"Akira...I wanted to ask...was it because of me?" Sora asked sitting on the edge of her bed in their shared room. Sora moved in with Akira when the game ended because she didn't like moving around all the time. Shinobu let them move in their shared apartment because he saw how Akira's eyes lit up around her.

"N-no!! It c-could h-have never b-been a-anything y-you did!!" Akira sat on her lap facing her and cupped her head in her hands. "I-I love y-you more t-than a-anything!" She gasped starting to cry clutching the back of Sora's shirt.

"No, sorry I understand...I was just being insecure..." She said with a sad smile as she wrapped her arms around her. Zazume and Mozomo found a way to make her feel more real to Sora. She could feel her warmth and feel the gentle touch of her skin. It was like she was really there with her. 

Akira would always sit with her like this. Sora held her in her lap and Akira would face her with her legs around her waist. They both didn't mind because they loved having the other that close to them. Sora never really liked being this close to someone, but when it was with Akira it was so different.

"I-It's fine i-if you f-feel insecure...I-I just d-don't want y-you to b-be sad b-because of w-what I d-did..." Akira whispered into her ear nuzzling her face farther into her neck. Sora sighed and held her close...she just worried...because she knew that this couldn't last forever.

"I know you have never loved someone before and I am so happy that I was the one you chose to love. The one you let get so close to you. I just wanted to be strong for you...but it is so much harder without you...because I love you too." She paused taking in a shaky breath.

"I want you to feel safe with me. I wanted you to be here with me...I wanted to be happy. I'm so sorry that I didn't get there in time...in time to at least tell you goodbye..." She sobbed into her shoulder. Akira pulled back with a smile letting one of her other personalities take over. She wiped Sora's tears off of her cheeks looking into her eyes with a gentle smile. 

Her eyes widened because she doesn't get to see this side of Akira that often...the time she saw her like this was right before they got together after the game...when she was comforting Sora because she told her about her past...

"It's not your fault. I wanted to tell you...I gave you that poem right or did you not find it?" She asked tilting her head. Sora blushed at how cute she was. She sniffled staying silent for a moment loving every moment she could look into Akira's eyes. She brushed her bangs to the side revealing her lighter pigmented eye. 

She couldn't do this that often in the game because Akira is so anxious around others. She knows that this is because of all the intense bullying and emotional abuse she has gone through as a child. She doesn't blame her, but she does wish that she would think highly of herself...just like she does...

"What poem?" I asked getting the one from my shirt to show her if that's what she meant. "You mean this one right?" Sora asked opening the crinkled piece of paper. Akira blushed knowing that she had kept it after all this time but kept her composure. 

"No, I left you one before I left..." She whispered slowly getting off her lap and walking over to Sora's pillow. She raised it up and revealed a lavender sheet of paper. She walked back over to sit next to Sora handing her the paper.

Sora frowned seeing that she didn't want to sit in her lap. She opened the neatly folded paper and read the poem.

"Roses are red and Violets are blue

This is how much I love you

Please don't blame yourself when I'm gone

Because you should have others to now depend on

Don't worry about me

Because whenever you want to find me

You won't have to go far

Because I will always be by your side

Hoping that you can be happy and free

-Akira Yumeno-" Akira read smiling when Sora traced her finger over her name. Sora felt more tears coming to her eyes before she felt Akira crawl back to her place on her lap. She contently sighed and wrapped her arms around her waist holding her close again.

"Thank you for writing this...I know I didn't say it much, but I really love reading your poetry you write to me...It always made my day...and all the times I would try to get out of bed but you held me asking me to stay for some morning cuddles...I loved everything you did...it made me feel so special..." Sora said not trying to suppress the blush coming to her cheeks. Akira felt her nervous personality come back and buried her face in Sora's jacket.

"I love you Akira~," She whispered tucking some of her hair behind her ear. She mumbled 'I love you too' into her shirt. Sora laughed remembering all the times she had done this before. Sora thought she was absolutely adorable when she got this nervous.

"So, are you going to have to leave any time soon?" Sora asked hitting her lip. Her lips had been chapped because of how much she was hitting and licking at them when she was over in the other killing game. Akira knew that when she got nervous she did this and pulled back brushing her finger over her lips. 

"Don't w-worry about i-it too m-much...I a-am not g-going to l-leave you a-any time s-soon..." Akira stuttered placing a kiss on her lips before she got nervous again hiding her face with her hand.

"Akira~ I love to see your face you know~," She said pulling her hand away and placing kisses all over her face moments afterward. "mph..." Akira yelped at her flirtatious tone. Sora was just happy she got her Yumeno-chan back even if it was just her spirit...it was still her beloved Yumeno-san~...

-Sorry for updating so late...I was busy studying for another math test that I have tomorrow...Thanks for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-