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Log//Ongoing

When; Afternoon/Evening February 22nd
Rating; PG
Characters; Shiki

palmtoptaiga
Summary; Not much to say here. Shiki screwed up due to Valentine's Day curse and now he's out to make up for it.
Log;
Admittedly, it was a bad move. No, not going out on this date. That was a good decision. The bad one was sneaking out early and aimlessly wandering around before stopping at a flower shop. Shiki decided to jet early because he didn't want Akiha waiting somewhere for him. Whew, that would lead to a horrible situation. So off at the flower shop, he ended up making a single purchase. Shiki sat around for a bit, calmly pruning it with his knife since he had time to blow.

Sadly, he lost himself in that time and was jolted out of his day dreams by a bell going off. Cursing under his breath, he ran down the road and into the correct apartment building. Stopping at the door, he took a few seconds to catch his breath and straighten up his jacket. A little over five minutes late, he was still okay. Hopefully. He'd find out in a couple seconds. Rapping on the door with his knuckles, Shiki stepped back and waited.

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Taiga was pacing back and forth in front of the door when she heard the knock. She'd been pacing for the last fifteen minutes. Call it a nervous habit. And she was very nervous. Because this was all so complicated (wasn't everything?) and she didn't know how to deal with it. On top of that, Ryuuji wasn't here to tell her to calm down, wasn't here cajole her and keep her focused. She missed him more than ever.

Missing him wouldn't do her any good. Hadn't done her any good. She was on her own in the City.

And Shiki, who already owed her for his colossal blunder on Valentine's Day, had arrived late.

Let him off the hook? Please.

Tugging on the hem of her dress (he told her to wear something nice, and she actually listened), she took a few deep breaths and tried to clear her head. Then she reached out and yanked the door open, her game face on.

"You're late, maggot."

His right foot slid back on pure instinct alone. Call it experience living with Akiha.

"H-Hey. I was uh...doing something for you and ended up day dreaming. It's not really my fault, right?"

He ended up scratching his head, all of his worries lost except for the one where he feared that maybe physical confrontation was in his immediate future. Shiki really really wanted to avoid that. If he went home with bruises...

Augh, just thinking about it made everything ten times worse. Skip it.

"So, are you ready?"

Shiki was always so unfair. She was poised to give him a swift kick to the shins, but then he went and pulled the rug out from under her. It was annoying, the frequency in which he did that.

Equally annoying was the fact that she had already started blushing. Eyes on the ground, she twiddled her thumbs.

"Daydreaming? About what?"

What was he daydreaming about anyways? Certainly not anything special or he would have remembered. Though remembering things or even describing them in a clear manner was never one of his good points. He finally just broke down and ended up saying something to just keep her happy.

"I was just thinking about today. I'm a little nervous so you can guess how that goes."

He chuckled slightly before remembering what was in his jacket.

"Oh...right..."

Shiki? Nervous? He had to be pulling her leg. Or worse, placating her. Taiga peered up at him suspiciously as he dug through his pocket, and crossed her arms.

"I'm pretty sure you don't have a pony in there. And you said you'd surpass my expectations."

"It's not much for the moment but I still have a while."

He pulled the single rose out of his pocket. The one he had sat around and carefully cut the thorns off of. Not that it was hard but when it came to knives, Shiki liked to be extra careful.

And now he had no idea where to put it. So he held it out to her in hopes that she would have the idea he was lacking.

Ideas? No, not really, Shiki. Sure, Taiga acted like a tough girl, but she was still a girl, and whether he intended it or not (he'd asked her out, hadn't he?), she saw the rose as a romantic gesture. Her blush deepened. Her heart began to pound.

A rose. Of all things...

"You...I..."

Before she could make an even bigger fool of herself, she grabbed it from him.

"Thank you," she mumbled.

"Ah- You're welcome."

He resisted the urge to stuff his hands into his pant pockets. Instead, he offered one, a habit that he had when he took girls out. Not that he did that often or anything.

"I don't want to sound rude but we don't exactly have all night. The place might get packed if we get there too late."

"Shut up, Shiki," she said absently, preoccupied by her rose. Before, she told him to be careful or she'd really start to like him. Before, he told her that he wasn't concerned.

Obviously.

She started to grin. A stupid, giddy grin that part of her realized he could see, but she didn't care at the moment.

When she finally tore her eyes away from the rose, she noticed his hand was extended toward her. He expected her to take it, didn't he? A normal girl would take it. Ryuuji would say she should take it.

...so she did. And she probably held on too tight, but he'd just have to deal with that.

"Wh-" Stop. Pause. Careful, careful. "Where are we going?"

"There's a pretty nice place to eat out there that I planned on taking you too. A seafood and steak place. That's sort of why I asked you to dress nice. Afterwards, I thought a nice walk through the gardens would be okay. I need the exercise anyways."

Haah, what a bad plan. The last real, real date he had was when he took Arcuied to the movies and then to a fast food place. Sure he did some things with Amelia but she was really easy to please. Same with Arcuied. Taiga was big leagues, or so he thought.

To be perfectly honest, Taiga didn't really care where he took her, so long as he put effort into it. Though good food would reflect very well on him, too- if his cooking was any indication, she felt she could trust his judgment in that department.

