so ... yeah ... here I give you ... the final chapter of this long-ish story i think I'll quit writing mulch-chapter stories 'cause i have just enough time to write and I hate to make you wait ... then I forget about all this and stuff so ... here you have the long expected and over due Date of Mr. Beatles and Ms Sanban

THE DATE

Kuki's POV

It had been weeks since talked to Wally, he swore he wouldn't hurt me, last time we saw each other was when we had to go back to or countries, we have been chatting a bit, he has been distant lately, but I know it's 'cause he has gotten in that school that is for super geniuses as his father wanted, Abby was right, since Wally turned 12 he has been supporting his family, working where he can, paying for his books and looking out for his mother and brother, he matured real quickly, in this 6 years the only Time-Out he had was two summers ago when he met Abby, and last summer when I met him, I know now what Abby meant by "he has been suffering a lot" Wally had been doing all this since his father died when he was 12.

Wally wants to be a doctor I know he will one day be the best doctor there is, I would want nothing more than to be by his side by then, I know he likes me, he told me, but he never asked me out, Abby said he would and she said that she would make sure he suffered the anger of the ninth hell if he made me suffer. I have not told her that he has made me suffer by disappearing, nor that after we kissed in the attic we never spoke of it again, it is partly my fault; I avoided being alone with him, and I guess I hurt him too.

It's now October, and my birthday will be soon, I really hope he can come. I must tell him that I... fell for him back at the camping place, right before he had to carry me back to our camp site, but I realized in our kiss at the subway, and I knew he felt that way for me when he kissed me in the attic, but I'm scared, long distance relationships require a lot of trust and we didn't had the time to build that trust.

Wally: Hey Kooks, you there?

My cell rang, with his whatsapp message, since then we talk a lot more but short conversations, he is always busy and I hate that we aren't able to skype anymore.

Kuki: Hey! What's up?

Wally: The sky LOL

Kuki: baka...

Wally: LOL! not much, but I wanna know your address so I can send you your birthday gift

Kuki: A gift? What is it?

Kuki: NO, wait!

Wally: Ok?

Kuki: Let me guess

Kuki: It's a rainbow monkey!

Kuki: A kangaroo?

Kuki: oh the book I've been talking about?

Kuki: Into the Darkest Corner?

Kuki: no, wait... it's a hoodie?

Kuki: Oh! tickets to go see Kerli?

Wally: You ok?

Kuki: That movie, Downtown Abbey?

Kuki: Edgar Allan Poe?

Kuki: Don't dare say it's a Hobbit...

Kuki: a necklace?

Kuki: a puppy?

Kuki: ...

Kuki: an elephant?

Kuki: you can't give me an elephant silly

Wally: You done?

Kuki : WAIT!

Kuki:is it the power rangers?

Wally: Kooks! It's a surprise I won't tell you if it's any or none of the above

Kuki: You meanie

Wally: So you live in Happyland and Neverland?

Wally: Second star to the right?

Wally: by the pirates cave?

Kuki: Hardy har...

Wally: Lol!

Kuki: Send it to this address

Kuki:

〒532-0002
大阪府 - Osaka 大阪市淀川区東三国
3-9-3-513
Japan
クッキー三番

Wally: Ok

It's been a few weeks, and my bday is just around the corner, that's right, tomorrow is my bday.

The bell rang, it's unusual it rings, no one ever visit and I'm not expecting any of my friends.

"Coming!" I yell running down the stairs, nearly falling due to my slippery slipers

As i open the door I can see a guy standing outside, he is wearing a black hoodie hood up, holding an umbrella covering form the rain. when did the rain start?

"Konnichiwa, watashi wa dono yō ni anata o tasukeru koto ga dekiru?"

"What?, I still don't know jappaneese..." He said

"Oh, how may I help you?" I said

"I'm looking, for the most stunning girl, have you seen her?" He said pulling down his hood

"Wally!" I yelped, "HI!"

"You are going to get me deaf" he said smiling "but you still haven't answered my question girly"

"What?" i said dumbly staring into his eyes, I wanted him to kiss me and he hasn't done anything "come inside silly you are getting all wet!

He stepped inside and pull off his hoodie, exposing his built abdomen, and hanging it on a rack, and placing the umbrella in the umbrella holder, he turned then to me and eximined the shoe rack in the foyer.

"Is there where my shoes go? Man I knew I should have worn new socks..."

I giggled at him and handed him some slippers I had. "Don't worry Wally, I'm sure they are not that bad" I said smiling

"So, where is that stunning girl I was asking about?" he said smiling while taking off his shoes.

