A/N: Sorry if it was late. Currently busy with my College Review courses. The sixth chapter is up. Pls. enjoy. The story will be having ecchiness in increasing proportions starting here. R&R as usual.

Chapter VI: Nagazaki Tea: The Feelings of the Past

It's 7:30 in the evening. Hikari, now changed in his white T-shirt and black shorts, went down to his dining room.

Nagazaki is preparing their food for the night. Besides, she's staying with Hikari until the renovations currently going on in her house are completed. And Hikari can only be happy about it, for the girl that she once knew, and loved, is in his house this very moment.

“Hikari-kun, dinner's ready.” Nagazaki came out of the kitchen, carrying two plates of food. She placed one on Hikari's side, while she took her seat and placed her own. Hikari's table was circular, about 1 meter in diameter. Enough for two people. They are positioned on the opposite sides of the said table.

Nagazaki prepared curry, which Hikari favored. Nagazaki thought that she'd cook his favorite dish. Sort of a reunion in the appearance of food.

“Itadakimasu!” they both said. Hikari tasted the meal that Nagazaki prepared for them. He will just experience the shock of his life. Nagazaki watched him take the first spoonful of rice and curry, hopeful that he'll answer something like this:

“Ah, Oishi!" Hikari exclaimed. “I didn't know that you can cook so well, Nagazaki-chan”

Yup, he said that alright.

“Hikari-kun liked it, the dish that I prepared for him.” His comment made her blush, for she just cooked for the one she loved, and he liked it. A lot.

“Arigato, Hikari-kun.” then she started eating on her own. She found out that she had outdone herself. Her curry tasted great. He didn't say those words just to be polite. It was also to be honest as well.

A few minutes later and they finished supper.

“Wow, I'm full.” Hikari said. “Thank you for the meal, Nagazaki-chan.”

“Ano, It's nothing, Hikari-kun.” she said, answering back.

Now its time for the catching up part. They didn't see each other for three years, so its a must for Hikari.

“So what have you been doing lately?” Hikari asked.

“Uhmm, usually I help my father with the tutoring class, doing my schoolwork, going out, those stuff.” Nagazaki said.

“Oh, that's nice.” Hikari said. He noticed that she was quite, different. She had longer hair, and she got taller. And she's also wearing their school uniform.

“That school uniform, since when did you start studying in Tokyo Gakuen?” He asked.

“Ano, since the start of the school year, why?”

“Then, how come that I never saw you in the campus? I study there as well.”

He's right. They were right by each other the whole time, and they never even noticed.

“I don't know, Hikari-kun.” Nagazaki said. She never knew for herself that Hikari is there, but for some reason, fate wanted them not to meet until the perfect time, which is now.

“These happenings are strange, and I thought my existence was strange.” Hikari sighed.

“Eh? Hikari-kun, can you just repeat what you said?” Nagazaki said.

“I said that these happenings are strange, and I thought my existence was strange.” Hikari repeated matter-of-factly.

“What do you mean, Hikari-kun?” she asked Hikari.

Oh, crap. He's in another corner again. He just had to open his mouth uncontrolled. He must keep his existence a secret to everybody, darn it. Hikari, stunned and frozen at the same time, tried to think up words to create a loophole.

“E-to,I was saying that...I mean, uhh...”

Then a thought got to him.

“Do not tell your mission to anyone, except to the one you love.”

To the one you love...

“That's right, I can only tell my existence to the one I love.” Hikari thought. He looked at Nagazaki. Nagazaki's face mirrored her interest on what he just said a while ago. The one that he liked, from three years ago, is right in front of him.

“Nande, Hikari-kun, what did you mean by that?”

After that, he remembered the time where their promise was held. It was almost the same question as that day. He still remembered that day, when he confessed to her. When he hugged her close. When she said she liked him too. When he had his first kiss.

“Uh, it's nothing, Nagazaki-chan.” Hikari said.

Let fate decide the right time.

8:00 pm.

“Its getting late, Nagazaki-chan. You should take some rest. We have school tomorrow.” Hikari said.

“Oh, okay.” Nagazaki replied. “I'll just go clean up the table.”

“I'll go have a bath.” Hikari said. “By the way, do you have anything to wear for the night?”

“Yeah, I brought them to your room.” she answered.

“Ah, oka- Whaaat! In my room? How did you know about my room?”

“It-it's the only room in the second floor with a bed, so I figured it's yours, Hikari-kun” she answered softly but

audibly.

