Author's Note : Thank you all for reading and reviewing. It's a sad moment when a story ends, isn't it? Yes, that's right. This is the last chapter, but, if you like it enough and think it deserves a sequel, please review and let me know! I'd like to thank Tsukiyo Hoshi for being my beta-reader in those few chapters I updated without her permission *looks around* and I'd like to thank ... Taka and La'Cryma Christi for ROCKING! Now on to the last chapter of Falling For You!
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Shin walked and walked and walked. He knew he wouldn't catch up to Touma, he just had to think of where he would go. He thought for a while, and finally figured it out.
"Taxi!" He called out, waving his hand in the air. It took him a while to realize that there wasn't anyone driving on the road. So, he ran. As he ran, all the thoughts of Crystal Pepsi left his mind, and they were replaced with thoughts and memories of Touma.
Touma had been his friend for a long time. His confidante. Touma had helped him so much, Shin wanted to repay that to him. Touma had always been there, before Ami, during, and after. His blue haired friend had been even a better person than the one he thought he loved.
Then it struck him. It hit him so hard he almost fell down with surprise. He started running again, harder and faster. Because he had to find out what was wrong with Tou and how to help, and now he also had to tell him something. Something important.
Touma drove to the spot where he had talked to Shin about Ami cheating on him. That night, he found Shin at Charlies, drunk. This afternoon, he had found Seiji, sober, but entangled with Charlie, the owner of the bar. He was crushed. He couldn't face anyone. Not even Shin, who he thought of as his best friend.
He got out of his car and sat on his hood, much like he did with Shin that night. He sat there, alone, and cried. He couldn't believe the pain he had.
"Well," he said to the air around him. "Now I know what Shin went through with Ami."
"Not yet, you don't." the air behind him replied.
Actually, Shin replied, trying to breathe in air. "See..." he said, between gasps. "I had someone to go through it with. I had you. The person that I ran three miles for to tell him something very important. And to find out what the problem was." Shin sat next to his friend on the hood.
"Shin...." Touma said, sobbing. "Seiji was...." He couldn't even bring himself to say it. Touma broke down. He grabbed hold of Shin, crying.
Shin nodded and put one arm around his crying comrade. "I know. It hurts. You've been cheated on. Like I have. But you'll find someone better. Someone who cares for you the same way you care for him. ...Like I have."
Touma stopped crying long enough to look up into Shin's eyes. "....What?" he looked dazed, confused.
Shin smiled lightly, closed his eyes, and held Touma's chin in his hand. He kissed him. It was a small, five second kiss.
When the kiss was over, Touma looked up in surprise. "Shin?"
Shin smiled, pushing the hair out of his eyes, and looked at the cerulean-haired man next to him. "That was the kiss I was supposed to give you if I became gay. And this one, is to let you know how I feel."
The hand he had around Touma brought them closer together. The hand holding Touma's chin went behind the other's head, pulling their faces even closer together. Shin began the kiss. A kiss that was deeper, longer, and had much more meaning in it than its predecessor. It was as if every fiber in the two men's beings were pulled together into one form, one thought, one idea. In that one kiss, their entire bodies and thoughts passed the most important phrase possible to each other.
I Love You.
Three simple words, with such strong meaning, not even said, but developed well by the kiss between Shin and Touma.
When they finished, they sat together, looking at the clouds over the ocean.
Touma's head rested on Shin's shoulder, then he got up. "Come on, let's go home. I want to know what brought on this change." He said with a smile.
Shin grinned and got off the top of the car. "What can I say? Living in a house of four homosexuals finally got to me, I guess."
They got into the car, and began to drive off. When they reached a stop light, Shin had a thought.
"How are we going to explain this to the other guys?"
Touma smiled, leaned over, and kissed Shin.
"I could really get used to this." Shin answered the kiss.
The light turned green, and they drove to their home...and their future.
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Shin walked and walked and walked. He knew he wouldn't catch up to Touma, he just had to think of where he would go. He thought for a while, and finally figured it out.
"Taxi!" He called out, waving his hand in the air. It took him a while to realize that there wasn't anyone driving on the road. So, he ran. As he ran, all the thoughts of Crystal Pepsi left his mind, and they were replaced with thoughts and memories of Touma.
Touma had been his friend for a long time. His confidante. Touma had helped him so much, Shin wanted to repay that to him. Touma had always been there, before Ami, during, and after. His blue haired friend had been even a better person than the one he thought he loved.
Then it struck him. It hit him so hard he almost fell down with surprise. He started running again, harder and faster. Because he had to find out what was wrong with Tou and how to help, and now he also had to tell him something. Something important.
Touma drove to the spot where he had talked to Shin about Ami cheating on him. That night, he found Shin at Charlies, drunk. This afternoon, he had found Seiji, sober, but entangled with Charlie, the owner of the bar. He was crushed. He couldn't face anyone. Not even Shin, who he thought of as his best friend.
He got out of his car and sat on his hood, much like he did with Shin that night. He sat there, alone, and cried. He couldn't believe the pain he had.
"Well," he said to the air around him. "Now I know what Shin went through with Ami."
"Not yet, you don't." the air behind him replied.
Actually, Shin replied, trying to breathe in air. "See..." he said, between gasps. "I had someone to go through it with. I had you. The person that I ran three miles for to tell him something very important. And to find out what the problem was." Shin sat next to his friend on the hood.
"Shin...." Touma said, sobbing. "Seiji was...." He couldn't even bring himself to say it. Touma broke down. He grabbed hold of Shin, crying.
Shin nodded and put one arm around his crying comrade. "I know. It hurts. You've been cheated on. Like I have. But you'll find someone better. Someone who cares for you the same way you care for him. ...Like I have."
Touma stopped crying long enough to look up into Shin's eyes. "....What?" he looked dazed, confused.
Shin smiled lightly, closed his eyes, and held Touma's chin in his hand. He kissed him. It was a small, five second kiss.
When the kiss was over, Touma looked up in surprise. "Shin?"
Shin smiled, pushing the hair out of his eyes, and looked at the cerulean-haired man next to him. "That was the kiss I was supposed to give you if I became gay. And this one, is to let you know how I feel."
The hand he had around Touma brought them closer together. The hand holding Touma's chin went behind the other's head, pulling their faces even closer together. Shin began the kiss. A kiss that was deeper, longer, and had much more meaning in it than its predecessor. It was as if every fiber in the two men's beings were pulled together into one form, one thought, one idea. In that one kiss, their entire bodies and thoughts passed the most important phrase possible to each other.
I Love You.
Three simple words, with such strong meaning, not even said, but developed well by the kiss between Shin and Touma.
When they finished, they sat together, looking at the clouds over the ocean.
Touma's head rested on Shin's shoulder, then he got up. "Come on, let's go home. I want to know what brought on this change." He said with a smile.
Shin grinned and got off the top of the car. "What can I say? Living in a house of four homosexuals finally got to me, I guess."
They got into the car, and began to drive off. When they reached a stop light, Shin had a thought.
"How are we going to explain this to the other guys?"
Touma smiled, leaned over, and kissed Shin.
"I could really get used to this." Shin answered the kiss.
The light turned green, and they drove to their home...and their future.