Okay, quick AN.

So in honor of Valentine's Day, me and my friend elletly decided to work on a special. Don't worry, the next chapter is coming out soon it's still in the works. This could probably just be a little fluffy filler. It doesn't mess up the plot of the story, it has nothing to do with the plot anyways because it's its own little chapter ^_^

Okay, so in Japan, their Valentine's Day is the same date as ours over here or anywhere I guess, but only the women have to give the men or guy gifts or treats and then the boys have to give the girls something in return for their gift they received the next month, which is March 14th (White Day in Japan).

Okay, on with the special.

February 14th.

The day lovers from parts of the world receive gifts from their respected women, or just friends giving their guy friend a gift, for how much they appreciate them or love them. As a daughter of two bakers, Kaori decided to make chocolates for the boy she had completely fallen in love with.

But despite being a daughter of one of the most successful bakers in town, there was one flaw.

She did not know how to bake. That was one of the things she had no idea on how it was done. All she's good at is playing the violin and reading notes, cooking was never on her list of specialties.

She could make Kousei canelés but she wants something else since canelés are basically her everyday life. And she's pretty sure Kousei will start getting tired of her canelé obsession but she's not completely sure so she'll ask one day.

So, from the beginning: Kaori woke up in her bed at 12 PM (she's not much of an early bird) and suddenly remembered it was Valentine's Day. After waking up, she went to the restroom and did her business before going back to her room to change into her mourning attire. After all that, she went back to the bathroom to brush her teeth before brushing her wavy hair. Then, she greeted her parents with a good morning and a big hug and ate her breakfast as she chatted with them before she left the house to plan what she was going to do for Kousei.

It took her at least an hour to figure out what her plan for the day was gonna be before she emailed Kousei about meeting her at Courage Bridge for his gift, but she didn't specify why she wanted to meet him there. She even wonders if he knew it was Valentine's day.

Back to the present: Kaori is at a market that's nearby her home looking at magazines for recipes and different kinds of treats to give your specific other for a special day. She couldn't find any good treats that Kousei might seem to like and all the recipes seemed too hard to comprehend. But then she remembered that Kousei liked milk a lot so she immediately thought about making him white chocolate, which doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Kaori smiled and gave herself a nod of approval. "White chocolate chip cookies it is!"

~0000~

Strolling through the town, Watari looked around for a flower shop. Today was Valentine's Day, and it's the day where women give their man a special gift. There were a lot of pedestrians, mainly women or girls, since it is Valentine's Day, but since Watari really wanted to give his little Keiko a gift, he's deciding to do it now since he cannot wait for White Day. Maybe he and Keiko can do the tradition a little backwards.

As Watari was looking around for a flower shop, he, of course, was not looking at what was in front of him and accidentally bumped into a familiar blonde.

"Ow!" they both exclaimed.

Watari rubbed his chest and was about to apologize until he saw that it was Kaori who he had bumped into, so he quickly said sorry and made sure she was okay (considering she was rubbing her shoulder since Watari bumped into that).

"Haha, it's okay." Kaori gave Watari a bright grin and moved her hand away from her shoulder, tilting her head at her friend. "Are you okay? I mean, getting hit with a shoulder sort of hurts since it's a like a corner of a table."

Watari smiled at Kaori and shook his head with a reassuring thumbs up. "Yup! I'm completely fine! What're you doing here by yourself? When you left the hospital, you and Kousei have been hanging out a lot more."

Kaori's blush was evident, and Watari knew as well but he didn't point it out, but she managed to work it off by admitting, "Well, reason is...I'm actually going to get Kousei something for Valentine's Day. F-for being a great friend and all, you know?"

Watari nodded but deep down he knew there had to be something going on between the two. You had to be stupid to not see that Kousei and Kaori are blossoming with love.

"So...enough about me. What're you doing here, Watari?"

