"A trip?" Yuno tilted her head, blinking questioningly.

"With all of us?" Mao arched her brows, looking up at Akise with her aqua blue eyes.

"That's right," Akise revealed what seemed to be passes for a Natural Spring Hotel in his hand, smiling," I received these hotel passes from a certain someone."


Tranquility, rejuvenation, serenity… just a few of the many words to describe what she was feeling right now. Yuno let out a sigh as the water gradually warmed her tense muscle, soothing her limbs. Oh she could get used to this. She closed her eyes, feeling the warmth envelope her whole being. She felt relaxed. After all that has happened this past few days today she was finally getting a break from it all.

From beside her she could her Hinata groan as she stretched her arms and let out a sigh, slightly splashing water.

"It's good to know the right people," Hinata said, closing her eyes in relaxation.

"We're very obliged to Akise," Mao remarked, a smile gracing her lips.

"You can say that again," Hinata replied.

Wiping her face with a wet fluffy white towel, her smile widened. That smile of Mao's wherein her eyes crinkle as she smiles," We're very obliged to Akise.

"Yeah," Yuno hummed, dipping further into the warm water, closing her eyes in contentment. Akise was right, this was a great idea for a trip after all. They needed a break from all this things going on back at the city. Maybe this will help her clear her mind.

Hinata lets out a contented sigh," We can even eat all the crabs we want at dinner."

Was it her or that she really did saw a flash from the corner of her eyes? A flash somehow nearby Mao. It was fleeting that it looked like it wasn't there at all but she could've sworn she saw a flash under the water.

And it turns out she wasn't the only one who noticed.

"Huh?"Hinata's expression converted into that of befuddlement as she turned her head to Mao who was smiling innocently, too innocently, Yuno mused.

"Is something wrong?" The smile was still plastered on Mao's face and Yuno could've sworn that it slightly widened and more impish.

"I thought I saw a flash in the water."

Yuno sighed inwardly; she got a feeling she knew where this was headed.

"It's just your imagination," Mao replied brightly in a somehow suspicious way.

Hinata chuckled slightly and managed a smile," It must be. It's not like you can use electronics in a…"

Hinata was cut off with an oh so painfully obvious flash that was hard to miss. Plus the clicking was sound was another give away. And throughout this Mao was still smiling innocently and lightheartedly.

The brunette's expression contorted into an irritated one. Her brows crease as she narrow her eyes at her purple haired friend, her lips set into a thin line. Hinata abruptly stood up, splashing water at the action.

"There was a flash!"

Mao instantly placed her hands on the brunette's rather sizable bust. Yuno, being the spectator, can't help but sweatdrop.

Mao shrieks in a somehow shrill way," That's unladylike, Hinata."

"Something did flash!" Hinata clenches her fists.

And yet Mao was still smiling. Probably finding pleasure in this.

"What is it? What did you do?"

All of a sudden a crimson colored liquid trickled down Mao's nose and of course the other girls noticed this.

Hinata gives Mao a surprised look," Mao, your nose is bleeding."

Hinata deadpanned, noticing the hands groping her chest area and an orange flip phone in one hand to go along with it," Oh hell no…"

"My phone… right?"

"Obviously! And why the hell did you bring a cell phone here in the first place?!"

"It's for emergencies."

"Hinata, you can't blame Mao for it. You're practically filled out!"

Yuno who was the amused spectator finally decided to speak up.

"Yuno, not you too. Speak for yourself, you're practically popping out too. Mao, hand it over!"

There was a series of shrieking and struggling (probably a tug of war too).

"Give it to me!"

"Hinata, that's lewd!"

"You're one to talk!"

Another series of squeal from all three girls.

"Guys!"

"Yuno, watch it!"

The screams of said continued to ring out through the whole place. A certain silver haired boy who heard it from the male's bath just smiled, ran a hand through his wet silver locks, and pushed back his hair with a sigh. He chuckled at his friends and girlfriends usual yet weird antic. Girls… do they even have an idea that the whole estate can practically hear them?


"Trams?" Mao questioned, looking at Akise in puzzlement.

"Yeah, and they say you can see the whole town from them," Akise replied, not even bothering to look up from his notebook. He was scribbling in a small leather bound notebook that Yuno had often seen Akise with.

