Chapter 23:

The dream first date.Conclusion.

Love Of Sword And Pen


Somehow my brain is still glitching.

How?
How can he possibly add MORE to tonight than all of this?This is princess book level material.

The stuff that girls and women all over the world call 'Book boyfriend swoon worthy'.

What else can he possible do to make tonight better?
Already a dream date for me now,just he and I like this.

Kenshin has my hand in his,my face and heart are so filled with lightness,with fresh air again that i  stunned at myself that I am not fully questioning why we are leaving the tent.

My feet follow on after him though and he sneaks us by the thin light from the tent to get back to the car and back on the road again,He is a bit quiet,out of character for him but i decide not to question it and enjoy this comfortable sort of quiet.

Not at all how i would have thought this date would go.

A tent like a fantasy movie set,a meal i absolutely enjoyed with company like him i would have never even imagined.
My story finally told to him,how i was beaten and dragged i didn't want to give him all of that but he knows now,enough of it anyway.

He knows and still can not look away from me in a good way.
That is more than i could have prayed for and thank you GOD for that.

"Where are we going now?How do you expect to surpass that,admittedly,brilliant move of a first date?"

Oh the way he smiles, and how Kenshin blushes is like out of a fairy-tale that makes me feel so girly warm and i am not fighting it.

I smirk harder and he will not utter another word but just smiles like he has a grand finale that he has to keep his mouth clamped for.
I start to poke his arm gently,being sure that we are safely at a distance from any cars to be a danger but he still holds his resolve.

That is.
Until i raise myself enough to kiss him on the cheek.

"Dirty.....Not fair at all but i can manage to survive days at school with you sitting in front of me with your knees showing and neck exposed.I can survive anything."

Kenshin doesn't miss the bashful expression that warms me up so much i must look like a persimmon which makes him smile,laughing even harder as we near a destination that is very familiar to me.

The park he loves,no one in sight either.

I do not refuse his assistance out the car this time,letting him pull me along beside him to find that same place we were sitting before completely moved and only a throw on the ground and clear skies above.

I feel i can trust him now,i lie down  and he does the same beside me but in reverse of my body  in the opposite direction and stares with me up into the heavens.

The night is like a painting when city lights are nowhere to be seen.

Why can no one appreciate this kind of thing anymore,I stare out happily having done nothing like this since i got done with therapy.
Uncle Goji wanted me to see life again through the natural light and moonlight so I could take into account that everything happens for a reason.

Like a star falling.

Even the action of myself.
That boy.
The siblings.

All of it.

Has a reason.

I turn to look at Kenshin who is not even looking up at all but all the attention is on me,my eyes and my lips.

"Are you happy?"

I am smirking,starting to giggle barely able to keep eye contact but i return his eye contact moments, after i settle down a bit and say my words slowly.

"Rarely have i ever felt it more.You really like to pull out all the stops."

My smirk grows into a broad smile when somehow he also sneaked by me a bouquet of sunflowers and cherry blossoms.

"You are so unfair...."

My words make Kenshin smile like he won a war time victory that could change the course of history.
He turns to look up at the stars too,hands tucked under his head.

I listen as he speaks again.

"When is love fair?I have my intentions for winning you for life.Be ready,i don't give up eas-"

Kenshins words are left unfinished.

I turn to him,my free hand cupping his cheek turning and guiding his face towards mine and pause his words with my lips.

His brows quirk and i feel his face heat at my boldness.

I caress his cheek with my thumb,My eyes never straying from his.

"It isn't.Got to love this kind of unfairness,huh?"

Before Kenshin gets a chance to retort i am up and walking as fast as i can to the car,trying to exhale all that boldness away.

What was i thinking doing that?
I hear Kenshin catch up to me and puts his hand to my wrist and pulls me close to him again.

"Unfair play Lovely,but i am a good loser so please grant me a prize for good behavior."

I smirk,i start to bury  my face in his chest because I am so goofy feeling and embarrassed by all of this, i feel how much he is stifling a laugh until i hear someone,somewhere in the trees cackle.

"Yes!Kiss him again,put more lips and movement into it next time!"
"Come on...open up those pretty lips a bit more!A prince needs some more fun than that."

I keep my head in his chest,he leads me to the car keeping me covered then drives me the way back home.

I can feel how tense Kenshin has suddenly become.
I had no idea that so many photographers could hide here and not be seen,over a dozen hidden all around us now.

"I wanted a perfect night for you,just one at least.I am so sorry Lovely..."

I pause him again.
This time with my hand on top of his.

"I could not have written a better nightKenshin,I couldn't have even imagined better."

The drive home.

Honestly?
Wasn't long enough.

But this memory?
This is forever material for me.


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