"You're sure about this, I mean with everything that you had to -"

"I'm fine, I haven't had any pain in six months Hika, if you want to take Haruhi out, go do it." Kaoru encouraged as they sat down in their seats and waited for the day to start.

Hikaru looked at his brother skeptically.

"Just because it wasn't physical pain doesn't mean you weren't hurting. Your stomach might have stopped hurting, but what about your heart?" Kaoru sighed.

"It'll heal sooner or later, that's what everyone says anyway." Hikaru wished he knew how to fix the situation for Kaoru, it hurt him as well.

"You know she would have been here if she could Kaoru."

"Yeah, I know. But at least we can still talk, and we have the computer so it's not like we can't be friends." Kaoru smiled. Hikaru knew better, he was simply putting on a brave face in an attempt to convince everyone he was fine, but inside his heart was shattered.

"Hey you two." Haruhi greeted, she turned to Hikaru and kissed him lightly be for sitting between the twins.

"Hey Haruhi." The unison reply caused her to smile.

"Are you okay Kaoru, I know you had that appointment yesterday."

"I'm fine, The doctor says I shouldn't have any problems." Haruhi stood up and hugged him.

"Good, I'm glad to hear it." Kaoru returned the hug.

"Everything's going to be okay Kaoru, I know Akina not being around anymore is hard, but she misses you I'm sure." She whispered in his ear.

"You think so?"

"I know she does, she's my best friend, I know her very well. You know she wanted to stay with you don't you?"

"Yeah. It still hurts."

"Of course it does, not being able to be together when you love someone that much is always hard. She'll call and maybe visit sometimes if she can." She gave a reassuring smile and sat back in her seat.

Kaoru placed a hand to his chest, he could feel the chain and pendant.

"Kaoru, I don't want to leave you, I love you so much and if I could've just convinced my parents that staying here was best, i-" tears fell from Akina's eyes as she wrapped her arms around him.

"It's okay, I understand you have to go and I hope you'll have a good life there. I'm always going to love you Akina, no matter what." The girl pulled out a small box from her pocket and held it out to Kaoru.

"I saw these the other day and I'd been saving my money from my birthdays and- I don't know if you'll wear it,but I just want you to know that I never stopped loving you and as long as you have it, you won't forget me." Kaoru kissed her lovingly.

"I couldn't forget you Akina, not ever."

"Please open it." Kaoru did as he was asked ad found two golden chains, on one was a heart which had the word 'Love' elegantly engraved in the center. The other, a golden rectangle with a heart cut from the center and the word 'Always' underneath. Kaoru carefully removed the necklaces from the box and smiled sadly.

"Akina, of course I'll wear it, as long as you wear the other one." Akina allowed Kaoru to place the heart around her neck.

"I'll take the one with the missing heart, you're taking my heart with you so it's only fitting." She took the necklace from him and placed it on him.

"let's not forget our promise Kaoru, not ever." She sobbed, Kaoru rested a hand on her cheek and wiped away the tears with his thumb.

"I won't." He vowed.

"Hey Kaoru, are you okay, I've been calling you." Hikaru said bringing his twin back to reality. Kaoru took his hand away from the chain.

"I'm sorry Hika, what were you saying?"

"I was just trying to tell you that Haruhi said she wants to come to the new theme park that's opening this weekend, you don't have to answer right now but so you have time to think about it, if you want to go we'd like you to."

"We'll see, it depends on how I feel." Kaoru replied, though he already knew the answer.