It is part 2! Enjoy dis!

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Deliah couldn't believe how much guts she had a few days ago. But every since then, she has been avoiding Zane. She wasn't sure why, but she was scared.

She sighed as she leaned against the mast. The clouds were blocking the sun and had been for hours.

Deliah sighed. She had come to a conclusion. She did like Zane. A lot. Despite her efforts in persuading herself that she only merely thought of him as a friend, she learned that deep down she liked him.

Letting out a much needed groan, she slumped down and lied besides the mast. She turned to the side, closing her eyes and humming softly she drifted off into sleep.

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Zane lied in bed, his head clouded by thoughts. Did Deliah truly mean it? It seemed that way. He knee that it took a lot of courage to say what she had said.

Zane turned to his side and faced the wall. He heard the door open, but didn't react.

"Hey Zane! Why so down?" Kai's voice rang.

Zane shrugged, "Reasons."

Kai gave a puzzling look, then muttered, "What's going on?"

Zane turned to face him, "Something." He looked at Kai, he trusted him as if he were his brother, then he said, "If there was a fork in the road and you could only go one way...one path seems to look really good, but there may be a bump in the road, the other seems pretty bad, the road bumpy and old, but at the end it seems a little better...which road would you take?"

Kai sat down besides Zane and contemplated. "Hmmm...well I guess I would pick the road that seems a bit better in the beginning."

Zane raised a brow, "Why?"

Kai sighed, "Well I guess I would pick that road because it has a bump or two. I could always get through that, but if I go down the path that gets better towards the end I may lose somethings along the way. The road that only has a couple bumps can be fixed without having to destroy the whole road, that's why I would go down that road."

Zane nodded, "I see." He looked down as he thought of what his spiking haired companion had said.

Kai slapped Zane's back and smiled, "Enough serious talk, ok? Let's go down to the training room and train with the others!"

Kai started to drag his robot friend of the room while grinning. Zane tried to resist, but just let Kai lead the way, even when he was going the wrong way.

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Deliah's POV

My eyes slowly opened to see that the sky was darker and more gloomy than before. The sun must have set, while the clouds remained to roll in. I slowly got up and stretched a bit.

I heard my back pop, which felt good. I rolled my neck and smiled, "Ahh...that was a nice nap."

I raised my arms in the air and stretched out a little more. It felt really good to stretched out and crack my back.

But when I turned around my smile faded. Zane stood there. My eyes went wide while my heart started to race. I gulped. I wanted to run, like I have been doing foe the past few days, but then he spoke.

"Don't runaway."

I blinked several times, then nodded. He looked at me then asked, "Why do you like me?"

That caught me off guard. What did he mean by that? I mean I already told him why, right? He cares, his kind, funny, smart, cute, handsome, fun to be around, makes me smile, actually cares about me, listens, what is there not to like about him? He is everything a girl wants, at least to me...

I sighed, then muttered, "Because you are you."

He looked as if he didn't understand.

"I like you because of who you are. Because you are just you. Nothing more."

I smiled. He gave a cold stare. His emotions blank, his lips a line. Then he spoke, his voice as icy as his element.

"You like me for that reason..." I nodded, unsure what to say exactly. "You don't even know me. What I am."

A hint of sadness lingered in the last sentence. I inched closer, that's when said, "If you knew, then you wouldn't care."

I closed my eyes and shook my head, "Not true."

He gave a small laugh, which I was shocked at. He then muttered, "That's what you say."

I inched much closer to him and muttered, "I only care for you."

He turned away. "You really want to know what I am?"

I nodded, "Yes."

That's when he spun back around only this time his stomach was open. I couldn't help but gasp at what I saw. Gears and blots, screws and lights, switchs and cables. I looked into his deep ocean blue eyes in disbelief, only to see that it was all true.

Zane was a robot.

"This is what I am. A robot. I'm not like you. I'm not human. I am not what you thought I was."

I stared at him and at his open stomach. He slowly closed it, I was still in shock, my hand was glued to my mouth. I sensed his eyes on me, trying to read me.

I shook my head trying to snap out of it. That's when I said, "It doesn't matter. I don't care."

I looked up to see his expression, which was complete and utter shock. That's when I continued, "I still like you. Robot or not. You are you. I still care for you. I like you for who you are, not what you are." I meant ever word. I truly did.

I hugged him, "I mean it with every part of me. I like you. I like you, Zane. I care about you. More than anything else." It was true, I've never felt so strongly about a guy in my life before. Not even Tero.

I could hear the gears movings. But I didn't care. I liked Zane. I didn't care if he was a robot. I didn't, because he was Zane.

"I am sorry." Were the words that escaped his lips.

I slowly retracted myself from him and mumbled, "What for?"

He gave me a look that showed me everything. "I do not feel the same away about you. I am sorry."

Time froze. I didn't stop it. No one did. Just at that moment the whole world just seemed to freeze for a moment.

Then I heard something break. Shatter. Just like when Cole broke the ice with his scythe. I clenched my ninja suit, the left side, near my heart. My eyes went wide as my whole body started to shake.

Then before I knew it, it started to pour. Within seconds I was soaked. My hair stuck to my face, as my suit clung onto my body. I looked at Zane, then I shouted, "DO YOU MEAN IT?"

He nodded slowly, then said, "I'm sorry, but I only think of you as a friend. "

I ran.

Down into the halls. I heard someone call me, but I didn't care. My eyes stung with the fresh tears that threatened to escape.

Pushing past my door, I slammed it shut. I locked it, then I leaned against it. I fell hard. So damn hard, only to have myself crash and burn. I curled into ball, and then muttered, "Should I be happy that we're friends? Or sad because that's all we'll ever be?"

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Zane's POV

I watched her tremble with sorrow. Run in pain. Knowing she would cry full of misery. It hurt me more than anything. More than I assumed it would.

But I had to do this. I thought she would no longer care about me once she knew the truth, instead she still cared. This whole time I feared she would fear me, but instead she didn't.

I closed my eyes. It stung to know what I had done. I felt barren. Broken inside, tortured by this. I closed my eyes and sighed.

I wish that the rain could hurt me. Trigger my system to fry, causing me to die out, then rust me away to nothing.

I did this because I was a robot. I knew that because I was a robot I could not give her everything she would want. I was incapable of being everything she would want in a guy. And as she would grow older, I would stay the same. It would kill me to see her grow older and then go.

I slammed my fists into the mast and let out a cry of pain. Anger boiled within, but I knew this was for the best...even when it hurt both of us.

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Hehehe...I'm so evil. Anyways catch ya next time! ;)