"Nowaki!" I looked up to my boss. "I think those flowers have enough water." Confused by his smirk, I looked down and gasped as water was overflowing from one flower pot. "Sorry sir!"

He chuckled. "It is not like you to space out. Something on your mind?"

I smiled, "Just excited to get back home."

"Oh? A special someone." My smile grew even bigger. "Yes." Hiro-san had no class today and said she would be finished with homework by the time I got back. We were going to celebrate me passing my exam.

I kept looking at the clock, only ten more minutes to go. Turning back to my boss I found him making a large bouquet of roses. It was beautiful. "That is a great bouquet." He smiled. "My best work, and I even added 20 percent more of roses as a special case." Amazing.

"Would you like me to take it?"

"Nope."

"A delivery?"

He then held it up towards me. "It is for you." What? "The sender is from Kamijou Hiroki. Oh there is a message too: congratulations on passing your exam. This is the same older woman that I met before isn't it? Your tutor?" I did not hear him as I took the flowers. I could cry I was so happy. I turned to him as he patted my shoulder. "We are not busy so you can leave early."

I gasped, "really?"

"I bet she is waiting for you."

"Thank you sir." I practically ran out of there, almost forgetting to take off my apron. The flowers were clutched close to my chest enough where I did not ruin them.

Meeting Hiro-san was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. My life was not a great one. Living in an orphanage taught me the cruel aspects of life and I wished to live so others did not have to feel me pain. I never wanted anything until the day I met Hiro-san. Seeing her cry in the park hit me like a stroke of lightning. I wanted to protect her, to cherish her, to see her smile. While she used to love another when I met her, I can see it in her eyes as she looks at me that I now hold that part of her heart. She is a prideful woman so will not show her feelings but her actions, as small as they may be, are the part I fell in love with.

"Hiro-san! I got the flowers." I busted through the door.

She was sitting on the floor, a flustered look on her face and a book in her hand. It was upside down. "Do…do not get so excited kid. You still have the college entrance exams coming up and…" I dropped the flowers on the table and hugged her tightly. "I love you." I could feel the heat from her body and her breath on my neck.

"Yeah…me too."

"You know, this is the first bouquet I have received." She mumbled something in my chest. Cute. "Let's do it." I blurted without thinking. She grew warmer and more red. "What the hell? Keep you childish libido to yourself. The sun is still out and we need to eat." I wished she would stop calling me a kid but I know that is what she is used to. Even if she does not bring up our age difference I can still see she is conscious of it. It just makes me want to go to college and mature enough to be a man that can stand by her side as her equal. Someone she could take to her family and get their approval.

"Then after?" I really want to hold her.

We pulled apart but she would not look me in the eye. "If you take a shower. You smell of dirt." For Hiro-san that was a yes. I brought her back in my arms. "Let's take one together." No response. "Hiro-san?"

"We should eat first."

"I love you." She pushed herself way and stood up. "Ok, come on before the food gets cold." She headed for the kitchen.

Our meeting was sudden but memorable. I knew I would love her for as long as I lived.

Would it be too soon to look for a bigger place together?


One out of three epilogues done!

I love this couple! Next will be the Terrorist's ending.

Now I see a lot of people want a sequel and more to this story. I am honored that people like it that much and I wish not to disappoint so it is a possibility. I am still debating in my head to make one or not but I will let you all know by the last epilogue.