I watched as Kai ran to his friends.
The memory of me holding Kai's wrist and pulling him to my own friends flashed in my mind, as I marveled how the two of us never ceased to amaze each other.
And this time, he really did amaze me.
The weight on my shoulders felt like it had finally been lifted off, all the agony, the despair, the sorrow. It just felt so good to be free.
Honestly, I had never thought that Kai would be able to break my seal and convince me to come back to them, but Kai was unpredictable. He always was.
I watched from a distance as the 'mates' gathered around, cheering and celebrating their success, and for the first time in my life, I saw a true, genuine smile highlighting Kai's features. He turned to look at me, and I noticed that ever since I left, his cold, emerald eyes have grown softer, becoming like the Kai I first met when he gave me Blaster Blade.
Kai gave me a smile, his eyes shining with happiness; actual, pure happiness, something I had wanted to see on his face for ages, something I knew that was always there behind that cold, brutal mask.
I realized that the sun was behind him, his figure shadowed and outlined by the cascading sunbeams around him, making him look even more incredible.
He closed in, a mixed breath floating between our faces as we kissed, my heart pounding in sync with his as we embraced each other, deepening the kiss. It felt so amazing, even better than the kiss that I had always imagined us to have, ever since the beginning. As I closed my eyes, my whole life with Kai flashed in front of me, when he had first been so cold, when I recieved psyqualia, when we determined our paths would cross, when our paths seperated. I suddenly felt so stupid, wanting to part myself from Kai, thinking that I would protect him that way when we were really injuring each other, both mentally and physically.
As we parted, Kai held out a hand to me, smiling.
"Come on, Aichi. Let's return to your friends."
And he grabbed my wrist before I said anything anyway, because he knew I would say yes.