Chapter 1: Don't Leave

"Ahhhh~.."

"Today is such a wonderful day! I was able to pass all of my final exams and it's the first day of summer break! I have so many things that I want to go do, but I'll have to get a job first. Hmm... maybe I could be an assistant at my family's hospital. They'll need the help especially since Yato's father...That's right... Yato's father is Fujisake..!"

As Hiyori started thinking about Fujisake, memories of the triple date at Capybara came flooding back. Shivers began to run up and down her spine. It was a memory she wished she could forget, but it was as if she was cursed to always remember that he was the one that stole her first kiss. She started rubbing her lips profusely to try and erase the taste from her lips. She could still feel that horrible Fujisake's lips against hers and she loathed it.

"Why did it have to happen? Why me..?"

She sulked at her windowsill, looking outside at the birds that were playfully chasing each other around a tree. They were so carefree and happy, whereas Hiyori was now depressed and agitated. She wondered why she had let it happen to begin with. It was rather sudden, but she didn't pull away either. Was she just so shocked at the incident that she was unable to respond? Or was she secretly wanting Fujisake to kiss her? Her face contorted in disgust. No, that was definitely NOT it, so what was it? She buried her face in her arms and sighed. There was so much confusion in her head that she wanted resolved. Why did everything have to be so complicated? Raising her head, she looked back out the window and wiped a tear that had begun to fall down her cheek.

"Yato," She whispered. "don't ever leave me again..."

More tears formed and began flowing down her face. She tried wiping them away as fast as she could, but they wouldn't stop. She hated herself for almost forgetting about Yato. Plus, she let his father kiss her on a date at Capybara, regardless if she was forced to go or not. She felt like she betrayed him and didn't even have the guts to face him anymore. He knew about the kiss already, but the hurt in his eyes when he found out was too much for her. He trusted Hiyori and she let him down.

"I'm so sorry...!" she sobbed.

"For what?"

Another voice answered her and she looked up to see blue eyes that pierced into her soul. She froze completely breathless and thoughtless at the sight of him sitting in her window. Yato has caught her in the middle of crying her eyes out.

"N-Nothing.. I'm just a little-"

A little what? Emotional? Unstable? What could she possibly say to save herself from this?

"It's not nothing if you're balling your eyes out," he responded jumping out of the window. "Now, are you going to tell me what's wrong?"

Hiyori was trembling at this point. She didn't want to lie to him, but she didn't want to spill her guts out to him either. He wouldn't be able to help her understand any of the questions she had in her head that kept tormenting her. She took a deep breath.

"I'm just extremely confused about a few things and I let them get to me, that's all."

Yato leaned to Hiyori's level and looked at her with his stunning blue eyes. He seemed to be analyzing whether what she had told him were true. It wasn't necessarily a lie, but it wasn't the entire truth either. She just hoped he wouldn't press any further into the issue.

He let out a big sigh, "Fine, it looks like you don't want to tell me, so I'll leave it be. But, there's no reason for you to let it get to you so bad that you're crying about it all by yourself. If you can't tell me, then go talk to your friends or somethin'"

She wiped her eyes free from the remaining tears and looked up at Yato. He wasn't looking at her anymore, but fixating his gaze off in the distance to avoid eye contact. He looked really hurt and it was showing, even though he was trying to hide it. Hiyori felt horrible. She wanted to tell him, but she didn't want to hurt his feelings more by reminding him about Fujisake and that she was having questions about their kiss. It shouldn't of happened, both of them wished it didn't happen, but it did. She needed to figure it out herself before talking to Yato about it so she could reassure him that there was nothing going on nor intended. Still, that look crushed her. She wanted him to be happy and go lucky like he always was, before all of this happened. What could she do?

"Yato..."

His gaze reached Hiyori's as she reached into her pocket.

"I have a wish, but it's a pretty big one."

Yato looked at her confused when she took out two 5 yen coins. She took a step closer to him and grabbed his hand, placing the two yen coins in his palm.

