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Not for the first time in her life, Kyoko was still awake when her alarm clock read 12:58 AM. But for the first time, she hadn't been studying for a test or working a part-time job. Instead, she was hiding underneath her covers, contemplating what she was to say to Sho tomorrow-or rather, today since it had already past midnight.

Sho had confessed his love to Kyoko after breaking into her eighteenth birthday with a taxi cab. (The taxi driver was passed out in the passenger's seat. It happened after he told Sho that he would not be able to make before one a.m, because of traffic.) Kyoko had been so appalled that she froze on the spot, and Tsuruga-san had to 'escort' him out himself.

But the annoying brat hadn't given up! Kyoko recalled with a snarl when the delivery of a hundred flowers was delivered to the doorstep of Darumaya. Taisho had been chopping up meat every time Tsuruga-san came by to pick her up until they finally traced the delivery to Sho. Then he came to the set of Box R and tried to bring out Natsu. Then he disguised himself as a pizza delivery man and sneaked into the LoveME! room and decorated it with pasted-together pictures of him and her together.

"What is his problem? He throws me away like a used Kleenex and then wants to come and take me back! No way!" She threw her fist against the futon, and at the same time, her phone started ringing. Curious, she picked it off of dresser from next to Princess Rosa and checked the caller ID. It was Tsuruga-san. What could he possibly want at this hour?

"Mogami-san." It was just a single word, and it was rushed too, but somehow Kyoko found it sounding differently coming from him than anyone else. A good type of different.

"Yes?"

"Have you- never mind. Please, turn on the news."

Forgetting to ask him why he was up watching the news at such late a time, she quietly slipped down the stairs and into a hidden living room. The TV was already set on low, but Kyoko didn't want to take any chances. She turned off the sound and turned on the captions. A weatherman was pointing towards a cloud hovering over Kyoto, and motioning a draft near Osaka.

"Tsuruga-san, I don't see what's so important about an Osaka draft. We are in Tokyo."

Ren's eyes looked back at his own TV and saw the weatherman who was ruining his explanation. "No, not that. Wait for the main news."

The two waited past a three-minute commercial and two five-second ads on future news programs (that would never come to pass) before Daisuki and Ami reappeared on the screen. Ren silently thanked the TV gods that there were no more interruptions. He could sense Kyoko starting to doze off. Ren was feeling the complete opposite. His back was so straight; an elementary school kid could use it as a ruler. His eyes were glued to every word that came out of the newscaster's mouths.

"For those who are just tuning in, Asteroid AlphaRX23 is entering Earth's atmosphere as we speak. Scientists were previously warned about it's existence, but it was unexpectedly larger than believed. Just the few extra pounds now make the impact extremely deadly. The unfortunate extra six pounds change it's trajectory from the Marina Trench to Shanghai, China. As we speak, residents of Shanghai are fleeing at the thousands to escape what cannot be escaped. You see, Daisuki, once this meteor hits in exactly 23 hours and forty two minutes, we will all die."

Ren could feel Kyoko's gasp from miles away and would probably die remembering it.