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The Reason

THE REASON By Hoobastank

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

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"How's she doing?"

Yuki Sohma stood at the side of a bed, stroking the pale cheek of the young girl lying in it. Her Black hair was fanned on the pillow. She seemed to have a fever, sweating, shivering. Hatori looked over, putting a hand to his chin thoughtfully.

"Well, she's doing much better than before, but in reality, she still isn't really doing well."

Yuki sighed.

"How could she have been so stupid? Airah-chan is usually so level-headed. Do you know what really happened?"

Hatori turned back to his desk.

"Well, according to Kyo-kun, she was trying to run away. Akito told her something that finally made her snap."

"What?"

"He told her about her curse."

Yuki stood, speechless in anger.

"We weren't supposed to…now they'll come after her. He shouldn't have told her. He knew this would happen…"

Ha banged his hand on the end table so hard that the lamp fell off. Yuki watched the millions of pieces of glass scatter across the floor.

"Yuki…"

Yuki turned on his heel and stalked out. The peach blossoms fell around him as he walked out of the house. He looked up at the sun as he mused angrily. Why had Akito told her? Did he seriously want the curse to kill her? Yes, the only way to end the curse was to kill her, the "mother" of the zodiac. But Yuki couldn't stand it. He loved Airah. He couldn't stand to see her die. Not that way. Not by the hands of the other members of the zodiac. No, he'd stop them. At any costs.

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"Airah-chan?"

Airah's eyes flickered open. Hatori was standing over her.

"W-where am I?"

"At the Sohma main house. Kyo-kun brought you here after…you know."

She nodded slowly. The nearly-fatal car crash was still vivid in her memory. She tried to sit up. She gasped in pain and fell back down onto the hospital bed. Hatori propped up some pillows behind her and helped her sit on them. She smiled.

"Thanks. How long have I been asleep?"

"About a month or so. I'll call Yuki. He's been mighty worried about you, Airah-san."

She sighed, putting a hand over her face. Yuki, the dreaded subject. She turned away to hide the hot, salty tears that stung in her eyes. Yuki…

"Hello, Hatori-san, anything ne-"

Yuki froze. He hadn't even shut the door behind him. He ran over to Airah and flung his arms around her neck.

"Ow." She muttered, but smiled."Hi, Yuki –kun…"

He hugged her tighter

"I'm so glad you've woken up, Airah-chan. I really missed you."

"You too."

They laughed as Yuki let go and sat down on the edge. Hatori slipped out of the room to let them talk. Airah looked towards the door.

"So, I heard you've been, erm, visiting me a lot."

"Of course, Airah-san. I've been really worried about you."

He sounded meek, voice quieter than normal. Airah looked at him.

"I-I'm sorry Yuki-kun."

He looked at her, surprise and confusion painted on his face as if they were oil paints.

"What?.."

She began to cry once again.

"I'm sorry that I c-caused trouble for you. You, a-a-and the rest o-o-of the family."

He leaned her head against his shoulder. She began to cry in it.

"It's not your fault, Airah-chan." He said soothingly "It's not your fault Akito's done all this to you. Nothing's you fault, Airah-chan."

"Th-thanks, Yuki-kun."

He smiled at her. To himself, he thanked her for giving him the chance to open up, to stop closing himself into the box. Silently, he thanked her for giving him the chance to live again.

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Little-notey-like-thing: Hello! Once again, I have become extremely bored. And also, my dear friend Lacey has been wanting me to write one that actually has romance. Oh, and also, I would like to add that Yuki is my imaginary boy friend, so NO STEALY!!!I even has a contractwaves it in air and fumes. EH heh heh, suppose I should calm down and go save a seat for my imaginary boyfriend. Swoons and accidentally falls of comp. chair.