Falling in Love is Hard on the Spine (Suzu)

Falling in Love is Hard on the Spine

06-19-2012




Okay, okay, slow and steady, Hisao, it's only a couple of more meters to Suzu's room.  You can do this, you can make this.  Despite your thighs feeling like lead, ankles that burns like Hades, and what is sure to be the mother of sore backs tomorrow, you can do this.  Left foot, ker-thunk.  Okay, okay, deep breath, deep breath.  Right foot, ker-thunk.  Deep breaths, just deep breaths.  So, so sweaty.  The beads that condensed on my forehead has drizzled the floor for the last couple of steps now.  Damn, I'm badly out of shape.  Not that being in good shape would alleviate the vertebrae pressure with a full grown girl on your back.

"Hi-Hisao?" My human backpack seem to have returned to the world of the living.

"Suzu, you're awake,"I try to not sound like I'm about to collapse due to fatigue.  She gives a yawn, and gingerly dismouns me.

She tilts her head to the side and gives me a puzzled look.

"Hisao ... you carried me here?"

My hand subconciously rubbed the back of my hair (it's a lot wetter than I anticipated), "Uh ... yeah, you sort of ... you know."

"Are you going to be okay?" Her voice clearly embarassed.

"Yeah, yeah, never better," I try to give a smile.  And failing to sound like I'm winded.

"Well, thank you for the today," she looks downward with her cheeks giving a hint of crimson.

"It was my pleasure ... and I would love to ... uh ... do it again ... I mean ... if you want to ... and ... " before I can finish stammering whatever it was, Suzu walked slowly towards me and give me a quick kiss.  Her cheeks redden darker than before.  I can feel my cheeks and ears are probably doing the same.

"That's for the wonderful date," she says.

Before my brain can register next, she grabs me by the shoulders to lower me slightly, and gives me another kiss.  A longer, more passionate one that my body involutarily wrap around her and pull her closer.  As our lips parted, a loud pop from the ceasing of suction occured and we both chuckled.

"That was for carrying me," Suzu says with a playful grin.  Her wolf grin.  That teasing smile that's for me and me only.

"Same time next week good for you, Hisao?"

Again, my brain seem to freeze before my mouth make some sound that was the combination of "yes" and probably the dialect of some hidden civilization deep in the Amazon.

As she goes into her room, Suzu playfully adds, "I promise you won't have to carry me next time."

We gave our goodbyes, and I  feel very good aside from my back which will hurt like hell tomorrow.