Chapter One
We Meet For What Seems like the Second Time

The sun falls, and the moon rises.

The way her long hair waved behind her as she stood was a beautiful sight all by itself. Her turquoise eyes threatened tears, but she stood straight and tall. Her purely white dress stretched down to her ankles, and wrinkled in the wind. She stared straight ahead, moving only her chest as she took deep breaths over and over. Her arms dangled at her sides, and her bare toes played with the grass.

The air smelled sweet, but grey clouds loomed overhead. The waves in the ocean below crashed violently against the bottom of the cliff she stood on. Behind the turquoise-haired girl was a simple forest, no one could see her. She lifted her hands to her neck, grabbing it as if gently choking herself. Tears formed on her eyes and pushed off her eyelids, making their way down her face, soon falling off and landing on her wrist.

Then she jumped.

It was almost as if all sound itself stopped at that moment. The wind rustling the trees' leaves, the sound of her breathing heavily, the waves crashing…

Her eyes were squeezed closed, but she knew after a few short moments that she had stopped falling. She could only feel an extremely tight pressure on her left hand, while the rest of her body dangled loosely in the cold wind and started to numb.

She opened her eyes and gasped, looking down, seeing that the ocean was still crashing under her. She looked up to meet familiar blue eyes. A boy was leaning over the cliff, his hand in hers. His midnight blue bangs fell over his eyes, but she could clearly see them. He pulled her up and immediately his arms were around her. Her face buried in his chest, her eyes wide open in shock, she began to feel warm. Drops of cold tears fell upon her shoulder as the boy holding her shivered and sobbed quietly.

"Don't leave me, Miku."

The sun is awake.

"No way! Shut up!" The girl with pink hair punched a smaller, blonde girl's shoulder.

"It's true!" The blonde mused. "I think I love him, Luka," she sighed.

"Rin, you're insane," Luka laughed.

"Luka, sit in your seat, not on the desk, or I'll give the whole class more homework!" A male, wrinkly teacher slammed down a book on his desk.

Luka stuck her tongue out at him as she hopped off, her large breasts bouncing, and every boy in class stared. She sat in the chair, still facing Rin, and crossed her legs. The short skirts required to wear at school allowed her panties to show for a split second as one leg came over the other. One of the boys fell over.

"But wait, isn't he your twin or something?" Luka asked, pushing back some of the hair in her face.

The blonde looked down and blushed, "N-no. I mean, I don't know. We look alike, but we could be mirror images of each other… our past was erased from memory." She looked up slightly. The low, v-neck shirts covered practically none of Luka's cleavage. Rin blushed and looked away, her hand slipping over her clothing and stopping when her hand was against her ribcage on her chest, blushing harder as she thought about how flat-chested she was.

Luka looked up at her, perplexed about Rin's embarrassment, and closed her eyes. She began to hum a tune from one of her songs.

Suddenly a blonde boy, Rin's height, walked up. "Hey ladies, where's Miku?" He asked, his teal eyes acknowledging only Rin. His small ponytail bobbed a bit as he stopped next to her, and he rearranged his backpack so it fit more comfortably on his shoulders. Luka opened her eyes, feeling a bit interrupted as she stopped humming. Rin turned around and her face became fiery red as her eyes met his.

Luka, noticing Rin's inability to speak, answered "She went to the bathroom. She went awhile ago, so she'll be back really soon unless something happened."

He broke his stare at Rin to look over at Luka. "Thanks," he added as he turned back to Rin. "Hi, Rin."

Her mouth drooped, until she responded "H-hey, Len."

Suddenly all of the boys that had been staring at Luka's chest/legs turned just as the classroom's door opened. I walked in, my turquoise hair flowing gently behind me. I yawned and approached the desk where Luka was sitting.

"Hey Luka, Rin," I stopped and sat on a chair in front of Luka's desk. I looked up and met Len's eyes. "Oh, hi, Len."

Suddenly he was blushing a bright red and was searching for words. "Oh, uh, um… Hey, Miku."

I smiled pleasantly at him, and he looked away. He always did that. Luka looked back and forth between us, her face serious as if she was making a scientific observation.

The bell rang.

"Good luck next period, Miku," Luka said before I had a chance to bolt out of the room.

"Huh?" I hesitated, confused.

Luka winked and left the room.

By the time I got to the next class, the whole room was filled. The only available seat was one next to the tall blue-haired boy with matching eyes. I blushed as I realized I truly had no choice but to sit there. I've had a crush on him for as long as I can remember. All that's ever happened between us was a "Hey, can you loan me a pencil/piece of paper?" It hurt…

Luka was like my sister. The doctors couldn't separate us when they accidently put us in the same crib. Our mothers had to come to that nursery to see their daughters. Ever since then, our mothers visited each other daily because they felt that the way we latched onto each other at such a young age was a sign that we'd be best friends. Luka had been dating this tall, extremely handsome man with purple hair since Kindergarten, and that man has been friends with the blue-haired boy since before then. I've had no choice but to constantly see him, but he always acted like I wasn't there and only spoke to Luka and her boyfriend, Gakupo. It was cruel in my eyes.

