Nanami's Corner: Gomen everyone. My life has been totally insane the last few days, so I won't bore you with details, on to Chapter 6
Never Say Your Sorry Again
Jessica dragged Taiki and Ami all over the museum. She showed them not only her own pieces, but the pieces of some of the other famous artists. When they left, Jessica told them she would be leaving on the next flight to America in 2 days and for the both of them to come back before then for something special.
"That is one entertaining woman," Taiki said as they began to walk to the Italian restaurant Jessica recommended.
"I don't think entertaining is quite the word," Ami replied. "I like her, she reminds me a bit of Usagi though, all full of vigor and energy."
They sat at Avanti's and discussed the pieces they had seen that day. The topic kept returning to the very first piece that they had seen of Jessica's. They both had the nagging feeling that it was important, but decided not to tell the others of what they had seen before showing it to them. They wanted their friends to form their own opinions.
They finished dinner and began the walk back to Ami's apartment.
"Taiki, why did you decide to come back?"
"We told you, we decided to take a vacation."
"Yes, but why did you come back here, to Tokyo? You could have gone anywhere, and I know there are more interesting places to visit then here."
"We came back here because, we missed you all. Those months that we spent here in Tokyo were the best of all the years here on Earth searching for our princess. We got to meet the 5 of you, we became nakama; more than friends, but less then family. Then we found out who you were, and we weren't anymore. We all felt we should get that time back. So we decided to come here and spend it with you."
At that point, he stopped and looked deep into Ami's eyes. "Me, personally, from the bottom of my heart, I wanted to apologize to you. I was mean, and rude, and just an all around jerk most of the time. I really cared about you and instead of owning up to how I felt, I thought you would get in the way of our mission and was the complete opposite of that. You deserve better, but I wanted to say osoreiru for all that I've done to you to all of you…"
Ami stopped him from speaking by placing her fingers across his lips. "You don't have to apologize. Don't you realize, we've already forgiven you? We knew what you were going through and forgave you before you could even ask it. We loved you, I loved you. I just didn't say it before because I knew what would happen. But now, that is no longer in our way. We are free to live our own lives and I want you to be apart of it."
Taiki leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. He held her in his arms as he had wanted to do for so many nights and thanked God that he could do so tonight. They walked home, Ami leaning on Taiki's arm and Taiki's hand over hers. When they got to her apartment, Taiki gave Ami a deep lingering kiss goodnight and headed home to his brothers.