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Title Ice Cream
Author/Artist shortysc22
Pairing Shizuki/Julia
Fandom Hanazakari no Kimitachi E
Theme #12- in a good mood
Disclaimer I do not own Hana Kimi, that belongs to Hisaya Nakajo. I have only created the storyline.
This is the fourth part to "Between the Lines." Check the memories, tags, or click here
For Shizuki Friday couldn’t come soon enough. Friday was always his favorite day of the week, but this week was special. He hadn’t an evening out where he could just relax and be himself in a long time, especially with the added benefit of ice cream. Usually when he went out there was a specific purpose and he would have to watch exactly what he said very carefully. Ice cream you bought in the stores was never the same as when you got it from an ice cream parlor. Especially one of the fancy ones that just opened in town, where they mix in toppings. Before he even going to Julia’s house, he decided he’d let her pick which ice cream place she wanted to go to.
Promptly at eight o’clock, Shizuki rang Julia’s doorbell, not expecting her father to answer.
“Hello Mr. Thompson. Is Julia here?” Shizuki asked, trying not to make it sound like he was taking Julia out on a date. Because that was the farthest thing from his mind at this point. Right now was all about having a good time.
“She should be in her room. Why don’t you wait here while I get her?” her father pointed to the bench in the hallway, but Shizuki decided to remain standing, looking the family pictures that were hanging in the hallway. Some of the pictures he remembered, since Mizuki was in a few. Wandering a little further down the hallway, he found one with him. He was in the center, grinning wildly as he held Mizuki in one arm and Julia in the other. He had probably been about twelve at the time, with Mizuki and Julia about five. At that moment, Julia walked out and called his name.
“You remember that day?” Julia asked, noticing which picture he had been staring at.
“Of course. The two of you had an endless supply of energy and I was chasing you for hours. Ready for some ice cream?” he questioned, just his stomach grumbled.
“Let me just say good-bye to my father,” Julia answered and as she turned around, her father appeared out of almost nowhere. “Dad! You scared me.”
“Have fun and be home before midnight,” he said before kissing her on the forehead.
“I doubt we’ll be that late,” Shizuki responded as he held the door open for Julia and walked out into the night.
Julia didn’t know how to take tonight. Shizuki had asked her out for ice cream, but he was her best friend’s older brother and he had also asked to cheer her up that night since her boyfriend had abandoned her. She would have to have a talk with Matt soon. This past week they had barely spoken, but again, they both had several major assignments. After all, he hadn’t tried to contact her, but she also didn’t try to contact him.
As they started to walk towards downtown, where it would be easy to find a good place to get ice cream, Shizuki turned towards Julia and grabbed her hand, motioning her to stop. Julia pulled her hand back after feeling a shock.
“I thought you’d like to pick which ice cream place we went to. So your choice, what’ll it be?” Shizuki asked with a grin on his face, as though he was a game show host announcing the prize choices.
“You’re letting me choose?” Julia asked, surprised Shizuki was even thinking about her. When Matt had taken her out, he had chosen when and where they would go. Shizuki was letting Julia make all the choices and it was a welcome change.
“Of course. I can go out for ice cream by myself anytime I want. It’s not all the time a pretty girl says yes,” Shizuki smirked.
“How about Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe? I love their mint chocolate chip,” Julia said, taking the lead.
“I’m partial to their butter pecan with caramel sauce. Mostly I just love the spinning chairs at the counter,” Shizuki answered.
“Well maybe we’ll just have to sit at a booth to ruin your fun,” Julia added with a smirk before she remembered a story Mizuki had told her. Apparently when Mizuki was really young, their father had taken them out for ice cream to celebrate and Shizuki had been so excited, he could barely sit still in his seat. Eventually Shizuki fell out of the seat and when Julia remembered how the story ended, she burst out laughing.
“Come on now, I know my face is funny looking, but it can’t be that funny. What’s got you laughing so hard?” Shizuki questioned, thinking hard about what made people laugh so hard so fast, without any prompts.
“Mizuki told me a story about the time you fell off one of the spinning chairs because you had been so excited,” Julia answered between all of her giggling.
“I was ten, it was an accident,” Shizuki replied, though he now knew why she was laughing so hard. Mizuki loved to tell that story and when Mizuki told a story, she really got into the story. He could just imagine all of the wild hand motions and acrobatics she would have used to tell Julia the story, even though Mizuki was really young when it happened.
