"A Love Story" Kaede and Shuichi

Chapter 9

Shuichi's POV

    I opened my eyes to see I was laying on the floor next to the grand piano. I thought i was dreaming but I rubbed one of my eyes and noticed I wasn't. I really was laying on the floor. I tried to grab my other arm to rub my other eye but something stopped it. A grip of some sort. I turned to my right, surprised to see Kaede curled up in a ball next to me. My heart pounded as I stared at her cute sleeping face.

    I heard a gentle, almost silent, snore from her. I smiled and moved a strand of her hair out of her face. She sighed in her sleep and moved closer to me, the grip on my right arm tightening.

    It would have been completely perfect if it wasn't for the hard, cold floor beneath us. But I didn't really mind too much. My lover was laying right next to me, that's all that mattered to me. I sighed too and stroked her hair in her sleep. I thought to myself as her soft, blonde hair slipped through my fingers.

    Had I fallen asleep? I know for a fact I was sitting upright. That's the last thing I remember.. I was too deep in my thoughts that I had not noticed Kaede's eyes starting to open. I was still moving strands of her hair through my fingers.

    "Shuichi?" I heard her voice and snapped back to her. I stopped running my fingers in her hair and just layed in front of her.

    "Oh, Kaede, you're awake," I say. She smiles, her eyes still half closed.

    "Yeah," She says and realises her grip on my arm to rub her eyes. I watch her as she stretches. She then looks at me, her eyes now open normally. She sits up and blushes.

    "I wonder how long we have been asleep for.." She asks.

    "O-Oh, I'll check," I say quickly. I open my Monopad and stare in shock. "11-11:30??" We slept for that long??" I exclaim. She looks in shock too.

    "Wow, well I will say that was one of the best naps I have ever taken," She says and blushes. I blush too as we both have sat upright.

    "Yeah.. me too," I say. She smiles at me and after a silent moment I stood up.

    "Well, I guess we can go around and try to find something to do," I said with a shrug. I got up and turned to her, reaching out a hand. "Milady," I said and bowed to her with my hand still out to her. After my bow, I looked into her eyes.She smiled up at me, probably hiding a chuckle as her eyes gleamed up at me. She gently put her hand in mine and I helped her up.

    She curtseyed to me and her smile widened. "Thank you, kind sir," She giggled slightly before letting go of my hand and grabbed it again with her left.

    "Well, I guess we can..." She paused, then a grin came upon her. "Shuichi... can you dance?"

    I looked at her in shock. I had never danced with anyone before.

    "N-No.. I don't..." I said, blushing and looking to the right of me.

    "Well, I'll teach you!" She said cheerfully. I looked to her to see a big smile plastered on her face. Oh no, I'll totally embarrass myself! But, it doesn't seem like I have much of a choice.

    "Well, umm.. I guess. But I'm not good at this! So.. don't be surprised if I trip over my feet," I said with a blush. Her smile only got bigger.

    "Okay! Well, come here," I tried not to make eye contact with her as I came closer to her. I felt one of her hands land on my left shoulder and she held her other hand out in a dance position. I met her, putting my hand on her upper back and entwining her fingers with mine. She blushed and smiled.

    "Okay, so we are gonna keep it simple and sweet," She explained. "I'll show you what it looks like if I was the guy, but soon you will lead me instead of me leading you," She stated.

    "Okay," I nodded.

    "Okay, watch my feet. We are gonna simply move side to side. Step, touch. Step touch," She then slowly glided her foot to the right of her, dragging me along with her. She then glided her other foot to the foot she had just moved.

    "Then we simply just go to the other side, and you keep going back and forth, left and right," She said, leading me to the other side. We did a few more times, her initiating the first step. I was caught on pretty quick.

    "I think I got it," I say. She grins.

    "Alright, I'll hand it over to you. Lead me," She whispers the end of her statement and before I turn into a blushing mess, I lead her into a step. She glides with me with ease, and we end up dancing. I couldn't help but be overjoyed that I hadn't embarrassed myself yet. After maybe stepping 20 times to each side, she said something else.

    "Okay, let's go to the next step," She said. After the next touch, I stopped. A happy expression still on her face, making me smile too.

    "Let's say you want to turn me, instead of just going left and right. So, here is what you do, I'll play as the guy again," She said. "Feel the pressure I put onto you, and when I pull you. If I to move right, in a circle, then I will push this hand-" I felt her gently push our entwined hands toward me. "And I'll pull you with this hand," I felt her softly pull me with her other hand.

    "Then, you still continue with the step, touch. Make sure everything is with beat, or else it will get ruined," She then pushed and pulled me as we turned. Like a pro, I moved along with her. It was amazing how well she was at this.

    "Wow, you're really good at this, Kaede," I say. A red tint hits her cheeks as we continue going into a circle.

    "Hehe, thanks," She said. After a bit, she handed the lead over to me. I did my best and luckily, I moved her successfully. We were actually dancing, and it seemed surreal.

    "You're doing it! Well, if you want to move me the other way, just revert the pushes and pulls. I'll leave the rest to you," With another smile, I don't think her smile ever left her lips, she waited for when I made the next move. I took a deep breath, and led her into the dance. I was so surprised we didn't trip over each other's feet. We didn't go fast, but that would have ruined the moment anyway. I twisted her and she looked into my eyes the whole time. I couldn't look away, so we just gazed into each other.

    I then thought of an idea while we danced. What if I.. what's the word? I think it's dip. What if I dipped her? Well, might as well try. I already embarrassed myself by not knowing how to dance.

    I then pushed her with our entwined hands and moved my hand to her lower back. She moved to me, gently pushing up against my body as I pulled her to me, pushing and dipping her.

Kaede's POV

    I was surprised. Once I bumped into Shuichi, I thought we had finally had a mess up. But it was far, far from that. I felt his hand slide onto my lower back as he dipped me. At first I was shocked but then tilted my head back. After a few seconds he pulled me back up. My heart thumped. Did he really just do that? That was.. Amazing. I looked up at him with happy, slightly widened eyes. He stared back, looking slightly scared.

    Before he could lead me into another step, I wrapped my arms around his neck. Surprised, I think, he didn't move. He then put his arms around my mid back. I smiled and softly took off his hat. His blush was more visible, which just made me smile even more. He was so cute with a blush... I kept my arms wrapped around his neck and pulled him closer to him. I pressed our foreheads together, closing my eyes.

    He held me closer, his body heat so close to me. I was so happy and for once felt so secure in a lover's arms that I didn't want to let him go. We just stood there for a bit, enjoying each other's company. I then felt his lips on mine. I immediately kissed back, feeling his soft lips planted on mine. His pull on my tightened, my back arching slightly. We were pressed together as our lips danced.

    He really doesn't know how happy this makes me...