"Oh. Uh...I'm looking for a flower shop or at least a place that sells a box of chocolates because I really want to get Keiko-chan something for this month." Watari's expression turned to a lovey-dovey one as his persona turned into a little kid waiting to get his candies.

Kaori's expression turned to one of confusion. "You?"

Watari nodded with a wide smile. "Uh-huh. I know it's the other way around but I'm just really excited for this year because she's the first girl I've gone steady with."

Kaori then nodded in understanding and laughed a little. "Aw. I think that's actually really sweet of you. Well," Kaori twisted her body and pointed to a shop a few feet away, "there's a flower shop over there by the market I just went to so maybe you can go there and then the market because I saw some chocolates in there."

Watari brightened up and he literally shouted a big "thank you" to Kaori with a quick, unexpected hug as he ran to the places she had suggested.

Watching as her friend ran away, Kaori smiled to herself and at Watari and how much he seems to love Keiko.

"Alright!" Kaori turned around and placed her hands on her waist as she started making her way to her house. "Time to make those cookies!"

~0000~

"Okay...so...I need to ask my parents if they have flour, measuring cups, teaspoons, baking soda, salt, sugar, butter... Oh my God this is a lot of stuff!" Kaori huffed and placed the paper of ingredients down, leaning on the cramped kitchen counter. She let out sobs and let her hair cover her eyes. "How am I going to do all this?!"

Kaori was about to give up and think about actually buying Kousei his gift, but then she heard her phone vibrate once on the counter.

Flipping her phone open, she saw that it was message from Kousei.

From: Kousei :D
Subject: Time?
Hey Kaori! You told me we'd meet at the bridge but at what time? Thanks, love you!

Kaori felt her heart do a leap at the last sentence, but she grinned and responded.

To: Kousei :D
Subject: (no name)
Oh yeah! Sorry, guess i forgot to tell you a time. umm...

Kaori looked at what the time was at the moment and saw it was 3 PM. Jeez, I've been out for awhile now... She shrugged anyway and started to type in the rest of her message:

5 or 7 what do you think?

Kaori hit send and closed her phone but then she remembered she forgot to say that she loves him too... She shrugged and thought, I'll do it when he responds.

No more than a couple seconds later, Kaori felt her phone vibrate again.

Picking it up, she opened and read the message:

From: Kousei :D
Subject: Alright!
Okay! I guess 5:30 will do since it's not too early or too late ;D See you then!

Kaori laughed at how expressive Kousei is virtually than how he is in person. She finds it adorable.

Quickly typing in her response, and adding in her "I love you too!", Kaori put her phone down and started to rethink her decision on buying Kousei the gift. Maybe she'll actually try to make it.

It shouldn't be so hard, all I'm supposed to do is follow the instructions and hope for the best, right?

Oh how wrong she was.

~0000~

"Keiko-chan!" Watari practically ran up to his date and squished her to death with the flowers and chocolates in his hands.

"W-Watari! Good afternoon..." Keiko awkwardly hugged Watari back and patted his back several times to indicate she couldn't breathe.

Watari didn't get the memo but let go of her anyway, he really wanted to show her his devotion.

"Keiko-"

"Watari...before you say anything, we need to talk, again." Keiko glanced at the items that were in the boy's hands and was starting to regret what she wanted to admit to him, but it had to be done. She hated that it was on this particular day but this is the only time she and Watari are actually alone and out of hearing range, even though there are plenty of people outside and at the part of the park they are at right now.

Watari's face slowly fell and his expression turned to scared. He knows exactly what goes on when those words are spoken. "W...what is it, Keiko?"

"Ah...you know, you're a cool guy, Watari, and everyone knows that - even you yourself, heh." Keiko rubbed her arm in a nervous manner and stared at the ground, really wanting to get this over with already.

"So...basically what you're saying is we're..." Watari didn't want to say that word, it felt weird to him since he's never really been in a situation like this, aside from Kaori but once again it was different.

Keiko nodded with a sad look and said, "Look, I liked you but you're always flirting with girls...and when I was walking through the town I saw you and a blonde girl talking and then you hugged her then ran away."