“Doesn’t matter now, I’m just looking forward to some good ice cream.”
Once inside Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe, Shizuki ordered for both of them, knowing exactly what Julia wanted. Lightly, Julia smacked Shizuki’s arm
“What was that for?” Shizuki asked, rubbing his arm.
“I can order for myself, thank you very much.”
“After all that talk about mint chocolate chip ice cream, I just assumed you would have wanted some.”
“I did and still do, but I still have a voice and am quite capable of using it.
“I’ll remember that in the future, but here’s your ice cream now, unless you don’t want it.”
After grabbing her ice cream, Julia sat down in a booth to purposely annoy Shizuki, knowing how badly he liked the spinning chairs at the counter. An awkward pause followed as neither really knew what to say. One common ground they had was Mizuki but it was hard to talk about her because Shizuki always missed her more after talking about her. First he’d get angry because Mizuki was so reckless and then he would go into older brother mode, where he would want chase after her again, knowing that she was at an all boy’s school. After staring at his ice cream and slowly eating it, Shizuki finally decided to speak.
“I’m glad you picked this place. Mizuki would rather have ice cream with her cookie dough and strawberries all mixed in,” Shizuki said, deciding talk about Mizuki was always a safe bet.
“I just love ice cream in general, but I know better than to eat too much, so this is a real treat for me. Thank you,” Julia said politely.
“Hey anytime! Next time we should check out the arcade down the road. I’ve recently gotten addicted to Dance Dance Revolution, and playing at home is never the same as playing in the arcade,” Shizuki said with a grin.
“I’ve never played it before,” Julia started before Shizuki interrupted.
“It’s really quite easy,” he added, realizing now that they had both finished their ice creams, he cleaned up the table and headed out to the street. Walking along slowly, he continued, “If you want, we can play some at home until you get better at it.”
“I’d love to, since it’s still really early.”
“That’s because ice cream doesn’t take long to eat.”
Walking besides Julia, Shizuki was tempted to reach for her hand as the wind blew past, like a gentle kiss to the cheek. He could not have been happier. It was Friday, which was always good day. Then he got to have some of his favorite ice cream and now he had an evening of Dance Dance Revolution planned. He was certainly in a good mood and it was all thanks to the young lady walking silently beside him.
Author/Artist shortysc22
Pairing Shizuki/Julia
Fandom Hanazakari no Kimitachi E
Theme #12- in a good mood
Disclaimer I do not own Hana Kimi, that belongs to Hisaya Nakajo. I have only created the storyline.
This is the fourth part to "Between the Lines." Check the memories, tags, or click here
For Shizuki Friday couldn’t come soon enough. Friday was always his favorite day of the week, but this week was special. He hadn’t an evening out where he could just relax and be himself in a long time, especially with the added benefit of ice cream. Usually when he went out there was a specific purpose and he would have to watch exactly what he said very carefully. Ice cream you bought in the stores was never the same as when you got it from an ice cream parlor. Especially one of the fancy ones that just opened in town, where they mix in toppings. Before he even going to Julia’s house, he decided he’d let her pick which ice cream place she wanted to go to.
Promptly at eight o’clock, Shizuki rang Julia’s doorbell, not expecting her father to answer.
“Hello Mr. Thompson. Is Julia here?” Shizuki asked, trying not to make it sound like he was taking Julia out on a date. Because that was the farthest thing from his mind at this point. Right now was all about having a good time.
“She should be in her room. Why don’t you wait here while I get her?” her father pointed to the bench in the hallway, but Shizuki decided to remain standing, looking the family pictures that were hanging in the hallway. Some of the pictures he remembered, since Mizuki was in a few. Wandering a little further down the hallway, he found one with him. He was in the center, grinning wildly as he held Mizuki in one arm and Julia in the other. He had probably been about twelve at the time, with Mizuki and Julia about five. At that moment, Julia walked out and called his name.
“You remember that day?” Julia asked, noticing which picture he had been staring at.
“Of course. The two of you had an endless supply of energy and I was chasing you for hours. Ready for some ice cream?” he questioned, just his stomach grumbled.
“Let me just say good-bye to my father,” Julia answered and as she turned around, her father appeared out of almost nowhere. “Dad! You scared me.”
“Have fun and be home before midnight,” he said before kissing her on the forehead.
“I doubt we’ll be that late,” Shizuki responded as he held the door open for Julia and walked out into the night.
