The summer festival..Futaba x kou (Ao Haru Ride)

The moon

Futaba P.O.V.

My eyes were tightly shut but I was still being dragged by Kou. After about a minute I felt him slow down and I looked up at him. He still had my hand clutched in his but he was still looking and moving forward. I looked around at where we were and I saw we were close to the town I was in before. We kept walking for a few minutes until he turned and led me to a familiar street close to a lake. We didn't speak and just kept walking. He stopped and looked back at me. My face still had tears running down.

He pulled my hand to the grassy area next to the lake. .(This is the same place they were in the episode when they were hugging and crying btw).

We both sat on the grass next to each other.

"Thank you.."I said softly.

He looked at me and then lied down to look up at the sky.

"You know." He started, "I thought I told you not to do things like that."

I looked at him and my eyes had finally stopped watering. I lied down next to him not knowing how to answer.

"I'm sorry." I said shakily.

He sat up and looked at me. The moon was shining and his eyes were bright.

"Are you ok..?" He asked me, looking worried. I sat up but after him saying this I felt my eyes tear up again.

I looked down at the grass and felt him wrap his arms around me. He made me feel so calm. I put my arms around his neck and just cried. We stayed there for a while.

"Thank you Kou." I said again and looked him in the eye.

After a bit of silence..

"Why wasn't Toma with you?" He asked in a kind of upset tone.

"His mum had to go to the hospital so he had to go." I said, wiping away the tears from my eyes. "Wait, how did you know about that?" I asked him.

"Um..I heard you talking about it in class.." He said embarrassed and looked away.

I looked at him confused. "Kou were you eavesdropping?!" I questioned him.

"Um...maybe." He admitted and blushed. "I was just you know...I mean I saw you...I was worried that...Well I-" He tried to explain.

I giggled and lied back down on the grass, looking up at the stars. "It's fine...I'm glad you were here." I looked at him and he weakly smiled at me.

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Kou's P.O.V

As me and Futaba lied on the grass, I thought about asking her about the Festival but wasn't sure if it was the right time. She seemed more relaxed now but she was pretty frightened. I think I'll just do it. I mean I've got nothing to lose. Why wouldn't she want an explanation?

"Hey Futaba." I started

"Mhm."

"I know you said before that you were ok about the festival..but I want- I need to give you an explanation. I'm just not really sure how to do it.."

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Back to Futaba P.O.V.

I'm just not really sure how to do it.."

I wasn't sure what kind of explanation he meant but I just listened.

"That day...that I invited you to the festival. Do you remember what happened before I took you home." He continued.

I knew what he meant. When we were in the street, he had told me to not be so vulnerable then pulled me into a hug. I had said some pretty embarrassing things. But I wasn't sure what he was trying to explain. He just did that to show me his point right?

"That night, I got kind of...scared I guess. I didn't know what I was feeling and I had never felt like that before. Like towards another person." He stopped for a moment. I still wasn't sure what he was talking about. Was he worried or something?

"I got home and my brother thought something was wrong with me." He laughed a bit and then continued," He asked me if I had fallen in love or something. He asked as a joke but I really thought about it...for a while." I looked at him and my eyes were wide.

"What I'm trying to say is that I got scared. I got scared of this feeling...and I just didn't know what to do. So....I canceled on you...again. I was trying to avoid the feeling. I know its so stupid..but "

The grass was wet and I could feel it seeping through my shirt. I felt tears slowly crawling down my face and falling to the side. We were both looking up at the moon and the stars that were shining brightly that night. I closed my eyes to let the tears fall out of my eyes. Then I heard Kou move.

"I'm sorry," Kou said, looking at me. His voice was shaky and I could tell he was hesitant to speak. "It was selfish of me. I want to make it up to you...I don't know how or if you even will but I need you to know something..."

We looked each other right in the eyes and I saw his lips start to move again.

"I've come to realize that...I love you Futaba."

Kou...loved me?

He sat up but I was still in shock.

"I understand if you don't feel the same. I mean you have Toma no-"

Before he could finish I sat up grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer. Our lips touched and I just closed my eyes. I didn't even realize what had just happened. I just sat there. I could tell Kou was surprised but after a moment he pulled me closer to him.

"Kou." I said pulling away. He looked at me. "I love you too," I said smiling. He smiled back at me and wiped away my tears from before. I put my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. He put his arms around my waist and we just sat there on he grass for a while.

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Ok soooo I think I might do one more chapter? But I really hope you liked this!! Also, i apologize for my kinda trash grammar  XD lol anywaysss hope you have a good rest of your day!! <3 xx

29 sep 2021 <Helloooo everyone, I have decided to end this here and try focus on my other unfinished stories! Anddd sorry for not being very active, i just started at a new school so its been very busy but i miss writing soo ima try post more soooon! xx