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Tweak says, "Is you is..."

The golden stretches far and wide, below the hedge maze glows with a purplish tint. Sunset had almost fallen upon Eerie Harbor. Mahiru Shirota never found himself to be the overly romantic type, confessing as the sun set and the day ended underneath a tree on the top of a hill. Stone Brick Park was quiet, he'd found the place while flying home one day. It was place he continued to return to when he needed to think, just to get away from the chaos that was living with two vampires. Most everyone was down below playing in the hedge maze, not on the hill above. This was a place the two of them could be alone.

The eve leaned against the single tree that stood atop the hill, half-sitting, half-squatting. The time on his phone indicated it was almost 7, the meeting time he'd decided upon to meet up with Renzo. He couldn't sit still, mind and heart racing a million miles a minute. Nothing about this was going to be easy. Mahiru had rehearsed it a million times in the mirror, over and over again. He found the words he'd tried to memorize starting to slip away. This was really happening. Shima was out of the hospital, and he was on his way here. Once he said it, everything would change forever. They'd either be more than friends or...well, Mahiru didn't want to think about what would happen otherwise.

Breathe.

He took a deep breath, then swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat.

The worst thing he could say is no.

Jabber had suggested that he bring food to soothe out the conversation. Deciding on what to get had been tricky, seeing as he wanted it to special but not overbearingly so. This wasn't a date or anniversary, but...all that time that had passed in between meeting and getting to know each other...it shouldn't just be something thoughtless. He'd cooked for Renzo countless times, he knew he liked Western food. No, this had to be different somehow, memorable. But not too fancy.

It hit him at precisely three forty five in the morning. Mahiru got up to use to restroom, seeing the mess in the living room of two vampires playing solitaire. It wasn't until he stepped on an empty cup of noodles container that the idea struck him. September 15th was his official release day from the facility, and the very say he'd met Shima in person. He'd gone out shopping and come through a window on his lead. They'd fought for a solid ten minutes before putting the groceries away. In order to have a healthy mind in classes, you needed a healthy, full stomach.

Dorm room staple.

Mahiru sighed. How'd I end up falling for him again? That was a question he'd been asking himself for weeks. Likewise, the eve had never been nervous about something in his whole life. Okay, there was that time when Licht and Lawless got kidnapped and were gonna die in twenty four hours but that didn't feel nearly as bad as he did right now.

"I'm just telling him how it is." Mahiru mumbled to himself. "I'm just telling him--" He paused turning to see Shima approaching, he stood to greet him, cup of noodles in hand. "Hey, glad you could make it. Thanks for coming." He held out one of the Cup of Noodles to Shima, offering a smile. Maybe the smile would hide how nervous he felt inside? "Don't know if you ate before coming, but you like this kind, right? Something to munch on while we talk."