Watari felt his heart freeze up. "Oh! Keiko! D-don't think that way, please! She is just a friend, and I'm being serious about that!"

Keiko gave Watari a glare as she said, "That's what they always say, Watari!"

Watari groaned and nodded. "I know, I know! But I'm pretty sure that the girl I hugged is in a relationship with my best friend since she mentioned about buying him or making him a gift for Valentine's Day..."

Keiko still didn't believe him. But she did want to ask one more question before she leaves him. "About Valentine's...why did you bring the gifts?"

Watari didn't understand her for a moment since he's in a mess right now but he realized what he was talking about when he remembered about the items in his hands. "Oh. Well...I'd like to explain but I guess right now it wouldn't really matter since you wouldn't care."

Keiko sighed and gave Watari a pat on his shoulder before walking off and away from the park, leaving Watari all alone as he stared at the ground with the flowers and chocolates clenched in his hands.

For the first time in a long time, Watari was heartbroken.

~0000~

Kaori suggested that if she does it on her own, her self-confidence would be good for Kousei to show how much she loves him. Despising the fact that she some girls buying courtesy chocolates that she saw on her way home doesn't give her the motivation to buy one too. She put her cookbook to the side and thought thoroughly through the steps of how her mom and dad made cookies for her pre school's graduation ceremony. She had great memories of when they always made treats for her, and that included the fun times they had spent. From all that brainstorming, she was prepared to make the cookies.

I only have 1 hour to finish these cookies and I have nothing done so far!

Kaori looked at the clock that's on the edge of the counter and her eyes widened by an inch when she saw the time.

I ONLY HAVE 50 MINUTES OR SO!

Kaori quickly opened the cookbook again and searched for the white chocolate chip recipe.

Just damn it all... I'm gonna quickly hurry and wing it.

Kaori clumsily found the page and placed the clock and her phone on the corners of the two pages so the book won't close itself before skimming over the instructions, again.

{A few minutes later}

"I think I put in too much salt...or sugar..." Kaori groaned and sat against the wall as she waited for the cookies to bake. It soul don't be long since the cookies aren't that big, they're bite-sized.

"I can never tell between those two..." Kaori sighed and rubbed away the sweat from her forehead with her forearm and stared at her sticky and dirty hands.

I really should've used gloves. Sighing once more, she picked herself up from the ground, carefully trying not to dirty the floor, and started to walk to the bathroom to wash her hands so when she's done she can just hurry up and walk out the bakery and buy some extra treats that aren't made from her because she's pretty sure she messed up on the cookies.

~0000~

I hate Valentine's Day... Tsubaki kicked a rock as she walked to her house from softball practice. All it is is girls giving guys presents. Hah, Watari is probably getting getting a bunch of 'em while Kousei is having a 50% chance of getting one from Kaori. Now that I think about it, should I get Kousei a gift...?

Tsubaki laughed at herself and shook her head. "Of course not..."

As much as I really love him for being a great friend and neighbor all these 2 years.

Tsubaki was thinking it, but deep down on the inside she feels like those words were a big, fat lie.

To keep her happy on days like these, though, she starts to think about all those happy moments where she was with the people who make her smile.

As she was walking alongside the train tracks, she started to think about the time she and Watari and Kaori chased Kousei when he started to run and scream.

It was a good moment. It was also fun. The four of them haven't done anything fun together in a while, especially when the days are supposed to be fun.

And since Nao went straight to her home for a shower, Tsubaki was left going alone.

Tsubaki still remembers that one time she thought Kousei died from drowning at the pool, and when they were younger and he jumped off the bridge.

Those were all good and fun times, but sadly they all had to go to an end for some reason.

Everyone else has their significant other who will get something from their girl, even Watari but Kousei was a confusing one.

As Tsubaki saw her house in view, she thought one more thing before going silent: Will I ever receive a gift from someone on White Day?

