Chapter 1: From Tears to Sorrow.

There was the faint sound of crying that echoed throughout the Tristain Magic Academy. A little pink-haired girl was sitting on her bed, crying over the death of her loved one. "He sacrificed himself to save me. Stupid dog! Why did you have to leave?" She yelled while her tears continued to fall.

In the corner of the room is a man with blonde hair and red/blue eyes. "He made a noble sacrifice for the woman he loved, Louise." He said with a calm voice.

"But now I'll never see him again! He promised to protect me forever. Do you know what it feels like to lose someone you love, Julio?" Louise yelled with a little anger in her tone.

"No I don't, but Saito was a good friend and I'll respect his last wishes and take care of you." Louise looks at him and started to cry again.

"I don't need protection! I need Saito!"

"I'm here if you need anything, Louise." Julio starts to walk for the door. "I'll be back in a bit. I need to speak to the headmaster." Julio leaves and Louise is left in here room alone.

-In the headmaster's office-

"Have they found his body?" Julio asks as he enters the room. Sitting at the far end of the room is an old man with a long white beard dressed in a grey robe. The old man shakes his head in disappointment.

"How is Louise?" The old man asks.

"She is not doing well." Julio answers with his head down. The old man strokes his beard.

"I still believe that Saito might be alive, but I have the fear that Louise will soon lose hope that Saito will come back and do something drastic." Osmond turns his chair around and looks out the window behind him.

"Drastic how? You don't mean she'll..." Julio is cut off by the headmaster.

"I wouldn't doubt that she has already thought about it. Has she done anything that might signal that she might?" Osmond said holding his pipe to his mouth.

"I'm not sure; it's only been two weeks since Saito left us."

"I do advice you stay with her in case this does happen. Please, watch over her."

Julio bows and soon returns to Louise's room to find that she is sleeping. Her face is still red, but it looks as if she has calmed down. Julio walks over to her and kissed her forehead.

"Saito asked for me to take care of you. So that is what I'll do. I like you Louise; Saito knew that I had feelings for you and that's why he entrusted you with me. He knew that I could protect you and love you after his death. Even if you don't want me around, I'll still be there for you if you do need me in any way." Julio gets up and is about to leave, but the weak sound of a voice stops him in his tracks.

"Is that true?" Louise says in a whisper that is barely audible.

'Did she hear what I said?' The thought went into Julio's mind before dismissing it and leaving the girl to her rest.

-2 week later-

Louise and everyone, even old man Osmond, had accepted Saito's death. They all tried to get on with their lives knowing Saito would like that. But it wasn't the same as it was before Saito arrived though. There was still a moody feeling in the air. The Queen herself had visited time and time again to help Louise get through Saito's death. It worked a little. Said Pinket went back to classes after three weeks and started to go on with her daily life. Every time she walked in her room she found the bed of hay that Saito used to sleep on. She never dared to remove it. She was also followed around by Julio though she didn't mind. She occasionally thought of that night a few weeks ago. 'Was it true? Did he mean it? Does Saito really want me to be happy with Julio?' She would constantly think these thought. She wanted to know for sure. She decided to ask Julio about the matter. She started to blush as she went to her next class.

After sometime, thinking how to ask him, she decided to just directly ask what is on her mind. Later that day, in Louise's room, she was alone with Julio. The atmosphere in the room felt odd. The window was open, the door was cracked and the girl was in her night gown. She walked up to Julio and put her hand on his chest. "Why do you look after me?" She said with her head down.

"I look after you because that's was Saito told me to do." His answer was too fast, too scripted.

"What is the reason that Saito told you to look after me instead of someone else?" Louise was in pain, not physical pain, but emotional pain.

"Because I was there at the church and he just gave you to me to protect." Julio was getting nervous.

"That not what you said last week. Then you said that he had chosen you because you have feeling for me and you can protect me, you also said that you'll be there for me even if I don't want you!" Her head shot up at Julio who had a shocked look on his face.

"Y..Yes. I did say that." Julio looked to his right.

"Then you love me? Don't you?" Louise said looking deep into Julio's eyes.

It took a while, but his answer was simple. "Yes."

Louise then shot up and kissed Julio, but the shock left Julio standing there, not knowing what to do. After a few second Julio broke the kiss and stood back in shock.

"I knew it. That was a lie, you don't love me." Louise than went to her bed and started to cry.

"Louise I..."

"Get out!" Louise shouted out, interrupting Julio. Julio didn't move away, but got closer. "Get out, get out out OUT OUT!" She repeated but he kept moving closer. He then hugged her on her bed. "IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT!" Louise yelled and continued to cry. "Why are you still here?" Her voice was quiet now.

"I do love you. But I thought you didn't love me because of Saito." Julio began to pat her head to calm her down.

"So you do love me?" Louise looked up.

"Yes. I do love you Louise." Julio says without any hesitation. He wipes a tear off her cheek and she kisses him again. This time, he kisses back. The two are too deep into it that they don't notice the figure that was halfway into the room with them, holding a bottle with a fading pink glow.

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