Why is it that i just can't forget?

Your smile, your scent,the flick of your hair.

The little things i loved about you

Haunt my every waking moment.

Evening was creeping in, and a raven haired man was sat staring out of his window as he had done for the last few weeks. His brothers were stood in the doorway; twin looks of worry on both of their faces. It wasn't that they didn't know what was causing this, and they didn't blame him for his depression. The worry was that, if they didn't keep their eyes on him, he might just go over the edge, quite literally. He let out the millionth sigh of the day, and his youngest white haired brother, rolled his eyes and made to walk forwards. A hand blocked him. He gave an exasperated flick of his head to look up at his elder brown haired brother, who was giving him a look that clearly said 'leave him,' he rolled his eyes again and turned away from the door marching down the corridor towards their living room. The elder followed him closing the door quietly behind him.

"Yaten,"
"I know, I know, save it will you Taiki," Yaten fell down onto the couch and folding his arms. Taiki sat in the chair opposite him.

"I know you're worried, but he needs time. This isn't something he's just going to get over."

"He's not going to get over anything sat moping in there," snapped Yaten. Taiki shook his head. "Don't shake your head like I'm not making sense. He is barely sleeping, barely eating, he just sits there all day, it's not healthy and you just want to leave him,"

"He needs to be alone,"
"No, he needs to get out and start living again!" Yaten stood up, "I'm not going to lose my brother because that ditzy little blonde was to blind to see what she was missing," He started to walk back towards Seiya's room. Taiki sighed, seeing that this was only going to lead to a row, either between himself and Yaten or Yaten and Seiya, depending on whether he tried to stop him. On reflection the first option was probably the best, maybe it would rouse Seiya, at the very least get him to say something other than 'Odango'. So Taiki let his younger brother storm into Seiya's room, he did however follow him so he could make sure things didn't get out of hand.

"Right that's it get the hell up." Seiya looked up as Yaten flung his door open, his expression was practically unreadable, though there may have been a hint of surprise.

"What?"

"You heard, get away from that window," Seiya's expression didn't alter and that only fuelled Yaten's frustration. Seiya looked back at the window.

"And do what exactly,"

"I don't care, eat, go to bed, hell go out, get drunk and fall into a gutter, just do something!" Seiya didn't look back, but from his reflection Yaten could see his face tighten as if holding back tears. His own expression softened somewhat and he took a couple of steps further into the room.

"Listen, Seiya," he started, trying to bed his frustration, "You have got to stop beating yourself up about this," Seiya turned back at last, however his face now held a look of real anger.

"What if I beat you up instead, would that shut you up!" Yaten's own anger flared back up.

"At least it would get you away from that window,"
"I'm going to throw you through that window in a minute,"

"If it would get your mind off Miss Can't see what's right in front of me. Fine. Oh wait I mean Mrs…"
"Don't you dare bring Odango into this!"

"Why not, she's what's put you here! We're worried about you, and it's all because she's so completely blind. You have to get over her!" Seiya looked sharply away and sat back down. He looked down at his shoes.

"What if I don't want too?" Yaten sighed loudly and Taiki sensed it was time to step in before Yaten made some smart comment that would really rile Seiya. He walked in and put a hand on Yaten's shoulder signalling for him to say nothing. Yaten rolled his eyes and flicked his hair before turning and sitting on the edge of Seiya's bed.

"Seiya… much as it pains me to say it, I agree with Yaten," Seiya looked up and looked set to say something but Taiki held up a hand to stop him,

"I know that it's hard, and I don't pretend to have any idea what you're going through, but you can't just sit in the dark forever." Seiya looked down again and nodded. "There was nothing more you could have done to let her know how you felt, and she totally refused to even acknowledge your feelings. I have the highest respect for her; especially after all she has done for our Princess and us. But the fact is, she couldn't have, just, not noticed. It seems to me she just wanted to make things easier on herself, and everyone including you by playing dumb."

"Oh yeah this is really easy for me," Seiya scoffed.

"And if she had told you she knew how you felt, and that she still wanted to be with Chiba, that would have been better?"

"I get your point," Said Seiya and he turned back to the window "Now are you quite done?"

"Not quite, me and Yaten have an interview tonight, since you're still 'ill' and we have nothing in, I thought I'd ask you to don your sunglasses and go down to the shops," Yaten's eyes jerked up, finally, it was about time his elder brother started taking charge of the situation. Seiya let out a sigh, he knew both his brothers were right, the longer he sat here and wallowed in self pity the harder it would be to get back to anything that resembled normal. So he stood up and nodded.

"Right, come on Yaten, we have to be at the studio in an hour," Yaten stood and followed Taiki out of the room; he leant back into the room briefly.

"Remember what I said, about the gutter, I find it's a wonderful place to…"

"Yaten!"

