Eternal Melody

She picked up her bag and quickly left. The hallways were quiet - signalling that classes long finished. Orange and yellow hues spread across the vast sky.

She took out her phone and her eyes widened when she saw thirty missed calls. Eh? What? Sumire immediately opened up thinking it was an emergency. Did something happen at home? However when she opened it up, she saw it was thirty missed calls from Yuhi.

Why did he call her so much?

Sumire hesitated but she quickly called him. Did she miss some important work? Lately she doesn\'t know what to think when it comes to him.

She slipped her shoes back on. \'That day, she must have fainted too.\' When she woke up she was no longer on the roof but in Yuhi\'s arms. He was carrying her down the steps. But, she recalled the expression on his face and sighed.

\'Why did he look so sad?"

The wind was uncomfortable as usual, as she tried to hold my papers in place against her chest.

Sumire didn\'t expect to step out of the building to see snow of all things.

The wind whipped the cold crystals of snow against her legs.

The winter was beautiful in late April, She couldn\'t argue with that. But, she didn\'t get a chance to admire that scenery when she felt another strong gust of wind. Soon however the cold stopped. A familiar black scarf wrapped around her neck and coat dropped on her shoulders.

She whipped her head around to see Yuhi. He was on the phone, but wrapped his arms around her. "I got it Hino. But let me have some free time, I\'ve been working non stop since I left the hospital. Yeah, alright see you."

Yuhi turned to her and caressed her cheeks. "Cold."

"Aha." Sumire laughed. "Um, so this is why you called?"

"Yeah, I was going to pick you up."

She thought something happened.

"You slept in the infirmary most of the day? Aika told me."

"Mmmm, lately I keep sleeping a lot more. I\'m still sleepy even now." She trailed off and buried her face in his arms. "But I think I\'ll be wide awake soon."

Yuhi caressed her hair and patted her back. "I see. Should we take a leisure stroll back then? I was going to bring my bike, but I think the roads are a bit dangerous. So I left it in the studio."

"I want to go shopping for groceries."

"Cool, let\'s go."

Sumire glanced at the man beside her and leaned forward. "Yuhi-san, did you forget something?"

He bent down and kissed her lips without saying anything else. "I forgot something?"

"Uhh, nope you didn\'t."

She feels so relaxed when she is with him. But Sumire glanced at his waist. \'His injury hasn\'t healed yet.\'

…

"Atushi, were ba--" Her sentence fell short the moment Yuhi fell into her arms. "Uhh, Yuhi?"

Atushi exited the kitchen area and chuckled. "Am I interuptting?"

"I think he fell asleep."

"Yeah, he must be exhausted."

Sumire\'s gaze fell on the tired Yuhi and placed the shopping bags down. She ran her hands through his hair. \'He looks so tired. Why didn\'t I realize it earlier?\'

She somehow managed to get him onto the sofa. But she saw how uncomfortable he seemed. "Hey Atushi, do we have a blanket?"

"I\'m keeping everything downstairs knowing that the King likes his naps."

Sumire laughed and took the blanket from him.

After a few minutes however Yuhi woke up and kissed her passionately.

"Mmmmmmmm…"

"Yuhi stop!"

Yuhi deeply sighed and rubbed his head. "That wasn\'t a nice way to wake up."

"Y--you--!" She was speechless.

"What?"

Sumire sighed deeply. \'Why am I freaking out? It was only a kiss, and he touched me a little..\'

"If you were tired, you didn\'t have to pick me up."

"Mmm, well I wanted to go on a walk with you." Yuhi kissed her lips again. "Besides it would be a waste not your flirt when your wearing uniform."

Yuhi-san has such strange fetishes. It\'s hard to deal with him. Still, it seems like he is more comfortable around her these days. She sighed in content when he kept lightly kissing her.

"Yuhi...are you hungry?"

"Yeah, your tasty."

Her cheeks grew hot. "Yuhi, don\'t act strange."

Yuhi kissed her earlobe then her neck. "Sorry, I\'m drunk too."

Yuhi would not stop kissing her so she had no choice to bring him upstairs.

Sumire felt very embarrassed and self-conscious. What is with him? He did say he was drunk, but this is a bit— He lowered his face, so it brushed against her ear. "Too much?"

Sumire closed her eyes and shook her head. She is just feeling strangely conscious right now. But that does not mean she hates it. Sumire allowed him to continue his strange advances. It was a good thing she decided to go upstairs; otherwise, who knows what Atushi would say?

"Sumire, your so pretty."

"Yuhi…."

"Sorry, I know this is a bit overwhelming for you. But would you let me?"

Let him? Sumire quickly understood what he meant and paused. Yuhi seems to be very needy right now. Maybe she should just allow him?

Sumire placed her fingers against his lips. "Take a walk with me again, Yuhi-san?

...….

"Uwaah, it\'s so cold. What is this? It wasn\'t like this when I arrived."

"Well, it is April. Dressed up in a fashionable coat like you are, of course, you aren\'t going to be warm.

"Ah, then I have an idea. Give me half of that."

"Huh- wha—" his sentence fell short when she wrapped half his scarf around herself, pulling them closer together.

"Yup, now I\'m warm."

Sumire waited until he made the first move. Sure enough, Yuhi laced their hands together. This led to her cheeks growing hot, and she laughed softly. "Now, we\'re both warm."

Yuhi did not reply, and Sumire continued to stare at his face. "I haven\'t had the upper hand in a while."

At that comment, Yuhi deeply sighed. "Why do you even want the upper hand?"

Why he asks… "Isn\'t it so I could make you miserable? Yuhi-san, you hold back too much when you\'re with me."

"Just now I wasn\'t holding back but you—"

Sumire brought her sleeves and covered her mouth as she laughed. "That was a bit, uhh…"

Yuhi flicked her forehead. "Don\'t get me so worked up and then stop." He trailed off. "But I guess that is what I like about you."

A tender smile appeared on his face.

Yuhi isn\'t playing fair, smiling like that. Doesn\'t he know how bad that smile of his on her heart? But still, she glanced at their hands firmly enter winded with each other.

She is happy too, being able to spend time with him like this. She already had so many moments like this since they have been dating for a long time.

Certainly, most couples who have gone out with each other for as long as she and Yuhi have would be bored with each other. But it\'s different with Yuhi. Even if they have fallen into a routine whenever they are with each other, whenever they spend time with each other like this, everything still feels like a fresh and new experience.