~0000~

Dammit, dammit, dammit! I only have 20 more minutes until Kousei is expecting me and I'm still pretty far since I came back to this market!

Kaori was huffing and puffing as she was moving around the store to find chocolates and the milk Kousei likes.

It took her at least 6 minutes to find the chocolate and milk but she slowed down and rested on a bench outside the store. She was panting as she felt her heartbeat thump against her chest and make her head throb with it sounding through her ears.

"I guess I'm not fully fit for this kind of running..." Kaori chuckled and closed her eyes as she let her head rest against the window pane behind her.

I don't think Kousei would mind if I'm a little late...he'll understand. I'm sure. When I open my eyes, I'll just hurry and make it to the bridge. I'll probably be just a few minutes late.

~0000~

Kousei leaned against the railing of Courage Bridge and checked the time for the millionth time.

It's 5:35 and Kousei is starting to get a little worried that something might have happened to Kaori but it's only 5 minutes so maybe he shouldn't worry too much, people are always late sometimes. That's just how life is. Like that one time they had to play at the Towa Hall competition and were almost late, but they still made it in time.

That day started bringing memories back to Kousei, especially that moment after they finished playing.

Kousei shook that thought out of his head and let out a deep sigh. Those days really scared him. He's just glad those moments are history now. Kaori is all fine and good, that's all that matters.

Maybe waiting a few more minutes wouldn't hurt. Kaori is probably still getting ready?

{Moments later}

It's already 5:55 and Kousei was legitimately starting to worry. The last time Kaori was late was when Kousei had found out Kaori was at the hospital.

Kousei is really hoping that she didn't get into an accident or anything like that. He's not ready to deal with all that again, especially when they're both dating. It'll impact him harder.

Maybe I should just call her. Kousei hurriedly opened his phone and called Kaori's number.

It was ringing at least 5 times before the machine indicated that the person wasn't available at the moment and to call again later.

Kousei was then starting to panic and his heart was literally wanting to burst out of his chest.

Please don't tell me...

Kousei was whining in thought as he bounced on his heels but the he thought about waiting a little more in case Kaori really is late and not in the hospital right now or in danger.

~0000~

Kaori woke up from her "nap" feeling very confused when she abruptly felt herself choke on her saliva while she was asleep.

What the hell? Where am I?

It took Kaori a few seconds to realize she was on a bench because she had decided a little nap would be perfect. Crap, I ended up sleeping.

Kaori widened her eyes when she realized she fell asleep so she quickly took out her phone and checked the time, which quickly made her grab the bag she had brought and run again to the bridge.

Oh man! It's 6:12! Wait, Kousei called. Maybe I should call again to make sure he's there. Kaori slowly stopped running and quickly called Kousei back as she hurriedly walked to the bridge.

Kousei answered after one ring and Kaori could hear how worried he had been in his words.

"Kaori? Is this you?"

Kaori felt a little touched that he sounded worried but also hated herself for making him worried.

"Yeah, it's me. I'm so, so, so sorry that I'm late and that I didn't answer your call!" Kaori answered.

Kousei let out a long breath on the other line and spoke. "I-it's okay... I was just worried about you."

Kaori smiled to herself and start to walk faster when she saw the bridge in a distance. "I know, and I'm sorry. I...uh...I fell asleep on a bench."

"Huh?"

"I'll explain when I get there, I see the bridge I'm almost there."

Kousei nodded on the other side and said, "Okay, I'll see you here. Bye-bye!"

Kaori smiled and said her farewell as well before hanging up and letting out a breath.

Glad that's settled.

~0000~

Tsubaki kicked her shoes off and neatly placed them in the cubbies her mom had recently got them since she plays sports and her shoes would get dirty.

"I'm home!" Tsubaki yelled loud enough so that her mom could hear and to indicate that she had she responded with a "welcome home!"

Tsubaki sighed and walked over to the refrigerator to grab a water bottle to bring with her to her room. "Did you make any food today, Mom?"

