A/N: Same as usual dont own nothing but OC. now this chapter was fun to write so i hope you all enjoy.

Chapter 10: Broken Wings

It's been one week since Miyuki disappeared from Eleanor's life, one whole week of restless days and nights; she hadn't seen or been able to talk to Miyuki at all since they were separated. Eleanor was rarely seen at all, not even her friends knew where to find her at times and Eleanor didn't want to see anyone in her current state because she didn't want to worry her friends more than they already were but sadly that was quite the opposite since her friends were constantly looking for her and were very much worried.

Eleanor sat inside the chapel building were the spica choir would rehearse sitting at the very top of the tower stair way in a large state of depression; she couldn't believe what had happened, she refused to acknowledge it and she would close her eyes hoping it was all a bad dream but whenever she opened them she was even more heartbroken.

She sat there dressed in black slacks and a green blouse instead of her black Miator uniform mainly because for the whole week Eleanor had not gone to school as she lacked the energy and motivation to do so and she had little to no sleep at all or eaten anything for two days and was completely drained physically and mentally.

Every attempt to help cheer Eleanor up was futile there was hardly anything that would bring her back to her usual self, a broken heart like hers was not so easily mended. Even trying to play her guitar did not help lift her spirits; any time she tried Eleanor quickly found herself overwhelmed by sorrow and ended up crying. Eleanor forced herself to stand up despite her legs protesting to her actions and began to walk down from the top of the tower slowly reminiscing all the good times she had with Miyuki, from the first time they met to those amazing months they spent together.

Eleanor made her way to the bottom and exited the building being greeted by a blast of chill winds and it was at that moment that all the horrible things that happened to her came rushing back like a lightning storm. Eleanor placed a hand on her chest where her heart was, closed her eyes tightly to try and fight the tears back and began running hoping to outrun the pain she kept feeling in her heart. She didn't know where she would go and she didn't care as she kept running through the forest.

Back at the dorms however were Eleanor's dearest friends who were trying their best to be there for Eleanor when they could and a certain silver haired girl paced around the room in a fit of rage as she wasn't the only one affected by what had happened.

-"This is bullshit!"- Shizuma franticly paced around the room, even after a week Shizuma had been unable to subside her rage and had been very restless with so many things on her mind.

-"Who does her father think he is to just go around and decide her future for her!"- Nagisa listened without saying a word, despite what happened between the two of them Nagisa still loved being around her and Shizuma was not one to complain. Of course that's not to say it was easy for Shizuma to be able to face Nagisa but after what had happened to Miyuki, Shizuma felt she needed someone to talk to and found enough courage to be with Nagisa.

-"You would think that after the first wedding was canceled he would have gotten the hint!"- Shizuma's pacing led her to the door and rammed her fist against it.

-"How can something like this happen Shizuma… this is wrong, no one should ever decide such a thing or force something upon anyone."- Nagisa finally spoke who was clearly troubled due to these turn of events and she knew Shizuma was right.

Nagisa looked at Shizuma as she spoke, -"It's not right for someone to tell you who you can and cannot love that is not anyone's decision…and as you said its bullshit."- Nagisa completely hated what happened to Eleanor and Miyuki, she was very disgusted by what Miyuki's father had done.

-"Miyuki-Sama and Eli-chan deserve each other; they deserve to be happy together."-

-"We have to do something Shizuma-sama, we must."- Shizuma walked towards Nagisa after seeing how worried she became for the both of them and placed a finger under Nagisa's chin to gently lift it so that their eyes met.

-"Don't you worry Nagisa I'll do what I can for them."- Nagisa saw a fire in Shizuma's eyes that told her she was determined to help them out and get them back together.

She paced around the room trying to think of something and she knew full well at this point that whatever she did come up with Eleanor would not object to any of her ideas. Shizuma tried to think of a way to get both of them to be able to see each other, something that wasn't risky and with no chance of Miyuki's father finding out.

While she tried to come up with something Shizuma became more concerned with Miyuki's well being, she could only imagine how she would be feeling as well, probably no worse than how Eleanor must be feeling. Shizuma went to her desk and opened a drawer on her desk to pull out a cell phone that she kept hidden and called Miyuki to find out if she was okay.

In a different part of the dorms, two girls sat in a room talking about what had transpired a week ago. Yaya was very much worried for her best friend whom she hadn't even seen for a whole week and Tsubomi herself was worried too, she cared about Eleanor just as much as Yaya did.

-"I've never heard Eli cry like that."- Yaya remembered holding onto her best friend and hearing her cries of extreme agony, never in the time she's known Eleanor had she ever heard her cry like that.

