It was Mitsuri's birthday. You'd been thinking of a gift for her for well over a month now and all you could come up with was a pair of long, green socks. What could you possibly be thinking? Socks? It was dumb, but it was all you could think of. Everyone else got her such amazing gifts, but all you got her were socks

You sat in the restaurant awaiting Mitsuri's arrival, you looked down at the pack of socks and sighed. Was she ever going to like you back? All this time waiting and wondering was killing you. It was awful, even Kaburamaru could feel your stress

"Obanai!"

Mitsuri shouted joyfully, as she slid open the restaurant door. You quickly hid the socks in the sleeve of your haori before Mitsuri could notice your gift. All bets were off now. There was no getting out of this or backing down. You'll tell her how you feel and give her your gift. You take another breath as she sits down next to you and gave you a hug. You could smell her cherry blossom shampoo as she slowly pulled away from you

"How are you doing?"