18. Amazing – Westlife
And all I've been doing is protecting
A lie for the sake of my pride
While all the others set me thinking
straight to the point of what I'm feeling
Oh we could be more than just amazing
Mamoru clenched his fist around the handle of his bookbag. He kept his eyes trained on the pavement beneath him. She was approaching. She'd be coming around that corner in mere seconds. He could feel her presence. She was so close – and yet so far away. She was... untouchable.
He could not risk her safety, no, her life, for him and his selfish needs. To be with Usako would be to send her straight to her death. And he would not do that. And so, to protect her, he would simply live his solitary life, knowing that without her, he could at least see her.
She veered around the corner, and bumped straight into him, head first into his chest. Looks like he wasn't that only one interested in the pavement.