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Characters: Sheena Fujibayashi, Yamazaki Sagaru, maybe the Bakurae

Location: Casualty Communal

Rating: G

Time: March 24, afternoon

Description: Sheena and Zaki gives a try to go out for a date.

Yamazaki ran out of his apartment with the still turned on communicator in one hand. He wasn't able to think of small things like locking the door or taking up more appealing clothes. Sheena waited for him in the very building he lived. she was here! And she was ready to go out with him! His heart sang a gloomy song of a soldier leaving his homeland en route to the war and death...It did not fit to the occasion but these kind of songs were Yamazaki's favorites. When he arrived at the third floor he stopped at Sheena's door, took a deep breath, and...took another deep breath...he raised up his hand...and tugged his messy hair...and then he knocked the door very quickly and turned away!

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[Sheena nearly jumps out of her skin when he screams, but recovers in time--just as he takes hold of her hand. It's a good thing she's wearing her trademark gloves or he'd notice that it's a bit clammy, since she's almost as nervous as he is.]

It- It's okay, Zaki. I understand.

[And of course, she blushes even as she shakes her head.]

Thanks, but I don't look any different than I did then.

[Her gift for not being able to take a compliment is in full swing. She also can't give them but speaks honestly as she reaches up to--but doesn't touch--his face where he had been injured.]

You're looking good.

If I tell you you're beautiful, believe me. Or else I'd think you though of me as a liar.

[His hands were still trembling from the shock he just suffered, but he finished Sheena's movement and leaned his face into her palm.]

And if you're not pretty for anyone else in the world, you're still perfect for me.

[He tries to look confident very desperately, but he wishes if Bakura would be here to help him out. Words are a police officer's enemy!]

I'd never think you were a liar, Zaki--about anything.

[She leaves it at that, since she herself doesn't think she's all that much to look at.

Her jaw drops when he touches his face to her palm, and she instinctively runs her thumb gently over the skin. She can feel her cheeks reddening, but she doesn't pull away.

It feels too right.]

Thank you, Zaki. I feel the same about you.

[And right now, she's wishing she had known a female version of Zelos who could have told her how to handle this situation. Words were hard for the shy-around-men-she-likes, too.]

[Yamazaki loses his usual sharp self as he realizes how much this simple thing means to the girl. he just stares at her with question marks in his eyes. He'd like to say something but the only thing he's able to do is watching Sheena...the first ever girl who liked him.

He wouldn't mind a female Zelos around Sheena, but if a male Zelos would appear he'd be a bit worried.]

Would you mind if...if I'd take your gloves of?

[Unsure what he's trying to ask her, Sheena returns his questioning look, a slight blush staining her cheeks as she thinks he may not believe her own declaration that she likes him.

But she does; it's just very hard for her to say something like that. However, it's a little easier to show him, and her thumb continues its light movements, stopping only when he makes his request.

Forgetting that he's already seen the fighter's condition of her hands, she nods, thinking that when he does, he'll finally agree that she's not as beautiful as he thinks she is.]

Yeah, Zaki. Go ahead.

[Yamazaki wonders if Sheena forgot about him being a man, and aa a man he has the physical body of a man which tends to make confusing things when the beloved one's finger touches his face so gently. Is she really so innocent she doesn't know what she does to him? Yet, he doesn't want Sheena to stop caressing his face.

When he gets permission to remove the gloves he does in very slowly and carefully, and he shivers when his fingers run through Sheena's skin. When the gloves finally are down he takes a look at the girl's hands. The sight of the sore hands is not surprising for him, neither makes him believe that Sheena is beautiful. He bow his head over the girl's hands and places a light kiss on her fingers.

And then, he grabs the same hand strongly, so he doesn't run away in panic.]

I'm sorry, I didn't want to do this, not now!

[Sorry, Zaki, Sheena really is that innocent that she doesn't realize that what she's doing is having an effect. That's not to say she isn't feeling anything, either, as she continues with those strokes, and is somewhat relieved when he has to take her hand away to remove her gloves.

And that relief is short-lived as his touch makes her shiver in return, surprising her--but not as much as the touch of his lips to her fingers does, which elicits a sharp gasp. Or the sudden grip of her hand in his, which garners a sharper vocal reaction.]

Zaki! Zaki, it's okay! I'm not mad! Really!

[eeeek...what was this sound? Was it Sheena? Was it Sheena's voice? What happened to her? Yamazaki looked up at the girl's face.]

Sheena? Are you feeling well? Your voice...Are you sure you didn't gulp down a squirrel or something?

[And Zaki gets a look of wonder in response, her tone very much back to normal.]

Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't expect you to grab my hand like that, and I thought you were afraid I was mad.

[She grips his hand in hers, letting him know she's sincere about not being mad.]

I did think you were mad. I usually don't kis young ladies' hand on our first date. Especially that this is my first first date. Let's go, right?

[He smilead at Sheena, gripped her hand and walked through the hallway on trembling legs.]

I was surprised, but not mad.

[Before she could say anything more, he started walking down the hall, and it wasn't just the way he held her hand that kept her beside him as she joined him.

With a smile, she looked at him.]

Where are we going?

Uh, I thought we could go to Death by Pastry. Someone said they had the best pastry in the town. I wasn't sure about it, but as much I know, girls love sweets.

