After what had happened at the meeting spot Koharu's face was permentaly red, everytime she looked at Mokichi she'd find that her heart would start beating like crazy, and when he'd look her way she'd look away in a fluster, Koharu had replayed the scene in her head multiple times, the guy hitting on her, her refusing him politley, him getting a bit annoyed, her scared out of her wits as the guy reached out to grab her. And then, in a flash, Mokichi arm shot out from behind her and grabbed the guys arm, Koharu could still remeber the look on Mokichi's face as he stared the guy down, that face was now and forever lasered into her brain she was never going to forget that as long as she lived. Then, the guy refered to Mokichi as her boyfriend, just the mere thought of that made Koharu's heart beat increase and her face to flush more, she knew that she wasn't really Mokichi's girlfriend but, she remebered that sometime soon, she could very well be.

  Koharu was deep in her own world, so much so, that she didn't hear Mokichi talking to her, she didn't hear what he was saying until she felt his hand on her shoulder Koharu jumped, she looked over at Mokichi "What is it Momo?" Mokichi sighed, "I've been trying to talk to you this whole time" Koharu gasped, "I'm sorry! I was lost in my own thoughts" she gave a apologetic look. Mokichi smiled, "It's alright, with what happened earlier I guess you would be" Koharu blushed, "Uhm, thanks again for that, back there I mean" she looked at Mokichi with a greatful smile Mokichi blushed, "Don't mention it" he looked away embarassed and red in the face, he scratched his cheek a bit. Mokichi looked back at Koharu, "Uhm, Koharu" he started, "What?" Koharu replied she was a bit concerned about the look Mokichi had on his face.

  It was like he wanted to ask something but, was deciding wheither or not to actually ask, "Uhm, there's something I want to know" Koharu nodded, she was nervous, what could Mokichi want to ask her, she waited nervously for Mokichi to continue talking, Mokichi rubbed the back of his head. He took in a breath, "Why did you say that guy wasn't bothering you?" Koharu stopped in her tracks, "What do you mean?" Mokichi grumbled to himself. It looked to Koharu that Mokichi was still fighting himself to ask her what he wanted to, he sighed "When I was walking up, I could hear you talking with him, when I saw you looking nervous and scared I started walking faster" Mokichi's face started to get red, "Then, when I saw how scared you were, when he reached out for you" Koharu's heart skipped a beat. The same look Mokichi had on his face when he stopped the guy from grabbing her appeared, Mokichi chukled "I just couldn't help it, seeing you like that.." Mokichi tightened his fists, Koharu's heart was thumping in her chest.

  "What I'm saying is, I know that guy was bothering you, yet when I asked you, you said no" Koharu realized why Mokichi was asking her this, "I'm sorry Momo, it's just, if I told you he was bothering me you wouldn't have let him go" Koharu smiled sadly, "Besides, it was okay, you protected me, so he didn't bother me at all" after hearing that, Mokichi felt terrible, "Koharu.." Koharu smiled at him. Mokichi took her hand in his, which caused her to jump, she stared at their joined hands and then looked up at him, "I'm glad to here that" he smiled Koharu went warm in the face, she was holding hands with Mokichi, he was smiling at her, these things were making her heart race more then it ever had before. Koharu was speechless, never in her life did she think that she'd be in a situation like this, a situation she only knew about through reading romance novels, "Shall we get on with out date?" Mokichi smiled, Koharu smiled back brightly, she nodded enthusiastically Mokichi chuckled, "Alright then, lets be on our way shall we?" with that Mokichi started walking pulling Koharu lightly with him.

  The two had a good time together, the two of the first stopped at a place to eat, it was a place that served both japanese food as well as dishes from overseas, they stayed there for about an hour talking and eating after that, they went to see a movie, it was your standard romance movie, guy meets girl, the two slowly fall in love with each other, they kiss at the end. Mokichi laughed when Koharu's face turned bright red when the two actors kissed, but, when they walked out the theater Mokichi could see Koharu was thinking about something in her head, he could tell it was realted to the movie they had watched but, he didn't ask her about it. After the movie, the two of them took a walk in the park that was about two blocks away from the theater they were at, Koharu and Mokichi walked down the cement walkway hand in hand, Mokichi say many couples walking like they were in the park, when he asked Koharu she told him about the park being a lucky spot to go on a date, she told him couples that had a date in the park would have the love solidified.

  As they walked, they saw a couple that looked to be around the same age as they were, the two seemed to be really nervous about something, then as Koharu and Mokichi watched on, they saw the two kiss, that made Koharu turn red, as well as Mokichi, they looked at each other and the blush on their face grew, Koharu's eyes were shimmering, it was like they were invinting Mokichi to do the same as the couple they had seen. But, Mokichi was too nervous to kiss Koharu right then and there, so the two of them resumed walking the path after spending about ten minuets walking in the park they decided to leave, as they walked around trying think of something else they could do the sun slowly started to go down. As they walked still hand in hand Mokichi looked over at Koharu, "So, is there anything else you want to do?" Koharu hummed in thought, she looked at Mokichi "I don't know, we've already done plenty haven't we?" Mokichi scrathed his head, "Yeah, but, we still have some time left before the sun goes down" Koharu went back to thinking.