I slowly and quietly walked over to my seat and sat down. I resisted the urge to look at him, but I felt as if his eyes were on me. I dismissed it, telling myself I was just being paranoid. Then, right after the bell rang, the teacher left the room, telling the students we could talk to each other until he returned.

I looked down on my desk, where my hands were neatly placed and nervously stroked each other. Suddenly, I thought I heard my name and quickly looked to my right, where the boy was sitting. He was facing me. I felt a shiver go up and down my spine, and my cheeks felt hot. I wanted to look away, but he was so beautiful. I couldn't.

"It's Miku, right?" He asked honestly, biting his lower lip when he was finished speaking. He stuck his hand into the pockets of black school pants. I couldn't help but stare at his neck, it was bare from the low v-neck white shirt. Normally he'd cover it with a scarf, but he got in trouble for that on the first day of school since it's against the school dress code. I wanted to thank the school board with all of my heart.

"Yeah, Kaito," I answered as my voice cracked and shook with complete nervousness. He grinned, stood up and moved his chair closer to my desk, but flipped it backwards. He sat on it backwards, his arms crossed over the top of the chair. I leaned away from him, shocked and afraid something bad was going to happen.

"Hi, Miku," he said, his eyes glittering as he stared into mine. I was hard to keep watching him. I wanted to look away and scream, because this all felt like a dream.

I blushed and couldn't think of anything to say. Responding with something silly like a "hi" back seemed lame to me. I wanted to be witty, but could come up with nothing. Silence filled the air between us momentarily.

"I wanted to thank you," he said, breaking the tension that only I was feeling. The breath I didn't know I was holding released and sounded like a small whimper.

"F-for?" I was flustered. I stared wide-eyed at him, my mouth dropped slightly. I tried not to meet his eyes, and at the same time resisted the temptation to stare at his lips. I probably looked silly, my eyes constantly moving to find somewhere to look.

"All those pieces of paper and pencils you've loaned me," he laughed. His smile was like a sweet poison.

I looked away and crossed my legs. I closed my eyes and sighed, beginning to think that's all that was ever going to be involved in the acquaintanceship between us: paper and pencils.

"Hey, I was just kidding," he fell over his words, thinking he upset me (which he sort've did). He ran his fingers through his hair, sitting up straight and sighing. He looked around for a moment, trying to find someone he knew to be his wingman. At least, that was the vibe I was getting.

Just then, it started raining outside. Everyone in the class looked out the windows and the only sound in the classroom was the pit-pattering of the rain.

"Lovely," Kaito sighed.

"Yeah, it is, isn't it?" I responded dreamily. I loved the rain and often sung about it.

"I was talking about you," he ended the statement with a slight moan. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I couldn't turn around and face him. My heart pounded as I tried to maintain my stare at the rain outside. My hands were shaking, so I forced them onto my lap, where I hoped he couldn't see.

"I'm sorry," he laughed, "I didn't mean to say it that way." He sighed deeply as if he was in emotional pain, but I couldn't understand how he could feel that way talking to me unless he wanted to run away and never see me again. That was the Kaito I knew: the one who ran and only glanced at me momentarily. This one that seemed to lust at me was completely new. I was scared but somehow wanted more.

I opened my mouth, but all that came out was a shaky exhale. I felt as if we were the only ones in the room. I heard him get up behind me and it sounded like he was moving the chair again. As I was turning to see what he was doing, two arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me off of my chair. I landed on Kaito's lap, his chin on my shoulder as he hugged me closer to his body. I felt as if our bodies connected like a puzzle piece. He wasn't too big, nor was he too small, and he fit around me perfectly. I couldn't help but think about how wonderfully warm my back felt against his chest. Could no one see us? Had they suddenly disappeared? I could feel no other presence but his, and could hear nothing else but his breath and the rain outside.

He lifted his head to leave room for his jaw so he could say something, but all that came out was a small grunt, because while whatever he was saying was coming out, the teacher walked in. His grip on me softened and I jumped off of him and back into my seat. He got up and moved his seat back to normal position, and there was an awkward silence as the teacher waited for everyone to get settled.

When the rustling of papers and chairs ceased, the teacher began the lesson and everything was normal for the rest of the period. The bell rang, and I picked up my things and left faster than usual. I forgot that was the last period of the day, and only realized it after I was in the middle of an empty hall. I blamed Kaito completely for my inability to pay attention.

I turned to go back, but a few feet away was a completely black figure, taller than anyone in the school. When I stopped moving it was almost as if time had paused. I held my breath and remained motionless, almost like the figure before me. I swallowed hard.

"When will you leave me alone?" I said, a grumble hidden under my breath. I was sick of seeing this thing. I wanted more than anything else for it to leave me alone.

"When you finally awaken," it answered and vanished.

I continued my way to Luka's car, so she could take me home as usual.

The sun falls, and the moon rises.