Julia didn’t know how to take tonight. Shizuki had asked her out for ice cream, but he was her best friend’s older brother and he had also asked to cheer her up that night since her boyfriend had abandoned her. She would have to have a talk with Matt soon. This past week they had barely spoken, but again, they both had several major assignments. After all, he hadn’t tried to contact her, but she also didn’t try to contact him.
As they started to walk towards downtown, where it would be easy to find a good place to get ice cream, Shizuki turned towards Julia and grabbed her hand, motioning her to stop. Julia pulled her hand back after feeling a shock.
“I thought you’d like to pick which ice cream place we went to. So your choice, what’ll it be?” Shizuki asked with a grin on his face, as though he was a game show host announcing the prize choices.
“You’re letting me choose?” Julia asked, surprised Shizuki was even thinking about her. When Matt had taken her out, he had chosen when and where they would go. Shizuki was letting Julia make all the choices and it was a welcome change.
“Of course. I can go out for ice cream by myself anytime I want. It’s not all the time a pretty girl says yes,” Shizuki smirked.
“How about Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe? I love their mint chocolate chip,” Julia said, taking the lead.
“I’m partial to their butter pecan with caramel sauce. Mostly I just love the spinning chairs at the counter,” Shizuki answered.
“Well maybe we’ll just have to sit at a booth to ruin your fun,” Julia added with a smirk before she remembered a story Mizuki had told her. Apparently when Mizuki was really young, their father had taken them out for ice cream to celebrate and Shizuki had been so excited, he could barely sit still in his seat. Eventually Shizuki fell out of the seat and when Julia remembered how the story ended, she burst out laughing.
“Come on now, I know my face is funny looking, but it can’t be that funny. What’s got you laughing so hard?” Shizuki questioned, thinking hard about what made people laugh so hard so fast, without any prompts.
“Mizuki told me a story about the time you fell off one of the spinning chairs because you had been so excited,” Julia answered between all of her giggling.
“I was ten, it was an accident,” Shizuki replied, though he now knew why she was laughing so hard. Mizuki loved to tell that story and when Mizuki told a story, she really got into the story. He could just imagine all of the wild hand motions and acrobatics she would have used to tell Julia the story, even though Mizuki was really young when it happened.
“Doesn’t matter now, I’m just looking forward to some good ice cream.”
Once inside Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe, Shizuki ordered for both of them, knowing exactly what Julia wanted. Lightly, Julia smacked Shizuki’s arm
“What was that for?” Shizuki asked, rubbing his arm.
“I can order for myself, thank you very much.”
“After all that talk about mint chocolate chip ice cream, I just assumed you would have wanted some.”
“I did and still do, but I still have a voice and am quite capable of using it.
“I’ll remember that in the future, but here’s your ice cream now, unless you don’t want it.”
After grabbing her ice cream, Julia sat down in a booth to purposely annoy Shizuki, knowing how badly he liked the spinning chairs at the counter. An awkward pause followed as neither really knew what to say. One common ground they had was Mizuki but it was hard to talk about her because Shizuki always missed her more after talking about her. First he’d get angry because Mizuki was so reckless and then he would go into older brother mode, where he would want chase after her again, knowing that she was at an all boy’s school. After staring at his ice cream and slowly eating it, Shizuki finally decided to speak.
“I’m glad you picked this place. Mizuki would rather have ice cream with her cookie dough and strawberries all mixed in,” Shizuki said, deciding talk about Mizuki was always a safe bet.
“I just love ice cream in general, but I know better than to eat too much, so this is a real treat for me. Thank you,” Julia said politely.
“Hey anytime! Next time we should check out the arcade down the road. I’ve recently gotten addicted to Dance Dance Revolution, and playing at home is never the same as playing in the arcade,” Shizuki said with a grin.
“I’ve never played it before,” Julia started before Shizuki interrupted.
“It’s really quite easy,” he added, realizing now that they had both finished their ice creams, he cleaned up the table and headed out to the street. Walking along slowly, he continued, “If you want, we can play some at home until you get better at it.”
“I’d love to, since it’s still really early.”
“That’s because ice cream doesn’t take long to eat.”
Walking besides Julia, Shizuki was tempted to reach for her hand as the wind blew past, like a gentle kiss to the cheek. He could not have been happier. It was Friday, which was always good day. Then he got to have some of his favorite ice cream and now he had an evening of Dance Dance Revolution planned. He was certainly in a good mood and it was all thanks to the young lady walking silently beside him.