*Author's Note: Sorry for spelling Kousei wrong in the last chapter, I feel terrible for it trust me. Also THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS, I literally got up from my chair and started dancing (yes that's how happy I am, so please continue reviewing). This chapter will include a bit of WatariXTsubaki, although the anime never hinted to anything that was going between those two I find that they suit each other pretty well that's why I decided to add them in.

Chapter 2 – The Confession Through Words

He rushed to the hospital as soon as he heard she was back in her room. He definitively wasn't athletic but he ran without stopping from his house all the way to the hospital. But right at the entrance he saw Watari. Indecisiveness plagued him once again, he has almost forgotten that she liked Watari not him.

"Yo," said Watari in a cheery voice as he spotted Kousei. "Here to visit my Kaori-chan as well?"

"Ah, well," said Kousei looking down, "I can always come again. I don't want to third wheel you guys right now."

"Don't you really like her?" said Watari with a frown.

"Of course, but I'm not you Watari. She would want to see you."


She heard the door open and sat up excitedly. "I was wondering when you were going to show up."

"Oh…," said Kaori, she would be lying if she said she wasn't disappointed when she saw Watari. "Hey Watari!"

"Not the person you wanted to see huh?" said Watari with a smile.

"H-huh? No that's not-,"stuttered Kaori in embarrassment before being cut off by Watari.

"Don't worry," said Watari as he dragged Kousei into the room. "I brought him along as well."

"Kousei!" yelled Kaori as she saw him stumble forward, her tears starting to swell up again.

"Um, h-hi are you feeling better," stuttered Kousei surprised by how happy she seemed to be when she saw him.

"110%!" said Kaori happily.

"That's good," said Kousei walking into the room and feeling his cheeks start to redden as he got closer to her.

"Ah!" yelled Watari still at the door. "I forgot I have something to do right now. I'll see you guys later!" Waved goodbye and walked away. 'You idiot, I'm the one that's third wheeling.'

He always felt that Kaori didn't really like him, sure she always seemed interested in what he said and he's no doubt confident in his looks. But there hasn't been a single when she relied on him, it was always Kousei. He didn't really mind, he was happy for Kousei that he could find someone that suited him. Plus, he's been in love with another girl for the longest and now is the time to make his move.

As he got to the front door he came face to face with Tsubaki. "Yo!"

"Hey," said Tsubaki. "You're done visiting already?"

"Something just came up and I had to leave."

"Alright, I'll see you later," said Tsubaki as she was walking past him but was stopped by Watari grabbing her arm.

"I think you should leave those two alone for a little," said Watari locking eye contact with her. "Kousei likes her."

"But she likes you, so it doesn't really matter," said Tsubaki as she tried yank away her arm.

"No, she likes him as well," said Watari still not letting go.

"Let me go Watari!" said Tsubaki with a loud angry voice which made others turn their attention to the two of them. "What's your problem?"

"I know you like him but don't get in the way of his happiness!" yelled Watari which made Tsubaki stop struggling. She looked down and started crying and he let go of her.

"You wouldn't understand!" yelled Tsubaki running out of the hospital.

She ran and ran, away from the hospital, away from the reality that Kousei doesn't love her back. She ran to the park she used to always play in when she was little and went inside a tiny tube that's way too small for her and cried in there. It didn't take a long time for Watari to catch up and he crouched down outside the hole.

"Hey shouldn't us two broken hearted people comfort each other?" said Watari jokingly.

"Shut up, you'll just hop to another girl and forget in no time."

"No trust me," said Watari seriously looking into Tsubaki's eyes. "I understand better than anyone what it feels like to love someone when they love someone else."


Kousei took a seat beside Kaori's bed waiting for the usually energetic girl to start the conversation but she didn't say anything. She just simply looked at him, which caused him to super self conscious.

'Do I have something on my face? Oh no! Do I smell bad? I know I forgot to take a bath yesterday because I was too tired. What if she thinks I'm a slob now?' These thoughts caused Kousei to panic; it caused him to be more nervous than he was when he was performing. This in turn caused him to become depressed, he finally was alone with the girl he loved and this happens.

"Hey," said Kaori with a smile, "you're looking down again."

"Oh, sorry!" apologized Kousei and immediately sitting up rigidly straight which made Kaori laugh.

"So…um, are you all better now or is this only…," said Kousei in a quiet tone, he couldn't bear to think that the surgery only prolonged her life by only a year or so. It was way too short.

"My doctor said I'm all better now," said Kaori in a cheerful voice. The news was almost too good to be true, which made Kousei think that he misheard her.

"What?"

"What kind of response is that!?"

"No…it's just I thought there wasn't a cure yet."

"Well apparently there was a social fad about dumping ice water on your head or something like that and there was a large sum of donation to the organization that was researching the cure to my disease. I'm pretty lucky that they managed to find a medicine that can help stop the death of motor neurons and with some other medicine I can slowly regain my muscle movements then I'll be fully recovered!"

"You're…you're not lying right?" said Kousei barely able to get the words out. He was stuck between two emotions right now, fear and happiness. Fear that this sounds so ridiculous that it's not actually real and happy that if it is then it wouldn't be a stretch to say this is a miracle.

