A reason for love

Arina felt cold. She was surrounded by water. She began to swim upwards towards the faint light. She had to breathe soon or she would faint. She came closer and closer to the surface. Suddenly a hand stretched down from above. She grasped it, and was instantly pulled out of the water, her lungs filled automatically with fresh air. She looked at the person she who held her hand and a bright smile spread across her face.

"Thank you Fay-kun" Arina smiled shyly and brushed her wet hair away from her slightly blushed face. Fay was so damn cute, Arina could barely breathe when looking at him. Her heart hammered like crazy inside her chest. Would she dare look at him again? There he stood. Right beside her, his hand holding hers. She looked down again. I can't take this, he is way to cute, she thought and felt the wizard squeeze her hand sending a wave of comfort through her mind.

"Why do you have to go around half naked all the time?" Kurogane said sighing, looking at the wet Fay.

"Its not my fault Kuro-pon, we arrived in a sea and I became all wet like you" Fay said smiling at the raged ninja, who held his eyes strictly at the ground, making sure that he didn't catch another glimpse of the blonde wizard.

Arina looked up, to see what Kurogane was talking about, Fay was perfectly well dressed…? Arina was stunned. Fay's gorgeous white shirt had become completely see-trough making his tall lanky upper body completely visible. Arinas eyes moved upwards from Fay's bare torso and looked at his face. His wet blonde locks somehow had managed to stay almost as fluffy as when it was dry, and he looked at her with a giant smile across his face.

"Thank goodness his pants aren't white" Kurogane said, still keeping his eyes firmly towards the ground

"The sun is shining brightly so our clothes will dry quickly" Sakura said smiling. Arina could tell she blushed as well. Who on earth would not blush of they had seen Fay now, Arina thought and held back a giggle.

Sakura was right, their clothes dried quickly and Fay's shirt was within minutes not see-through anymore. Arina sat down at the ground. The grass was green and the sky was blue with white cotton dots. She leaned backwards in the grass and closed her eyes. Soon she fell asleep, dreaming of a certain magician.

Fay looked at the sky as well. He thought of times when he had felt so alone. Times where he had felt that all hope had been washed away, and the only thing left was despair and a wish for death. He could not say that he didn't wish for that anymore. That would be a lie. What he could say was that he didn't want that so much anymore. The wish was there but it was not so strong anymore. His life had begun to have a meaning, a purpose. A will to live had arisen in his heart, and he felt a joy he never had felt before filling his body and mind.

"Why do you act so in love with that girl?" Kurogane said and sat down in the grass with Fay. He looked suspiciously at Fay's shirt, and was relieved that the shirt was dry.

Fay kept looking at the sky, avoiding the ninja's eyes. The fact that he didn't know scared him. At first when she had kissed him, he had felt a feeling he never had felt before. He felt he was loved. And he liked it. But another feeling he never had felt was to love someone. How did he know if he loved Arina? Maybe it was the feeling that someone loved him that made him so happy? Fay looked down at his hands, remembering the touch of her hands. The cotton dots flew across the sky, searching for new territory. Running with the wind, never knowing where they where going. Just like him. He was running, don't knowing where Mokona would take him next. Just like a cotton dot flowing in the sky.

"You have to decide your feeling, or someone will get hurt" Kurogane looked at Fay, but the wizard kept staring at the sky and didn't say a word in response.

"She loves you" Kurogane looked away from Fay and looked at Arina. She lay on the grass, her eyes closed. "She cares for you a lot"

"I know" Fay answered, taking his eyes away from the sky for the first time, and looked at Kurogane. "But I can't decide my feelings yet. I feel something, but what I feel is unknown to me"

"Anyways you have to decide what to do" Kuroganes voice was usually ruff and hard, but this time it was softer. Kurogane had a rough appearance, but Fay was one of the few who saw under this and saw the sweeter and softer side of him. Kurogane has been trough a lot, and to get over it, to get on with his life, he had to toughen himself up. Learn not to get touched by feelings, focus on raw strength, Fay said to himself. Like me, he tries to hide. But no one can hide completely.

Fay looked at Arina. Her eyes were still closed, and her breath was slow. She dreams he thought. Her mouth curved into a huge smile. I'm glad she is happy, Fay thought and closed his eyes as well. He lay down in the grass, letting his mind wander, and like the cotton dots on the sky, he didn't know where they where going.