Tsubaki's mom shook her head and put her spoon down. "Nope. We're just having cereal. But there's something at your door waiting for you." She slowly started to smile and picked her spoon back up to eat another scoop of cereal, not giving her daughter anymore details.

Tsubaki grew confused but she shook it off and started walking to her room.

What does she mean? I don't know, guess I'll look for myself.

Tsubaki walked 10 more steps before she actually made it to her room and stopped in front of her closed door, which had a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates laying there.

The thing that confused Tsubaki was why the flowers and the box both looked beaten but the thing that confused her the most was why there was even anything there in the first place.

Kneeling down, Tsubaki picked up the flowers and chocolates before grabbing her water bottle and walking into her room and closing the door. She tiredly tossed the items onto her bed and laid down with her legs dangling off the edge.

Did I jinx things? Tsubaki furrowed her brow and picked up the flowers, which were red tulips. She tried looking around it for a note but she found a tag with "To: Tsubaki" written on it. There was a name that was scribbled out but maybe the person either messed up on her name or this was previously for something else.

She moved on to the box right after and skimmed the box with her eyes; she kind of felt...happy that she received these things.

But now that she thinks about it, why would the guy give her the gifts? Whatever. Tsubaki pulled herself up and sat down with crossed legs and placed the box on her lap, lifting up the top and finding a folded up paper sitting atop the chocolates.

She picked up the piece of paper unfolded it and first saw in big, scrawled writing: TO TSUBAKI.

She found out there was a little letter on the bottom so she decided to read it.

Dear Tsubaki, I know that this may be a bit absurd and abrupt but this is Watari.

Tsubaki felt her face grow in the most horrific expression she can muster. She tried her very best to not yell out but on the inside she was practically screaming.

Okay, okay. I know you're probably really confused on why I'm giving you these Valentine's Day gifts but if you remember Keiko, me and her had a little fight earlier. She hated that I flirted with a lot of people and she saw me hug Kaori earlier in the evening and thought the wrong thing. Don't think the wrong thing either, Tsubaki, I was just quickly thanking her because she gave me directions on where to get these gifts.

This will be quick and short since this was supposed to be for Keiko but you're the only girl I know who wouldn't find it a bit odd for a guy to give them gifts on Valentine's Day.

You're probably really scared right now, aren't you? I mean I don't think you'd expect a gift from me of all people. Two, more specifically.

If you're wondering on how these got over here, I kindly asked your mom to put these at the front of your door so that when you get home you'd see this.

So hopefully things won't be as awkward than they already are just please accept these because I didn't really want them going to waste.

If you took your time to read all that, then thanks. You're a great friend. See ya when I see you.

Sincerely, Watari.

Tsubaki didn't know it, but deep down her heart was actually skipping a beat from reading all that. She smiled a little and scoffed a laugh. "Idiot."

So I guess you could say that Tsubaki became Watari's Valentine for the day.

~0000~

Kaori walked up the bridge from the other side and saw how quickly Kousei looked up from his phone; he was staring at the time and counted every minute he waited for Kaori. He pushed himself off the rail and faced her.

"Yo!" Kaori grinned cheekily and let a giggle escape her lips. "How are you on this fine day, Kousei?"

Kousei huffed and put his phone away while walking up to Kaori. "You don't understand how worried I was about you, Kaori."

Kaori dropped her smile and sighed. "I know, and I'm sorry! I didn't know I'd end up falling asleep."

Kousei sighed and ran his fingers through his dark hair, his mind going through a haze. "It's also bad that you fell asleep on a public bench. You could've gotten kidnapped or something like that. We are 14 anyways, so getting kidnapped is a possibility."

"Okay, Kousei. I get it, I get it. No need to start ranting," Kaori joked. She smiled and reached forward with her unoccupied hand to grab Kousei's and give it a reassuring squeeze. "But you don't have to worry about that happening on this day."

Kousei rose an eyebrow. "Why?"

