Akaya Kirihara - Happy Ending

A/N: Please note that for all of the translations (mixed with a bit of plot by me), it is sometimes roughly translated because not all Japanese can be 100% converted directly into English. Also, the name of the heroine was also selected by me, so replace it with whatever you want in your head LOL

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"Hey, Saori! What's with that long face?"

Saori turned to see Kirihara, in all his curly-haired and slightly childish glory. "Ah, Akaya-kun..."

Kirihara examined her for a few seconds longer, before the lightbulb finally went off. "Oh. You're going home tomorrow, huh..."

"Y-Yeah..."

The boy scuffed his shoe a bit on the ground, his gaze flickering back and forth between the ground and Saori's face. "I've... caused you quite a bit of trouble at this camp. This entire time, I mean."

Saori's face, which had also dipped down in her sadness, snapped upwards to look at Kirihara straight in the eye. "No, no, no! There was no 'trouble' or whatever; in fact, I was the one that forced you to save me all of those times!"

Kirihara's eyes lit up a little bit, and some pink splashed across his cheekbones. "Don't worry about whatever happened, it was nothing. Guess we're even then, huh? Hehe." Saori smiled at his lighthearted chuckle.

A short silence ran in between them, before footsteps approached, and Sanada nudged Kirihara. "Akaya, the fireworks are going to start soon."

His eyes round with surprise, Kirihara replied, "Fireworks?"

Yanagi, who had followed Sanada silently to the two second-years, sighed. "Seriously? You weren't listening? Hyotei's Atobe set up a bunch of fireworks for tonight. There's going to be a huge one, too, apparently."

Kirihara raised an eyebrow. "Huh... Well, I guess, as usual, he just loves being a showoff."

Beside him, Saori smiled. "But it's going to be the real deal, isn't it?"

Kirihara turned to her and smiled at her soft expression. "Yeah. Oh - seems like it's gonna start now!"

They all turned their heads to look up at the dark sky, and in front of their very eyes, what originally was clear skies and bright stars became a sea of flashing colors and streaming lights, accompanied by the occasional booms and whistles.

Saori took in a sharp breath. "Wow... It's beautiful" she said in awe. Kirihara, beside her, begrudgingly added, "Yeah... He's definitely going at it. Guess he's good at what he does."

Just as he finished speaking, the largest firework so far shot up into the air and splattered a warm gold light across the entirety of the visible part of the sky. Kirihara, despite himself, shouted loudly in excitement, "TAMAYA!" Saori simply chuckled next to him and continued to admire the beauty of the show. It is incredible... everything that's happened there past 5 days...

After the show had ended, everyone went back to chattering and bickering as they always did. Momoshiro said a bit wistfully, but with his usual spirit, "Guess that's the end of it!" Oishi nodded and noted, "As expected, that last one was superb. Gorgeous and humongous!"

Fuji brought out his FUJI camera (A/N: sorry I had to) and suggested, "Hey, let's all take a picture! As the last thing we do, and to commemorate the 5 days we've all spent together."

For once, Sanada agreed first and grunted a yes. "That's not a bad idea." Fuji chuckled at his response, and then nudged all of the group into line. "All right guys, come out to the front. Yes, yes. Good. All right, I'm gonna take it now."

Momoshiro raised a thumb. "We're good!"

Fuji nodded. "Here goes. Everyone, stay still!" As the timer counted down and the clicker went off, Fuji ran up beside Momoshiro to get into the photo... and then CLICK. The night had finally ended...

Saori paced back and forth. This was her last chance, her last chance, her only chance. "I hope Akaya-kun comes..." Her brows furrowed deeper in anxiety.

But a very familiar and bright voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Yo! Saori!"

She let out the breath she had been holding without thinking. Thank God. "Akaya-kun," she greeted him back, with a smile.

He looked at her. "So, what's up? Something you wanted to talk about?"

"Y-yeah... So, um..." Saori squeezed her eyes shut and after counting to 3 in her head, opened her mouth with the determination of a life time, and -

"Ahh, STOP!" Kirihara slapped his hand lightly over her mouth, when in a flash, he realized what she was about to say.

"Mm?" Saori looked at him with wide eyes, bewildered by why he was not allowing her to finish.