They were currently having their dinner and everyone was delighted with the all you can eat buffet served at the hotel. They were serving crabs which everyone absolutely loved. Could this get even better?

"That's kind of lame," Hinata commented casually.

Yuno smiled, picking on her food," I think it's a good idea, Aki."

Taking a bite of her food and smiling in satisfaction, Hinata adds," But since we came all the way here, I guess it's fine."

"I got us a whole bunch of crabs!" Kousaka appeared, bringing a plate full of crabs and smiling his signature smile.

"You're embarrassing us," Hinata remarked.

The pink haired girl giggled at this, giggling to her hand.

"Why did he have to come along?" Mao asked to no one in particular, pouting.

"Well I had an extra pass, so why not?" Akise chuckled, still writing in that notebook of his, and not even looking up as he speaks.

"But…" Mao whined.

"What are you writing there, Boy detective? Is that your diary?" Hinata asked. The notebook finally caught her attention.

Closing the leather bound notebook, Akise looks up at them," I guess."

"Doesn't Yuno have something like that in her phone too?" Mao tilts her head at Yuno.

"Uh… yeah," Yuno answers timidly.

Hinata chuckles," You guys really are a couple. How many similarities could you guys even have? Even when it comes to a diary."

"Diary…" Yuno said quietly. Somehow she was flooded with nostalgia and that feeling again. Her expression softens. No, she reminds, she won't be having those today. Not today. Mustering up a smile she looks up to be met with Akise's questioning gaze. She smiled to wordlessly assure him that everything was okay.


The wind softly whispered against the trees and Yuno pulled her pink jacket closer as the cold wind started its assault on her. The sound of twigs and leaves breaking and crunching under her feet somehow echoes as she trudged through that place. The waning gibbous moon lingered tenuously in the night sky, bestowing its dim light upon the land, myriad stars dotted the black inky canopy. The trees continued swaying and rustling as she continued in her steps. After dinner she had decided that she wanted to go out for some fresh air so with her fluffy pink jacket in tow she ventured outside. The hotel they were in was actually located near a forest.

Her thoughts were invaded by what happened earlier. Diary… Somehow there was something in that word that triggered something in her. She remembered her diary, the one she had in her phone, she had that as long as she can remember. She doesn't when she started having that diary, it was just there all along and somehow it became part of her life routines.

She was so caught up with her train of thoughts that she wasn't even aware she was already trudging deeper into the forest. She snapped out of her thoughts when she the wind blew past her, giving off a whispering sound, thin and sickly. Nearby she could hear a bat flying by, searching for its next prey. The odor of wood is stronger than ever. Deep shadows casted by the trees seemed to swirl at her feet. If it was cold before it certain have gotten chillier. She tugged and pulled at her jacket more. A cloud rolled by, covering the barely half illuminated moon.

Then it hit her and certainly hit her hard, she realized the predicament she had gotten herself in.

She was lost.

"How could've I been so stupid?" Cursing under her breath, she felt like slapping herself across her face real hard.

She looked back to where she'd come from and there were only trees there, nothing but trees, no sign of any lights from the hotel.

She let out a sigh. Well might as well try.

So she trudged back to the direction of where she'd come from and hoped, prayed to the heavens and to any god out there to help her find her way back.

30 minutes (she was assuming it was but it felt like eternity for her) and a sore foot after there was still no sign of the hotel and nothing but a sanctuary of trees. Looks like someone up there really disliked her. Sighing, she sat down on the forest floor but more like falling on her butt than sitting down.

She got herself into this situation for some petty reason as some fresh air. Yup, the air was fresh alright but also chilly and because of that she could probably get hypothermia due to too much 'fresh air'. And if she thought she couldn't get more idiotic, she also managed to bring a light jacket which can't give her enough protection from the cold. She was mentally kicking herself for everything she's done.

'Aki would probably be looking for you.'

A positive voice in her head said.

Yes, Akise would be looking for her. Being the observative person he is he probably noticed it by now or maybe a minute ago. However Akise Aru noticing it and looking for her would mean getting him worried and perturbed about it. Even if he doesn't really show it a lot, Yuno knows he would be.

'Great going, Yuno.'

A sarcastic voice in the corner of her mind said.

Here she was, lost in a forest, with a sore foot, nothing but a light jacket and was having an inner battle/ conversation with herself. Great! Just great!

