SUMMARY: Takes place after book 15. Sunako wants to thank Kyohei. Will one night change everything? And who is this new girl to enter Kyohei's life? Sunako has to make a choice: Finally be rid of the horrid "Creature of the Light", or lose the only man she's ever really loved?

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'He was right. He was right about everything.' The beautiful, raven-haired maiden thought, as she was led away from the reunion. He had been there but, strangely, when he called her ugly again, it didn't hurt. It didn't hurt at all. Sunako Nakahara finally, for the first time in a long time, felt at ease just by being with her friends. Yes. "These Creatures of the Light" were, admittedly, her friends. She felt a tiny grin stretch across her face as she listened to the group ramble about what to do.

She almost didn't notice she was walking rather closely with a familiar greedy bishonen man, with beautiful gold locks and the appetite and bodice of a Greek God. The man in question was muttering something about going to a batting cage. She looked at him through her bangs, feeling her face flush lightly.

'You wanna get rid of that memory, right? And forget about the day he called you "ugly." But you don't put an ounce of energy into trying to look pretty, so...why do you even let it get to you?' His words rang loudly in her head and she began to gnaw on her lip. She knew he was right and yet, the words to express her gratitude for his help were stuck in her throat.

"Sunako-Chan! You're coming with us, right?" Noi asked. She sighed, her face reverting back to the emotionless mask she usually wore.

"No. I think I'll just head home. I'm kinda tired."she said.

"Aww, c'mon, Sunako-Chan!" Yuki said, a pleading look in his eye. Sunako just shook her head, offering him a tiny smile.

"Good night."she said, turning and walking back to the house. Kyohei watched her for a moment, sighing.

"Ah, well. I'm hitting the batting cages. See ya!"he said. With that, he took off running towards his precious batting cages.

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Sunako lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. It had never been this hard to get to sleep before. Already it was 2 in the morning, and she was still wide awake. Her friends had come home, Kyohei drunk beyond all reason and draped over Takenaga's shoulder. Sunako felt her face flush a bit at the memory.

Flash Back:

Violet eyes locked onto bloodshot, copper ones, and a crooked smile made its way across his beautiful face.

"Oi! Sunako-Chaaan!" The drunken Kyohei laughed, stumbling away from Takenaga to fall onto the couch next to Sunako. "Hey, baby!"he said, laughing. He fell over, his head on her lap. He laughed again, hiccuping. Sunako blinked, feeling her face heat up. But, oddly, there was no blood from her nose. She didn't pay it any mind. She was too busy trying to get the drunken Kyohei off of her. The man had wrapped his arms around her, his face in her stomach, murmuring something unintelligible.

"What has he been drinking?" Sunako demanded, face flushed and eyes wide in shock. Ranmaru laughed nervously, helping Yuki and Takenaga as they tried prying Kyohei away from her.

"He did go to a batting cage at first...but we later found him in a bar, making trouble. He drank too much sake." The Prince of Morii high explained. Sunako didn't respond, chewing on her lip, her face burning.

"Leggo of me! I wanna huggle my Sunako-Chaaan!" whined Kyohei, who only held tighter to Sunako. Sunako, feeling a slight twinge of panic in the pit of her stomach, started trying to shove Kyohei away. The boy was persistent. She told herself to remain calm, taking a deep breath to steady herself. She gave the three bishonen men a look that said, 'Back off'. The three gave up, falling onto the ground, exhausted. Sunako rubbed Kyohei's back, who grinned childishly, nuzzling Sunako's stomach again. When she knew he wasn't paying attention, she pushed at a pressure point in his neck. Within seconds, Kyohei was out cold. He was carried off to his room, and Sunako sighed, trying to slow her racing heart beat, sealing herself in her room.

End Flashback.

It was so bizzar! Since when did Kyohei Takano, the tough, pretty boy, ever hug her like that?

"Wonder how many drinks he had..."she muttered under her breath. She bit her lip again.

'He...called me his...'she thought, heart pounding in her chest and face burning. She shook her head quickly, anger flashing in her eyes. 'As if I would EVER belong to that foolish, disgusting creature of the light!'she thought, scooping Hiroshi-Kun up and hugging him close. She gnawed on her bottom lip absentmindedly rubbing the top of Hiroshi-Kun's plastic head. But that didn't last too long. She finally set Hiroshi-Kun down, standing up and pacing across her room, angrily.

'I should have slaughtered that no good creature of the light when I had the chance! Then I wouldn't have to suffer being around him anymore!' She thought, bitterly. But she paused for a moment, thinking of the boy in question. Though he was obviously annoying and very frustrating, Kyohei Takano had his moments. She bit into her lip again to fight a smile, as she thought of their forced "date", thanks to Ranmaru. He seemed so down to earth, and really didn't care for all the annoying "bright" things that Ranmaru enjoyed.

She still couldn't help but chuckle as she remembered how they practiced wrestling moves on those men at that restaurant, and then how they washed up by playing in the fountain. Even if it was a date, she still hadn't ever had so much fun with a boy in her life. The more Sunako thought about him, the more she realized that, even she she tried, she wouldn't be able to kill him. Despite how much she really couldn't stand him...despite how much he couldn't stand her...

'He's the only one who keeps you sane. The only one who can take you out of darkness, for even just a moment.' A voice in the back of her head thought. And though she hated to admit it, the voice was right. After all, if it wasn't for Kyohei...she never would have been able to go to that reunion to begin with, to let him go.

She didn't even realize what she was doing until she was in the hallway, moving swiftly towards Kyohei's room, with one lone thought reverberating in the back of her head.

'Because of him, I could let go...

He was the reason I could let go...

He is the reason I can finally move on...'