-"Neither have I, it was so horrible to see how much pain she was in."- Tsubomi sat on Yaya's lap with that event still vivid in her mind and it was too much for her to bear; she didn't like seeing her in pain like that since it almost made her cry as well.

-"Have you seen Eleanor-senpai today?"- Yaya shook her head, -"No I haven't, I haven't seen her at all this whole week, I'm worried about her."-

-"I've looked for her but I haven't been able to find her."- Yaya's face saddened as her hair fell over her eyes.

-"No one in the saintly chorus has seen her either."- Tsubomi added

The two girls continued to talk and plan about how they would try to help Eleanor feel better after all if not for Eleanor, Yaya would not have been motivated enough to able to tell Tsubomi how she felt about her and She loved Eleanor like the sister she always wanted and there was no way she was going to let her sister be in anymore pain.

Yaya sat with Tsubomi trying to find a way to be able to cheer up her best friend and get her back on her feet, however a knock at the door brought the two of them out of their thoughts.

-"Come in."- The door opened and were surprised to see Shizuma alongside Nagisa.

-"Yaya-san do you have a minute?"- Shizuma asked with a smile on her face and her arms crossed and accompanied by Nagisa who had a smirk of her own.

-"Yeah."- Yaya could only wonder what Shizuma wanted to talk to her about.

Eleanor walked through the forest with her arms crossed and her mind in a haze with so many emotions running rampant, it was driving her mad she just wanted to see Miyuki so badly; she wanted to hold her, kiss her and be with her but the more she wanted it the more it seemed like an unreachable goal.

She walked through the cool afternoon breeze with no destination in mind; she only walked to see where the breeze would take her. Not far enough though did she stumble on the lake she always loved being at to calm down after a long day but sadly the lake or the view did nothing to help comfort her but none the less she sat down by it having grown a bit weary from walking around for a while. The moment she sat down it was like all the strength she had left just vanished from her body, having been reminded that she has gone two days without food and little to no sleep.

Nightfall quickly fell upon Eleanor who still had remained at the lake unaware that time flew her by in an instant but her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps crunching on the grass, Eleanor didn't turn to see who it was but knew someone was coming.

The person that sat next to her was none other than Chikaru carrying her warm and gentle smile as always, no matter how bad times would get she would always find a way to smile which was a quality Eleanor always loved about her.

-"I had a feeling I'd find you here."-

-"How are you doing Eli-chan."- she began as she turned her head towards Eleanor.

Eleanor didn't say anything; she couldn't even find words for how she was feeling or rather how horrible she felt.

-"Its okay if you don't want to talk Eli-chan I can understand if you don't want too but I'd like to keep you company if that's okay."- Her voice was so gentle like how a mother would talk to their child to make them feel better.

Eleanor lifted her head as she said, -"I feel…empty."-

Eleanor brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. Chikaru couldn't help but feel bad for Eleanor and she could hear that her voice had lost all its life in it, Eleanor spoke so softly and pain clearly etched in every word and on her delicate features along with tired eyes.

-"You haven't slept at all have you Eli-chan?"- Chikaru noticed how tired she looked and Eleanor only nodded to her question. Chikaru already knew she rarely slept or ate ever since that day and no one could really blame her, Chikaru understood her well enough.

-" Gomenasai Eli-chan, but you shouldn't beat yourself up about this after all it wasn't your fault that any of this happened nor any ones."- Chikaru spoke with such warmth in her voice that made Eleanor look at her.

-"We are all here for you Eli-chan, you shouldn't have to bear this pain alone. I'm always here for you if you need a shoulder to lean on.-"Chikaru comforted Eleanor as she noticed her shoulders starting to shake slightly. Eleanor's vision was getting a bit misty and close to tears as she tried to cover her eyes with her hand, Chikaru always knew what to say to her.

-"I'm sure that you will be able to get Miyuki back, if you managed to reach her heart then I'm sure you can reach out a little bit more and get her back and while you do that know that everyone and myself will always be here to support you if you need it."- Chikaru placed her hand on Eleanor's trembling shoulder; Chikaru could see that she had reached her breaking point.

Chikaru was right as she saw Eleanor couldn't fight back the tears anymore, she broke out in tears crying letting out everything she had been feeling since she was split apart and unable to see the girl she loved most. Eleanor placed her head on Chikaru's shoulder sobbing, while Chikaru held onto Eleanor softly stroking her head.