“Her clothes, in my room. “Female” clothes, in my room.” Hikari thought as his mind looked over the possible

articles of clothing she would have brought. Night gowns, skirts, and of course, lingerie.

“Focus, Hikari. Its just clothes, no person wearing it. Relax your raging hormones, Hikari. Relax. Relax. Relax.” He kept saying the same last word until he got his towel and went to the bathroom.

He closed the door, hung his towel on the towel rack. He removed his clothes and opened the shower.

“Nagazaki-chan is spending the night in my house for an indefinite amount of time.”

The sound of the rushing water and his thoughts are the only things that Hikari can hear.

“Nagazaki-sensei must have told her to. His father does trust me a lot.”

He turned off the shower and started lathering soap on himself.

“I mean, he wouldn't just let her only daughter to just go to a boy's house. Any self-respecting parent would do that.”

He finished with the lathering. He turned on the shower to rinse.

“When a boy and a girl live under one roof, lots of thing might happen. Lots of “unpredictable” things may happen.”

When he thought about it, he then remembered that this is the same situation that he is in at this very moment.

“Lots of things, like...”

“The girl cooking for him... ”

“Watching movies...”

“Occasional teasing...”

“Touching...”

“Cuddling...”

“Kissing...”

Somehow, his thoughts are, intensifying.

“Or the last three, altogether...”

In other words, se-- Uh, I mean, “Intense body contact”. Hikari is heavily blushing and his temperature seems to be rising, He felt that all of his blood is going to his head, and by head, well, let's just say his top and bottom “head”.

“Dammit, Hikari, control yourself. Control your intensifying feelings.” Hikari scolded himself. “No, I'm not doing those kind of things to her. It's just, wrong. I'm not going to ruin it all.”

He turned his shower to max, trying desperately to deluge his thoughts. His evil thoughts. Good thing the water is a little cold. That managed to normalize him.

“Relax... Relax...Relax...”

He got his towel, dried himself with it, covered his lower extremities and went to his room upstairs.

When he got to his room, everything seemed normal. His single bed with two pillows arranged on top of each, Television in front, Cabinet beside and, a slightly opened pink suitcase?

“Wait, I don't have that.” He looked closer. He found black markings that looked like kana. It was something like:

手亜

Good thing he has skill in reading kanji, thanks to the tutoring class. He knew that the calligraphy read “Tea”.

“This must be Nagazaki-chan's bag of clothes.” He concluded, then he went to his cabinet and got some clothes. Blue shirt, underwear and plain white shorts. He dressed himself up, then thought of helping out Nagazaki with the housework. Just as he was about to leave, another thought got to him.

“Nagazaki-chan's clothes, are in my room. So that means...” With a sly grin he turns back, but he stopped himself.

“Oh no, not again. No, I mustn't...”

His body seemed to be not responding.

“Control yourself, Hikari, this is not right.”

He's getting nearer and nearer.

“What is wrong with me? Yamete onegaishimasu, Hikari, Body, stop moving.”

His body did stop, in front of Tea's suitcase. Her slightly opened suitcase. His temperature's rising again, his face blushing harder that a while ago. The suitcase that contained parts of a woman's dignity, is right in front of him. Teasing him. Tempting him to open it and look at the contents. Hikari's purity, along with his common sense is disappearing little by little. He seems to be in the brink of giving in.

But then again, a thought ran through his mind.

“Jyoto, this is me, lusting about female clothing.”

Genius, did you figure that out by yourself?

“Well that's stupid.”

Ding ding, the baka realized it. Good job, Hikari.

“It's just clothes, what is there to fantasize about? I've been acting weird since she got here. Maybe I'm just too happy to see her, or something.”

Then again, he surpassed the temptation by a nose.

“Well, I have to help Nagazaki-chan.” Hikari said while heading for the door. When he is about to open it, someone did it for him. The opened doorway revealed Nagazaki.

“Na...Na...” Hikari stuttered.

A half-naked, Nagazaki.

“Na... Na...” He kept stuttering.

Half-naked, with nothing but a towel that covered her upper extremities. Her hair was down and wet, meaning that she just took a bath. Her face had a tinge of pink, probably because she took a hot shower.

He felt his temperature rising again. This time, its the real deal. He froze from where he stood, but his eyes seemed to examine her. Her long slender legs, her creamy complexion, her slightly exposed cleavage. The towel seemed to emphasize her curves by a hundred and one percent. Her nicely rounded chest, her slim waist, back to her smooth legs, went his eyes.

