Bret would take out his yukata and open it up before him. His yukata was all white, decorated all over with blue Honourific kanji that described his personality. Flipping it over to see the back side of the yukata his eyes would grow wide. "Rina-" he said softly with a smile. His fingers would gently run over the custom stitching that had been added to the back of the yukata. He could picture her effortlessly working away late at night. Pricking her fingers and bleeding over her stupid friend. Was he really worth it? His eyes would welm with tears of gratitude. It was not a perfect stitch, it was not perfectly aligned, but he could feel her heart that she had sowed into it. The big kanji stitched into the back of his yukata was his full name. Yamada Bret.
The temple was a shrine located 1/3 up Sakura hill. it had stone stairs leading to the shrine and was surrounded by Sakura trees. Bret had visited a few times in the day and tried once at night. At night it was impossible because there was no lights in the area and it was literally pitch black with the surrounding trees. But tonight was different. The whole area was lit up with custom made paper lamps and it all seemed to lead towards the temple. Just below the temple was different stalls set up by the students and not so far from the stalls to one side was a stage where a band was performing. the area below the temple was alive and moving as students enjoyed their last night together. All except Bret.
Bret was fine when he left his home but now that the temple was in sight his nerves started to play up. His palms were sweaty, and he had a bad case of butterflies in his stomach. Walking through the small road of stalls Bret would take a mental note on which ones Hako might enjoy. wait, what did Hako enjoy? Oh crap it's nearly game time and he has no clue. What happens if she doesn't like those stalls? is my hair okay? Did I come to early? Before he noticed he was at the base of the stairs that led to the temple. He felt a lump in his throat. It felt like it was going to be a mission for him to just climb these stairs. Was a first date really this hard?
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lyn.
The temple was a shrine located 1/3 up Sakura hill. it had stone stairs leading to the shrine and was surrounded by Sakura trees. Bret had visited a few times in the day and tried once at night. At night it was impossible because there was no lights in the area and it was literally pitch black with the surrounding trees. But tonight was different. The whole area was lit up with custom made paper lamps and it all seemed to lead towards the temple. Just below the temple was different stalls set up by the students and not so far from the stalls to one side was a stage where a band was performing. the area below the temple was alive and moving as students enjoyed their last night together. All except Bret.
Bret was fine when he left his home but now that the temple was in sight his nerves started to play up. His palms were sweaty, and he had a bad case of butterflies in his stomach. Walking through the small road of stalls Bret would take a mental note on which ones Hako might enjoy. wait, what did Hako enjoy? Oh crap it's nearly game time and he has no clue. What happens if she doesn't like those stalls? is my hair okay? Did I come to early? Before he noticed he was at the base of the stairs that led to the temple. He felt a lump in his throat. It felt like it was going to be a mission for him to just climb these stairs. Was a first date really this hard?
@cheeky
lyn.