  She didn't want her date with Mokichi to end yet, Koharu strained her brain to come up with something that the two of them could do, then in the spur of the moment Koharu shouted "Want to go to the library?" Mokichi seemed surprised by Koharu's suggestion, which made her think her idea wasn't a good one, and she became flustered as she tried to come up with something better. As she did however, Mokichi chuckled, "Sure, why not, that sounds great" Koharu looked over at Mokichi, he had a smile on his face which made her smile back at him Koharu nodded. She took the lead and guided Mokichi to the library, they walked inside and Koharu marveled at all the books that was before her eyes, Mokichi gave a chuckle, "You really do love books alot don't you?" Koharu looked over with a smile and nodded "Yeah, I really do" Koharu's bright and happy smile made Mokichi blush.

  "Why don't you go find something while I find a table" Koharu was reluctant at first to let go of Mokichi's hand, but when he smiled Koharu decided it was okay and let his hand go and went off into the manasery of shelves, as Koharu looked and picked out books she liked Mokichi walked around and looked for a table they could sit at. He finally found a good one, it was a small table that was right by a big window that the setting sun was shining through, he sat down and waited for Koharu to reappear from behind the shelves when he saw her red hair poke out from behind them he called her name. She looked over and smiled, she then walked over to their table carrying a stack of books she placed them on the table where the made a dull thud, she pulled back her chair and sat down Mokichi marveled at the stack of books Koharu had before her. He chuckled, "Your really going to read all this?" he took one of the books in the stack, the book was big and looked like it contained thousands of pages, Mokichi skimmed through it he couldn't believe how many words he didn't know how to say written on some of the pages.

  He looked at Koharu with amazment, "Wow, you must really be smart if you read books like this" Mokichi placed the book he took back in Koharu's stack Koharu chuckled, "No, I just took some of these because the titles were intresting" Mokichi smiled, Koharu went red in the face, "Well, go ahead, choose whatever catches you eye" Koharu pushed the stack of books over to Mokichi who nodded, he began to look through it. Mokichi looked at each book he came to so far, none of the ones he had seen caught his eye then suddenly, one did, he hummed in wonder as he looked at the book cover, it had a picture of a green dragon laying on a bed of gold and jewels. Mokichi felt that the book was your typical fantasy story, with dragons and knights and swords and magic, Mokichi decided he was going to take a look at this one, he held the book in his other hand and pushed the stack of books back to Koharu.

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  "What did you choose?" Koharu asked, Mokichi smiled and he showed her the book, "This one, the cover really caught my eye" Koharu's eyes went wide, "Koharu? Something the matter?" to Mokichi, Koharu looked like she just saw a ghost, as Koharu stared at the book in Mokichi's hands a hint of sadness could be seen in her eyes it was almost like she knew the book well. Mokichi grew concerned, "Koharu, is everything okay?" Koharu saw the concerned look Mokichi was giving her, she gave a quick smile, "Yeah, everythings fine!" Koharu smiled again, Mokichi wanted to believe Koharu's smile but, something was telling him not to. Mokichi sighed, "Koharu, please, I know somethings up with you" Koharu shook her head, "No,nothings wrong" Koharu kept up her smile, Mokichi frowned, "I know somethings wrong with you, you got like this after I showed you this book" Mokichi flashed the book he held to where Koharu could see it.

  Koharu's eyes shuddered, she looked away from the book, "Please, really, it's nothing" Mokichi grumbled, "Koharu" Koharu jumped, she was surprised by the tone in which Mokichi spoke, she looked at him and her heart jumped as well, as he was staring at her with the face she'll never forget, "Momom.." Mokichi placed his empty hand ontop of Koharu's, he rubbed softly, he gave a warm smile, "Koharu, if somethings bothering you, tell me, I hate seeing you like this" Koharu's eyes shimmered. She sighed, and she nodded, "Alright, I'll tell you" Koharu took in a breath, she eyed the book then looked at Mokichi, "That book, I know it well you see" Mokichi nodded, "You see, that book, is the last one my mother read to me" after she said that a sad look came to Koharu's face. Mokichi's eyes went wide, he remebered everything Saeko had told him about their mother, "I see" Mokichi's face grew sad as well.

