AN: Please please please excuse the sap. Anyway, this is the Final Chapter.

Inseparable

What has she got to lose?

The sky was dark, but she could make out the silver pinpoints of rain when she looked out from underneath her umbrella. She started at a brisk pace, minding the puddles and the hem of her nightgown, which lay underneath her jacket. But the urgency of the situation pushed her onwards and soon, she was tearing down the sidewalk. .

She had to do this. Make amendments, that is. Even if he didn't share her feelings, she still wanted them to be friendly acquaintances. It would be horrible if they shared nothing but an awkward silence every time they saw each other. It would make her miserable if something like that happened.

When she reached the little stone steps, the same door, the same pathetic patch of grass, she stopped to catch her breath and compose herself. Just as she was about to knock, the door opened. On the other side was a bewildered Satoshi.

"Harada-san!"

"I…"

"What are you doing?"

He pulled her in with one swift movement. "It's raining and it's dark." He stated as a matter of factly.

Risa ignored him and blurted, "I came here to apologize."

Satoshi looked at her, and was suddenly at a lost for words. He didn't know what to feel…ashamed? Guilty?

Risa avoided looking at him and continued to talk. She was gripped with an unknown fear. "I think I've offended you, but… I don't want us to break up as friends."

Then, Risa suddenly wanted to cry, "That's all I wanted to say." Her voice choked a little, and Satoshi felt his heart throb painfully.

Slowly, she turned around.

Satoshi grabbed her arm, an act of instinct.

"Stop it, Risa. You can't..don't run away from me again." He paused. "I am the one who should be apologizing to you. …give me another chance because I… I care about you."

You can't just leave and come whenever you feel like it.

"Do you really?"

"Really."

He watched her shed a tear as she nodded and smiled at the same time, understanding and letting his words sink in. A piece of damp hair stuck to the side of her face… She looked vulnerable and open. She looked like she'd gone through a lot…well, she did go through a lot, and he couldn't resist the urge to pull her in his embrace and tell her that it was okay, and that he loved her for being there for him, and for saving him. And he needed to confirm that she was indeed real. That he was truly free from the bonds of the curse. Risa sensed his eyes on her.

He leaned in slowly, as if not to startle her, and meant to give her a short, gentle kiss.

That all changed when he felt her hands snake into his hair.

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Both felt free, light and giddy inside. There was nothing, nobody stopping him. She finally got a confirmation of what she hoped for.

But neither of them was thinking of these things. Who does when you're with the person you love?

What matters now is that they are together. For neither Dark nor Krad had been able to separate the two.

END.

AN: Does anyone feel like I need to wrap things up better? I know, what a crappyass ending! Tell me, I'll write an epilogue. I can't write sap, I know, but this was the way I had intended to end this from the very beginning. Aaaah, forgive me!

I've begun on another SxR, titled "to not fall in love". It shall be out very shortly. I promise to try my best on this one because I wasn't pleased with Birds at all.

Thank you thank you to everyone who's reviewed my story. It's such an encouragement! And thank you to all who's joined the sxr c2 community. It's you guys who inspire me to write!