To say this was a special occasion would be an understatement, though Takagi was trying to not look too excited, everyone was very happy, she had just turned 18 ...

Nishikata had showered her with love all day, he took her out to breakfast at her favorite restaurant , mogami and sumire had also organized a party for the two of them, Everyone of their friends old and new had come, from kimura , takao and nakai to mano and the trio , although nishikata wasn't really too pleased to have the trio there... because of nosey yukari had been in middle school... but hey they weren't bad people. Although he still was salty about yukari simply telling the whole fucking school about his wealth, he was tolerating her simply because today was takagi's day.

Hamaguchi and houjou were also there and they were chatting with mano and nakai, all in all it was a pretty nice get together where everyone was catching up

He did however notice some tension in the air, mogami seemed a bit too on edge, and Takagawa wasn't to relaxed either, they were still talking like normal but he sensed something was up

He was almr tempted to ask what was happening but then he remembered that he didn't like mano and yukari BECAUSE of their nosey nature, so he wasn't about to act like them. Plus him and mogami were pretty good friends and mogami was always blunt so if the problem was serious nishikata would be told eventually so he wasn't too worried

Takagi's grandmother had knitted her a nice red sweater, which was surprised to be delivered and kept hidden.. But guess who received the delivery... ... . Yeah...

But takagi absolutely loved the sweater, she was wearing it right now, and honestly... it just look so warm he wanted to hug her and cuddle with her, use her as a giant soft pillow ... but not now, he needed to control himself, there were too many people to see them and they were planning something a lot more than cuddling tonight

Mogami had been distant from sumire, almost as if he had regretted Kissing her that day, she tried to talk but talk to him was becoming difficult, she knew that mogami thought that he had only kissed her on the cheek, but she was seeing what she thought looked like regret in him for doing that... maybe it was because of how she had kissed him multiple times before , maybe he made that choice in the heat of the moment and now regretted it...

Sumire for the first time felt jealous of takagi because she could practically read his mind , but with mogami there was no way to know what he was thinking, plus his poker face was very good...

In reality Mogami did regret Kissing her but not in the way she thought, after the kiss he was too embarrassed to even see her so he had run away....

As she had decided, that she was gonna confess to him, she wanted to pull him aside, to talk privately, it wasn't wrong to want to do it like that right?

But what she had forgotten was that she was in love with a non confrontational person with deem self esteem issues, he was terrified of what she wanted to say when she wanted to talk in private, he was scared that she was gonna reject him or worse tell him to stay away

Now these weren't too reasonable futures but it was enough to spike up his anxiety and make him doubt himself and as a result he was distancing himself as a precaution...

Though he knew he couldn't hide himself for long...

Mogami sat down on the sidewalk, this really wasn't the time for things like this... he looked ahead, the car had broken down , it wouldn't start... the driver was doing his best, they had offered to drop nishikata's friends back, and so the car had been jam packed to the brim

And then when they finally had the space to breathe.. The car just didn't wanna cooperate... was there anytime when he'd have good luck..

At Least they were beside the lake and park , the cool wind from the lake was soothing... but he was also in trouble... he had nowhere to run anymore...

He looked at her... and she was staring back at him , " Damn. I can't stay quiet now... "

" Hey mogami... "

" Yeah... ", " Keep your face normal keiji "

" How much time did the driver say it will take to fix it? "

" Half an hour give or take.. "

" I see... " She stared into the lake and the park surrounding it " Hey can we go to the park? "

" I mean you can go if you want to... "

" How long are you gonna avoid me..."

" ... "

" ... "

" Let's go... " He started walking towards her...

The moonlight made everything look different.. Like a small layer of light on the grass and the plants... there were some swings facing the lake... she sat down on one of them...

He liked to swing while standing so she was standing on the swing...

