At Shigure's:

Ayame was sitting with Shigure, Ren, and Yuki while drinking some tea. Ayame as, as usual, was telling some exuberant story to the others in the room. Though today, Ayame's story was saddening to not only himself. Yuka, as he described her, was radiant and as amazing as Hatori. He had known her for over seven years and neither of them had been surprised when they were put together. Yuka was a fashion designer and made prom dresses, which was why they knew each other. After finding out they were supposed to get married, the two had combined their shops. Yuka let the story stay under Ayame's name without any trouble at all. That's where the problem Ayame saw started. For as long as he had known her, Yuka had always been distant and her smiles never reached her dazzling eyes. The only way to describe her was emotionless, because she didn't really care about much. Ayame included. He had asked her out a number of times over the years and she'd always agreed, but she was always quiet and the dates had been like nothing to her.

"Oh, Shigure, I love her. I know I do, but how can I be with her if she doesn't want me?" Ayame complained, tapping his cup of tea.

Yuki, who was leaning on the palm of his hand, lifted his head.

"Maybe you're too emotional for her. You might have sucked all the emotion out of her."

Ren nudged Yuki and shook her head at him disapprovingly. Yuki turned a slight red and cleared his throat.

"Have you thought of talking to her?"

Ayame sighed dramatically.

"I've tried. She always says there is nothing wrong."

Ren decided she needed to say something. She loved Yuka and knew how she was, but she wasn't going to let Yuka's past effect her future.

"Ayame, have you ever actually been able to touch her?"

All the guys were silently and looked at Ren. Her expression was solid and her eyes were looking straight into Ayame's.

"I…well, no. She'd always move away from my grasp. She'd only let me touch her if I was introducing her to someone, but she'd move as soon as she could."

Ren looked down at the table before looking back at Ayame.

"Yuka…when she was seventeen she was almost raped. A boy at her high school kidnapped her and brought her to an empty classroom after school. Takeo Tomimoto, the boar of the zodiac, pretty much sniffed them out. The guy never knew he got his butt kicked by a boar, but Yuka was gone before Takeo was done and she transferred out of the school to an all girl's school the next day. She is afraid of guy's getting too close to her. She hates how she is about the whole thing. I'm sure she is too scared to tell you, Ayame. I hope that explanation clears things up for you a bit."

Yuki, under the table, grasped her hand and smiled at her. Ayame was looking at the young girl sitting across from him with a sort of stupor. At that moment, Mai and Yuka walked into the room.

"We're back from shopping!" Mai sang a big smile on her face.

Shigure smiled, getting up and greeting her with a hug.

"Welcome back!"

"Hands off my ass, Shigure."

Ayame got up and went over to Yuka. She looked up at him curiously.

"I guess it's about time we left, then. Ta-ta, my friends! Little brother, take care of your lady."

"Aya-?"

With that he was out of the room. Looking back at the others, Yuka waved and dashed off after her fiancé. Mai sat down at the table.

"You told him about Yuka's fear, didn't you?"

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That night, Yuka came into the bedroom after changing to find Ayame staring out the window. She stopped and stared for a moment. His golden eyes were focused on something far away. His long hair was no longer in the braid it had been in earlier and was flowing gracefully down his back.

"Yuka…"

She jumped, not expecting him to say anything. She tried to busy herself with picking at things around the room.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

She froze. They had told him, she had known it. He had barely spoken after they had gotten back from Shigure's. For the life of her, she couldn't meet his eyes. She heard him cross the room until he was in front of her. Shaking, she looked up at him. Her eyes were brimming with tears.

"I'm sorry. I-I was scared."

She gasped slightly as his hand touched her cheek softly. It had been years since she had allowed a male to touch her and when he had touched her, her heart had stopped for a moment before picking up its pace.

"Scared of me? You know I'd never hurt anyone as glorious as yourself."

Lifting her eyes to meet his, she was shocked to see sadness in them for the first time of knowing him.

"Aya, I was also scared because…I…"

His eyes were distracting her, they were entrancing, but she knew she had to say this.

"I love you," she breathed out.

Ayame tilted his head as he smiled at her.

"After seven years…" he leaned towards her," it's good to hear you say that. I would have hated my love to be one sided."

He pressed his lips gently against hers. He couldn't help grinning into the kiss as Yuka's arms wrapped around him in the first of many more embraces they would share.

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Author's Note:

I haven't updated in forever because I've been on grounding. What can I say? I love english, not math and chemistry. I'll update as soon as possible. I'm glad I was able to updated and I hope that you liked the chapter. I made Ayame and Yuka the first of only two automatic couples in this story. I didn't this because I really have no idea for how long I'll be grounded for, hopefully not too much longer. Please keep looking out for the next chapters!