"I don't ever want you to leave me like that again.." she whispered.

He blinked with both happiness and confusion, "I won't and I don't intend to again, but..." he took the second yen coin out of his hand and held it in front of her. "What's with the second coin? You know a wish is only 5 yen."

"I know, but there's a second part to the wish."

His eyebrows raised in interest, "Go on."

"I want you to uphold your part of the promise and go to Capybara with me," she managed to squeak out.

Yato looked at her in surprise of the request, then smiled with amusement and chuckled. It was hard to turn down an offer to go to his favorite amusement park, one which he had been wanting to go to for a long while. He tossed both coins into the air, catching them before they fell and looked at Hiyori with extreme happiness.

"Your two wishes have been heard loud and clear!"

She smiled at the child-like expression he had on his face. His face beamed with so much excitement it began to rub off on her. Although, she was more excited of the fact that she was able to make Yato smile again; something she hadn't seen in quite some time. It had been awhile since she had seen him last, too. Before today, he had stopped always watching her like he used to, texting her every five minutes when she wasn't around him, and even stopped harassing her for food. As much as it annoyed her before, it wasn't until now that she realized she actually enjoyed it. It made her feel cared for and brought joy to her heart.

"So Hiyori~" Yato gently sang. "When are we going?"

Of course he would ask and since Hiyori offered, he was probably expecting her to pay. It kind of irritated her, but it was the least she could do after everything that's happened.

"So where's Yukine?" she asked.

"Oh, he's training with Kazuma still. He's been going everyday."

"When will he be able to join us?"

Yato placed his thumb and index on his chin, "Y'know, I'm not sure. We could just go without him and take him next time!"

He gave Hiyori a quick wink that she nearly missed. Does he mean a date? She could feel her face rise in temperature as she began to blush. She couldn't let him know that he could do that or he might take advantage of it. Before he noticed, she turned her back to him and looked in her wallet. She didn't have much money.

"Umm.."

Yato looked over her shoulder, "What's wrong?"

"I don't have much money. We'll have to wait to go until I get a job."

His face turned into sheer terror, "We can't wait that long! Plus, I don't want you to get a job! I won't get to see you as much!"

"Whether you like it or not, I'm going to get a summer job and since we don't have the funds to go to Capybara we'll just have to wait!"

"What if we split the cost?!" he begged. "I don't want to wait!"

Hiyori looked back at her wallet and calculated everything, "Are you sure you could afford it?"

"Of course! Now let's just go already!" he complained dramatically.

Seeing how he was acting, she couldn't help but laugh. The happiness just burst from within her and she had to let it out. She held onto her sides as she kept laughing and laughing. Yato looked at her almost insulted that she was laughing at him, but when he saw how happy she looked compared to earlier, he couldn't help smiling and joining her. He wanted nothing more than for her to be happy. He was determined to make sure that nothing could bring her down and if something did, he'd deal with it himself. That included his father. He didn't know exactly how he was going to do it, but he wasn't going to let his father harm Hiyori or her family anymore.

A few hours later, Hiyori and Yato finally made it into Capybara Land. Yato had his hair tied back and was wearing light blue jeans with a white T-shirt. Hiyori, on the other hand, was wearing a cute long pink flowered tank top that almost looked like a dress with cute black shorts underneath. She also had her hair up in a messy bun because it was a pretty hot day. She watched as Yato stood in awe of the amusement park, looking at everything and deciding what to do first. His eyes sparkled with happiness as he grabbed Hiyori's hand and began dragging her to the first ride: a roller coaster.

"We have to make sure we pose for the picture they take!" Yato gleamed.

"What for? Besides, how will we know where they take the picture at?" Hiyori asked.

"Well, I figured we could get a copy of the picture and you'll be able to see the camera before they take it."

Instead of pressing any further, she just agreed even though she knew that they wouldn't be able to spot the camera before the picture was taken. It was still a cute gesture on his behalf though. She figured to just let him enjoy himself, especially since she had already been here, whereas he hadn't. He deserved to have a good experience.

