Novels by R. Kichida

Neil chuckles, shaking his head, “Yeah. right. I don’t even want to imagine what it’ll be like. But what do you think? How can you say that it’s love? When do you think it’s time? When do you say, ‘Oh, god. This is it. This is the person I am looking for. This is the person I want to be with’?”I paused, still chuckling, mulling over his words while thinking for a good answer. And honestly, for someone a bit inexperienced like me, who had only come and gone over a couple chances of nearly-falling-in-love-but-didn’t-go-through-it, I don’t think I have the best judgment to this.“I don’t really know,” I say after a while, shaking my head while I play the rim of my glass with my thumb. “I’m not really sure. I can’t say I’m an expert. But you. What do you say about it? Considering that words are much your forte compared to me. You, with your very clever way of describing things about love. What do you think about it?”“Honestly?” his eyebrows raised and he smiles wider, “I think it’s when

Why won’t you tell me? Come on, Benji! You gotta tell me, I ain’t telling anybody. I just want to feed this burgeoning curiosity at once! I am so so frustrated to know about it!”“This is weird, Lily. Just you asking this from me, is already insane! Why can’t you just do it with someone else?! You’re even past the adolescent phase and you’re still whining about a peck on the mouth. It’s not like it can be a bother to you? Certainly, someone would be willing to do it for you. Maybe that Carl guy or whoever it is--”“His name’s Chris.”“Whatever. I’m not telling you anything. It’s too personal and I ain’t babbling out someone I’ve been intimate with.”“You don’t have to tell me all the gory details and who’s who! Just share with me what you felt after it.”“Damn it. I don’t even know how we ended up talking about this. A kiss is just a kiss, Lily. And even if I tell you all about it, you still won’t understand.”“But nobody wants to tell me anything! I asked Jenny, Fred, mom, Erica and

I was drunk. You were drunk. We were walking, swaying next to each other, barely holding our sanity."Let's take a cab," you said. I smiled at you, giggling like a little girl. Your face was too red. But I stopped when I caught sight of an empty bench next to a lonely lamppost on the sidewalk. I pulled your arm, without another word, dragging you with me as I sat us together on the seat."Let's take a rest first," I told you. My voice swirled with intoxication and coyness. You shook your head playfully at me, naturally displaying those irresistible dimples. I resisted the urge to reach up and pinch your cheek. So I took a deep breath instead, staring up at the night sky.There were no stars, but the wind was cold, so it felt totally right. Your warmth became a comfort."I can't believe we're finally there. We're really graduating college," you commented after a brief silence. I grinned wider, leaning my body against your taller frame. I never knew I could be that bold.It was the clos

She still wants him. He didn't have to hear her say it. Her lucid reactions were already enough for him to push this forward. He was never letting her go anymore. "Daisy..?" But as soon as Elliot came to that conclusion, another voice popped in from a distance, prompting him to freeze. His arms stiffened around Daisy as Elliot realized the voice that had called out her name was of a man's. His off-guard reaction, however, eventually gave Daisy the chance to get back to her senses as she quickly pulled away from his hug and escaped him. That was not a voice Elliot could recognize, and it quickly made his entire demeanor go cold. He slowly dropped his arms to his sides and turned to where the voice had come from... And someone caught his sight. Daisy let out a quick sigh of relief at the interference of her boss calling out for her. As soon as it cut the moment short between her and Elliot, Daisy immediately stepped away from Elliot and rushed to the side of her boss. El

"I'm very sorry for all of this, Yuko-san!"A cup of black coffee handed out towards her with his head lowered in a ninety-degree bow, as soon as he entered her office. This was the proper and perfect apology gesture in Kyouhei's Yuko textbook. It did not matter where the coffee was bought, or how long he had been late, as long as he did this and stayed in that position until she tells him to stop, he knew he will be forgiven. That was the trick."There's no sense of doing that anymore," Yuko rolled her eyes at the entire stupidity, "Just give me the damn coffee so we can get to work."Upon hearing that, Kyouhei stood straight up and beamed. He quickly gave Yuko the coffee that was now barely hot since it had been more than 5 minutes now from when he bought it. But Yuko did not mind it no more, she was now sipping from the cup as she continued to looked over some more files on top of her desk. She only paused to give Kyouhei a look from her seat."Do

"I'm very sorry for all of this, Yuko-san!" A cup of black coffee handed out towards her with his head lowered in a ninety-degree bow, as soon as he entered her office. This was the proper and perfect apology gesture in Kyouhei's Yuko textbook. It did not matter where the coffee was bought, or how long he had been late, as long as he did this and stayed in that position until she tells him to stop, he knew he will be forgiven. That was the trick. "There's no sense of doing that anymore," Yuko rolled her eyes at the entire stupidity, "Just give me the damn coffee so we can get to work." Upon hearing that, Kyouhei stood straight up and beamed. He quickly gave Yuko the coffee that was now barely hot since it had been more than 5 minutes now from when he bought it. But Yuko did not mind it no more, she was now sipping from the cup as she continued to looked over some more files on top of her desk. She only paused to give Kyouhei a look from her seat.