Chapter 2

Driftwood

A girl with long hair stared herself down in the mirror. She stared at her large breasts being hidden by her light school outfit. She pondered the thought of how Makoto tried to kiss her, and how she smacked him. She noticed that Makoto has been withdrawn lately. She wondered if their relationship was stable.

The night passed and Makoto woke up from his disturbed slumber. His dreams were filled with indecent things of him and Kotonoha, and he felt a sharp pain land on his cheek. He rubbed his cheek and remembered the stinging pain his girlfriend delivered him on their movie date. He hastily got dressed and skipped out on breakfast to make the train to school.

Makoto firmly walked along the street with a brisk pace. All the faces he passed by were diseased with weariness. Makoto finally reached the train station when he saw a single familiar face. The figure he saw was standing in his school's female uniform. The figure was short and was awaiting the train to pull up. He walked towards the familiar face.

The person was using her phone, he peered closer, and realized that the background was a picture of him. She closed her phone and saw the train pull up. He got close enough to realize the person he had been staring at for a long while was Setsuna Kiyoura, his class representative. Makoto had a sudden flashback of him saving Setsuna from the bullies that troubled her at the entrance ceremony.

"Setsuna" Makoto said as he approached her.

Setsuna turned around to see Makoto standing before her. She blushed lightly and turned away. She saw the one she truly loved, but she was to nervous to even look.

"Setsuna, I didn't know you rode this train," He said.

"I-I- I don't, I'm supposed to meet Hikari here," Setsuna replied nervously.

"Hikari rides this train? I didn't know that."

"She does, and I was going to ride the train to school with her, but I don't think she is coming to school today,"

"Well I don't really mind if you ride with me. Plus while were on the train, I can see how you've been doing," Makoto said as he walked with Setsuna onto the train.

Setsuna walked with Makoto next to him. She was filled with happiness. Her dream is coming true, she was with the man she loved. Her heart was beating faster and faster.

Makoto walked Setsuna into a relatively empty train cart. There were a few wearied faces who looked as if they were annoyed of work. Setsuna sat down next to Makoto. He yawned and clenched his growling stomach.

"Are you hungry" Setsuna asked.

"Yeah, I skipped out on breakfast so I could make the train," Makoto answered.

"Well…Hikari asked me to make breakfast for us, so I could give you the other half."

"Really Thank you for the food."

The two sat on the train eating simple food Setsuna had prepared for her and Hikari. She stopped and thought about how the two of the them could get married in the future. She blushed as she finished the thought.

Makoto looked over at a 'lost in thought' Setsuna who was blushing. He wondered if she was thinking of having to do this with the boy she liked from school. He shrugged it off as he finished the last piece of the wrapped omelet.

His mind started to drift through the memories of their movie date. He wondered how he could ever get closer to her if she strongly disliked it. Kotonoha didn't like to be touched by a boy; this thought made Makoto sigh.

The train slowly started to lose speed as they approached the next train stop. Makoto paid no attention to what was happening as his eyes started to feel heavy. His eyes closed, and he yawned again.

As he drifted into slumber, he faintly heard an angelic voice, "Makoto-kun". His eyes closed and he started sliding towards Setsuna. His head softly landed onto Setsuna's shoulder, and she blushed heavily. She looked at the girl who ran away and remembered she is on the school festival committee.

She stopped thinking about that girl, and looked at the sleeping boy on her shoulder. His head rested on her as if she was a pillow. She looked at his face, and was overwhelmed with indecent thoughts. She felt some urge to kiss him, but she ignored it.

The others in the room didn't notice what had happened, as they were busy looking through files or on their phones with the workplace. Setsuna put her hand on his head and laid his head on her lap. She stared at his closed eyes until the urge overwhelmed her. She put her hands on his cheeks and leaned down to kiss him.

Their lips locked and Setsuna felt like she was dreaming. The kiss awoke the sleeping Makoto. He opened his eyes and saw Setsuna's face. He realized something was touching his lips, and just then he realized he was being kissed by Setsuna. He stared into Setsuna's eyes.

Kotonoha stood their watching what happened, and left to a different train cart. Makoto out of the side of his eye he saw Kotonoha leave in tears. He felt slightly happy to have a girl advance on him, but felt bad for hurting Kotonoha. All this in his mind was all due to this kiss delivered by Setsuna.

Their lips finally unlocked and Makoto sprung up into his seat. When he looked over at Setsuna she was in tears and blushing heavily. He wondered if he hurt her too.

"Setsuna Are you okay'' Makoto asked with concern in his voice.

"I'm fine… its just that I hurt my best friend," Setsuna replied and the tears started to well up.

"Who, Kotonoha? Well I didn't know that you were friends, but I could think you two would be. Aren't you both on the festival committee?" Makoto asked.

"No…I hurt Sekai," Setsuna said as tears drained down her cheeks.

"Sekai How did you hurt her?" Makoto said as he moved closer to her to comfort her.

"I-I-I betrayed her.''

Makoto wrapped his arms around her and turned her around and put his hands on her shoulders. He looked her into the eyes, and her tears stopped flowing. He wiped the tears from her cheek. They stared into each others eyes. They both blushed heavily. Makoto leaned towards her and kissed her.

The train stopped at the last stop, Makoto led Setsuna from the train and towards the school. Setsuna made her goodbye, and left to go talk to Nanami. Makoto went to his class and sat down in his seat next to Sekai.

"Hey Makoto, how are things with Kotonoha? I heard you tried to cop a feel!" Sekai said in her upbeat attitude.

"Well…things are going…somewhere," Makoto replied hesitantly.

"Oooh, what happened? Did you guys make it to third base?"

"Well no, I…uh…just don't know."

"Well I hope things work out for you!"

Setsuna watched from her seat as Makoto and Sekai made small talk. All that she could think of is when she kissed Makoto, and when Makoto kissed her back. She closed her eyes and pictured doing this everyday.

The day felt short and school ended as if it didn't even start. Makoto lay in his bed and remembered Setsuna's soft lips. He thought hard and long about it, and decided he would break up with Kotonoha when he had the chance. Things weren't working for them well, and Setsuna brought passion into his life.

The next morning when Makoto was at the train station he saw that familiar face again. He stopped and saw her, Setsuna. She turned and saw him and walked towards him.

"Did Hikari want to meet with you today?" Makoto asked as Setsuna was in front of him.

"No, I came here to be with you," Setsuna replied putting her hands on his chest.

He looked down at her face, and couldn't resist. Makoto leaned down so his lips greeted her lips. They stayed locked in place by their passionate kiss. Setsuna unlocked their lips and leaned towards his ear and whispered "I want to do this everyday."