"Hiyori! We're next!" he cheered.

It wasn't long until it was their turn to get buckled up and ready to go. Yato's excitement ceased to amaze her. He was kicking his legs and singing about being at Capybara. It was shocking that someone who had been alive for thousands of years would find this much joy in a simple amusement park. Then again, he probably didn't have anyone to join him either.

The ride started to move and they were off on their first ride. Yato shouted and cheered as they began to climb up the chain to the top of the hill. Once at the top, he put his hands up in the air and woohoo-ed all the way back down. He was laughing with so much joy that Hiyori joined in on his fun. She threw her arms up in the air too and screamed with him until the ride was over. When they got off, he immediately ran to the photo station, where they sold all of the photos taken on the ride. He analyzed all of the screens and pointed at the one that they were in. As soon as she caught up to him, he had already purchased the photo and shoved it in her face.

"Look, now we can remember this forever!"

Hiyori smiled and looked at the picture that was taken of them. She was caught off guard, however, because she noticed that Yato had put bunny ears behind her head with one hand and a thumbs up with the other, while giving a wink up at the camera.

"How did you-?"she asked confused.

"I saw the camera and posed. It looks like you missed it though."

She sighed in disbelief. Apparently she did. It was still shocking that he was able to see the camera and pose on top of that.

"Come on! We've got more things to do!"

Through out the day, Hiyori was dragged around the entire amusement park. They rode more rides together, got a picture with a Capybara, had some ice cream, and even went into a photo booth. Yato was having the time of his life and she was so happy that she could be there to experience it with him. She had never seen him so happy as he was today.

As it got later, everyone started getting lined up for the parade. Hiyori was extremely nervous at this point due to the memories that began to flood back. She wished that her first and only time here was with Yato so she could remember this place for their experience, rather than what happened with Fujisake. Tears started to swell up in her eyes and she did her best to try to conceal them by holding back as much as possible or wiping them away before he noticed. She couldn't avoid the parade and she knew that, even when she wanted to at all costs, but it was something Yato had been looking forward to all day. Ruining it was the last thing she wanted.

When night finally arrived, the parade began. They had gotten spots as close as they possibly could. Yato's eyes sparkled as the floats and lights went by. He kept pointing out the ones he really liked and asking Hiyori which ones were her favorites. She smiled and went along with it as much as possible and continued trying to hide the tears that wanted to pour out. About halfway through the parade, she couldn't hide the tears anymore. She started to cry, unable to stop them no matter what she did. Although he didn't notice at first, when Yato turned to ask her what she thought of the dancing Capybaras, he saw Hiyori in tears. He didn't realize that she was suffering so much so he could have a good time. He quickly grabbed her and escorted her out of the crowd that surrounded the parade. Once they were out of sight of everyone, he sat down with her at a vacant bench. For a little while, he just let her cry as he held her for support. He felt bad for making her go through this and even felt worse that even though she was in tears, he was kind of happy for it. She obviously hated that it happened and that made him feel relieved, but he didn't like the fact that it made her upset. After a few minutes, he lifted her head so she was looking at him. Her face was completely soaked from all of her tears and wiped the ones that were falling from her face.

"Hiyori, listen..."

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

He raised his hand to stop her, "I understand and it's ok. I just want you to know that I don't hold what happened with...him against you. The fact that you didn't want it to happen is all I needed to know," he hugged her tightly. "I don't want you to feel bad anymore."

"Thank you, Yato," she sobbed.

"Now, wait here. I'm going to get a few napkins for you. I'll be back," he said as he left.

She watched as he ran to find a concession stand, leaving her alone. At least it was a nice summer night and it wasn't cold like it had been. She reached up to let down her hair that had been up all day when she heard a rustle in the bushes behind her. Frightened, she turned and looked back, but didn't see anything. When she finally turned back around, she was met with someone standing in front of her, holding their pointer finger to her forehead.

"Bekko."

And that was the last thing Hiyori remembered of that night.