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[Author Note] Here's the tenth chapter. Sorry about any typos and other writing errors.

(Chapter Ten - Meeting After 4 Years of Downheartedness)

Four years have now gone by, and Sena and Maya have not seen each other since the day she left on the plane when she was only thirteen years of age. Maya was now seventeen years old, and she has become very, very famous. So famous that she really started to hate how much attention she was getting.

She may have gotten a lot of praise over the years, but she was still very humble and thought little of herself. Maya is still single at the moment. In fact, she never dated anyone else since the day she dated Sena years ago, and that's when she was really young. She still thought about him even after all of these years, which depressed her.

Sena was quite famous himself. Over the years, the D-Bats gained a reputation like no other, and Sena was their top player. They were the best college football team there was, and they were going to go professional league soon. Sena was much, much more mature now. In fact, he was actually kind of a scary guy to most people.

He no longer was a wimp; he was now a strong and courageous young man. Sena was now nineteen. He still thought about Maya a lot and never dated anyone else either. The two were very well-known, but they never heard or seen each other since that one day when she left on that plane. It was in the middle of November and it was a cold, yet warm kind of day, but this day was going to reunite the two back together.

The two just so happened to be in the same city at the same time. Sena was walking over towards a diner to get something to eat, and Maya was on her way to rehearsal. This ordinary day was going to be one of the most ecstatic days of their lives. They were walking through a huge crowd and it was very hard to get through here. Sena had earphones in his ears; he was listening to a song called "Endless Possibility". Today just seemed like any ordinary day, but that was until they bumped into each other.

"Ouch!" yelped the sharp haired boy.

"Oops! I'm sorry!" was her response, but after she said that, she gasped. It was like she knew who he was the very moment she saw him. She stared at him with her mouth slightly open, she couldn't believe it was him. He stared at her back, recognizing her also.

"K-Kobayakawa?" she softly spoke as she held her hands up to her mouth, tears dwelling up in her eyes.

"Kitajima?" he said back, a smile now on his face.

The young woman did not hesitate to give him a long-awaited hug. She started to cry on his shoulder in contentment as they hugged. She was so happy to see him again; she thought she'd never, ever see him again. Sena was very happy himself, but tried to keep himself from getting too excited. This felt like a dream to him, and oh what a dream it was.

Today seemed like the same bull crap awaited him, but instead he got to see the one he loved when he was young, and he still was in love with her; she was still head-over-heels for him, too. She felt so warm and so soft. This embrace felt so powerful and amazing to him; her also. And her scent, she smelled so darn good to him. Even without perfume, Maya's natural scent was like Glade Spray to Sena. She was indeed the perfect woman to him, and he couldn't ask for anyone better.

Sena was kind of worried about the way he smelled, he knew he wasn't exactly shower fresh, which felt embarrassing to him. If he had of known that he would have ran into her today, heck, he would have put on a tuxedo for crying out loud. They didn't want to ever let go of each other, they wanted to stay like this forever, but that's not the way life works.

They soon let go of each other as they looked one another in the face. As if he thought that she couldn't have looked any more beautiful than before, well he has just been proven wrong. Back then, Maya was just a child, but now she's a young woman, and boy, did she look amazing.

Her beautiful, auburn hair was so much longer now; it traveled all the way down her back and stopped at her bottom. Her eyes were smaller and also slanted a bit, which looked dazzling. She was dressed up in a fancy looking purple dress, also wearing purple sandals that showed off her gorgeous, petite feet. Sena believed that there was no way that she was still single; she was too flawless to still be single. He wanted to ask her about it so badly, but knew he couldn't just bring such a thing up, not just yet, now wasn't the right time.

Sena looked pretty different himself, and he was very handsome to Maya. His hair has grown quite a bit and it looked even spikier than before, some of his hair hung down in front of his face as it covered his left eye. He was also pretty muscular, but not too much, he never wanted to be too ripped. His face was now much thinner looking, and his eyes were smaller.

