Chapter Fifteen: Nice Day Out:

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end

--�Get Together� by Madonna

Tsuzuki�s perfect day would consist of feasting on sweets, drinking sake, sleeping, and a nine-hour sexual high with Anna followed by some naked cuddling. However, there was a little thing called work preventing that. That cold shower reminded him of that.

�So what are we doing today?� Anna asked as they walked out the front door. Tsuzuki thought about that question. The shinigami glanced over at Anna and he shrugged at her.

�Just go anywhere,� Tsuzuki replied.

�Okay�� Anna replied, �That all?�

�Pretty much�� Tsuzuki mumbled as he nodded.

�Fine,� Anna said, �Just walk around and do nothing. Right, okay.�

So here they were, roaming Tokyo in the crowded streets and pouring rain. The couple stole quick glances at each other before looking forward. Japanese etiquette played in their favor; heterosexual PDA was heavily frowned upon. Good for a forbidden romance such as theirs. Anna forced herself to look away for a second.

�Just two people walking,� she said.

�Yeah,� Tsuzuki agreed, �Two people walking.� They glance at each other again and looked away.

�So,� Anna said, �Where to now?�

�Anywhere, really,� Tsuzuki said with a shrug.

�But, where, exactly?� Anna pressed. Her boyfriend�s face dropped.

�Uh�� he said. Anna smirked at him.

�So in other words, you didn�t plan this properly, did you?� she pointed out.

�No�� Tsuzuki wailed with a sweat drop on his head, �I�m supposed to be working. But�� His woman smiled as she figured it all out.

�So, I�m your excuse not to, huh?� she asked. Tsuzuki hung his head.

�I�m so sorry�� he mumbled.

�There, there,� his girlfriend said as she patted him on the arm, �It�s okay.� The shinigami looked at her with big eyes.

�You mean it?� he asked so childlike. Anna gave him a cute, flirty smile in place of a kiss.

�Of course I do,� she said. Tsuzuki began to smile.

�See?� his girl said, �It�s better already.�

�So where do you want to go first?� he asked. Anna already had the perfect thing in mind.

�Just keep walking,� she said simply.

�And then?� her lover asked.

�Who can say?� Anna asked with a shrug. She began walking forward as Tsuzuki watched her in a new odd sense of awe. Anna�, he thought. The woman paused and glanced behind her.

�You coming?� she asked.

�Huh?� Tsuzuki asked blankly before her question sank in.

�Oh!� he replied quickly, �Right! Wait up!� The shinigami raced to catch up with his girl.