Disclaimer: I don't own Peach Girl.

For Real This Time
A Beginning In An End?

"All's well that ends well!" Sae chimed, stretching as she boarded a train. She really outdid her self this time. Momo got her happy ending and Kairi wasn't his uncharacteristically pathetic self. That was the best part, actually. Sure, he was annoying normally but Kairi in the dumps was the worst! He was literally a drag.

"You sure look pleased with your self."

That voice... The brunette whipped around to find the source. She found a pair of familiar eyes peering down at her.

"T-Touji!" squeaked Sae suddenly finding great interest in her shoes. As usual Touji had such an intense vibe, heightened by how he towered over her. Could he stop now? Why was he so close? After waiting a bit, she looked again to see him still in close proximity. Not that she needed to look, she felt his presence. Laughing nervously she started doing what she did best, blabbing her mouth.

"As a matter of fact, I am. Thanks to me, my best friend Momo is having her happily ever after! Even though I'd like to stay a little longer I know those love birds want to be left alone!"

"Is that right?"

His words came out like a scoff. The petite girl swore she saw a glint in his narrowed eyes before they darkened. She swallowed, feeling a little guilty. The reason they were probably meeting on the same train and departing was the same: to leave the lovers alone. The only difference was that he was suffering. Sae knew he was going to. After all, she was the one who not so long ago dropped the sagely knowledge that in such a situation someone was going to inevitably get hurt. The extent of it though, she could not gauge.

Touji may have been a very inexperienced and naive guy but by no means was he simple. Especially not now. After all that has happened how could this guy stand around unaffected like a brick wall?

Gee, Toujigamori show some damn emotion! This here was his problem. Yeah, Kairi was annoying but he expressed himself and somehow his incessant whining had won Sae over. There was nothing form Touji's end that appealed to her. Not at all. Flashbacks of their paint drying relationship ran through Sae's head and it only pushed her to take it further.

"Yeeeah... and Momo is happy and you know what I don't regret it because it makes me hap-"

Her words along with a small gasp got stuck in her throat. Eyes wide, the tiny brunette could only focus on three things: Touji's long, thick, eyelashes grazing her face,the warmth of his fingers lifting her chin upward and the softness of those lips covering hers. She has kissed him many times, but this is the first time she ever even though about these little things. Her stomach fluttered, the feeling rising up to her chest. Could this be...

A/N: I recently binge watched Peach Girl because I was feeling nostalgic. So I wanted to write about some of the characters and I really want to explore the dynamics of Sae and Touji as a real couple and here we are. I think this may make it to a full blown chaptered story. It can certainly go places.