Searching for Him

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It had been three days since they spoke about why she was there and her father was supposed to arrive the next day. For the past couple of days, Emily had been going over to Shoto's house after breakfast, and either she would train with him or she would go with Fyummi to the store for groceries or help her around the house. During one of his alone training Emily went with Fyummi to the mall and bought a dress for her. It wasn't anything too special but it was enough to get her attention and hopefully her father's approval.

Emily had gotten to know them better by spending time with them. Especially with Shoto. They would take long walks after dinner, text and talk on the phone after she had gone back to her hotel, just sit around at his house and train or just enjoy their company. Not all the time would they talk, sometimes it was just to be around one another to feel their confronting presence.

"You never told me the boy's name." he told her. They were sitting outside his house on a little patch of grass, looking up at the moon. He had his arms behind him leaning on them, she was laying down, her head on his legs.

"Hmm?" she turned her head a little towards him, his head down looking at her.

"The boy you said you were looking for."

"Oh, I..I don't really remember his name." she put her index finger on her chin, in a thinking manner trying to remember the boy's name. "I'll ask my mom when I get back if she remembers him or his mom's name. It was a long time ago."

"You don't remember his name and you've never asked your mother about it?" he questioned her sitting up properly. She got off his lap and put her hand behind her neck.

"Ha..no." she chuckled avoiding making eye contact with him. He stared at her and shook his head. She smiled at him, her dimples popping out. There was something about those dimples that he liked, they made her look adorable. They sat in silence, her eyes looking at the moon and his looking at her. Her eyes moved to look into his. She was starting to get lost into his grey and blue eyes when they saw a flash behind them. They turned and saw Fyummi standing there with her phone in her hands.

"Oops." Fyummi giggled and skipped away. There was a light blush on Shoto's face when Emily turned to look at him. Emily poked his cheek where the blush was. She was smiling at him when he turned to look at her.

"I told you to take one, it would last longer." she ran her hand through his hair messing it up a bit. He swatted her hand away when she kept pulling his hair up. She puffed out her cheeks and looked away in a pout. He poked at her tickle spot, and got her to start giggling, stopping her pout. This was something they've done, she'll pout or get upset about something and him still being awkward about cheering her up would just tickle her. She smirked at him, making him stop. His eyes widening a bit.

Emily pulled her phone out, opening up her camera. She leaned forward, like she was going towards his lips and he stopped moving to watch her. The blush clear on his cheeks. She tilted her head to the side and kissed his cheek and took the picture. The red eyed girl giggled as she saw the picture.

"Well it's time for me to go." She got up and took another picture of him and skipped towards the door. Before she got to the porch leading to the door she felt his arms around her waist.

"Delete the picture." he whispered in her ear, sending a shiver down her spine. A light pink dust on her face, at the closeness. She shook her head with a smile on her face. His arms tightened around her and she turned her head, their noses touching. Her eyes looked into his and slowly moved them towards his lips, biting her lip. She heard him inhale as he watched her bite her lip. Before he got close to kissing her again he let go of her and stepped back.