" How long were you planning to avoid me.. "

" Honestly I have no idea... "

" Why are you... . Never mind... "

" Are you angry... ? "

" For what? "

" I don't know... "

" ... "

" ... "

" ... "

" Why were you avoiding me? "

" I thought I'd messed up... what I did was impulsive... even though you can't call pinning you against the wall and... what I did was so much to be just called impulsive... "

" ... impulsive.. By that do you mean you regret doing what you did... ? "

" ... yeah... I kinda do... "

" I see... "

" ... "

" ... "

" I was too scared to talk... I have no idea how you'll react... I'm only used to facts and logic.. I'm not used to humans... I'm not used to you... unpredictability scares me the most..."

" You just started acting like that kiss never happened.. You can't just start acting like nothing is wrong after... . After... "

" I was planning to avoid you for as long as it took... you kissed me on the cheek and then pretended like it was nothing right? ... I just felt like I could avoid this conversation entirely... "

" ... he's not wrong... I did that so many times... I never gave him an explanation for anything... just accepted... and he was too anxious to confront me like I'm confronting him... "

" I just can't... suzuki did things to you without asking ... he was just a stranger... you're my best friend and I... and I... if I kissed you without even knowing your feelings...then what's the difference between him and I... "

" ... "

" I don't wanna be like suzuki, I don't want to lose my friends over that mistake... I don't wanna be the creep all the rumors say I am , I don't wanna be like Izumi... " He was almost in tears...

" Mogami... calm down... I understand what you're saying... " " I always just.. Expected him to be calm... I never considered that he could be as nervous as I am... he's so sheltered and has so much Trauma from being mistreated by everyone in this elitist school... he never recovered from that" She stood and started walking so she could think better

" But most importantly... "

She was still walking when she was stopped, she felt two arms around her... she froze in place... His face against her back, she could feel his hair on her back, she could feel her breath going down her neck and her dress, " She could feel his heart jumping with nervousness.. "

" I don't want to lose you.. I know I call you a lot of things.. But.. You mean a lot to me.. Everyone means a lot to me... "

She knew he was as afraid of her as he was interested... her face went completely red.. Tomatoes looked pale in comparison...

His cheek would rub against her after every slight movement,

" If this is too far.. Stop me... please..."

" Mhmm.. "

He didn't let go of the hug, still under the impression that she was upset...

" You act like you don't care but you're just a softie aren't you...? " She asked..

" I don't know.. "

" You were right... I never gave any explanation as to what I was doing..."

" ... "

" So I'll give an explanation now... " She took a deep breath.. " Ready? "

He froze.

" You know it took a long time for me to realiz- "

She was cut off by mogami hugging her tightly.. Probably for support... but... something was wrong... this feeling was familiar.

It was making her uneasy... she felt dread. It felt like a lead ball dropped in her stomach... this feeling... this tight hug... almost claustrophobic... the area around her was silent but... she could hear it... loud music... music so loud that she couldn't even hear her own thoughts...

This familiar feeling... this deja vu... she remembered... how she had been touched by him... in that party... against her will...

Even though she had given him broken bones and won the case against him , she had never quite recovered from that trauma, she had been completely helpless... she knew she was having PTSD from sexual assault... but she wasn't expecting it to just flare up , this randomly...

" GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!" She screamed in terror... as she pushed mogami away rather violently... he crashed down on the ground...

She looked at him, his eyes were full of confusion full of confusion... full of fear... "Taka- gawa? " He said as he tried to get up

She felt her face full of tears... She could only mutter " I'm sorry.. "

" Are you okay? "

" I'm... just... I'm sorry.. I'm sorry... " She began crying after collapsing on the ground... mumbling I'm sorry over and over again and again

He helped her up... the car was started now a bit earlier than expected, he walked her back and had no idea why she was crying and he also didn't know what to do... they were seated in the car

They were the only people there... so... had he feared what he had been afraid of... if there was no one else there... . Then... Was he to blame..?

.

.

Was she crying because of him ....?

That thought made a lead ball drop in his stomach... he felt his fingers tense up his heart beating faster and faster... he broke into cold sweat... his blood pressure increased... he felt the world fase around him.. And his body fell... the last thing he heard before passing out...

