He looked up at the sky, staring at the puffy, white clouds as they glided across the deep canvas of blue.

She would have loved the weather today... he thought with the slightest smile, his expression laced with nostalgia and a small tint of sorrow.

He lie down on the grass, crossing his arms behind his head and continuing to gaze at the clouds, noticing one white puff taking shape close to that of a tennis racket. Chuckling, he closed his eyes, opening them again at hearing a sweet voice pipe next to him, "Hey, did you see that?"

His head whipped over to look to his side, shooting up in surprise, eyes wide. There she sat, arms hugging her knees to her chest, hair fluttering while looking up in earnest at the clouds.

Rubbing his eyes, he looked again, only to slump in disappointment. She was gone.

Just my imagination, he sighed.

He pressed his palms into his eyes, half-sighing, half-laughing at himself. Settling down onto his back again, he began identifying the clouds and counting them, as she would have done. Though they weren't sheep, slowly but surely, his eyes began to close as the sun's warm rays lulled him to memory lane.

"Hey..."

"Nn...?" he grumbled sleepily, twitching open an eye to look at his companion.

"Do you think we'll ever get married?" she asked.

"Hah?" he jumped up at her question, partly shocked and partly pleasantly surprised.

"W-wah?" she jumped too, startled at his reaction.

He looked at her. With a straight face, though his eyes were clearly twinkling, "...Is that a proposal?" he asked slyly.

She blushed furiously, slapping him lightly on the shoulder while laughing.

He chuckled along with her, before lying down again, this time snuggling closer to her. She did not move away, simply choosing to pet his head tenderly as she wordlessly watched with a serene smile-the clouds, the occasional jogger, the flowers moving in the breeze.

Looking up at her, he sighed lightly, knowing that she had been serious. "Honestly, I don't know," was all he could say.

"I...see..." he saw her smile falter for the shortest moment, but he caught it anyways. Sighing again, he reached up to hold the hand petting his hair.

"I'm s-" he began to apologize, but she shook her head. "It's fine," she assured him.

"It'll be okay," he said instead. "They'll allow us to. It'll be okay," he repeated out loud.

But it wasn't for her to hear...it was for himself. And both of them knew that, all too well.

They lapsed into silence again, unsure of what to say-how to start-where to go-where they would be forced to go.

"Hey," she said again, poking her male companion lightly.

"Yeah?"

"..." She stared at him for the longest time, intensely gazing into his eyes...when suddenly, she burrowed her head into her knees.

He stared at her in bewilderment, until he heard a whisper. Quiet as it was, it was clearly enunciated. "I love you," she murmured from her fetal-position sitting style.

This time, he actually got up and sat next to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. And this time, she tilted her head up to look at him, eyes inches away, lips even closer.

"And you know that, right?"

"I know," he said, gripping her shoulders firmly while taking care not to hurt her. "I know." He pressed his forehead to hers.

She rubbed her nose to his, pressing a quick kiss to his lips.

He held her tighter, desperate to keep her in his grasp. Why? Why did it feel like she was saying goodbye? Stay. he thought, Stay with me.

"No matter where we are, or how far apart we are," she whispered. "Wherever the wind blows, I'll be with you, by your side."

"Wherever the wind blows..." he repeated.

She nodded, confirming her promise, her vow to him. A single tear ran down his cheek as he pressed his face into her hair. Then let the wind follow me wherever I go, he prayed silently. Forever...

He felt a finger poking him harshly on the shoulder. "Urgh..." he grunted, unwilling to get up from his comfortable position on the grass.

"Oi, wake up! As much as I know the sun feels good, we've got a match to make!"

"I know that," he grumbled, pushing himself off the ground and lightly brushing his clothes off. "Who do you think you're talking to?"

He turned back to the boy, who was peering up at him with a surprised expression. Slightly disconcerted, he asked, "What, Shishido?"

"Hey...you okay?"

"What are you talking about? I'm always okay," he scoffed. When Shishido pointed to his face, he touched his cheek, surprised by the warm wetness on it.

"...Today was her birthday, wasn't it?" Oshitari came up from behind, patting his back comfortingly.

"Yeah...it's been two months, already, huh..." Shishido quickly caught on.

"I wonder how she's doing..." he looked up at the clouds again, willing them to tell him their secrets. He was almost tempted to yell, Hey Cloud #2 over there, I'm sure you've seen her. How is she? Where is she? Who is she with right now?

"We don't know," Oshitari said with a sympathetic shrug, "but I know that wherever she is, she's doing well. You can feel it, too, can't you?"

"Yeah," he smiled. "I can."

What went unsaid stayed unsaid because it was clear to all of them-no one thought it was necessary to say it out loud. That, wherever she is, she loves you still.

"Come on, let's go." Shishido pretended to shudder. "So cheesy. I'm not getting held up in a sunset scene with two guys, no way." Stomping off a few feet, he turned around and gestured to the other two boys. "You two, get a move on, or I'm taking Singles 1 and Chotarou's taking Singles 2!"

"All right, old lady," Oshitari yelled back. "Yeesh!"

He jogged a few steps to catch up to Shishido, moving ahead of the last boy, who turned to the clouds and sky for the last time before beginning to walk towards his companions.

As he stepped towards a new spring in life, he thought he felt the wind pick up. Was it his imagination this time? Or was it really true? It was like the wind was her messenger, whispering into his ears.

"Thank you."

"I love you...

Keigo."

A/N: This just bounced into my head today! Not sure if it's good or not, but PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! It means SOOOO much to me!