Debt Cleared
Ayano holds the note in her hand, looking at it, bracing herself with a deep breathe. She see's Osana approaching the cherry tree and her heart flatters. Osana walks up to the tree, the wind runs past the two of them. Osana's hair falls into her face and she pulls it away from her face. She looks off to the side. She had never looked so beautiful then she did under the cherry tree.
"Ayano..?" Osana giggles softly, she walks up to Ayano, her face flushed.
"So, you got my note.." She sounds nervous, she looks nervous. Ayano grabs Osana's hands, she smiles and looks at Osana. Waiting for her to say her piece.
"Oh, jeez-" Osana takes a deep breath, "this is harder than I thought."
Ayano laughs, she let's go of Osana's hands and takes a deep breath herself.
"You came here to confess something to me, right?" She pauses. "I mean it's just a guess!"
Ayano looks at Osana's nails, she usually has something new every fortnight. Ayano always appreciated Osana's attention to detail, it was one of the many qualities Ayano loved about Osana.
"I assume, you already know, what I'm going to say, so-" Osana takes a deep breath. "Since I met you, I've had a fluttering feeling in my stomach, at first I thought it was because of my childhood best friend." Ayano's hearts flutter, her stomach doing turns. Osana's eyes meet her gaze, she continues. "But, now I realize. It was you, I loved..."
Osana's feet beg her to run, but she stays put, awaiting Ayano's response.
"Osana... I-" Ayano's cheeks are strawberry red, rather odd for someone who often maintains her cool. Before Ayano can properly answer her hands are on Osana's jawline. Their lips touching in a sudden yet gentle gesture. Osana stumbles back slightly but wraps her arms around Ayano like a hug for stability.
"Is that a... yes?" Osana laughs a single tear forming in her eyes.
"Yes, it is a yes..." Ayano looks at Osana, "are you crying?" Ayano tries to hold in a laugh but ends up snorting a little.
"Shut up!" Osana wipes the tear from her eye. "I'm just happy.."
The two of them lean in for another kiss. But interrupting them is a girl with orange hair and pigtails. "Osana?" Her eyes are wide, she has a sad look on her face.
"Oh my god! Raibaru, I feel like I've barely seen you these past weeks." Osana runs up to her, smiling. Raibaru smiles back at Osana, yet looks at Ayano as if she has some kind of anger towards her.
A part of Ayano's heart fills with a new emotion; hatred. Raibaru wasn't a new threat, but before she was barely a threat. Now, Raibaru is Osana's best friend again.