Chikaru could sense that she had been holding up all her pain inside just by the way she was crying, Eleanor hadn't cried since the day she was separated Miyuki, she figured she probably bottled it up inside her heart and now that bottle was full. Chikaru was no stranger to what Eleanor was feeling; she too went through a similar event when Shion's parents were against the idea of two girls in a relationship. After the two sat together and talked to Shion's parents about their relationship they began to understand and accept them, of course it was no easy ride. Chikaru's parents on the other hand were very accepting of the two and even teased the both of them with marriage much to their embarrassment.

Chikaru held on to Eleanor as she finally passed out, her head resting on Chikaru's lap. The stress of everything Eleanor felt had finally gotten to her, it was too much to bear, and Chikaru was more than happy to help a broken hearted soul heal and this one needed help mending. This truly reminded Chikaru of how miserable she felt when Shion's parents made her feel worthless, that she would never be any good for their daughter which in turn made Chikaru cry. They really said a lot of hurtful things to her but Shion didn't let that slide for a second as she stood up to her parents and told them off. Chikaru of course knew that this doesn't compare to what Eleanor was going through, Chikaru never had Shion forcefully taken from her but understood what Eleanor was feeling.

Chikaru was startled by the sound of footsteps behind her; she turned her gaze from Eleanor to see Shizuma standing behind her and knelt down.

-"Is she asleep?"- Shizuma looked down seeing Eleanor on Chikaru's lap sound asleep before turning her gaze to face Chikaru.

-"Yes the poor girl had been extremely stressed out and she hasn't slept for days or eaten anything, the strain finally became too much for her."- Shizuma was surprised upon hearing what Chikaru had said, she looked at Eleanor and placed her hand on Eleanor's cheek feeling the wetness that still lingered on her cheek.

-"I had no idea it was that bad."- Shizuma said without ever removing her hand or her gaze from Eleanor and having not seen her for a week she never would have thought she would be in this bad of shape.

-"She'll be fine though, she just needs to get some rest and some food."- Chikaru smiled as she looked at Shizuma. Shizuma on the other hand on felt like she had a hammer taken to heart, knowing full well what kind of pain Eleanor could be going through or worse and wishing she was there for her earlier.

-"She's a tough girl that's for sure."- Shizuma replied returning the gaze and smile

-"True…but everyone has their breaking point Shizuma-sama, and she just reached hers."- Sadness embedded on Chikaru's features as she softly glided the back of her fingers across the side of Eleanor's face. Shizuma had to agree with Chikaru there was just so much a person can take and Eleanor had probably taken so much of it, Shizuma could only imagine how this had to be messing with her mind.

-"We should take her to her room so she can get some rest."- Shizuma turned towards Eleanor who was resting on Chikaru's lap.

Chikaru agreed and helped place the sleeping Eleanor on Shizuma's back who carried her back to the dorms. They entered the dorms with no problem and headed up the stairs, luckily there wasn't anyone in the hallways due to the fear of being caught by the sisters who roamed the halls at night to make sure everyone followed curfew but Shizuma on the other hand didn't care about being caught, the only thing on her mind was Eleanor's well being.

They reached Eleanor's room with no trouble and Chikaru quickly opened the door for the both of them and entered her room quietly. Chikaru helped place Eleanor gently on her bed and removed her shoes, Shizuma and Chikaru took a seat on the bed while Shizuma began gently stroking Eleanor's head.

-"Can you do anything for her Shizuma-sama?"- asked Chikaru

-"I'm not sure, Miyuki's father is a very persistent man once he says something he plans on keeping it that way and it doesn't help that he is against the idea of Miyuki being with another girl."- Chikaru's face saddned for a bit but it wasn't too long till her face regained its smile.

-"Well I'm sure if anyone can help it's you Shizuma-sama."- Shizuma turned to face Chikaru and agreed with a smile of her own.

They stood up and turned off the lights then exited her room to let her get the much needed rest Eleanor had avoided for days. Chikaru however turned her head to look at Eleanor before she exited the room not wanting to leave her but she did need her rest and she wanted to make sure that she was taken care off. Chikaru told Shizuma that she was going to stay with Eleanor for while, she retraced her steps back inside and took a seat by her bed and gently held her hand as she softly whispered.

-"It's going to be all right Eli-chan."-

A sweet aroma lingered in the air which swept by Eleanor's nose which smelled very soothing and warm kind of like chocolate. Eleanor slowly opened her eyes and waited till her vision adjusted to see there was a cup being held close to her face and holding that cup was someone she couldn't be happier to see.

