Sore ga, Ai Deshou (I guess that's love)
Hello! This is my first Harry Potter fanfic, each chapter a song fic featuring Harry and Cho, all the songs coming the the anime series "Full Metal Panic!" And since I don't know Japanese, I got this translation from the web, so don't kill me if it isn't correct! This takes place sometime after their disaster date in the 5th book but before the time when they stop talking to each other all together. This fic is so much better if the song is playing, but alas I could not find a website with it anywhere! So if you want the song, send me a review and maybe we can do a file transfer. Hope you enjoy, and please read and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor any of the lyrics of Full Metal Panic!
Tatoeba ne namida ga koboreru hi ni ha
Sono senaka wo hitorijime shitai kedo
Even if there are days when the tears roll down my cheeks
I want to have your back all for myself, but...
A girl with beauty shiny hair sat looking out at the pretty scenery. But despite the beauty that surrounded her, tears were falling down her smooth cheeks. Memories were spinning through her mind, spinning so fast that she could barely see straight. If only her parents got her a pensieve...
What had brought Cho Chang to this spot? Even Cho couldn't figure it out for the longest time. She thought of everything, school, friends, guys, Cedric, family, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, to finally...
Harry Potter...
"Yes, it was Harry," she thought to herself. "Ever since that blow we had at the Three Broomsticks, life has been miserable. He has barely looked at me since then. I didn't think about it until now, but all I want right now is to see those emerald eyes staring back at me..."
Yasashisa ha tokidoki zankoku dakara
Motomeru hodo kotae wo miushinau
Because kindness is also cruel sometimes
I lose sight of the answer the more I search for it
"Why did I do it!" Cho started mentally beating herself up. It was a good thing she was in her thinking spot, right near the lake hidden behind a tree, for her face was tear streaked and twisted in such pain and sorrow that would bring even the coldest of hearts to feel sympathy for her.
"He was only trying to be kind, and all I did was think of myself, think of my own selfish feelings. I was so unreasonable, blowing up because of Hermione. I mean, she is just his friend, and it's not like I don't have guy friends too... And then there's the whole Cedric issue. Of course he wouldn't want to talk about Cedric, and of course I should never have brought it up. But why did I bring up Cedric? Because I miss him... ? Is that really true...? Of course it is... I think... Am I trying to find someone to blame, someone to help with the pain...? But why Harry, why do I want him to take my pain..."
Ameagari no machi miji ga mieru nara
Ima arukidasou nani ka ga hajimaru
If you can see the rainbow in the town after the rain
Let's start walking now, something is about to begin
Meanwhile, the boy who preoccupied Cho was in his own world of thoughts too. After failing to find some quiet place that wasn't eerie from the silence in the castle, Harry wandered outside, in his invisibilty cloak of course. He sighed. "If only this would could be water proof too," he mummbled to himself, getting drenched by the rain. After walking for a short distance, he stopped and stared out over the horizon, still lost in his thoughts. He stood on a little hill for a long time, no longer caring about the rain. His view was of Hogsmeade, it looked mystical with the rain going from steady down pour to a drizzle. Finally, the sky cleared and a rainbow appeared. Harry smiled slightly at the sight, "Something even more magical than Hogwarts, the beauty of nature..." And for one moment in time, Harry felt this sense of serenity, serenity that he wished could last forever...
Kimi ga iru kara asu ga aru kara
Hitorikiri ja ikite yukenai kara
Konna ni chikaku ni kanjiru sore ga, ai deshou
Namida no kazu no itami wo kimi ha shitteru kara
Sukitooru sono me no naka ni tashika na imi wo sagashite
Egao mitsuketai
Because I have you, because I have tomorrow
Because I can't live on all alone
I feel you so close by me, I guess that's love
Because you know how much pain tears can bring
I want to find a smile in your transparent eyes
As I search for a definite meaning in them
Harry sighed. Voldemort was back, and the world will soon by in total chaos. Not only that, but Cedric's death was also very heavy on Harry's mind. Despite the fact it was almost a year ago, everything was stuck in his mind. He wished he had someone to share with it, someone who might know how he felt, someone like Cho...
"I have to stop thinking about her!" Harry scolded himself. He was frustrated; it had been a month since their date, where Harry knew he lost his chance with her forever. Yet right now, with all his emotions on overdrive, he felt strangely close to her, like they were on the same mind wave...
Just as he was walking by a tree near the lake, he heard soft whimpers. Curious (as it was only 7am on a Saturday and hardly anyone would be up and walking around like him), he went around the tree and saw...
"Cho..." Harry whispered.
Cho jumped at the sound, not expecting anyone to see her. She was dry despite the rain, thanks to her transfiguring a tree branch into an umbrella. With shocked eyes, she turned and saw him. "Harry..." she whispered, before breaking down into tears again.
Harry, despite everything he would've done in the past, went over the Cho and placed a hand on her shoulder. Despite their kiss, their date, this was the first time that Harry felt so close to Cho, felt like he could make it through all the bad stuff, felt that there was hope. Unknown to him, his little gesture also made Cho feel different, brought her a peace she hadn't felt since Cedric...
"Are you alright?" Harry asked tentatively, for he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"I will be," Cho responded. "Thank you."
Harry gave her a small gentle smile. "What did I do?"
And it was in his smile that Cho saw something wonderful, but she couldn't place her finger on it...
