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Chapter 37

- - - Tsukiko's eyes flashed open. It was time. There was the very morning light from the sky. The sun had yet not risen to the horizon. She had a single problem. Kai was still holding her. They had not moved throughout the hours they had slept. She lifted her leg away from his and moved her arm from him. At the moment she had to move his arm away from herself. She lifted his arm and gently placed it on his side. Now the most important move, she had to separate herself from the very thing that was connecting them. Kai was still inside of her. She backed up. She paused for a few seconds and moved again. She repeated the process.

Tsukiko looked down. She needed to move once more and she would be free. She paused. Did she really want to be free of him? She didn't want to leave him but it really wasn't up to her. If she stayed he would leave her. She preferred it the other way, she leaving him. She backed away and was free. Tsukiko shivered from the loss of his warmth. Pulling out made her cold to the core of her bones. She dressed herself.

After getting her dress on and zipping it up half way, she took a deep breath and turned to Kai. She took a step back. He had moved while she had been changing. He was lying on his back facing her way. After staring at him for a few minutes to see if he was still asleep, she walked up to the bed and kneeled in front of it. She rested her arms on it and stared at him.

"I'm going to really miss you. I know that we really are not anything…and its okay" She stood up and leaned over the bed to be closer. "You saved my life multiple times and there will never ever be a way for me to ever thank you for it. Have a wonderful future and life, you deserve it. I wish you the best. Stay a good person."

Tsukiko gripped her dress. She had to say one more thing but she didn't know if she really wanted to say it out loud. She had never wanted for him to find out. This was the only way that she would be able to tell him and he would not really know and hate her. She walked over and sat next to him. She brushed some of his hair away from his face. "I care for you…it's probably more than that…so much more than that"

She wished that she could leave something behind with him. Something that would remind him of her, she wanted him not to forget her. She wanted him to at least think of her once in a while. She wanted for him to remember her, not to disappear like memories always did. Tsukiko leaned to kiss him and hesitated. She had no right to claim his lips. They were not hers to take. Instead she kissed his brow. "I…love you…Hiwatari Kai"

Everything that happens in the unseen future has a meaning

So stay like this, there'll come a time when you will realize

She got off the bed and walked out of the room. Silently closing the door and opening hers. She grabbed the clothes she had readied and ran to the bathroom. She turned the shower head and tool of her clothes and tossed them across the bathroom. She got in and didn't care that the water was still cold. She just wanted to get her things and leave. She wanted to run, run and keep on running. She rinsed her hair and washed her body as quick and as cleanly as she could. By the time she was tuning the water off, the hot water was coming out. She changed into a pair of black skinny jean with a pair of classic short gray Uggs. She got her black tank top with a black cotton scarf on and a short gray leather jacket. She had dried her hair as much as she could and brushed it. She looked herself in the mirror and sighed. Even as nicely dressed as she was, she felt like crap. She fought not to cry. He was not dying, he was just leaving. Walking out of the bathroom, she went over to get her luggage. Taking her purse from the bed she walked over to the door. She opened the door and moved her biggest luggage to get it out.

"Need a hand with that?"

Tsukiko's grip on the handle of her suitcase tightened and turned to owner of the voice. Tala was leaning back on the wall in front of her room. He was dressed and staring at her with a smirk on his lips. "No thank you, the butler is coming to help me"

"Where are you heading?" asked Tala pulling out the luggage. "Are you running away?"

She stared at him. She had to come up with a good lie, she sucked at that. Her eyes would give her away like always. "I'm going on a small trip"

"Does your father know about this trip?" asked Tala taking out the duffle bag out and placing it next to the suitcase

"He does" Tsukiko took her luggage. "I need to go, sayonara Ivanov-kun"

"You are leaving him aren't you?" asked Tala

How can I see the meaning of life

Disappearing, you're the only. . .

Tsukiko could not answer that. She didn't want to, not to him. She turned to leave and froze on her first step. Why her? Why always her? Why could she not ever get away with anything? Why were the Gods punishing her like this? What did she do to deserve this kind of punishment? Kai's hair was dripping wet and was fully dressed. His arms where crossed in front of him and was glaring at her. She wanted to look away, she didn't like him glaring at her not like that, not with hate. She blinked and looked away. She walked ahead and moved to maneuvered around so she would walk past him. His glare became deadly. Kai watched her as she moved to walk past him without a look or a word. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back. She dropped her luggage and turned to him. Kai was not looking at her as he pushed her inside her room and closed the door.

He turned to Tala. "Get her things in the car and get an airplane ticket…"

Tala cut him off. "I know where, are we leaving as well?"

"No, it would be too suspicious. We are leaving on Friday." Stated Kai as he opened the door to Tsukiko's room and locked it as he closed it. She was not on the back of the door like he had expected her to be. He searched the room and spied her climbing over the balcony rail. He rushed over and pulled her off the rail and inside the room. Kai turned her around, grabbed her by the arms and shook her. "Do you really want to get away from me so badly?"

So you will not break, you distance yourself from me

Don't say words like you can't smile or you hate people

Kai did not wait for her response. He pulled her towards the door. He moved to open the door and Tsukiko backed away and pulled. She didn't want things to end like this. They shouldn't be ending like this. Why was he reacting like this? Why was he so angered by her actions? Kai moved her and slammed her to the door. There were too many things that he wanted to tell her but he could not find the damn words. He sighed deeply and rested his forehead against hers.

