Maybe Haruka is finally learning how to express his feelings for her openly instead of in secret. Lila would like to say they put in an equal amount of effort in their relations.h.i.+p, but sometimes it feels one-sided to her. Like she always says she loves him on a daily basis, but those words are rare for him. Or maybe it"s just her who thinks it"s rare, in contrast to when they first went out, things have changed."But hmmm, is this change a good thing?" Lila debated. When they first started to date each other, while there were some complications involved - they didn"t have drama every single day like they do now. Is it simply because of Haruka"s insecurities?
"Hey, close your eyes for a bit Lila," Haruka suddenly said.
Lila, however, doesn"t get a chance, since she felt Haruka"s strong hands cover her eyes. Despite this unexpected behaviour, Lila allowed him, "You know; you could give me an explanation for this," he has a reason, right? Or rather it seemed stupid for him to cover up her vision like this. After all, she is a hanyou if she wanted to see what was going on. All she would have to do is use her powers, but instead, she played along with him.
Haruka didn"t respond to her, and she adds, "Is there something you don"t want her to see?" Lila paused in mid-sentence as she suddenly recalled something.
The things Haruka doesn"t want her to see are usually to do with Aizawa Mei. Could it be that Aizawa is here? If so, he doesn"t have to block her vision. One of his fingers twitched against her cheek. It seems like she hit the mark there. Lila sighed, how helpless. Goodness, he needs to learn how to explain things. What is this called in a relations.h.i.+p? Ah yes, "Communication," that"s something that is severely lacking in this relations.h.i.+p of theres.
She knows that he isn"t trying to harm her or anything. However, he doesn"t have to be this strange about it. Speaking of strange, there"s a faint perfume scent lingering on his body. It"s clear that he tried to take the scent out with his cologne, but she can still smell it. It"s not Aizawsan"s scent. Maybe ...she recalled the bruises and frowned. Rosalichan? She really has to do something about that woman quickly. She won"t allow her to hurt Haruka anymore.
Or rather, Rosalichan has gotten big headed. It seems like that woman no longer wants to live anymore. Lila hated how a few months ago, she allowed Rosalichan to step all over her like that. If she wasn"t in such a weak situation, she knew the girl would not have been stupid enough to make such a move. She has to get stronger; she can"t give them any more openings like that.
Still, Lila wondered what Rosalichan was up to. If she wants to achieve her goals, why does Rosalichan keep dragging Haruka into this? Didn"t Rosalichan say that she will do whatever she can to get to Kiryu, even if it meant hurting him? So why is it Haruka? So strange, she doesn"t understand what that evil woman is up to. Still, even if she can"t figure it out now. Lila knew that she had to do something about this.
Guess it"s time to consult Soichiro properly, normally she would evade speaking with him. But, "He"s helpful in these situations," Lila thought.
Lila pa.s.sed the time by thinking of her next course of action, but even then she grew incredibly impatient, "Is it time yet?"
"Not yet," Haruka trailed off, "If your inpatient though, we could do something else to make the time pa.s.s by," Haruka casually said. But Lila immediately understood what he meant, causing her to cease her complaints. Haruka laughed, "You don"t want to, huh?" his tone suddenly seemed serious.
"You know that"s not it," Lila mumbles. It"s not that she doesn"t want to, she really does want to be held in his arms. However... she doesn"t want him to see it, those markings, " ... you know if we remain like this for long. It"ll be bad for my heart," Lila managed to say. It wasn"t an utter lie; for the last few minutes, she had been struggling to remain calm.
Haruka chuckles, "Relax a bit. You don"t have to wait long, at most another 40 minutes. "
40 minutes? Her hearts already beating so fast. There"s no way she can last that long. Okay, think of something Lila, something that isn"t Haruka. That thought of hers failed in just a matter of seconds. That"s impossible, these days - no since she started her journey, she thinks about Haruka every day. A single day has not gone by where she hasn"t thought of him.
