The Mysterious Island of Lost Treasures

Chapter 23

The next day, I had to go take a bath in the hot spring because I still had some blood on me from bandaging Ryoma. His legs seemed to be looking a bit better, but he could still barely stand. I enjoyed the hot spring, and then went back to the shelter. When I got back, Ryoma was asleep, and Kyo was thinking. Kyo saw me and said, “Oh, hey princess, I have something for you.”

He handed me a dream catcher that was made out of shells, twigs, and feathers from around the island.

“I thought you’ve been having bad dreams lately, so I thought this would help. It’ll only give you only good dreams.”

“Well, I’ve been having… interesting dreams, but I guess they could be bad. Thank you, I really appreciate the thought.”

I gave him a one of the hugs that made him look adorable with the blushing and all. I always loved to see him act this way.  It was so freaking adorable to me. I know I say that too much probably, but if you saw it, you’d understand.

Ryoma finally woke up and had his breakfast. Kyo had to go get food, and I had to stay behind to take care of Ryoma. I had to take the bandages off Ryoma, go wash them down by the stream, and then bandage Ryoma up again. I wish we had some actual first-aid equipment, considering that practically every month one of us gets in some kind of fight.

Kyo came back, we had lunch, and then he left again to go fishing. I told Ryoma he should take a nap, so he fell asleep. I decided to take a walk around the island by myself since I had plenty of time.

I really wanted to go to my star spot because I haven’t been there in weeks. I’ve been staring at the ceiling for so long I’ve started to miss my actual spot. I was lying down in my favorite position, in my favorite spot. It was beautiful, with the breeze cooling me off, the sounds of the forest just whistling in my ear. Just watching the clouds roll by was like looking at the constellations.

Kyo found me at my spot, and said to me, “Ah, so the princess has escaped her castle. Did you escape so you could enjoy the commoner’s world? Or did you just want to have a break from tending to your injured knight.”

“I thought I would enjoy the actual outdoors, since I’ve been trapped inside the ‘castle’ for so long.”

“Oh, I could understand that. Makes sense.”

Kyo was lying down next to me now, and I think he was reaching for my hand because I felt something warm slowly coming towards my hand. I took a quick peek, and I saw my prediction was right. I just let it happen because it was too great to stop.

Instead, I just grabbed his hand because he was taking a while. He did his little blushing thing, and then I was just trying to hold back my laugh, because it was always so cute. I couldn’t help it, but it’s like something that you like to see really often.

I gazed at the clouds, just letting it all in. It was so beautiful. I find that clouds are basically the stars of the day. Though I'd have to wait a little while for the stars. I cherished the moment, and not just the clouds, but my hand and Kyo’s hand were locked together. Fingers interlaced, it was almost perfect. The only thing that could make this moment perfect was a kiss from Kyo. I wasn’t sure about who I truly loved because of the dream I had most recently, the one with the two aisles and the guys saying things. That one dream confused me even more with my feelings.

Kyo gently put his hand on my face and turned my face towards his.  I was confused; did he want to kiss me? I mean, he did confess his love, I freaked out and ran away, and then nearly died. His hand still lying on my face, him staring into my eyes, and my eyes staring into his eyes. His eyes seemed to be like the color of a beautiful river of red wine. Kyo started to pull my face towards his. I swear to god, if this was a dream and I woke up for real, I would be so pissed off right now.

I closed my eyes, waiting for him to kiss me. I was still waiting after a while, so I opened my eyes, and Kyo was frozen. I thought maybe he was too scared to actually do it, or he just didn’t think it was the right mood. I don’t think it was about the mood, considering the clouds with a sunset turning them ornage now, our hands being together, we were alone, so I just sat up.

Kyo stood up, and then put his hand out to help me up. I took his hand and got up. Kyo didn’t let my hand go after I got up and then pulled me towards him. I was in that similar embrace position, just like I was in both dreams and the time Kyo told me how much I meant to him. What I’m confused about is why? Why me? I guess I can ask him later.

I stood there, Kyo holding me close, and me listening to his racing heart beat. I loved the moment; it felt like how it used to be before Ryoma came to the island. I wished I could have this feeling more often, but it was kind of hard now.

We stayed in the embrace for a little bit longer, and then Kyo moved the hair covering my eye gently over my ear, and then said to me, “You look so beautiful right now. Sakura, I love you.” He released me a little so I could look at his face and then said, “Please, can we just stay on this island together for the rest of our lives? We can get someone to rescue Ryoma, and then we could be alone, just like it used to be.”

I looked down, my face being pink, thinking holy shit; I don’t think he’s joking. Will he try to kiss me for real this time? Please lord; don’t let this be a dream. I’m too happy for this to be a dream. If this is, I will commit musical suicide, which is where you basically sing before you jump off a cliff or a building or something like in random movies where they have random flash mobs during class. Wait a minute… stay here? Why here? I love this place so much… but what about everything back home?

“You are just way too cute when you do that. That just makes me love you even more.” Okay… coming on a little too strong.

Kyo pulled me close again, and even tighter this time. I was pretty cold, so I felt really warm in his embrace, and the world just melted away. It was only Kyo and I in the universe at this moment.

“Sakura, do you love me? Or do you love Ryoma? Or are you still confused about your feelings? If you’re confused, I could help you a little, choose I mean.”

“… I still feel a little confused. It’s kind of hard to decide right now. I mean, I probably love you more than Ryoma, but I keep having these weird dreams that always end up screwing my feelings up. So now I don’t know who to choose.”

“Well maybe I could give you some help, my princess.”

He pulled me up to his face, and kissed me. Now I knew for sure this was reality, because the dreams wouldn’t let me kiss them, no matter what the situation was. I was kissing Kyo, and he was kissing me. After everything we went through together, our lips finally met each other. This was possibly the greatest moment of my life... maybe.

We finally released, and then agreed to never tell Ryoma anything that happened here. We walked back to the shelter, and Ryoma was awake. I guess he was bored without anyone to talk to here. We all had our dinner, and then went to sleep.