Another day fell upon Fuuka Academy; winter was drawing to an end as spring was soon to settle in. It had already been two months since that faithful night that Natsuki made her choice. And once again the Ice Princess was lazing about underneath a shady tree enjoying the warmth of the sunlight shinning through the puffy clouds in the sky. But her peaceful bliss was soon to be interrupted by a certain someone.

"OOOWWWWW!" WHAT THE HELL!" Natsuki shouted in pain while holding the back of her head. A tiny tear ran down her cheek that had escaped her tightly shut eyelid.

"Mmhmm. That's what you get for laying about and having that stupid look on your face."

"What stupid face! I was lying here minding my own business!" Natsuki, still holding one hand on the back of her head got up from the shady tree spot. She held one hand against the tree to keep her balance.

"You… are… going… to… kill… me." (Points to herself)

"Get over it Kuga. Trust me if I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. You're too stubborn to die plus you have the thickest skull ever known to man." She smirked and then gave Natsuki a kiss on her forehead.

"There. Feel better?" Natsuki grumbled and shook her head. She knelt down to pick up her bag, but the other girl grabbed it first. She hopped back a few steps waving Natsuki's bag around.

"Come on slowpoke!" She playfully said with a very big smile on her face. Natsuki (still in pain) couldn't help but to smile back. She felt so happy more so than she's had in months.

Two months ago, New Year's Eve night…

"Natsuki…"

"I … um… I wanted to say…" Natsuki choked on her words she couldn't get them out. She felt a rush of anguish course through her body. But she tensed up and tightened her fists.

"I need to tell you something… before I go… I—

"I know Natsuki. That's why you're here, to say… goodbye."

"Shizuru…" Natsuki uttered her name softly; there was a hint of sadness behind it. Shizuru smiled though reassuring the blue-haired beauty that everything would be fine.

"Natsuki you shouldn't be here though. It's almost midnight." Natsuki shook her head.

"I know! I have like 3 minutes left! But I had to come and tell you first Shizuru I had to! I couldn't just leave things the way they were, it wouldn't be right or fair, especially not to you. After everything you've done for me… always being there for me, protecting me, being my guarding angel in a way." Shizuru was moved by Natsuki's words as they rung truth. A few tears came cascading down her rose colored cheeks.

"You were the only friend I had… even though I pushed you away you still wanted to be by my side. And I thank you for that Shizuru; it means so much to me more than you will ever know. It's also one of the reasons why I did fall for you… but even though I do love you and cherish you as my best friend…" Natsuki trailed off as she stepped away from the door. She glanced up at Shizuru before continuing on.

"No matter how many times it comes down to it… I love her more than anything in this world. SHE is my important person." A very big and bright smile was placed on Natsuki's lips. With those last words to Shizuru she ran off to hurry to make it to Nao.

"Good luck… I hope you make it…" Shizuru whispered to herself wiping away her tears. Although she felt heartbroken in that moment she also felt content. She was losing Natsuki's love, but she still had her friendship and that's all she could ask for.

"OH MAN! HURRY, HURRY, HURRY! I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!" Natsuki revved her motorcycled racing blinding through the traffic in order to make it in time to see Nao. She only had a few seconds left at this point. Natsuki quickly halted her bike before smashing into another vehicle. She slammed her fists down on the handle bars of the bike; she hopped off leaving her bike in the middle of the traffic stand still by running through the streets to make it in time.

Nao stood in the town center near the clock tower, where she has been waiting for Natsuki for almost an hour. She was getting rather cold and looking up at the clock every second wasn't helping matters.

"She's… not coming… I'm such a fool." Nao sadly said to herself. She held herself rubbing her arms trying to keep warm, she heard the other people around her starting to count down to the New Year.

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

"I hate you Natsuki…" Nao began to walk away.

"7!"

"6!"

"NO! COME ON I'M ALMOST THERE!"

"5!"

"4!"

"NAO! WAIT FOR ME PLEASE!"

"3!"

"NAO!" Nao stopped before getting any further away from the clock tower. Even through the crowds loud shouting she could hear Natsuki calling out her name over them.

"2!"

"1!"

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

"Natsuki!"

"Nao! Nao where are you?" Nao begun running back to where she was standing, pushing her way through the people, little did she know on the other side of that crowd Natsuki was waiting. (I'm stupid… or I'm crazy but I swore I heard her)

"Nao! I'm here! I'm here… I'm too late… she probably figured I wouldn't show… DAMMIT!" As Natsuki cursed herself, she felt something tugging at her from behind. She couldn't even turn around as two arms were placed around her.

"You're always late… Kuga." Nao whispered into Natsuki's ear, she held her tighter and placed her head on Natsuki's shoulder.

"Nao… I'm sorry I'm late… I was trying so hard to get here. But I had to tell Shizuru I thought I had enough time—

"Shut up Natsuki. All that matters is that you're here. I heard you call my name…" She smiled and let go of Natsuki. Natsuki turned around to face her, seeing that smile on Nao's face made her heart beat fast.

"…I came running back. I heard you so I knew you were here. You came for me… you chose me." Natsuki placed her hands on either side of Nao's face. She smiled at her and shook her head.

"I didn't have to choose, it was always you Nao."

"Natsuki…"

"Happy New Year." Natsuki said before giving Nao a kiss on her soft lips. Nao returned the kiss and held back onto Natsuki.

"You know Nao you really need to stop hitting me though. I could get a concussion."

"Natsuki, please. You're a daredevil nothing could hurt you… besides you've fallen off of buildings and whatnot and you're still standing." Nao stated in a sarcastic way.

"Maybe… I made the wrong choice…" Natsuki replied while still rubbing her head. Nao glanced back at her with an icy stare.

"What was that?"

"Heh heh nothing." Natsuki weakly smiled and then let out a sigh of relief. (I shouldn't have said that but it was priceless to see that look on her face) Natsuki walked up over to Nao who was pouting a bit, and placed her hands on her waist.

"Kuga, what are you doing?"

"I wanted to hold onto you."

"Why?"

"Just in case I pass out, I wanna be able to hang onto you." They both chuckled. Nao placed her arms around Natsuki's neck and kissed her. They kept on kissing before they heard the school bell ring. They both groaned in unison, Natsuki rested her forehead on Nao's.

"Did you notice every time we're in the middle of something a ringing of some sort happens to interrupt us?"

"Well we can just make it up for later…" Nao said in a sultry tone. She gave Natsuki one more kiss before slipping out from under her arms and running down the dirt path.

"HURRY UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE!" Nao shouted back who snatched Natsuki's bag once again. Natsuki smiled and began to run after the fiery red-head.
(In a way things went back to normal. Nao and I are still the same, but I'm glad our relationship didn't change us too much and I'm even more grateful that Shizuru has come to terms with mine and Nao's relationship. I guess everything worked out alright in the end. Even if things didn't turn out the way they had, at the end of it I still would have been with the person I love most)

"HEY NAO WAIT FOR ME!" Natsuki shouted back at her lover. (BUT WHERE THE HELL DOES SHE KEEP GETTING ALL THOSE DAMN HEAVY BOOKS!)

The End~