The student council room on the last day of school was quiet, as always. There were empty containers from Chinese takeout on three desks. The small amount of light is filtered by the curtains which were drawn down. The room was dark and dismal feeling. It seemed that at one point it must have been a place of celebration but now... it was gone.
Shizune sat there at her desk awaiting the moment when it would all end. When the final year at Yamuku would be over and she had to hand over the student council to the new leaders. What if they were not capable? What if they ruined her legacy? All of these ideas played out in her head as she looked over the paperwork she had just finished. The last piece of paperwork that she would do here. Shizune sighed and waited for the other two to return with drinks. She had personally trained the new members herself, so they couldn't fail to badly, but you never know. Her mind started to wander everywhere so she did not even notice when the other two members of Student Council walked in.
A light tap was on her shoulder. Misha smiled halfheartedly at Shizune with Hisao right behind her holding the beverages from the machine. He put down the sodas and then signed, "How are you feeling?" To which Shizune had no reply. She sat there at her desk and small tears trickled down her face. Misha put her hand on Shizune's shoulder and rubbed it lightly. Misha's hair was starting to grow back, finally. Her drills were smaller than before but were surely returning. Shizune smiled a little bit and regained her composure she smiled a bit and signed, "worried."
Misha smiled and started signing various words of comfort to Shizune with Hisao nodding. He didn't really understand everything they said yet, because of the pacing, but he could tell the general mood by their faces and he knew he'd be of little comfort here. When Shizune and Misha took a small break from their conversation Hisao jumped in with a sign to tell them he had to go to the bathroom. He walked out before they could acknowledge him.
Hisao walked mechanically to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. He sighed and put his hand against the glass above the sink. He had been dating Shizune for a long time. They had sex! He told her that he loved her! Why didn't she actively reciprocate? She would bury herself in her work and stress out so much and Hisao would outstretch a hand to help her only to be denied and find himself feeling sick. He had done so much to prove his love... why couldn't she feel anything in return. Hisao sighed and stared at his reflection. Was there just something wrong with him that prevented the relationship from going anywhere? He even asked Misha to talk him up to Shizune and ask about it but whenever the relationship was mentioned Shizune didn't reply anymore.
She had so much more time to think than anyone else because of her deafness. He sighed and decided that now would be a good time to return to the room. Shizune had insisted upon filing the reports for the end of this year and for the opening of next year in order to make it easier for the new student council. Hisao exited the the bathroom with his hand over his face and started walking toward the room. Shizune was standing right outside of it looking down and slightly blushing while Misha locked the door, Hisao sighed and said aloud (forgetting to sign), "Well I guess that's the end of that?"
Misha signed what Hisao said to Shizune and smiled, Shizune just sat there and twidled her thumbs. Misha then looked to Hisao to say, "I have to get packing, I go to study abroad tomorrow. I hope you don't miss me too much." She smiled sadly and began to wave goodbye. Hisao smiled and waved back while Shizune waved. Misha started to walk away and down the hallway out of sight leaving Hisao alone with Shizune.
Hisao heard a small inhale that sounded pained. Shizune wiped her eyes and looked to the ground to hide the tears. Hisao walked up to her and grabbed her around the waist, pulling her toward him. He couldn't say anything to communicate with her, so he just held onto her while she shook from the sheer force of the tears. As she calmed down his grip on her lightened. He eventually let go of her, long after the shakes were gone. Hisao grabbed Shizune's hand and led her toward down the hallway in the opposite direction and out of the building. It was their last night to be in the school before they had to leave to go wherever life would lead them, and as they exited the class room building for the last time Hisao felt himself grow a little sad as well.
He walked her into the girls' dorm, which was now nearly empty from people leaving for the summer, it seemed like they were the only ones there. Shizune looked up at Hisao sadly and Hisao signed to her, "Well, now what?"
Shizune looked at him silently for awhile and signed, "You know that I love you too, right?"
Hisao felt shocked and grabbed her in a tight hug again as he muttered to himself, "I love you so much..." over and over again near tears. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time and here it was. Shizune motioned for him to let go of her, so he loosened his grip. Shizune grabbed his cheek lightly and pulled his face toward hers and kissed him with a hunger that he had been hoping to feel for a long while.
Hisao pulled away from her and signed, "You'll stay with me then, right?"
To which Shizune nodded and kissed him again. She smirked like she would during a contest as she pushed him away and went into her room. She signed, "See you tomorrow." as she closed the door.
Hisao smiled to himself at the good luck he had and then pondered as to what would happen tomorrow. Shizune had mentioned going to her house again to him before, that is why he did not plan to go home. But why did she wait until now to show her feelings in this way?