Kuro was surprised to find himself feeling a bit proud that he was able to make Hikari smile, and by doing something so trivial as winning a festival game. But seeing that warm happiness light up on her face, the way her lips curved upward in a way that made his stomach do flips within, and the sound of her voice as she chose her prize, he couldn't he couldn't help but to smile in return as he handed it to her. Along with when she said that he too looked nice, the faint pink on his cheeks darkening a little bit, but going away soon enough. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that tonight was going to be a good one, and one that he wouldn't forget, not in a long time.<br/><br/>His breath caught slightly in his chest when she took the initiative, taking his hand in to hers. At this moment, just now, he realized just how soft her skin was, and how small her hand was compared to his own. Despite being so strong, she was delicate too. A tiny part of him wanted to protect that delicacy, the soft side of her. The light, that was her name. And at the same time, he was afraid. He was darkness, the very opposite of what she was. It was in his very name, and even deeper in his soul. The Kuro she knew...well...it was just one of many masks, or at least that's what he felt. If it was real, if this is how he could act, he wouldn't know if it stabbed him in the chest. But for now, he was happy to embrace the mask he'd created, the product he'd become.<br/><br/>"Alright, let's go." He replies, a smile still on his lips. When she told him to point out anything he saw that was interesting, he nods, smiling a bit bigger, eyes looking around at the sights that were around him, ignoring the looks of the people who were there. It slips slightly after a moment, when he heard a voice he didn't recognize. He turns slowly, seeing a couple of people coming towards them, apparently they were friends of Hikari. When they were right next to them, Kuronotsurugi instinctively took a step back, putting some space between them. He looked back at them with a glazed look in his eyes, a blank expression on his face. The girl first introduces herself, Hotaru. Then the guy, Rin. They were different from other people, not looking at him strangely, not talking to him as if he was a monster. However, that didn't put him at ease. He was a little less blocked than the time with Kakashi, but not very much so.<br/><br/>He blinks when the word 'boyfriend' came out of Hotaru's mouth, glancing to the side at Hikari, who seemed to be flustered. She was stuttering, and he suddenly got an urge to do something, something out of the ordinary. They'd let their hands go earlier when they'd been called to, but he takes her hand in to his own, and looks directly at the others. "Yeah, I'm her boyfriend." He then does the unthinkable, and leans over to her, placing a soft kiss upon her lips, before glancing to the side at the friends, still lip locked with Hikari. What he didn't see was Ryuu, who was a bit further away, but had seen everything. His eyes had grown wide, and he quickly moves away, making sure that Hikari and Kuronotsurugi hadn't seen him standing there, watching.<br/><br/>After they'd left, he looks to her, his cheeks now red, but no regret in his eyes at all. "Don't worry about it." He replies, in response to her apology. They begin walking, he hadn't let go of her hand, still in his. Staring ahead, he takes a deep breath, before speaking up. "So, uh...about that...do you...do you want me to?" He glances at her, biting his lip. "Be your...you know. Boyfriend.." He sucked at this sort of thing, he'd never dated when he was younger, this was his first REAL encounter with the opposite sex, so it was a foreign concept completely. "If not that's fine." He rushes in, his cheeks turning even darker red.