[Yamazaki smiles back at Sheena. Actually dating is not as hard as he thought! Especially that she holds his hands and stands by his side.]

Or would you like to go somewhere else? Do you have a favorite place in this town?

[Oh yeah, he did say that, didn't he? Wow. Sheena's actually nervous to go on this date. But not so nervous that she doesn't raise an eyebrow in response to his comment.]

I don't know about other girls, but I like sweets.

[Her grip on his hand tightens slightly.]

I've really only been to a few places in the City, but Death by Pastry isn't one of them.

So, that's fine.

What, wait I didn't...it's not my personal experience, I never heard personally from girls that they liked sweets, but the guys at the headquarter said so! Some of them said that it's easier to catch a girl's heart through some bottle of sake, too, but I don't think you'd like it, it's very hot and spicy.

[He lets Sheena leading him and feels a bit dizzy, just like when he catches a cold or a flu, but this time the feeling is pleasant and Yamazaki doesn't want to end it. He actually doesn't think there could be anything wrong with what he said. Catching a girl's heart is a romantic thing, isn't it? There's noting wrong in catching it with sake, is it?]

Andandand...we should take long walks in the city and find our favorite places! Places which are ours...if you know what I mean.

Zaki, it's okay. It doesn't matter how you know that, okay? I was just letting you know that you guessed right about me. [She's got one heck of a sweet tooth.] As for the sake, though-- [She trails off slightly before rushing ahead with what she thinks might be news that will drive him away.]

I'm pretty familiar with it, since I've had it back home and here, and not all of it's spicy.

[And if she hasn't sent him away, then yes he can share something they have in common with her to "capture her heart", but only if he wants to, not because he thinks he has to.]

Yeah, I know what you mean, Zaki. [And it's something she's looking forward to it.]

[Zaki has just noticed he did basically nothing in the previous ten minutes than panicking. He takes a careful look at Sheena. Isn1t she annoyed because of his shyness? He hopes she isn't.

But knowing that Sheena drank alcohol before was news to him.]

I didn't think you ever tasted sake, you look so young. But if you like it let's go to a pub one day, right? I'd like to see you when you're a bit drunk.

[He smiles a bit and looks at the girl if she likes the idea.]

I hope there's a place somewhere here the moon can't stalk after us or drool on us. Seriuosly, this...celestial stuff scares me sometimes.

[His shyness is nothing compared to Genis', who stuttered so badly around Presea that half the time, he couldn't even get a word out--let alone a sentence. So, no, she's not annoyed--as long as he isn't annoyed by her constant blushing and stammering at the same time.]

I'm nineteen, and I tasted sake a long time ago in my village back home. In fact, I had some not to long ago that I got from work. It was pretty good. [She's just not going to tell him where she drank it; she doubts he'd find the idea of a cemetery appealing.]

But drunk? I'm not sure how much I'd have to drink to get to that point. Some of these planet's drinks are different than home's, so it might not take much. [Just remember, Zaki, she can be violent sober. She probably isn't drunk.]

Actually, it's the sun that drools more than the moon. The moon just watches everything. I wave at it sometimes.

[Zaki knows almost nothing of Sheena's stuttering and non-stuttering friends and non-friends from her world, but if he knew he was relieved for his own non-stuttering way of speaking. And he thinks that the girl's blushing is very appealing...it's a bit too much appealing, to be honest. ]

Are you nineteen? I didn't think you're...er, I mean I though you were younger. You look so fresh and young...er, but don't worry, I don't like too young girls, I'm not that kind of man! It's just...I like only you, as you are. If you drank sake and you liked it won't change the fact that you're the kindest and and most appealing girl I know.

[Duh, Zaki, stop being cheesy!]

Really? Does the sun drool? I never knew which one did it. And what the moon does when you wave to...him?

Yeah. There's actually a game called "Dodge the Drool here. And the moon? Well, he just looks back at me and does nothing.

[It was easier to answer that part than the other first, since she's still processing everything else he said. Finally, she addresses it, her cheeks red from yet another blush.]

Thanks, Zaki. You really have no idea how much what you just said means to me.

A game? If we were in the world I came from it would be "Drool back on the Sun" or something similar. You...you can't even imagine what idiots lived there. Well, maybe you can, since you know me.

[He laughs because that world was a paradise for idiots, for real. But when he hears what Sheena says afterward, he stops and turns to the girl.]

No, I really don't have any idea what does my blabbering mean to you. Would you tell it to me? Or is it a secret?

[She shakes her head.]

It's not blabbering.

And it's no secret. You accept me for who I am--no questions asked and despite anything that might be different about me.

[Not far from Death by Pastry Zaki just remembers he forgot about something.]

Sheena...did I tell you in person? You know, what I told through the communicator.

Hmmm?

[She looks up at him with a smile. She's been enjoying the walk and being with him and blushes as she realizes what he's getting at.]

I- I don't think you did.

[Now it's time to tell her those words, but Yamazaki suddenly forgets every human languages he ever spoke as he looks into Sheena's eyes. There's no way he can tell her here and now, it's just impossible!]

I love you.

[Obviously, he overcame the impossible, and she'll just stand there, staring back at him and blushing as she tries to figure out her own emotional state at hearing the words in person.

From him.]

Zaki...

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