Loved

15.

The next morning, I wake up in Ichiru's arms. He's awake and looking at me. I blush.

"How long have you been awake?" I ask.

"Not long. I just didn't want to wake you. You're so cute when you're sleeping." I blushed and looks away. "Then again... you're cute no matter what."

I blush at his simple comment.

"By the way..." he looks into my eyes. "W-what are we...?"

I don't know how to respond. "Umm.... I don't know..."

"Well... erm... w... will you... will you be my boyfriend?" He looks at his hands, surely expecting rejection.

"I.... I don't know what to say..." I caress his face and make him look at me. "Y-yes. I will."

He smiles and tears prick at the corners of his eyes. He looks so happy. I don't think I've ever seen him this happy. I lean in and kiss his lips ever so slightly. He blushes. He isn't used to me kissing him, it's always been him.

We both get out of bed and get dressed. I put on a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a dark purple tee shirt. Ichiru is wearing a salmon colored shirt and baggy blue jeans. We go out to the living room and turn on the tv. We watch a game show for a while and cuddle on the couch. This is our last day at the cabin and we have to leave tonight or we'll miss school on Monday. I don't want our time together to end.

After about an hour Ichiru gets off of the couch and goes into the room and starts packing up his stuff. All of my stuff is already packed up because I don't like to leave my stuff lying around.

"Hey, Bear, do you wanna go on a walk before we have to go?" Ichiru says after about 20 minutes of packing.

"Sure." I still blush at the nickname he's given me.

I go to our room and put on my black converse and put on my lucky jacket. We head out of the door and walk along the trail from last night. It's daylight now, so I can see the scenery much clearer now. The trees are green and there are plants and flowers everywhere.

I stopped to pick a pink flower. It was so beautiful that I couldn't help but pick it. I sniff the flower and it smells really good. I smile and I put it in Ichiru's hair. Ichiru smiles before saying thank you and we continue walking. Once we make it to the end of the trail and back to wear we had our date, we sit down beneath the tree on the hill.

We sit on the grass and look out onto the lake for a while. Then Ichiru stands up and takes a pocket knife out of his pocket. I look at him with a questioning look. He walks over to the tree and starts carving something into it. I stand up and observe his carving. He has carved "Ichiru +" and is working on writing my name. Once he finished writing our names he carved a heart around them. I blush and hug him tightly. I take the pocket knife and carve "forever" into the tree.

We share a long passionate kiss and stay by the lake for a few more minutes bafore going back to the cabin.

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After watching an episode of some random game show, Ichiru calls Akira. He talks on the phone with him for a while, laughing and gossiping. After a few minutes he tells me that Akira will be here in about 20 minutes.

Not wanting this wonderful weekend to end, I pull Ichiru close to me. I kiss his lips deeply. He quickly kisses back and licks my lips. I open my mouth a little, letting his tongue explore my mouth. I put my hands around his waist and he puts his in my hair. This moment is so perfect that I never want to stop kissing him. Not breaking the kiss, we sit on the couch and my hands are in his shirt, exploring his bare back. His fingers are getting tangled up in my hair and almost pulling it out. To my misfortune, I had to pull back from the kiss for air.  I take a deep breath and so does he.

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Akira finally shows up to pick us up. We put our stuff into the trunk and we both get into the back seat together. Akira looks back at us and smiles like he knew that we would end up together. Akira backs out of the driveway to the cabin and starts driving along the windy road back to Kyoto.

We are about 30 miles away from Kyoto right now and I'm starting to get tired. I take this opportunity to lean my head on Ichiru's shoulder. I nuzzle the top of my head into his neck and close my eyes. He kisses the top of my head and leans his head in mine. I grab his hand and intertwine our fingers. I fall asleep.

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I'm woken up by Ichiru shaking me awake. He tells me that we are home and I get off of him and stretch. I grab my stuff out of the trunk and Ichiru gets out of the car to hug me goodbye. We didn't kiss because I didn't want my parents to know yet. We say goodbye and I leave with my stuff into the house. I rush up to my room saying quick hellos to my parents. I look out of my window just in time to see Ichiru and Akira drive off.

I take off my shirt and put on pajama pants and slide into my bed under the covers. I slowly drift to sleep thinking of Ichiru. I can't wait to see him tomorrow.

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