Author's Note: …Ugh… I'm a lazy slug… I'm not even going to bother with any excuses for why this is months late… However, I will say that, hopefully, you'll be able to expect updates more often starting within the next month or so, because school is starting, and we all know how much of a procrastinator I am. I'll probably be writing more chapters to take a break from homework.

Anyways, here we go. I hope this chapter's okay! Umm… It's a little weird, because it stays in third-person, but at the same time, it kind of switches from Sana to Akito and goes back and forth… Hopefully it's understandable…

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Sana tip-toed, trying to sneak out of the room and avoid Akito still. Once she got into the hall, she glanced left. When she looked the other way, however, he was standing right next to the doorway, leaning against the wall.

"I can see you," he said, sounding emotionless, but he was actually pretty amused.

"O-of course you can," Sana stammered. "Why wouldn't you be able to? It's not like I was trying to sneak past you or anything… Umm.. Sorry, Akito, I'll talk to you later. I have to go the girl's room." And with that, she ran as fast as she could to the bathroom.

Closing the door carefully behind her, Sana went to stand in front of the sinks and mirrors. "Okay, time for super-secret-plan-B!" she said, reaching under one of the sinks and pulling out a garbage can. She tied the bag and took it out, setting it back down. Then, she climbed into the trash can and started twisting left and right to make each side move forward.

She shuffled over to the door that way and, seeing Akito still standing down the hall, Sana went into a classroom. Leaving her garbage can disguise just inside the door, she sat (or, more specifically, hid) under a desk. About 30 seconds later, she heard footsteps enter the room, but she didn't dare move to look at who it was.

Akito sat on the desk that Sana was hiding under and set his feet on the chair. "So, why are you trying to avoid me?" he asked.

'Dang it, he found me,' Sana thought. Then, she popped out from under the desk and squatted in front of it, saying, "Why would you think that?"

"I don't know…" he said sarcastically. "Maybe because you've barely said a word to me in the past two days, disappear every time I try to talk to you, disguise yourself as a trash can, and hide under desks."

Sana blushed. She really hadn't realized just how obvious she was being. The only thing she could think of to say, though, was, "Sorry…"

"Then I take it you're not going to answer me?"

"Huh?"

"I asked why you're trying to avoid me," Akito repeated.

'Shouldn't that be kind obvious?' Sana thought. "Umm… Well…" There was an awkward silence, and once again, she had no clue what to say.

"Whatever," Akito said, slightly annoyed. "Come here."

Sana stood up the rest of the way and walked towards him, to the side of the desk, with a questioning look on her face.

Akito swung his legs off the chair and to the side so he was facing her. Then, he grabbed her shoulders.

'Oh no, he's going to kiss me again, isn't he,' Sana thought, beginning to panic. However, she made to attempt to move. Instead, she stood stiff as a board.

Then, he did something completely unexpected. He pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry," he said, so quietly that Sana barely heard it.

She hugged him back, resting her head on his shoulder. She didn't reply to his comment, mainly because she wasn't entirely sure what he was sorry about. Maybe because he had actually kissed her during the play? Did he actually realize that was why she had been avoiding him?

The answer to both of those questions, although Sana didn't know it, was yes. Then, she lifted her head, looked at Akito, and leaned forward, giving him a quick peck on the lips before putting her head back down and wondering what would happen next. Would he kiss her again? Keep hugging her? Or maybe… Maybe he would hate her? Would he push her away? The thought terrified Sana.

Finally, Akito had gotten the sign he needed to give him enough courage. He gently pushed Sana out of the hug and away from himself. He felt bad after seeing her eyes widen in… Was that… Fear? Of what?

Rejection.

When he realized what she was thinking, he wanted to pull her back again, but he needed to say this before he lost his nerve. Akito looked down at the floor, not wanting to see that expression anymore. "I…" he paused for a moment. "I love you," he said, his voice becoming more steady. 'I can't believe I just told her that,' he thought as he looked back up at her face.

Sana's eyes widened in disbelief. She had run through thousands of possibilities in her mind, but that wasn't one that she'd thought was even slightly possible. "Are you… Joking?" she asked cautiously. She thought she might break if she had to go through that humiliation, just like she had when she found out everything with Rei was a lie. Then she saw the hurt look on Akito's face and realized that she had said the wrong thing entirely. "I'm sorry… I-I love you, too," she said, launching herself back into a hug with him as she began to cry.

Akito felt his shirt being soaked with her tears, but he didn't care. He just held her like that for a while until she stopped crying. They didn't say anything else until Sana noticed the time. "Oh no! I have to get home!" she yelled.

Akito still didn't say anything. Instead, he just nodded and walked her home before going to his own house. Then he laid down on his bed and ran through the day's events in his head.

'I guess this means we're going out now,' he thought. Neither of them had said anything about it, but it was kind of an unspoken agreement. After all, it's not like they were each going to confess their love and then be able to stand being just friends. Even oblivious Sana understood what this meant.

So much had happened today, so… Why didn't it feel much different than before?

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Okay, yeah, that was another terrible ending, sorry! I think there's only going to be one or two more chapters of this story.