Kaori laughed and let go of his hand to hand him his bag of goods. "Happy Valentine's Day, Kousei!"

Kousei was confused before he gasped and facepalmed for his stupidity. This is why Kaori asked me to come here! I AM SO STUPID I HAVE BEEN STARING AT MY PHONE THE ENTIRE TIME BUT DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO LOOK AT THE DATE?

Kaori giggled and handed the bag to Kousei. "Here you go."

Kousei grabbed the bag and sighed at his obliviousness. "I'm sorry I just can't believe I didn't know it's Valentine's."

Kaori laughed again and gave his cheek a kiss, which made his cheeks tingle in red; he's still not used to this couple stuff, but so isn't Kaori so it's a win-win situation for the two to work it out together.

"It's okay. Do you want me to explain on why I was late though?" Kaori tilted her head and sat down against the rail and stretched, resting from all the running she has been doing.

Kousei nodded and sat down beside her, placing the bag on his lap. "Yes please."

So Kaori started from the beginning on what her plan was for Valentine's and how she baked Kousei the cookies and ran around trying to plan everything accordingly and how she ended up sleeping on the bench and everything else that had happened on her way to the bridge.

Kousei listened carefully and started to worry again. "You were running?"

Kaori looked at him. "Um, yeah. Of course."

Kousei turned and faced Kaori, reaching over to grab both her hands. "And you're okay, right?"

Kaori stared at their hands and gave him an unsure shrug. "I guess. I just don't think I'm completely well to do any physical activity or anything like that."

Kousei sighed and held Kaori's hands close to his chest and Kaori was able to feel how unnaturally-fast his heart was beating.

"Kousei..."

"Look, I know that you're well and out of the hospital but please...just don't push yourself too hard. Especially for me because, that's just making me feel guilty and I'm not worth it." Kousei closed his eyes shut and kept his head low so Kaori couldn't see his expression.

Kaori tightened her grip on Kousei's hands and removed her hand from one of his and cupped the back of his neck to place a loving kiss on his lips, and they stayed that that for a few seconds until Kousei pulled back because he just had to breathe, but his eyes were glued onto Kaori's as she spoke.

"After all this time of us being together, and from that letter, you still think you're not worth it?" Kaori scoffed and stared deeper into Kousei's eyes. "Kousei, I pushed myself to even be where I am today. If I haven't quit my piano lessons, pushed myself to be the best violinist there is, read scores that were very confusing, go through everything I could to try and get closer to you, or overgo that surgery I or you would have not been in this exact spot, speaking to one another."

Kousei saw tears well up in Kaori's eyes and reached to wipe them away before they started falling and fell back with a grunt when she tackled him in a hug, Kousei hugging back almost instantly and not caring if his shirt got wet from Kaori's tears or his back got dirty from the ground.

"So please, please for the love of God and all the musicians up there, never say you're not worth it. Because to me you really...you really are." Kaori started to sob in between her last sentence and Kousei hated hearing her sound so sad and cry so he tightened his arms around her small figure, trying to mute her sobs from his mind.

{A few moments later}

Kousei helped Kaori wipe her tears away and his face was one of sadness and guilt. Sadness because he absolutely hated hearing and seeing Kaori cry and guilt because he is part of the reason on why she started crying in the first place.

"Are you okay now?" Kousei asked as he was sure her tears were completely gone.

Kaori nodded and sniffed, really wishing she had brought some tissues with her.

"Yeah," she responded before sending Kousei a broad smile, "I'm fine now, thanks to you."

Kousei smiled with with closed eyes and said, "That's good to hear." He opened his eyes when he remembered about hearing Kaori bake the cookies she had brought in the bag.

"Oh yeah, Kaori. You said you made me cookies, right?"

Kaori didn't get what he was saying for a split second until she understood and nodded. "Yup. And I didn't try them so if all else fails, I brought backup chocolate."

Kousei laughed a little at her last words and smiled. "I can't wait to try it."

