A/N: Yay another update. Whoohoo. I know this is like a filter D:

When one feels down, the other somehow always appears at your most depressed moment.

The sun was beginning to sink behind the horizon line as the sky grew pink and fluffs of orangey and light purple clouds floated and drifted through the air. Rima sat down by a pond where it reflected the clouds up in the sky and the pond rippled as the frogs and swans swam by. Around her were patches of white daisies and big, tall trees growing profusely, reaching up for the sky.

She hugged knees to her chest and then laid her head on top of her knee, reminiscing the days in which she and Shiki had been here. A gentle breeze blew against her hair, tickling her skin ever so slightly.

"For now," she sighed in sadness, "I can only pretend to be with him and relive my memories with him….not in reality."

She cocked her head up so that she'd faced the pond and she gazed beyond with a dull expression. Swans were swimming along with each other, gracefully, and the frogs would jump from one lily pad to another, going to their mates.

"He probably doesn't want to see me again after I said all those hurtful things. I made him suffer…" she choked on her own words as tears started welling up in her eyes. She quickly dabbed them out of her eye and continued talking, "and I tortured myself."

She grabbed a handful of daisies and plucked them off the ground as she let the wind blow them away, watching them fly away, she said quietly, "At least he can live happily ever after…I hope."

In pensive thought, she made a promise to herself to move on forward and to never look back. She needed to learn how to keep her chin high and not to let her friends get agitated about her state. It was something for her to prospect; a new future.

Suddenly, her ears perked up from rustling noises from behind. Her body stiffened then it relaxed as she thought and told herself that it's probably a bird or squirrel. But somebody laid a hand on her shoulder and said softly, "Rima."

She didn't know why but instinctively, her heart began to jump and flutter all over again, but she didn't respond; she sat still like a statue. It's him.

Shiki took a seat beside her and kept his gaze at the pond.

Neither of them spoke a word, only allowed the sounds of nature flow through their ears.

Rima sat there, mind racing with all sorts of thoughts and questions. She wondered how he managed to find his way here. She threw nervous glances at him which he didn't notice as he sat leisurely, leaning back against the grass.

"Rima," he suddenly broke the silence and turned his attention to the profile of her serious and emotionless face; she avoided the contact.

"It's okay if you don't talk but…I just want you to know that I love you and I'm not loving you out of pity but genuinely from my heart," he placed a hand over his heart.

She didn't seem to be affected by this sweet talk, so he reached over to Rima's soft face and turned her head, making eye contact with her piercing blue eyes. Her eyes widen in surprise and a gasp escaped from her lips.

"Rima, you are everything to me. I don't think I can live a second longer without you," he said seriously and quietly, emphasizing every word. His eyes were filled with much intensity, that it scared her to see him like this.

A shudder ran through her spine as she tore her gaze off him and narrowed her sad eyes to the pond, asking softly, "Why not?"

"Because of everything we've been through together! Don't you understand Rima? I cherish all those moments with you!" he shouted passionately, hoping that her thick-headed brain would get the message. But it was clearly a vain attempt.

"What about Keiko?" she asked stubbornly. "I thought she was your special one." She threw him a hostile glance.

"Keiko…," he sighed and looked down onto the grass, "I don't know. I mean I just suddenly loved her one day while we were modeling. She's great but Rima, you're better."

"Is that so?" she retorted. "I'd guess that you'd never feel this way about if I hadn't been sent to the hospital along with my diary entries," she pushed his hand away from her face; she just couldn't tolerate it anymore, all the emotional feelings running through her frazzled mind.

"Shiki, you just love me out of pity. Just admit it. You're just yearning for memories that have been lost through time and which you now desire…" she stabbed his heart with every word she tongued out.

"That's not true!" he argued as he groaned in exasperation. "Rima, what do I have to do— Then he knew…

"I never asked for a favor. Anyway, I'm leaving," she got up to leave but Shiki seized her wrist and pulled her down forcefully, so that her lips were tenderly touching his; they deepened the kiss within seconds. His hand snaked around the back of her head, keeping her close to him as she toppled on top of him.

First, she tried to resist by peeling off herself; an effortless attempt, and then slowly she loosen and let it go…she wanted her last moments with him anyway.

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Later on at night, Rima phoned Ruka to tell her that she wasn't going to be available the next morning.

"Hey Ruka, I'm going out tomorrow with Shiki," she said as she lay down on bed, playing with the fringes of her orange hair.

"You guys made up? Wow, that is a sudden," Ruka said on the other line, a bit shocked, and then shouted, "You go girlfriend! Have fun!"

Rima felt a smile creeping on her lips then she said, "Thanks, I know I will."

Then she hung up.

She could still feel the kiss that had just left her lip hours earlier. She carefully reached over to her lip where they had shared a passionate and memorable kiss; a kiss which she hadn't had in years of her time. With that in mind, she just realized how much she had missed him and how bad she wanted him.

It was plain stupid of her to hurt him in the first place, but now at least they had come together again like pieces of the puzzle with sides that suddenly connected with each other. She sighed and covered herself in a blanket as she turned off the lamp switch.

She thought about the future and what will become of them. What is Shiki going to do with Keiko? She was already engaged to him unless he decides to break it off, and her parents probably wouldn't be too pleased about that. Rima bit her lip at the thought. And there was also her own problem that she had to somehow tell Shiki or maybe she should just keep it to herself, that way no one would be worrying, at least Shiki wouldn't have to.

Putting aside all of her thoughts, she slowly allowed her heavy eyelids to droop and fell fast asleep, hoping and trying to keep a strong heart pumping.

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