Whenever she thought about that though, Lila would sigh deeply. She"s spent so much time focusing on Haruka and neglected so many important factors.
After an interminably long wait, Lila felt Haruka remove his hands away from her eyes, "It"s here."
It felt strange after having Haruka"s hands on her eyes for a long time to suddenly regain her vision. Lila was adjusting her eyes when she spotted something in the sky. A star gleamed brightly, and then it sailed in a glowing arc.
"How beautiful! It"s a meteor shower," Lila exclaimed happily.
"Glad to see you"re so well informed. But really I"m surprised, one this big doesn"t come so often," Haruka said, as he wrapped his scarf around them both. Oh, it"s warm, her cheeks turned red slightly as their shoulders brushed against each other.
"Romantic," Lila thought to herself. She thought Haruka was joking when he said that he would take her out on a romantic date — but being with him like this, being so close with him. Lila felt content and happy. This is what a date should be, so he does know how to do this properly. Then, Lila wondered why it took him so long to do something like this for her?
She shook the thought out of her head, don"t dwell on it too much. What is important now is this moment with him, "I"ve always wanted to know where those rocks are going? Are they returning to their home? " Lila asked.
Haruka seemed amused at her reply, and he chuckled, "Heh, guess it"s expected of you to say something like that," he then explains to her how the rocks burn up and dissolve in the air.
"Haruka, you only show your knowledgeable side at these times."
"Well, I can"t have people figuring out my secret."
Lila laughed. This really is nice though, spending time with him like this and watching the stars. Quite some time has pa.s.sed since they last did anything like an ordinary couple. Then again, the word ordinary doesn"t suit the two of them at all, Lila leaned into his hold, "So this is your surprise for me? Take me to a dark forest to show me a meteor shower?"
"Well, there"s also dinner which was supposed to be first. But then I saw the time," he gently caressed her cheeks, "I"m glad you like it, I"ve been wanting to do something that makes you happy, instead of just focusing on what I want."
Lila knew what he was referring to, the thing that makes Haruka happiest is s.e.x, "Did it occur to you that"s not just limited to you?"
A confused look appeared on his face, "You like having s.e.x with me?"
Why is he even asking her something so ridiculous for? Did he really think she would just get caught up in the flow and let him touch her if she didn"t like it? Wait a minute, since this is him that"s completely possible. A frustrated look appeared on her face as a deep sigh pa.s.sed her lips, "Why is her boyfriend so stupid at times?" Lila thought. For somebody who is called the demon judge, is handsome, talented at everything he does and smart- why can"t he see through things like this?
If she explained it to him, wouldn"t he teas her? Lila didn"t want to destroy the current mood between them. But if she were to leave things the way they are now, then he will a.s.sume he is correct. Lila debated about it for a few minutes before she finally said, "Yeah, yeah I do," forget the teasing that will most likely happen.
She likes it, so what? The two of them are dating, and it"s perfectly normal being held by the one she loves. While other people may think so otherwise, frankly speaking, Lila didn"t care what others thought. Haruka likes to have s.e.x a lot? Sure, whatever. At times he may seem overbearing, but that"s just how he is. He"s never once forced her.
Though, there was that time before they went out with each other. When Lila protected Yumeko from getting injured in school, that time, she felt afraid of him for the very first time. But even then she didn"t resent him. Most people would call her stupid if they found out about it. Certainly, those who knew of the incidence wondered why she didn"t resent Haruka. She felt afraid, but resent? Hate him? It"s not possible for her. While she can"t make excuses for what he did then. Lila wasn"t going to blame him for it.
Her thoughts broke off when she felt Haruka nuzzle his face against hers, "You"re silly," she commented.
Haruka laughed, "Yeah, but your cheeks looked cold. Warming you up."
"That"s true; I am cold there."
This moment with him is perfect, but why does she get a bad feeling that something will go terribly wrong soon?