Hye! I am back for this month. I hope you like this chapter. Thank you.
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Chapter 6: Kiss Day (June)
Chapter Summary: They were out but she still had insecurities unless...
I couldn't believe it!
Never in my mind I'd expected Ryoma-kun would do it. Ever since he revealed our relationship in the crowd, students surrounded us even more. Fangirls of Ryoma-kun kept asking me some questions I never had the time answering;
"How did you do that?"
"How long have you been going out?"
"What is your secret, Ryuzaki-san?"
There were some questions that offended me but Ryoma-kun dragged me away from them while whispering 'nosy stalkers'. I would have laughed if it wasn't for the situation.
It was always like that for the past three weeks. Teases, murmurs and whistles from senpai-tachi never seemed to stop. He seemed to be annoyed by them.
The whole campus knew that Ryoma-kun and I were going out. And after everything, I was secretly happy about that.
xxx
The morning went almost smoothly. We never had the chance to meet during his practice because I was surrounded with my classmates and schoolmates.
When lunch came, I immediately searched for Tomo-chan. She was also packing her things to her bag and I immediately walked towards her.
"Ryuzaki-san!"
Before I could say anything, a pair of hands gripped my arms. I looked to both sides to see girls at each side. They were grinning at me.
"How about having lunch with us?" The girl to my left asked me.
"Eh? But--"
"Come on," The girl to my right interrupted me, "Let's bond for a while."
"W-wait, I am--" I was being dragged out of the classroom. They wouldn't listen to me no matter how hard I tried. I was never good at words to begin with. Where was Tomo-chan when I needed her?
"Hey! Let go of Sakuno!"
Relief flooded into me when I heard my best friend's voice. She stood behind us and I could sense her walking towards us.
"Out of the way! Best friend coming through!"
"We can be her best friend too." The girl to my right countered.
"And get tips on how to win the heart of Ryoma-sama?" Tomo-chan retorted prying their hands from me and blocked herself between us, "No, thanks."
The girls glared at her before turning their back from us, "Have it your way." One of them said but I didn't know who.
"Show off." Tomo-chan murmured. I smiled sheepishly at her before hugging her arm with my hands. She did come when I needed her.
"Thank you, Tomo-chan." I grinned at her this time.
She turned her head to face me, "What can you do without me?" She said turning her head. "Ryoma-sama was right. Someone has to keep an eye on you all the time."
Her sentence made me frown. "What?"
"With the fangirls around, you need a bodyguard to protect you from them."
"I--I don't need one. That's absurd."
"That's why I am here to do the job."
I stared at her for a few seconds, "He asked you, didn't he?"
Tomo-chan shrugged, "I am better than anyone."
I shook my head dejectedly. At least, I knew Tomo-chan would never abandon me. I knew I could rely on her whenever I needed help. She was not my best friend for nothing at all.
"Hey, have you heard of the legend?" Tomo-chan asked me as we walked on our way to the cafeteria.
"What legend?" I asked back as we reached the entrance of the cafeteria.
My best friend leaned closer and whispered to my ear, "The legend of the kiss."
Instantly, my face turned a deep red, "N-no! What legend is that?"
She grinned wider at me. She scooted closer and began telling the legend of the kiss, "There's this lake that has some legend with it. Years ago, a couple would meet at this lake every night. They would hug, talk sweet nothings and stay until dawn. Then one day, the boy noticed that something was missing. They loved each other but he felt that their relationship was still incomplete. They talked about what they lacked and suddenly the girl spoke;
"We haven't kissed!"
"We haven't?"
"Yes, that was why something is missing in our relationship. We should give our love a symbol and that is to kiss."
And then they started to kiss and they both felt good. Ever since that day, they welcomed each other with a kiss and bid goodbye with each other with also a kiss."
She stopped telling me the legend but I didn't speak until a minute later;
"Isn't that common in a relationship?"
"Well, duh!" Tomo-chan rolled her eyes and faced me, "They knew that they loved each other and they intensified their feelings by sealing it with a kiss."