-"Ohayo Eli, glad to see you're finally up."- Yaya smiled as she spoke with such cheerfulness in her voice, and Eleanor was just dying to see her best friend again lord knows she needed someone right now.

-"Ohayo Yaya, I'm so glad to see you."- Her voice came out like a whisper Yaya was disheartened to hear her like that, she could see how weak she looked.

Eleanor tried to sit up but it was there did she realize how weak her body was, her arms felt like rubber as she tried to shift into a sitting position and seeing this Yaya instinctively helped her sit up.

-Easy there Eli."- Eleanor had never felt like that before, she was beginning to wonder just how long has she gone without sleep but then the answer came to her as her stomach growled loudly enough that Yaya heard it too, Eleanor remembered that she hasn't even eaten anything up until now.

-"How long was I asleep?"- Yaya looked at her deciding if she should tell her, she didn't want to make her worry but decided it was fine now.

-"Hmm well let's see…you were brought here two days ago and I'm just now waking you up my little sleeping beauty."-She finished with a wink; Eleanor on the other hand didn't realize she was out for so long it only felt like a few hours to her since she was with Chikaru.

Eleanor turned her body to rest against the wall as Yaya handed her the cup filled with hot chocolate which she took without hesitation and Yaya kept her hand close to it just in case Eleanor might not have the strength to hold it as she downed the drink in two gulps.

The warm liquid that entered her body felt rejuvenating and it felt so warm like if she had been dipped into a hot spring it was such a soothing sensation. When Eleanor opened her eyes again she saw that Yaya had laid out a large plate in front of her filled with a hot breakfast, Eleanor wasted no time as she devoured her meal in seconds flat leaving behind a surprised Yaya with eyes wide as saucers.

-"Did you bring this from the café?"- Yaya nodded happily, of course Eleanor felt a little awful because Yaya went out of her way to do this for her.

-"Nagisa-chan told me everything Shizuma-sama had told her, and it felt horrible to know what you were going through, so this was the least I could for you…you have no idea how much I care for you."- Yaya's face showed a bit of sorrow, she only wished she could've been there for her or if Eleanor had only seeked Yaya then maybe it would have probably been easier for Eleanor.

-"Yaya you didn't have to go out of your way for me, having you here is what matters."- Eleanor reached out and held her hand and Yaya saw nothing but sincerity in her eyes but at the same time there was pain hidden behind those jade colored eyes. Yaya knew what it felt to lose someone since she had lost Hikari to Amane not so long ago but a certain loud pink haired girl helped her overcome it and at the same time found love with her.

Yaya placed both her hands on Eleanor's shoulders, -"None the less Eli, if you ever feel like that again…please come find me okay?"- Eleanor could see she was serious.

-"I promise Yaya."- Yaya smiled at her as Eleanor did the same but now that she thought about it, where was Tsubomi? Those two were rarely seen apart from each other.

-"Now that I think about it, where is Tsubomi?"- Yaya stood back up with a nervous laugh as she rubbed the back of her head.

-"Well you see…she's practicing at the choir right now and I didn't go."-

-"She's going to have it out with you huh."- Yaya laughed nervously, -"Yeah, I think I can feel the storm beginning to brew."-

Eleanor laughed just thinking about how Tsubomi would rain down on her and Yaya would be too scared to do anything, it's amazing to think that there's so much destruction in such a little package. But something was amiss ever since Eleanor woke up she had been feeling a chilly breeze against her skin it wasn't till she looked down that she was in nothing but her bra and panties except for the pendent that still hung on her neck.

-"Aah!"- Eleanor quickly tried covering herself with her blanket so as to not let Yaya see her like that.

-"Too late Eli, I've seen everything."- Yaya sat down on a chair with a laugh and a grin from ear to ear.

Eleanor tightly wrapped the blanket around her, -"Did you—,"-

-"Take off your clothes? Yeah I did."- Yaya kept giggling and sensing what Eleanor was about to ask next Yaya continued,-"Well you looked so uncomfortable so I decided that your best friend Yaya should help you by removing all your clothes so you would be more comfortable."-

Eleanor's face become red as beet but she guessed she should have expected Yaya to do something like that after all, but she understood why Yaya would do such a thing after all she had good intentions…right?

Shaking it off Eleanor tried standing up so she could go take a shower but the moment her feet touched the floor she was surprised how weak her legs were due to being inactive for two days.

-"Oh by the way Eli,"- Eleanor turned to face Yaya, -"Shizuma-sama told me to tell you to get ready and meet us by the front gate seeing how there's no school today only practice for certain clubs."-

No school? Eleanor glanced at her clock which kept track of the days and to her surprise it was a Saturday.

