Chapter 5

It was the last day. The last day I could feel Yui. The last day I could kiss her. The last day I could hold her. I swore to myself I wouldn't let her see me cry; I wanted her to leave me happily. So, I decided to take her back to the coffee shop, back to climb up the thousands of stairs, back to our window, back to the same drinks and back to seeing my gorgeous girl's beautiful smile for the last time."Are you ever gonna stop staring at me?" Yui giggled as she sipped from her cup to which I replied "Never." While looking at her dark eyes stare back at me. She took a box of tablets from her bag and placed it on the table. "These are new?" I said, confused. "Yeah," she spoke while opening the box and retrieving a red drug. "I have to take these during the daytime now." I didn't ask why. I watched as she swallowed the pill followed by gulps of water. "So," I sighed, looking out the window. "Tomorrow's the day that you're in another world, huh?" "You better come and visit." She demanded. "Anything for you." I accepted. "But you shouldn't miss me that much.""Incorrect. Actually, as almost all my clothes now smell like Moa Kikuchi, and since my last memory will be of her and I sitting at our favourite coffee shop while she stares at me with the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen," She pauses to catch her breath. "Yes, I will miss you more than anything." Her words made my face go warm. "Just don't go looking at anyone else while you're gone. Really. Please don't. You're mine." "That's all I ever want to be. I'm yours, Moa Kikuchi. Together or apart, I'm yours. No one else could possibly make me feel this loved and this happy. I couldn't be anyone else's because it will never be like being Moa's." Why did she always have the correct answers? Everything she said was perfect. Right then, she was shining like the sun, so beautiful. Her voice was smooth and soothing. I felt her arms hug me, even when she wasn't touching me at all. I wanted to wake up next to her tomorrow, I wanted to wake up next to her every day, I wanted to go with her wherever she was going, I wanted to give her moments of happiness like these every day, I wanted to marry Yui Mizuno. I tried to keep calm but everything bursted out. Seems I lied about not letting Yui see me cry after all.Yui got up from her seat and took my hand, pulling me up. My head faced the floor as my tears fell. I felt Yui's hand on my chin and her other hand on my waist. She lifted my chin up and then used her hand to wipe my tears and to tuck my hair behind my ears. She gently left a kiss on my cheek and hugged me warmly. I took in her scent and how her heart beats against my chest. How could I let her go? Today our bodies were so close but tomorrow they would be miles away.Yui and I walked back to her empty house where her family were waiting for the evening until it was time to catch their flight."The time." She sighed. Tick.I looked at my watch. "It's almost up." I replied. Tock."No more tears?"Tick."What's the use. You're leaving no matter what." Tock."I love you, Moa."Tick."I love you too, no matter where you are." Tock."Remember to look up and think of me."Tick."While you're in the plane?"Tock.She giggled.Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.She then leaned up to my ear. I felt her cold breath on my neck. She then whispered."Tick tock."