CHAPTER 7 (Part II)“Ohayou…” he whispered in her ear multiple times after watching her sleep for ten minutes.
She slightly moved and made a small, cute groan.
“Ohayou…” he said again.
This time she fluttered her eyelids open and looked at him.
“Kawaii, you looked like a kitten sleeping.” he said gaily, lying on his stomach.
“Ohayou.” she whimpered, stretching her arms
“Maybe I should sleep beside you from now on because it puts me in an extremely good mood when I wake up.”
Mao yawned and closed her eyes, willing to go back to sleep.
“Hey wake up, let’s go outside, it’s a sunny day.” he said, shaking her.
“No, you go alone.” she grumbled, cuddling his pillow.
He hovered over her and showered her cheek with continuous bruising kisses. Mao cringed and gave in.
“Alright I’m up.” she said, while he pulled her up.
“Let’s buy ice cream.” he said.
“Heh? Ice cream for breakfast? You really are odd sometimes.” sneered.
Just then there was a knock on the door. Mao and Yamapi quickly looked at each other and panicked. Mao pushed Yamapi off the bed and she scrambled to her feet to apologize.
“Sorry, sorry. Get under the bed. Hurry!” she whispered, and helped Yamapi get under the bed.
Mao rushed to the door and opened it. It was Teppei, who tied his hair up in little pigtails.
“Koike-kun!” she said brightly.
“Mao-chan. Did I wake you?”
“No. Why?”
“Have you seen Yamapi? Is he here?”
“No. He’s not.”
Teppei cracked a smile, almost wanting to laugh.
“Of course he is.” he said, and came in. “Pi, you can come out now.”
Mao closed the door behind her speedily, unable to speak. Yamapi crawled out from under the bed, to Teppei’s amusement.
“Eh? You know that he’s here?” Mao stammered.
“Yeah how did you know?” Yamapi said, staggering as he stood up.
“You guys don’t need to hide anything from me I already know about you two. The moment you got on the plane I already knew.” he said, grinning at them.
“Why didn’t you say so?” Yamapi said, bedazzled.
“Well I thought it was quite too obvious to say it to you. It’d be like telling Tego, ‘Hey you’re hentai.’”
Mao and Yamapi laughed uncomfortably.
“But don’t worry, if you don’t want anyone to know, I won’t say a thing.” Teppei said, being the genuine nice guy that he is. He and his partner Eiji Wentz had that in common.
“At least not now.” Yamapi said elucidated.
“Your phone was ringing off the hook. Here.” Teppei said, handing Yamapi his phone.
It was Akanishi who kept calling, and Pi wasn’t surprised.
“Thanks.” Yamapi told Teppei.
“Yeah, thank you so much.” Mao repeated, before Teppei went out the door and winked at them.
“Akanishi’s probably out of food again.” Yamapi said, checking his messages.
“I’m just going to change, or take a bath.” Mao said and went into the bathroom.
“You can change in front of me it’s not like I’m a stranger or something.” he said.
“Get naked in front you? We haven’t even had a real date yet.” she pointed out.
Oh right, Yamapi thought. He didn’t realize that they’ve had their first kiss but they haven’t had their first official date yet.
“You’re right. As soon as we get back to the city let’s have a date. Today.” he guaranteed.
By lunchtime, everyone was already set and ready to go back and it was the wrong time too, because the sunny and bright Okinawa that they came for only appeared when they were leaving. The whole crew had a group picture on the seashore before leaving the resort. The jet ride home was different, because this time Mao and Yamapi were awake. Teppei kept filming with his digital camera while Yamapi and Mao goofed around and played in front of it. Everyone else was asleep, which is funny, since during the ride to Okinawa everyone was awake except Mao and Yamapi, and now it was the other way around. They arrived back home in high spirits, especially Yamapi, who had a whole day off from work and school. It was a beautiful Saturday. They bid everyone goodbye before parting, and then he and Mao went on their way.
“What do you want to do?” Yamapi asked her as they rode in the company car.
“I was thinking we should disguise ourselves as highschoolers. A high school couple. And then let’s not drive, we should walk or take a cab, like the other young couples. Oh and no expensive restaurants.” Mao replied with eagerness.
Yamapi blinked at her for a few seconds then chuckled.
“You sure know how to make an adventure, don’t you.” he said.
She leered at him in an approving way.
And that they did. They went home to change in subtle and ordinary clothes to easily blend in and then they took a cab together. Yamapi wore an Astroboy shirt and brought a messenger bag while Mao wore a bright Pucca shirt. If they were going to disguise as a high school couple they might as well dress like it.
They stopped at the most crowded streets so no one can recognize them. They got off the cab holding hands and meshed in with the massive amount of people leisurely loitering the streets. They instantly blended in. Their first stop was to buy takoyaki at a takoyaki stand.
“Have you ever had a date like this before?” Yamapi asked as they ate.
“Yeah, during junior high school. We only have enough money for takoyaki.” she replied.
Yamapi suddenly pictured her in her school uniform eating takoyaki in the streets. It made him giddy somehow.
