Teenage Romance - Or More Than That? (PAUSED)

19: The Gift

Lloyd and Harumi are walking in the woods after a long and hot day at school. Harumi's delicate hand lay in Lloyd's large, rough one. As they walked, Lloyd had an arm around her shoulders. She had rested her head on his shoulder.

There was a wonderful atmosphere. The sun was shining, and the birds were singing their warbling songs. A small stream was babbling nearby. A few birds are foaming on it, wanting to cool off after the heat.

They arrived at a rock at the stream and sat down on the grass there. They leaned against the pleasant coolness of the rock. Harumi laid her head against Lloyd's shoulder again. He laid his head on hers.

After some time of just sitting there, Harumi decided to get closer to him. She puts both arms around him, puts one of her legs on his, and lays her head on his chest. He seemed to be enjoying it as he started purring and burying his nose in her hair. As if to protect her, he wrapped his strong arms around her.

Half an hour later, it got too warm, so Harumi decided to position herself differently. She climbed onto Lloyd and sat on his pelvis. Surprised by her action, Lloyd opened his eyes. "Uhmm...why-" but then he was cut off. Harumi had already placed her lips on his.
Without hesitation, he sat up straight and pulled her closer. The kisses were long and intense. Until...

"Lloyd? What's that?" Harumi felt something hard under her legs. "Something I want to give you" he winks. Harumi looked at him in complete amazement. "Come on, get it out!"
"LLOYD!" Harumi still looked at him, completely shocked.

"Hey! It's in my pocket. What do you think I mean!" he laughs. It took her a moment to realize that he didn't mean what she thought. She took this something out of his pocket. "What is that?"
"Open it." She did.

She saw a beautiful silver bracelet with a pendant. They are two little connected hearts. One has an 'L' on the other an 'H'. "Aww... H and L. that's sooo cute of you, darling!" She gives him a kiss on the cheek. Her smile made him smile.

After Harumi overjoyed putting the bracelet on, they continued cuddling. "Do you know why I love summer so much, Lloydie?"
"Why?"
"It's so nice and warm, the animals are out, you can go to the beach, go swimming, you wear simple clothes and no thick sweaters..."
"You look amazing even in hoodies..." He kissed her on the forehead.

"I think the summer is great too. As you said: it's warm, you can go swimming, almost everyone is in a great mood and you also wear short dresses and bikinis." Harumi kept nodding until he got to his last point.

Harumi gave him her 'are you serious?'-look. Lloyd had to laugh again. He loves it when he can upset his girlfriend. "It was a joke, sweetie."
"You little-!" She can't finish her sentence because Lloyd pulls her close and kisses her. Wilder this time.

He paused. "Well... actually, it wasn't a joke." They kept kissing. Lloyd's hand now wandered from her head to her back to her bottom. "Lloyd..." she giggles. "Not here and now!" Lloyd looked a little annoyed. "Oh, come on!"
"I'm not in the mood. It's definitely too hot outside. We would fall into a coma!"
"I don't care..." he acted as if he had snapped now. However, he only managed that for a few seconds before he had to laugh again.
'Damn, she's just too cute.'

Harumi stands up. Lloyd then looked at her, confused. She stretches out her hand to him. "Come on!"
"Where are we going?" "You'll see! Now come!"
They walked hand in hand through the forest for a few minutes.

They arrived at a big old mighty tree.
"Wow" came from Lloyd.
"That's our favorite tree. Remember?" Harumi stared at the tree like he was a little puppy.
Her memories have always been very important to her. "It's still here? After all these years?" Lloyd continued, still amazed.
"Yep."

Without hesitation, she climbs the tree. Lloyd laughed at her behavior. Nevertheless, he climbs after her. The two of them then sat on a thick branch and daydreamed. Harumi lays her head on Lloyd's shoulder again.

"Please. Never let this moment pass..." Lloyd smiles. "I certainly won't. But you know the sun will. The sun will set in an hour and a half. Then we should start our way back at the latest. Harumi sighs but nods. He's right.

In the evening, they sat together on harumi's bed. Since it was the weekend, Harumi's mother had agreed that Lloyd could stay with her. "Man. That's really annoying. I'll be 18 in 13 days. Why do I have to ask my parents for permission if my boyfriend can sleep at my house?"
"They just don't want you to distract too much from school. Kinda understandable, right?" Lloyd argued.

"Well... whatever." The two grinned at each other, and for the umpteenth time that day, they began to kiss intensely. "Hmm, hmm!" A 'cough' could be heard from the door.

Harumi quickly turned her head towards the door only to face her angry father.
'Whoa not again! I want to go further than that!' thought Lloyd.

Harumi said in a flash without thinking: "Please don't kill him, dad! I love this boy!" Lloyd looked up at her in surprise but amused. She has never been so pale.
'Oh man. Her father must really detest me.'

Harumi's mother stopped her husband's 'attempted murder' of Lloyd and apologized to the young couple. Both sides wished each other a good night.

Lloyd and Harumi heard a dull noise in the hallway and had to laugh.

------A few seconds before: -----

"What are you thinking of always spying on the two of them so stupidly!? Stop that!"
Harumi's mother whispered and yelled at her husband at the same time before hitting him on the head with the pan she was holding.

"Did. You. Get. That. George!?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"OK." She calmed her voice and then called loudly:
"Kids? There's dinner soon!"