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— Next day: Saturday —

Fumiya is buying some bandages at the nearby pharmacy. But after buying the stuffs he needed, he has no idea how to start. A help from someone would really come in handy. And with that, only one person came to mind.

He dials your number and gives you a call. After the first ring, you picked up quite quickly.

"Excuse me for calling, but I think I need your help after all."

-"Hai! Daijoubu. I told you I'd help. Ima doko desu ka? (Where are you right now?)"- your voice resound in his ear.

"I'm at 5th street's 7/11. I just bought bandages. And I think I need help changing this."

-"So ka. (I see.) Hai. Please wait for me there. I'll be there quick."-

"Hai."

He puts the phone down as he waits for you. He watched a number of passersby cross the street until you came. In about 20 minutes.

You're in a hurry entering the place and find him sitting at one of the tables. He sees you too and waves at you with a smile.

You walk over him catching your breath from all the running, "Gomen, (Sorry) did I take too long?"

It takes a moment for him to reply cuz he's all eyes on you. Your cheeks are red from the exhaustion and it made your face even more appealing. He found it a little hard to get his eyes off you, unexpectedly.

But he finally replied, "Iie, (no) daijoubu."

You sit across him and start looking for the right things to use on the table. The bandages, the ointments and tapes are all there.

"Take your time," he told you.

"Hai," you replied.

After getting the right things, you ask for his hand. You start taking off the bandages focusing to do everything right. You do the process step by step that you ignore everything around you. You carefully aid to him that nothing could distract your focus. This hand was hurt because of you, you should do your part to take care of it. That's all you could think of.

In those moments, Fumiya is simply watching you. His eyes scan very carefully every part of your face. For some reason, he's still mesmerized about you. His stare is picturing a thousand words only he could tell aloud.

After some time, "Right there. All done," you said as you finish taping the last bandage.

That's the only time he finally takes his eyes off you before you even catch him and said, "Domo (Thanks)."

"Iie," you smile at him, proud of yourself for the job well done.

Then he asked, "Are you doing anything after this? Want to hang out with me for a while? It's a Saturday anyways."

You feel delighted he's asking you out even if it means totally nothing to him. You smile widely at him and replied, "Yeah, why not?"

You spend the rest of the day eating out and just strolling around. You get to know him a little bit more as you spend the day together.

While eating some snacks at the park, you spare some time to have a nice chat.

"I'm not actually from here. My hometown's Saitama," he shares with you.

"Really? What made you come all the way here to Tokyo?" You're surprised and glad that he's opening up with you.

"I wanted to get away from the hometown feels you get what I mean? I wanted a new start, a new experience. So I applied for a college here. Luckily I passed. I was really ambitious in my younger years. But lately I've calmed down a bit. Maybe I'm losing my touch. It's hard when you're getting older."

You snort a little at his expression making him frown at you. "What's so funny?"

"You sound like a old man in his late 50s," you told him as you stop snickering, "We're still young Fumiya-san. Why the long face? There's still so much ahead of us. You never know what's still there to come."

He half smiles at what you said and look over some kids playing at the park. "But it's still nicer to be young and not have a care in the world. If only the world worked like that."

"Well, it's a cruel and unfair world. We can't do anything about it."

"Yeah."

You enjoy sharing time like this with him. Just like friends who can talk plainly about anything. You wonder when you started to become so open with him and him doing the same with you. If feels really good that you can have a nice conversation with him. You wish it won't end.

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That hand incident made you both closer. There are times when you're the only one alone with him and both of you don't seem to care if the others were actually there. As long as you share a meal together, chatting and sharing about work.

You like him. You really like him now. His smile, his charming little gestures, his adorable self. He's a full grown man but all you can see is a selfish little kid who's also mean, cuz he's stealing your heart every single day.

"Let's have lunch Kisa-san!" He said peeking from your wing's entrance. Cuz you sit nearest it.

You didn't notice it's time for lunch, if not for him beaming at you on this very nice day. Your day is complete again just by seeing him.

You smile at him saying, "Hai!"

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— To be continued... —

nantokanarusa 23.08.12