For a second she thought she heard a crunching sound. Not just any crunching sound, it was like the sound of her steps as she trudged on twigs and dead leaves a while ago. She instantly turns alert, squinting her eyes to the direction of where the she assumed the sound was coming from. Then there it was again, the crunching steps sound. Somehow she gets the feeling that she wasn't quite alone. She looks around her for something to protect herself. No such luck, there wasn't any. She hopes, wishes, prays that it wasn't something or someone dangerous. A silhouette of a person comes into view and Yuno automatically jumps to her feet, biting her lips, muscles tensed. Her eyes widened…

"A-Amano-san?" She blinked once and then twice, tilting her head, her muscles relaxed.

"Gasai-san?" The ebony haired teen eyed hair in utter confusion, giving her an incredulous look.

"What are you doing here, Amano-san?" Yuno questioned, looking at the boy who looked as confused as she is.

"I could ask the same to you, Gasai-san."

"I'm," She fiddled with the hem of her jacket, finding it interesting now more than ever, a pink hue dusting her cheeks, "lost."

Yukiteru gave a half-hearted chuckle," So I wasn't the only one."

The pink haired girl's head instantly snapped up upon hearing him say those, "You're lost too?"

He nodded sheepishly," I'm sure Moe noticed it by now and is probably looking for me. Oh boy, I'm never gonna hear the end of it."

Yuno giggled," Same here. Akise would probably bombard me with questions and would keep me close from now on. He's probably searching right now."

She sat back down at the ground, patting the spot next to her in an indication of inviting him. He smiled sheepishly before slowly sitting next to her, embarrassed and uncertain of how to act with a female he doesn't particularly know that much.

Somehow her chest felt strange, her heartstrings were tugging in a funny and she found her heart beating and racing a mile a minute and she found the forest floor the most interesting thing in the whole wide world at that moment.

"So tell me, what got you into this predicament?" Yuno questioned when he was seated comfortably next to her.

"I needed some fresh air and a night stroll. You?"

Yuno giggled sheepishly," Same here."


Akise burst into the room, not even bothering to knock which was unusual of the usually sophisticated boy. He was panting and his brows were furrowed, face contorted into a troubled expression.

"Yuno's missing," He breathed.

Hinata and Mao gasped, eyes wide, face slack.

"Last I checked, she said she was just taking a stroll," Hinata replied.

"Yeah, she said she needed some fresh air," Mao added.

"Well it's been three hours and she hasn't returned yet. I know Yuno, she doesn't take that long for a night stroll. She gets cold easily and even more with the thin light jacket she was wearing," Akise ran a hand through his hair, an indication of him getting antsy and increasingly worried.

And as if on cue both girls jumped out of bed and grabbed their jacket from the hooks nearby.

"Then let's go search for her," Hinata said, adjusting her purple jacket.

"On it. Kousaka's waiting at the lobby for us."

When they arrived at the lobby Kousaka was indeed already there. However that wasn't what caught their attention, by the desk stood a bespectacled girl with taupe hair having a somewhat heated conversation with the staff at the desk. They recognized her, she was from their school, a class representative at the next class. She was obviously upset but was trying her best to control it.

"My boyfriend's out there! Can't you at least spare one of the staff to help me search for him?!" Tears started welling up at the corner of Mao's eyes, gripping the edge of the desk with so much force her knuckles turned white.

"I'm sorry, ma'am but we can't let you go out there alone at this kind of hour and all staffs are busy right now," The blond lady by the desk tried to reason with the upset girl but to no avail.

The brunette looked like she was about to cry but then she felt a hand on shoulder. She turned to be met with a sigh of a silver haired boy. She recognized this boy, he was that boy detective from the next close, not to mention campus heartthrob all the girls from her class kept talking about.

"Wakaba-san, right?" He smiled at her.

She nodded her head slightly.

"I believe we can help you."


Yuno shivered, pulling her jacket closer, and cursing herself for not bringing a thicker jacket. This eventually didn't go unnoticed by the brunette sitting next to her. He fidgeted before deciding to speak up but eventually decided he didn't trust his voice so he took of his jacket and shoved it to her direction.

Yuno gives him confused look, tilting her head in a cute way, looking at him with those warm thulian eyes.

"T-take it," He managed to say, averting his gaze from hers, trying to hide his flustered expression. He never knew how to act around girls, except for Moe though but he used to be painfully awkward around Moe at first," You n-need it more than I do."

