A day on the Roof

"Nice to meet you Taki-kun. Is it alright if I call you that? I won't if you don't want me to."

Takimoto looks at her with a gentle smile and nods.

"It's alright, you can call me that."

"Okay." She smiles and turns so she can lay on the roof, lays down, and looks up at the sky. "It's really nice out."

Takimoto nods and lays down as well. Seems that everytime he moved from place to place, the sky above was the only thing that made him company. Not being sure if he would move out again, the teenager sighed, remembering the places he had already visitted before coming to this school.

"It's peaceful... Soothes me at least..."

He takes a deep breath and exhales, the whole air from his lungs coming out gently.

She looks over at him sensing something's wrong. "What's wrong?" She sits up and looks down at him.

He shakes his head and looks at Emiko, smiling gently.

"Nothing's wrong... I just like being out here."

Taki stares back at the sky, the clouds spreading widely as the sun's rays pierce the planet's surface and ligthens the day.

"Oh, okay." She smiles again but doesn't lay back down. "I love being out here when the sun's out."

Takimoto nods and closes his eyes, feeling the soft breeze of the morning blow on his face, his hair dancing as the air reaches deep into his soul and soothes it with a refreshing touch.

"Yeah... But you should see during the night."

"I would love to. I'm just normally to tired to come up here during the night."

Takimoto chuckles slightly and nods.

"I guess it's at night that people sleep, huh?"

He chuckles harder, remembering the many nights awake, not wanting to fall asleep. The teenager found the night's breeze even more soothing than the day's, and those stars, that moon... They seemed to look at him and pierce his soul.

"Yeah." She giggles a bit. "I'd love to come up here with you one night, though."

Taki blushes a little and gulps.

"With me? Uh... Why?"

"I don't know. I was just saying. Maybe we could learn more about each other."

He nods.

"Yeah... Maybe..."

Takimoto sighs.

She giggles a bit. "You know you're cute when you blush."

Takimoto blushes a bit more and lets out a slight laugh.

"Huh... Thanks... You're beautiful yourself, Emiko-chan."

He says, a gentle smile directed at Emiko.

She blushes a bit and rubs the back of her neck. "Hehe.....Thanks."

The teenager chuckles and takes a deep breath. He looks at Emiko again, his eyes glittering brighter green. It's worth staying out of trouble here, Takimoto does not want to leave this school like the rest. Something is different about it, something that forces him to stay close to it.

"You know, we could just stay here until the sun sets."

He says with a jokingly tone, chuckling.

"That actually doesn't sound like a bad idea." Se smiles with a tint of pink still visible on her cheeks.

He smiles, standing up and turning his body towards the sun, it gently setting on the horizon, turning into a bright orange color, veilling the sky around it in a sea of flames. Takimoto smiled at that beautiful sight, glancing once at Emiko and then back at the sunset.

She notices him glance at her and raises an eyebrow then stands up and stands beside him.

Takimoto feels her by his side, gulping as he looks at Emiko. She was paying attention to the sunset, he leaned his head gently towards her hair, smelling it gently, his eyes closing to savour the scent of Emiko's skin.

He hopes she doesn't notice, bringing his head back to a normal position and gulping once more, redirecting his eyes at the sun, trying not to look at her.

She smiles and glances at him then back to the sunset. She walked toward the edge of the roof and sat down with her eyes never leaving the sunset. "It's beautiful isn't it?"

Taki sits next to her, not saying anything unnecessary. He just wanted to enjoy the moment and safekeep it... In his memories.

She looks at him and smiles.