"MOGAMI!!!!!! "

It was late, kimura and the rest of their friends needed to leave if they wanted to sleep early and leave for tomorrow's morning flight, nishikata had offered to land them off in shuichi's private jet, but they had refused, he had already paid for they travel and living expenses for their visit and they felt guilty asking for more and so as the full moon rose in the sky and the night grew darker the party was over

But something was still missing, nishikata hadn't given her a gift yet, he wanted to give her a gift in private just to make it more special, they had just returned home. The house was empty, shuichi and suika conveniently decided they wanted to go somewhere with their son, today and as far as he knew they weren't coming back till morning,

he had sneaked in a box of protection into his room and unless suika saw the box and shuichi figured everything out and left today on purpose or if he just got Lucky , he didn't care but he sincerely hope he just got lucky

He was still wearing his good clothes from the party, she was standing outside on the balcony gazing at the sky, he quietly stepped outside and stood beside her , " Did you enjoy today? "

" It was fun, a lot of fun , you know I was waiting for this day for months now "

" I feel a bit relieved now that you say you had fun.. After what you did for my birthday I thought it would be difficult to top that... "

" This isn't about one upping each other, you could have done literally nothing and I wouldn't have minded. " She leaned into his shoulder , " After all....you're the most loving boyfriend I could ask for... "

" But I do have something for you... but this time I'm really not sure on my choice... "

" Your choice? "

"Well ... I don't really know if you'll like this one... "

" Oh yuki.. " She kissed him lightly, " It doesn't matter even if you give me nothing, you've already done so much... "

"Well... "

He pulled out a small box, it was jaded blue and had a gold mark on its top.. He opened the box slowly, and the beautiful object beneath could be seen glistening in the soft moonlight light

It reminded her of their matching moon pendants... the silver band radiated the light on to her face and walls near them , the small stones glowed as if enchanted, it was like he had broken a price of the moon and shaped it into the bracelet that was before her...

She was taken aback, stunned by light she was almost frozen in place.. She didn't know what kind of bracelet that was but it was probably more expensive than everything she owned.. She opened her mouth to say it was too expensive.. But it was too late..

He slowly put the bracelet around her wrist... and slowly kissed her hand, and then held both of her hands, and pulled his arms around her

" Don't say anything Takagi... "

" Yuki , you know this is... I... I can't just take something so expensive... "

" You said it didn't matter what I gave you right? "

" But... I can't... I always feel like I'm just leeching off of you... you always pay for everything... it's not right.. I can't just.. "

" Calm down... it doesn't matter, I wanted to give you this, I wanted to spoil you... it's ok takagi... "

" But... it's so beautiful... I feel like me wearing it just makes it lose its beauty.. "

He slowly moved his fingers through her hair, until she would stop speaking... " Do you like it? "

" Yuki... "

" Do you like it, takagi? "

" I do.. But... "

" Then it's final, don't feel so guilty over the bracelet, I love to spoil you anyway... "

She remained silent, " Yuki... "

He let go of the hug, " This discussion is over, you like this bracelet right, that's all there is to it "

" You... I... "

" Plus... that bracelet is nothing compared to you.. Every part of your body is better than the bracelet "

" Now you're just trying to flatter me "

" No I'm dead serious, the pendant and bracelet look so good on you.. You look like a star. My star... "

" You've gotten better with your words... "

" Of course I was practicing this from this morning.. "

" You predicted that I would say that I would degrade the quality of the bracelet..?"

" ... "

" ... "

" ... "

" Anyway... "

" Yeah let's not talk about that... "

" You said that every part of my body was way better than this bracelet.. "

" Cheesy as it was.. I wasn't kidding.."

" But there's a little flaw in that argument of yours... "

" What? "

" You haven't seen all my body yet.. "

" What do you- " It hit in the middle of his sentence and he froze.

She took both of his hands and pulled him.. Directing him inside slowly... and when both of them were inside... the shut the door.