It started with a 'hello,' an act of caring unparalleled.
She'd worked so hard for that one word to leave her lips, for it to grace his ears, and it was all that she'd wanted.
Machi wasn't that different than he was either; she had her own quirks, the issues she struggled with too, and he loved her, wanted to grow stronger together with her.
She leaned closer now, drawn in by Yuki's eyes or an impulse or some feeling of sudden affection and gingerly pressed a kiss to his lips, eyes open and tracing the emotions in his still opened eyes.
Machi'd moved too fast for him to react properly, but together they molded anyway; her presence a soft comfort of its self.
She wanted to let him know that she was there, always would be if he'd have her, and she pressed ever closer, letting her eyes close now.
His eyes followed hers in closing as he tugged her closer, and it molded into a symphony of a kiss, emotions spiraling within their chests, caught by their hearts, and leaving them pressing closer, longing for more moments intertwined in a kiss.
The warmth of the kiss, the wild emotion that draws two together, and the gentle joy of the moment keeps them locked in, reluctant to ever part.
'I love you' carved its way through silently; 'I'll always be here,' placed itself together as they moved closer caught in a gentle kiss.
She could say so much without speaking whether she realized that she had that power or not; she also managed to find the words when it came to the moments where the words really did matter when spoken aloud.
They would make it through just fine together, fixing what they could of the marks of hearts one step at a time together.
They loved each other more than anything after all.