Something about Moon’s expertise and charisma, making him grow some confidence to actually stand on both of his feet, letting it slide by it’s own,
They spend the rest of afternoon, try to perfecting his stand, guided by Moon’s gentle hands.
On that moment all the problems that he was having ealier dissappear through the wind that brushing over his skin, it doesn’t take long until i get use to skate, he eventually confidence enough to let go of Moon’s hand and move freely as he can.
The sun start going down faster than both can realize, as Zashi is too focusing watching over Moon laughter and impression on her face.
He ends the game with a final a move
“Moon!, watch me do the spin stop”
Once he get Moon’s full attention, his eyes get sharp determine to impress her, he relax both of his legs, search for the right angle before he do the 361 spin and stop facing her.
Sending jolt to Moon’s body, she give her round of applause, just she thought the performance just ended, Zashi lost his balance and almost fall back
Moon immediately step up and catch him holding the back of his before meets the ground
“Zashi are you okay?” she panicking, looking over him for answer
Zashi can’t hold his own blush the way her face are closer to him, Zashi give his soft nodding.
“Yeah, I’m fine, I think I had enough with rollerblades now.”
Moon smile widely helping him getting up.
“Let’s head back now.”
As the day getting darker two of them are already heading to and get into train watching the view of the city blend into their small village.
The train has finally stopped, dropping two of them
“Well I must say that this is really a good date that you pull of Moon, thanks for the food though, just looking at the recipe is enough to tell me, this is not something that I’m typical going to buy daily or weekly.”
Moon give her soft chuckle as usual.
“You welcome Zashi, and I also don’t even get a chance to say thank you for saving me from the other day.”
Zashi smile shyly from Moon’s appreciation.
“You welcome, and for some reason, pay me for the food, and setting up an amazing enough does feels like we are even.”
Moon put both of her arms together l, looking at him sharply waiting for the next thing his going to say.
“But unfortunately it all ends here and I need to continue fishing for tomorrow.”
Moon immediately cut his words, making her step heading toward the village.
“Ended?, you don’t want to go out a date again tomorrow?”
Zashi stare back, startling with her unexpected proposal.
“What?, you want to go out a date with me again?, I would like to but the thing is.”
Moon try to add her own words to finish his sentence.
“Moon is so cool, and I’m not sure if I’m the right person to always mingling around her
“What?, that’s not even what I’m going to say.” Zashi shake his head dealing with her tomfoolery, but he can’t ignore the strange intimacy that came from her.
And suddenly rain start to fall soaking both of them with fast phase.
“What?, I didn’t even notice that cloud is getting dark
Moon laugha as the heavy rain showering upon her skin.
“Well come on let’s hurry up and get to bus station, I don’t want to get too wet!!
Moon running leaving Zashi without looking back.
“Hey wait up!”
The sounds of their screaming and laughing echoes from distance, but it wasn’t loud enough to wake the stray dog form his sleep.
The rain continue to fall blissfully, putting everyone and everything to sleep through calm patterns, expect for both of them.
Eventually, they find the nearby bus stop to stay temporarily, as they catching their breath while laughing,
“That rain is really something, there’s nothing can beat the joy of running out of rain like this, is really…, self-rebooting…” she manage to finsih off her sentence despite out from her breath.
Shw notice Zashi eyes are too focusing on looking over the small waterfall that came from the roof on top of them.
Moon try to keep her distance and voice from disturbing Zashi’s prolonging stare, her expression change when she interlock her hands together under her stomach, brushing her hand with her own thumb.
“Hey…, It’s your house close by?, because I might want to stay for awhile before the rain stop and dry off if that’s okay.”
Zashi stare back at her, surprising with no argument.
“Yes, sure.”
Shortly after they arrive into his place.
While Moon just standing from his back patiently, staring over his second floor shack from the outside
The door was open with a creaking sounds from aging metal, Zashi tilt his head up and shock to see hallucination of Yukio is already inside his house and show to him what, she makes for dinner.
“Zashi, are you alright?”
“Yes, come in.” his voice is calm and restrain
Zashi stepping back to let Moon get her chance to check of his messy house.
“So what do you think?, seems like a house for a guy with no future right?”
Moon frowning the way Zashi deprecating himself.
“Oww, Zashi, don’t say like that, everyone have their own struggle in their life, I think judging on what you have doesn’t make you a loser, it makes you know that you can get something better, and you will never stop try hard to get there.”
Moon lean closer try to hold his hand once again, but Zashi simply move way and head to upstairs
“I wanna go and get you some towel to dry off okay?
Moon nod softly, looking over different direction as approval
Meanwhile Zashi already make some hot tea, pouring into her cup, after she dry up.
Zashi looking over her closely to see her reaction from taking his tea,
“I hope you like something hot, at the time like this.”
she place the cup down, give her gentle smile.
“Thank you Zashi…, you really don’t have to do this.”
Moon’s eyes start lingering over the place, the random boxes laying everywhere, and unused tools layering on top of each other.
“So how long you’ve been staying here at this house?
Zashi take a quick guess.
“I think is more than five years, is not every much, but it be so cold sometimes especially during the night, and quite, my life was all just black and white until I meet Yukio, she’s the only one that can put colors through my eyes, and the most terrifying part is, I start to feel the same way when I meet you, just now.”
Moon maintain her calm smile, leaning her elbow agasint table.