I stared at her trying to understand what she was saying.
"The point is, everytime they met, they would always express how much they loved each other."
"And with that kiss..." My cheeks started to blush once again.
"And that's not even the legend I am talking about."
"What?" That caught my attention, "What do you mean by that?"
"The story is only a part of the legend," She said eyeing me carefully, "The legend is when two people go to this lake after 6pm and kiss, they will remain solid and will not be separated forever."
My heart picked up speed when I heard that. Tomo-chan saw my expression change and grinned at me.
"Nice legend, is it not?"
I looked away trying to hide my blush from my best friend, "I-is that even true?"
"You'll never know unless you'll give it a try."
My cheeks turned beet red and I knew I couldn't hide it from her anymore so I stared back at her, "T-Tomo-chan! What are you saying?!"
"All I am saying is that you go and drag Ryoma-sama to this lake after 6pm and kiss him there," She explained as if it was the easiest thing to do, "That will be romantic."
"I-I can't do that?!" I was seriously panicking at the moment, "I don't think Ryoma-kun believes such legends like that."
"I told you, just give it a try. The couple in the legend did last long so why not do it too?" She suggested and smirked at me afterwards, "You haven't kissed either, have you?"
I bit my lower lip and played with the food that I brought, "W-well, we just started dating so..."
Tomo-chan laughed histerically, getting the other students' attention in the cafeteria. I tried stopping her from acting like that and did calm before she whispered back at me, bringing her own food out in the process, "Come on, Sakuno. You've been dating like six months and you haven't kissed yet?"
"I--I have known that we were until three months ago," I defended as I continued playing with my food, "H-he never made things clear to me that time."
"Three months has been long either," She said patting my shoulder, "I think it's time or you don't call yourselves as a couple."
I only stared at her. She leaned back to her seat and started eating her own food, "I'll say you give it a try, Sakuno."
I didn't reply to her as I started eating mine as well. As I ate, I did think about the legend but I was still contemplating whether I'd do the legend or not.
What would I say to Ryoma-kun in the first place?
xxx
Class was already over and afternoon club activities were almost over in five minutes. I had not asked Ryoma-kun if he would like to spend time with me.
Don't get me wrong. I wanted to just spend time with my boyfriend today. It had got nothing to do with the lake or something. It wasn't like curiosity got the best of me. I never asked him out before. It was always the other way around. That was right, I'd take the initiative this time. I'd asked him out and hoping he would agree.
I literally jumped when the signal for the afternoon club activities went off. It was over. I immediately grabbed my bag from my chair and said goodbye to my homeroom class. I dashed on my way to the court and my resolve instantly vanished when I saw him walking out from the court with the other senpais. He was really cool and I sighed.
Who was I kidding? I really wanted to go to that lake and hoping Ryoma-kun would take me.
xxx
I secretly checked the time to my wrist. It was only five in the afternoon. I only needed an hour, to buy more time. Ryoma-kun was walking to my side, a bit farther than me. When I noticed that I was lagging behind, I tried catching up to him.
We were on our way home. He was walking me home. I looked at him and watched how neutral his expression was. My heart was beating really fast. And before I could chicken out, I reached out to the hem of his shirt making him stop from walking.
"What are you doing?"
I looked up and saw him staring at me. His eyes were questioning my action.
"W-Well, I am hoping that..." I started biting my lower lip in the process, "W-we should go somewhere else."
He gave me a frown this time.
"I don't want to go home!" I said a bit louder than I intended. I ended up fidgeting with my fingers, "...at least not yet."
"You want to hang out for a while?" He asked me which I nodded. I knew I was blushing even without looking in front of a mirror, "Okay."
My face lit up when he agreed. I asked Ryoma-kun out. I was so happy. I did blush a lot thinking that.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Umm," I looked at my watch. It had been fifteen minutes since we started walking. I had forty-five minutes to spare but the lake wasn't that far so we could reach the place before six in the evening. I took a deep breath and looked at him once again, "Well, there's this lake that I want to see..."
"A lake?"
