* Makoto stutter-steps to a halt shortly outside the door, in Rei's wake. "What's up, cutie?" * Rei keeps pulling, but can't drag him anymore without him helping. "Uh..." She turns around to face him. "Um, I just wanted to say..." I'm reallyreally*really* sorry, I forgot your birthday and I completely didn't mean to, but I was tired and fading away and I know that's not an excuse, but I don't even have a present yet, and I'm sorry! * Rei takes a deep breath. ( Wasn't Makoto out partying that day? :P ) * Makoto blinks. "Oh, yeah. My birthday. Yeah. Well, it's okay. Don't beat yourself up about it." (No idea, but Rei was busy being half dead.) ( I think he was. ;P ) * Rei fidgets. "I guess it's too late, I mean, not physically, because that would be kinda messy, getting blood out of clothes-" She stops, then starts again, "Happy birthday?" Aww, thank you Rei. * Rei smiles nervously. * Makoto kisses Rei, but not too long or messily. Okay, well, I guess that's all I had to s- * Rei blinks. And is cut off. Stupi- sneaky Makoto. * Makoto leans back and grins his crooked grin. "I'm not a big fan of birthdays, but it was sweet of you to remember mine." * Rei blushes. "Really? I..." She trails off, not knowing quite what to say. * Makoto smiles again, more evenly this time. "Yes, really. So... are we staying in the hall?" * Rei bites her lip. "Well, uh, that's really tempting. But we're probably supposed to work right now. Or work when we get our assignment?" She puts her hands out in front of her, trying to weigh the options. * Makoto reaches out, almost casually, and very lightly traces a circle on Rei's left palm. "Oh, yeah? ~How~ tempting would you say it is, on a scale of one to ten?" * Rei shuts her eyes tightly, then opens one. "Uh..." She opens the other. "If you don't stop now, I'm just gonna drag you off so we can finally have that date that China got in the way of and we can forget everyone else?" * Makoto lifts his finger just barely off of Rei's hand and grins once more. "That's not a number." * Rei looks slightly more relaxed at that. "No, but you can derive one? Not that this is Calculus class." ( For the record, he teaches class at Fugahoka ^^ ) (*cracks up*) (Professor James Renken?) ( Until he finds out I said this and comes after me with a hatchet... yeah. :P ) ( Hah! ) (Whoo!) Math makes my head hurt, and even if it didn't, there's something that I'd enjoy a lot more than calculus. * Makoto kisses Rei again, but more deeply and for rather more time, this go around. Assuming she doesn't stop him, anyway. ;p * Rei so doesn't. She even kisses back, for a time, before breaking off and saying, "They're gonna be watching and taking pictures, you know." * Makoto smiles. "Oh, come on. Do you really give them that much credit? You and I are the greatest criminal minds in the group. Except maybe for Maria, but she's easily distracted." * Rei pouts. "But criminal means you got caught." * Makoto kisses Rei again, but quickly. "You did." Hey! No fair! Since when was I fair? * Rei grins. "Since never, but still no fair. It's good to keep a count." She gives him a peck on the cheek. "We'd better go back in. It's bad form to be caught at your own game." I mean, if I'm gonna do PDA, it'd might as well be public and not pseudo- private. * Makoto nods and gives a little sigh. "That's very true. But! What do you say I swing by your place after we're finished here tonight? I'll bring Tang." * Rei brightens. "Really? That'll be fun. Wanna watch B-rated horror movies or something?" I heard The Kirby That Ate Hong Kong is really, *really* bad... * Makoto grins his comfortingly lopsided grin. "I've never seen it. Now I'll *have* to watch it, just to find out whether the rumor is true." * Rei giggles. "Yeah. So we'll do that?" [It's really bad, yet it still made millions. Go figure.] * Makoto nods. "Absolutely. And now, I guess, we should get back inside." He opens the door again and waves Rei ahead. "After you." ( That's the movie industry for ya. ) * Rei nods. She waves a hand in front of her face, turns, and marches back in. * Makoto follows Rei! And closes the door behind him (from the inside).