"C'mon have a little faith in me," said Kaori with a pout. "You don't trust me?"

"I…I trust you," said Kousei on the edge of crying tears of joy. "I'm…just so happy."

"Aw don't go crying on me."

"I-I'm not crying!" said Kousei wiping away his tears and looking up and seeing that Kaori is about to cry as well. "Will you make it back in time for graduation?"

"You bet! Wait…oh crap I might not even graduate!"

"What?! Why not?"

"I thought I was going to die so…I didn't really pay much attention in school," said Kaori laughing a little and looking away embarrassed.

"Well…if you can make it in time for the Royal Conservatory Music Competition in February and win then you'll probably be accepted in the high school I'm applying to. They mainly look at your achievements and if you have a good record then they'll let you in so if you win the competition you'll have it in time to put it on your application not to mention that competition is pretty famous."

"Thank God, you're a life saver Kousei."

"N-no problem," said Kousei, in all honesty he just wanted her to go to the same high school as him. There were a whole bunch of solutions that could solve her problem but he decided that he's going to be selfish this one time.

There was a brief moment of silence before he noticed a letter sealed with a black cat sticker on the food holder in front of Kaori.

"What's that," said Kousei as he got up and reached for it.

"Wait no! Don't read that!" yelled Kaori but she still didn't full control of her body yet therefore couldn't act in time to prevent Kousei from taking the letter.

He looked at her again and noticed that her face was completely red and realized this was probably a love letter…to Watari. Now he didn't really care what she wrote, in fact it was better if he never saw what was inside.

"Y-you're not allowed to read that," said Kaori in a nervous tone. "I'll kill you if you do."

"Is this a love letter?" asked Kousei, the words came out before he could stop them. For some reason the fact that she wrote a love letter to Watari for after her death is both hurting him and making him angry.

'What the hell, how did he know?!' thought Kaori, surprised and even more embarrassed that he was so straight forward about it.

'No answer huh? I guess there are no doubts now,' thought Kousei.

"You don't want to read it?" asked Kaori now confused when Kousei was about to put it back on the food holder.

"Why would I want to read your love letter to Watari?" asked Kousei even more confused.

"What are you talking about that letter is for y-," said Kaori but then quickly shutting her mouth.

"It's for me?!" said Kousei in a surprised tone, he quickly took the letter back and flipped it over. To Mr. Arima Kousei.

"It's for you but you're not allowed to read it now that I'm still here!"

"Too bad," said Kousei teasingly, starting to open the envelope and taking full advantage of the fact that Kaori couldn't beat him up right now. To be even more of a tease he decided to read the letter out loud.

"Dear Mr. Arima Kousei!" said Kousei loudly which made Kaori's face turn an even darker shade of red.

"You are terrible, indecisive…a blockhead…a complete idiot." 'What.' It was definitively not what he was expecting.

'No, no, no, if you keep reading you'll find out.'

He decided to read the rest in his head in case there are more insults. He'd rather not make fun of himself out loud, after all this may be a trap all along and she was baiting him to read it.

"Oh you used to play the piano huh?"

"Wait Kousei I'll tell you what's in the letter so stop read-"

"WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE WATARI?!"

"Okay, no I do-"

"So you do like Watari?"

"No, I…"

"Do you or do you not?!" asked Kousei cutting Kaori off again.

"SHUT UP AND LISTEN YOU IDIOT!" yelled Kaori which caused a nurse to come in.

"What's going on in here!" yelled a nurse in an angry tone.

"N-nothing," said both Kousei and Kaori.

After the nurse left, Kaori took a deep breath and said, "I don't like Watari Ryouta."

"Why would you lie about that?"

"To bring you to me."

"Why would you…"

"Because...," said Kaori as she looked into his eyes, "I love you."

"You…I…," stuttered Kousei, his head was spinning and he couldn't even form a proper sentence. He was still desperately trying to figure whether what she just said actually happened or was just his imagination.

"You don't have to say anything," said Kaori with a teasing smile. "I already know the answer."

"Huh?" said a confused Arima. 'So was it real? I think it was real…'

"Are you not embarrassed? Playing out a confession in front of all those people," said Kaori still teasing.

"Wait you heard it?"

"Yup," said Kaori and then went on to do a Yoda impression, "the power of music is strong with this one." This made both of them burst into laughter.

"Do you think I'm weird?"

"No," said Kousei as he got up and sat on the bed, "I'm happy it reached you."

'You filled my monotone world with colors. You gave my ability to play the piano back. You showed me a clear future,' thought Kousei as he looked into her eyes which made her pulse race and her face red. It was her turn now to start loosing her mind, unable to tease him about staring at her in a perverted way, unable to say anything.

'You would probably say something like, 'I didn't do anything, you made everything happen yourself', but that would be the worst lie of them all because there's no way I could have done this alone…'

"I love you too."

*Author's Note: Thank you for reading and please review XD. I know this chapter was a lot dialogue but expect more cute moments in the next chapter when Kaori regains some of her abilities to move. Also tell me what you guys think of the Watari and Tsubaki pair and if I should do more!

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