A/N: Update before 4 months! Yay!

This may be abrupt, but this will be the final one-shot of this collection. What was meant to be the original chapter 9 is going nowhere after the start, and then this came to me. I thought this was appropriate to end this series and so I'm going that way. If I ever finish the original chapter 9, I'll post it as a separate one-shot.

So anyway, thank you all for reading! Enjoy this short, last little present.

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Present

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Chiba and Hayami sat on a bench near a river, basking in the red and orange lights of the setting sun. They were still in their high school uniforms, leaving school late after club activities and taking a detour for this little stop. The reason for this stop, Hayami wanted to know as well.

"So?" The girl asked, prying her eyes away from the shining water to look at the boy next to her. "What did you want me here for?"

Chiba turned to her as well. He took a moment to savor how stunning Hayami looked in the evening colors. Being regularly with her since their middle school days, he could tell she was growing into a fine beauty.

"There was something I couldn't do back in school." Chiba said.

Hearing this, Hayami looked more curious than before. Thus the boy continued. "Today is your birthday, right? I wanted to give you my present before we went home."

Hayami was somewhat surprised by this, in a pleasant manner of course.

"Oh?" A small smirk then spread along her features. "Then am I supposed to close my eyes now?"

Chiba also smiled. "If you don't mind."

Hayami's smile stayed in place as she lightly shut her eyes, waiting for further instructions.

Though, even after a moment of waiting, she did not hear any more instructions. Instead, she felt a hot breath upon her lips, followed soon by contact with what was clearly flesh.

Hayami's eyes shot open at the realization, at the feeling of Chiba's lips brushing against hers. The sensation of his larger, firmer lips pressing on hers caused bursts of unexpected ecstasy to arise from deep within. Her heart wanted to respond. Her mind and body wanted to respond. But before she could respond in any form, especially in the way she wanted, the boy ended the kiss by pulling away.

Straightening back up and with a charming smile, Chiba then spoke to the frozen girl. "Happy birthday, Hayami Rinka."

It took a while for Hayami's surprise to wear off. During this time, her eyes stayed slightly wide, and even though directed at Chiba, staring off into space. Her lips slightly parted from the contact and her back straight from the shock.

But when it did wear off, the first emotion that showed on her face wasn't embarrassment, happiness or anything as such. Instead, it was apparent anger.

Hayami looked dead into Chiba's eyes with a hard, demanding gaze. She asked her following question with authority. "You stole my first kiss as my birthday present?!"

Chiba's eyes went wide. Now it was his turn to be surprised. "That was your first—"

"Come here!" Chiba didn't get to finish his question when Hayami suddenly grabbed his shirt. She pulled him in and smashed their lips together, connecting them in a kiss for a second time.

After a longer period of much deeper, more intimate lip contact, Hayami broke the kiss by roughly pushing Chiba back. She looked at the boy with an expression of few mixed emotions on her now slightly blushing face.

"If you're going to do that tell me beforehand!" The girl said with annoyance, happiness, embarrassment and then some, showing both in her eyes and voice. "I won't be able to fully enjoy it otherwise…idiot."

All Chiba could do was form a somewhat stupid smile.

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