Just as Eleanor was about to go inside her bathroom Yaya decided to say one last thing before she headed out to wait with the group, -"Eli, you have a great body."- Eleanor's face was completely flushed with a red hue, of course Yaya had walked in on her naked countless times but she never had a good look until now and she let out an embarrassed cry before Yaya quickly closed the door behind her laughing but this was just what Eleanor needed a friend to help bring out a smile in her.

Eleanor put on the last of her outfit which was a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of tight jeans with her black boots. As for her hair it was always very easy to manage even after a shower so she neatly brushed it to get it looking nice and getting her bang to cover her right eye completely and once she was done she looked herself over in the mirror and headed off.

After walking through the paved road and heading down the steps, Eleanor made her way to the front gate without taking her eyes off the ground or even realizing that she had.

-"Eli-chan!"- Eleanor snapped out of her trance and looked up only to have Nagisa jump on her with a hug that said 'I haven't seen you in ages' and knocking her down on her butt with an 'uff'.

Nagisa only laughed as she held her friend, -"Eli-chan it's so good to see you again, how are you doing?"-

Eleanor returned the hug as they both got up, -"I'm doing fine Nagisa, thanks for worrying about me and it's great to see you too."- Nagisa gave her a cheerful smile.

-"Tsubomi won't say it but she has been worried sick about you"- Nagisa continued as she turned to face Tsubomi who appeared to be blushing.

-"Has she now?"- Tsubomi turned her head to avoid her gaze, -"Well why doesn't she come over and give me a hug, I missed her too."- Without much hesitation Tsubomi quickly ran towards Eleanor and gave her a meaningful hug.

-"So what now?"- Eleanor asked, -"Now we just wait for the car."- Shizuma answered Eleanor as she put her back against the wall that surrounded the whole school.

They all waited patiently for the car to arrive with everyone talking to one another though Eleanor was the only one not involved in the conversation. Not that she didn't want too but her mind was on other things at the moment, all she could think about was Miyuki.

It didn't help at all when Tsubomi and Yaya began kissing which caught Eleanor's attention; watching them reminded Eleanor how much she missed that and it only brought her down as she turned to look away.

Tsubomi taking notice broke off the kiss to whisper, -"Not here Yaya-baka."- Yaya was confused but she followed Tsubomi's gaze to see she was looking at Eleanor who seemed to be getting down, -"Oh…Gomen."-

Eleanor kept her eyes down till she felt a hand on her shoulder that made her look to see who it was, -"You okay Eli-chan?"- Chikaru asked seeing on how there was concern in her eyes.

-"Yeah."- Eleanor tried to regain her composure, -"Don't worry Eli you got us here for you."- Shizuma reassured Eleanor even Shion who was coming along with them nodded her head.

-"Shizuma, Chikaru."- Chikaru turned to listen and Shizuma replied with an 'hmm',-"Arigato…for carrying me back to my room."-

Chikaru smiled, -"You don't need to thank us Eli."- Chikaru placed two fingers on Eleanor's lips before she said anything, -"We care about you a lot so you don't need to thank us."- Shizuma agreed with Chikaru but none the less Eleanor was very grateful.

Fortunately they didn't have to wait long as Shizuma's driver could be seen coming up the corner and heading towards them. Once everyone was inside and comfortable they took off to who knows where, Eleanor didn't really ask where they were all going but at this point she didn't mind as long as she got away from this place for a while.

-" good to see you, how are you doing today."- Her driver Shiro asked, -"Doing fine, how are my parents doing?"- Shizuma began to have a conversation with him as everyone else was distracted with their conversations.

Of course Eleanor couldn't help but see that Yaya and Nagisa were acting kind of weird, they kept trying to contain their giggles but why she thought? Was something going on that she was unaware off or were they just being their usual self's, she would have to think so as Tsubomi jabbed Yaya's side and that made her stop, all the while Shizuma just placed a finger on her lips to hush Nagisa.

Something strange was going on but Eleanor couldn't quite put her finger on it, did something happen when she wasn't there or what.

-"Is something wrong?"- Eleanor asked looking at Yaya and Nagisa who turned away so as to avoid her gaze.

-"No, why?"- Shizuma asked with calmness in her voice.

-"It's just; I don't know something feels different."-

Shizuma smiled, -"No nothing is wrong Eli, don't worry about it okay."-

Eleanor rested back down on her seat taking Shizuma's word to heart and continued to gaze out the window heading to wherever it was they were going, but deep down Eleanor felt something was about to happen.

Chapter 10 End