I know all you guys want a happy chapter as payback for last chapter's really sad mood and Tezuka's crazy lines. But I won't be giving out happy chapters that easily. No, I'm not... hehe, enjoy. I made that chapter to leave you guys hanging by a cliff. It's the power of writing and suspense. Hehe, enjoy!!

I'm undone

I've packed up my things and I'm ready to leave. My mom has already called my cousin to pick me up in the train station when I reach Osaka. I've called up Sadaharu and Renji to meet me in the train station. Fuji and Eiji plan to meet me there, too. I'm excited. Very excited. I'll be far away from family and friends, but I'll be discovering a different world. I'll be meeting different people, seeing different sights and learning a different lifestyle.

But, I'll miss everybody.

Every single one of them.

My mom, dad, Fukiyama Rin, Miyako, Aiko, Hina (Remember them?), Sadaharu, Renji, Fuji, Eiji, Kawamura, Oishi, Echizen, Momoshiro, Kaido, Kirihara, Yukimura, Sanada, Masaharu, Jackal, Niou, Marui, Shishido Ryou (my very own cousin) and of course... Tezuka.

I'll miss them all.

I grabbed my bag out of the car. My dad had carried it for me. I saw Fuji, Eiji, Sadaharu, Renji and Yukimura in one corner. I ran to hug Sadaharu and Renji together. I squeezed their necks around my arms. I looked at Yukimura and gave him one of my hugs, too. He had given me a gift from the whole Rikkai team. It was an equilateral box. I wonder what's inside.

I saw Oishi, Echizen, Momoshiro, Kaido and Kawamura walking towards me, but no sign of Tezuka. I smiled at them but made a sad face to Sadaharu, Renji and Fuji. They just nodded, altogether. Eiji, of course, gave me this very very very tight hug which I would surely miss. And so instead of complaining, I just hugged him back which of course shocked him.

"Hey, you actually hugged me back." Eiji said after the hug.

"It's just that, it might take some time before I get to hug you again and so I just gave you that hug that you always wanted." I grinned, "Who wants a hug?!" I yelled. They all smiled back at me. Fuji got a hug from me first.

"Don't forget us at all" He said

I gave Oishi a hug next.

"Take care. Watch out for robbers and strangers. And always be at defense." He advised. I smiled at him, "And don't change"

Kawamura was next.

"I won't forget your sushi" I told him

He smiled, "I won't forget you, of course."

I hugged Momoshiro and Kaido after.

"Hey listen both of you. You guys are going to be the next senpais of the whole school, so I want you to take that responsibility. Please be a good senpai to everyone and I know it's hard to stop the arguing, but be good." I smiled, "I'll miss you guys."

They smiled at me, and Kaido, actually blushed. I gave them each a tap on the head. I turned to Echizen. I hugged him tight.

"Hey, O'chibi, the next time I see you... I need you to grow super tall!" I said, while laughing, "And I promise, I would never ever forget your little arrogant ways and the milk! I'll be drinking milk everyday just for you." I smiled and giggled.

I looked at my mom and dad. "Mom, Dad, I'll keep contacting you. And just because I may not see you everyday or every month like what I usually do, that doesn't mean we're not family. Mom, stay responsible and Dad, take care of the patients." I hugged them really tight.

I looked back at Fuji, Sadaharu and Renji, and then looked at my watch. It's almost time for my leave. Where was Tezuka? Didn't he know I was leaving?

Then I heard footsteps running towards me. Tezuka? I turned around. It has to be him. It has to be. I felt arms wrapped around me.

"Fukiyama!" I screamed, it wasn't Tezuka but it was a really close friend. "You're late!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

I hugged her back. "I'm gonna miss your piano playing, I'm gonna miss the little chats, I'm gonna miss you!"

"I'll miss you!! Can't you just stay here??" She pleaded.

"Sorry, but… you know me."

"Yes, I do" She said.

The train had finally arrived. I had to get in immediately but Tezuka wasn't there yet. Was he even coming?

"Well, I think I'm off." I said.

I gave my last hugs to Renji and Sadaharu and though I promised that I wouldn't cry, I cried. I wasn't go to see them as regularly as I always do. "I'll miss you guys. I'll freaking miss you guys! I'll crazily miss you guys!!" I cried like crazy in front of them but tried to smile. I didn't want to look sad on the day of my leave.

"We'll miss you, too." They said.

"Now, go! Get on that train!" Renji said.

I nodded.

I got in. Seated myself on the chairs near the window and looked at them wave at me. I waved back and stopped the tears from my eyes. This was it. I was going to leave. And... Tezuka wasn't there to see me off.

Tezuka wasn't there.

A few minutes passed... and the train was off. I closed my eyes to think for a moment. I realized that my dearest cousin Ryou wasn't there. But oh well, he called me up this morning to say goodbye.

