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AN: This short takes place during the spring break.

Serene Days | Chapter 7.5: Just The Usual ~Couple Things~

Kyousuke:

The rain was pouring down heavily onto the roof of the apartment, clattering against the old and worn tiles as I waited impatiently. I questioned my patience as I continued to tap my fingers on the table to the beat of my favorite song. I usually considered myself patient because, with queues or friends, I could usually wait a long while and not be irritated, but in this case, I'm getting more and more nervous and unsettled the more time passes by…

My attention was suddenly whisked away when the sound of two loud knocks on my door temporarily muted the clattering of the tiles outside. Noticing the sounds immediately, I frantically scrambled over the 'living room' area of my room to go open the door.

"Kirino quickly come in! Here I got a towel ready". I grabbed a towel I had prepared in advance from the clothes rack and covered my girlfriend's head with it. As she took off her rain jacket and shoes, I gently dried off the back of her flowing hair which was glistening more than ever thanks to the raindrops embedded in it.

By the time I was done drying the back of her hair, she grabbed the towel and began to dry the front of her head herself. "Thanks, Kyousuke, it was really pouring out there…"

"If the rain was so heavy, you didn't have to come you know? It would be bad if you caught a cold or worse…"

With that remark, I turned to see that Kirino began to pout at me. I quickly replayed what I had said in my mind and realized my mistake. She had been wanting to come the entire time this week, but I had her waiting because I was heavily occupied with my university's matching work.

As Kirino continued to pout and dry her hair, I sneaked behind her and covered her face and eyes with another towel. Before she could react, I moved in and gave her a big hug. I expected some sort of flailing at first, but instead, Kirino just let her body relax as her arms dangled to the side, showing no intention of fighting the sudden hug.

After several seconds, I let go and took the towel off her face. As I predicted, my hug had effectively ended her pout and replaced it with a warm, bright smile. I couldn't help but smile back in response as I also missed Kirino dearly during that long bout of university work, and now that she's finally here, I'm going to spoil her beyond oblivion.

Most of the food I've eaten while I was living alone was instant ramen and other microwavable products from nearby convenience stores; however, whenever Kirino came over, she had me promise her that I'd make 'actual food' instead of taking the easy way out. Thanks to the promise though, my cooking skills have gotten somewhat better, and if it weren't for my laziness, I'd probably continue to cook for myself when I'm alone as well.

I went over to the kitchen to uncover the two plates of food I had prepared and brought them over to the table. The unique smell of stir-fried ramen graced the room as I placed the two plates in front of our seats. In my opinion, stir-fried ramen makes an easy, but good dinner. Not only does everyone like ramen, but there's also enough vegetables and protein to go around thus making a nice, healthy balance.

As we began to eat, I looked over to see Kirino beaming as she continued to stuff her face with noodles and flank steak. It brought a large smile to my face because the first time she ate my food, her reaction was the complete opposite. After that horrendous event, she got up and forced me to practice cooking with her. Despite my improvement though, I'm sure that Kirino is still miles ahead of me in terms of cooking ability, after all, she learned directly from mom.

After we finished, Kirino offered to put the plates away and wash them as I started to boot up the games I prepared. "Wait Kyousuke! Let's not play games today, I have a better solution!". I watched as she hurried over to her bag to pull a CD case out.

"Ayase recommended this movie to me yesterday at the modeling agency, she said that it's a good romance show!". A romance show huh, I didn't take Ayase to be the type to watch those kinds of movies… As Kirino booted up the movie, I laid back and relaxed on my beanbag to situate myself into the most optimal position for watching movies.

As the movie was starting, Kirino laid down on the beanbag beside me. There wasn't a lot of space on the beanbag and as a result, we were huddled together closely like a pack of sardines. Trying to make the best of the situation, I wrapped my left arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer so that this way, it was more like we were cuddling rather than being packed together. I looked over to see Kirino blushing slightly from the sudden intimacy.

In response, Kirino rested her head on my torso as the opening credits of the movie finally passed. However, due to the both of us focusing on getting ourselves comfortable while cuddling, we failed to notice the many warnings in the movie's opening credits…

As the movie went on, it started to make perfect sense why Ayase would like and recommend this movie. It was a zombie apocalypse movie god damn it! Romance my ass! There hasn't been any trace of that genre at all so far, it's just been the main characters dealing with dramatic scenarios as they try to run away from the zombies!

The movie came off as rather boring and monotone to me, but it seems that Kirino found it somewhat scary as she was shivering a bit beside me. The lack of lights in the room probably added to her nervousness as well.

As the movie progressed, the characters finally made it into the ruins of some sort of laboratory. Now if you're as experienced of a movie watcher as I am, the trope of exploring an abandoned laboratory usually spells 'danger'. I quietly anticipated something bad to happen to the main characters as they continued to traverse the empty lab, and just as I had expected, a zombie jump scare occurred.

