The words burn through the air, boring into his mind. He tries to forget, but his mind defies him.
::flashback::
Izumi and Kouji are sitting down, Izumi teasing him about his expiriences with the fangirls. Ayumi and Tasuki walk in and Izumi abruptly stops talking and hugs her friend, smiling warmly. Kouji grins and starts razzing Tasuki about the fact that Ayumi hugs Izumi more than him. Izumi breaks away abruptly, and starts annoying him about the fact that he and TAsuki are awfully close. Kouji and Izumi start an "argument". Tasuki grins and comments, "You two fight like a married couple." Izumi's eyes flash with mixed emotions, then she whirls around and walks out the room, out of his life.
::end flash back::
That was two months ago.
Kouji's eyes burned. He could feel a lone tear trickling down his cheek, and he blinked back his pain and emotions, looking down. Tasuki enters the room grinning, then stops as he looks concerendly at his long time best friend. They had always been open to each other about their feelings, but he had never seen Kouji cry. "Izumi's back." he turns and leaves the room.
Izumi enters the room alone and walks in, sitting down silently next to him. Kouji doesn't look up, and doesn't respond.
"Kouji?"
"What."
"I...I'm sorry....I just needed to think...to get away fr--" she's cut off by Kouji.
"Get away from what Izumi? Away from me? That's what it seemed like. God, you fucking scared me, Izumi!" he looks up suddenly and glares, his viridian eyes flashing, true as a blaze in the forest.
She looks at him, partially shocked, then looks down to avoid his piercing gaze.
An uneasy silence
Kouji reaches his hand over, setting his fingers under her chin, forcing her face up, making her meet his gaze, then presses his lips against hers in a passionate kiss. They pull apart, and suddenly Izumi hugs him, her eyes fill with tears of mixed emotions, a lone tear slowly trickles down her face as he embraces her. She kisses him suddenly, then breaking apart, this kiss a bit longer than the other one.
Everything is ok.
Laying down in her bed, late at night, she suddenly feels someone getting into the bed and wraping his arms around her from behind, kissing her softly, whispering, "Aishiteru, koi." She relaxes as she recognizes the voice, and snuggles into his warm, comforting arms, and whispers, "Aishiteru, Kouji." kissing him softly before falling asleep.