(For those who may have seen this story before, yes I reposted it. I sort of disappeared for a while, leaving many stories unfinished, but now I'm back and I'm going to try my best to keep you guys with updates for at least one of them. ^^)
Enjoy~
"I like you, Amu."
Amu stared at the man before her, a thousand different emotions coursing through her body. The most prominent one was disbelief, disbelief that the man she had liked for all her middle school years liked her back. Hidden between that disbelief, though, was also happiness for the same reason.
The girl nervously tucked her pink hair behind her ear, her shyness preventing her from expressing her true feelings. She wanted to scream. She wanted to laugh. And she wanted to hug him. And yet, instead, she stared at her own shoes, trying to calm her reddening cheeks and disperse the awkward atmosphere.
"Th-Thank you," she managed to say. "I-I'm...happy that you feel that way about me…"
"I'm not asking for an answer," he assured her, obviously noticing how uncomfortable she felt. "I just wanted you to know about my feelings."
Amu sucked in a breath, wanting to verbally express her feelings to him as well, but the words were stuck in her throat. He was leaving. She wouldn't see him again for four years.
"Oh, I have something for you." He unzipped a pocket of his backpack and took a small box out. "Here." The blonde placed the rectangular object in her hands. Stepping back, he gestured for her to open it.
Fumbling with the lid in her nervousness, the pinkette felt her cheeks grow even hotter than before as she followed his instructions. When she finally saw what was inside, she almost gasped out loud.
It was a silver lock, decorated with a four leaf clover of many colors. Amu carefully took hold of the chain it was strung on and held it up in the light, immersed by the beauty of this accessory.
She couldn't believe it. She was actually receiving such a beautiful piece of jewellery from the man she admired for all these years. Her mind refused to believe it.
"T-Tadase, this is absolutely beautiful. But it looks so expensive..."
"I'm leaving for America, I want you to have something to remember me by," he explained. His face was smiling, but his eyes told her he was in pain. "You can remember me as a friend."
"N-no!" she stammered, clutching the present in the palm of her hand. "I...To tell you the truth..." Amu fidgeted, her gaze travelling back to her shoes. "I've always liked you too!" The words all came out in one quick breath and the pinkette wasn't even sure if the man had heard her correctly. But all the courage she had mustered up had just been used. There was no way she could repeat it.
She suddenly felt a warm hand on her shoulder, and she glanced up at his face for a split second. That split second was all she needed though for his joyous expression to be embedded in her mind.
Amu couldn't help but smile herself.
"You're not joking or pranking me are you?" he asked.
She could only shake her head. Her lips felt numb.
Before she could react to anything else, Amu suddenly found herself being pulled into his arms. Her cheeks reddened and she struggled for a while but she couldn't deny that she felt a comforting warmth spread through her body from his touch. This was what she had wanted for so many years. And she finally got it.
But today was their last day.
It seemed that reality suddenly smacked her in the face because right then, she was finally aware of her surroundings. They were in an airport. Tadase was leaving and she wouldn't get to see him again.
No, she told herself. I want our parting to be a happy one.
Tadase's grip tightened when the boarding call for his flight echoed across the waiting area. He refused to move.
"Tadase," Amu whispered, trying to hold back her tears. "I think that's your flight."
"I know."
He didn't budge.
So the two stood there in an embrace for a while longer, none speaking, but basking in each other's presence. It was when the second boarding call for his flight was called that Amu forced herself to pull back.
"Go," she whispered. "You'll miss your flight."
Tadase's gaze seemed pained at the thought of them parting, but Amu assured him, "I'll wait for you." Yet no matter how happy she tried to be, the smile she gave him was a sad one.
She saw the blond take a deep breath, looking out the window, and then at her.
"Yeah. I promise I'll be back."
So that was the prologue! Hope you liked it and please review! I'd appreciate it! ^o^
The next chapter will be up in a few days!
