When Our Quiet Feelings Finally Meet

We’d always been told our bond felt like that of close people, but somewhere along the way, our feelings grew into something deeper. I tried to hide it, pretending nothing had changed, yet every moment with Kanna made my heart tighten. When I finally confessed, her serious gaze revealed she had felt the same all along. As we leaned toward each other, our lips almost touching, a soft ache of young love stirred—an innocent, sweet moment we had both been waiting for.