Hisashi glanced at the mirror.
//Pretty Good ...//, he thought to himself. //My hair is fine ... my clothes aren't rumpled ... my pants aren't wrinkled ... I look pretty good ... right? I've already put on the perfume ... I guess everything's alright ...//
He glanced to his watch.
Better get going now ...
He walked to his car, taking a deep breath. His heart is raced, very fast. He's so nervous, and he's shaking. His hands full of sweat, fortunately there are no sweat in his face. He get into the car, put on his seatbelt.
He drive halfway, and swore,
"KUSO!!! THE FLOWERS!!!"
He fly away to his room again.
After taking the flowers, walking halfway, he rushed again to his room, to take the ring. The ring!! How could he forget that?
After checking there's nothing more, he sit and relax as he listened to GLAY's song.
"Oh God," he whispered. "I pray to Thee, please, please, please don't make this date horrible ... I promise next time I'll call Takuro for his advice, but for now, please ... please, God ... I'm begging Thee ..."
***
Hisashi arrived at the cafe safely.
He glanced around. Jiro hasn't come yet. He sighed and sit in the corner. After ordering a cup of coffee, he waited for his date.
***
Fifteen minutes later ...
He pulled out his handphone and bit his lip. Should he call Jiro? Just for checking? He frowned. The devil in his left said no. But the angel in his right said yes. Then the devil and the angel fight. If he's an anime character, he's already has many big sweatdropped on his head.
Oops ... the devil won.
So ... no.
//Probably it's because of the traffic jam ...//, he thought and sipping his coffee.
***
Another fifteen minutes later ...
//Good God//, he thought. //It's been half-hour ... what if something is happening to him? Should I call him? Should I ... what would Takky do if he's in my position?//, he thought for a moment and almost laughed out loud. // ... I have no idea what Takky would do.//
He sighed and order another cup of coffee.
***
One hour later ...
Hisashi almost fell asleep.
His flowers are not freshed anymore. They're ... almost faded ...
That's it!!
He dialed Jiro's number.
"Moshi-moshi?", Jiro's voice.
"Uh, Jiro, hi, it's me," Hisashi said. "Uh, Hisashi, I'm Hisashi."
"Oh!", he said with his genki-ness. "What's up, Hisa-chan?"
"Jiro ... we're having a date today ... don't you ... remember?", Hisashi gulped. "Don't tell me ... you're forget about it?"
God!! It's just their FIRST date!! And Jiro's already forget about it!!!
"OH GOD!!", Jiro exclaimed. "Oh good God!! Kuso!! I'll be right on my way!! Are you waited long? Sorry, okay? I was ... SHIT!! I'll be on my way!! Wait for me!!"
Tut - tut - tut - tut - tut ...
There's a vein popped in Hisashi's head. "Who the hell is he?????? He thinks it's that easy??? He thinks I'd forgive him right away?????", he slammed his handphone.
He don't care about the fact that people are staring at him.
He sulked, and clenched his fist so tight.
After a moment musing ...
He glanced at his handphone, feeling a little guilty and apologize to it.
***
Fiften minutes later ...
"Let's see," Hisashi said to himself. "Uh, when he come ... I'm gonna tossed him with the flowers, and left him alone. No, no, I couldn't do that. Probably I'd just throw him the chair."
He saw someone's running to him, breathlessly, obviously, with blonde hair. "Hisa!!"
Hisashi snapped his head to Jiro, and grabbed the flowers. "What --?"
Jiro stopped, heaving, and panting. "I'm (pant) sorry (pant) I'm (pant) late (pant) ..."
Our Hisashi (Jiro : OUR??? *snapped his head to Edith* You!! Omae o korosu!! Edith : *dodges thrown objects from Jiro* Ouch, ouch, okay, YOUR Hisashi!! Hisa!! I told you not to let him watch Gundam Wing so often!!) melted when he saw Jiro's face. Obviously, he's in love ...
He smiled and handed him the flowers. "No, it's okay ... aah, it's for you."
