Hey Y'all, Sorry it took so long. My schedule is hectic. I am super busy and I had a case of writers block. I hope this satisfies a little bit. Not as long as I wanted but hey, it's a step forward.

Lemme know what y'all think. I could probably use a little help later on.


Chapter 2: Her

They were on their way out of the Dicey Café. Asuna was following her boyfriend, Tozu. He had insisted that they leave shortly after he noticed Kazuto and that "red haired creep" had left. He had an intense dislike towards Kazuto and Klein. That attitude toward Kazuto she could understand, seeing as how he was her former boyfriend, but not towards Klein.

"Tozu?" She whispered when they were outside and walking towards her apartment.

"What?" He replied. There was an obvious anger in his voice.

"Why do you not like Klein?" She asked.

"Seriously. You don't know? I don't like anyone who is still friends with your ex. I don't know or trust them that well."

"Oh… well, Klein is ok. He is kinda like Yui's uncle at this point… What's wrong with Yui?" She asked when she noticed him bristle at the mention of her AI daughter.

"I don't like your "daughter" either. She creeps me out with her glares."

"I'm sorry. I'll have a talk with her later."

"How about you just leave her with your ex? She's not your responsibility. She is a computer program for god's sake!"

"No. She is my daughter and I will care for her as such."

"Asuna, I kinda don't like your attitude right now."

"I don't care. That was beyond rude of you to suggest."

At her last remark, Tozu grabbed her wrist and started to speed up their pace. She whimpered from the force he was exerting. Her arm felt like it was going to dislocate from how hard he was pulling. Obviously, she had said something to strike a nerve.

They had reached the car and he all but threw her in to the passenger seat and slamming the door. He went around to the driver's side, got in, and started the car.

"We need to talk about your attitude. You will not give me one again." He said as they sped off.

'How did I end up here? Why is this stuff happening to me? Is it karma for hurting Kazuto so much?' Asuna thought. 'Maybe I should talk to him and apologize for the way things went?'

Several hours later, after Tozu had left, Asuna sat on her bed. The tears wouldn't stop leaking from her eyes. Tozu had said and done hurtful things. She was contemplating calling Rika and asking her to get Kazuto to agree to a meeting. Just so she could apologize. She had dialed the number when a knock on the door sounded.

'It can wait a little longer. It has been 4 years after all.' She sighed. She walked up to the door and looked through the peephole. It was Keiko. The short brunette looked a bit concerned.

"Hey Keiko, what's up?" Asuna greeted her as she cracked the door open.

"Just checking on you. How are you?"

"I'm ok… Well, actually, I'm not doing so well. Would you mind coming back some other time? I have a lot on my mind right now and I need to think."

"Asuna… What is on your mind?"

"I was just wondering about how bad I hurt Kazuto."
"Asuna, you hurt him bad enough to become a drunk. I talk to him too. I've been over there. He has so many bottles of bourbon lying around. I asked him why he was doing that and he said 'because I've lost. I failed. I failed to keep Asuna happy and she's left me'. I asked him if he was talking about when you two broke up, years ago, and he said yeah. He said that it haunts him because he doesn't know what he did wrong. WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL HIM?!"

Keiko pretty much screamed the last part at Asuna. Tears were falling from Keiko's eyes as she spoke. "It breaks my heart to see two people who loved each other and nearly died for each other acting this way. If you ask Yui, she'll say that you two are the most compatible people she's met. Heck, I asked Kazuto if he'd go through everything again just to be with you one more time and he said he would in a heartbeat. Asuna, even after 4 years, he is devoted to you. I wish you'd at the very least tell him something."

"Keiko, I had no idea." Asuna began sobbing and fell to her knees. " I messed up. I hurt him so bad. No, I destroyed his heart. I don't deserve to be happy for what I did to him. I'll tell him why I did what I did."

At this point, Keiko had made her way inside and was hugging Asuna. When Keiko had started to hug her, Keiko noticed a bruise on the underside of Asuna's jaw. It looked fresh.

"Asuna, you wanna come over and stay at my place for a few days? I don't think you are in a good state to be alone."

"I guess so." Asuna started moving to pack a few things. Keiko pulled out her phone and sent a text to Agil and Rika.

Asuna is staying at my place for a few days. I think Tozu hurt her. Please don't let Kazuto know. I don't think that he'd react well to that.

She got replies within a minute.

Agils read: Ok. I think that is the safest.

Rika replied: Yeah…. He would probably kill him. Klein and I will be over tomorrow to talk about things.


There ya have it. Please leave a review and let me know what I can improve on. I'm an emotional writer. My best stuff comes out when I feel... well... bad.

Oh and you guys are AWESOME for the support!