"I'm right here silly" I said hugging him and kissing his cheek

"GREAT! I've miss you" he said peeking mi lips

"So when did you arrived? Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"Well I came here a few days ago, the day I asked you for your address, remember? that day I bought my ticket, I arrived just yesterday to Japan, but I arrived to this city just this morning." he said

"You should have told me! I would have gone to the station to pick you up! so what's my present?"

"Well isn't me being here enough?"

"Of course it count's but, that gift won't last silly"

"Do you know that you have just said my name once?"

"Really? I didn't notice, how silly of me" I said smiling walking him to the living room.

"So Kooks, let's go out!" he said brightly

"Now? But it's raining so bad!" I said

"That's fine I brought an umbrella" he said smiling

"Plus tomorrow it's your birthday and I won't be able to enjoy you for myself" he whined

"Oh, ok just let me put something more adequate for a ok?"

"No!, I mean, you look awesome just as you are" he winked

I was wearing a soft lavender T-shirt with a small heart above my heart, and some jeans

"You just need a hoodie!" he said exited "I think we can fix that!" he said jumping to the foyer where he had left his backpack and came back running. He reminded me of that anime guy, Naruto.

"HERE!" he said, "just so you know, this is NOT your b-day gift"

It was an orange hoodie with a big bright 3 on the sleeve. "Now, put it on and we are heading out" he similed

"Ok" I said softly

I know we are not an official couple, but he treated me as if we were an actual couple but since he never actually asked me out, this is like a really good friend,and I didn't want to seem clingy, needy or desperate, but I need to feel that we are exclusive, I know he said back then that he didn't want a long distance relationship, and at first I agreed with him a long distance relationship is hard to keep. I want to be able to cuddle with my boyfriend, I want to be able to feel his lips when we kiss and I want to be able to show him off, but I'm seriously considering this long distance thing, I mean we Skype every other day and since he entered collage he is more mature about certain things.

I REALLY WANT HIM TO BE MINE! And I can't ask Abby about this, I'll seem psyco, and he is not my boyfriend yet.

"So where are we going?" I asked softly shutting my mental ramble for a while.

"Dotombori of course!" he said in an exited manner.

"You are taking me out for dinner?" I asked

"YEAH!" this magazine here says it's like the best place to go to try lot's of kinds of food, and I'm a hungry man you know? So, if you want to ever marry me you have to know how to feed me!" He said slyly as I blushed deeply. "Oh and we are taking the subway."

The subway reminded me of London, that dream that had come true, that kiss that he had kinda stolen from my lips, that awkward silence after it, I wasn't sure if I wanted another experience like that one.

"So" he said as we arrived to the metro station, "we are in Hi...gash..i...my...kuni?"

"Yeah its Higashimikuni, we need to buy our tickets, let's see, we are going all the way to Nanba Station, so that is ... 510 yen for both of us" I said paying for the tickets.

"So ... in Aussie dollar that's?"

"around 5A$" (5.44 US dollars)

We boarded the wagon and oh surprise there was no seats, so we just stand in a corner, he had cornered me again and was smiling softly, here in Japan we can't hold hands nor share a kiss if we are not like a serious couple, even this closeness might be misinterpreted. I think I might have warned him about this, even if we spent 2 months 'going out' with our friends as 'chaperons'. He learned a lot of Japanese, I really want him to ask me, I kept remembering we only had kissed our lips chastely, no french kisses or lip locks, and that is great, I don't want things moving that way so fast.

We arrived to Dotombori and he acted very weird. I knew he had something up his sleeve. We were walking by the park under his umbrella

"Kuki, daisuki da yo!" he said "Watashi no koibito shite kudasai."

Was he seriously asking me to be his girlfriend? I was thrilled, I felt a knot on my throat "HAI!" I said agreeing

I can't believe all it took to be Wally's girlfriend were 5 months of skyping on a regular basis.

He took me to a ramen place called Ichiraku's, we said "ITADAKIMAS!" and began eating he paid the bill.

He said he insisted on paying the first time, so I let him, I would be moving to USA in a few months due to my college and he would be staying there in Australia, we talked about that, about how we would remain being a couple and live so long distance.

"Don't you worry about that Kooks" he said "I'll take mom and Joey to the USA, after Joey finishes elementary"

He dropped me off at my home the rain had made it easier for us to be close to each other, without eldery people look bad on us. Tomorrow was going to be my birthday and I was expecting to see him that day too.

"Lucky I had to come to Osaka Univeristy Hospital" he said," I'm going to be living here for 6 months to pick my major, so we'll worry about you moving to USA when we come to that bridge"

I smiled and waved goodbye. "I'll see you tomorrow Wally" I said and he walked away after I closed the door, he had taken me for an early lunch so I still had plenty of time to talk to Abby about this great news.