A/N: Sorry, another fic with a short chapter! I guess overall this was okay but you be the judge. Well, Maj, you better review this one or I'll keep on pestering you at school and your kendo! Gimme ideas too, yeah? (Weeps) I'm the only one who failed my Malay in my class and boy, am I SAD.

Disclaimer: Read all my SDK fics and it's clear that SDK belongs to Akimine Kamijyo who is a WOMAN, to my shock and sadness – I can't marry a woman.

Dedications: To my newborn nephew, Ak Abdul Raziq Safwan (I dunno the spelling!) bin Pg Muhd Redzuan! Shame you people at the SCBU! Evilness!

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Promise Three – Broken Promise, Shattered Dreams

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Kyo just held her in his arms, holding her close and while at the same time, pondering about what she had just said. Yuya stayed quiet, breathing normally. Her fingers fisted his shirt as she suppressed a hiccup. Both of them just stayed silent. To break the silence is to ruin the moment. To break the silence is to cause the other to use you to their advantage. Both did not want to say anything and lose.

But Kyo needed answers.

Pushing her away and holding her in place by the shoulders, Kyo brought his face close to Yuya's, eyeing her. Their breaths mingled and Kyo had to fight the urge to press his lips against hers. Her lips were like a magnet and the attraction was there. Her half-lidded eyes made Kyo's head feel light. Her green eyes were beautiful and mesmerizing.

Kyo's lips parted but closed again when he could not find the words.

Their proximity made him feel like wanting to kiss her.

As if reading his mind, Yuya closed her eyes completely and took a deep breath and sighed. Her fragile fingers traced Kyo's jaw line before resting completely on his cheeks. Her touch brought out foreign feelings from inside and it caused him to feel warm. Her soft fingers made him tremble and he did not know why. She leaned in further and their lips met in a butterfly kiss but it did not linger as Yuya quickly pulled away, afraid of what his reaction would be like. Her touch was not all foreign to him.

A sudden jolt passed through his body the second their lips met.

Surely, those soft lips were not foreign to his body which reacted to hers.

She revealed her sparkling green eyes to him again and Kyo just stared in awe.

Finally being able to talk, Kyo took a deep breath.

"…what war are you…talking about?" he asked softly.

Yuya seemed surprised to hear his words and was taken aback by it. Her hands left Kyo's face in a fluid motion and fell down on her lap, as if defeated by his question. She tried to hold back her overpowering emotions to just cry but she knew how Kyo hated her tears. However, deep inside her, she knew how much she loved it when he wiped her tears for him…especially when she lost their first baby.

She remembered how painful it was, the look on his face when she lost their baby. She was so scared at the thought of him leaving her because of the loss of the baby and cried like someone died…someone did die though. She kept on saying 'sorry' to him, crying on his lap, fisting his kimono when he did not say anything. She was so sad when she remembered the first time she told him about her pregnancy…and how Kyo celebrated about it.

But she lost the baby.

When she thought he would not forgive her, Kyo surprised her by grabbing one of her hands and kissing it gently. He helped her sit up and gave her a reassuring hug and kissed her forehead. She cried even more when he told her that it was okay and that he was not mad. He wiped her tears with his hand and kissed away the stray ones.

She knew that Kyo would never get mad at her, not anymore.

So now, when she looked into his eyes, the compassion in them was no longer there. There was only confusion and doubt. She frowned when she saw how empty his once wisdom-filled eyes are now.

Was he not the Kyo who became her husband?

She looked at him again and noticed the difference.

He was not Kyo.

Nor was he someone else.

She raised her hand up and slapped him right on the face, HARD. The action caused Kyo's head to turn to the right and his eyes to widen. She quickly stood up and walked away to her bed and got on it. She then hid her whole body under the blanket. Sobs followed after that.

Kyo's face was red because of the impromptu action. He was not expecting, never thought that she would slap him. Did he ask the wrong question? It was not his fault anyway. He knew nothing about her and their so-called past together, or the non-existent baby. But no matter what, he was still very much curious about the woman. No matter how crazy she was, she was the right model. He needed her. However, the need surpassed what need he needs in a perfect model.

