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Final

Rikku groaned, feeling like an idiot in every possible way. Being the as stupid as he was, he managed to offend Mio to no end, by technically breaking her heart.

However, in his defense. Tsumugi, and Sawako were pressuring him into confessing to her. 'What did those two know anyway?' He growled to himself.

But Rikku had to admit. He felt jealousy bubble in the pit of his stomach, as he watched the scene in the clubroom take place. He couldn't help but imagine himself, and Mio in the same situation, to whisper 'I love you.' The words that Rikku were dying to tell his one and only.

Of course, he said the complete opposite, and his 'one and only' had stomped away in the opposite direction. Which caused his heart to shatter into a million pieces. What was he expecting her to do anyway? Run into his arms, despite his earlier words, and kiss him passionately? It was his fault she left anyway.

"You should go after her, Rikkun." Tsumugi urged, breaking into her friends complicated thoughts.

Rikku looked up, contemplating his choices. After all, what else could he do? After a few more seconds, he stood up and nodded towards his friend and teacher, and sprinted down the steps. He was desperate to catch up to Mio. He tripped over a few steps, and accidentally bumped into a few classmates along the way, but it would be well worth it—at least he hoped.

"Mio!" He called as soon as the school yard came into view. The sun was barely above the horizon, and Mio's figure was quickly disappearing down the road. 'How did she get here this fast?!' Rikku panted, she left like 2 minutes ago!

Rikku was running as fast as his legs could carry him; all the while, screaming out his best friend's name. He considered himself pretty fast, considering he was slightly taller than Yuu. The boy could run for cake though.

His constant calls didn't seem to work though. Her figure slowly grew closer to him, but seemingly oblivious to his calls. Mio would just continue along her way, as if Rikku wasn't there, only her pace seemed to pick up. Panting puffs of air, he finally caught up to the dark haired girl.

"Mio, please!" He begged as he caught his breath, trying to meet his friend's eyes. Placing his hand on her shoulder in a desperate attempt to capture her attention.

Mio however would have none of it, she quickly pulled out of Rikku's grip, and turned to speed away, hiding her face under her iridescent black hair. However, before she could get even an inch away from Rikku, she felt her hand get caught in his.

Turning around, she met Rikku's gaze. He was staring at her with such sadness and regret in his eyes, it made Mio want to comfort him, but she quickly thought otherwise, and her gaze hardened once more.

"What?" Mio responded harshly, doing her best to stop the dam of tears threatening to leak out at any moment. She found it surprising that her voice was even stable. She stared Rikku down, pulling up her brave front.

Rikku seemed to sense this, and quickly brought her in for a hug, wrapping his arms around Mio. He held her tightly against himself, placing his chin on her shoulder, as she shivered.

Mio stared blankly for a few seconds, before her face scrunched up in sorrow, and she felt her wall of resistance crumble. Gripping the back of Rikku's shirt, she buried her face in his neck in an effort to stifle her sobs.

Rikku continued to embrace her, not even caring that her tears were staining his uniform. He waited until her painful cries died down, as he comfortingly rubbed her back, trying to convey he was was sorry without words. Once the sobs were over, he gently pulled Mio's body away from his, and thumbed away her tears. He desperately wanted to look into those familiar, beautiful grey eyes.

She wouldn't look at him though.

"Mio, I-"

"Save it Rikku." She said, finally meeting his childhood friend's eyes after everything that happened. This was the boy that teased her to no end until she cried. This was the boy that dragged her to amusement parks, and haunted houses in a failed attempt to make her braver. This was her childhood friend, the one that sent her hints of his evergrowing affection to her. In return, she sent hints of her own, realizing just a little more than a week ago...

This was the boy she fell in love with.

But he didn't like her that way, and he made it very clea-

"No Mio. I won't save it." Rikku said suddenly, startling the timid girl. Mio stared in shock as Rikku continued, he usually always left her alone after she said that.

"I didn't mean what I said back there." He explained, meeting Mio's stormy eyes. "Sawako and Mugi were pressuring me, and I didn't want to tell you anything while they were there." Rikku laughed awkwardly, breaking eye contact. "It was bad enough that I was getting all sweaty from just thinking about it."

Mio stayed quiet in shock, as Rikku gripped her shoulders gently. "I don't like you. It's true." He started, but quickly continued once Mio's eyes glinted angrily as she tried to pull away from his grip. Clutching her shoulders tighter, but not enough to hurt, he forced himself to utter the words that haunted him since he realized his feelings.

"I lo-love you." He stuttered embarrassingly, looking at the girl, in hopes of her to forgive him.

Mio stood still in shock, and time seemed to stop for the two of them. And Rikku was very well aware of the cicadas chirping closeby breaking the silence, as Mio looked at him in utter shock.

He was freightened. For the first time in his life, he was scared. He was scared that Mio would look away, mutter something like, 'I'm sorry.' And walk away just like those scenes in cheesy drama movies that he would occasionally watch with her.

He was scared to be rejected by the one he considers closer to him than his actual family.

"...Mio?" He asked, his hands slipping off her shoulders in dejection.

Mio was unreadable. Her eyes were now hidden under her bangs as her figure tremored. Just as quick as all this happened, Mio looked up.

She was crying again, but this time, her face was red, and she was smiling happily. Rikku's heart beated faster as the familiar words. 'Moe moe kyun!' Reappeared in his sub concious.

"Rikku you idiot!" Mio yelled, jumping on the boy.

