Hello my lovelies! Ah, the end is so near! I'm so close to crying as I write! But fear not, just one or two more chapters! And the sequel to this has been re-planned since I lost my memory stick and all of my notes! Damn my couch and its ability to eat my stuff! Grrr!
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ValueMyHeart: Why thank you! Hopefully the next few chapters will be wrapped up soon enough! It's just so sad ending a story, as silly as that sounds! :D Thanks for the review! :D
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OK, here it goes! Hopefully this chapter will work out the way I've always planned it! Haha! I give you chapter 37! :O Enjoy dear readers!
APOV
Oh God, oh God. What the fuck was I going to say? Hey guys, long time no see! Remember me? I was that crazy girl, who fell in love with Yuki, then I disappeared, and then reappeared, then disappeared again but now I'm back!
As I was having my little panic attack the voices drew closer and then, without allowing me anytime whatsoever to think of a good opening line, the sliding door was pulled open, revealing Little Miss Sunshine and Sparky, their arms wrapped around each other. Whoa, hold up! Did the whole "oh-I-can't-hug-you-because-I'm-cursed" thing go up in smoke?
"What the fuck?"
Silence. Two sets of surprised eyes fell on my face.
Smooth Aimi, real smooth.
"A-Aimi?" Little Miss Sunshine stepped towards me and out of Sparky's hold.
Her mouth was set in a thin line, her hands clutching at the material covering her heart. I watched her carefully, knowing exactly how far away from the door I was, the one that led into the garden. Hey, just because Little Miss Sunshine has always been so patient and kind to me didn't mean she was incapable of violent outbursts! I slowly shifted my weight and cringed at the pain in my hip but she didn't seem to notice. She just kept staring at me face. Any minute now and she'd be whipping out a knife and screaming bloody murder.
"Possibly." I finally answered glancing at Shigure for a brief moment.
"How did you…"
But she was interrupted when a body came flying towards me. I screeched and was knocked to the ground, hands wrapping themselves around my waist. Oh dear lord, she'd hired a ninja to assassinate me!
"Please! I'm too young to die!" I wiggled and wiggled until eventually I was pulled up to stand, still locked within the arms of the ninja.
"Damn Shortie, what did you bump your head on?" A voice mumbled from somewhere above me.
"Sparky?" I managed to pull back and stare up at his smiling face.
"No, a ninja." He chuckled, pulling me back into his chest. Damn, so Sparky could read minds too? Ah!
"Why are you touching me?" I mumbled trying not to sound too freaked out. But come one! Sparky was hugging me!"
"Because! I've always wanted to hug my best friend." Well duh Aimi, God! Why didn't you figure that out?
"And how, in the name of all that is chocolaty, are you able to hug me?" I asked, patting my hand against his back a couple of times before I decided that I did not like this spontaneous touching of Aimi. Plus, my body still hurt from the little skirmish I'd left behind in Ireland.
"It's a long story." He sighed, releasing me and turning to look at Little Miss Sunshine. Ew, he looked so loved up.
"Uh huh." I took note of the look on her face and, sighing in defeat, I opened my arms for her.
She shot forward but she wasn't big enough to knock me over. But man did she squeeze hard. I freaked out when she started crying and, at a lost for what I should do with the sobbing girl, I simply ran my fingers through her longer hair, shushing her quietly.
"I thought we'd lost you!" She finally pulled back, her eyes red and slightly puffy. "Oh Aimi, it was all my fault! I'm so sorry!"
"Whoa, calm down." Grabbing her shoulders, I waited until she stopped and took a calming breath. "None of this was your fault, ok? I just need to improve my ninja skills and go kick some Akito ass. But I'm perfectly fine, no need to worry your little head."
I winked and was glad when a small smile crept onto her face. She turned, and buried herself back into Sparkys' arms. I rolled my eyes at the two, making a face when I caught Shigure's eye. He chuckled but then grew serious. Sensing the change in the atmosphere, I turned to the couple, my hands once again attacking the end of my shirt.
"Is…is he on his way home?" I asked them, too afraid to look them in the eye.
"He should be here in a few minutes." Sparky mumbled but I didn't even risk a glance at his face. What the fuck was I going to do?
"I'm gonna wait upstairs for him." I glanced at Shigure who nodded at me, his face still serious. "Don't say anything ok? I need to figure out what I'm going to do."
I left the three of them in the ditting room but not without one last hug from Sparky. That was going to take some time to get used to. The stairs were dark and I noticed how it had grown paler outside, an eerie light settling around the trees and clouds. It was odd, since we had just finished summer and we were now slowly moving into autumn. It should still be acceptably bright in the evenings.
My heart caught in my throat and I couldn't help but let a few tears escape as I reached Yuki's door. With a shaking hand, I pushed open the door, shocked at how messy the room was. Well, messier than usual. There were balls of paper everywhere and clothes thrown in piles on the floor. My gaze was immediately drawn to the small bundle of items against the wall on the bed.
Crawling onto the bed, I reached out and ran my fingers over my black and white hoody. I smiled before moving it to one side to reveal Yuki's jumper and my teddy. I was wondering where they had gone to. Smiling through my tears, I pulled on his jumper and pushed the sleeve against my face. I inhaled deeply and let out a choked sob as Yuki's scent filled my senses. God, how I missed that smell! How could I ever let myself forget all of this?
Clutching my teddy to my chest, I noticed a small corner of paper underneath his pillow. I lifted it and found my letter had been tucked carefully under it. So he had managed to get it, somehow. Returning the pillow to its rightful place, I froze when I heard the front door open. I twirled so I was facing the door, my legs tucked up underneath me.
