Harinu's POV
Am I dreaming? Is this all some wild fantasy of mine that my mind is tricking me with?
It's all too good to be true and I'm still having a hard time believing it. But here was Ryu, in my arms, clinging onto me as I held him close to my chest.
He had maneuvered into my lap without removing an inch of himself away from my body and straddled me, locking his small legs around my waist. I blushed at the new position and rested my chin atop his head as I closed my eyes, squealing inside.
He likes me. He likes me! I hugged him tighter, grinning until my face hurt. I feel so complete. So damn complete, and everything around us seemed to disappear until it was just me and him. I inhaled deeply to try and calm my excitement.
Oo~. He smells good. I breathed in his scent again and my grin became a satisfied smile. He smells just like cinnamon, or is it pumpkin spice? I don't care, he smells amazing!
"Rinu." Ryu softly called. I sighed at the sweet sound of his voice using my nickname and I buried my nose in his brown hair.
"Yes?"
"Why are you sniffing me?"
I froze and opened my eyes in realization. I was no longer nuzzled into his hair, instead I had unconsciously lowered to the crook of his neck and snuggled against him sniffing his sweet redolence.
"Because.." I murmured lowly. I placed a hand under his chin and lifted his head from my chest so he looked up at me. His cheeks burned a dark crimson as I lowered my face near his until we were an inch apart and I gazed into his chocolate eyes. "You smell really nice."
Ryu furrowed up his brows and pushed his perfect lips together firmly as he stared into my eyes embarrassed. I smiled and pressed my forehead against his, our noses bumping. This action only made him redder. I leaned closer, our lips nearly touching as our breaths mingled together.
So close...
"I..." I trailed off.
Too close...
"Ice cream!" I suddenly yelled leaning back from him. Ryu was surprised by my sudden outburst and jumped back in shock.
"Huh?" He said confused, his red face fading. He must have been somewhat ticked from me blurting out a random word in a passionate moment.
I blushed. "Ice cream!" I piped.
His eyes lit up at the sound of food and he grinned. "Ice cream?! Where?!" He asked desperately. I grinned nervously. Greedy little munchkin.
"In the freezer. Want some?"
"Yes!"
He quickly got off me and skipped to the kitchen with a cute smile on his face. I sighed in relief. That was close. Too close.
I heard Ryu sigh too in the kitchen and I cast my gaze on him, his hand running through his messy brown hair as he faced away from me.
He probably feels the same way I do. Nervous.
"C'mon, Rinu!" He whined looking over his shoulder at me. When we made eye contact we blushed and looked away. "You better have sprinkles!"
I got up and walked over to the cabinets, grabbing two bowls and two spoons for us then took the ice cream from the freezer, placing everything on the table. I allowed him to scoop his own ice cream, knowing he would only complain if I didn't give him enough. He never complains about too much. When he finished, a good amount of ice cream was taken out of the container and I looked at him with a raised brow.
Ryu grinned innocently. He had a damn mountain of cookies and cream ice cream in his bowl! I shrugged shaking my head and scooped me out a little bit of ice cream before placing the near empty container in the freezer with a pout. I just bought that ice cream.
"Where are the sprinkles?!" Ryu asked, more like demanded as he opened the fridge. He gasped loudly. "Whipped cream!"
Hm. I forgot about that. Ryu shook the can and popped it open before adding a mountain of the whipped cream onto his mountain of ice cream.
This guy.
"Sprinkles!"
"Okay, Ryu."
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Ryu sat at the table with a content look on his face. He ate his ice cream as he played a game on his phone, most of his attention off of his food for once. I finished my ice cream a few minutes ago since I had so little and I eventually zoned out watching him.
Ryu lifted his spoon without taking his eyes off of his screen and completely missed his mouth, his hand smearing the dessert across his cheek. He froze and put down his phone swiping his finger through the cream on his cheek and poking it in his mouth. My eyes widened. That kinda looks like..
I watched as he swiped the rest off of his face and we met eyes. I blushed and shot up from my chair gabbing my dishes and running to the sink.
Shit. Shit. Shit!
I grasped the granite counter and hung my head between my arms as my cheeks heated up.
Too hot. Too hot.
I sighed loudly. Ryu's cute actions are driving me crazy! I nearly kissed the guy and now I'm thinking about...stuff on his face. I'm not going to be able to control myself around him. He's too damn sexy.
"Rinu?" Came Ryu's soft voice. I quickly stood up and placed my dishes in the sink and started to clean them.
"Y-yeah?" Dammit! I stuttered.
The sound of his chair sliding against the floor was heard and I tensed up. But when that was the only sound I heard I glanced over my shoulder to find him turned around in his chair eyeing me carefully. He didn't say anything and just continued to stare at me with lowered, studying eyes.
Why are you looking at me like that? I blushed and turned away to place my dishes back in the cabinets then scurried into the living room. "I-I'll be in here!" I stuttered and flopped down on the couch so he couldn't see me. I covered my face with my hands and let out a deep sigh.
Never have I ever been this affected by him in my life. Is it because we confessed to each other our feelings and now being under the same roof together is making our minds go haywire? Are our bodies really that attracted to one another that we're doing things to each other without thought?
My hand slowly trailed up to my cheek and held it there. Ryu..kissed me here. It's like I can still feel his lips on my skin now that I think about it. I touched my lips and smiled a little.
And I almost kissed him.. So close..
I heard Ryu giggle from the table and I peeked at him from the side of the couch. He continued eating and had zoned out looking at the table, drawing imaginary shapes on the dark wood. I poked my head above the couch to see over the table and watched his finger.
Hearts. He was drawing hearts of different sizes all around his bowl with whipped cream.
I fell back against the couch and squealed loudly at the cuteness. Ryu quit being so adorable! "MMMM!"
It fell silent in the room and I peeked around the couch at Ryu. He stared at the couch wide eyed and confused at the weird ass noise I just made and had stopped his finger movements.
Oops.
He then giggled shaking his head and continued to draw his hearts. I fell back again and rolled around on the couch.
Too cute!
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Mehhh..... Why did this chapter take me sooo longgg. ^.^ Anyway, this chapter was just absolute fluff...I think. But future chapters won't be so fluffy...insert Lenny face here... Lol Bye.
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