His eyes made him look sort of mad all of the time because of the way they were shaped and how slanted his eyebrows were. He was wearing a black tank-top and a pair of long, orange shorts. He also had on some cool looking black sneakers. Maya, too, believed that he wasn't single. She thought he looked way too charming to be single.

"Uh, Maya, if you're not busy, maybe we could go get a bite to eat down at the diner down the corner from here. I was just on my way down there, so I thought maybe you'd like to go, too." Sena was a lot bolder also. If she said no, then that was it, but she would be more than delighted to go with him.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea! I'd love to go! I am pretty hungry," she happily replied, her cheeks tinting pink at just the thought of being around him again.

Sena smiled at her as he responded, "I'm glad. By the way, I'm going to pay for you; my treat, okay?" She glared at him in awe, speechless at his words. He was just as kind as he was years ago.

"Thank you," she said, giving him back a smile of her own. They both then began to walk down the crowded streets together, side by side each other. They couldn't believe that they met again. They both wanted to just scream with joy like there was no tomorrow, but instead just acted more calm about it.

Sena caught himself unintentionally looking at her; he couldn't keep his eyes from off of her, she was just too amazing to him. She was his love, his life, his everything. At a time, she felt like she was being watched, she literally felt his eyes watching her. She turned her head and looked at him, which made him quickly turn away, his cheeks blushing madly with a reddish color. She just smiled at him as they continued walking.

When they entered the diner, people immediately recognized the two. What was the famous actress doing with the famous football player? That's what most of the people were thinking when they saw them together like this. Sena and Maya took their seats and noticed everybody looking at them; they knew what they were thinking, too.

Maya brushed her bangs away from her eyes as she softly spoke, "I think people are probably wondering why they see us together. They're going to spread gossip, I just know it."

"Then let them spread it," he said back, voice sounding frank. "What can they say about us anyway?" he asked her as he looked into her eyes, her eyes were far too beautiful to him.

"Kobayakawa?" she then said to him, completely avoiding his question. Her voice had that certain sound to it, that serious tone of voice that he remembered back when they were kids. He knew he really had to pay close attention to whatever she was about to say.

"Yeah?" responded a curious Sena.

The young woman began to look really nervous as she said in a silent tone of voice, "If you don't mind me asking or anything, I just wanted to know if… if you had a girlfriend." He didn't see this coming. He knew he was going to ask her something like this, but he didn't expect her to ask him such a thing. The fact that she even asked him this made him believe that she was still single, and the truth was yes she still was, just like him.

"No, I'm still a single guy," was his answer, still looking intensely into her eyes, his voice sounding as expressive as ever.

"I'm still single, too," she quickly responded.

The thorny haired teen then put his hand on his face and looked at her; the look he gave her pierced her heart like an arrow. It made her feel like he could of read her mind if he wanted to. She couldn't say anything to him; she only looked back at him with curiosity.

After a few seconds later, he then said, "There's no way a girl as beautiful as you can still be alone. Please, don't be shy. Just tell me who the lucky guy is. That is if you don't mind." He was starting to confuse her now, make her feel opaque with mix-up, but she was certain about what she had to say.

"It's you, Sena Kobayakawa. I loved you back when we were children and I still love you now. I always will. I just couldn't think about being with somebody else. Nobody can ever make me feel the way you make me feel, and they never will." Was he dreaming? He really, really felt like he was in one.

He was reunited with the girl he loved since his younger years, and here she is now confessing her love to him, and he felt exactly the same way. This had to be their destiny, what else could it of been? He gently put his hand on top of hers and retorted sincerely, "I love you, too, Maya Kitajima. I believe today was our fate, don't you think? I knew we'd see each other again, I just knew it! I always thought about you, every day I thought about you, but I couldn't see you anymore. I don't think I can take it if you leave me again, Kitajima. Our careers are in our way, they don't want us to be together, but we can come up with something, right?"

