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Come Back

Prologue

Shizuru was standing in the middle of what had been Natsuki's room with a distant look on her crimson eyes. 'She left...' She thought looking ahead of her at nothing in especific.

She had been standing there for a few minutes just trying to fing a reason for Natsuki's sudden disappearance. She could thing of various possible reasons but she would always reach the same conclusion, it was all because of her. But that couldn't be right, after all, Natsuki had forgiven all she had done...hadn't she?

She had so suddenly and without saying goodbye.

"Natsuki...why?" She whispered with a craked voice. She sat on the corner aof Natsuki's single bed and proceded to stare down at the floor.

Even though she knew Natsuki couldn't return her deperate love, she had stayed by her side, seemly forgetting all those horrible crimes she had comitted. And she was satisfied, she realized that she had and could live with that. So why?

'Maybe she's still scared of me?' She thought sadly looking out the window to a beautiful red sunset. She laid down on the bed after a couple of minutes of staring at it, tears starting to form on her eyes and hugged one of the pillows close to her body.

"I'm sorry Natsuki..." She whispered hugging the pillow tighter allowing the tears to fall freely down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry."

She fell asleep there, imagining it was Natsuki she was hugging, knowing that there would be no one waiting for her in her own room.