Yuichi's point of view:

I don't even know what to say, I feel as if I could fly. I spent the whole morning with Ayu, we did a bunch of shopping. Before she was gonna leave and go home, I finally confessed my feelings to her. Luckily, the feeling was mutual.

Her fingers softly intwined with mine as we trotted along. I glanced at my watch to realize it was 1:00 pm. "Oh no!" I thought to myself. Shiori was expecting me by now.

"I'm really sorry, Ayu… I promised Shiori I'd see her so I gotta go."'

"It's alright, Shiori is my friend too! I'll just come along." She grinned cutely at me, causing me to turn bright pink.

We walked for a while until we finally arrived. We entered through the automatic doors and walked over to the lady at the front desk.

"How may I help you?" The lady asked us in a friendly tone.

"We're here to see Shiori Misaka!" Ayu and I say at the exact same time. She glances at me and giggles and I begin to laugh too. The lady at the desk begins to grin at us and I give her a welcoming smile back.

"She's on the 5th floor." She tells us. Ayu and I thank her and run to go find Shiori. We quietly sneak into the room, tiptoeing softly.

Shiori seems to be in a deep sleep; and is laying on her back. She is very pale as usual and you can tell she's in pain; but she is also very beautiful. It makes my heart ache in a way where I wanna hold her forever. Was that wrong, since I have Ayu? I honestly didn't know and I wasn't gonna be a jerk and tell Ayu. Especially since we had only began dating.

Wait what if she isn't just sleeping? I nearly have a heart attack from that thought. I glance over and look at her heart monitor to see that she's still alive. Thank goodness, I sigh in relief. Ayu grips onto my hand tighter and I realize that she's very tense. I softly take her hand and kiss it to reassure her everything is alright. She looks at me in surprise and begins to blush and I softly smile at her.

"So, should we wake her up?" Ayu whispered to me.

"Probably not but I do want her to know we're here." I replied.

1 2 3 "Shiori, Shiori we're here!" We exclaim in unison. Dang how do we keep doing this?

Her beautiful blue eyes open slowly, they look slightly red and you can tell that she's tired. She glances around the room in confusion. Me and Ayu remove our hands from one another and we simply just stare at her.

Finally Ayu yells excited, "Hi Shiori!" And at that moment I was trying hard not to facepalm.

"Ayu, quiet down! Shiori's trying to rest!" I scold. Ayu begins to whine as usual and Shiori starts to giggle a bit. We smile at each other for a brief second but I force myself to look away. Shiori suddenly sits up too quickly and rests her head in her hands. I can tell she is dizzy. "Be careful, Shiori… Remember you aren't supposed to do much movement." I remind her while softly patting her head. She begins to blush, I wonder why. Hopefully it wasn't wrong of me to do that or something.

"So why did Ayu come with?" Shiori blurts out. This surprises me because it doesn't seem like something she usually asks. "It's nice to see her too." She quick adds.

Befor I can say a word Ayu grabs my hand and exclaims: "Well you see, Shiori… Yuichi is my boyfriend now~!" We both begin to blush and I nod. Shiori's face looks even more pale like she's going to faint or something. I hope she doesn't feel like I'm abandoning her cause really I'm not… Well not really. But the bond I share with Shiori is rather different from what I share with Ayu. Shiori is not less important and honestly I love her, but it's more of a family love; while my bond with Ayu is more passionate.

My thoughts are interrupted by Shiori's eyes closing. Yep, just as I thought she fainted. I probably shouldn't have said anything, Shiori really isn't well and it's truly a miracle that she's alive. "Shiori, Shiori, are you okay?!" Ayu and I shouted but there was no reply. The nurse came rushing in and we were asked to leave. I walked away from her with tears in my eyes.