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CHAPTER 4During the last few hours since the confession, Kurama had regained his cool and cleaned himself up. He now sits, holding a scrapbook full of pictures and items of Teku and himself. He looks to this book for comfort, not hurt.
"She had to know how I felt. Even if it hurt me, she had to know."
A single tear fell from Kurama's face and onto the scrapbook. And then another. And another.
I'm such an idiot. It's not like she's leaving forever and I'll never see her again. She does live with me. But...she is with someone else that she loves. And I can't change that.
The worst feeling in the world is to be so close to the one you love but you can never have them.
"Pull yourself together Kurama," he said aloud. "There are plenty of other girls out there."
But not anyone else like…her…"……Shuuichi!" Teku is outside, yelling.
"Huh? Teku's here?" Kurama quickly puts away the book and wipes his face clean. "But why?" He opens the front door and looks outside.
"Shuuichi!" It is still raining outside and Teku's running around in it.
"Teku!" Kurama sees her running towards their home. He swiftly jumps down from the balcony and lands safely on the ground.
Teku stops a few feet in front of him, panting. "Shuuichi….." she struggles to say between breaths.
"Teku….you came back. Doushite?" Kurama was astonished.
Ignoring those words, Teku stares into Kurama's eyes and starts to walk towards him slowly. The look in her eyes was neither sadness nor joy. It was an emotion in a class of its own.
"I came to say…I'm sorry for running away." She sounded emotionless; no feelings could have been detected from that sentence.
I'm sorry for running away? She's actually apologizing for that? She came all this way, in the pouring rain, just to say I'm sorry for breaking my heart!Kurama was somewhat angry with this. "Baka! You ran all the way here just to apologize to me for running away? And in the pouring rain no doubt! Baka no okami! You could have gotten sick!" He's not angry with Teku, he's angry about her actions. You'd never expect the great kitsune Youko Kurama to get mad over something like that.
He's yelling at me. He must still be mad about rejecting his love. But…I was stupid. What I said…wasn't the truth.
Teku continued staring into Kurama's emerald eyes. A small bead of water formed from one of Teku's lilac eyes and trailed down her soft cheek. One after another they fell.
What have I done? I made her cry. I made…Teku…cry…Out of instinct, Kurama leans in and hugs Teku, comforting her. It's all he can do to comfort her and make her stop crying.
"Gomen…Teku. Gomen…nasai." Kurama was very calm and yet hurt. Hurt because he made his love cry.
Teku closes her eyes and rests her head on Kurama's chest. She then brings her arms around him and holds him like he is to her.
I was such an idiot. I can't believe I didn't see it before.
It continues raining on the night of this event. Teku and Kurama stand, together, in the rain. Neither one wants to move. They just want to stay holding each other.
Teku moves in close to Kurama and deepens the hug, making it more compassionate.
"I love you…….Kurama."
Upon hearing that confession, Kurama smiles. He too hugs her tighter. After all the years he's known her, after all the years he's loved her, he finally gets what he's always wanted and dreamed of. He now has…Teku.
Kurama stops holding Teku and tilts her head up so it meets his. She looks at him with the look of love. Realizing this, Kurama leans in…and kisses Teku. They stay kissing in the rain for the rest of the night.
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Yay! Teku finds love once again! But this time, I don't think she's going anywhere. Her space pirate side has accomplished it's dream, finding the love of her life.
