Disclaimer: Special A belongs to Minami Maki.

Aki: This is supposed to be an apology fic for not updating 'Maybe Definitely' but it turned out kind of angsty and short so I'm not sure anymore. o.O This is a Megumi-ccentric fic.

.Happiness.

She loved them.

The six people who had spent years spending their high school lives with her were all very important to her; for they were the people who occupied more than half of her memories. That was why the greenhouse was a very important place to her.

She loved them, very much. So, she found it definitely strange to feel a tinge of loneliness while she sat on her usual spot on the greenhouse.

It was like any other day. Jun was comfortably sitting beside her, satisfied at just watching the group. Ryuu was silently petting a new born pig which sat on his lap. Hikari was yet again announcing another challenge to Kei who beamed confidently at her. Tadashi was comparing his girlfriend to the bear that he saw in the zoo while Akira pounced him using her brutal force.

Despite how Akira always scolded Tadashi, Megumi and everyone else in the group knew perfectly that this was the tea-loving girl's way of expressing her embarrassment and her love for him(however brutal it was).

Megumi casted her eyes downwards, her hands tightening around the eraser board on her lap. Usually, she would be smiling over Tadashi and Akira's antics and she would silently giggle together with Jun while they watch yet another rice cooker making contact on the face of their top five student.

"You act as if you have bottomless stomach!" Akira shouted, frustration all over her features after Tadashi had requested for her to bake another cake (they had just finished the ANOTHERFLAVOR cake that she made). "Then, how about some cookies?" Tadashi tried again with that usual carefree smile hanging on his lips. "I really love Akira's cooking."

As she watched Akira's face turn red in embarrassment, Megumi couldn't help but smile; however, there was sadness twinkling in her eyes.

She loved these two, like the rest of the SA. She loved them very deeply that she always prayed and wished that their friendship - this very special bond that made each of them escape from the rest of the world - would never end. She loved them so much that she would not let anything ruin their happiness.

Because their happiness was also her happiness; their sadness was also her sadness.

Wasn't that the reason why she decided to fake a confession and spend a silly date with him?

She loved them. She really loved them and she did not want anything to break within their friendship. Because these seven people were her world, her family, her friends.

So, then, why was there always a sharp take on her chest whenever she felt and saw the happiness from Tadashi and Akira?

She loved them.

Yeah.

But...

She realized, she loved him as well.

And his happiness became hers. So was his sadness.

.end.

Aki:It must be hard for Megumi. The happiness of her friends or the happiness of her loved one? But I'm glad that she valued both. I'm very low on self esteem right now, which kind of explains my lack of update.

P.S. I'm kind of confused, so, if it isn't much of a bother, can anyone of you answer my question? The last name 'Takishima' came from Kei's mother, right? If so, what is the full name of Kei's father? Thank you…