Perfection? It wasn't as easy as it was supposed to be. It wasn't as easy as it had always been... Before that crushing match, that had pounded him so far into the ground he didn't think he'd be able to get back up. He hadn't just fallen after all. He'd slammed against the pavement, so hard that it left bruises he thought would never go away.

He'd thought, back then, that if he tried to stand up again, someone else would just come and push him backdown. Everyone just walked on by, ignoring that he'd fallen. Well, until... Until someone he'd never even given a second glance before actually held out his hand and said, "Let me pull you up."

Well, he wasn't an idiot and only an idiot would have said no to that silver haired boy when he smiled just so softly, so sincerly. He couldn't remember the last time seen such a look directed at him... He was held frozen for an instant by the fact that Choutarou had just held out his hand. And when Choutarou grabbed his and started to pull, all that he could think was, "Why?"

As it turned out, Choutarou finally managed to make him stand up. To make him climb that ladder of hope and it was because of that he could do something unheard of. And, maybe it was a miracle, but he'd actually pulled it off.

Choutarou's eyes had gone so wide when he'd practically jumped on him afterwards, overwhelmed with pride and... love. That was when he'd kissed his Choutarou. That was when... Shishido kissed his superstar.

The End

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