Yo! Let us start this week, well right? Here you have chapter 14! I can't thank you enough everyone, thanks for giving this a chance.

Chapter 14: The yearning heart

Fukawa moved around the halls and looked for her safe place. A zone she felt safe. She reached for the roof. And just stood on the roof. She needed air, she needed to relax. She was in a train wreck of emotions. Her heart was beating like crazy in a mix between both the running and how she had felt kissing Naegi.

She didn't know why. She could only wonder. But she had kissed him. It had just felt the most natural thing to do.

The moon was a witness for Fukawa. It smiled while looking at her, either on congratulations or mocking she didn't know. But the fact remained the same for Fukawa. She had kissed Naegi, and it wasn't in the cheek. If anything, it was like when Shou had kissed Naegi.

And now she was on the rooftop laying with her back against the floor. She could only look at the clear moon smiling. Fukawa could only look at the moon and remember a poem she once heard.

"Mrs. Moon, sitting up in the sky, little old lady, rock-a-bye, with a ball of fading light, and silvery needles, knitting the night"

Her soft voice echoed in the night, the wind taking her words floating away through the night sky, the only witness of her confusion.

"Why… why did I kiss you?"

Fukawa could only look at the sky. Hoping that maybe it would envelop her and finish her problems through a single action. Yet while those thoughts were always welcomed in the end this time was different, she just didn't want to disappear. For her heart asked something else.

It asked for Naegi. She just started to speak her thoughts, she was tired and her body was exhausted. She just needed to let it all out.

"If love is a magnet… Are you steel? Why do I get pulled to you? What is it that brings me to you… Why is your heart so kind and warm? Why are you so full of optimism…? If I ask…would you stay with me Makoto?"

Fukawa started to cry after she finished her words. She wanted for that. She didn't know why she was crying, she was simply exhausted. She wasn't used to letting her emotions out like that. Her world was words and paper. A much simpler outlet for her thoughts, but right now she just needed to hear herself. To speak what was in her heart.

She stayed on the floor looking at the moon. Asking for something. Anything.

As Naegi climbed the stairs to the roof he was thinking he needed to see her. To make sure she was okay, she had gone running away after she kissed him. The mere thought of the kiss was enough to make Naegi become red-faced in less than a second. He needed to understand. Did Touko like him too?

As Naegi walked to the roof he could hear Fukawa speaking. He approached silently being careful to not scare her. Yet he heard her words. And after that, he heard her soft sobbing. She was crying.

If anyone saw the situation and asked him why he did what he did. Naegi wouldn't have an answer. He would just say it felt right.

Naegi walked and let himself fall on the floor, right next to Fukawa while holding her hand. The sudden contact made Fukawa stop her sobbing and look at Naegi without standing. She saw him, he was embarrassed holding her hand. It wasn't a hard grip, no, it was a caring one.

He was with a red face looking to the sky, she didn't say a word. She just smiled as her left hand was holding Naegi right. She tightened her grip. Both only looked at the moon. No one said any word. They were just enjoying the night sky.

Just like they had done before. It was simply their moment. And yet, Naegi broke the silence.

"I will stay with you Touko"

The grip on Naegi hand got tighter when she acknowledged his answer. While not with her voice, her grip said everything to Naegi.

"Thank you…Makoto"

Both were embarrassed. While they liked each other, it was obvious they had troubles showing it. Still. This was their moment. Under the night sky, both embarrassed, but never letting go the hand of the other. This was the moment they both needed.

The yearning heart was done with yearning. It was fulfilled.

Fukawa decided to move closer to Naegi. She smiled. She didn't understand, but she felt elated. Naegi brought happiness. And he didn't even need to say anything. He just brought happiness with him. Naegi felt a smile on his face too when Fukawa got closer.

She was the one to spoke first. Firm and with decision Fukawa didn't even stutter once.

"Are we together Makoto?"

Naegi was caught off guard with the question. Yet he found himself answering.

"I-I guess we a-are… if you are okay with it of course Touko!"

Fukawa giggled, she enjoyed the honesty that Makoto showed.

"Good…"

She stood up and saw Naegi with her eyes. Hazel met grey once again, and Naegi could feel butterflies in his stomach looking at the smiling Fukawa under the moonlight.

Needless to say, both were happy, while both had different reactions they were both sharing something, they were speaking the same language, a language that often can only be understood by those who are in love.

Touko Fukawa, Shou, both sides of the same person loved one Makoto Naegi, and it was as simple as that, he was what both sides were lacking. Someone who loved them for who they were, he didn't want them to change. To him, they were already perfect.

The moon surely was mocking Naegi whose bravery had gone away, and congratulating Fukawa who was kissing the boy she liked.

CUT! Well, as you imagine, this was short due to the fact a chapter will be coming soon.

Chapter 15: Love is a battlefield.