-1Kagura knocked lightly on Kyou's door and waited for a reply. When she got none, she opened it slowly.
"Kyou? It's me. I'm coming inside." The open door revealed that Kyou wasn't in his bed, but standing next to his window and looking outside.
"Kyou?" Kagura said.
"I was wondering how long it would take for you to come up here." He said, turning around to face her. "I heard your voice downstairs." He put his hands in his pockets and looked around the room. "So. You want to go for a walk?" He asked. Kagura smiled and nodded.
They walked slowly, side by side, up the trail near the house. It was a path that they both had taken earlier in the week and Kyou frowned slightly when he remembered what he had done to Kagura that day. As if she could read his thoughts, she slipped her hand into his and smiled up at him.
"You already apologized. It's okay. Really." She said. Kyou flushed and looked away, scratching the tip of his nose with his hand, slightly pleased that she held the other. They walked on in silence, each thinking their own private thoughts, until Kyou broke the silence.
"So." He said. They slowed to a halt and Kagura looked up at him.
"So." She said in return. Kyou bristled slightly and scratched at his orange hair.
"So, are we going to talk about yesterday, or what?" He asked, his voice gruff. She nodded and released his hand, turning to face him. He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.
"I don't really know what to say." He admitted to her. She nodded and smiled up at him.
"Tell me, Kyou. How do you feel about me? You know I love you, from the bottom of my heart. But I want to know…I want to hear how you feel about me." She said. He shifted and rubbed his neck again.
"Hn…I'm not really good at this sort of thing." He muttered. Kagura took his hand again.
"Kyou…please." She said. He looked down into her pleading gray eyes and he nodded. Closing his own eyes, he thought it over and chose his words carefully.
"Well…I've been thinking a lot over the past couple of days. When you stopped coming over the house…I realized that I missed you being there. Not that I missed you beating up on me." Kyou looked at her. She giggled and smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry. I'm trying to work on that." She said. Kyou nodded.
"But…I dunno. I guess it kind of took me by surprise. My feelings. And then when we walked home yesterday…" He grew quiet and looked away. Kagura leaned forward, waiting for him to go on. He gave a small sigh and looked back at her. "I think…I think that I really do love you, Kagura." His face flushed and he closed his eyes again. "It just…took me a little while to realize that I did. And…well, I'm scared. The last time I admitted to having feelings like this…it didn't work out very well for me in the end." He said quietly. Kagura reached up and gently brushed her fingertips down the side of his face.
"You know that you'll always have Tohru-chan's friendship…just like you'll always have my love." She whispered. Kyou reached up and placed his hand on hers, leaning into her touch.
"Kagura…" His voice was soft and gentle. She smiled and leaned up to place a tender kiss to the corner of his mouth. He turned his head slightly and caught her lips with his own, moving his arms to wrap around her waist as her own moved to his shoulders, her fingers linking at the base of his neck. Under the falling blossoms, their lips came together, time and time again. Kyou felt as if his heart would break and he wished that this moment could go on forever. That time would stop so that he never had to stop kissing her. That they would be frozen to that spot for eternity. That they would always be in love.