"Once there was a princess who was on the middle of her dreams. The fine-looking prince who the princess loved ever since their eyes met, arrived and woke her up with a kiss. The princess opened her eyes slowly and smile to his prince.

'What a good way on waking me up'

'Did you have a good dream, (F/N)?'

'I do, and what good is when I open my eyes, here stand in front of me is my gallant prince'

She smiled and the prince again gave him a kiss on the lip."

"Zaki, that's a normal story, you know. A mainstream plot story of fairytales" I commented with my husky voice still my eyes were closed and I still wanted to sleep "And what the heck? Is that how you wake up someone?" I heard him laughed as I buried my face on the pillow "Give me 10 more minutes, I still want to sleep"

"I thought you are going to continue your story?"

"No, I wanted to change the plot story but I don't know what to write anymore"

"Then have a break. Do a new story when you think of a good plot. By the way, Tatsuhisa-san gave this for you." I sat down and my hair was at mess. I rubbed my eyes and saw a bag full of chocolates on his hand

"Isn't that for you?" I doubted

He shook his head and showed me another bag "I got mine already" his smile was so wide that outside the bag there was actually a sign from Suzuki-san

I smirked and threw a pillow on him "You looked so happy. A maiden in love who got a gift from her beloved"

He put down the bags of chocolate and then he cuddled on me "Don't worry. I respect Tatsuhina-san as my senpai, but you are still the woman I love"

"What a smooth talker when I just woke up!" I laughed "So I am the woman of Suzuki-san's dog?" I teasingly asked him

"~Wan!" he cutely shouted imitating a puppy and he blinked his eyes fast

"You are cute enough, stop adding your voice and that eyes. You will become cuter." I told him and we both laughed.

"Don't you want that idea?" he freed me as he stood up and stretched his arms

"No, I'm fine with it. I told you, I love Zaki who loves Suzuki-san. Even before we started going out, you are his loyal fan. So why would I take that away from you? In truth, I found it unique and amusing. Especially when Suzuki-san is bullying you" he pinched my nose as he laughed on my explanation "You really do love to pinch me."

It was then the doorbell rang and I was confused to who it was

"Probably the pizza I ordered" he hurriedly went to get it. As if there was a magnet, my body was pulled back to bed "(F/N), let's eat dinner" Zaki shouted as I just stared blankly.

"I'm still sleepy" I mumbled but still stood up and stretched my arms.

I sat down lazily as Zaki served me. "Thanks" I said in low voice and he laughed "What?"

"Nothing. By the way, what time is your work tomorrow?"

"1 in the afternoon"

"Oh the same, then do you want to stay over?" I looked at him and tried to comprehend his question. Since his words before he left a while ago flowed back on my memories, what did he mean by prepare myself? "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything. Just spend the night here" he turned red once he said that. He was obviously uptight

"I'm not saying anything. Besides, why feeling anxious? I often stay here, right?" since I used to do sleepover here, he suggested to leave some of my things here.

"Well, yeah" he answered and I was sure that he added something, but I failed to hear it. "Go, and take a bath, your things are inside my closet. I'll go clean things here"

"But, I told you-"

"This time I'll do it. Besides there's not much to clean, so let me do it okay" he patted my head and I sighed in defeat.

Now thinking about it, we do like a married couple in this situation.

I took a bath while he cleaned the kitchen. He then took a bath after.

I was really out of idea on what to write so for now, I would just take Zaki's advice. I opened the television and watched a variety program that I found interesting. But I went to his shelves and looked for something else to watch

"Do you want to watch a movie?" he asked wiping his wet hair with a towel

"I want to watch events or anime" I answered rummaging his DVDs "Free?" I asked for his agreement and his face just turned red "Why are you turning red, Zaki?"

"Well, I'm fine with that event but you know, I feel embarrassed watching myself" he answered as he sat down "But if you want to watch it, then I am fine with it"

I laughed at his explanation and just grabbed the DVD of the anime instead of the event. "Then let's just hear your voice. Your fine hearing your voice, right?"

He nodded in agreed.

We watched all the episodes in season 1 and that took a lot of time. But we enjoyed it since Zaki was making comments while watching it.

After watching, Zaki sat down as he looked at me "What's wrong?"

"Now, let's go down to business. I'll tell you a story and you tell me what you think of when I asked you, okay?"

"O...kay?" I sat down and listened to him. He started off with a smile on his face

"In life there are success and failures. People win, people lose. On the journey there are people who helped us on what road to take and what ending will be the result. Even though there are people who became successful before you, do not forget the happy moments that people shared with you, since they are the people who helped you on the road you are taking right now."

I looked at him straight in the eyes. Was he telling me about his story when failed to enter 81 Production?

"But the story is not about that" he laughed

"Eh?"

