(A/N: I have been itching to try to write a multi-chapter story for the longest. But, I have always been afraid that it will not be well liked after a while. But, I going to put my fear aside, and try my absolute best! Anyways, this story is sort of based on the track AU (I don't fully understand what the track AU is exactly because I heard of it from my sister, but since I like track, why not?) Anyways, I hope you enjoy. I am so sorry if any characters are ooc or if there is any spelling or grammar mistakes.)

All the characters in this story belong to Koji Oji and Kyoto Animation.

The song "Once You Meet Her" belongs to Nobuo Uematsu, Square Enix (Square Soft), and Final Fantasy III (Final Fantasy 3)

And no one know it

Where she came from, where she's going.

Nagisa first met Gou merely by chance. It was during English class; their teacher had assigned the class an oral poem analysis project, and told them that each student must be in a group of two. The students roared in approval, but their acceptance soon died down and was replaced with whines of protest when the teacher added that she had already assigned everyone a partner. The teacher ignored her students, pulling out a piece of paper and reading out the pairs of names.

The first two names that she called out were Nagisa and Gou. And for a moment, nobody made a sound; it was quiet and Nagisa found it quite odd. Then, he heard a boy quickly coughed out "Nagisa is paired with that loser" before the classroom erupted in laughter. Nagisa did not laugh, though; he twisted and stared at the red headed girl sitting by the window, and to his surprise, she was staring back at him before she lowered herself in her seat, embarrassed. Nagisa could not help but feel sorry for her. For as long as he could remember it, which had only been a year, Gou was constantly the center of rumors and teasing; they called her names: weirdo, freak, and loser. For reasons he did not know, but when he looked at her now, he just saw a sad and quiet girl.

Annoyed, the blonde boy furrowed his brow at his classmates' remarks and laughter. He clenched his fists, pulled out his chair, and made his way to Gou's desk. The laughter ceased, and nobody else dared to make a comment.

"I am sorry about that." He chuckled, and extended his hand out to her. "My name is Nagisa Hazuki by the way."

She reached up and shook his hand. "I know your name; you are the famous track star around here. My name is Kou Matsuoka."

The blonde boy raised a brow at the girl, confused. Wasn't her name Gou? He could have sworn the teacher said her name was Gou. Everyone knew her as Gou. So why on Earth would she decide to change her name, and go by Kou? Did she not like her name or something? Nagisa thought. He liked her name, but he knew better than to tell her that. She would probably just distant herself from him. And he did not want that at all. So, he decided to ignore her sudden and bizarre name change when he responded. "Right, I guess you could say that, but I am just a hurdler. The track stars you are looking for are my friends, Haruka, Makoto, and Rei."

Gou did not say anything further. She pulled out her textbook and opened it to a certain page. "For the project, we will work on 'Wind and Window Flower' by Robert Frost. Is that okay with you?"

"Yeah, it is fine; I just want this project to be over with already." He opened his textbook, and read the poem. "Is there any reason you chose this poem, uh Kou?" He forced himself to say the name. He liked the name Gou much better; it suited her perfectly.

She looked up. "Robert Frost is my favorite poet, and since this is the only poem of his that I could find in this textbook, why not?" She admitted with a smile. Nagisa could have sworn that he felt something snapped inside and it hurt like hell.

"Oh." The blonde boy mumbled.

They did not say anything after that; they just read the poem and jot down notes in silence. There was nothing else to talk about. And after a while, class ended. Nagisa scratched the back of his head. "I guess I will see you tomorrow."

The red headed girl grabbed her messenger bag and fastened the straps. "Yeah, I will see you tomorrow" With that, Gou headed out the door.

And Nagisa could not explain the ache in his heart.

And once you meet her,

You will find that something inside is changing.

He mentioned her to his friends one day out on the field. They were exercising for the next track and field meet the upcoming two weeks. Her name had slipped into one of his conversations without him even realizing it and before he knew it, he was talking about her, in positive way, of course. He talked about the project that they were currently working on, the way she described her love for Roberts Frost's poems, and her strange desire to be called Kou.

It was not until Rei had asked "Are you in love with her?" that Nagisa understood. He jumped back a bit in shock. He missed his footing, and tripped over himself in a clumsy mess. His face reddened slightly.

The blonde boy tried to laugh it off when he informed his friend that he and Gou were just friend and nothing more. His response, however, backfired when he started to stutter. He cursed slightly at himself for his stuttering. Rei did not push matters any further; he just picked up a javelin and threw it as far as it could go. The glasses wearing boy could already tell that his friend was infatuated with the quiet yet mysterious red headed girl, but he kept that to himself. He wanted Nagisa to figure out his feelings for himself.

And Nagisa began to think: did he really view her only as a friend? He was beginning not to believe so. If she was only just a friend to him, he would not have tripped over his feet when Rei had asked him if he was in love with her or not, nor would he have stuttered when he answered him…. Nagisa shook his head. He stopped thinking. Gou was just a friend. He believed. It was just Rei's question that threw him off. That was all. He assured himself, but he could not stop his heart from beating so fast and aching so much.

So when Makoto and Haruka joined them on field, sweaty and all from running three laps, Nagisa did not mention Gou at all. He did not want another repeat of what happened earlier. He was not sure if his heart could take it again. At that thought, Nagisa made a face.

He only thought of Gou as a friend, right?