She nodded and smiled lightheartedly which only made the boy more flustered as she took the jacket from his hands. It's a good thing he was wearing a shirt with long sleeves under his jacket so it was still warm enough for him.

"Thank you," She beamed brightly. She draped the jacket in front of her torso, like a makeshift blanket, bringing her legs up to her chest and hugging it. His sandalwood scent caressed her senses. She blew air into her cold hands and tried rubbing them.

"I get cold easily."

Yukiteru looked at the pink haired girl who seemed like she was starting a conversation.

"I get cold easily and I don't really always have a jacket on me. But Akise's always there though. I actually like it when people offer me their jacket," Yuno added.

"I don't mind the cold though. Me and Moe would rather be too cold than too hot," Yukiteru smiled as he traced imaginary circles on the ground.

Yuno somehow felt her chest tighten at the mention of his girlfriend and the image of the boy with another girl.

Yukiteru leaned, his arms supporting him with his hands planted on the ground, he faced the sky," Aren't the stars beautiful?"

Yuno mimicked his actions and that feeling struck her again.

'We'll go see the stars together.'

Her gaze lingered on the boy who was busy marveling at the night sky, "Yeah…"

"But I think the moon's more interesting though," Yuno hugged her knees closer, a distant look on her face.

Yukiteru perked up at this," The moon?"

"Hmm," She hummed in agreement and looked up at the moon, bringing a hand above as if reaching for the moon," It has a bright half and a dark half, just like people."

She looked back at Yukiteru and smiled genuinely. Yukiteru can't help be in awe at the way she smiles.

Then all of a sudden they heard shouting and calling. They instantly looked away from each other and quickly got to their feet. To their utter relief their familiar people pop into their line of vision, bringing flashlights.

"Yuki!" Moe instantly jumped to hug Yukiteru, taking him by surprise, slightly getting the wind knocked out of him. He eventually wrapped his arms around her figure," Oh I was so worried about you."

"I know, I'm sorry, Moe," He gave her an apologetic look.

Moe pulled back and booped him on the head," Just don't do that again, alright? I swear you'll be the end of me someday."

Somehow seeing the sight in front of her made Yuno's chest tighten and twist in a very uncomfortable way. The urge to look away was stronger than ever.

"Yuno?" A smooth voice snapped her out of her stupor.

Looking up she was met with the sight of Akise with a worried look on his face. She bit her lip and drooped her head in guilt and embarrassment.

"I'm sorry," She mumbled.

She heard him walked over to her and felt him ruffle her carnation pink locks. He tilted her chin to make her meet his gaze," It's not your fault, okay? None of it is your fault."

Her expression softened and she abruptly hugged him, burying her face on his chest, inhaling his scent.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded her head against his chest.

Akise pulled back and smiled at her," Let's go back, alright? Before you get hypothermia."

Yuno hummed in agreement while nodding her head. When he turned his back she can't help but glance from the corner of her eyes at happy couple a few feet from her.

Unbeknownst to her, the brown jacket she draped on her torso didn't go unnoticed by a certain silver haired boy.


The fiery ball in the sky was radiating its warm golden light over the mountain. The land was practically glowing under its morning warmth and the dew was still plainly visible on all the blades of grass. Spears of oregold-yellow beams splashed onto the floor. Fluffy cotton-like clouds drifted across the blue sky. The group of friends were already up and riding the tram. The view was amazing, and just like Akise said you can definitely see the whole town from way up there. But one person was somehow detached from the rest who was feeling refreshed and exhilarated. All throughout the morning Yuno looked like she was in her own bubble, she was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't even bother with the view or anything else.

Akise sighed. And he thought this trip was a good idea for them.

.

.

'We'll go see the stars together.'

What did Yukiteru Amano have to do with the dreams she was having. Yes, true, he was in some of her dreams or maybe he looked like the guy in the dreams that continuously keep plaguing her sleep. But last night…

That feeling was stronger than ever. The feeling of missing someone, nostalgia, melancholy… And when she saw those two together… What was that?


AN: I WAS COLD WHILE I WAS TYPING THIS… LITERALLY. SO THERE WE HAVE IT. THANKS FOR READING AND PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK? AND *DUN* *DUN* YUKITERU CAME BACK INTO THE PICTURE, HOW'D YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?