A/N:

Thanks to all of you who tell me what they think about my story, if good or bad..

I'm proud even some of you really like this story, so thanks 'hugs' :3

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For reviewing the last chapter :)

I have the feeling some of you were waiting exactly for this chapter.

Have fuuuuhuuuun :D

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A single picture

„Natsuki...?"

Why was she swaying?

„Hey..wake up!"

Was someone calling her?

„Natsuki..!"

She was dreaming, wasn't she?

„Natsuki!!!!!!"

This voice bugged her peace, can't it just shut up?

Hell, yeah, I'm awake now...

She opened her eyes and loads of sunlight blinded her, so she shut them close again.

Where was she? And why did her head feel like someone was drilling a whole in it?

What's going on?

She tried to open her eyes again, this time more careful.

Something red caught her eyes. It was beautiful. And it was...wet?

She looked up at it, mesmerized.

Not before something wet dropped onto her forehead she recognized this red thing as an eye.

Shizuru's eye.

Shizuru's eye full of tears.

Shizuru is crying? Why is she crying? I don't want her to cry...Why do I don't want her to cry..? Well, would I want to see her cry? NO!!! stop already..!!

„Natsuki..."

„Shur...u.."

„You- you are awake?!"

Shizuru hugged Natsukis head from above, not caring that her lips were touching the younger girls nose instantly.

WHAAA?! What is she up to?!

„Ouh.." By hearing that sound she shot up immediatly and looked at Natsuki's blushing face and yet hurtful expression.

She...she..kissed my nose. My heart..oh my god. What's it doing..? It's pounding so fast..what-

„Shizuru! Natsuki!" Kanaye screamed panting.

He landed on the sheet next to Natsuki and gasped. In his hand was a small box which he opened.

He pulled something out and immediatly thrusted it in Natsukis small mouth.

„Quencher."

Natsuki did as she was told, still laying on Shizuru's lap.

Kanaye loudly sighed. Shizuru watched him.

„I think you have something to explain to me."

He gulped.

That was it with their plan. But this girl seemed to like his sister a lot.

Maybe she would still help.

„Let me explain while we carry her back home, alright?"

„I agree to that."

Little did he know, Shizuru already knew half of the story, but what was going on with Natsuki that she wasn't sure of.

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"Wh-what?!"

"Yeah..."

"So you mean Natsuki..she..she has a...a.." Shizuru had never seen nor heard herself so shocked and erratic at all.

"A cerebral tumour." Kanaye completed bitterly.

"But she's so young.."So that's why they fudged Kanaye as one of my admirers..

"I know. It's quite a bitter case. She has only three years left," Three years?!?! He must be kidding!! Now that I met this interesting girl, she can't be taken away from me.

"there's just one other option, but that's out of the question.." Kanaye said not sure how to say it.

Money! Shizuru thought.

"What's this other option?"

"..."

"Kanaye tell me!"

"Well, how to say...there could still be an operation, but..."

"but it's to expensive?" Shizuru asked.

Kanaye started to feel very guilty for imposing on Shizuru's kindness.

Like Shizuru had read what the young man next to her was thinking she said "You don't have to feel guilty, you really care about your sister, even if you don't like me that much, you would have still wanted to marry me just to get the money for her operation." The brunette stated matter of factly.

"I..."

"No, don't apologize," the women said as if she had known again what he was going to say. " I'm not mad, nor feel used and at the moment the only important thing here is Natsuki's health."

"You're right."

Either she is really insane or she is the kindness in person..now I feel even more guilty for thinking such bad thinks about her.

"Still I have to think about all of this. I hope you don't mind."

"Alright."

They walked through some very dirty clime.

Shizuru was too busy with her own mind to notice the sleazy buildings around her.

Now everything is so very clear to me. After all there was a big article in the newspaper of my birthday and I think the auther wrote that there will come a few admirers as well. They must have read this. Oh damn...Natsuki..why do you have to be ill...? But why couldn't they afford the operation?

"We're here."

Shizuru shot out of her daze and finally noticed her surroundings.

Bloody hell...hardly surprising that they couldn't afford it...Oh Natsuki...

"I know, it's not what you expected."

Now Shizuru noticed how rude her stare must have looked.

"Sorry.."

They got inside the big building and walked up the stairs. A lot of stairs.

Finally they reached a door where Kanaye stopped. Natsuki was still resting in his arms, he had carried her all the way from the park to their home.

When they entered the apartment Kanaye went straight towards the bed and laid Natsuki carefully down.

Shizuru walked in as well and closed the door.

Then she looked around. It wasn't large in there, not at all. Maybe it was as big as one and a half room of her mansion. But it seemed to be ineffable cozy, so Shizuru felt comfortable the very moment she entered. Another nice thing was that, in the brunettes mind, everything smelt strongly like Natsuki.

Shizuru took a deep breath.

Is it normal to feel high by only breathing?

A small smile plastered her face.

No, but it's normal to feel high by breathing Natsuki's scent.

On the cabinet she saw a picture that catched her eye.

She went there to have a closer look. What she saw was the origin of cuteness.

The young pair of twins was smiling broadly in the camera. Maybe they were seven or eight years old at that picture. They looked more similiar than ever. If Natsuki's hair hadn't been more long than Kanaye's one wouldn't have seen any difference.

She noticed that Natsuki was wearing the same cappy Shizuru had in her room.Also, now she was extremely sure that Kanaye was the boy from her past. If he could remember or not, without a doubt, he was it.

It was the same short hair, the same twinkle in his eyes, he was it.

"Cute isn't it?"

"At any rate."

Kanaye was standing behind Shizuru, eyeing the picture as well.

"It's more than ten years ago. It was such an happy day."

One of the very few days we enjoyed life.

"Natsuki looks cute with your cappy." mentioned the red eyed one.

The reaction wasn't expected. Kanaye started to laugh. He laughed out of his heart.

"Ara..?"

"Sorry," he catched his breathe again "it's just that that's not Natsuki."

Araa??? What's that supposed to mean?

"When we were younger I liked to wear my hair longer, I loved it's feeling. And well, Natsuki...she was a bit of a tomboy. I mean she still is but at that time she wore it not just short because she wanted to be a guy, she did as well because it was saver for her when people thought of her as a boy."

Shizuru had to blink a few times. Realisation got over her.

"Why's that?"

"You see we lived on the street for years. With all those perverted people out there a young girl like her wouldn't have made it. Allthough she was very tough."

"Oh my..."

No way, and I thought...Kami-sama..it was...

"And I wasn't around all the time. You see, she was a little adventure seeker, so she sneeked away every time she had the chance to."

Natsuki..

"You don't have to be shocked that much." Kanaye said with a peeved sound in his voice.

"No, it's not that. I'm sorry, but I have to go home now. I'll be back tomorrow."

The young women was fewer than a second after she said this out of the door.

Kanaye didn't even had the chance to answer her.

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A/N:

So, are things getting a little clearer now?

Oh, btw I still need a beta...