Wow! I didn't expect to write a second part to this:3 But most of you were asking if there was anymore... So I thought about it, and I wanted to try and see what I can do! Soooo, here you go! I hope you enjoy!
Not Too Sweet pt.2
"I'm gonna take Yujiro for a walk. I'll be back in an hour or so." Sano announced, zipping up his windbreaker jacket. Mizuki looked up at him from organizing her things, and tried to smile naturally.
"Ok. Be safe." She said. Sano closed the door behind him, leaving Mizuki uncomfortable. She glanced down at her things that were unorganized, and sighed.
'It's been so awkward between us since Valentine's...' She told herself. She let out another deep sigh of dismay, and looked up at the ceiling.
'A whole month. It's been a whole month since that day...' She thought. She picked up a little fuzzy pen from her pile, and twirled it in her fingers. 'That's just way too long. I never expected Sano and I to keep this up. I just don't know how to reply to that statement he made! I guess I'm just a coward... A big fat coward!' She cried out. She hung her head in self-disappointment, but curled her hand into a fist and bit her lip.
'I'll figure out how to make things better!' She told herself. Now all she had to do was wait for Sano to come home. She started by slowly putting things in order in the room. She picked up a stack of books sitting in the corner of the room, and sorted out who's was who's. Sano had a pile, and she had a pile. Sano's books belonged on the desk, and her's in her closet. Old homework worksheets were her next mission. A spark of determination gleamed in her eyes.
Soon enough, she was zooming across the room, cleaning this and that, and cleaning the nooks and crannys that she could find. She found a Mr. Children CD that she didn't recognize.
"Hmm... It might be Sano's. I don't know this band..." She mumbled to herself. She approached the computer desk that Sano used, and opened up shelves to find his CD case. Ah ha! She found it in the last droor to the right. She picked it up, slipped the CD back into it's rightful place, and was ready to place it back in, until she saw something familiar.
"What's this...?"
She reached down inside the droor, and pulled out a plastic bag with only a few chocolates left.
"The chocolates I gave him! He actually ate them!" She cheered. She smiled at the bag, and tried to imagine Sano eating them. She could see him cringing in distaste, and spitting them out. Her eyebrows curled in worry.
"I hope he liked them..." She mumbled.
"Well of course I did." She heard the familiar deep voice. She whipped her head towards the door, and saw a red faced Sano. She didn't know if maybe he was tired, or really embarrassed.
"Looks like the cat's out of the bag..." He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. Mizuki's mouth gaped open, and didn't know how to explain.
"Um... I'm sorry I went through your stuff! I just..." She tried to find an excuse as she put the bag back into the shelf, but found Sano already in front of her when she straitened herself up. Sano breathed in deeply, and looked to the side before presenting something behind his back. He dropped a bag of cookies shaped like dogs, with white frosting on top with drops of milk chocolate for eyes and a nose. Mizuki gazed at the present. She looked up at Sano for an explanation.
"Yujiro helped me pick these out." He mumbled. But that wasn't what cured Mizuki's curiousity. Sano glanced at her, but quickly looked back at staring at the bunk bed. "Don't look at me like that! It's March fourteenth today, isn't it?" He grumbled. Mizuki's eyes widened, and turned to look at the calender on the wall. Indeed today was March fourteenth. White Day.
"Sano..."
"Well, I asked if I could interpret it anyway I wanted, so I assumed that it was homnei chocolate... So... I wanted to respond back properly." He finished. Mizuki tried to remember what giving back chocolate meant. It's been so long that she's celebrated like this, so it was hard to remember. Did it mean rejection? Or did it mean...
Sano grew impatient with Mizuki's answer, so he assumed that she was still trying to figure out what it all ment. He reached out to bring Mizuki in for a hug, and hid his face in her hair.
"I'm saying I love you, stupid." He mumbled. They stood quietly together for a moment, until Sano felt Mizuki jittering under his hold. He held her shoulders firmly, and checked to see what was wrong. He found her crying, but had a huge smile on her face.
"I... I love you too, Sano. I've loved you... for a really long time..." She choked. Sano smiled, and held her chin up to get a better look at her. He bent down slowly, and delicately kissed her salty eyes one by one, and finally their lips met tenderly. For a moment they paused, and Mizuki started to cry again. Sano helped her wipe away the tear trails.
"I didn't even get mad at you, and yet you still end up crying. What am I going to do with you?" He chuckled.
"I'm sorry... It's just... I'm so happy, but..." Mizuki's head dropped, and couldn't find the motivation to look back up at him.
"But what?" Sano asked. For some reason he knew it was coming.
"I'm... I'm a..." Mizuki stuttered, but couldn't spit out the words that tumbled around in her stomach. Sano could tell that she was going to have a hard time with this.
"You're a...what?" He egged. Mizuki looked away to hide her guilty expression, and held her fist up to her mouth.
"Please don't hate me... I wouldn't know what to do if that happened. But Sano... Sano..." She turned around to face him, with uncontrollable tears running down her face. Sano couldn't take it. He stepped up to her in one long pace, and wrapped her in his arms again.
"Shhh... Mizuki, I won't hate you. I'd never hate you. Because... I know already."
There was silence, and then Mizuki looked up at him with bewilderment.
"Really? You know then...? That I'm..."
"A girl."
"Allergic to white chocolate?"
They stood in silence.
"Ehhhhh!?" Mizuki squeeked.
Hehehe, how did you like it:3
At first I wanted it to be my version of how the cat got out of the bag, but I decided against it, and just kinda made a funny twist. Please R&R!
Honmei - Chocolate that is given to guys from girls on Valentine's Day that means "Chosen Winner" meaning they're the ones that they love.
And March Fourteenth is White Day, a month after Valentine's Day, when the men respond back to the honmei that they recieved. If the girl recieves something white, then that means that the boy accepts the girl's love. Ain't it cute?