"Steeephy, where are you-"

Touko stops as she enters the longue in CiRCLE, and sees me lay on the sofa, completely drained out of energy due to crying some.

"...I hope you didn't look down on yourself again, Stephy..."

"Unfortunately I did..." I tell Touko with my still shaken up voice.

She sighs before walking up to me and crouching down next me. Slowly caressing my hair, she lays her head against my torso while looking me in the eyes. "Tell me, what's wrong now?"

"It's just... I feel like you maybe are tired of me, being so clingy at times in my own. I can't help to love you so much." I tell her as she frowns, but continues listening. "I love seeing you happy, but it's just how happy you really are with me... Like, you maybe just try enduring me being this-"

"Enough now, Stephy! That is not true!" she sharply tells me back, but not in an aggresive tone, but a rather soft tone as she gets what I am trying to say.

"Sorry, sorry, my bad..."

"I've got to be honest, I thought you would get tired of me after some time of being together." she tells me as she looks at me and hugs me a little now as well. "I were scared you would dump me after getting to know that I can be a little all over the place at times."

She soon smiles at me as I can see her eyes tearing up. "Yet you didn't. We have been by each other's side around 2 years by now, and you love me just as much as back then, if not more even~"

"I would never leave you... You are my source of happiness and my whole world, it's impossible to just suddenly leave someone like you."

"I know you have had your breakups before, and I were ready with all the people that keeps on appearing in Tokyo. Like that other blonde gyaru in another school, I was..." Touko begins as she can't contain her tears anymore, "...I was so scared you would leave me for her instead..."

"I would never... You are irreplaceable to me." I tell her as I caress her hair as well to calm her down as well. "I love you so much, Touko..."

"And that is the most beautiful words to hear from you, no matter how many times you say it..." she replies as she smiles again, and now much more calm of her. "I want only you, Stephy..."

"I only want you, Touko." I reply to her as we smile at each other, that fluttering feeling emerging yet again in my chest. "I am sorry that I thought you had gotten tired of me. Because you are often such a happy girl already, so I just end up feeling like I don't do much to contribute to your happiness."

"But you do, Stephy... I have been more happy than ever thanks to you, and only you..." she tells me as she gets up on top of me on the lounge sofa. "My love and desire for you is immense, more than you can imagine..."

"Touko..." I reply before we without further ado begin passionately kissing with each other, both of us holding tightly on the other.

We keep on going until we finally feel satisfied. Looking each other in the eyes, we smile again seeing the one we love in front of us.

"Touko, oh my beloved Touko Kirigaya..." I soon say as I hug tightly onto her as she loudly giggles and kisses me more. "I promise I will keep this in mind and just continue spilling out my love to you. I want to absolutely spoil you so badly..."

"And I want to spoil you as well, and I won't hold back showing my love to you neither~" she replies as we get up, taking new steps after reconciling my negative feelings I had. "For my first thing to spoil you with; Let's head to that newly opened Mexican restaurant and have some tacos~!"

"Oh yes! I forgot that I hadn't eaten lunch yet, but tacos together with my wonderful beloved girlfriend? Sign me up~!"

"Then let's go at once, Stephy! You will get to eat as many tacos as you want, my treat for ya, haha~!"

As she pulls in my arm, I see her beautiful expression she has whenever she is so overjoyed doing something together with me.

I am wrong about ever thinking she would get tired of me or that I don't deserve her. Because we both complete each other's happiness and lives, and we found something thanks to each other: True love.

I love you Touko Kirigaya. Let's continue getting over all obstacles in life, together and forever.