Damn it, she's freaking hot.

“Nagazaki...chan.” are the first words Hikari can utter, after intelligently constructing it in his head. His totally messed up head.

“Ano, is there something wrong, Hikari-kun?” Nagazaki asked a heated, and frozen, Hikari.

“Na-na-nandemonai, Na-Nagazaki-chan. Your body's fine.”

He covered his mouth.

“Damn, I hate myself.” Hikari thought.

“A-arigato...gozaimasu? Hikari-kun.” she answered, somewhat confused. “Ano, can I use your room for a while? I'll get myself dressed.” she asked him.

His high temperature managed to thaw him out if his frozen state.

“Hai, Nagazaki-chan, onegai.” then Hikari moved to give way to Nagazaki. After she entered, Hikari made his way out of the room.

“Arigato, Hikari-kun.” she said, then she locked the door.

Hikari leaned against the door, taking heavy breaths. He's trying to regulate his hormones, for the third time in a row.

“Well, this has been a bizarre day. It couldn't get any worse.” Hikari said, then he went downstairs.

8:15 pm

Hikari's downstairs, watching TV while sitting at his sofa.

“Hikari-kun.” Nagazaki called out.

Hikari turned around upstairs, where the voice came.

“Nani- -Eh!”

He looked to find Nagazaki in her silver nightgown that went down to her legs. It has sleeves that emphasized her shoulder. Her neckline emphasized her cleavage. Her hair was down, but neatly arranged.

His temperature rose. Long story short: She's cute. Really, really cute.

Oh, crud.

“Kawaii...” He commented to himself. “And so inviting.”

And there goes his thoughts again. Evil thoughts, commence.

“So, what do you think, Hikari-kun?” she asked.

Hikari snapped back to reality

“Kawaii... It looks great on you, Nagazaki-chan.” It was his honest opinion. Wow, he got over his thoughts quickly. Nagazaki blushed at the comment, which added to her radiance of cuteness.

“Really? Hikari-kun?” she said, clarifying.

“Hai. You look really cute, Nagazaki-chan.” he answered, with some emphasis this time.

Nagazaki blushed harder. Now her temperature is rising. Hearing honest complements to the one you love is music to anyone's ears. For Nagazaki, it's not just music, it's a very relaxing and bliss-inducing kind of music.

“Arigato, Hikari-kun” she said then skipped happily . Hikari just smiled. He just loved looking at her being happy, or shy, or both.

“Hikari-kun?”

He turned around again upstairs. You know who called his attention.

“Nande, Nagazaki-chan?” he asked.

“Uhmm, I was wondering. Where would I sleep tonight?” she asked.

The question seemed to take Hikari by surprise. Where will she sleep tonight? His house only has one bedroom with one bed, enough for one person.

How redundant. Of course he knew that. No reminder needed.

Oh, right. The answer should be obvious.

“You can take mine, Nagazaki-chan. I don't mind.” Hikari said.

“Oh, thanks.” she answered. “But, where would you sleep, Hikari-kun?”

“I'll take this couch. This is fine.”

“Demo, wouldn't that be uncomfortable, or straining or something?”

“Daijyobu, Nagazaki-chan. No really, its fine. You're the guest, and the girl. It's what a man does.”

“Arigato, Hikari-kun. Thank you for letting me stay here, and for your hospitality as well.” she said sweetly.

“Wow, she's so cute when she does that.” Hikari's mind told him, but that's not what his mouth told her.

“It's nothing. Like I said, you were always welcomed by our family. You will always be.” Hikari reassured her. “We still have school tomorrow, let get some sleep, okay?”

“Hai, Goodnight, Hikari-kun. See you in the morning.” Nagazaki said.

“Yeah, Goodnight.” Nagazaki went to his room. Hikari laid down on the couch.

9:00 pm

“Hikari-kun? Hikari-kun?”

Hikari slowly opened his eyes. He opened them to find Nagazaki's upside-down face.

“Doshite, Nagazaki-chan?” he asked sleepily. She looked, unsure at that time.

“Ano, can you do me a favor, Hikari-kun?” she asked.

“A favor? What is it, Nagazaki-chan?” Hikari asked. She answered in a voice that is a bit more...shyer, than usual.

“Would it mind if you, uhmm, uhh...” Nagazaki seemed to be hesitating.

“Nani, Nagazaki-chan? What is it?” he asked again.

“Would you mind if you sleep beside me tonight?”