I panicked when I realised that he was coming straight up the stairs instead of heading into the ditting room like I'd expected him to. Heart pounding in my chest, each creak of the stairs caused my nerves to tingle and my breathing to quicken. My tears had dried for now but I knew they would come back with a vengeance the moment he opened the door.
When it did, I couldn't help but stare at the boy in front of me. I'd forgotten just how amazing his eyes were. But he looked so tired and so broken, his skin looking sickly pale. He stared at me for a moment, his eyes searching my face. I smiled timidly trying my hardest to hold back my tears.
He sighed and shut his door behind him, dropping his bag onto the floor. I was confused as to why he was acting so calm. Mind you, I wasn't expecting any fireworks or anything but I was expecting some kind of reaction!
"Do you have to be here? I have a lot of work to do." His voice sounded strained and so…lifeless.
"What?" I asked, completely shocked. He wanted me to leave?
"You haunt me enough at night, now you're doing it during the day too?" He refused to look at me moving towards his desk. "I know you're not real so please just leave me be! I can't do this anymore!"
With a movement so quick I almost didn't see it, he had swiped his arms over his desk, books and pens and an assortment of objects falling onto the floor. He leant forwards, hands braced on the desk, his chest heaving like he had just run a marathon.
"Please leave me be."
"Yuki" My tears had come back as I stood from the bed, my teddy left forgotten on the sheets. "It's me, it's Aimi."
"I know who you are!" He shouted, spinning to face me, his hair blocking his eyes from my view. "God I know who you are."
I went to reach out to him but paused when he ran a shaky hand through his hair. Just what had Yuki been going through? To see him like this, this hurt, it was torture. A sob escaped my lips and he finally raised his gaze to stare at me once more, his eyes tightening a fraction.
"Please Yuki, it's me." I smiled at him through my tears, feeling so utterly lost and confused. Why wouldn't he believe me?
"It's getting worse." He mumbled to himself, walking past me to sit on the bed. He dropped his head into his hands. "I need to talk to Hatori."
Taking a deep breath, I sat next to him on the bed, fidgeting nervously with his jumper. What the hell was I supposed to do? What was going on? Did Yuki think he was crazy or something? We sat there in silence. I was afraid to do anything in case I upset him. Eventually I realised what was wrong.
Just as I had imagined Yuki being with me while I had been at the Sohma estate, maybe Yuki had imagined me here with him. Did that mean that he thought I was just some mental image he'd conjured up? That I wasn't real? Well, by God I'd show him I was real!
"Yuki" I called his name, reaching out with a shaky hand to tug one of his away from his face.
He gasped, his gaze snapping up to my face as I pulled his hand away from him. I dropped it and then moved up to his face tracing my fingers along his jaw. Smiling, I scooted forward until our knees touched, never removing my fingers from his jawline.
"My silly rat" I smiled at him, watching as his eyes seemed to lighten ever so slightly. "I'd have thought that I was better looking than any little picture you could come up with. Guess I never gave your creativity enough credit."
Without giving him enough time to answer, I leant forwards and pressed my lips against his. Immediately he responded, his hands coming up to cradle my face as he twisted so he was facing me. I dropped my hand to rest on his knee, smiling as he continued to kiss my lips, mumbling my name against them. Tears spilled down my face and a bubble of happiness rose in my chest until I thought I would burst. I knew my hands would have been shaking if they weren't braced on Yuki's knees.
All too soon, he pulled back but kept my face cradled between his pale hands, his thumbs drawing slow patterns along the sides of my cheeks. I stared at him, watching his own smile form and the light return to his eyes.
"Aimi?" He whispered, a tiny flicker of fear clouding his features.
I nodded, unable to take my eyes off his face. He was smiling at me like I was the greatest thing in the world. He pressed another kiss to my lips and then another to my nose. Grumbling, I crinkled it in annoyance.
"Really? You just had to ruin the romantic moment!" I giggled, watching as his smile grew.
"I thought I'd lost you." He whispered, trailing his hand along the side of my face. I leaned into his touch, wanting this moment to last for as long as possible.
"I'm sorry about everything." I mumbled the mood growing sombre. "I can't believe I forgot you! I put you through so much."
"It doesn't matter now, I have you back. There's nothing to be sorry for." He whispered, flinching when I'd mentioned the fact that I'd lost my memories. "I have you back and there's no way that I'm ever going to let you go."
My face hurt from smiling so much. I couldn't surpass my yawn and my cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Here we were, reuniting and I yawn in his face. Nice one Aimi, trés sexy.
Smiling, he simply leaned back until he was resting against the wall. Taking the hint, I crawled around until I was on my side, back to the wall and facing him. I took his hand and stared at him, my eyes devouring his face.
"You'll be here when I wake up?" I mumbled, already feeling sleep weigh down my eyelids. I guess I'd been too excited to realise how tired I was.
"Of course. Now, sleep. We have so much to talk about when you wake up." He kissed my forehead before leaning back to give me enough room to breathe.
Twilight much?
Ah, what a fantastic last thought to have before going to sleep. Resisting the urge to giggle at myself, I cracked one bleary eye opening, catching one last glimpse of Yuki before I slipped into a very comfy and wonderful sleep.
My Yuki.
There we go guys! I can't believe it…only two more chapters! So yeah, this is going to turn out to be 40 chapters long, including the special chapter at the end! I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter because I very much enjoyed writing it! Anyway, I hope I'll have the next chapter out soon enough! Enjoy my dear readers!
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Spread A Little Happiness
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