Disclaimer: I don't own Hot Gimmick. Miki Aihara does, and well she's driving me crazy with all those cliffhangers! But I guess you guys might feel the same way about mine too!

Sorry for not updating in so long guys! I've been going through some emotional stuff lately, you know, family shit, so I hadn't been in the mood to update. But good news! I got a 2nd hand computer for free from a friend, and I should be get the net soon. That means I can update more frequently than I have been. Thanks Gwen!

Oh and she's a total Shinogu and Hatsumi lover! Yays!

"I-uh…"

"Don't give me that shit Hatsumi." Ryoki said, his intense eyes holding hers.

"Ryoki just shut up!" Hatsumi said, finally letting herself speak. "I'm confused and don't know what to think anymore."

Grabbing her by the shoulders, Ryoki brought her face close to his. "It's this crap with Shinogu isn't it? Fer Chrissake Hatsumi, this is just becoming too much for me to handle."

"For you to handle! What about me?" she exclaimed.

"I don't give a rat's ass. You think when I want you to." He yelled.

"I won't." She said as her eyes welled up with tears. "I can't do this anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't be with you. I'm sick and tired of you taking advantage of me. I'm sick of how you control me, like I'm some kind of-of dog!"

"But you're mine." He said simply.

"I am myself, and I belong to myself." She said. "It's over Ryoki. I can't date you anymore. I can't."

"Hatsumi." He said as she began to turn to leave. He watched her tear filled eyes stare into his. He grabbed her and brought her roughly against him and kissed her intensely. "Don't you see how much I love you."

She took a deep breath and calmed her nerves down. She squared her shoulders and looked him in the eye. "Goodbye Ryoki." She said before turning and leaving the roof.

SHINOGU'S PLACE

"Man, if you're feeling that deeply about Hatsumi, then you should tell her. If you don't you're going to tear yourself apart." Shuji Kazama said.

"I already did." He said.

"What she do?" he asked, totally surprised that his quite roommate had actually done something good for himself.

"She doesn't know what to think. She then got a call from Ryoki and started to act nervous."

"That fellow just isn't for her." Kazama said.

"Tell me about it."

The two guys chuckled for a moment, when the doorbell rang. Kazama hopped up and ran to the door. When he opened it, he was surprised to find his fiancee at the door, let alone her sister.

"Hey baby, what's wrong?" he asked.

"I'm just her moral support." Akane said with a weary smile.

Kazama smiled back and lead the two girls into the living room. When Shinogu saw Akane with her arm around Hatsumi, he immediately jumped up. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"You ask her." Akane said as she gently shifted Hatsumi into the arms of the man that she grew up to know as her brother.

"Hey baby, come to my room. We'll leave the two of them alone." He said as he looked down at her.

When Akane got into Kazama's room, she smiled and sighed. She looked at him with a smile on her lips as she walked into his arms. "I love you Shuji." She said.

"Love you too Akane." He said before he carefully placed his hands on her swollen belly. "And I love our baby." He said before he bent his head down to kiss her.

"I missed you." She said as she allowed him to lead her to his bed to sit.

"I missed you too." He said with a smile. That smile soon disappeared as he processed everything that had happened in the past 15 minutes.

"What happened to your sister?" he asked.

"Oh that." Akane said. "She and Ryoki broke up. She told him how much she was sick and tired of him telling her what to do."

"Well that's good that she finally stood up for herself."

"But she's totally confused since she saw Shinogu. She doesn't know if she made the right decision about breaking it off with Ryoki."

"She did the right thing." Kazama said. "Trust me."

"I will." She said as she sighed and snuggled up closer to her love.

In the living room, Shinogu and Hatsumi sat quietly on the couch. He has his arms wrapped around her as she silently cried on his chest.

"I'm sorry for not calling before." She said when her tears had subsided.

"I don't care. Just tell me what's making you so sad." He said as he stroked the back of her head, enjoying the soft silky strands of hair against his hand.

"I broke it off with Ryoki." She said.

"How come?" he asked, hoping that she wouldn't say it was because of his confession.

"It's because I thought about what you said, and I saw all the things that I was cowering from that Ryoki." Hatsumi said.

"So why did you come to me?" He asked.

"Because you make me feel safe." She tilted her head upwards, "… I also realized that I love you. Maybe not in the way you love me, but you've always protected me. You're not only my brother, you're here, now." She said, whispering as tears flooded her eyes once more.

"Shh… It's okay, I'm here for you. Just close your eyes and forget all you worries." He said soothingly.

The two fell soundly asleep in each other's arms, dreaming what could be and what would be.

A/N: Dude, I just got Hot Gimmick 10, and HOLY SHIT! OMG I was so shocked yet happy at the same time. I hope you guys like this chapter and let you know that once the net is hooked up in my house… Mmm, I'm eating lime sherbet… and ginger ale. Read and Review. Do it cause you love me. Kay?

A/N: Okay, so I'm finally updating. You guys should be so happy! I've been really sick lately, and recently had my knee drained of fluid… I fell and landed on it… rather tripped over a bag in class, but moving on. I've been really sick, and can't seem to build my immune system back up so I keep coming down with colds and shit. It's quite draining, so I hope you'll forgive me for not updating. But I did put some time in this when I was feeling operationable. Please read and review!

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Teri Baumer