He jumped out again, Seiya let the tiniest of smiles cross his face at his younger brothers actions, he was such a kid sometimes, even if he was only a year younger. It felt nice to smile again, even if just for a second, he hadn't done it for almost a month, not since he had heard about Usagi and Mamoru's wedding. He frowned again, he couldn't say he was exactly surprised, after all they'd been together so long, and what with the whole "destiny" thing it was inevitable. Still when he'd found out two weeks before the 'happy' event he still felt like someone, a small beautiful odango haired someone, had ripped out his heart and stomped on it, before throwing it into the trash. He reached for his black sunglasses and cap, his usual disguise when he was headed out into the Three Lights fan filled streets. Not that they often worked, it only took one person to get a close look at him for the rest of Juuban to know, and then he'd have to run for it. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad; at the very least his fear of being mobbed might take his mind of his other troubles for a while. By the time he'd dressed himself more appropriately for going out, Taiki and Yaten were already gone.

He pulled the door open, praying silently that he wouldn't run into the happy couple while he was out. As he stepped out of the apartment building he took a deep breath, he hadn't left the apartment in about two weeks, not since the day of the wedding, he'd had to show up, despite the fact that it churned him up inside, he knew if he wasn't their Usagi would have been hurt, and he wouldn't, he couldn't ever hurt her. So he'd been forced to sit through the torture, he had spent most of the time talking to Minako Aino, the only one who seemed to like the idea of him and Usagi together. The other scouts were extremely hostile to the possibility; the idea that someone might threaten their precious 'Crystal Tokyo' was, unthinkable. Unfortunately it didn't stop Rei Hino clinging to him at every possible opportunity. The shops were packed out, then again it was a Friday, what did he expect. He made a mental note that this would be a very short shopping trip. With a deep breath he stepped into the Supermarket, keeping his head well down.

He'd been walking around for about twenty minutes, and he was almost done, fairly soon he'd have to face the horror that was the supermarket queue, if he was going to get recognised anywhere it was there. He was just on his way there when he heard the last voice on earth he wanted to hear, second only to Mamoru Chiba.

"Well well, Seiya Kou," he turned, trying to keep his face looking calm as his eyes fell onto the figure of Haruka Tenoh.

"I didn't expect to see you out for at least another, hmm, month, month and a half,"
He had nothing to say to her so he simply acknowledged her with a "Tenoh" and turned back around. She'd been present when Usagi had told him about the wedding, and since then she wasn't about to let him forget who had "won". Since Galaxia they had come to respect each other slightly more, as soldiers, but nothing more, and she seemed delighted at the fact that her kitten as she called her had, in her opinion at least, made the right choice and she never did miss a chance to let him know about it.

"Aren't you going to ask how she is? Or are you over her already?" he stopped again and turned, the look on his face telling her clearly that he was definitely anything but over her kitten.

"Well then how is she!" he seemed to be fighting the urge to break down, and Haruka, despite her severe dislike of him was not entirely cruel, she knew rubbing it in any further would probably take him over the edge. Being herself someone that did not like to show her emotions to anyone but those close to her she suddenly felt a small pang of guilt at bringing him so close to doing exactly what she would hate, and so she said simply.

"She's good," he nodded and turned away again, this time she let him go. It was strange to her, before the fight against Galaxia she would probably have taken another stab at him, that was before she realised just how much he really loved Usagi, he proved that during the fight. However much she might hate that he tried to take Usagi and their destiny from them, she could no longer go that extra step that might break him.

Seiya however didn't realise she was being 'light' with him, on the contrary the very sight of her smug face made him want to hit something, if she weren't a girl, and despite the impression she gave she actually was one, it would probably be her he hit. He had tried and succeeded once when he was in Senshi form and it had given him, or her as it was then a feeling of satisfaction, on the other hand a moment later, Haruka, as Uranus, had thrown Fighter back with a punch of her own.

Amazingly Seiya managed to get out of the supermarket without being noticed, one of the girls at the till had given him a look that said she was sure she knew him from somewhere, however before she could figure it out he was well out of the doors and breathing a sigh of relief. He started to head back toward his car. As he rounded the corner that lead to the shops car park he realised with a jolt that he had, in his rush, left his credit card with the girl at the cash desk. "Damn!" he said out loud. She would surely have read the name on it by now. He rubbed his head in despair and went to put the shopping in his car so he could make as quick an exit as possible, and then headed back, resigning himself to the fact that he was in for a good run back.

As he came back around the corner someone else came out of nowhere and ran straight into him, whoever it was let out a cry of surprise and started to fall backwards. He shot out a hand and grabbed theirs stopping their fall. It was only then that he was able to get a look at the person. His eyes widened and he nearly fell over himself when he realised he was standing face to face, and hand in hand, with Haruka Tenoh.