A/N: I'm so sorry it took so damn long to post this! Over a month; that's shameful! D: But, it's here now. I'm going to work on PoMH and try to get that one up before the next chapter of Moonlight... Once again, so sorry! ^^;

I did miss school, but I actually did start to feel ill... My head hurt, I couldn't open my eyes. This was a side effect from the memory block.

I held a small, cold, wet towel on my head, slowly patting my head with it. This memory block was killing me! I wondered how long Shiki would let this go on for... If he didn't break the wall soon, I'd go mad... Literally.

I started to cry. This memory block was too much. I felt the hot tears slide down my cheeks, making my skin burn. The heat of the tears against the coldness of my skin was making the throbbing in my temples so much worse. I let out a shriek.

I started counting the seconds to which I would go mad, and this pain would be over.

The pain began to go numb, after a while, which I was thankful for. I felt, strangely, tired, which was weird, considering I slept for most of the past what looked like twenty four hours. Of course, my maths was probably inaccurate because of the headache.

I felt my eyes begin to close – I was so tired. I felt like I was falling... falling... falling. And I fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was because of Ruka's laughter as I heard her and Kain walk past my door.

"Dammit, I told them to be quiet." Shiki's voice sounded behind me, as I squeaked in surprise. He sighed, then laughed half-heartedly.

"Just take this thing away." I said, bluntly.

"I can't do that," he said, moving closer to me, "You can't know."

His fingers closed over mine. "What difference does it make if I'm dead?" I retorted, staring at the ceiling.

"Don't say that!" he shouted. I turned to face him, and began trying to get up, fighting off a head rush.

"You're in no state to be moving," he told me, and tried to make me sit back down. I fought him off.

"It's your fault I'm in no state to me moving!" I said as loud as I could, which, to be honest, wasn't very loud at all.

Then I collapsed.

"Shiki...

Shiki...

Shiki..." I mumbled as I woke up.

I waited for my eyes to focus; and my mind was hazy. Then my eyes focused.

Three things. Click. Bang. Pain.

Shiki held the anti-vampire gun, that normally, the moody prefect held.

I screamed, and I felt big hands on my shoulders, shaking them. My arm flew upwards as my eyes opened, grasping his throat.

"L-Let go!" he choked. My hand fell from his neck, and clamped over my mouth as I started to cry.

"Rima, it's okay," he murmured to me as he stroked my cheek. He pulled me into a hug. I'd stopped crying by now. I pulled my knees up to my chest, and crushed myself against him. He ran his fingers through my hair; down the back of my neck, trying to get a reaction. He didn't. I just sat there, barely breathing. "Shiki," I whispered, "What's happening to me?"

When I turned my head to look at him, the first things I saw, were sorrow, fear, and regret.

A/N: I hope it was okay? Please review! Thankyou! :D