The flowers has freshed again. Perhaps because of Jiro.
Jiro smiled and his face brighten. "Wai, Hisa, you're so nice ..."
"D - don't mention it, they're not THAT beautiful ...", Hisashi stammered and silently added, "You're more beautiful, Jiro ..."
"Aaw, Hisa, you're mean. Of course they're beautiful!"
Hisashi stared fondly at Jiro. (Hey, I could see the shoujo bubbles and love between them!! Waii!! ^_^) Then he smiled and let Jiro sit.
***
"Wai, Hisa, thank you," Jiro said.
"Aa ... it's nothing ..."
He stand up and smiled. "I should go back now. The train won't wait for me."
Hisashi's eyes widened. "Train?", he echoed numbly. "You're not ... where's your car?"
"Being repaired," Jiro said. "I have to run from my apartment."
Hisashi felt guilty. "Sorry ..."
"Don't worry about it. It's okay."
Hisashi grinned inwardly. "So ... how if ... I drive you home?"
Jiro blinked. "No, it's okay."
"No, Jiro, I insisted."
The blonde smiled. "Well ... if you say so ..."
Hisashi smiled back and reached out for his car-keys.
***
//Wait ...//,Hisashi thought. //Seems like I'm missing something ...//
They're listening to the GLAY's song. Jiro hummed 'Kokodewanai dokoka e to' a little, enjoying the music.
//Something's really missing ...//
"Ah!", Jiro said. "Strawberries!! I love strawberries!"
Strawberries ...
"Do you want some?"
"Aa, no, I was just saying it. I didn't want it."
"Oh, okay."
//Anything else?//
They've arrived at Jiro's apartment.
1 Hisashi blinked and frowned. //What did I forget ...????????//
They silence for a moment, until Jiro break it.
"Hisa," he said softly. "Thanks for today. I enjoyed it a lot."
"Uh, no problem."
"Yeah ..."
"Well, maybe we could do it again? Sometimes?"
"Sure!", he said happily. "I'd love to!"
Hisashi smiled. Then he remembered ...
HE HAVE TO ASK HIM TO THE PARK AND KISS HIM THERE!!!
He smiled and opened the door. "Oyasumi, Hisa."
Too late for that. //What should I do?// So he said the first thing that comes to his mind,
"Ma - matte!!!"
He blinked. "Yes?"
"I ..."
Hisashi bit his lip. //Should I kiss him now? Should I????? What would Takky do if he's facing with Teru now like this? ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS, DAMMIT, TONOMURA HISASHI!!!//
Then he closed his eyes, leaning forwards, and kissed Jiro's lips softly.
//He tasted like strawberries ...//, Hisashi thought.
They broke apart reluctantly, and staring at each other's eyes, thinking about each other's emotions ...
Jiro smiled coyly. "Thanks, Hisa ... I love you."
"I love you more, Jiro," he replied and kissed him back.
Jiro stepped out of the car and walked to Hisashi's window. "So, promise me? That we'll have another date? Please?"
"Sure," Hisashi smiled.
They kissed again.
"Just promise me one thing."
"What is it?"
"Don't forget, okay?"
Jiro laughed and kissed Hisashi's cheek. "I won't. Ja ne at the rehearsal!!"
"Ja."
Hisashi smiled again before driving away from Jiro's apartment.
//Whew ... thank you, Lord. You make my first date wonderful ... maybe not SO wonderful ... but I finally get the urge to kiss him, I'm so happy ... Thank God. I love him very much ... but it seems like something's still missing ...//
Finally he arrived at his apartment.
He take off his shoes, and lay on the couch. Ayu purred at his feet.
"Ayu ... I did it. I really did it ...", he said and pick Ayu up. "But I just feel like something's still missing. What is it?", after a moment he give up. "Let's go to bed, Ayu ..."
Just when he about to entered his bedroom, he blinked and swore,
"AAAAAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHH!!! THE RING!!!!"
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