He barely had anytime to balance himself as she felt Mio's weight hit him like a brick.

Capturing his balance, Rikku grinned before he pulled her into another tight hug. As soon as Mio caught her breath, she felt Rikku gently nudge her chin up, so that they were staring at each other.

By some force, they moved closer until their lips touched in a chaste kiss. Rikku felt a jolt run through his body as he smiled inwardly. He felt warmth spread through his body, starting from the tips of his fingers, down to his toes. Everything finally felt right in the world again.

Mio felt the same as she smiled against the kiss, despite the vibrant blush on her face. Pulling away, Mio felt as if her happiness was spilling over. This was just too good to be true. Mio almost passed out because of how red her face was. It didn't help when she noticed Rikku's hands still around her waist.

"Geez Rikku." Mio scolded half heartedly.

"Heh, sorry. I had this whole thing planned out in my head." Rikku chuckled, " I was gonna get down on one knee-"

"Idiot! It's not a proposal!" Mio retorted, lightly slapping her new boyfriend on the arm playfully.

"But... It kind of is... " Rikku trailed off, giving the blushing Mio a lopsided grin. "A proposal of me being the best boyfriend ever." He laughed.

"Mio-senpai! Rikku-senpai!"

Rikku turned his head to find Yuu and Azusa running after them, their hands full as they carried all their school bags. Their clothes were ruffled, and they looked strangely out of breath.

Once they caught up to them, Rikku grinned evilly as he caught sight of his kohai.

"You might want to cover that up, Azu-nyan~" He teased, gesturing to his neck.

Azusa's eyes widened, as she quickly covered the red mark on her neck with her hand. She was blushing furiously, as she tried hard not to run away in embarrasement.

"Sorry Azu-nyan." Yuu whispered, but Rikku heard, only managing to add to his vast library of teasing remarks. 'So this must be what Mugi was drooling about...' The thought faintly entered his mind, before he pushed it away.

"A-Anyway... Nodoko-kun said we can't stay at school today because there are construction workers coming to check the rooms for plumbing." Yuu said, clearing his throat as his hand gripped Azusa's tighter, a blush apparent on his face. He looked at Rikku bashfully. "Also...we didn't do anything bad in the clubroom." He mumbled.

Rikku couldn't help but let out a loud snort of amusement as he noticed Mio's face go bright red again.

Deciding to stop torturing his friends, he shrugged. "We were just about to leave...where's Mugi?" He asked, peeking behind Yuu to see if the blonde was was hiding behind him.

"Mugi-chan said she'd come home late because she had to do something after school with Sawa-kun."

Feeling a bit suspicious, he shrugged, before gesturing to the couple to follow him, he had no business with whatever the teacher and keyboardist was planning. He turned to intertwine his hand with Mio's, and walked away, Yuu and Azusa following in tow.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me. We have a performance coming up soon, huh?" Rikku brought up, placing his finger on her chin.

"Yeah! One we haven't practiced for at all!" Azusa spoke up, puffing out her cheeks angrily.

"Eh? But why would I practice, when I can cuddle my adorable Azu-nyan instead?" Yuu responded before Rikku could say anything goofy.

Azusa's face lit up, before she grumbled embarrassedly. "That doesn't make any sens- Hyah!"

Yuu cut Azusa off by forcefully hugging her, wrapping his arms around her slim waist.

Rikku and Mio chuckled, as Azusa whined about her senpai's childish behavior, but she couldn't help the genuine smile forming on her face as she giggled.

"I say we practice for hours tomorrow." Mio brought up, covering her mouth to stifle the giggles as Yuu and Rikku started protesting loudly.

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the highschool, Tsumugi wiped her nose once again, as she tried to hold in the fantasies. Sure she found Yuri absolutely wonderful, but she was also a sucker for romance stories. She watched as her four friends dissapeared down the sidewalk. Sawako was standing beside her, as she continually shoved tissues to stop her overflowing nosebleeds. Her fantasies were taking a weird turn in her mind, and Sawako could sense it.

Once everything seemed to calm down, Sawako grinned at his student.

"Too much for you?" He laughed.

"I can't believe so much had happened in the span of a day." Tsumugi said, baffled at the turn of events. "Who knew Yuu-kun and Azusa-chan would have gotten together? As well as Rikkun and Mio-chan!" Tsumugi said excitedly, small stars sparkled in her baby blue eyes.

"Well... There is still once couple who is still yet to get together." Sawako said mysteriously, adjusting his body to give Tsumugi an evil look. In a way, he kind of understood Tsumugi's infatuation with her friend's love lives, considering he loved to mess with them on a daily basis as well.

Tsumugi looked at her teacher, clear confusion showing on her face. She tilted her head, as she tried to remember anything about the topic. Surely she would've known if anything romantic was happening in the school right?

Sawako grinned, raising his eyebrow. "You know..." He smiled nonchalantly. " You and Ui-chan."

Tsumugi immediately tensed up, her only response was a deathly white pale face, and a mad sprint down the hall. Sawako watched for a few moments, letting his thoughts wander on the subject for a little bit before he shrugged.

"Highschool students." He sighed, before taking a shortcut to his classroom. Ready to make up some kind of embarrassing plan to get Ui and Tsumugi together.

A/N: Yay! Final chapter!

First of all. I'm really sorry about the lack of updates. I can't blame it on anything, other than the fact that I was very, very lazy ;-;

But I got another yuiazu story i'm working on... Should be posted soon I guess...If I don't decide to procrastinate ^_^'