"Erm..." Letting his hand fall so she could breathe, Kirihara's gaze flickered away from Saori's face and asked, "I also have something to say... So, do you mind if I say it first? Before I hear yours out, I mean. Is that okay?"

Saori nodded, still confused. "Sure, I guess."

Kirihara grinned awkwardly, and then very firmly told her, while looking her in the eye. "I want to go out with you."

"Wha..."

Her shocked reaction made Kirihara a little more antsy, and he stuttered out, "S-so? How about it?"

She replied in the same stuttering manner, "W-well, yes, I guess, that's fine..."

"Whoa. What's with 'I guess'?" Kirihara almost pouted in the way her reply sounded. So much for romantic happy ending...

Saori's lips pursed a bit and her brow furrowed again. "Well, I mean, I don't know exactly how you feel about me..."

"HAH?!" His raised voice made her look up in shock. "Of course, that means I love you," Kirihara said in a matter-of-fact voice.

Saori's heart fluttered at hearing those words tumble from his mouth. "Oh."

A couple seconds passed before they settled in for real.

"Really?!"

Kirihara sighed, placing his palm on his forehead in exasperation. "Why would I lie to you at a time like this? Of course, it's true."

"O-oh. Oh thank God." Saori almost slumped to the ground in relief.

"Does that mean you'll go out with me?" Excitement colored Kirihara's voice.

She nodded vigorously. "Yes, I will! Because, I... I love you, too."

"I love you the most in the entire world!" Kirihara declared suddenly.

Saori laughed loudly, a smile stretching from ear to ear. "I love you the most, too!"

"Saori..."

"Eh?!" Suddenly, two strong arms enveloped her waist and Saori found her face buried into Kirihara's chest.

"Please don't run away. I want to just stay like this with you."

Saori mumbled into his chest, "I won't run away. Not from you..."

Kirihara whispered into her ear, "Saori... I want to stay like this forever, with you. Forever, just like this..."

"Whoot! What a blast!"

"Yeah, that was so great!"

Kirihara looked at the pamphlet. "Okay! Next is - "

Saori stopped him, when she glanced down at her watch. "Hold on a sec. I have to go home now..."

"Eh..." Kirihara pouted. "You're kidding..."

She made an apologetic face. "Well, it's already night time, though..."

Kirihara latched onto her from behind, his arms caging her to him. "No way. You're not going home yet."

Saori almost giggled at his affectionate and childish sides, but she stopped herself and sighed loudly. "Oh jeez, Akaya-kun, you're always asking me to stick out my neck for you..."

"Okay, okay. How about this? Just one last one. One! Then that's okay right?"

She pretended to think about it, though her heart had already decided for her. "All right," she pretended to give in, "just one." She emphasized it, but to be honest she was more than ready to stay longer with her boyfriend, even if it meant getting scolded when she got home.

"Great! Let's go!" Kirihara dashed off to the last destination, while Saori attempted to chase after him with her much less athletic legs. "Hey, wait for me!"

Saori found herself now in the Ferris wheel of the amusement park.

"Akaya-kun?"

"Hm? What's up?"

"...Why aren't you sitting?" Kirihara had his arms on the bar over her head, essentially caging her in below him since she was sitting.

He grinned mischievously. "Because this is my special spot."

Saori asked, "But then you won't really see the scenery right? I mean, that's what Ferris wheels are usually for..."

Akaya smiled warmly at her. "It's fine. 'Cuz I just need to be looking at you."

"Well..." Saori thought of a quick comeback. She pouted (while laughing inside), and said indignantly, "Well, now I can't see the scenery."

He huffed. "Yeah, so you can just look at me too."

"You do realize that then all the meaning of a Ferris wheel is now - "

"Oh whatever; it's just 700 yen for 30 minutes!"

"What? This is for 30 minutes?" Saori asked in surprise.

"Yup."

"...You totally plotted for this so I could get trapped here with you."

He laughed with no trace of shame. "Precisely. You can't run away anymore~"

Saori pretended to be angry. "Jeez! Maybe I should show you which one really got trapped!"

Kirihara snorted. "Just what I wanted. I'll throw that right back at ya!"

And the long night continued on...

A/N: Wince. A bit cheesy even for my taste, and I write romance stories. But oh well! All's well that ends well!

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