Chapter 2 - A start of something new.

A/N: Alright, the second chapter to Sweet Delinquent. To be honest, I am not very good with English grammar so if you stumble through any errors in the process of reading this, I would be glad if you mention it in the reviews. No one is perfect after all, not even the word perfect itself.

Replying to the reviews:

qwertuip: Glad to see ya' like it. I'll try my best to give fast updates while maintaining the story's quality.

Mirakurun26: Then I suppose this can be count as a birthday gift (I can't give you anything else, anyway! But then, that is for your bf to worry about.) Happy birthday and enjoy the story.

And to everyone out there, I am glad you still enjoy seeing me here. Happy Reading~~~~~~ And please review, so that you can share that happiness with me.

As for [1]: That means "Cute!"

Finally, I knew I forgot something in the first chapter so I am just throwing it here. I own nothing. Nothing at all. Everything in this is completely, anything that similar to real life events is completely coincidental.

It took Yui like minutes to get a good grasp of what Kyouko was saying. Partial amnesia... forgetting everything in those years... That meant nothing else except for the fact that those two years disappeared without a trace from the blonde's memory. The events that happened in those years, as a result, vanished as well.

'So... those memories are gone now?'

Yui asked herself that question as she recalled the sweet piece of memory in utter regret and shock.

~FLASHBACK~

It was a rainy day of summer. Funami Yui was on her way home as her school just finished. Rain drops heavily poured down, pressuring her little arms holding the white, small umbrella. She walked slowly by herself, the thoughts about home just made her sick to her stomach. Her parents are fighting. Behind a façade the even a kid like herself could had seen through easily, they were fighting. And true to her words she said to herself, she didn't feel hurt, not one bit. She was a smart kid, despite her quietness. She knew every couple have to go through this stage, and her parents weren't an exception. She knew it would end, sooner or later. But she couldn't help but to let her heart ache every time she witness her mom and dad fighting. She was thinking about what she should do when she returned home, but a sound distracted her. It was a soft cry, a sound of pain under the coldness of the rain, a sound of loneliness, a sound that the brunette couldn't just simply ignore. She looked around, frantically searching for the source of that painful cry. After some little effort, she managed to locate it. A little girl, with average-length blonde hair and a slim, small body and a face that everyone would go "Kawaii[1]!" when they see it. She was really cute after all, despite all tears and rain water that was running along her cheeks. Her white blouse and skirt was all wet from the rain. The small girl was sitting on the grass, besides a tall tree. All alone. It was a scene that could have shaken anyone's heart. The brunette was nothing else but a person, so it was natural that she couldn't escape that. As she thought of how ironic life is - letting this cute little girl cry all alone in the rain, she dashed towards the girl, sharing her umbrella to cover the shaking blonde, and asked, almost like shouting. Her voice was still gentle thought, and filled with worries.

"Hey!? Why are you sitting here? What happened!?"

The girl looked up. Her eyes were red from the tears, and she couldn't held down the sniffing sounds as she spoke:

"They... sniff... took away my... stuffs... sniff..."

The kuudere knew right away what had happened. Primary school bullies, it was nothing else than that. As she took a glance at the blonde, she felt it clear, anger that boiled in her mind. She wanted to find those who did this to the girl, and tear them apart. However, in this kind of situation, if she were to did it, then she would be even more cruel to the girl than those bullies. She took the hand of the blonde and gently pulled her up.

"What is your name? I'll take you home."

The gentle voice just like a goddess calmed the blonde down. The girl replied, still sniffing a little bit.

"My name... sniff... is ... Kyouko... sniff"

"Alright, Kyouko-chan, we're going home, 'kay?"

And that was how they met. After taking the girl back to her home, Yui immediately talked to the girl's parents about the bullies problem. Without being said, it was dealt with easily by the two adults. And from that moments onward, they became friends. But of course, that wasn't all to it. Yui, for the first time in her life, knew what it's like to desire someone. The brunette, having her own problems as well, would be comforted by the blonde sometimes. And Yui had also learned that happiness of protecting someone important to you. More than all of that, Yui learned love. She loved Kyouko... That was until the blonde mysteriously moved away without any trace, any warning, any goodbye. She lost everything. The event made Yui so furious, it made the girl suffered so much that she swore in the name of God that she'll never love anyone again, she'll never get close to anyone again. And that was how she began to distance herself from everyone, to the point of skipping lessons and acting scary. Before she knew it, she became a delinquent in everyone eyes. A delinquent with no friends, that act rude to teachers and adult and doesn't care about anything or anyone. And soon enough, before she knew it, she was all alone. Just like the Kyouko she saved those days.