“Terrifying?, why is that Zashi?”
Zashi tool his eyes to the air, searching for answer.
“I don’t think, Is just the fact that I suddenly remambering her again, I feel she so close to me and yet she so far away from me, maybe I was scared too move on and throw her away from my life.”
“Then don’t.” she adds.
“Keep her as long thsy you need, because once you lost those beautiful memories, there will be nothing left that can recreate those moments, but that doesn’t mean you can feel the same joyness and love again, you just need to be more open as honest with yourself, starting new chapter in your life…”
Her voice dropping in to hypnotic low monotone, as she reached his hands and hold it firmly.
“Just like your manga, since we are here, why don’t you show me some of it?”
Zashi eyes widen from her sudden request.
“What right now?, but I said is not even finsih yet
Moon scoff from his excuse.
“Whats that makes any difference, anyway, now that I’m here, and I really want to see your art work, and don’t worry, I’m not that too judgmental of a person.”
Zashi still rejecting the idea, he keep stay on silent for a moment.
He glance up back to the upstair and let out the sighs of surrender
“Wait here.”
“Okay”
she says cutely.
Intentionally.
It doesn’t take very long fro Zashi to get up to his room, despite he taking his time counting each steps before meeting his disaster, instead of taking his complete current Manga, he choose to pick the old one.
and bring it down with him
Zaahi came down making, not the most pleasant face ever, but Moon’s attention focus on what hes holding
“is that…
can I see it?
Zashi hand the Manga dramatically
“Yukio…, she’s the one that suppose to see this first, but since she’s no longer here, I guess you will be my special guest.”
Moon give her softest smile to hear his heartwarming stament.
“Understood, I am honor to take her place, to witness this very special things between two of you.”
With respectful understatement , Zashi finally gets comfortable enough to hand her his work.
He close his eyes shut, unable to predict her reaction, but his eyelids feel lighter to hear the sounds of her giggling and amusement chuckle, lingering over his manga.
“So what do you think about my manga?, pretty cool right?.”
Moon keep switchi to different pages for making her overall review
“Yeah, this is good stuff Zashi, but what I find intresting is, your latest checkpoint.
Moon turn the manage over and point at the Get faster updates on g.com.
panel where he’s about to draw a female breast.
Zashi face turn red, try to grab his book immediately from her, which Moon succed to pull it away.
“Woah fuck, I forget, you not suppose to see that…” he stuttering try to his his embarrassment, but Moon was eaning more to find the answer.
“Why, why you stopping at that part?, this seems like a very important moment, there’s two characters was about to having sex, I bet you’re planning to make few pages that involve with that section.”
“No I didn’t!” he shouted.
“Is just, I-I don’t want you to think that I’m a pervert or everyone that read it think otherwise.
“Okay then why you make that scene in the first place.?”Moon push her curiosity further.
“No, I’m not, the think is…
I don’t want people to think I’m pervert or anything”
Moon curl her smile, enjoying to explore Zashi’s inner desire.
“Come on, I may just know you for two days, but trust me this part was needed, even brilliant mind of creator such as yourself know that.”
Zashi sighs, seems like he was running out of arguments.
“I just don’t know how to draw that female part.”
Moon eyes lit up from his confession.
“What?, you haven’t see none before?”
Zashi rub the back of his head, enduring the awkwardness.
“Yeah h I did, but I need like a good reference got it, like it need to be the correct size and I jist don’t have enough courage and inspiration to continue since the whole scene was very unnecessary, it was just my male instinct that told me to do…, to draw it, but again is not needed.”
Moon pause for a moment lingering over the unfinished drawing.
“What if, I show you the example, will you continue your drawing?…”
Zashi body froze from her bold implication.
“What?.., you-you serious aren’t you?”
“Yes I’m serious”
Moon stand up, approaching him, her hands is already working on undo her cloathe.
“Can you stand up for me?”
Zashi getting up from his chair without no question asked, watching her sit on the edge of table infront of himz strap down her neckline even futher to revealing even more cleavage and soon she’s uncasp her bra down showing her fully bare chest at him.
“Did you get the impression now?.”
Zashi lean foward with alluring gaze, his body dragging itself toward her like magnet.
While Moon keep on her posiotionz unmoved
“Do you get the vision now Zashii?.., are you ready to continue and moving forward with me?…
forget about everything all the sadness and bad memories, to start new with me?.
Moon begin to raise both of her legs and wrap around his hips pull his face just inches away to her face.
But there something caught Zashi eyes, the way her eyes look over to the left for brief moment.
And all of sudden Yukio enter the house, unaware of the door that left open.
Allowing Yukio to see their intimate position.
Zashi were shock, feeling all his breath has left his body for him to only say one word.
“Yukio…”
Moon turning back to meet Yukio disbelief face, calmly
Zashi were too stunt to speak and defend his position.
The staring last tol long for any of them to address the situation until Yukio decide to walk away with last phrase.
“I’m, I’m sorry…”
Yukio begin leaving the place with the door open , running toward the rain.
Zashi immediately jumping out from his posiotion try to reach for her, as Moon simply stop him by calling his name
“Zashi.”
He turns around over to look at her back putting her cloathes back together.
“She’s gone, don’t chase after her destiny.”
He glance back watching over Yukio running, with rains covering her tears away.
Zashi remain standing facing her figure fading away from distance and her footsteps carries by heavy away.
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