Silent Passion
A fanfiction/poem by cool200m

The gates open
and stars fly past
As your lips
Brush lightly past
I'm back for more-
There's much in store!
With me, Nodoka, and this boy I adore
I won't hide behind a book
And I won't be shy, won't just glance or look
I'll take him by the hand and hook,
And won't let go, not for any reason
For this is the moment, my greatest treason
For this is my teacher! But I don't care
As I show my face from behind my hair
I've said the truth, now let's go for the dare
But I'm so nervous, will I make it?
My heart and I just can't take it!
Still, my hand reaches out. My heart won't miss!
I grasp him tightly and move in for the kiss
He takes it, quite surprised, and returns it before my very eyes!
All those years, all my fears, all has come down to this
A circle appears, my heart and mind sear, and now-we've done it- what's this?
A card, with my very picture, a pactio card?
No, that ain't it, a partnership card!
I'm the one, his eternal partner, the best yet by far!
All of the weapons and all of the tease
Come now from my ex-classmates with ease
I own all their prowess and items galore
I just can't beleive it, oh how they adore!
How loud they cheer, how soon they appear!
And how much more is in store?
I haven't a fear, not one my dear, and my shyness is with me no more.

"Nodoka-san? Are you alright? You're just staring into space..." came a voice.

Nodoka's eyes flung open, expecting her dream to have taken place, to have been real, but she was still at the mahora dorms. But, to her releif, Negi was sitting beside her. They were against the far wall of some room, but she didn't know where, for her mind was still kind of dazed.
"Ugh... where are we, Negi-sensei?" She asked, flustered.
"We're in the bathing room. We were having a pool party, but you just sat here, reading your magic diary, and then you passed out. Nobody noticed, though, so I waited here for a while after everyone left, trying to wake you."
Nodoka seemed saddened, though it was obvious that she was comforted because Negi helped her. "So it was fake... my dream'll never happen." Negi sat down next to Nodoka. All of a sudden, Negi saw the whole dream written as a poem in her book. He was a speedy reader. But for the time he was reading it, Nodoka smiled slightly, blushed, and actually seemed to be letting him read it. Negi seemed to be confused, not knowing where to turn or what to do, but then he grabbed Nodoka and, not realizing what he was doing, gave her a open-mouth kiss. The kiss lasted for a long time, and after what seemed like an eternity, Nodoka paused, blushing, and stared into his beautiful brown eyes. They always seemed so loving, so caring. She just seemed drawn to him, so closely that she reached her hand over to Negi and ran her hands through his hair, and pulled his head towatds her, paused, and kissed him. Not with any exuberant passion or flare, but just slowly and sweetly. She felt so calm she could fall asleep. When their lips parted, Negi grabbed her magic book and showed her his page, revealing an entry confessing his feelings. It wrote:

"I'm confused. For some reason, this wellspring of passion just rose out of me, filling the air around me. Is it magic? No, magic couldn't do this. It can't be created without words. It must be... love? Is that what it is? I feel so great, so happy, so calm, so... in the zone, I guess you could call it. In a state of slow, intense passion. I suppose this is a gift from my father. I have inhereted more than just his bravery, his courage, if he even has any of those things like people say he has. No, I have inhereted his loving heart. It's... It's almost as if my love for a student has grown up. Perhaps... i'm growing up too."

Negi closed the book silently and placed his hand on the small of her back. There was no need for words. They simply knew. They knew Nodoka's calmness, her silent joy. They knew Negi's adolescence, his heart, his wellspring of courage and faith and love. Negi kissed the small of Nodoka's neck fell asleep on her sholder. Nodoka smiled, was quiet, and fell asleep as well. Takahata sensei walked into the room, smiled, and carried the two of them to their rooms.

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"What should we do, sir?" asked Shizuna-sensei. "We can't allow Negi-kun to develop this kind of relationship with his students!"
"Relax, Shizuna-san." said the principal. "Negi is just a boy, and he's growing in more ways than just one. And because both he and his students are still growing up, this kind of relationship isn't dangerous to either him or his students, wheras a grown man would be. And I know things might be different here in Japan between teachers and students, but he is closer to his students than any other teacher on this campus. Therefore, I hereby declare Negi as no threat, and allow him to have intimate relationships with his students."

"But, sir, doesn't the government have a say in this? Do you really have such power to declare this?"

"I have altready spoken with the government officials, and they have agreed with my opinion, and have passed a new law regarding the matter."

Negi woke up with a smile that morning. Asuna had already heard of the night before, and had left with Konoka to tell the others. It was unlike her. Negi got dressed, ate breakfast, grabbed his wand, and was just about to leave when he noticed a letter taped to the door, containing the second copy of an official letter adressed to Nodoka and Negi. It contained the new laws, showing that, if a teacher and a student were to engage in an intimate relationship, and if they were both minors, their relationship would be approved. There was also a small scribble from the principal. "Good luck, Negi!" It read. Negi smiled, stuffed the letter into his front pocket and left.

As Negi walked down the corridor he saw Nodoka carrying her daily stack of books. "Care for some help?" he laughed.

"Uhh.. y-yes." Nodoka replied. She was her usual self today, shy and nervous, but there was an aura about her that seemed warm and happy.

"Negi-kun?" She asked. "Why did you do it? kiss me, I mean." Negi thought and shrugged.

"Something inside me told me to, I guess." It looked as if Nodoka was trying to ask him something, but Negi knew all to well what she was going to ask. "Let me guess- your dream right? You want to know if it's real or not?"

"Um, uh, y-yes," she replied hastily. Negi gently grabbed her shoulder and smiled. Nodoka seemed calmed by his touch and blushed a little. "Nodoka, your book has many powers, most of which I don't even know of. There's a chance that, if you do your best, time might eventually branch off in that direction."

"So, as long as I beleive in it, there's a chance that it'll happen?" asked Nodoka. Negi nodded. Nodoka's face shined with joy. She threw her arms around Negi and hugged him until she became shy again. "C'mon! Let's get to class." Negi said, smiling. Nodoka beamed as they trotted off to class, and held Negi's hand.

When they got to class, Nodoka smiled at him and pulled her hair out of her face, and then went to find her seat. The girls seemed excited, and they all congratulated her as she walked past. Even Evangiline, the secret vampire, congratulated her, as well as Chisame, a snobby girl who was secretly a popular web idol. Negi seemed unusually passionate while teaching that day. It was almost as if the night before gave him a newfound confidence. Instead of getting them both in trouble and dragging them down, Nodoka and Negi's moment seemed to have made everything better. Of course, it won't be this way forever. There will be fights, dangers, risks, and arguments later on, just as expected in the life of a girl and a young wizard. But somehow they would find their way through. Both of them knew this, and somehow that seemed to make the whole day brighter.

The End