A Day to Remember

Dinner was a success and I went back home right afterwards. I was a bit nervous about opening the door to the house since I didn't know what Tochaki-san would do. The way she said to go to her room after I got home made me feel like I'm about to get into a little fight. Maybe I should stop teasing her from now on. I opened up the door and headed towards my own room first and put down my bags. I then changed into some casual wear and went up to Tochaki-san's door. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

*knock* *knock*

"!!! De-de-dear?!"

"Hello Tochaki-san, can I come in?  You told me to come to my room right?"

"Ye-ye-yea! J-just give me a second!"

"Alright?"

Was she busy doing something and didn't want me to know? The obvious answer would have been that Valentine's day was coming up and maybe she was preparing chocolate for people but it seems too early to start making chocolate. Plus, her room is not a kitchen. It didn't matter to me though. Her privacy is something that I can't interfere with. There was some rustling sound so it seemed like Tochaki-san was probably changing.

"Ok… you can come in now."

I turned the doorknob and opened the door. It seemed like all the rustling came from Tochaki-san changing into her night wear.

"I didn't think you would get back so soon dear."

"We didn't do anything after dinner so I came home right after. Why were you surprised so much? Didn't you want me to come home?"

"Of course I do! It's just that… I'm not ready yet."

I saw wrapping paper on her bed. There were papers everywhere and the thing she is wrapping is, although I am sad to say it, not very presentable.

"Did something happen?"

Tochaki-san seemed to be in a frantic mood but didn't know what to do. She took a deep breath and finally calmed down. She showed a faint smile and walked towards me and hugged me.

"Dear… happy birthday."

"!!!"

Next week Monday is Valentine's day, which is the 14th of February. My birthday is the 11th of February… meaning today is indeed my birthday. I completely forgot about my birthday since I hadn't celebrated it for a few years. Tochaki-san let go of me and went to her desk. There was a small box on it and she opened it to reveal a slice of cake.

"Dear, I got this cake for you."

I walked towards her and she gave me a fork. I nodded my head and  tasted the cake. It was delicious. The cream was really smooth and the flavor is not too sweet but enough for it to taste amazing.

"Thank you Tochaki-san."

I was, however, curious though how she found out.

How did you find out?"

"I remembered your birthday when you dropped your student ID the first time I met you."

"I see. Did you want to surprise me before I got home?"

"Yes… and I didn't have enough time to wrap up your present."

It seems that's what the scraps of paper were on her bed.

"Can I open it?"

"Sure…"

I took the liberty of opening it and saw a small rectangular box. I opened the box and saw dozens of contact lenses soaked in a type of liquid.

"Well, ever since the day we came back to school from break, you stopped wearing your glasses to school. I saw that you sometimes have to squint your eyes to read something far away so I've decided to get you some contact lenses so you can see without your glasses."

"Thank you Tochaki-san. This will be really helpful in the future."

She smiled when I complimented her gift and leaned on my arm.

"I'm glad then… there is actually one more thing that I wanted to give you."

"Hmm? There is?"

She seemed to have gotten embarrassed all of a sudden. She held my face and turned me around. Without me having a second to think, I was kissed in the lips by the person I love dearly. I didn't think she would lean in and wasn't prepared so when she leaned in, my back fell to the bed with Tochaki-san following me and laying on my chest while still kissing. She finally let go after a solid 10 seconds at least.

"I present to you my real 'first' kiss."

"Were you waiting for this moment the whole week I wonder?"

"Yes… I did some embarrassing 'practice' for this moment."

"Oh is that why there are so many kiss marks in the bathroom mirror?"

"What!?"

"Just kidding… wait… you actually did?"

She was now so embarrassed she formed into a ball and layed in the corner of the room. I was just joking when I said the bathroom wall thing but I didn't think she actually did it. I walked up to her with an apologetic expression (even though it really wasn't my fault to begin with).

"Sorry Tochaki-san… I didn't know you actually—"

"It's ok!"

She yelled those words while still hiding her face. After a few seconds, she finally looked up and there were a bit of tears in her ocean blue eyes and a face red like a beetroot.

"...Dear… you dummy…"

How was this my fault? 

I decided to pat her on the head like I usually do and it seemed to comfort her a bit. 

"Dear… how come you never get embarrassed. I've done so many things that would normally race a teenage boy's heart but it never seems to work on you…"

"Tochaki-san, can you held out your hand for a second?"

She took out her hand and held it out. I grabbed it gently and put it up against my chest.

"Dear?! What are you doing?!"

She was frantic again but began to calm down after realizing how fast my heartbeat was. Although I don't show it often, my heartbeat is always racing when Tochaki-san does cute and bashful things. 

"Tochaki-san. Do you feel it? Although I don't show it on my face, my heartbeat shows your cuteness."

She smiled and jumped on my chest which made me fall again. She held her left ear against my chest.

"I can hear your heartbeat. This makes me happy…"

"Make you happy?"

"It makes me happy I wasn't the only one getting flustered."

"You're one weird girl."

"And that one weird girl likes you. So hug me back."

I wrapped my arm around her small body and I basically pretended she was a body pillow. It seems she didn't mind being hugged though.