School Days: Into the Depths of Desire

Chapter One: Resolution

Prologue:

The story takes place near the end of episode 5, which is where Makoto's desire for Sekai climax and he sends her text messages on his phone telling her he no longer wants to hold back and he wants to meet her, and this is where the story begins.

~+~+~+~+~Makoto

Makoto anxiously vacated his seat on the train as the train grated to a stop and the automatic doors seamed open as he sprinted through them and into the steadily falling rain as it seeped through his clothes, drenching him. The rain far from his mind he continued in hope of meeting Sekai as he swung around the corner of the railing at the top of the stairs as he gripped it and forced himself down the stairs, if just a bit faster.

Everything seemed clear to him at this point, he knew what he wanted at that point and he would have it, Sekai. He made his way hurriedly through the increasingly heavy rain as his heavy thoughts drudged with him pushing him forward. Makoto wavered only slightly as he did not see Sekai on his way to her house and he continued his desperate dash filled with the dark desire he had pent up until this point.

Makoto approached the intercom box of the apartment building Sekai lived in and ran his finger across the list of names and found Sekai's apartment buzzer and pressed it as he impatiently waited for an answer, he pressed again and still nothing happened. Makoto became a bit worried and waited a bit before he pressed the buzzer again and after reassuring himself everything would be fine he pressed the buzzer a third time, no answer.

Makoto pondered about Sekai's feelings toward him as he thought that he couldn't have possibly misunderstand how she felt as he began to mindlessly press the buzzer over and over again without really noticing it as it escaped the notice of his senses as his mind was quite too far absorbed with Sekai.

~+~+~+~+~Sekai

Sekai's mind resounded in agony as she writhed within her bed gripping the sheets and tossed about as the buzzer went off for a second time, as she could not bring herself to answer the door. She was not only afraid of hurting Kotonoha and answering Makoto's feelings, but also she was really unsure of all this and felt she must not answer the door to him no matter what.

It bored even deeper within her mind, within her heart as the third buzz came through the air from the box in her apartment. Like a knife repeatedly thrusting itself inside her heart the relentless cascade of buzzes from below ripped through her mind as Makoto pressed the buzzer indefinably before he finally turned away. As Sekai realized the buzzes had stop and Makoto had turned to leave, the pain almost brought her to run down after him, but she knew he would already be gone. It was already too late.

~+~+~+~+~Makoto

Makoto stared in disbelief at Sekai's buzzer as still there was no answer, he knew she was home because she had answered his text messages, rather shaken and confused Makoto turned away from the door and reconsidered his situation as he dragged and slid his feet slowly across the cement of the sidewalk as the waters churned along his path.

Makoto found this rejection from Sekai quite unexpected as the rain hissed even harder and the burst of wind ruffled his clothes, he didn't even seem to feel any of it at all. He decided to take a step back from his situation and try something new, he turned around a thought in his head passing a car almost hitting him with a rather bizarre faced driver stared after him in a mix of confusion and irritation.

Makoto found that the real problem stemmed down to one thing, the thing that really got to him, that really shook him, was he was at a total loss of control, he was unable to pull the events around him and turn them the way he wanted. After this stolid rejection from the insistent Sekai, he decided after all, he wasn't really sure who it was he really desired, it was not about their situation, their convenience, not even common sense, it was just who made him want them more, I he hadn't a clue in the world who that person truly was anymore.

Makoto decided at least he would define which of them was to be this person, whether it was to be Kotonoha or whether it was to be Sekai. He would reel each of them in carefully, he would be in total control, he would have the choice, he would be their judgment, and he would be their salvation, as for what would happen to the one he would dump to side of the curb like trash. Well that just didn't really cross his mind at all…

Next Chapter: From Rejection to Redemption