Haruna returned to the room after her bath in the yukata the inn had provided, feeling clean and pleasantly light headed to find Macharu in his yukata setting out a double futon in their room.
"What are you doing!" Haruna asked, with surprise in her voice, waking up from her daze.
"Setting out the futon." Came Macaru's straightforward reply.
"I can see that, but why?" Retorted Haruna, "And why are you back so early?"
"Well I was taking my bath, then I started to think of you, which was when it got too embarrassing to stay in the bath with all these other people there." Macharu replied, hints of a blush appearing on his face, "So I thought I'd come back first to prepare..."
Haruna looked at Macharu with a blank expression on her face.
"I thought it'd be more comfortable on a futon you see," Macharu replied, blushing vividly. "I don't want to rub your back on the floor-"
SMACK!
"Oww, did I say something wrong," Macharu exclaimed, rubbing his head.
"No! It just took me by surprise!" Haruni replied, sitting down next to Macharu on the futon blushing as vividly as Macharu. "In any case Macharu, you didn't even call me during-"
Suddenly, Macharu pushed Haruna onto her back, leaning over her. Haruna stared up into Macharu's eyes with surprise.
"Err, umm.." Was all she could say.
"I can't believe it," Macharu's voice, quivering with emotion, almost too soft to be audible said to her. "You're really here.."
"Umm.." again, Haruna replied, blinking, lost for words.
"I was so confused! You seemed so negative about S university, and now you're here again." Macharu swallowed, voice still quivering and continued on. "I was nervous about calling you, we were apart, and I felt so insecure…"
"I felt insecure! Just because we were apart…and I haven't heard your voice for so long.." tears started to well up in her eyes.
"I wanted to talk to you so badly Haruna.." tears beginning to well up in Macharu's eyes too.
"Macharu…" Haruna reached up to cup Macharu's face, wiping away the tears.
"Haruna…" Macharu leant down, kissing away the tears on her cheek, and then to her soft red lips, bringing a tinge of saltiness. They kissed for a while, a soft and tender kiss, drawn out until both their tears stopped flowing.
"Macharu…" Haruna whispered from below him. "Let's get started"