• Yoichi let me off his pack when we reached a small pond in the woods. There were small fish in it. "Awww! They're so cute!" I said, than I caught Yoichi eyeing them hungrily. "Ah, let's go somewhere else!" I said, pushing him away from the fish. I kept pushing him until we were far enough away. He turned to face me and looked down at me, almost a dissapointed look on his face. "Well, scince we're alone, what do you want to do?" he asked slyly. "Climb a tree." I said flatly. He sighed, but realized he had it coming, and just came to help me climb up. He lifted me by my waist and helped me up. I caught a strong looking branch and climbed on. He jumped up, got hold of the branch and pulled himself up after me. The branch creaked carrying our combined weight. "We need to go higher." he said, and quickly started climbing up on all fours. I followed after him, a bit faster as I weighed less than him and could somehow move faster despite him being a cat boy. We reached to around the middle where the branches were more thick. "Yoichi?" I called. I turned to see him upside down hanging from the branch above. "Who are you, spiderman?" I teased. "Only if you'll kiss me, Mary Jane." he teased back. I smiled "What about your peverted, idiotic self makes you so hot, romantic, and irresistable?" I asked. "I'm not sure if that's an insult or a compliment." he admitted. "It's both." I said, and kissed him. "Okay, I think I should get down." he said against my lips after a while. I stepped back a little and saw his face was red and he was getting a bit dizzy. "I feel really dizzy." he muttered, head bobbing a bit. "That's because all the blood is rushing to your head." I pointed out. He lost his grip on the branch and landed on the one I was standing on. "Smooth." I said, trying not to laugh. He sat up rubbing his head. "Well, scince I've got you cornered, I will ask you something." I said. He looked up at me, still a bit dizzy "What?" he asked. "Well, what's the deal with you and Chiyo?" I asked. "Gah!" he exclaimed, a surprised look on his face. "Well?" I said. "She's crazy! She's followed me around scince we were kids!" he said. "Scince you were kids?" I asked. "Yea. One day, I save her butt from some bullies, the next thing I know, she's following me home!" he said. "Oh, that's why." I said. "Eh? You know why?" he asked, as if he was about to find out the answer to a long asked question. "Yeah, she fell in love with you, because you saved her!" I explained. "Huh?" he asked, confused. "You were like her night in shining armor!" I tried explaining again, yet blushing at the thought. "All I did was save her!" he said. "That's all you needed to do." I said. "Eh?" he sighed. "Yoichi as a kid?" I asked myself, and pictured a sullen, quiet grade-schooler with dark hair with white ends. "So cute!" I shrieked. I saw him blush "Don't imagine me as a kid!" he said "Why not?" I asked. "It's embarrasing!" he said. "Excuse me, skirt flipper, but you're the one who's been embarrising me for a while now. I think I deserve this one." I said. He blushed, remembering "You were wearing a polkadot print that first day." he mumbled. "Pervert!" I said and pushed him the tree. "Ouch!" he exclaimed. I started climbing down. "W-wait! Sayomi!" he yelled. I turned around, stuck my tongue at him, and continued down. He started after me "Wait! Sayomi!" his foot slipped and he fell on top of me. We fell down, Yoichi covering me as much he could as he fell down the tree. I landed on top of him as his back hit the ground. "Yoichi!" I whispered, worried. His eyes opened "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice a bit hoarse, as if he'd just had the wind knocked out of him. "I'm fine. The real question is, are you okay?" I whispered, reaching my hand up to his cheek. "I'm fine." he said in his hoarse voice. "You don't sound okay, aw crap!" I said, getting panicked. He tried to sit up, but stiffed in pain. "It's fine! I've had worse." he said hoarsly. "When?" I asked, doubtful. "The day you found me beat up in that alley." he said, leaning against the tree. "Oh yeah, you were pretty beat up." I teased a bit. He smiled back "Yeah, I know." he said. "Why do you like getting hurt so much?" I sighed. He laughed a bit, than groaned in pain. "You idiot!" I said, getting worried again. He just rested against the tree and looked at me "It's been a while scince I've seen you this worried!" he said, smiling. I blushed "Sh-shut up!" I said. He cupped my face in his hands, and kissed me softly. "You grow more beautiful everytime I see you." he said, halfly to himself. I blushed "You're terrible." I said, and kissed him back.

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