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Disclaimer: Weiss Kreuz, not mine... Maki, mine...

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++ Chapter 2 ++

Maki finally turned nineteen. She woke up to a new day... and a knock at the front door of her apartment.

'Hait, hait... coming!' she called out.

She straightened herself up and opened the door while the latches were still on. It was Yohji.

'Yohji-kun!'

'Ohayo, Maki-chan. Happy birthday!' Yohji greeted.

Maki unlatched the door and let Yohji in. Yohji gave Maki a kiss on her cheek and handed her the flowers.

'Arigato, Yohji-kun. They're beautiful...' said Maki.

'I know but those aren't from me.'

'Nani? Then, who's it from?'

'I don't know. This guy called, ordered a bouquet of Cattleyas and told me to send it here,' Yohji explained. 'Have you been going out with someone else?' he joked.

'Sonna! How could you say that?'

'Just kidding, Maki-chan! You take things to seriously.' Yohji took out a long black box from his jacket pocket and presented it to Maki, 'Here. THIS is from me.'

Maki took the box from Yohji's hand and opened it. In it was a silver bracelet. On it engraved "Happy Birthday Maki".

'Oh my God... It's... It's beautiful, Yohji-kun. Arigato.'

'Happy birthday. I have the whole day off, you wanna go grab a bite to eat?'

'Sure. Stay here while I go and get ready, okay?'

'Okay. Hurry.'

Maki went back into her room. Yohji sat down on the sofa and stared at the ceiling. His attention was soon diverted to a framed photo on the pedestal. He picked it up and looked at it. It was a photo of Maki and her friend, Jei when they were kids running around the church.

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Outside Maki's apartment, someone spied in. Farfarello sat in a tree, avoiding any human contact, watching Maki and Yohji.

'Happy birthday, Maki...' he muttered.

/Oi!/ Schuldig's voice rang in his head. /Get your ass back here now! We have something to do./

//Dammit... Did he have to use that stupid mind communicating thing? What ever happened to cell phones anyway?// Farfarello jumped off the tree and headed back home.

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Maki thought she saw something from her window. She looked through the curtain and at the big tree across the street.

//Weird... I swear to God I saw something...// she thought.

'Maki-chan! Are you ready yet?' Yohji called from outside the room.

'Hait! Almost!'

Maki grabbed her cross necklace and put it on. Sister Ruth had given it to her for her ninth birthday. Jei always said it looked good on her. She touched the necklace and remembered Jei.

//Where could you be, Jei? I missed you so much...//

She grabbed her backpack and went out the door.

-TBC-

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a/n: how's this one?