"Why did you not tell me you were leaving?"

She answered in a monotone voice. "Why did I have to tell you in the first place?"

Kai stared at her straight in the eyes. "I heard everything"

Tsukiko didn't even have the strength to gasp. She was mortified. How? Why? She was sure he was sleeping. Her eyes watered and she covered her face as her tears descended her face. No wonder he glared at her with so much hate. She should have never said a thing. She should have kept everything inside. Tsukiko moved and tried pushing Kai away. She wanted to run, to leave as fast as her feet could take her. She had to get away from him. Kai tried not to tighten his grip more than it already was. He had to stop her from moving, from trying to rid herself of him. He pulled her forward and wrapped his arms around her. She stopped moving.

"Don't do this to me…stop torturing me" she whispered "I know that you could never feel what I feel for you, so just stop here"

"Why can I not feel?"

"You don't feel anything for me than lust and hunger for my body. Those are not feelings." She struggled against his hold. "You can go and find another when you leave…Just let me go"

"I can not. You do not understand who you are and how others look at you." He undid her pants and dropped his. He plunged inside her sex. "I declared it before. You are mine. You belong to me and no one else. I will not give you up nor will I share you with anyone else." Kai thrust with every statement.

Kai took her lips forcefully and pulled the scarf off her neck. "I marked you as mine. Every time I take you like this it dignifies you as mine."

Tsukiko embraced him and wrapped her legs around his waist. She was breathless when he let go of her lips and went to her neck. He sucked the other side to leave another hicky. They climaxed together. She sagged against him. He held her tightly. "You will remain by my side"

He walked over to the bed and grabbed the towel. He cleaned both of them and dressed her before pulling his boxers and pants up. Kai took her face in between her hands and kissed her. "Let's go to your new home for the next year"

Tsukiko stared at him as she took his hand. Her new home? What was he up to? It could be something he talked with Tala? She walked with him out of her room and towards the stairs. Tala knocked on the door. It was a signal that the car was ready. Kai pulled her towards the car as Tala got on the driver's seat. They got on the back seat. There was silence. While she had been used to it, she was just not comfortable in the kind of silence Tala and Kai were emitting.

"What do you mean by new home for the next year?" she asked

Kai did not answer right away. He turned to her when she had turned to look at him waiting for an answer. "You will know soon enough"

Tala parked the car. They took out her luggage from the trunk and led her to the airport. There were barely any people in the place, most of them were workers. Kai motioned for her to go take a seat while he walked off. Tala went to stand next to her and placed her luggage close. She looked up at Tala and he turned to look down at her. "What is it?"

"Do you know what Kai meant by 'my new home'?" she asked hoping that Tala would answer her with the truth and not dismiss her like Kai had

"I do" Was what he said. Tsukiko thought that was the only thing he was going to give her as an answer. "Relax, you're going to like it. It's spacious"

Tsukiko raised an eyebrow at his last statement. Why would she care if the place was spacious? He smirked down at her, giving her a glint of mischievousness in his eyes. She glared at him and shook her head. He was fooling around with her, trying to make her blush. She smacked his leg just as Kai came over to them. He eyed them for a second before motioning for them to follow. Kai moved her along to walk with him instead of walking next to Tala. He rolled his eyes at the two-toned haired male.

Tala went to turn in her luggage while Kai took out an envelope. He took her hand and turned it over. He placed the envelope on her palm. She looked at it before turning to look up at Kai. She was confused and knew she must like it too. Kai lightly glared at her.

"Inside there is an address and a key. When you arrive get a cab to take you to the address, the key will open the door" He handed her the plane ticket Tala had gotten last minute. "This is your plane ticket"

Tsukiko opened it, noticing that it was from a different airline from the one she had decided to take. Her eyes widen at the location to which the plane was going to take her. It was farther than Europe itself. She looked up at Kai. "What does this mean?"

He did not like that she had to question everything. Kai did not blame her, every other person would have asked the same question. What he did not like was that she wanted a spoken answer. He hated explaining himself in words. Yet he understood why she felt like he needed to explain himself to her, she had gone through more life changing events that any other person he had known. "You will get your answer in two days"

Kai grabbed her from the back of her neck and pulled her to him possessively as he took her mouth. Tsukiko gripped his shirt to keep her balance and lift herself higher to take his kiss. The women at work stopped and stared. Some were leaning forward to take a better look and tripped on their own feet. Some elders were shaking their heads at the display. There was a whistle some were in the room. Kai broke away and glared around the room. Tsukiko on the other hand stumbled as she regained the loss of air.

"Go on now" Kai turned her around and nudge her forward

Tsukiko turned to look at him and smiled. Walking off, she paused in front of Tala and hugged him.

"See you soon Tsukiko-chan" whispered Tala as he kissed her cheek

Tsukiko gasped and smacked him on the arm. She could not help but turn around after she was sure Tala had reached Kai. The two-toned haired male was glaring daggers at the red head. She thought Kai would have aimed a punch at Tala but he must have thought it over since there was security in the facility. She couldn't help but think that those two acted more like brothers than casual friends. She walked over and handed her plane ticket to the lady before boarding the plane. She took a deep breath and walked inside.

Now it's by and by, even if you cannot see, there's a meaning to everything

Shoulder the burden of the past that cannot be erased; don't throw away your will to live

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