[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

**sweet! listen to the same song while you read my post. ***

http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console.../1000Words.mid

Nozomi's words fill me. Her body is touching mine, her little hand is so warm in my palm. I turn to face her. Tears are still in my eye. I gaze at her, her eyes are sparkling with pools of tears. I whip them away as they run down her face with my rough hand. I touch her shoulder ever so gently and then embrace her deeply into my chest.

"Nozomi...I..I love you too." I continue to cry more and feel more pathetic. Men shouldn't cry in a lady's presence. "You are Shima...you are my Shima I have finally found you...After seven years of pain, after seven years of sorrow and uncertainty, you have returned to my arms."

Nozomi is silent still. I feel her irregular heart beat as her body moves with each sob that she drops on my chest. I continue to hug her and kiss her head. The wind is cold and the snow storm is picking up.

"I don't want to move from this. I want to stay here with you forever."