After Dark finally left my body, I seemed to feel empty. I never told anyone about it. I never even told Riku. I don't know why I didn't tell Riku. I should have. She would have done everything in her power to make me feel better. I found myself wandering the streets aimlessly every night. I would walk past all of the clubs and eventually would enter one of them. I would sleep with random strangers just to numb my pain.

One night while I was wandering the streets, I came across Hiwatari-kun. I walked over to him. "Hiwatari-kun, is that you?"

He looked over at me. HIs eyes were bloodshot and I could see the pain in his eyes. "Yes, Niwa-kun, it's me."

"What's wrong, Hiwatari-kun?"

Hiwatari-kun chuckled. He turned his head away. He whispered something that I couldn't hear.

"I'm sorry, Hiwatari-kun, I couldn't hear you."

He kept his head turned away. He whispered, "I'm in love with someone who is in love with someone else. It hurts to know the person you love will never love you back." just loud enough that I could here him.

"Who is it, Hiwatari-kun?"

Slowly, Hiwatari-kun's whole face turned pink. "It's you, Niwa-kun..."

I opened my eyes wider in surprise. "W-what? A-are you sure, Hiwatari-kun?"

He looked up into my eyes. "I'm sure, Niwa-kun. And I'm sorry I wasted your time. I'm sure you need to get home to Riku-san." He got up and started to leave.

I silently grabbed his hand as he started walking. He turned back to me. Blushing, I silently turned and started to pull him with me. I took him to a hotel and I got a room. I led Hiwatari-kun up to the room, led him inside, and locked the door. I sat down on the bed and Hiwatari-kun sat next to me. We sat their in silence, both of us blushing.

I sighed and looked at Hiwatari-kun. "Hiwatari-kun, I love you, too." I spoke very quietly.

Hiwatari-kun looked at me and smiled. Silently, he leaned over and kissed me. I kissed him back. When he finally broke the kiss, we were breathing heavily. I looked at Hiwatari-kun. We started to kiss again. As we kissed, we slowly laid down, Hiwatari-kun on top of me. He moved his hands to the buttons on my shirt and slowly undid them. He slipped my shirt off and moved down to my pants. He unbuttoned and unzipped my pants and slowly slipped them off. Then I took off his shirt and pants for him. Together, we took each other's underwear off. That night, for the first time in years, I was truly happy.

I woke up in the morning and Hiwatari-kun was gone. He didn't leave a note, he was just gone. I got up, put my clothes on and walked over to the bridge I had sat on with Hiwatari-kun so many times. Last night had made my numb feeling go away. Unfortunately, it caused my pain to come back. I looked over the bridge into the water. I closed my eyes and jumped into the cold water. I felt the cold closing in on me. As I floated down, I opened my mouth and let the water flow down my throat and into my lungs. The last thing I heard before I blacked out was Hiwatari-kun screaming, "I will always love you, Niwa-kun!!"