I was walking home, being _very_ self conscious about the fact that I was female. I thanked Kazuma silently for making me take all those useless Karate and Tae Kwon Do lessons--that didn't seem so useless now. A rustle behind my back. I whirl around. No one there but a few leaves swirling in the wind, rasping the pavement with their dry surfaces. I turn back, and keep walking. I had this really unnerving feeling someone was watching me. I gulped, aware of how stupid I looked. I gripped my books tighter to my chest. Suddenly, something heavy landed behind me, and I spun around with a loud ululation. &quot;YAAAHH!&quot; And I jumped onto the figure, only to be caught by my wrists and held firmly into place. &quot;Slow down there! It's just me!&quot; I found myself looking into a pair of familiar azure orbs. &quot;Christ, Ryuuki, you scared the crap out of me,&quot; I said, relieved it was only him. I bent down to gather my textbooks, and he helped. &quot;You look cute when you're scared.&quot; That earned him an earnest smack upside the head. 2008-05-01T20:24:42Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29101 <p>I liked it even better the 2nd time, since I had the context of the series in mind. Great, fun stuff. Keep it going&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29101?basename=59854 2008-05-01T20:24:42Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>That was very exciting! I really liked the last line. Very funny. I&#8217;m going to check out the prequel now. ;)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29101?basename=59807 2008-05-01T18:57:52Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace