It was strange how something so everyday, so natural, something so very worthless to any other person, meant everything to Chiba Mamoru.
It had started when he had found the object, lying so inconspicuously on his green "Baka Jacket", as she called it. That same she was the cause of all this. All these new feelings that he wasn't entirely sure he liked, but loved at the same time.

Mamoru smiled, and put the 3 foot long strand of blonde hair back in the box, alongside two very special valentines cards, a photo of him and his parents, a coffee coupon from Motoki, a rose petal and a delicately wrapped caramel swirl.