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Tezuka's POV

And so where was I when Amasawa was patiently waiting for me in the train station?

At home, thinking if I should confess to her not. I knew she was leaving at 11 AM and I had time to think since it was only nine thirty AM. I was in my room, just thinking and thinking.

And the only answer I could get was just "Say goodbye to her and make I decision by then."

But that wasn't how I do things. I make a preparation for things. I'm always prepared. ALWAYS.

But in the end, I planned to do it. Just say goodbye to her. But things didn't go as smoothly as I thought it would be.

The traffic was bad. I had chosen to go by bus, but because it was already getting closer 11 AM, I got off the bus and started running. The train station was extremely far but there was nothing I could do. I had to see her before she left. That was I because I love her. I had to say goodbye to her.

I had to look at her in the eye and just smile for her.

I had to tell her how I felt, face to face. She was going to be gone for I don't know how long. I couldn't continue living if I couldn't even see her smile for once. Just one more look at her and I could satisfy my happiness for the rest of my life. Just one smile.

And when I finally reached the train station, she was gone. Gone. And as if my dream rewinded, I felt like I was rejected.

I was breathing heavily. My watch continued to tick-tock. Why didn't it just stop at 11 AM? Why? Why does it have to continue.

"You're thirty minutes late." It was Inui's voice.

"She's gone, isn't she?" I asked

"Yes, she is." Yanagi said.

"What took you long? She was waiting." Inui asked.

"Obstacles on the way made things more complicated for me." I replied.

"You should have come earlier." Yanagi said

I looked at both of them.

"She could only come every summer vacation since the school doesn't allow their students to leave on Weekends." Inui informed me.

"You had already informed on that." I said.

"And if you knew that, why didn't you come earlier?" Yanagi asked.

"Like I said, traffic."

I sighed. This was it. I had finally lost her... completely.

"But that isn't important anymore." I said, suddenly. "I have a life to live, with or without her." Words just blurted out of my mouth.

"Although you maybe thinking of that, you might want to change your mind." Inui said. He handed me a covered box. "It's from Amai, she wanted to give it personally. But, you didn't arrive and so here I am giving it to you."

I took the box and held on to it tightly.

"See you on school" He tapped my back and left together with Yanagi.

If only, I lived in a more soap opera like show. Where the girl would just suddenly pop out in the train station and we would end up confessing our feelings. If things just turned out to be like that.

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Amasawa Amai's POV

I wonder if he opened the box. I was on the way to the school and my cousin, who I've been talking about, is sitting beside me blabbering about how beautiful the school is. He's actually already going to graduate this year.

The care pulled up in front of this huge campus. I saw three different school buildings on the way to the dorms. There was also this huge theater and a beautiful lake. There were two dorm buildings. One for the girls and the other for boys.

Since the boys weren't allowed inside the dorm, he had to leave me with one of his female classmates, who is coincidentally the sister of the roommate. My roommate is named Sakurai Ayano. She was extremely excited to see me and seemed very cheerful. She helped me out in unpacking my things and even offered to place my clothes in the cabinet.

We opened the gift from the Rikkai students together and found out that they gave me a scrapbook filled with pictures of me together with them, pictures of them, and messages too. They also wrote a description of themselves and described me. I already missed them. Sakurai Ayano, who wanted to be called Aya-chan so badly, was so surprised to know that I knew so many cute guys. She's never been to Tokyo and so never saw the guys in there. She thinks the guys there are much cuter than the ones in Osaka. I told her that I thought they were all the same.

Sadaharu, who didn't want to be defeated by Rikkai students, also made a scrapbook for me. It had more pictures and messages since he told the people I was close with to write. That added the tennis team, teachers, my classmates, the student council, the school paper committee, and my fans.

But I loved both of the scrapbooks.

But... I missed him. I rushed to find the page where Tezuka wrote and found it in an instant. Sadaharu made him write the first and last message. The sweetest thing he could do for me.

Tezuka had written...

We've gone through so many trials but I knew because of that we've gotten closer. I hope you stay the same as always. Be that girl who always smiled for me and everyone else. Be the one who showed me a different side of the world. Please be there forever.

And in the last page he wrote...

There are a million words to describe you, and there a million ways for me to show how special you are. You will be forever... the only Amasawa Amai I know.

I started crying. I missed him. I really did.

I looked at the picture stuck to it. I never knew I had a picture with Tezuka. The picture? It was me running together with him under the rain. The picture stuck together with that rumor. Sadaharu had finally confessed that Fuji and him had made that plan together. Weird guys.

I tried to laugh but I just continued to cry. Aya-chan was comforting me like crazy. She had finally understood the situation. I had left someone I really loved.

-

Tezuka Kunimitsu's POV

I lost something that I may not have again. True, she would be back every summer vacation, but that wasn't enough. I wanted to see her, hear her and be with in every single day of my life. But that wouldn't happen.

