its been a really long time since I submitted my last fic. I kinda had to take a break, due to exams and stuff, but now I'm free!(at least for a while.) a big thankies to all the readers and reviewers of all my past fics!

This one is a oneshot in Machi's pov.the person she is thinking about, guess it yourself! Takes place well before chap 125 of couse!

Something like…… you?

" What is love, to you? " you asked me today, searching me expectantly, with your lovely doe eyes.

" Don't bug me. " I replied coldly. I can never understand why you ask such strange questions. I'll probably never understand why you expect me to answer them.

Though I wanted to answer you today, I really did.

I wanted to tell you that love cannot be defined, it can only be felt, described.

I wanted to tell you that earlier I knew nothing about love, but now I'm learning ……. And I'm learning it from you.

You make it look so easy…. You can love so freely.

For me, love is, something like ……. you. Something as transparent as water, yet so complicated. You can't see anything when you are in love, it's almost like you are stumbling around in the dark ……….. but you still feel like your world has been illuminated by a new sun.

Love is also delicate and fragile, you want to protect it with all your strength, you constantly fear that maybe this is just a dream, that you are going to wake any minute.

But then, love is also full of surprises. Just when you think ' this is it, its all over. ', it will jump at you with the exuberance of a puppy, make you smile again, make you believe again, make you so happy, that you cry.

When you are around me, I can't think of a single correct answer. I'm always at a loss of words, your persistence annoys me, your brilliance overwhelms me, still, in my heart I know I like being with you.

I know that I want to protect you, your zest for life…… I want to protect your smile. I want you to smile forever.

I always worry about you, do you know that? I worry that someone is just going to extinguish your spirit, like blowing out a candle, fill those innocent eyes with distance and sadness again. I don't want that to happen.

But of course, you amaze me every time. You are still standing, it's like nothing can suppress you anymore. That to me is an almost unbelievable thing.

I also get scared sometimes, when I see you talking to her, the one you call Honda-san. I can almost see you glowing. I wonder, is your love…. already taken?

But when you talk to me, you make me feel like you have the capacity to love so much more. I wonder…. if I saw a video of us talking, will I be able to see your soul shine…. for me? Because when you are with me, I'm just too tied up, to even notice.

Finally, I think that there are many things I still want to know.

Like where do you ….. umm….. I mean where does love get it's strength from? Why does one feel so helpless when it comes to love?

I would like to know so much more …… and I would love to learn it from you.

" Machi, what are you doing here, all alone? "

You jolt me out of my reverie. I didn't even see you coming!

"….." I gaze back.

" Are you okay? You look a little…." you bring your hand to my forehead, sending a shock through my body with your sudden touch.

" Don't touch me like you were born with a right to! " I yell at you, quite flustered.

" You have a slight fever. " you answer me with concern.

" Oh…." is that why I'm being so philosophical today? I wonder.

" What are you doing! " I can only look at you in surprise as you swiftly take off your sweater which, now, you're forcing down my head.

" Just wear it! It'll keep you warm. " You scold me like I'm a rotten child.

" I'll go get Kakeru. " with that you run off, leaving me too stunned to even thank you.

But after you leave, I smile a little.

I take back my earlier words. For me, love is not ' something like you ', it's ' exactly like you. '

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