Nani mo iwanai demo konna kimochi ga
Kimi no mune ni tsutawareba ii no ni
Although it's be good if these feelings found their way into your heart
Without me needing to speak a word
Cho just shook her head. "So, what have you been up to?" she asked.
They had a pleasant conversation, in fact, probably one of their first real conversations since they've met. Both were thoroughly enjoying themselves, something that hasn't for either for such a long time.
Harry laughed at a joke Cho told him. If only he could tell her how much she meant to him, if only she could feel his love...
Suhoshizutsu machi ha iro wo kaeru kedo
Hora omoide ga mata hitotsu fueta
The color of the town changes little by little but see
Our memories have again increased by one
Cho had been so caught up in her conversation with Harry, she didn't notice the beautiful scenery as the rainbow faded away. When she looked away from Harry, she glanced at the scene and gasped.
"Look Harry!" Cho exclaimed like a little girl, pointing towards the village.
Harry smiled brightly. He and Cho sat quietly as they watched the horizon, still full of colors from the rain and the the sunrise. Cho leaned gently against Harry, wanting to cherish this time forever, to have this as the ray of light in her memories of Harry...
Kimi no kotoba no hitotsu hitotsu wo
Ima ha dakishimerareru kara kitto
Futari de kasaneatte iku sore ga, ai deshou
Dare mo shiranai ashita ga matte iru to shite no
Daijoubu mou nakanai de
Kimi to te to te wo tsunaide
Aruiteku zutto
Because now I can embrace every word that you said
I'm sure that we'll come closer to each other
I guess that's love
Even if tomorrow nobody knows what is waiting for us
It's all right, don't cry anymore
We'll join hands
And keep walking on forever
Harry smiled to himself as he looked down at Cho. They actually did get on the touchy subject of Cedric and Hermione, and this was the result. Cho and Harry enjoying a sunrise, together, in peace. "Who would've ever thought?" Harry grinned.
Cho looked up at Harry and smiled too. She was glad they made up, glad that they were able to come to an understanding of each other. And even though she would always have a place for Cedric in her heart, she also knew that there is a place for Harry as well.
"Thank you Harry," Cho whispered.
Harry looked at her confused. Cho smiled, "For listening and talking to me. I was stuck in the past until this talk, but now I feel like I can look forward to the future, despite the uncertainty of it all."
"I agree, to everything you have said," Harry responded, "I'm glad we're both better and not crying anymore," he smiled.
"Yeah," Cho beamed back at him.
"Come on, they should be serving breakfast now," Harry said, offering Cho his hand as he stood up.
Cho took his hand immediately and they didn't let go until they separated to their respective house tables.
Futo shita shunkan tsunoru kimochi ja naku
Sukoshizutsu sodatete iku mono da ne
Aisuru kimochi ha
It isn't something that builds in an instant
But a feeling that grows little at a time,
The feeling called love
As Cho sat down with her friends and began to eat a piece of toast, she looked over at Harry, watching him as he joked and laughed with his friend Ron and Hermione. This brought a mysterious smiled over her face, causing her friends to wonder what's going on.
"Oh, nothing," Cho responded, jumping right back into the conversation. Little did she know, Harry was also glancing at Cho, and they both thought one thing...
"I think I'm falling in love..."
Kimi ga iru kara asu ga aru kara
Hitorikiri ja ikite yukenai kara
Konna ni chikaku ni kanjiru sore ga, aideshou
Namida no kazu no itami wo kimi ha shitteru kara
Sukitooru sono me no naka ni
Tashika na imi wo sagashite egao mitsuketai
Because I have you, because I have tomorrow
Because I can't live on all alone
I feel you so close by me, I guess that's love
Because you know how much pain tears can bring
I want to find a smile in your transparent eyes
As I search for a definite meaning in them
A week later, Cho couldn't get Harry off her mind, so she decided to do something: tell him how she feels. As they have been hanging out together for nonstop, that was no problem. In fact, they were gonna meet in the room of requirements tonight. They have been meeting in that room because of privacy reasons and that that room is just always useful.
The problem was actually telling him.
Harry was already there when Cho entered the room. He gave her a greeting hug, as they always did, but when he saw her smile, he instantly said, "Is something wrong?"
"Wow, we really have grown close..." Cho thought. "Actually, there's been something on my mind," she said outloud.
"Oh, really?"
"Yup. You." Cho looked at him seriously, but decided to not try and read his face, for fear she might chicken out...
Harry was shocked. Was she really saying what she thought he was saying...?
"This week has been amazing Harry, and I feel like we have really grown close," Cho began. "So close that... I think... that I'm... falling in love with you," she whispered, looking away in fear of rejection.
Harry's confused look suddenly lifted into pure joy. He gently took his hand and lifted Cho's chin so that she looked straight into his eyes. "Cho, I've fallen for you too," he breathed into her ear.
Cho gave him the most beautiful smile Harry had ever seen and jumped on him, giving him a kiss. She knew the danger Harry would be in, now that Voldemort's back, but she knew that despite all the tears they would shed, all the pain they would face, they would be together, and his smile will give her hope.
Harry gladly returned the kiss, which was much better than the kiss they shared earlier in the year. After they broke away, Harry just stared into her sparkling eyes. He saw the love and knew that he would never be alone again, knew that he would have someone to live tomorrow for, knew that no matter what happened, all he would have to do is see her smile and he'll be ok. Yeah, I guess that's love.
Hehe, how was it? Hoped you enjoyed! I don't know when the next one will be out, but I'm writing it right now :) Please Review!