~END OF FLASHBACK~

'But then, everything disappeared, huh?'

Yui said to herself sarcastically. Just when she actually meet her love again. When they met again in the morning, she thought that maybe the blonde had forgot her already. It had been more than 5 years since that day after all. She didn't expect to have to blonde forgetting everything, literaturely. Smiling bitterly to herself and her ironic luck, she got up and walked away from Kyouko. She had no more regrets. She met her again, and she knew why she left. After all, if the shy girl couldn't remember those things anymore then Yui would be no one but a stranger. That fact pierce the brunette's heart like a needle. That was why she decided to walk away. There was nothing more she can do.

"If you have forgotten already... then I am sorry that I had troubled you. I am just a stranger after all. I won't bother you again, so just forget me... Like you always did."

If they are were nothing more than strangers passing by each others lives, Kyouko wouldn't bother to let the girl go. But at the moment the word "stranger" entered her ears, something in her denied it. It could be her mind. It could be her heart. It could be her soul. She didn't know for sure, but something inside her screamed: "No!" at that. Something in her wanted to be more than that. No, to be precise, something in her wouldn't accept being a stranger. Something forced her, compelled her to answered.

"NO! STOP!"

"Huh?"

The shout shocked Yui, considering how unexpected it was. The kuudere thought it was the end of it, that Kyouko whom she loved will walk out her life, once and for all. But no, the girl didn't accept it. Maybe Yui was thinking too much, but the girl couldn't help to hope. Hoping that maybe Kyouko will suddenly remember. Hoping that Kyouko loves her too.

"What do you mean, no? You... d-don't remember me, don't you? You don't remember that we met before, don't you?"

Yui's voice was shaken as she asked. Kyouko slowly approached her, and for some reason, she even took the brunette's hand and clasped it tightly. The warm spread rapidly. The blonde's mouth slowly opened, and words flowed, as gently as Yui did in the past.

"I don't... But I think... we can start over, again. I would be happy being acquainted with you again. I want to be friends with you."

Kyouko was always a shy girl. She didn't know that she could had pulled off such an cheesy line with a smile on her lips. Well, technically, she was blushing, too, without knowing it. And of course, it wasn't what Yui expected. The raven haired girl widened her eyes in surprise. After a while, she softly close it. Impossible to contain her joy, she turned the distance between the both of them to zero and embraced the blonde. Kyouko flushed instantly, but she could clearly feel her heart sped up - for the first time in her life. Embarrassment filled her mind, making it difficult to feel the peacefulness that the hug brought her, but the blonde knew. She felt content, like she was in her place of the world. She couldn't understand those feelings, but it was too pleasant for her to thought about it more than she already did. The contact lasted for minutes, before Yui let go slowly. And then with a voice as soft as a whisper, she talked loud enough for the both of them to hear.

"Then... Nice to meet you. I am in your care this time."

Kyouko didn't know what Yui meant by this time. But then, she recognized Yui was referring to the past. She took a guess that maybe she had depended on the brunette in the past, but that was all she could do as headache attacked her again. Still, this one brought pleasant feelings to her mind. It was like she was reclaiming something hers. Some images flashed quickly through her mind. She saw the rainy sky in her mind.

'But then, I suppose it doesn't matter anymore.'

It was the past. The past doesn't matter. What matter was the fact that she met this girl, and she could be friends with her now. The past couldn't be changed. What matters is the present.

"I'll be glad to take care of you."

With that, they held each other again. It was a new beginning for them. A start of something new, but not that new for them. But of course, Yui's mind was still worrying over a thing. A thing that may seemed trivial to others, but was very important to the kuudere.

'Still, I wonder if she will accept my love, this time?'

A/N: That's all for the second chapter. I hoped you like it. And this chapter, is a message for all of you as well. Don't be haunt by the past. Move on. Your past sucks doesn't mean that your future will be. 'Kay? So, please R&R, and I would be like "Yay! Yay! I got a review! Gotta read it!" and jump around like a maniac. Seriously. That is how your review matters to me, so please review okay?