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"i-i like you...!"
chidori is too focused on her feet to mind if her strangled words are comprehendable to katsuhira. all she can feel is the hotness in her cheeks, and her hearbeat thumping wildly in her ears.
"-too," she catches, in the midst of a failed attempt to calm herself down. she blinks and swallows, staring at the other teen. his lips are in a small curve as he steps closer to her, she couldn't care less if the world crumbled at her feet this very moment. he repeats, "me too."
tears gather in her vision, and she hastily blinks them away when katsuhira wraps his arms around her. he's cold, but that's fine, she doesn't mind, she hugs him back. chidori clings onto katsuhira's shirt like it's her entire world, and she notices she's already wetted the sleeve with her tears. she laughs, shakily.
"thank you," he says. i should be the one thanking you, but all she can do is nod twice, the second time for good measure. it feels like all the weight on her heart has faded away and blossomed into something beautiful. chidori feels his hand tuck her head further into his shoulder, a gentle pressure. there is a sleepy murmur from lips pressed against her hair, "it's warm... comfortable."
"it is," she agrees. it feels like a dream, being able to hug katsuhira like this, being able to feel the warmth deep inside his bones with her heart, if it is, then she never wants to wake up. "i love you, kacchon,” is all she can say in a trembling whisper as he traces light circles onto her back. it's all she needs.
the closing of summer, and the beginning of their endless romance.