Kido x Kano Forever

Love Never Takes A Vacation

Tsubomi was at the goldfish scooping stand with Shuuya, who insisted he play every game she did. She was fighting the urge to hit him with one of the nets they had been given.
The fish swam lazily in the shallow tanks they were kept in, as if to tease Tsubomi. She gripped the net and leaned forward, positioning herself carefully. Shuuya did the same, mimicking her exactly.
Four unsuccessful tries later, the attendant running the stand was giving them strong hints that they should leave, as the line was long with impatient festival goers.
"Well, I'd say that was a waste of time," Tsubomi declared, making her way to the concession stands.
"Here, try this," Shuuya shoved a taffy apple at her mouth.
"Did you lick this already?" Tsubomi eyed the apple suspiciously.
"No, they were offering samples over there, and I thought you'd like to try some," Shuuya averted his gaze, blushing.
That's sweet, thought Tsubomi.
"Well, since you went through the trouble.." She took a bite of the apple, and what seemed like heavenly flavour flooded into her mouth.
"Just a sec, I want to check something out.." Shuuya said, heading toward the sake stand.
"You're underage, you can't drink alcohol," Tsubomi pointed out.
"Hello? Eye ability? Ever heard of it?" Shuuya replied sarcastically.
"Still, that's not a good idea.."
Shuuya would not be stopped, so Tsubomi finally relented.
"If you drink too much, I'm not dragging your drunk butt home, ok?" She glared at him as he nodded.
However, despite having only two glasses of sake, Shuuya got tipsy.
"Hey? Gorgeous, you must be my angel.." He said, a feverish look on his face.
"Cut that out!" Tsubomi protested as he put his arm around her shoulders and the other in her waist.
"Just me and you tonight...Babe.." He whispered.
"Shut up, you drunk pervert!" She slapped him angrily.
He smiled coyly.
"Playing hard to get, huh?"
"You are never drinking alcohol ever again, do you understand?" Tsubomi dragged him away from the stand by his ear.
"Oh, hey! Kido!" a girl ran toward Tsubomi.
The girl was clearly working at one of the stands, and once she got close, Tsubomi recognized her.
"Ene-err Takane!" Tsubomi let go of Shuuya's ear and raced toward Takane.
"What's wrong with him?" Takane pointed at the reeling and staggering Shuuya.
"The idiot payed a visit to the sake stand," Tsubomi grew hot with shame as Shuuya wobbled around them, his
nonsensical words slurred.
"Oh...um, yeah, this one time, Haruka and I...."
Takane engaged Tsubomi in a lengthy story, and Tsubomi checked her phone for the time. The time was 10:00, and the gang had agreed to meet up by then.
"Takane, you and Haruka should stop by sometime....I promised everyone we'd meet up by 10, sorry we have to go!" Tsubomi hurriedly said goodbye, and proceeded to drag Shuuya with her as she went to find the rest of the gang.
"Seto-kun, this was so fun! Thanks for everything!" Marry exclaimed grabbing his hand.
At least Seto knows how to treat a girl right instead of getting drunk and mortifying her in front of friends, Tsubomi thought angrily. Would it really hurt for Shuuya to become more responsible?
"Commander, did you like it?" Momo asked.
"Yeah it was...fun, I guess.."Tsubomi looked at Shuuya, who was leaning into her shoulder.
"I'm sleepy," Seto yawned.
"Me too," Marry snuggled into his shoulder.
Tsubomi sighed. No matter what she did, it seemed her love for Shuuya never took a vacation. Even while he was in the worst condition possible, she still was attached to him.Like Shuuya himself, love was apparently hard to shake off, too.