After they ate, they continued to walk holding hands and Yamapi got all excited when they passed by a photo-sticker booth. It was the most high school thing to do. They went inside and chose the design of their photo-sticker. They fought over which to use, the hearts or the flowers even though they all looked the same. In they end, they chose the hearts. They had four shots in total—one where they did the ever so popular V sign, one where Mao was pretending to strangle Yamapi, one where they’re hugging (aaww…) and one where they’re kissing (which Yamapi really liked). They both had a copy, and they laughed as they looked at it.
After that, they went into a pachinko place and they played pachinko, then went into a pet shop to hold the cute animals, then Mao bought a big slurpee, which they shared. They walked their way to the mall, with Mao occasionally letting him sip from her slurpee. They decided to watch a tragic and sad movie, where Mao cried hysterically even after the movie had ended. They stayed inside the theatre while Yamapi watched her in amusement. It was his first time seeing her cry. Seeing her tears somehow pained him, but the way she cried was also endearing and charming.
“What’re you looking at?” she sobbed, wiping her eyes.
“Nothing. You’re just cute that’s all.”
“You’re always saying I’m cute. It makes me feel I’m a puppy.”
“But you are cute. Everything you do is cute. The way you tiptoe whenever you kiss me is cute. The way you tie your hair, the way your nose wrinkles when you hit me, even your yawn is cute. The way you’re crying right now irresistible.”
“Really? What if I’m not cute anymore?” she laughed amidst her tears clogged nose.
“You’d still make me go crazy.”
“Yeah right. If I get really fat you won’t be thinking that.”
“I would still find you cute and a turn on.”
“I thought surfing turns you on. You get turned on by a lot of things because you’re a guy. What really turns you on, Pi?” Mao said, sniffing and wiping the last of her tears. Yamapi looked at her pensively as she did so.
“My girlfriend’s laugh turns me on.”
She looked at him and tried to choke back laughter.
“Then I’ll never laugh again in front of you.” she joked, her nose shining red.
They left the movie house and wandered idly around the mall. They were still incognito, although a few people ogled at them once in a while, probably because they were an attractive pair. They had dinner at a ramen house where there were only two customers besides them. Mao’s eyes were still puffy and red from all the crying and she still kept sniffing.
“People might think I’m the one who made you cry.” he said, putting his hands on her face and wiping her wet eyelashes with his thumbs.
“One of these days you’re going to make me cry.” she said.
“I’d never do that. Seeing you cry makes me want to cry.” he said nonchalantly, then their orders came.
Yamapi kept every receipt of everything that they bought that day. He kept their movie ticket, the receipt from their dinner, Mao’s receipt from buying the slurpee, he kept it. He didn’t know why, but he felt like savoring everything associated with her and their first date. After their heavy dinner, they took a cab and headed to Mao’s place.
“You’re planning on spending the night here aren’t you?” she asked smiling wryly, as they walked into her building.
“Well, it’s a Saturday night and when it’s a Saturday night, Akanishi invites his posse of pretty boys and the rest of KAT-TUN to come over and I’d rather not go home to that because I have to meet up with News early tomorrow. Plus, I like sleeping next to you.” he explicated.
They were beat from all the walking they did, so when they got inside they immediately settled in. Yamapi jumped on the couch and lied down, sending Akanishi a message that he wasn’t coming home. He turned on the TV while Mao took a quick bath. He really had planned to stay over at her place, which is why he brought clothes in his bag. He changed in the living room, in front of Hug-chan, who merely sat there looking up at him. He didn’t bother wearing a shirt since he’s normally shirtless whenever he goes to bed. He was watching an episode of Utaban where Utada Hikaru was the guest and he laughed amusedly everytime the Nakai talked. Mao came out and joined him in watching. She snuggled up to him on the couch and rested on his arm and had a close look at his wonderful abs. She nodded off after half an hour on his arm, and he wouldn’t move her an inch even though his arm was turning numb. It was getting late and he was sleepy himself, good thing Hug-chan sneezed and woke Mao up. She lifted her head, and Yamapi rubbed and flexed his arm immediately.
“Gomen ne, Pi-chan, I fell asleep on your arm.” she said, after realizing why he looked a bit pained.
“It’s okay, let’s go to bed.” he said and switched everything off, before they went into the room.
They got under the covers and Mao switched off her lamp. Yamapi buried his face in her blanket.
“Your bed smells really good.” he whispered gleefully, which made her laugh.
They lied down facing each other again.
“Do you know there’s a bed scene in our dorama?” Yamapi asked in the dark.
“Yes.”
“We are so well-practiced, then.”
She gave out a small laugh, then they kissed, with the moonlight streaming through her window and onto them. It was just the kind of kiss Yamapi wanted before going to sleep. Sweet, yummy, and leaves him satisfied yet wanting for more. It was a long kiss goodnight, but it didn’t get farther than that, except for the instance where Yamapi somehow winded up making out with her neck (sorry, kids, PG-13). They fell asleep cuddling (and no, ‘cuddling’ is not a sexual innuendo like you’re thinking) and they slept really well.
But again, nothing happened between them—well, except for a lot of kissing and holding, but other than that, they slept soundly in each other’s arms the way they did the night before.
--END OF SEVENTH CHAPTER--
