Lucy's P.O.V

I smiled as I watched the two brothers somewhat having a normal conversation. After years of pain, they were somewhat releasing it. As soon as their conversation ended, Reiji came to me. His expression seemed to be full of relief. "Shu says that Rini should see him after me." I nodded before I hugged him.

"Okay" I was happy. My emotions were running wild. I wrapped my arms around his neck and smiled before I hugged him. I could feel his cheeks heating up on my hands but couldn't help but pull him closer. "You are so warm Reiji-kun." He backed away from me and looked at me in shock.

"You...hugged me." I nodded with a blush.

"Yeah"

"So you.." He shook his head. "No" He pulled me close to him and wrapped me into a deep embrace. Before I could even respond he backed away. He looked at me in my eyes and blushed.

"Reiji-kun?"

"Shit" My eyes widened. He cursed, why did he curse? He embraced me again, this time with so much warmth. It had been so sweet that I couldn't deny it. I felt myself nearly drowning in my emotions but that stopped when he backed away from me.

"Reiji-kun"

"I'm sorry" He walked away. I couldn't let another situation where I lost an opportunity like this happen again. I wanted to kiss him, to hold him, I wanted him as much as he wanted me. I went after him.

Reiji's P.O.V

There is a point in your life when you have to let everything go. No matter how much it maybe is, you don't know what it can do to you. So you ignore it. Pushing away the possibility that your heart will ache.  "Reiji-kun" My eyes widened as I felt her arms wrap around the back of me.

"Lucy"

"I like-....." She paused which killed me inside. "I wanted to tell you that I care for you."

"Huh but-"

"I really do care about you. I want you to be happy, to work less, I want you to feel supported and cared for." I broke out of her grip. Hearing that from someone shocked me. Why did it shock me, even though I knew that it was something I wanted. "Reiji-" I backed away from her incoming hand. The feeling of pain had been overwhelming and what made it worse was that I was too afraid to look at her.

"Lucy" I heard a sniffle causing to look up to see her with a small smile.

"I...um...understand so I will just go okay?"

"Lucy I'm-"

"It's fine, really." She walked away. I knew she wanted to be alone and even though I didn't want her to be, I let her.