Disclaimer: Gals is Mihona Fujii's.

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-Secret Story-

Chapter 1

A Lost Little Girl

In a winter ten years ago, there was a day where a little girl separated from her Mother. She didn't know what to do, people around her was scary for her. Alone, she walked to the quiet place, looking for a bench to sit on. The girl was the way too tired after strolling and meandering down, but still she didn't find her loving Mother.

She felt like she was going to cry, but she didn't anymore. She squeezed her belly and snuggled. Stomachache? Too bad. What could she do? No one was with her.

She whined, her stomachache was getting worse. She wasn't able to stand up. All that she could do was only hope that someone would come and rescue her.

"Hey, what happened to you?" She heard someone talked to her. Instead of answering him, she kept quiet because she was hurt so much.

And then she couldn't hear anything. But in her dream, she saw a prince carrying her with his white horse, just like what she expected every night.

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"What a poor little girl," said his Grandmother. "Hope the soup I just made will relieve her stomach. Call me when she has waken up, okay, Rei?" Then his Grandmother exited from his grandson's bedroom.

Rei nodded as the reply. He stared at the girl he found near the lake. She looked awfully pale, like someone who had lost for some days and hadn't eaten. He reached her face, stepping aside her hair that lying down on her cheek. It's better now, he thought.

Her hand moved and Rei saw that. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Looking a strange room, she was instantly shocked and got up. "W-Where am I? Where's Mommy?"

"You're in my house. In my room, to be precise," Rei explained. "I found you fainted near the lake close to my house."

"I… I fainted?" she repeated. Rei sighed, "Well, what's your name?"

She answered him, "Aya Hoshino."

Rei didn't say a word anymore, letting that girl named Aya rested for a while again. "Ah, right. I got to call Granny," Rei remembered. "Wait a sec, Aya." He ran and yelling her Grandmother. He made a noisy even though he was just intended to call her Grandmother.

They both went to Rei's bedroom. Rei's Granny smiled warmly and sat on the bed, beside Aya, "Aya-chan, how do you feel now?"

"Better. Thank you, grandmother…" said Aya sheepishly. Her face even turned redder when Rei's Grandmother took a spoon of soup and brought it to Aya's mouth, "Now don't be shy, sweetie. Let me feed you, because I'm not sure you can eat yourself."

She only nodded in agreement, and she felt like she was fed by her Mother. That time, she knew she missed her Mother so much.

Rei's Grandmother was friendly and humorist, she often told jokes and made Aya laugh. But Rei didn't, although he was there in the same room. When Aya murmured to his Grandmother why Rei didn't laugh at all, his Grandmother only sighed and said, "He's cold and irresponsive. I don't really understand him." She shrugged. Rei, certainly, saw and heard that. And Aya swore she saw him look hurt.

"Ne, Aya-chan, you know your Mom's cell phone number or your home number, do you? Let's call up and let your Mommy pick you up. She must be so worried about you."

Thirty minutes later, a car showed up in front of Otohata Residence. Rei and his Grandmother accompanied Aya to the gate. Mrs. Hoshino thanked them both over and over again, showing how relieved and happy she was.

Then, Aya and her Mother got in to the car. Before trampling the gas pedal, Mrs. Hoshino opened the window and said, "I don't know how should I thank you both. I thought I lost her." Mrs. Hoshino cracked a wide smile.

Aya's eyes met Rei's, and immediately Aya smiled crookedly and waved her hand to him. But he turned his face.

On the way, Aya remembered something. "Ah, Mom!"

"Yes, Honey?"

"I forgot to ask his name…"

Her Mother smiled. "Well, we can go there again tomorrow."

But the next day, when they went to Otohata Residence, they found out that the family had moved. Mr. Hoshino and Mrs. Hoshino tried to cheer their daughter up but Aya was crying aloud. She was sad because she knew she would never see his face anymore. She didn't even know his name.

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Alice's Notes:

What a short chapter, don't you think so! Haha. Sorry, I didn't mean to make this short, but… it has happened. –shrug-

I'm sorry I make a fic again, but I haven't updated the another. Sorry, sorry. :)

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And sorry for the grammar-mistake I have made! Thanks for reading!