Disclaimer: I own nothing! Not even this computer..

A/N: I'm going to try and finish this fic before school starts back up.. Wish me luck! This chapter is a little uneventful, but it should get better soon..

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It had been several months now since Ayumu transferred. The first week there she had been dubbed 'Osaka' after her hometown. She didn't really have a problem with the nickname except it always gave her a sort of uneasiness, for a reason unknown to her. Her grades were low, but Yuri didn't mind, she seemed to understand her daughter's troubles in school.

Her entire life Osaka hadn't had the best memory, but recently it had begun to get steadily worse. The fifteen year old girl had problems remembering things from study notes to what she had eaten the night before for diner. On top of her short term memory loss, Ayumu appeared to have also forgotten almost everything from her past life in Osaka.

Ayumu's issues didn't end there unfortunately, she also had formed a slight case of attention deficit disorder. Despite all of it though, Ayumu kept her optimism high.

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Ayumu walked through the moonlit park slowly taking in the scenery, catching small specs of dust with her eyes. She often went there to relax and get her mind in order. Strolling down a familiar path, she turned to see a figure already sitting in her usual bench.

Ayumu sighed and slowed her pace. She looked around for other places to sit, but saw none. The brunette eventually stopped all together a few meters away. The figure appeared female, but had a hood covering their face. 'Hmm..'

"Osaka?" the woman asked in a surprised tone

"Yeah?.. Um.." Ayumu began, but paused as the girl lowered her hood. "Tomo? …What're ya doin' here?"

Blinking, the wild cat snorted, "I should ask you the same bubble head." She moved over and patted the space next to her on the bench. Ayumu walked over and plopped down.

"I .. always come here… Why're you here?" It wasn't too often she saw the hyper girl out of school, and this was the last place she would've expected to see her.

"Just.. thinking. You really come here all the time?" Takino asked. She'd have figured the spacey girl would've already been asleep by now.. She did seem to love sleeping.

"Mhm.. You don't though.. Somethin' wrong Tomo?" Ayumu asked tilting her head a bit to the left. Tomo's eyes widen for a second before she studied the girl sitting next to her. Ayumu on the other hand just waited patiently. She knew there had to be a reason the wild cat was alone in the park.

"Ah.. Well.. Not really.." the lively brunette mumbled.

"So.. What were ya thinkin' 'bout then?" Osaka continued innocently. Tomo glared at the ground.

"Stupid stuff." the wildcat replied again dully.

"Mmh…" was Osaka's simple reply. Looking up, she took a deep breath in, but froze midway. "Tomo.." she began in her usual soft voice.

"Yeah Osaka?" the brunette asked, not bothering to look up. 'Probably going to spout some random crap..' Tomo mused.

"Ya.. smell like.. smoke." Looking back at her friend, Osaka waited to see if she was going to explain. But the wildcat kept her head down, seeming tenser than before.

"Ya smoke?"

"…Yeah."

"Ahh.. Ya know Tomo.. It's not good for ya.." Ayumu muttered half to Tomo, half to herself. She leaned over and sniffed the other girls shoulder. Immediately Tomo sat up straight.

"I know.. Why'd you just sniff me?" the brunette asked in confusion. She knew she reeked of tobacco.

"Hmm.. I think it's a.. habit of mine." Ayumu answered and looked at her classmates face. 'She looks.. different? Why?.. Maybe it's Yomi.. Yomi.. aint here.. Nah.. that aint it either..'

"You think?"

"Yep.. Not quite sure.. Never really.. all sure. Why do ya smoke?" Ayumu asked as she went back to star gazing.

There was a long pause before Tomo looked at her air headed friend. "You would too if you were me."

"Oh?"

"Oh? .. Oh?.. My parent's always fight, they blame me for everything and my dad hates my guts. I'm failing all my classes and I'm sure Yomi's got to hate me by now. You've seen the way I am to her! No matter how hard I try… No matter how much.. .. I just can't concentrate. ..Smoking and stuff.. it helps me." Takino bit her lip. "But what would you know, huh?"

Another pause.

"I… wouldn't.. Sorry 'bout your pa 'n all.. I don't.. remember my pa.. I don't think I had one before.. Shinchiro-san… Yuri-san, she's nice though.." Ayumu's eyes fixed on the moon. "I'm getting' straight D's", she smiled lightly.

Tomo glanced at her calm face and blinked once again in confusion. "You're proud of D's?"

"I'm not failin' yet.."

"…And you're ok with not remembering anything?"

"I think.. I like it this way..." Ayumu locked eyes with Tomo and gave a small nod.

"I see.." Tomo mumbled. 'Maybe she's not such an airhead..'

The pair stayed that way for more than a few minutes. Finally, Tomo was able to look away. "So.. Ayumu was it?" Takino asked and got a nod in response. "Let's.. Forget we talked about this ok? I've.. got a rep at school you know." She smirked.

"Sure thing Tomo."

"Great!" Tomo exclaimed.

"But ya know, I always come here.. So, if ya wanna talk again.." Ayumu began and the brunette smiled and gave a small nod.

Standing, they both knew they'd talk again. "Night Osaka."

"G'night Tomo."

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A/N: Ah, sorry this chapter's wicked short.. I just wanted to update. Hope you liked.. :) Ah.. Tomo's gonna be OOC in this if you hadn't guessed already lol