The kiss likely lasted less than a few seconds, but time seemed to stop and those seconds were stretched into eternity. As Honoka drew away, I couldn't help but blush. My gaze fell upon her once again, a goofy smile plastered on her face. I knew I had just as stupid of a look, but still I giggled at the ginger. "Aw, Maki, what's so funny?" She stuck out her lower lip in mock hurt. As my laughter subsided, I returned the smile Honoka had given me before. "Nothing, nothing. I was just thinking you looked really cute grinning like that." Almost as soon as I said them, I wished I hadn't. With my face growing hot and butterflies in my stomach, I pressed my face into my girlfriend's neck. Honoka lightly stroked my head in an attempt to comfort me. "Look at you, getting all embarrassed when I'm the one who should be blushing. I can't say it's not cute, though. I like that easily flustered side of you." "Geez, Honoka, teasing me like that…" I intertwined our fingers, the warmth emanating from her hand felt like the best thing in the world. "It's not very nice, you know." That feeling was something I wanted to keep forever, to bottle it up and hoard it all, I wanted to keep Honoka as close to my heart as I could because she was the sunshine in my life. She began to play with my hair, not unlike how I usually did, and I could hear a faint hum coming from her. I couldn't make out the song, but the melody was oddly nostalgic taking me back to a time when there were 9, not 6, a time where I didn't hold back and enjoyed myself, a time when I let a certain person break down my walls and remove my armour. "That song, it's nice." The sound stopped abruptly as if Honoka hadn't expected me to comment on it. "Oh, I'm glad you like it. I don't know exactly where I heard it, but whenever it comes to me I think of you." She picked up the tune once again and I shifted my position so my head rested on her shoulder. "So, what now?" I wasn't sure if we stilled planned to go to my house, but really I didn't care. I just wanted to spend more time with Honoka. Her humming stopped again. "We can stay here, if you want. It's getting late, though, so if you have to go home, I'll walk with you." The last thing I wanted to do was leave Honoka's side. "Don't worry about it, I don't really have a curfew since there's no school tomorrow." I felt like I was using every excuse in the book to spend more time with her. Practically tackling me with a hug, Honoka cheered. "Then you can stay here as long as you want!" The force behind her embrace had caused the two of us to fall onto her neatly made bed, giggling as we laid there. "You can stay here forever." "As nice as that sounds, you know that can't happen. The school year is coming to an end and you'll be graduating." Honoka sighed. "That's true, but we can still make it feel like forever, can't we?" I nodded and pulled her closer to me. "Yeah, let's do that." We stayed silent for several minutes and I could hear Honoka's heartbeat. Something about it was calming as the steady thumping made me drowsy. "Forever, okay?" I vaguely heard the question, I was drifting off slowly, but surely. "Forever…" And then all was dark.
AN:
Okay guys, super sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted everything to be scene by scene so I figured this would be a good way to wrap up this part. I'm trying really hard to stay away from the feely angst stuff, but no promises! Anyways, the next one should be longer.
PS! If you guys have any requests, lemme know. I'll totally try and write the heck outta your ships