Chapter 14 Finally Together

Tsukasa's POV

"Now, go find her, and tell her that you love her!"

These words took me by surprise.

"Wh…what", I asked in shock. "Saki, you want me to go and tell Ichika that I love her?"

"Yes", Saki replied.

"Does that mean…that you are okay with us being in a relationship", I asked hopefully.

"I am one hundred and ten percent okay with it", Saki replied.

"But", I started. "What about the problems it could cause with your relationship with Ichika?"

"Yeah yeah", Saki started. "Ichi-Chan told me all about that, and I don't care!"

With that, Saki suddenly grabbed onto my hands.

"Onii-Chan", she started. "I love both you and Ichi-Chan so much! I want you guys to be happy! So if being together makes you two happy, then that's what I want! We can deal with any problems that come with it together!"

"Saki", I said, getting emotional.

"Now why are you just standing around", Saki asked. "Go get Ichi-Chan, Onii-Chan!"

With that, Saki pushed me towards my door before motioning to me to get a move on.

I took a deep breath, and then…I ran downstairs and out the door.

As I ran through the town looking for Ichika, tons of thoughts and doubts swirled around in my head.

But then…when I ran past the park…I noticed a familiar set of black hair.

I stopped in my tracks before looking up…and spotting Ichika sitting on top of the jungle gym.

When I saw her…all of my doubts vanished…and I knew what I had to do.

"Ichika!"

When I yelled this, Ichika turned her head around…and looked at me in shock.

"Stay there", I yelled. "I'll come to you!"

With that, I climbed to the top of the jungle gym as quickly as I could.

"H…hey", I greeted nervously.

"Hey", Ichika greeted nervously.

Then…I pulled myself up and sat down next to her.

"The stars look beautiful tonight", she said.

"They do", I agreed. "We used to do this together all the time back then."

"Yeah", Ichika said. "We did."

After Ichika said this, she took a deep breath before she continued talking.

"That was a hard time for me", she revealed, getting me to look at her. "Saki was in the hospital, and Honami and Shiho were avoiding me. But when I spent time with you, all that sadness went away."

Hearing these words made my heart race, and gave me the confidence to say the same.

"I felt the same", I revealed.

"What do you mean", Ichika asked.

"That was a hard time for me too", I revealed. "My sister was stuck in a hospital far away, and my parents were always going to see her. To be honest, I was lonely."

"Tsukasa…", Ichika started.

"But when I was with you, I didn't feel lonely anymore."

After I said this…I looked directly at Ichika.

"Ichika", I started. "When you confessed your feelings to me, I wanted nothing more than to tell you that I felt the same! But I was scared. Scared that I would mess things up between us, but I think I may have done that anyway."

With that…I finally said the words that I had been wanting to say for so long.

"Ichika", I started. "I…I love you!"

This took Ichika by surprise.

"Y…you do", she asked.

"I do", I replied. "And I want us to be together, regardless of the challenges we may face!"

With that, Ichika looked at me in shock.

But then…tears began to fall from her eyes…and she smiled.

"I love you too, Tsukasa."

With that, I wrapped Ichika into my arms.

Finally, we were together.