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"Ok, I wont" Scott sat up beaming at Ichi's burst. He leaned back into his chair and got comfortable as he had finally gotten it off his chest.

Ichi was quite relieved as well. She picked her plate back up from the coffee table and smiled. "I'm happy you're not leaving me." She ate the rest of her dessert happily and curled back into her couch.

"Good, because I cant cook as nearly as well as you." Remembering the burnt piece of toast he ate with his breakfast earlier that day. "So...What are our plans for tomorrow?" He questioned.

Ichi giggled and smiled at his compliment on her cooking skills. "I don't know. What would you like to do tomorrow?" She asked him back.

"Well, before we decide for tomorrow, how about some ice cream" He chuckled, still hungry.

"You ate so much at dinner!" Ichi giggled.

"Well, Hey my pants fit better now" he said tugging at them.

"Alright. C'mon." She picked up her plate and walked out to the kitchen. Ichi smiled and opened the freezer door. She always had a nice stock of ice cream for her to snack on when she wanted. She loved the fact that she had a pretty fast metabolism, with as many sweets as she ate. "Okay well I have Chocolate, strawberry and Mint ice cream." She said as she moved a few things around, pulling out 3 cartons onto the counter.

"Hmmmm, chocolate....yeah" Scott mumbled as he hovered over her, reaching above her head to pull out two bowls from the overhead cabinet.

Ichi bumped into his chest as she reached for two spoons in the drying rack next to the sink. She blushed slightly and moved away much to her dislike. He was quite warm. She put the other two ice cream cartons back into the freezer and found the ice cream scoop, scooping ice cream into each of their bowls. "here you go." She smiled as she handed Scott off his portion.

He smiled back at her and took the bowl, sticking the spoon in his mouth. He followed Ichi back into the parlor as she sat back down on the couch, then sat sat down next to her and continued eating. Ichi curled up on her portion of the couch and cuddled against her favorite throw pillow. The glow of the fire place was very relaxing as the two silently ate the rest of their dessert. She watched him as he ate from the corner of her eye, the glow of the fireplace was nice against his pale skin.

Scott finished his ice cream and quietly waited for Ichi to finish, then took her bowl along with his own to the kitchen skin. "Umm, I figured we could go for a walk tomorrow...if you wanted" he said walking back into the parlor.

Ichi perked her head up and smiled at his suggestion. "A walk sounds delightful!" she exclaimed, hugging a pillow.

"Well, rest up then. I'm going to bed, good night." Scott said as he headed towards the stairs.

Ichi stood up and put out the fire. She followed Scott up the stairs and walked to her own room when she reached the top. "Good night." She called after him, closing her bedroom door behind her.

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Ichi picked up the last few dirty dishes off the kitchen table and washed them off in the sink, running the garbage disposal shortly after she was finished. Scott stretched in his chair and yawned. "Good breakfast?" Ichi questioned from the empty sink. Scott nodded and stood up.

"Where were we headed today?" Scott asked with a smirk.

"We were going on a walk, remember, silly? You suggested it." She giggled and patted his hair as she walked by him to the stair well. "I'm gonna go get ready, okay?" She called to him, walking up the stairs.

Scott watched her ascend up the stairs and walked over to the closet as she reacher her bedroom. He retrieved his cloak and wrapped it around him snugly. Walking across the room to the window, he looked out into the cold. He noticed it was starting to snow so he walked upstairs to switch out his cloak for his new jacket and gloves. Ichi walked out of her room in her winter coat as Scott passed her and walked into his room. Having already noticed it was snowing, she ran back into her room and picked up the scarf she had bought for him a while ago.

Out in the hallway she intercepted him and wrapped the scarf around his neck before he could register what was happening. "There. All ready for our walk." She smiled.

"Heh, thanks." He chuckled as he tugged the scarf a little tighter. "So..." He paused. "Any idea where you wanna walk?"

Ichi thought for a moment. "Ummm...I don't know. I guess around the property! There's a few trails going through my gardens and the outer woods." She finished as she headed for the front door with Scott trailing closely behind.

"That sounds heavenly" he stated as he opened the door and held out his arm. Ichi smiled and wrapped her around around his and closed the door behind her. The couple walked down the front walk way and Ichi lead him around to the back. The back of the mansion was on 6 sprawling acres of land, Woods surrounded it on 2 sides, and empty fields on the other. About a half mile away from her property was a small town with a train platform. This was how Ichijin got around. In the small town was also a hospital and an open grocery market; She walked to the small town at least twice a week to refill her home's stock of groceries and anything else she had needed at that time.

"Wow...this is beautiful..." Scott remarked, looking out into the landscape.

Ichi smiled and nodded. "It's a nice piece of land. I got it pretty cheap, too." she said proudly. She lead Scott to a paved path through a few rows of dead flower beds. The snow was slowly starting to cover up the dead soil. She reached her hand out and caught a few snowflakes on her lightblue mitten and smiled. "I love the snow."

Scott laughed. "Me too." He stuck out his tongue and caught a few flakes for himself. Ichi giggled and did the same. The two stood there and made a game out of who could catch the most snowflakes in the shortest amount of time. Ichi turned and quickly tagged Scott while he wasn't paying attention. "You're it!" she shouted as she ran.

"Hey!"

He shouted as he watched her run off. Scott ran as fast as he could to catch up to her. For someone as small as Ichi was, she was very fast.

She avoided everyone single one of his attempts to catch her. "Can't catch me~" She mocked, stopping for a moment to catch her breath. Seeing the opening, Scott quickly jumped and caught the girl.

"Ha!" He shouted, hugging her close. This was the first time they had touched on purpose and Scott wasn't going to let this chance go.

Ichi laughed and caught her breath in the cold air. It stung her throat slightly as she inhaled, but it this was too much fun for her to care. "Whatcha' gonna do now that you caught me?" The blonde laughed.

"Hmmmm, nothing." he whispered. He pulled his arms tighter, they stood out in the cold for what seemed like an hour before Scott caught a chill. "Are you as cold as I am?"

Ichi nodded. Her nose and cheeks were a bright rosy red and she started shivering. "I'm cold. It has to be below 20 out here." She stated, rubbing her nose with her gloved hand.

"Well, here." He took off his own cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders. Ichi smiled and pulled it tightly around her.

"You wanna head back inside?" She questioned, feeling bad for taking Scott's main source of warmth.

"Sure." He smiled and took Ichi's hand in his own and led her back to the manor. The two arrived at the door and quickly got inside. It was so cold out that Ichi could barely feel her nose anymore.

"I'll go make some Cocoa for us." She said as she unwrapped herself, hanging up her coat and Scott's in the closet by the door. Ichi walked off to put the kettle of water on the stove. Scott nodded and wandered into the parlor and started a roaring fire for the two of them.

She returned 10 minutes later with a tray of two steaming mugs and two left over slices of pie. The two of them sat closely together on the couch and slowly sipped the hot beverages. "This is nice." Ichi smiled, taking another sip before setting the light blue mug down onto the coffee table.

Scott nodded and set his mug down next to Ichi's. "Yeah. This is." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him.

Ichi smiled and cuddled into Scott's chest. "You're warm."

Scott blushed and pulled over a blanket from the top of the couch. "Better?" He asked, moving slightly.

Ichi nodded and cuddled into him. She couldn't tell if it was the combination of the cocoa and being in front of the fire place, or just cuddling up to Scott that made her sleepy. But none the less, she felt her eyes droop. Scott ran his hand gently over her back which made it even worse. Before she could stop herself, she dozed off with her head nuzzled into his chest. Scott followed suit and fell into a deep sleep with his arms around her waist.