A/N: Here's a short fic for dear Lene~Happy*belated* Birthday! FF wouldn't let me log in for the past couple days or I woulda posted sooner ^^;

"What if I kissed you now?"

Once upon a time, that question would have evoked a blush, a stammering answer.

So adorable, so you.

But now...I'm lucky if you just send me a glare-blush included though. It's one of the few things that hasn't really changed about you...

You'd imagine it'd be so much easier not to think back to then, to remember. Yet it is. So many things I didn't say, and the few I did, stupid things from an arrogant teenager.

"Don't tell anyone." I warned once, as if you would have. But you just smiled and nodded, as if I couldn't see the hurt flash through your eyes.

I wouldn't have cared if you did, I would've loved for you to tell everyone really...

There wasn't time enough for that though, and the story went on. Looing around I wonder about the path my life has taken. Ten years later here I am, in a successful job I like, with good co-workers, a nice place to live...

Everything but you.

That's all I've ever wanted. To return home everyday knowing you would be there, that I would see you. You're love was enough to get me through some of the hardest times in my teens. It was also part of my downfall in college...

Seeing you brings back so many memories-good and bad. Just catching sight of you a few desks over is enough to make me smile, and watching you walk into the apartment next to mine can bring so much pain…

And you expect me not to react when you reappear? No, you won't get away from me so easily again, not while I know you really are still out there, so close.

You affect me like no one ever has before, haven't I already told you that?

You are the only one for me; nothing will change that.

I can see you know it too, as I follow after you, manage to catch you in my embrace.

"Ritsu..."

There you freeze; something in my tone has finally reached you. I lean down to kiss you, if only you'd let me in again, let me give you what you need, the love I know only I can give you.

"Masamune..."

And it's then, in that single call, that I find my 'happily ever after'.

Because I know you still love me too.

A/N: So there ya have it! Something a bit sad, but with that sweet edge to it~ And done in 'Masa-chan's' POV since I know how much you love him Lene ;D Hope you liked it dear! Oh and anyone else who reads as well of course-review if ya want!

And on a side note, part of the reason I was able to get this written was listening to these songs by Darin Zanyar: What if I Kissed you Now, Can't Stop this Love, Everything But the Girl, Like No One, and Desire. (all very epic in my opinion~)