"Kyou, why don't you go with them?" Ryou asked as I walked back in to the room attempting to wipe the tears from my cheeks.

"Yeah right. Like they'd want me tagging along." I said making my way over to the window. "I should have know that as soon as Tomoyo was back around he'd go running after her." I said whilst watching them from the window as they walked down the street. My stomach twisted at the sight of them walking away together. Now I was nothing but a lonely cheater who was no closer to finding her true happiness.

"Kyou-" Ryou began but I stopped her before she tried to convince me to do anything.

"I'm going to go for a walk." I said and hurried out of the room, down the stairs and out into the fresh air except this time Youhei wasn't by my side. I ran in the opposite direction of Tomoyo and Youhei and fled into the trees behind the hospital. what was I doing running off in to the woods in the dark of night? I was being so foolish but I couldn't help but run. My heart was breaking inside me and it was agony. I tripped and fell into the dirt but I didn't bother getting up. I just laid there in the leaves and the damp listening to myself sob into my sleeves. Then I realised, they weren't my sleeves- they were his. I was still wrapped up in his hoody and I could suddenly smell him and feel his warmth around me. My head hurt. Have I fallen in love with Youhei Sunohara? I think so. When did that happen? How did that happen? It didn't even matter because he clearly didn't feel the same. I ran my hands through my hair in desperation and then I felt the ribbon he had carefully tied there. I clasped it in my hand and took a deep breath.

"Do you like it?"

"I love it, thank you so much"

My memory suddenly jumped back to our earlier conversation. He had held me so tenderly and was so caring towards me. Whether he loved me or not I needed some answers. It was time to move. Wiping away the tears, I jumped to my feet and ran back through the trees and back on to the street. Light flooded the roads from the street lamps as I began to ran through the night. There was no way I was going to let him go without giving me some real answers. Space? Why would he need space? God, he's an idiot sometimes.

Finally I got back to the house and without a second thought I burst through the door.

"Youhei? Ushio?" I yelled as I ran from room to room. There wasn't a single light on and the house was silent. I made my way to the room we had been staying in together to find all of his and Ushio's thing to be gone.

"I missed them" I said to myself as my stomach twisted even tighter. "I'm not giving up yet" I said. They were going to be catching a train back to Tomoyo's town so that must be where they'll be. I had to catch them before they got on that train. Who knows when I'd see him again if I didn't reach him now. Youhei had this way of making himself disappear and I couldn't let that happen to us. Once again I ran. I ran as fast as I could. My chest hurt and my legs felt like they were going to snap, but that didn't stop me. Nothing would. I had never, ever felt like this before and I suddenly loved it. All this time I had been battling my feelings, and why? People deserve happiness, don't they? Youhei made me happy, more happy than anyone's made me in a very long time and so I was going to fight for him.

After almost killing myself from running more than I ever have in my entire life, I made it to the station.

"Oh, crap" I said as their train pulled in ready to be boarded. "I need to get to him." I made my way through the station, it was busier than I thought it would be at this time of night, and on to the platform.

"Youhei!" I called out but my voice was muffled by the loud buzz of the other busy passengers. I have no other choice- I have to get on that train. If I couldn't stop him from getting on, I'd just have to get on too.

I jumped into a busy carriage and took a the first seat I saw. It wasn't a long train journey, about twenty minutes, so I just had to be patient. The train pulled away from the station and we were rolling down the tracks. Rain hammered down and clapped at the windows. The carriage was alive with the drone of the people around me. There were couples, big families, small families. And there was an old man sat quietly with his head in a paper. I wished I had something to occupy myself whilst I sat fidgeting in my seat. In the next twenty minutes or so, I could either be the happiest girl in the world or have my heart broken by the man I loved.

We pulled into a few stations on the way and people gradually filtered off the train, which I was happy about. It meant a smaller crowd to find Youhei in.

Nearly there. Nearly there. I thought to myself as we pulled away from the last stop before ours. My stomach twisted even tighter, if that's possible, and my heart felt heavy, but I didn't care. This would be the most important moment of my life so far, I wasn't going to back out.

After what felt like a lifetime, the train slowed and pulled into our station. Before the train had even stopped I was out of my seat and ready for the door to open. It finally did. Everyone around me melted to a blur as I fought my way through them to find my man. All I could hear was the beating of my heart and the sound of my breathing. This is it. I spotted Tomoyo.

Here we go. I thought as I braced myself and made my way over.

"Tomoyo!" I yelled. I couldn't see Youhei yet.

"Kyou? What are you doing here?" Tomoyo called as we grew closer.

"I came to speak to Youhei. There's something I forgot to tell him." I said. There were butterflies in my stomach so strong I thought I might fly away.

"Couldn't you have just called him?" She said. I noticed she didn't seem to be in a good mood.

"It's not something you can say over the phone." I said with an excited smile. I could barely contain myself.

"Well, he's not here." She said flatly.

"What?"

"He didn't get off the train. He said he needed to get away and so he and Ushio just... They just didn't get off." She said, almost crying herself. My heart sank so far it hurt more than anything.

"I... I don't understand." I said, trying to ignore the lump growing in my throat.

"Yeah, neither do I." She said and then walked away.

You're not giving up, remember? I told myself. This is just a minor step back. He was not going to disappear on me. I ran out of the station and in to the street. The rain was pouring down so heavy it was hurting my skin as it fell.

"Taxi! Taxi!" I yelled. I saw what I thought was a taxi rank up ahead and I began to race over to it. That's when it happened. I was running over the road when I suddenly saw a blinding light. My body was overcome with an agonising pain and the world around me fizzled to darkened blur. I was in the air, spinning and contorting. Then I was on the ground. I laid motionless in the road as the rain beat down on my face. The world around me fell to darkness as I realised... I had been hit by a car.