"It's just a couple of blocks away from here. We won't be far." I said hoping he would agree.
"This lake you're talking about, it's the closet to school, right?"
"H-hai..."
He stared at me like he was thinking of something. He shifted on his foot and nodded, "Let's go then."
I gave him a smile when he finally agreed to me. We were going to the lake where the legend happened. Then that was when I realized something. From being giddy, I felt nervous now.
I was to try whether the legend was true or not. It really made my heart beat so fast.
xxx
Just like I had expected, we reached the lake before six in the evening. Ryoma-kun was holding my hand as he dragged me towards the water. The place wasn't any dark. The area was lit and some of it reflected the average body of water.
It wasn't that dark yet but the silhouette of the night was almost telling us. It was time to go home and do your homework. But Ryoma-kun and I were not doing that any moment now. I was actually enjoying the place with him, his hand in mine and his eyes on me.
Wait?
His eyes were on me indeed. They were filled with... fondness and it made me blush once again.
"The place was really pretty, isn't it?"
"Un."
I stifled a laugh when I saw that he was actually looking at me, "Ryoma-kun, you are not looking at the lake at all."
"Un."
"Ryoma-kun, I am not kidding."
He smirked before he looked towards the lake for a few seconds and looked right back at me, "Yeah."
"Mou, stop it!" I laughed at him this time. My hand reached up and touched his cheek. I gestured it to where the lake was.
Instead of looking at the lake, Ryoma-kun grabbed my hand that was touching his cheek. Using my hand, he pulled me closer to him. If I could best describe my reactions right now, it would have been mixed. I had never been this close to my boyfriend like this before. My eyes found his. Now that they were really close, I could see how radiant they were. I could see some sliver of green around the pupils. Who would have thought that a person's eyes be that beautiful?
Or maybe because I was looking at Ryoma-kun's? Only his?
I literally flinched when his other hand went to my cheek. I was beet red at that moment, I knew. My heart was beating loudly in my chest.
"Ryuzaki..."
I found his eyes once again and thought what I thought he was thinking. Could we possibly be thinking the same thing? It wasn't bad, right? I mean we were a couple anyway. My eyes widened when I saw his face leaning closer towards mine, his eyes were half-closed. When I realized what he was trying to do, my own eyes started to close on instinct.
Then I felt something touch my lips. Damp and soft. It was nice. I felt the spark the moment I felt him. I'd never thought that it was true. The wind cooperated as it danced all the moveable things around us, including our hair and clothes.
It took a few seconds before we both moved away from each other. I blinked a few times before I realized what we just did. My face turned red immediately. I looked at him and saw that he had at least a hint of pink on his cheeks.
Ryoma-kun was also blushing?
My heart was beating loudly. We both knew what we were thinking.
I kissed Ryoma-kun.
"Kaidoh-senpai was telling me this legend..."
His words got my attention and I stared back at him. His hand was rubbing his neck. He was a bit feeling awkward about telling me this.
"T-Tomo-chan was also telling me about this lake, the story..." I said deciding to help him.
"She did?"
"H-hai..."
"I see..." Silence welcomed between us. We were really close to each other but we were thinking what the other two told us about, "Those two..."
I couldn't help but giggle at his reaction. Somehow, what the two did bring us closer together. Not that I was complaining about it. Ryoma-kun was also smiling at me. He was fine with it. He was fine of what we did. I guess we were both wanted to believe the legend. I wanted it and I knew that he did too.
My heart was still loudly beating from my chest.
I had my first kiss with Ryoma-kun and it was memorable.
Done! How was this chapter? I think the Kiss Day is for June Weddings but since they are young, I decided to have this version which was inspired by another version.
Yes, I got this version from the manga called Kamichama Karin Chu the sequel of Kamichama Karin where Karin and Kazune kissed inside a church so that they would be together forever. So the legend says... of Michi... XDDD
Well, read that manga if you have the time. By the way, I only made up the story of the couple. Haha, I told you, I am not sure what I am writing anymore so please help me for the July 14th.
Onegaishimasu!!! *Bows head low*