A sort of silence falls then that neither of them thought could exist. Sho dries his tears and Marie sits next to him feeling her heart sink at the weight of that sentence. At least let me say goodbye first. What a horrible life so have that be the only wish you have of someone thinking of tossing you aside. Her eyes dare to water as she wasn't sure she's ever dealt with such raw emotion before. Man, her poetry fingers were twitching. The beauty in such a disastrous moment really was one to write about.

"Well, we'd better take off before the police show up." Sho starts as he clears his throat. Marie hurriedly stands up and grabs her bags then looks around and can't figure out what he meant. "They might think we're running a body house in this gym." He grins, obviously returning to himself once again.

"Ugh!" Marie huffs then stomps toward the door. "You and your puns!" She flicks off the lights then waits by the door for Sho. When she looks back at him, she sees the sad aura still floating around him, but his face looks a little more sarcastic like it once was. Once outside, Sho looks up to the sky and grins.

"Starry to keep you waiting." He laughs then runs away a bit, knowing his use of another pun so soon would make Marie angry. On cue, Marie exhales then storms after him. Playfully, Sho darts around the slightly wooded area and somehow ends up chasing Marie. Together, they laugh a little before Sho grabs her around the waist and places his head on her shoulder. "Seriously though, just give me a minutes warning first, ok?"

"I'm gonna throw you in the river if you don't let go of me you stupidbipolarscarface!" Marie pushes to free herself as her face burns a brilliant red.

"Ooo bipolar. That's a new one." He flicks a chunk of Marie's hair then laughs. "Not." With renewed energy, Sho wanders the streets with her until Marie starts to yawn. Sho has found sleep no longer wanted to be his friend but he understood that this wasn't normal for most. "Well, I guess I'll see you around again soon, right?" Despite trying to act like himself, Sho seems to truly be asking if he would get to see Marie again.

"Yeah. Give me your number and I'll call you sometime tomorrow."

After a brief exchange of numbers, Marie and Sho go their separate ways. Once inside, Marie grabs her poetry book and starts to scribble down several pages of poems dedicated to Sho and his recent struggles. The words seemed to flow straight from the pen itself. Her smile grew as the blush on her cheeks grows darker.

"I'm suppose to hate this jerk!" She complains then shrugs and continues to write.

Meanwhile, Sho enters his dark, quiet home and collapses onto his bed. He thinks about his day and shakes his head. Man, he really had let too much show. Why did he do that? Well, Minazuki is gone and Marie is the only person who has listened to him since. He probably just needed to get all of that off his chest. But, man, he sure made a fool out of himself doing it huh? Well, he sure can't let that happen again.

For two days, neither Sho nor Marie get the gall to call the other. Then, as chance would have it, Sho sees the bizarrely blue hat down the road. He stealthily runs up the street and covers Marie's eyes with his hands. Before she can even think, Sho starts to laugh.

"I'm sure you'll never be able to guess who is so incredible they take your very sight away..." He laughs as Marie starts to squirm under his grip.

"Let go of me you stupidjerkface!" Marie tries to kick backwards and hit him, but Sho is too quick. He releases her eyes and does a back flip to avoid taking a swift back kick to the groin. Once his feet hit the ground, Sho looks over to see Marie facing him with a glare. "You could call if you wanted to see me!" Marie grumbles.

"Hey I could say the same to you," Sho grins, "but the reception might be a little fuzzy." He laughs then walks back over to Marie. "Didn't ya miss me?" His face seems back to the vigorous facade it use to be. No longer do his shoulder seem weighted. It pleases Marie to see him looking so much happier but she doesn't want to show it just yet.

"Gah! You and your freaking puns! I didn't miss those, you punlovingjerk!" Marie turns away to dramatically walk away, but as she does, her poetry book falls out of her bag. Trying to be helpful, Sho picks it up and starts to hand it back, but the words on the open page catch his attention. Allowing Marie to take a few more steps away, Sho reads the poem.

Brilliant red shining under dew drops of rain,

the river sings her quiet song,

eyes more blue than the river,

till the next time I see them...how long?

"This is about...me..." Sho mumbles as he turns the page to see a handful more poems about himself. His heart skips a few beats and he shakes his head, unsure of what to make of this. Deciding it best to pretend he didn't read anything, Sho closes the book and darts up to Marie. "You dropped this."

Marie grabs the book and blushes wildly. There were so many words in that book she really hoped Sho hadn't read. "Oh th-thank you."

"Well, I have some running to do," Sho starts as the fluttering in his heart becomes uncomfortable. "Give me a call,ok?" His heart races even before his feet take off. The look on Marie's face is one of pure embarrassment when she looks down to see the bookmark isn't where it previously had been. Before she can say a word, Sho has ran down the road and around the corner.

Oh god what happens now? Marie wonders as she angrily shoves the book back into the bag. Do you do this on purpose you stupid book?!