>I watch as Serena descends the escalator. I don't even realize that I have taken a step forward, away from Pikachu and Clemont and Bonnie. There is something strangely final about this; it feels like I lost something when she turned her blue eyes away from me in a way that felt too final, too irreversible. It is strange.
>"Satoshi, may I have a last moment?", comes the voice taking me aback.
>She climbs upwards the escalator and all of a sudden she is facing me. Her blue eyes meet mine and all of a sudden I am too aware of them. I am too aware of her face, too aware of how close it is to mine, too aware of the strange burning sensation that is taking over my body and what more, too aware of how good it feels. Finally: I am aware that this is how I felt all the time.
>And then I feel her lips on mine. A whole journey condensed into a single moment forever to be shared in our memories. I open my eyes. I see her regaining her footing after tiptoeing to reach me. By my side I know Pikachu and Clemont and Bonnie are red-faced and yet it doesn't seem to matter. They are outside this moment. Only this moment exists. For this second, only the scarlet face descending the elevator seems real.
>"Thank you!", she says, disappearing forever as she goes to board her plane.