Maya then put her hand on top of his and moved her head closer towards his; they could feel each other's breath touch their faces, and fresh breath it was, thank goodness. "Please, Sena, call me Maya. I believe we're close enough to call each other by our first names; our feelings are mutual, after all. I agree with you, Sena. This has to be fate! There is not an excuse for it not to be! We will come up with something; we just have to think, that's all." He nodded in response.

"You're right, Maya."

"I rehearse today, do the play tomorrow at 3:00 PM, and then leave the next day," said the beautiful brunette.

"My football game is tomorrow also, but it starts at 9:00 PM," replied the young man.

Sena noticed Maya just staring at him. She didn't say anything back to him; she just gazed at him with that million dollar smile of hers. Seeing her preform this action made him marvel.

"Is something wrong?" he asked her with concern. Seconds later, tears began to fall from her eyes, amassing his worry. "Maya, what's the matter?" he asked her again, voice louder.

She began to wipe the tears away from her eyes, later looking at him while happily saying, "I'm sorry… I'm just so happy to see you again." He was simply touched by her words. He couldn't fathom how someone like Maya even exists, yet alone loves him.

"Maya," he said to her, putting his other hand on top of hers. They glared at each other again, feeling some sort of outlandish sentiment sink inside of them. Even after four years of not seeing each other, they knew that they were still in love with each other, and there was no escaping that. He looked at her lips, wanting so bad to feel the gentle caress of them against his mouth. At this very moment, getting a kiss from her was to die for; she was feeling the exact same way, focusing her attention on his maws.

Right when their heads started to move towards one another's, they heard the waitress say bluntly, "Excuse me! May I take your order, love birds?"

That disheveled female voice made them both jump in shock. They totally forgot where they were at and what they came here for. "Oh my, how embarrassing!" she said in a playful sort of tone.

"Ha-ha, yeah," said Sena as he rubbed the back of his head.

"How cute, now order," retorted the waitress who was chewing bubble gum.

After about half an hour later, they both got done eating and talking things out, but still didn't know exactly how to stay with each other. It seemed like it just couldn't happen. They walked back outside and were about to go on their separate ways. They were standing in the middle of the crowd, tons of people walking by them. They stood close in front of each other, grinning as they were about to part away.

"Well, I'll be sure to see you preform," he proudly exclaimed, giving her a smile.

"And I'll be sure to see your football game," she replied back with a smile on her face. They really didn't want to leave, they wanted to stay together forever, but now was not the time when something like that was even possible, but something else was. "Thank you for everything you've done today, Sena. You're such an amazing person, and I hope we get to see each other again real soon."

"Likewise, Maya, I hope we get to see each other again, too. You're welcome, by the way." She couldn't take it; she had to let out this inner feeling of passion.

Maya gently placed her hands on Sena's shoulders, which shot a sharp sensation inside of his body, making him shudder a bit; her touch felt so heavenly. She moved her head closer towards his, getting ready to kiss him, and he really started to feel his knees knocking now.

"But Maya, people can see us, a whole lot of people," he informed her, sounding kind of nervous, but trying to hide it.

Her eyes began to look half lidded as she whispered, "I don't care. Just let this moment be what it is." He felt like he was talking to one of God's very own angels. The softness of her touch, the beauty of her face and body, the tenderness of her voice, all of it relaxed him.

"Maya," he said in a soft voice, smoothly wrapping his arms around her thin, curvaceous waist.

"Sena," she spoke back, her voice just as lenient.

They both closed their eyes, in unison, and then pressed their lips softly against each other's. They quickly melted in this blissful moment. This was their first and actual REAL kiss, and it couldn't have felt better. Knowing that they couldn't get too passionate with their actions, they had to stop, and that was hard, but doable. Twelve seconds later, they broke the kiss, a long gaze taking place soon after.

"I love you," was the last thing she said before walking away, vanishing in the crowd.

"I love you, too, Maya," he spoke with sadness as he watched his true and only love disappear before his eyes.

Okay, okay! This chapter took a while to finish, not that anyone cares. Until next time! I hope someone's liking this story AND the pairing ^_^.