"Sorry, just a random thoughts in the beginning. So here it is"

"Make sure that it is the real one"

He nodded and continued

"There was once a girl who was happily roaming around the city. Her eyes were sparkling as she circled 360 degrees making sure to have a good look on the city she would be living now. The smile on her face couldn't be erased and the people seeing her couldn't help but felt embarrassed, but others felt happy for her honest reaction. She went to a nearby park and strolled before going to her initial plan, her uncle's house. As she continued walking, there she saw a guy sitting, head down, and two bottles of water on the side. She thought that he might be exhausted from jogging, but his outfit wasn't like that.

'Are you okay?' she worriedly asked that made the guy hurriedly looked up. She noticed that he was so down, that she thought of possible reasons why

'I-I am fine, thanks' he answered smiling forcefully, but the girl pinched his cheeks. He was surprised to her action since they just met, she didn't even know him and she did that to him,

'Don't pretend that you are fine! When you are down, don't keep it to yourself. You will end up thinking bad things and that is not good' she shouted at him showing how mad and concerned she was to the guy. But the guy's eyes widened as the girl gave him a big wide smile 'also, if you are down, you need to smile after. Your burdens will go away instantly'

'T-thank you' he reacted as shaded of red formed in his face

'If you want to, I can listen to your problem. But if you don't want to, I'm fine with it'

'No, it is fine. I'll tell you'

The girl sat down beside him as he told her what happened."

Zaki's eyes didn't avert as he was telling the story. But my chest tighten, and the heartbeat became faster and louder as I knew what he was saying. I knew the story. I knew it, since it was the first time we met.

"Now, (F/N), here I will ask you. What do you think is the reason that guy is so down?"

I smiled and answered him honestly "Because he couldn't buy the cheesecakes he wanted. After losing the audition, on where he accepted the result easily, he hurriedly went to buy his favorite cheesecake, but it was all sold out"

"Correct!" he chuckled "When the girl found out his reason, she laughed and grabbed his hand. Much to the guy's curiosity, he asked where they would go, but the girl just smiled at him and told him to follow her. They ended up in the girl's uncle's house, and she happily told him that she would bake cheesecakes for him"

"Now, Zaki, what are you trying to do?" I suspiciously asked him as I hugged the pillow

"Well, I actually read this nice story that Tatsuhisa-san lend Me." he stood up and went outside, wait what?! After a couple of minutes, he returned holding a light novel on his hand "It is really interesting and I really loved it. I wonder what will happen next"

"Are you going to punish me?" I asked him "Is this what you meant a while ago? Prepare myself for explanations and punishment?"

"Well, yeah, you can say that. But I told you, it is interesting and I loved it."

I sighed and smiled "Why do I feel like your words are being sarcastic? You clearly know that I was the author"

He sat down and again looked straight at me. "I realized it half way. I was doubting at first, since the names were different. Then it explained here about the guy being a loyal fan to his senpai." I got the book from his hand and just stared on it "You should write Nobunaga instead of other names like Nagashima Shin(長島 信)"

"Idiot, try rearranging the three characters of his name and then you just need to add one character" I told him as he tried rewriting on air his name "Shimazaki Nobunaga, 島﨑 信長"

Once I told him he finally got what I meant. A big wide smile escaped from his face, and his honest reaction could be seen. "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"Well, I was planning to tell you on our anniversary since the book was a success. I was surprised that it was published. And it really sold a lot. But who would know that Suzuki-san read it"

"I see, but somehow it is embarrassing to read our story. You put all our memories here"

"Sorry Zaki, I didn't ask your permission"

"No, I am fine with it. I am happy and as I told you, I loved it! I can't wait for the next book since this is a cliffhanger"

"Well, I mentioned it there, the next book will be when the two of them says 'I do'. So it still a long wait."

He pinched my cheeks and laughed "Well, we still don't know about that. But before that, make sure to learn on calling me by my name. You do like Nobunaga, but you kept on calling me Zaki"

"N-no, there's a reason for that" I averted my eyes away from him and shyly answered "I do love it and fine saying it, but when it comes on calling you, it is different. My face will automatically turn red, so I am embarrassed"

"Try calling my name while looking at me" I shook my head but he insisted

I looked at him and nervously "N-Nobunaga"

As I said his name, he planted a sweet kiss on my lips. I knew that my face turned really red to our situation now.

"I love you, (F/N). Let's do more fun and happy memories, from now on"

As I nodded and tears of joy run down on my cheeks, Zaki embraced me tightly and I did the same. The story of us is still on going. It is still unsure to what the ending will be, but it will be no doubt a happily ever after.

~Stories with Shimazaki Nobunaga Part 2~Fin~

~To be Continued~Brotherly Love of Aoi Shouta Part 1~