"Sooooo..." 

I trail of. 

We are standing in front of Key's car.

"Do you want to come with me?" He looks down at his feet. 

Hands in the front pockets of his jeans.

"Uhmmm... Yes. Why not?" I grin at him, though he doesn't see.

"Yeah?" His eyes shoot up. The glowing in them tells me he's relieved.

"Hmmmh" I smile shyly at him.



"Do you want something to drink?" Key asks as soon as we step into his house.

"Uh, no thanks"  This is so casual. Maybe too casual?

"Please. Sit." Key awkwardly gestures towards his couch. 

It's good to know that I'm not the only one. I sit down and wait for him to return from the kitchen. 

He comes back with two glasses.

"Oh uhm, I'm not really thirsty." I choke out.

He laughs. 

"What kind of host would I be, huh?"I chuckle, taking the glass with lemonade out of his hand. 

"Thanks"



We sit awkwardly silent on his couch. Me looking at his dark TV screen. 

I turn my gaze to him as I feel two brown eyes staring at me.

"What?" I ask. Smiling a bit.

"You don't know how much I missed you" He blurts out.

I literally feel how my heart sinks into my shoes. 

"Key I-"

"Look, we both know now that you love me. You just need to admit it to yourself." 

He says like this is all my fault. Hell what?!

"And then?!?!... What if I admit it to myself?! What if I'd tell you I still love you?! What then, Key?!!?"  I'm about to burst with tears.

"... Then I would tell you that I love you back."

I shake my head. "It's not working like that."

"Why not, eh?! Why do we need to make everything so complicated?!"

"Key-"

"No!!! Don't 'Key' me, [YN]!" He snaps.

"Gosh! Key!! If you would let me finish talking then you would know that...-" Words fail me.  

"I hate you, okay?! I hate you so much" Tears begin to stream down my face. 

"I hate you for leaving me. I hate you for stealing 2 years of my life. I hate you for making me feel stupid again. I hate you for still loving me. I hate you so much!"

His eyes are wide as I finish. His jaw hanging on the ground. 

A tear dripping out the corner of his eye.

And I feel bad. 

I shouldn't have said that. Also because it's simply not true. Yeah, I hate him. But the love I feel for him is so much stronger now.

He looks down. 

"Oh." This word causes my heart to spring into ten thousand little pieces. 

No! 

No I didn't mean it like that.

"Ke-"

"No, [YN], I got it." He nods sadly.

Gah. No. You didn't, you idiot. 

I crawl over to him. 

Taking his head in my head, I place my lips on his. 

For some seconds they're just pressed at each other but after he caught himself we move them in perfect sync.

Soft lips against soft lips. 

I pull away before he can take it one step further.

"Wha-" Key doesn't finish. 

"You?... You...?"

I laugh. 

A tear slipping out of the corner of my left eye. 

"Yes. Yes, Key. I love you, okay?!"He looks at me fascinated. Like I'm a pink fluffy unicorn. 

"I- I love you, too." I just nod, grab his head between my hands and kiss him...

 

THE END