A/N: Hey guys! This is the requested second part to Begin Again! I wasn't really planning on writing a second part, but this was requested by Kamikura39! So, yeah! Here goes.


You said you never met one girl who,

Had as many James Taylor records as you,

But I… do.

"Kou!" Makoto said shocked.

She whipped her head around at lightning speed to face the green eyed boy.

"What?"

He held up old James Taylor albums in his hands. "You're a fan of James Taylor?"

She blushed. "Yeah… Not a lot of people know who he is, haha." She said as she scratched the back of her head.

"I like him too!" He exclaimed.

She looked at him with an extremely surprised expression. "Really?"

"Yep!" Makoto put the albums down on the floor, and stood up from his position on the floor. He walked over to Gou and pulled her into a warm embrace.

"Mako?"

"We're really meant for each other." He whispered into her hair.

She embraced him back, her small hands feeling his broad back.

"Yes, we are."

We tell stories and you don't know why,

I'm coming off a little shy,

But I… do.

"Remember that day we went to the training camp with everyone?" Makoto said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah."

"…Well, that night, Rei swam out in the ocean to train in the middle of the night so he could keep up with us, and we all had to go rescue him."

Gou's eyes widened. "And you're telling me this NOW?"

"Well, it's been chewing on my conscience for a while, so I thought I should tell you now."

Silence.

"And, when we were all trapped on an island, we told stories."

Silence.

"…Haru had to tell a love story." He said, trying to catch Gou's attention.

She only looked at him curiously, without uttering a single word.

"We all thought he was going to share his story about a girl, but it was about a waterfall! We couldn't believe it!" Makoto laughed.

Gou smiled and giggled a little.

Makoto smiled at her. Cute as a button. He poked her nose gently with his index finger.

"What was that for?" She inquired.

"Nothing." He said, grinning.

And we walk down the block, to my car,

And I almost brought him up.

"Thanks for the dinner, Mako." Gou smiled as she put on her scarf and hat.

"No problem." He said, returning an even brighter smile as he put on his mittens.

"You know, Sei-" She stopped.

"Hm? What did you say? I didn't hear." He looked at her curiously.

No. I'm not talking about him. Not with Mako.

"I said, making snow angels would be a really good idea right now." She gazed up at the snow falling down, as she blew warm air into her hands.

"Why aren't you wearing mittens?" He questioned.

"…I forgot them." She smiled sheepishly.

"Give me your hand." He asked nicely.

"Wh- ..okay." She put her hand in his hand, and watched him pull off a mitten from his hand and put it on hers.

Then he held her other mitten-less hand in his mitten-less hand, and shoved them in his pocket.

"Better?" He smiled down at her.

"Very."

But you, start to talk, about the movies, that your family watches.

Every single Christmas, I wanna talk about that.

For the first time,

What's past is.. Past.

"Ran and Ren wanted to watch the Spongebob Christmas special this year, so that's what we're watching." He smiled happily. "Care to join?"

"Sure. My family isn't even home this year." She said sadly.

He gazed at her small, fragile form. "I'm always here, no matter what."

Gou tiptoed and planted a small kiss on his nose. "Thanks, Makoto."

And you throw your head back laughing like a, little kid,

I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause, he never did,

I've been spending the last eight months,

Thinking all love ever does is,

Break, and Burn, and End.

But on a Wednesday, In a café,

I watched it Begin Again.


A/N: Do they even have Spongebob in Japan? I think they would. Thanks for suggesting this idea of a second part Kamikura39! ^_^