"Getting a little flabby, Shiki?"

"Like you're one to speak. You eat enough for five people."

He spun around, lightly tugging Taiga so she could follow.

"Every little bit is good for the anemia."

"Are you saying I'm fat?"

She increased the pressure on his hand- her nails were a bit on the longish side, so he'd definitely feel something -though she did follow.

She'd deal with the anemia comment after he gave her a suitable answer.

"He- Ow! You're stabbing me! I wasn't saying that at all! You're just fine as is!"

He tried pulling away but what a bust. Not like she wasn't already holding on anyways. He reminded himself not to say something stupid while he was in arms reach or he might lack arms the next time.

"That's what I thought."

She loosened her grip a little and picked up her pace just enough for them to walk side-by-side.

"How is your anemia? You've been careful, right?"

Looking down at her ~~no, he couldn't help this~~, he spoke up to answer her question.

"It's fine, I think. As long as I don't do something stupid like sprint for a long time or lift heavy weights, I'll be good. Though, no matter what I do, I'll still collapse once every month. Maybe it's some kind of cycle but I'll be fine one moment and then I'll get really dizzy and fall down the next.

How about you? Should I expect anything crazy that's not you?"

You learn new things every day, huh? At least, that's what it seemed like where Shiki was concerned. Her life was a cake walk compared to his...but it wouldn't change anything.

She looked back up at him (why did she have to be so short?), eyebrows raised.

"Every month? There's no way to stop it? Or predict it?"

In response to his last question, she shook her head.

"As for me, you don't need to worry. Unless you tick me off, I'm fine."

He shrugged in reply. He never really did know. He'd stand up from his desk one day and collapse on the ground. He wasn't kidding when he said they came out of nowhere.

"Your guess is as good as mine, Taiga. Probably better, who knows.

And I'll worry. I'll never know about a few of your roommates."

"So that's what you meant when you said..." she trailed off, unwilling to let his not-sister spoil her mood. Akiha was a tetchy subject- Taiga appreciated what she did for Shiki when he was younger, and she knew they were important to each other, but. Let's just say Akiha and Taiga would never be bosom buddies.

She switched to the other topic.

"My roommates? What about them?"

When he said what? Was it just him or did he always get lost in conversations? Never mind, his partner had already moved on.

"I don't know. Does it ever bother you that Konata always seems to just know things? Sometimes it creeps me out."

Taiga snorted. So she wasn't the only one who thought Konata was squirrely. No doubt her roommate meant well, however...she did eavesdrop a lot. And Taiga sometimes felt she knew more than she was letting on.

"Maybe she's psychic."

"You think so?"

Shiki let out a sigh, curious as to what would push Taiga's buttons right now.

"I wonder what you're thinking right now. If I was psychic, I'd find out."

Oh, no he didn't.

She immediately let go of his hand and jumped in front of him, jabbing her finger against his chest.

"If I ever found out you were psychic and you nosed around in my head, I would turn you into minced maggot."

Edited 2009-02-23 03:56 (UTC)

"I was kidding, really. But why me and not her?"

Girls these days. You could never tell what made them mad but he definitely picked a good one. And he was pretty sure she'd back that threat up fully.

Taiga shot him an exasperated look.

"Because you're a boy. And you're...you."

And he stared back at her, equally incredulous.

"Are you trying to say I'm a pervert and I'd put bad thoughts in your mind?"

She almost screamed. Almost. Instead, she blurted out, "I'm trying to say you're a pervert and you're the boy I like so you don't need to see wha-"

Cue mortification.

Uh-oh. Shiki only saw two endings to this. He really didn't foresee this outcome and was caught unawares. So he fell back on his greatest defensive tactic. The truth.

He reached up and planted a hand on Taiga's head.

"...it's okay. I like you too so there's nothing to worry about. It's not like I'd actually do any of that anyways."

"You wouldn't if you enjoy living," she snapped, falling back on her own defensive tactic.

Though she had to admit, it was nice to hear he liked her. She wasn't used to liking someone and having the sentiment returned.

"Stop petting me."

Could do without the hand on her head, though.

He quickly pulled his hand away, enjoying the feeling of still retaining his thumbs.

"There's no way I'd die, even if you killed me. It's a simple fact."

Despite having their own little argument, they HAD shown up at where the wanted to be. Shiki practically passed it by, paying more attention to Taiga than what was around him.

"I don't care about your simple facts."

Actually, she did, but there was no reason to tell him that. Straightening her dress, she saw the sign outside the restaurant.

"Is this it?"

"And I don- yeah it is. Let me..."

He reached out and grabbed the door for her with the saying that is always standard.

"Ladies first."

Shiki being a gentleman? Not bad, not bad. Taiga grinned at him and stepped through the open doorway, hoping her stomach wouldn't start to rumble. She was pretty hungry (no surprise there).

"Good boy," she said over her shoulder.

And suddenly, Shiki felt a sharp pain in his wallet. Thankfully, he still had a bunch saved up from working with that one Byakuya but he was pretty sure this pain wracked everyone of the male species.

"Going to order one of everything in here today?"

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