Our friends went to many shops after that. Takurou tried to talk to Chizuru about it but Chizuru would just walk away from him. You could tell from her face that she was super embarrassed to face Takurou.

The sun began to set. They decided to watch the fire crackers at the beach before taking the bus home.

I am going to talk to Takano this time! Takurou thought. Taking the advantage of the crowd there, Takurou pulled Chizuru by her hand and drag her a bit away from others near the railing of the stairs to the beach, where there were few people.

"Takano, we need to talk." Takurou said bravely. Ofcourse he was blushing and so was the girl.

"W-what?" Chizuru asked with her head down.

"That chocolate box... it had 'dear love' printed on it. W-what does it mean? I-I mean, why would you give ME that?"

"Guess I've no choice." Chizuru said and turned around showing her back to Takurou. "I...I l-like you... Sugawara-kun.." She said.

The boy turned completely red. There was silence for few moments until!

Chizuru felt two arms wrapped around her chest from behind and a head resting on her left shoulder. Ofcourse it was Takurou.

"I like you too...Ch-chizuru.." He said softly near Chizuru's ear. Chizuru smiled and put her hands on Takurou's arms.

At the exact same time, the colourful fire crackers lit the black sky. They let go of the hug and faced eachother.

"I love you, Chizuru.." Takurou said, with red cheeks.

"I-I love you too, Su- Takurou-kun.." Chizuru said, blushing.

Takurou smiled and put his right hand on Chizuru's cheek and walked a step closer. Chizuru put her hand on Takurou's elbow, closed her eyes and stood up on her toes to match Takurou's height, and kissed him.

Those few minutes were special. Those two completely forgot that there were people around them and that their friends could see them too. They just enjoyed being this close to eachother and thought of nothing else than that priceless touch they experienced.

Ofcourse, almost everyone came to know about these two dating, which continued after high school and university as well. They were teased by their friends who combined their first names together which makes 'Takuru'. Which, years later, ended up being the name of their son as well~ ^^

~The end~

Hey, guys! This sweet couple (and my fav from the anime) finally are together now. I hope you liked reading this short story! Leave some reviews for me to read! Later!

And, guys, check out my another story 'Vanished memories.' I'm sure you'll like it. ^^