Title: a certain pin
Rating: G
Fandom: Tokimeki Memorial Girls' Side, specifically TMGS4
Relationship: Marie/Kazama Ryota
Wordcount: 250
Short summary: There's that certain pin in Marie's hair.
There’s always a certain pin that adorns Marie’s hair, ever since a certain day.
And ever since a certain day, Ryota looks for that pin. He looks for it among the sea of heads, because when there’s a crowd sometimes the only thing he can see is the top of her head. It’s the only real disadvantage of her height that is otherwise perfect in every other situation. He doesn’t complain though.
He loves seeing that pin in her hair. He loves the reminder of the hope he carried, the dream he wished for that came true. He loves the reminder of the day that truly began his life that he still lives now, the one with her safely by his side.
So each morning he helps her adjust the pin in her hair. He kisses it before he leaves the bedroom to make their morning coffee. He touches it before he leaves the house on the days they don’t spend together. He touches it again when he returns home, when they reunite after some time apart.
And he makes sure to be careful when he touches it. Because he could buy another pin for Marie, but he doesn’t want to. He wants that pin to be there forever, even when her hair turns grey, even when his fingers become worn and wrinkly.
Sure, everyone else notices the ring on Marie’s left hand, but the pin in her hair is the true secret that they’ll keep of their love, forever.