COTE | | Bound | | [Suzune x Kiyotaka]

Chapter 9 || One Month and Meeting the Inlaw

Over the last week, ever since after Karaoke, Suzune and I have grown significantly closer, in fact, she's barely not with me most of the time. On a normal occasion, I'd find it the slightest bit irritating, however, I did not mind her company.

Everything I had said that day was quite simply the truth. It was just me and her. The moment she was out of my reach, out of arms length, I felt suffocated in an ocean of feelings yet when she was there, she was grabbing my arm and pulling me out; gliding with me in the endless waters.

"Do you want to go on a date?" I asked mindlessly. It occurred to me that the last time we went on a date was actually the first 'outing' we had 7 chapters ago and it'd been nearly, if not, a month since we had begun this relationship.

Mentioning the start of our relationship; in such a short time she has been able to make my heart beat increase exponentially. To a person of my age this would be normal however, I'm not a normal person. Had my heart ever beat solely for another human? The answer to that is no.

A small laugh escaped her lips as she leaned onto my shoulder,

"Did I speak in a funny manner?" I asked, confused. Although, hearing her laugh was a treat in itself.

"It's funny because, I was about to ask you to go on a date~." She hummed, placing a book mark to hold her place in the book she was reading, "So yes, I would love to go on a date with you Kiyo."

Is this unhealthy? A simple name escaping her mouth is causing strange and bizarre things to stir in my body.

She looked up at me, a strand of hair falling onto her face. I gently moved the piece behind her ear with my hand and a small blush tinted her cheeks.

"Hey."

"Hey to you too."

She smiled as she slightly tilted her head up giving me perfect access to swoop in a steal a kiss from her lips. My hand held her head sturdily, however, our kiss was gentle.

The passionate, fiery kiss we shared a week ago was no longer here, instead, it was like we were drifting along calmly in the vast, endless and ever changing canvas of colours: the sky.

You will never know what's sure to come out of it: the sky. They say there's a 70% chance of precipitation however, what about the rest of the 30%? You never know what's going to happen. It could one day be shining so bright that you're blinded by its beauty and the next a wave of despair can cloud it, thunder raining from the heavens above it as it cries tears of sadness. Just as the sky is uncertain and can be unexpected, so can feelings.

Her lips were soft, moving perfectly in synch with mine almost as if we were in the middle of a dance. Could having feelings for someone change your outlook on life completely? Could it just change you? Suzu within a month has changed completely. Had I known she'd be like this, I'd have become her boyfriend sooner - not that she'd accept a confession from me in the state that she was in during the beginning of our school year.

"So where are we going?" She asked me, separating herself from me. My eyes lingered on her lips for a moment before they came in contact with her eyes.

"Where do you want to go?" I responded with a question, which caused her eyes to thin and she raised an eyebrow.

"You asked me, did you not?" She replied back, however, I felt a something tingling, almost like- what was it that Ike called it? Spidey-Sense?

"Yes but you were about to ask- owch." There it was. The imminent danger I was feeling moments ago: the compass.

"I notice you still have that lethal weapon of yours Suzune."