A little background
for the story:
This story is sort of my way to explore what Naoki
had felt before and after the second kiss. What
motivates him etc. This story is set in Volume 7 of
the manga.
Disclaimer:
Itazura na Kiss characters belong to Tada Kaoru.
Special thanks to:
April and Liming. My 2 beta readers and friends. ^_^
The Second Kiss
“Ah……peace
at last….It’s all Sudou-senpai’s fault.
I thought working in his grandmother’s inn would
help me to get some peace. To get away from that
baka, Kotoko….” Naoki thought to himself.
He refused to consider
the fact that the other reason why he had tried to
get away from the baka was that he had begun to feel
something funny whenever he saw her…something
that he could not define, something that made him
uncomfortable.
When he saw her
through the lenses of the camera yesterday, he
thought he had been hallucinating, imagining her
through his thoughts about her. Of course, thoughts
of her only intruded when he was thinking about the
peace that he was finally getting when she was not
around which happened to start since the time he left
for this job until he saw her with the whole family
in tow. He had felt almost happy then, though he knew
not why. However, she did not need to know that fact.
That’s why he called her “baka” to her
face, to disguise the confusing feelings he had
gotten from just seeing her.
He thought back to the
time when she entered his life. Well, he had always
noticed her even from Grade 10. It was hard not to
miss the idiotic look that appeared on her face when
she gazed at him and considering how loud she and her
friends were...
He had always treated
her with indifference, yet sometimes when that funny
feeling intruded he was tempted to actually…
“Stop it!”
He whispered to himself.
He was also confused
by his reaction to the time when he realised that
something might have been going on between her and
Sudou-senpai. The way they used to huddle together
whispering and her concern for Senpai actually made
him angry but he had no idea why. The feeling of
relief he had felt when he realised the true reason
why they had been whispering together was also
something that he could not understand.
Lost in his thoughts,
Naoki shielded his eyes from the bright, filtering
sunlight and hefted the heavy box on his shoulder.
Enjoying the peace and quiet he continued walking
when he heard someone mumbling.
He turned and saw the
object of his annoyance and recent thoughts.
Naoki raised his
eyebrow and slowly approached her. She was asleep.
The shadow of the rustling leaves of the tree above
teased her sleeping form. Gently, he put the box and
the bag that he was carrying on the green grass so as
not to awake her. He stood in front of her and stared
at the sleeping girl.
“Irie-kun….you
don’t care about me, right?” She mumbled.
“Baka……”
Naoki whispered. “I can’t believe she is
dreaming about such things.”
He crouched down and
moved his face closer to hers. As he stared at her
that funny feeling crept up again. He frowned but
continued staring at her. Funny, he’d always
seen her as an annoyance but looking at her
slumbering face, he noticed how cute she was. From
the wispy tendrils of hair teasing her face to her
gently curved chin, she was actually pretty. Not as
pretty as some of the girls who had tried to pick him
up but still pretty. Something in him moved.
“Is this what
Kinnosuke had seen all along?”
Without volition his
head moved closer. Feeling her gentle breathing on
his face, he moved quietly, taking care not to awake
her.
“Mmm…..”
He froze. Had she
awakened? No. She had not. He continued moving his
head closer and closer…Then closing his eyes, he
touched his lips to hers. It was just a gentle
touching of lips but time seemed to stretch in those
few seconds. He opened his eyes. Still taking care
not to awaken her, he pulled away keeping his gaze on
her face.
*GASA*
Naoki quickly swiveled
his head and looked towards the source of the sudden
noise.
It was Yuuki.
“Ah….Ah…I….I…..”
Yuuki stammered, red faced.
“……”
Naoki then put his
finger to his lips, motioning to Yuuki to keep what
he had seen secret.
Seeing Yuuki’s
nod, he smiled, picked up the box and the bag he was
carrying before and walked towards the direction of
the inn.
“The second time!”
Naoki stopped in his
tracks when he heard Kotoko’s shout. He smiled,
hefted the heavy box on his shoulder and continued
walking.
As he left the forest,
thoughts of her intruded again. However, it was
thoughts of the second kiss, the second kiss that she
would never knew that they had shared…..
~owari~
2002 © JMH
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