"No," Kai said, stepping closer to Michelle. "I've never seen Hagi interact with anyone except Saya since I met him. No friends or anything. He is quite different."

"I wonder why me," she whispered.

"Who knows," Kai shrugged. "maybe it's because you remind him of himself. I've never seen anyone else so much like Hagi before. Not even Saya."

"Saya," Michelle breathed, looking down. "Hagi really does love her, doesn't he?"

"We all do," Kai said, becoming serious.

"She won't wake up for quite a while, huh?"

"Not unless a miracle takes place. It's sad that she spends so much time asleep."

Michelle sighed and looked out the window of the pub.

"He's still out there?" Kai asked.

"Yes," Michelle said. "he's with his love."

"And the babies are taking a nap," Kai got up and sat down next to Michelle. "anything less somber you'd like to do?"

Michelle thought about it then replied, "I guess we could talk some more, until Hagi comes back in."

As the afternoon went on, Kai and Michelle talked about Hagi, Saya, Riku and all of the others they had befriended through the years. The rain began again and stopped again, as if it couldn't make up it's mind. Hagi still didn't show.

"I'm sorry," Michelle interrupted Kai. "but I need to go see what the hell Hagi's doing."

Kai stared at her, surprised, but let her go out into the bright day.

Damn Hagi, her mind argued as she stomped up the wet slippery concrete steps in her heels.

It took her a few minutes until she reached the top. When she finally did she immediately stopped when she saw Hagi kneeling at Saya's tomb. His face hung down, his hair covering it.

"Hagi?" Michelle whispered, making him turn towards her. She flinched back when she saw his face soaked. But what with?

"Hagi?" she repeated. "Are you okay?"

He didn't respond, he only looked down in pain as his face became wetter.

"Hagi!" she exclaimed as she ran to him. His clothes were soaked from the rain but Michelle still held him as tight as she could. When he could feel strength, he clutched her in his arms and fell to his knees with a sob, taking her with him.

"She thinks I'm dead," he whispered. "if only I... if only there was a way..."

Michelle held him tighter and hushed his cries as her mom would with her. "I know," she whispered.

Hagi was a strong man and when he fell apart in her arms, she didn't know what to do. He was so much stronger than her and if he fell apart so easily, what hope would she ever have? Soon, she felt tears in her eyes.

"Please don't cry, Hagi," she breathed. "Saya wouldn't want you to be sad."

Her words made Hagi clutch her tighter.

"She loves you, Hagi, and deep down she knows you're alive. She's probably dreaming of you right now. She'll be waiting, in 30 years she'll wake up and be in your arms just like this."

"How do you know?" he asked, regaining control of his voice.

"Because I love you too, and I'd wait a million years for you. Even if you WERE dead, even if I saw your corpse with my own eyes," a tear fell down her face. "I'd still believe with every fiber of my being that you were still alive."

They sat there for a moment before Hagi looked into her eyes.

"Thank you," he said, wiping a tear off of her face.

"No problem," she said in a shaky voice.

As he got up, he picked her up with him.

They walked in content silence down the stairs, Hagi holding Michelle's hand for support so she wouldn't fall. By the time they made it down, it was almost sunset.

"You probably want to go home," Hagi said, still holding her hand.

"Not yet," she said, clutching his tighter. "I still want to have dinner with Kai and the babies. He said he was making vegetarian ramen just for me."

Hagi smiled at her excitement and led her back to the pub.

The rest of the day was spent having fun with Kai and the others but by 9pm, Michelle knew it was the time to leave. She said long goodbyes to everyone before Hagi led her back to the bus stop.

"That was fun," she said with a yawn as she leaned into Hagi's shoulder as they sat on the bench.

Hagi simply chuckled and smiled.

"Wake me up when I'm home," she said, closing her eyes.

The next thing she knew she was cuddled next to her favorite pillow in her warm blankets. Memories of the day flooded her mind but then she realized--

"Hagi," she gasped, forcing her eyes open.

"Shh," he whispered, closing her eyes with his human hand then rubbing her shoulder.

How'd I get here? she wondered, running through her memories of that day. Do I have clothes on? she checked by feeling. Phew, okay, I do. But he's not going to let me wake up and ask questions... Oh well, may as well sleep...

But before he could disappear again, Michelle grabbed his hand and held it to her heart as she fell back asleep.

When she woke up, she expected him to be gone, but he wasn't. He was laying on the other half of her bed with his coat off and his eyes closed.

Is he... sleeping?

Michelle decided not to wake up but study him as he slept so calmly. His gorgeous shoulder-length black hair was down and on his white shirt. His elegant thin face was so peaceful and calm she wanted to touch it. He was on the outside of the blankets so she could see his jet-black pants and socks.

What fashion sense, she thought.

Staring at his beauty was too much for her, she had to be closer.

Slowly, she pulled the blanket under her shoulder and reached out to rest her hand on his chest. When he didn't wake up she slowly wiggled her body closer until it touched his.

What could he be thinking? she wondered. What a stupid question, of course he's thinking about Saya.. she sighed. 'But still, I have him for now.' a smirk came across her face.

As if having read her thoughts, Hagi's ice blue eyes slowly opened and he tilted his head to make eye contact.

Michelle smiled innocently as if someone else's thoughts woke him up.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she smiled. "I thought chevaliers don't sleep."

"It's not required for survival," he said, looking down. "but I've watched the ones I love do it for so long, I wondered what it'd be like to dream again."

Ones he loved? Does that mean Saya AND me? Did he just put us in the same category of importance? LOVE?

She shook the excitement out of her head and asked, "What did you dream of?"

He thought about it for a moment then his eyes met hers, "You. Your life. What you've gone through and what what you've achieved."

She smiled widely. HAHAHA! He totally dreamed of ME!

"Sounds bitchin," she whispered.

Hagi nodded, smiling.