Kusanagi Yui felt alone ever since the day she was separated from the gods. Any time she went out with friends, she didn't smile or laugh the same way she did before. 'I took my time with them for granted,' she thought to herself. When she sat at home, she was in her bedroom crying.
Dionysus told her he wished for her to always have a smile on her face. Obviously he would be disappointed in her. She missed all of them so much, it hurt her chest. Most of all, she missed Takeru, and she didn't understand why. Yui looked out her window one night and looked at the starry sky. "Takeru…I miss you," she whispered. "I don't know if you can hear me, but I miss you."
Yui got undressed and fell onto her bed. She was tired. Tired from crying all the time, and tired of being by herself. She didn't know it would change.
Takeru was in his home, talking to Tsukito when he felt a pang in his chest, and he heard a voice calling to him in his head. "Totsuka Takeru, are you all right?" his brother asked, noticing the look of pain and surprise on his face.
Takeru tried to shake it off. "Yeah…I'm fine," he said. He blushed. "It must be indigestion." He could see Tsukito didn't believe him. "I know you don't believe me. It's written all over your face. Ever since we left that school, your emotions have been more noticeable."
Tsukito smiled faintly. "Yes, you are right," he said. He looked pained for a second. "I believe I can thank Kusanagi Yui for that." He shook his head and looked at Takeru. "I feel like our goodbyes to her was too impolite."
Takeru stood up from the floor and stretched. "I know that," he said. "I feel just as bad, bro. You saw the look on…" He choked up and turned his head. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned to see Tsukito smiling sadly at him. "Her face…I'll never forget the look on her face."
"Maybe…." Tsukito began.
Takeru raised an eyebrow, a suspicious look on his face. "What are you thinking bro?"
"Perhaps we could at least check on her," he said, smiling faintly. "To make sure she is doing okay."
"Well if we do that, we'll have to dress the way they do on her world," Takeru said. He shook his head. "I never thought I would do that again…but for Kusanagi…I would." Tsukito smiled at his brother's words.
"Totsuka Takeru…I believe you miss her very much," he said, and Takeru's face turned bright red from his cheeks to his ears. "I assumed correctly. We will leave tomorrow morning." Takeru nodded and watched his brother leave for the night.
"Kusanagi…" Takeru whispered.
Yui woke up quickly, her eyes wide. She thought she heard a voice in her head. "I can't…I can't be going insane, am I?" she asked herself. Yui looked out the window and it was close to morning. She tried to go back to sleep, but with difficulty. She had school that day and she didn't want to be tired. But obviously she wasn't able to go to sleep.
She got up and took a shower and went downstairs, where her mom was making breakfast. "Yui, you're up early," she said. She studied her daughter and frowned. "You aren't feeling any better, are you?"
Yui smiled faintly. "I do feel better," she said. "Just a little at a time. I should be fine soon enough." Her morning flew by quickly, and she left quickly to go to school. She realized this was her last year in school, and she still hadn't achieved anything outside her iai life. She met up with Akane and Keiko on the way.
"Good morning, Yui," Keiko said with a smile. "Can you believe this is our last school year?"
Yui smiled. "It's arrived quickly, hasn't it?" Suddenly she had a pang in her chest, and she gasped for air.
"Yui!" Akane said, clutching on her friend. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, really I am," Yui said. "It's just a small pain in my chest. I had it last night too. It must be indigestion, that's all." Akane and Keiko looked at one another. They knew Yui had been acting strange since the end of the previous school year.
"Are you sure?" Keiko asked. "Do you need to sit down?"
"Really, I am fine," Yui stated firmly. "You don't need to worry so much. I'll just get some water and hopefully that will do the trick."
Her friends nodded and they headed to the school without anymore problems.