When Kousei actually tried the cookies, they were a little bitter and chewy, but he didn't mind the chewy part because he sort of likes soft cookies more than crunchy ones, and he asked Kaori that she should try her own cookies but when she checked to seek the bag for one, there was none left.

"Uh...I think I ate the rest. This is the last one." Kousei showed Kaori the cookie in his hand but half of it was gone and the cookie was basically half the size of his palm, so if he were to break a piece it would just be a size smaller than his fingernail.

"Wow. Was it that good?" Kaori looked up from the bag and looked at Kousei with curious eyes.

Kousei shrugged and held his cookie out to her. "Well, it's chewy but good. I like that you added white chocolate too."

Kaori smiled at the compliment—she's taking it as a compliment—and said, "Well, you like milk a lot. So since white chocolate is the color of milk and it contains some milk, I thought it'd be perfect." She grabbed the cookie from Kousei's fingers and took a bite out of it, surprising Kousei a little since it was from the part he had bitten.

He grabbed the cookie from her and watched as she swallowed and shrugged. "It's okay, to be honest."

Kousei laughed and joked by saying, "You just really love your canelés a lot more, do you not?"

Kaori pouted like a child and crossed her arms like one, looking off to the side. "I have no idea what you are talking about, canelés are a lot more than just to love."

Kousei gasped dramatically and pretended to look offended. "Even more than me?"

Kaori couldn't keep in character and let out a little laugh. "Yes, Kousei, yes."

Kousei let out a laugh as well and smiled at the ground beneath him. "You know, it's moments like these where I really spending time with someone. I haven't had these kind of days in a while."

Kaori sighed in content and agreed with him. "Same."

"But hey"—Kaori looked over to Kousei as he stared at the part of the cookie she had bitten—"why'd you bite the part I had bitten?"

Kaori shrugged and leaned her head against his shoulder. "We've kissed from mouth-to-mouth Kousei, it wouldn't make a difference."

Kousei blushed a little as he pondered about her claim. "Th-that's true..." He stared at the bitten piece but then shrugged about it and continued to eat the cookie normally.

Kaori smiled and thought about how she couldn't really imagine herself without the guy beside her, he makes her life a lot more brighter than how it used to be. And to top it all off, he's really adorable on how he reacts to small things.

Kousei closed his eyes and rested his head atop Kaori's and started to think about how he can't imagine a world without Kaori, like at all. If it wasn't for her he would've still been suffering from his mom's death and stay huddled in his little shell of no-life. He wouldn't have sat down in front of his piano and actually play a song and hear it and feel it like he used to as a small child. He wouldn't have met his piano teacher, created rivals, and see life in a new, colorful light.

Kousei smiled softly and cuddled closer with the actual light of his life and thought about how without her his life would still be sufferable.

He's just glad he can be as happy and be as playful as he used to be when he was younger with her around.

He's really grateful to have her in his life. Big time.

HI YOU GUYS! :D I AM SO SORRY IF YOU WERE EXPECTING A NEW CHAPTER BUT I REALLY WANTED TO DO A VALENTINE'S SPECIAL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS YESTERDAY I AM SO SORRY!

But really, I put everything I had into this chapter, I stayed up all night until 5 AM last night to get half of this chapter done and the rest of this day to get it finished. It's 11 PM as of right now. And I have school tomorrow so I should really head to bed because I need sleep.

I'm sorry if this came out as cheesy or whatever or repetitive because, honestly, I was so confused last night when I was halfway through. When it's midnight I start hallucinating so I'm sorry if halfway through it's a little jumpy.

So the new chapter is still being in the works, I'm working with a friend on this fanfic now because they want to help and it helps me too because it's pretty fun to work with people on writing to be honest.

This is probably the longest chapter there is for this fanfic and I'm pretty proud. Pat on the back for me.

Okay I'm going to bed it is almost 12 AM, so...

Goodnight/good morning/good evening/good afternoon :D