“Can I kiss you?”
“E-Eh..?” He looked from one side to the other to see if no one was coming, and took her hand. “The library…” He suggested, his cheeks bright pink as he guided her there.
Minpha leaned back into his arms, holding his arms tighter around her as well, sort of cuddling up to him, in a way of showing him she liked the compliment. She didn’t stay there for too long, though, because she knew it would make Yuuki even more tense, and she didn’t want that, so she pulled back from his arms, and turned to face him again. “I love you.” Were the words she said next. No hesitation, they simply flowed out like she didn’t have a difficulty with speech. Thing was: she had been practicing those words during some time, now.
Yuuki did his best to stay like that with Minpha as long as possible, and it was both sad and relieving when she pulled back. He wished he could stay close to her like that - she had that effect on him, he just wanted to hold her and stay close to her, nothing sexual involved.
His eyes widened visibly when she said those three words. She had never said them out loud, and it came out so… perfectly, the words flowed out of her lips like he had never heard before. It was even a bit overwhelming, indeed. His heart beated even harder against his chest, as he himself had to concentrate to reply, and even though he felt his words would flow a lot less than hers. “I love you too.”
She had no idea how Yuuki would react to those words; maybe he would be scared, or maybe he would hate her, she didn’t know. But she had been keeping them inside for too long, and she needed to let them out. Despite her appearance, she wasn’t a little kid, she was a 16 years old girl already. Minpha didn’t look away, though, kept looking at him, searching for his reactions. And then, those words that he didn’t practice, in fact, it felt like he didn’t speak them often, if at all, but those were possibly the sweetest ones she ever heard. Her own eyes widened when she heard them and smiled brightly, hugging him tightly, face burying in his chest. “Yuuki…” She felt so happy she could barely hold back.
Yuuki himself had no idea of what was going on there. He did not expect Minpha to say those words, especially the way she did, and he did not expect his answer to be that one. But there they were. He gasped a bit with surprise when she suddenly hugged him so tightly, her face against his chest, and it took him a few seconds to actually move his arms to wrap them around her as well. It was a gentle hug at first, but he slowly tightened his arms around her, and placed a small kiss on the top of her head. He didn’t know what else he could say, so he didn’t say anything else, and just stayed like that with her.
She stayed like that for a little bit longer, before pulling back, once again reluctantly, because she didn’t want to do it, but she knew she had to. With a smile up at im, she held his hand and started to walk through the corridor of books, taking him to the fairy tales section. “Yuu… Read…?” Minpha asked, before looking through the many titles there, to choose one of them, called The Beauty and The Beast. Being together in the library was good, because sometimes Yuuki would allow her to lay her head on his lap, and it was a moment she cherished.
He held on the best he could until she pulled back, and smiled back down at her. He let her guide him along the corridors, nodding at her as she asked him to read. “Choose a book for us.” He said and waited for her choice. Once she had picked a book, he took her to the big couch and sat down, waiting for her to set herself the way she preferred so he could start reading.
Once they were back on the couch, she moved to lean her head against Yuuki’s arm, so she could look at the book as well, since it had some pictures in it as well. She held her legs with her arms, eyes big and curious towads the book. It was always nice to stay like that, because then she could learn new stories, and hear Yuuki’s voice more; she thought that Yuuki had a beautiful voice, and sometimes she would pretend to be asleep in his room, so he would start singing while doing other things. It made her happy.
Once she was all set, Yuuki opened the book and cleaned his throat, and started reading the story. He enjoyed a lot to read to her, because he as well loved books, and because it distracted him enough to allow Minpha to stay really close to him for a long time. It made him really happy. He read slowly so she could keep up with it, and showed her the pictures that appeared from time to time.