  "Momo, you know about my mom?" Mokichi paused, he was thinking about weither or not to reveal that he heard about what happened with her mother from Saeko but, seeing the look Koharu was giving him he decided he had to, Mokichi sighed sadly, he nodded, "Yeah, Saeko told me" Koharu's face showed surprise, she smiled sadly, "I see, so Saeko-nee told you" Mokichi nodded sadly. Koharu sighed, "I didn't think Saeko-nee would be able to tell somebody that" Koharu had a sullen look on her face, "Look, I'll tell you what I told her, you don't have to tell me if it's too hard" Mokichi added a smile to his words, Koharu smiled back, a bit red in the face, she was really happy the one she was talking to was Mokichi, she shook her head, "No, I'll tell you, because it's you Momo, I feel that I can" Mokichi blushed. He nodded, "I see, well then you can continue" Koharu gave a nod.

  "Like I said, that book was the last one my mom read to me" Koharu gave a smile, "My mom would read to me anytime I asked her, she was the best at reading stories" Mokichi smiled, Koharu continued "It's what got me to fall in love with books, my mother reading to me is what made me want to join the literature club" Koharu's eyes started to water. Koharu felt Mokichi's hand tighten on hers, she saw the smile he had on his face and she smiled back, she then continued on, "When mom got sick, she wasn't able to read to me as much as she did before" Koharu held back a cry, "When she was able to, I made sure that I spent enough time with her as I could" Koharu sniffled. She looked at the book with the dragon on the cover, she placed a hand on it and she rubbed the cover for a bit, "This book, was the one she was reading to me" Koharu gave a shuddering breath.

  "A few days after she had finally finshed reading it to me" Koharu's eyes grew deep with sadness, "She passed away, so, this is the last book my mom ever read to me" Koharu rubbed the cover of the book tenderly, "I haven't look at this book ever since she died" Koharu smiled, "Koharu.." came Mokichi's voice. Koharu looked at Mokichi, to him, it looked like she was about to cry, "What's this book about?" Koharu gave a surprised look but then, she smiled, "It's about a princess who is taken by a dragon because she was the most beautiful thing he ever saw" Mokichi nodded, Koharu continued with her summary, "The dragon keeps the princess in his cave, and whenever a knight comes to take the princess away from him he chases them away" Mokichi smiled. He looked at the picture of the dragon sleeping ontop his gold bed, "Sounds like he doesn't want anybody to take the women he loves away from him" Koharu blushed, "So, what else goes on?" Koharu jumped, "Well, uhm, towards the end of the book, the princess starts to realize the dragon is protecting her, and just as she finds that out a knight her father sent kills him" Mokichi frowned.

  "Don't worry! The dragon is reborn as a man because of his love for the princess, and the two end up as lovers" Mokichi smiled, "I like that ending" Koharu blushed and smiled, "Yeah, so do I" Koharu's heart was pounding in her chest, remebereing the story now made her recollet what had happened earlier in the day. When Mokichi had chased off the guy hitting on her, he had the same look on his face that time as he did when he asked her to tell him what was bothering her, at that thought Koharu smiled, Mokichi raised an eyebrow "What?" Koharu giggled, "Oh, it's just, you remind me of the dragon in the book" Mokichi blushed. He smiled, "I do? How?" Koharu giggled, "Well, earlier, you protected me from that guy, and now you were so concerned about me after I saw that book" Koharu looked back at the book, she stared at the green dragon, "That's how your like the dragon in this book" she looked back at Mokichi and gave a bright smile. Mokichi blushed, "I see" he scratched his cheek, Mokichi's heart started to race seeing Koharu smile at him like she was.

  His emotions took over, "Then I'll be you green dragon, that is.." Mokichi paused, Koharu's face was red as it could be and her heart was pounding hard, "If you want me to" Mokichi gave a warm and bright smile that melted Koharu's being. She smiled and her emotions took over as well, she rose from her chair making it squeek as it moved across the floor, she leaned in towards Mokichi who gasped "Koharu what are you-" Mokichi was cut off as Koharu planted her lips onto his. Mokichi's eyes went wide, he was surprised, he never expected Koharu to just up and kiss him, Koharu locked lips with Mokichi for a few minutes before she pulled away, her eyes were shining as well as Mokichi's, Koharu smiled and giggled "Of course, I'll be happy to have you as my dragon" Mokichi smiled.

  He was about to lean over and kiss Koharu back but at that moment, he heard the sound of someone clearing their throat, he looked over and saw the librarian standing beside their table looking at them with a not too pleased face, "You two,this is a place for reading, if you two want to do lovey dovey stuff I suggest you go elsewhere" Mokichi and Koharu turned red with embarassment. They apologized to the librarian and they decided it was best to go, Mokichi helped Koharu put back all the books she took off the shelves but, she took a minuet or so looking at the book with the green dragon on the cover, Mokichi heard her whisper "Love you mom" before she put it back on the shelf. That was the last book to be put back, after that Mokichi took hold of Koharu's hand and escorted her out the library, Koharu made her way home by herself although, after Mokichi guided her half way before she told him she was good by herself, Koharu's face was somewhat red still. She was recollecting what she had done in the library, she had kissed Mokichi with that tought in her mind, Koharu giggled as she made her way home. [Ch.18 END]