<div class="floatright">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/images/dnangel/Dark_Mousy.jpg)</div>Daichi's smile widened as he watched Aika's timid response to his question.  It made him wonder if it made him look anywhere near as cute as Aika when he was in a similar situation with Sarah.  She certainly looked nervous enough to compare to how he had been and found it amusing how quickly he had found him in a situation with reversed roles.  He still felt the familiar fluttering happening in his own stomach as he gathered the nerve to follow through with her request, finding it far easier than he expected it to be.<strong>"Okay."</strong>Daichi whispered softly as he slowly leaned closer to her with one hand reaching up to caress her cheek.<br/><br/>As the short distance between them quickly disappeared, he felt his pulse racing with excitement as the intimate proximity allowed him to get a faint hint of Aika’s unique feminine scent.  All the while Daichi’s eyes remained focused upon her seemingly soft lips until they were too close to do so, at which point they started to close.  At the last moment, he hesitated only for a heartbeat with their lips so close to one another that he could feel the warmth of her breath against his flesh.  Once he saw that Aika didn’t flinch away in that brief window of opportunity he had given her to reconsider, his hand slid from her cheek to the back of her head, his eyes closed, and pulled her into a gentle kiss.  The first thing he noticed was her lips actually turned out to actually be softer than he had first assumed, making him all the more eager to get the most out of the kiss.  A jolt of anticipation raced along his spine, making the muscles in his back tense for a moment before easing out again.<br/><br/>Slowly, his lips parted ever so slightly and the tip of his tongue pressed through the gap to caress hers in the hopes of being accompanied by hers.  While he waited for an invitation of her mouth, Daichi edged closer to her on the bed until he was as close as he could get to her while still making it comfortable to maintain their kiss.  It wasn’t as close as he wanted it to be, but there was only so much he could do when they’re sitting facing the same way.  The only way around that at this point would to be facing one another, but their current seat limited that option to necessitating one being on top of the other.  While he certainly wasn’t opposed to the idea, Daichi couldn’t help but think that Aika would find that to be too forward on his part.<br/>