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CHAPTER ONE:

It was his birthday and she wanted to wish him a happy birthday before anyone else got the chance too, so she baked him a cake and took it to his house. Being there before with Makino and the rest of the f4 she knew her way around. So she made her way directly to his room. Once upon opening the door she immediately regretted her decision,she saw him there lying naked under the blanket with a woman wrapped around his arms. She instantly shut the door, dropped the cake on a table and ran,ran as far as her legs could take her without ever looking back.


Yuki sat at her kitchen table looking out her window, replaying the memory. it was as fresh as if it had just happened yesterday, and the pain in her heart every time she remembered was as well. She had known that he didn't feel the same way about her as she did for him. Knew that he had other women but still she had always kept hope. Though walking in that morning and watching him with one of his many conquests had finally snapped something inside her and shattered all looks at her watch noticing that she has an hour before her flight back home to Japan. She heard a knock at the door,realizing who it was she ran to open it. It was her good friend and co-worker Hana .

"Good morning Yuki, how are your adjusting to the upcoming trip back home?" Hana asked with a concerned look, she knew Yukis reasons for why she left japan and her reasons for her return. And she was worried how her friend would feel at having to return after three years.

Yuki knew she couldn't lie to her friend, "I'm an absolute panic!" she said starting to let her bottled emotions release. She knew whether she liked it or not she had to return to japan eventually, she just didn't know the mere thought would send her into sheer panic. Her friend held a reassuring look

"It'll be fine Yuki, you've been preparing for this for months now, your stronger than you think you are." Yuki knew what her friend said was true but she still couldn't help feeling some what terrified.

"Thanks i guess I'm just psyching myself out. I mean I'll just go do what i have to and be done with it as quickly as possible." She said to her friend optimistically while still trying to convince herself at the same time. Yuki went to her closet and grabbed her bags and walked outside as her friend helped her put them in the car

The quick car ride to the airport was silent as she tried to gather her thoughts. At the airport Yuki and Hana said there good byes as Yuki boarded her flight. She quickly found her seat and settled in for the long flight and reached in her bag to pull out one of her favorite books when she noticed a letter sticking out of it. As she opened the letter she instantly recognized the handwriting. It was just like her fiance to do this sort of thing, and that's one of the reasons why she had said yes to his proposal. She began reading the letter:

My dear Yuki-Chan,

I am so sorry that i could not have seen you off but i had to attend a very important meeting in Korea with the investors. Though i promise the second i am done with all these meetings i will hurry to Japan to be by your side as we make the arrangements for our wedding. I cant wait to see you and I love you very much!

yours always Ichiro-kun

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She loved when he did little things like that for her,and the way he always made her feel special. She felt honestly grateful to have him in her life,though part of her felt guilty. She knew no matter how hard she tried she would never forget Nishikado-San. She was physically drained from everything that was going on so quickly around her so she leaned back and rested her head on her chair, quickly drifting off to sleep. She woke up moments before the plan was about to land. She was finally home back to the place where she had fled long ago wishing never to return.


He was looking out the window holding a watered down drink in his hand, trying to ignore the conversation being held around him.

"Hey Soujiro what kind of party do you want this year for your birthday?" Akira asked from the seat beside him.

He despised his birthday more than any other day in the calendar, it was the day she left. The day he realised how much he loved her, the day he realised he was to late.

"Oi Soujiro! Tsukasa yelled in his usual loud obnoxious voice, trying to pull his from away from his thoughts. Though Tsukasa never mentioned it he knew how much his friend hated his birthday.

"I told you before and I'll tell you again, I DON'T WANT A PARTY!" Soujiro yelled trying to get it through his friends head. Ever since Yuki's shocking disappearance 3 years ago on his birthday he began to loathe the day. The moment he found out she was gone it felt like someone had punched the air out of his lungs. He had finally come to terms that he was in love with her but realising that he had lost his only chance he chose not to go look for her. The next few months after her disappearance were a blurr which he tried not remember. He had spent most of his time in and out of clubs drinking until he could barely remember his own name. If it werent for his friends he would probably still be following the same routine.

"You have to move on with your life Soujiro, you cant keep trying to forget you own birthday its not healthy." Akira told him.

"Yeah!" Tsukasa shouted out agian. "Akira has a point you cant keep going like this its not good for you."

Soujiro had an expressionless look on his face as Akira, Rui, and Tsukasa waited for his answer. "Fine but I'm only doing this to get you all off my back already!" he said as he downed the rest of his drink.