"Sougo-kun."
"Nani ?"
"I want to be your bride when I grow up."
"Then would you promise me that you'll never leave me?"
"Yes! I promise! But you have to promise me that too."
Sougo smiled at Yuuki. "I promise."
"Yuuki-chan."
"Nani?"
"Do you remember the promise?"
"….the one we made when we were five years old? Of course! Why wouldn't I?"
"I don't think I can't keep it."
Yuuki stared at Sougo with a broken heart. "Why not?"
"I'm leaving. I'm going to train to join the Shinsengumi, and I'll be leaving tomorrow."
"Why? You promised—"
"Yuuki-chan, we're thirteen, for God's sake. It was just a stupid promise we made when we were little. It shouldn't really mean anything to either of us."
"But…but…"
"Are you serious? You really thought both of us would honestly be able to keep such a stupid promise? I think you already knew that either you or I would be leaving soon."
"But…"
"Can't believe I had such a pathetic friend. Even Hijikata-san is better than you."
Yuuki watched as her dearest friend turned his back on her and left her mansion. Everything she favored…she loved has gone away…left her behind in the large but lonely mansion. She was by herself now. Truly, by herself. Sougo was all she had…until he decided to leave her into this pits of hell. Tears ran down her eyes. Her knees couldn't take the weight of hers anymore and buckled onto the ground. Yuuki buried her face into her palms as she cried her the last time.
"Was it all right to do such harsh thing?" Hijikata asked to Sougo as they made their way to Sougo's mansion.
"I did the right thing," Sougo answered in a monotone. He stared blankly at the night sky, above, and back down at the ground as he walked.
"Doesn't seem like it to me," Hijikata murmured under his breath.
Everything was still for the rest of the night.
Everything was perfect except for two broken hearts that could only be fixed by….