It was at that moment I remembered that Kirino absolutely hates jump scares. I can still vividly recall her practically jumping on me during our date at the amusement park when we went on the haunted mansion ride, and as if it was a tribute to that event, the same thing happened as Kirino quickly jolted up and flopped herself on to my body.

Kirino isn't heavy at all for her age and height, however, she was around 40kg the last time I checked, and when something more than 40kg suddenly jumps up and lands on you, that's bound to hurt… and it did. All of the air in my lungs almost left me as I took the impact of Kirino's body landing on mine.

Kirino quickly clung on to me and buried her face into my chest. Her arms wrapped around me like snakes and started to squeeze out the little air I had left. I gently stroked her head in response to try and get her to calm down and stop constricting me. It slowly worked as her anaconda-like grasp on my body started to release.

"Don't worry Kirino, I'm right here, there's no need to be scared". Kirino finally moved her face up from my chest and directed a soft, affectionate gaze towards me. Before I could react to it though, she quickly moved in and planted a kiss directly onto my lips. She was relentless in this endeavor as her tongue swirled around mine with intent. We remained like this for a while as we continued to make out on the beanbag before Kirino finally let go.

"Forget that stupid movie Kyousuke, let's do something more fun…"

"and what is that?" I replied with slight embarrassment.

Kirino slowly leaned closer to me, her chest evidently squeezing against mine. The unfamiliar, soft sensation made its presence known as Kirino got closer and closer to me. I continued to look on without moving as Kirino got a hold of my hand and started to guide it under her white blouse.

"I think you know the answer already..."

Her words were spoken so softly and yet, managed to pack such large intentions behind them. I couldn't help but continue looking on as Kirino raised my head up for another kiss. My heart was pounding like a boom box as Kirino continued to excite me by planting my hand on her stomach. It was soft yet sturdy, showing signs of exercised muscle expected of an athlete.

After Kirino finally released herself from our second kiss, I finally managed to speak after resurfacing from the sea of pleasure. "What's gotten over you today Kirino? Did you miss me that much?" I teased. To my surprise though, instead of reverting to meekness, she replied instantly.

"Yeah, I missed you so much Kyousuke, and I can't wait any longer."

I couldn't help but smile warmly at Kirino's true feelings, it's been a while since she was this honest. I then patted her head and proceeded to spoil her as we continued our intimacy, ignoring the movie playing in the background.

AN: I hoped you enjoyed the first short of the fanfic! Even though there will most likely be no lemons due to the Fiction rating, I want to highlight the fluff and intimacy of Kirino and Kyousuke's relationship in a wholesome way which is my primary objective behind writing most of the shorts. It'll be awesome to know if this is the sort of stuff you want in the shorts as I believe from time to time among the plot, some fluff like this is a nice way to mellow the reading experience! The shorts will most likely be 2000 words or less so if by any chance you all liked this short, expect more of similar size in the future as I have many ideas planned out, including not just only Kirino x Kyousuke ones.

Now to the bigger point of this author's note. Writing Serene Days has been a blast for me so far, and I really enjoy the process of writing the chapters with the free time I have; however, the month of May is a crucial time for me, therefore, this means my schedule will be very tight and thus my free time will be greatly reduced. Unfortunately, this means I'll have to put Serene Days on a hiatus so that I can focus on all the important things I have to do this month. Expect me to return to writing Serene Days in the second or third week of June, and hopefully, I can publish Chapter 8 in that same week as well. Thank you for the support and reviews for Serene Days thus far and I hope you look forward to when Serene Days will return!

AN (8/7/20): For those still patiently waiting for a new Serene Days chapter, here is some news regarding Chapter 8 and the future of this fanfic. Originally as I stated above, I planned to start working on the new chapter around the 2nd or 3rd week of June, which I have, however, what I did not account for is the amount of work I still have even after the busy month of May. This will most likely mean the end of pushing out weekly or biweekly chapters. Currently, I am going through one of the most important times in my life and thus, the amount of work I have requires my utmost attention, however, this does not mean that I no longer have time for Serene Days. I still have so many things planned for this fanfiction and I still have the eagerness to continue on with this story but my current workload for the foreseeable future means I'll have to allocate a lot of time out of writing this fanfiction to the point where I cannot guarantee monthly releases. Despite this workload, I'll still try and go for a monthly release schedule, but know that there might be some months where there will be no new chapters. Lastly, regarding the next chapter, I have worked on it somewhat so expect it to be out this month (July). Thank you for your continued support, I hope you all stay tuned for the upcoming chapter which will include more new characters and familiar faces!