He wasn't even planning on skating..His foot slipped and he ground his teeth. Tomoe stomach flopped as he saw the table that seemed to be his saftey mark; sadly he was on the other side of the huge room.

Nanami looked at the fox as he tried to stay upright with dignity. It wasn't happening as he planning though. His feet kept slipping about and his face showed something close to the word, Terror' She giggled to herself.

All the years she had known Tomoe she had known that he didn't know how to skate; he never told her so but one picks up on things over time. It was something he never had went to do or found enjoyment out of; plus when she went he wouldn't come with her. he would always have some excuse, thats when she figured that he didn't know how to skate and it was weighing on his Ego.

"Need help?" She asked as she skated beside him.

He sent her a glare and tried to stand up straight. He gained his balance for a few seconds to do so and then crossed his arms, " Certainly not. I am getting off and I am staying off." He ground his teeth and Nanami shook her head.

"Your ruining your perfect teeth." She chided.

Thats when both Teens remembered that his perfect teeh bit into Nanami's lip and neck. They looked away from each other and tried to focus on the matter at hand..

Skating.

Tomoe tried to make it to the entrance but failed miserably. He leaned against the wall and winced as the skates started to roll under him. He panicked and grabbed the wall again, a small yelp left his lips as he flopped on his tail and made a pianed face.

Nanami grimaced and skated up to him, " Give me your hands."

The fox looked at her and then looked away before he put his hands in hers. She pulled and ground her own teeth, " Put the stopper down and then boost yourself up."

Tomoe did and after a few slips and falls he was upright and breathing in panic. Nanami looked at him as he looked away from her.

Never in his life had he ever looked this helpless in front of her. She was her best friend, The Yokai best friend that didn't have any problems with anything. He whimpered and mumbled something about hating this whole idea. It was humilating and he wanted to leave. This was why he never skated, because there was the fact of falling in front of everyone.

The brown haired girl laughed as she tied her hair up in pigtails. She then grabbed his hand and started to skate them towards a wall. Tomoe wouldn't even look at her for bringing him on the floor. Nanami poked his shoulder and he moaned in annoyance.

She giggled and skated so that she could see his face. Tomoe quickly looked away but not before she could see his face. His pale skin was tinged pink which only made her laugh.

"Are you embarrassed?"

He growled and looked away from her irritated. She got it.. He never did this before and he kind of looked funny slippng like he was. She covered her mouth and tried not to laugh.

"It is not funny." He spat out annoyed, " I'm up here because you bragged me." He swore out and Nanami stopped laughing. She swallowed at the look of his annoyance and she grabbed his hand.

He looked at her as she started to skate backwards; She pulled him along and smiled. He rolled his violet eyes as Mizuki and Kurama whooped and Howled in the background, Cheering him to make a move..

Which he had no intention of doing.

He groaned when they started to glide slightly. Nanami smiled and made sure they didn't go to fast. Tomoe didn't even try to move; he knew if he did he would slip and fall on his already pained tail.

"Turn your foot." Nanami intructed.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Tomoe swore out as he looked at his feet. Nanami kicked his skate lightly until it pointed the right direction. The fox wiggled a bit and grabbed the wall before he made a fool of himself. The girl smiled and gripped his clawed hands.

The lights changed to a darker blue as red flashed a bit as the song changed to something more upbeat.

Nanami did a side step and smiled as Tomoe stared at her annoyed.

Here she was dancing while he was grabbed the wall for dear life, he couldn't move.. His feet kept wabbling and if his father was here? He would be making his embarrassment grow with his goofy nature.

The girl grabbed Tomoe's hand and Mizuki smirked and elbowed Kurama in the side. They both tried not to laugh as the two teens glided to an open spot. They watched as Nanami fixed Tomoe skates so that he could turn; then she twirled them in a circle.

The fox grasped Nanami's hands tightly as they seemed to dance on the floor ( Dispite his little slips ) He chewed his lip as he looked down at his feet; not wanting to hurt his friend by falling down on his pride. ( Which he already had done; A lot.. )

" Look a me and calm down. Your hands are tensed.." Nanami smiled and Tomeo looked up. They looked at each other and he titled his head to the side a bit..

Nanami watched him and blinked. The neon lights flashed across his beautiful white hair; his eyes seemed to sparkle with the lights and she felt herself giggle at his innocent look. He truly did look Adorable.

But then again, When he looked up from the floor at her; With his bangs shifting slightly?

He looked Hot.. It was attractive; and Nanami hardly even knew what attractive was. Nanami giggled, So thats what some girls thought huh? She paused... Why did she think that? Tomoe was her best friend, In fact he almost knew everything about her. Nanami sighed, Almost everything. She never let him see how she could feel depressed.

They were friends since they were small; and this was their first time they did something like skate. She had to remember this forever. They had a nice friendship and she was happy with it. She smiled as Tomoe looked at her and bit his lip, his sharp kanine poking out of his lip as he winced.

Their fingers entwined as they turned again. Tomoe looked at Nanami and paused, his breathing hitched slightly before he looked away. This was so stupid.. He felt like an idiot.

Their faces got close as they turned again. Tomoe looked at her slighlty and Nanami accidently slipped. Her hand gripped Tomoes ear and he growled, His head titled as he started to lean in, his eyes slitted and Nanami paused.

Their lips got close but before anything could happen a kid skated by and shoved Tomoe. He yelped and slipped backwards; landing on his tail. He ground his teeth and whimpered; Nanami watched him glare at the child and hiss secretly to himself.

The brown haired girl started to laugh as Tomoe looked at her and then lifted up his hand for support. Nanami pulled him up and he put the stopped down.

Mizuki skated up to them and looked at Tomoe with a, 'What was that? A heated moment I see?' or at least thats what Tomoe thought he was thinking. it could have been possible since when Kurama skated up he was smirking too.

"You guys okay?" Mizuki asked innocently.

Nanami nodded as Tomoe winced and tried to move his bruised tail. It wagged and he yelped at the movement. The girl looked at him ad Kurama grimaced, " I think you need to sit down."

Mizuki nodded in agreement as he helped Nanami skate Tomoe to the table. The fox sat down and pulled his skates off rather quickly; He chucked them to the side and winced as he pulled his real shoes back on.

He winced as he shifted to a side because of his tail. Nanami skated up and sat down across from him. He looked at her while she sipped her soda.

The fox sighed and winced. The silence was awkward so thats when Tomoe's phone rang he sighed in releif. He answered it without looking.

"Hello?" He tried to sound causal after all the pain. Plus there was music blareing the background.

"Tomoe? Where are you?" A familiar voice questioned on the other side of the phone.

"Dad?" Tomoe spat out quickly before standing up from the table and walking outside the building, " What is it?"

Mikage giggled on the other side, " I asked first!" Tomoe could tell the man was laughing on the other side and the fox ground his teeth. He wasn't going to laugh back, not this time.

"I'm out with some friends, At the.." He looked at the sign and groaned, " The Skating rink."

There was a silence before Mikage squealed, Tomoe shuddered as the sound periced his sensitive ear. He pulled it away until the tormoil ended.

"Why are you calling dad?" Tomoe asked. It came out a bit more bitter than he wanted but thats how he felt about his father right now. He could tell his father pouted because th eline grew quiet.

"I thought I would be gone for a while but." He paused and Tomoe's ears perked.

"But?" he asked a little to quickly.

"I'll be back in a few hours. So be home!" He smiled on the other side and Tomoe felt his tal wag.

His dad was coming home.

He was coming Home...