Fear of Falling, Chapter three-Promise. PoV- 3rd person.
(The final chapter. It starts off when Koji wakes up, and progresses from there.)
Koji yawned and looked at his clock. It was nine in the morning. He sat up and stretched, then got out of bed and got dressed. "I can't wait any longer," he said to himself, grabbing a small black box with a note attached to it, sticking it in his pocket, and walking to Ami's house. When her step-father let him in, however, he was surprised to see her mother sitting at the dining room table, pale and staring at a note they had found. He walked over to her, and she showed him the note Ami had left taped to her door. He gasped and shook his head in disbelief. After a minute or so, he said, "I think I might know where she is," then said goodbye to the two adults and ran to the woods next to the park.
Dammit Ami, he thought. That's the only thing I would change about you if I could. You need to get over things better, and can't blame yourself for the past. He sighed angrily and pressed on, running as fast as he could. The only thing he hated about her was the way she blamed herself for everything that went wrong in her life. It wasn't her fault her parents got divorced, or that her sister hated her, or that her father and sister moved, or that Takashi died. And it definitely wasn't her fault...well, he tried not to think about that as he kept running. "Please, don't let me be too late..."
He came just in time. Ami had one foot over the edge, and was about to walk off the cliff when Koji grabbed her arms and pulled her away from the edge. He held her tightly, she could fell his heart racing in his chest as he hugged her.
Just the same, it took Ami a minute to realize what Koji had done. She looked up at him and blinked. "Koji? What are you doing here?"
"Trying to keep you from killing yourself," he replied. "What were you thinking?"
Ami sighed. "I was thinking I could die before anyone realized I was missing," she said. "But apparently, my plan didn't work."
Koji hugged Ami tighter. "You really scared me," he said, in a much softer tone.
"I'm sorry," Ami said, looking at the ground. "It's just...I can't take it anymore. I really can't."
"Don't say that! You've made it this far, and I'll always be here for you, whenever you need me."
Ami sighed. "I know. I'm sorry."
Koji smiled. "You know, you apologize too much," he said.
I do? Sorry," Ami mumbled. "Oops, sorry, I didn't mean to...I mean..." She sighed and quickly stopped talking.
Koji laughed and kissed her on the cheek. "It's okay, I don't mind," he said. "Oh, I almost forgot. I was going to give this to you tomorrow, but I couldn't wait any longer." He pulled the little black box out of his pocket and gave it to her. "Happy Birthday, even though it's a day early."
Ami looked at the box, and soon recognized it as one jewelry was normally kept in. She read the note attached to it first. It said: "To my dearest Ami,
Happy 16th Birthday. There's nowhere to look but foreword now, and I hope you know that. You should also know that I love you with all my heart, and nothing will ever change that. Anyways, I hope you like your present, even though there's nothing in the world that can show you how much I love you, and love being near you.
Happy birthday again. Love, Koji"
Ami looked at Koji and smiled. He smiled back and said, "Everything I wrote there is true."
"You're so sweet," Ami said, opening the box. She gasped and said, "Oh, Koji. This must have cost you so much." She pulled a beautiful golden ring with a small diamond heart on it out of the box.
"You're worth it, and so much more," Koji replied. "Did you read the inscription inside?"
"The...what?" She looked at the inside of the ring and saw "To Ami M. With love, Koji M." written. "Oh, Koji," she sighed, hugging him.
Koji smiled and took the ring from her. He held one of her hands up and slipped the ring on her finger. "Promise me you'll never do something like this ever again," he said.
"I promise," she replied. Koji smiled and kissed her. Ami smiled slightly and kissed him back.
"Happy Birthday Ami," Koji said.
"Thanks," Ami said. "Let's get out of here." Koji nodded and the two went back to Ami's house, where Ami's mother and step-father were so glad to see her, they wouldn't let go off her for at least ten minutes. When they finally did, Ami's cheeks were dark red from embarrassment. Koji smiled as he watched, glad everything was more-or-less back to normal. At least, as normal as it could get with the lives he and everyone he was close to lived.
(The end! I hope you enjoyed it!)