The box that she had left for me was lying on my table. It was wrapped by a plain blue cover. I got it, and took one more look at it. It was actually heavy. I felt like I was holding on to a book. Maybe it was a book.

I opened it slowly as not to tear the cover. I opened the box and I was right. It was a book, an unpublished book written by Amasawa Amai. She had printed it out and fastened them all together. She didn't give it a title and had just begun with a foreword addressed to me.

Three years ago, I met you. I found you. And I was amazed. I've told you a million times, that I admire you and adore you but did you ever wonder if there was anything more than that? A billion times I've thought of that. It's hard for me to imagine, though, that I could ever obtain feelings for you. Well, it is always hard to have feelings for a strict, stoic, boring captain of the tennis team. I could just laugh my lungs out every time I think of that. And till now, I don't know if it's ever possible.

I remember, every time I look into your eyes, I feel like I saw a different person in you. You had locked away a more emotion-filled Tezuka, and I was very happy to know that you showed that part to me.

I loved those times when you would allow me to just enter your life, even if it reached some sort of humiliation in your part. I loved hearing praises for you in the smallest corner of the school. I loved knowing that you stayed at the top of the batch even if you stayed second to me.

And most of all, I loved it when you cared for me even if I didn't deserve it. You stayed with me in the infirmary, walked me home under the crazy rain, and even helped me in a school project.

And because of that, you've already made your mark in my heart. This story was based on my long journeys and trials that occurred in my years of middle school. Personally, my life is boring and, of course, I added my own twist into the story.

I hope you'll enjoy it and, thank you for playing your part of the story so perfectly. You've done the greatest things that anyone can do for me.

Stay the same… and always remember that under the crazy rainstorms, I'm there beside you.

I held on to the papers tightly. I saw wet drops forming on the paper. I couldn't believe it, but I was crying.

I looked at the out the window and coincidentally, it was raining. Is it raining in where you are, Amasawa? Tears continued to slide down my cheeks. I took a deep breath and stopped it. But even if the tears had stopped, the feeling of losing her was greater than anything. Too great.

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Amsawa Amai's POV

The days came by too quickly. School had already begun. I was meeting new friends in an instant. And I was officially a freshman to high school life. I had joined the newspaper club. And like my middle school readers, the club members, too, enjoyed my stories. I started out my stories with the old suspense thrillers and slowly changed my style to something I was more comfortable with, romance. I really don't know why I'm very comfortable with this style. I've been thinking, maybe it's because I've experienced some tragic love story.

I would change from suspense to romance, so that I wouldn't lose readers. But that wasn't the only thing I was in charge of. I was the club's feature writer. I wrote about anything and everything under the sun. And once again, my most loved article was the article about romance.

I had written about my experience as someone who had loved someone and lost that person. Everyone started asking me questions of how it felt like when I kept on hiding those feelings. I just gave them a smile and told them, "I recall writing that on the article."

And to surprise the readers, I did something out of the ordinary. In my second year of high school, I called my old English professor in middle school. What was I going to do? I was going to publish the article on who I respected the most to my high school newspaper. And not only that, I also asked for a copy of Tezuka's project. My English Professor agreed to give it.

I published both articles on school paper issue, and the whole school went wild. They were all wondering who this Tezuka Kunimitsu guy was. The president of the club saw my potential and so made my own corner on the school paper. All I had to write was love stories and also experiences that happened to me.

And there I wrote everything from day I met Tezuka to the day that I left for Osaka. My story with Tezuka suddenly became a popular story in my school. At every corner that I went to, I could hear murmurs about my life. They all talked about how intelligent he was, his tennis skills and his handsomeness. And at sometimes I would hear arguments about the stories. They would say things like Tezuka really liked me but was too shy and the other side went against it and said that he was just acting like a kind gentleman. They practically debated about my life.

But I wouldn't really know who would win that debate. I don't even know how Tezuka feels when I'm beside him. He has quite a great poker face.

And so, ever since I began writing about that, when the school started talking about both of us, I felt like Tezuka was just there. I felt like I could hear his voice between all those murmurs. I felt like he was there reading what I wrote or listening to me play the violin.

He was probably always there.

A/N i felt that it was quite short, but well, this is the second to the last chapter. Yes! Finally I'm ending it. I am so happy that I could finally finish it! I've already began writing for the next chapter, I might finish it within the week, so, I plan to upload this final chapter next saturday. Wish me all the luck in the world! I hope I could give a beautiful end in the story.

Thank you to ALL of those who read, reviewed, story-alerted, favorited and whatever else there is. Thank you for supporting me till the end... it's been a great help for me. It's helped me give you guys better chapters each time and I hope I've satisfied your thirst for reading. Please watch out for the last chapter coming next saturday! Thank you once again