My love belongs to you only

Finally realizing my feelings?

We go into the garden and sit down at the set table.

"Wow, it already smells delicious, how good does it taste then?"

"You won't know unless you try. Go ahead."

My mother sits down as well and Takashi can't decide what to eat first.

"Seriously, everything looks so good."

"Then just eat everything," says my mother and fills his plate. 

Sometimes it's really funny to see how my mother treats people without being shy or being restrained and make people shut up this way. For some reason I enjoy Takashi being shy towards my mother. Is it because he looks sweet? Or because I don't feel alone with my nervosity? I don't know. But what I know is that I really enjoy my time with Takashi, although I was a bit surprised how close he was while playing. He often hugged me when I won and our arms often touched, that close he was. But to my surprise I didn't even had something against it.

"Everything ok, dear?"

"H-huh?"

I look at my mother questioning what is wrong with me again.

"Your cheeks."

I touch them and in fact, they are hot. Seriously, why do I always get red when I think about Takashi... itwasn't like this before the summer vacation.

"Or did you thought about something dirty?"

"Mom!"

I yell distraught at my mother. How can she say this in front of Takashi?! When I look at him out of worry, I see him laughing. At least he takes it the funny way... I avert my gaze again and try to only pay attention to my food from now on.

The sun is about to go down and we talk a bit more after everyone finishes dinner. After some minutes, my mother leaves us alone and we wonder what to do now.

"Let's lay down on the grass, Haydie. I'm too full to go upstairs now," laughs Takashi slightly and I agree. 

We stand up and search for a place where the sun is still shining a bit. We lay down next to each other and talk about the day, although most of our talk is about Samurai Warriors. This was by far the funniest game today! After some time, the sun is almost completly down and our place isn't warmed up anymore.

"By the way, how long can you stay here?"

"I still have some time left."

"Ok," I say as I look into the sky. It's so late already, hm? I sense myself getting a bit sad when I suddenly feel a stab at the side of my stomach.

"Hey! No tickling!"

"Why? Are you ticklish? I need to test it!"

"W-wah! Nooo!"

But my screams are helpless, he already attacks me hard and I'm close to die of laughter and less breathing.

"Oh my... gosh... please... I give up."

"Haha, you are fast to give up,"says Takashi while he is about to stand up since he sat down on me in order to torture me with tickling but I can't let him go without a revenge! I quickly stop his doing by tickling the sides of his stomach and he quickly falls back on me.

"Oho, you seem to be more ticklish than I am!"

"Please never tell anyone," says Takashi with his face close to the ground.

He places his hands next to my face, one on each side, and pushes himself up but he seems out of power since he stops when his face is right above mine and I stop breathing for a moment and can only look into his eyes. For a moment,we stay like this.

"You smell nice," compliments me Takashi but I can't say a word.

"Ah, oh, sorry... I forgot for amoment."

With that Takashi stands up and reaches out a hand to me and pulls me up.

"I-it's ok... yeah," I fluster while looking at the ground until Takashi places a finger under my chin and lifts my head.

"Good people don't look down on the ground."

I feel myself getting red again and I can't get rid of the feeling that he wanted to say something else but kept himself shut... I don't want this feeling! I only want to see him as my best friend. Getting any deeper feelings would destroy everything...

"I have to go now. I wish I could stay longer."

"How about I visit you next?"

"Oh, sure! You are welcome everytime!"

We smile at each other and go to the other side of the house.

"Well then... it was a great day. I hope you liked it."

"I loved it," claims Takashi and hugs me once more.

"Thank you and... sleep well."

"Sle-sleep well... too, Takashi."

And here I am again, red as a tomato. Takashi lets go of the hug and goes home but not without looking back and waving to me. I wave as well and go into my house where my mother happily awaits me in the middle of the living room.

"And?! Did anything happen?!"

"Mom, what are you even so excited about?"

"I just felt something serious between you two, you know. And when I saw you two tickling each other... woooow, this was nice!"

"Mom! Please!"

"Don't be shy, haha. You feel it yourself, don't lie to yourself."

Her words take me aback. I don't know what to think anymore. Is my mother hallucinating or is she serious?I don't even know... tired, I go back to my room and put away all the games we played. Soon after, I change clothes, brush my teeth and stuff when I suddenly get a message on my phone. A message fromTakashi which says: 'We have to repeat it. Please have a good night and sleep well.' How sweet... I respond fast to him by agreeing with him and wishing him a good night as well. Luckily it's Sunday tomorrow. This means I can finally get enough sleep. If my brain isn't stucked with Takashi again...

Takashi's POV:

Finally home... my god. It became a real torture towards the end because I restrained myself so hard not to touch her. I guess I'm really deep in love. Although I don't want to put a risk on anything, I want her to love me too. It just has to go well! Worried about the future, I go to bed with an unknown feeling which makes it hard for me to fall asleep.