Kyo finally made up his mind and got up on his two feet and approached the hiding girl. He stopped just near her bed and sat down, causing the bedsprings to creak. He reached out his hand to her shoulder and shook her body. It was gently at first but she did not respond, causing him to shake her shoulder harder.

"Hey! I'm sorry for what I have said that might've offended you…hey, are you even- HEY!" he sneaked his hand into the blanket and grabbed her wrist, pulling her out of her misery.

She emerged out of the blanket's safety with red swollen eyes. Her face was flushed and her hair was a mess. She was biting her lips to avoid from sobbing. She was obviously looking so weak and fragile. She was trembling, as if she was really shaken up by him. Her eyes showed how scared she was of him. He pulled her out of the bed and helped her stand on her feet.

"…are you okay?" Kyo finally questioned, making sure his voice was as gentle as possible.

Yuya shook her head, trying to free her wrist but Kyo would not let her free that easily. She struggled with it for a while before finally giving up. She was not going to be freed that easily. She brought her eyes up to him finally, locking them with his red ones. A pang of guilt filled her when she remembered about what she had done.

"Are you Kyo…?" she asked him.

Kyo nodded.

"…your eyes…they are too empty to be Kyo's…" she told him.

This made his brows twitch.

"You don't even remember the reason why you left me to die alone…" she emphasized her words, causing her eyes to water yet again.

"…I left you?"

"You left me to go to war and die…" she mumbled absently.

"…Yuya…?"

"You broke your promise and left me alone, shattering my dreams and broke my heart into millions of pieces…" she was struggling with her words and paused, "You betrayed our vows…"

"Your promise to me…" she rambled on.

Kyo's eyes became wide when she started coughing out blood and clutched her chest, breathing heavily, as if having an asthma attack and collapsed on the floor, coughing out more blood, which mixed with her tears. She continued to cough violently, her eyes screwed shut in pain. Her whole body was shaking like mad and foam started to collect on her mouth. Her chest was in an erratic motion and she was sweating profusely.

Kyo, who was afraid of her dying and also endangering the baby shouted out for help, causing Sakuya to unlock the door and rush inside, bringing in a few of the nurses who immediately carried her to her bed, undressing her and performed a quick CPR.

Kyo just stared at them as they tried to bring her back to life when it seemed like they were already losing her. They continued on trying to revive her, injecting her with something to stop her from shaking and jerking violently. When she finally stopped, the nurses tried to revive her again but to no improvement. Another nurse came into the room, bringing in some more equipment.

"AREA CLEAR!" the nurse shouted and Yuya's body jerked.

The nurse counted again before he tried again, "AREA CLEAR!" and Yuya's body jerked again.

Kyo was watching in fear. He could not believe that he was witnessing her dying. Kyo brought his fist to his mouth, trying to calm down. Inside of him, he was afraid of losing her. His lips twitched as Yuya's body jerked yet again.

"Wait, I think she's stirring!" Sakuya cried out as she checked her pulses as she wiped away the dry blood with a disinfecting towel.

Yuya was indeed stirring. She coughed out more blood but her face was not scrunched up in pain anymore but it was evident that she was pale and lost a lot of blood. One of the nurses placed an oxygen mask on her after wiping away the blood from her mouth. They then fixed out more of the necessary things. In an instant, the room looked like a ward. After that, one of them returned, fixating a drip for blood and changed her bloody clothes. All of that happening in front of Kyo.

Sakuya wiped the sweat from her face, sighing in relief. She glanced at Kyo who was still too shocked. She approached him and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder and was surprised at how cold he was. He was also trembling like crazy. Sakuya looked at him worried.

"Kyo, are you okay? Want to rest first?" she questioned her as she slowly tried to lead him out of the room. Kyo did not budge.

"Kyo?"

Kyo's eyes rolled back into his head and collapsed on the floor, the last thing he saw was another him standing at the door…

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A/N: Truthfully, when I gave the title after finishing the second chapter, I didn't know what it was supposed to be like. I forgot what to do so I did this instead, very random! Ack, my chest hurts. R&R, it's polite and read my other stories too! I recommend SDK: Vampire Nights, I looove that one but no one seems to want to continue it except me. I also like my Curse of the Fading Tears, very bloody good (pun intended). After this, I may update My Glass Slippers or My Rose That Bleeds, people apparently like it…if they meant it, that is.