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disclaimer: WK = not mine!

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++ Chapter 8 ++

'What-What are you saying, Schuldig?' Maki asked.

Schuldig let out a small laugh, 'That's the first time you called me "Schuldig". What I'm saying is that... I... I'm... in...*gulp*... in love... With you, Maki.'

Maki was speechless. //Is this a trick just to get me killed? It has to be!//

'It's not a trick, Maki. Honest,' said Schuldig.

'How did you-'

'That don't matter now...'

'So that's why you want me to kill Jei... Because you love me.'

'I don't care about that now... Kill him if you want... Let him live, for all I care... I just wanna be with you...'

'Gomen ne, Schuldig... I can't...'

'Naze?'

'I... just can't... Hontou ni gomen ne...'

'Daijobu...' Schuldig stood up. He reached in his jacket pocket and took out a gun, 'Take it.'

'What?'

'Take this. It's my fault that Farfarello wants to kill you. I talked him into it. I won't have done it if I only knew that you loved him so much. And...'

'And what?'

'And it's my fault that you and your boyfriend broke up. And it was my fault that Farfarello won't change his mind about killing you.'

Maki took the weapon from Schuldig's hand. She looked up.

'Think about what I've just said, okay?' Schuldig looked around for a pen and a piece of paper. He found some on the computer desk. He went to the computer desk and scribbled something on the paper, ripped it and gave it to Maki, 'Call me if you need anything.'

'Ha-Hait...'

'Oyasumi...' Schuldig let himself out and closed the door.

Maki placed the gun and the piece of paper on the coffee table. //Why me? Why me? I was living a perfectly normal life until this whole thing came and ruin it...// She leaned back and looked up. //Doshite, okasan? Otosan? Doshite?!// Tears welled up in her eyes.

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Maki could hardly sleep the night before. She took a walk around the park early in the morning. She sat down on the park bench, thinking. Thinking of what Schuldig had said the night before.

[Kill him if you want... Let him live for all I care... I just wanna be with you...] His words rang in her mind.

//"I just wanna be with you"?//

Just then, Ken jogged passed Maki. 'Eh? Maki-san?' He reversed.

'Ah, Ken-kun... Ohayo...' Maki greeted.

'Doshite, Maki-san? You look... down. What's up?'

'You know that me and Yohji are...'

'Yeah. Over. And?'

'You know Farfarello right?'

'Yeah, the guy who tries to kill you the other night.'

'And you know Schuldig right?'

'The guy who talked Farf into killing you, yeah.'

'Well... Schuldig told me that Farfarello wants to kill me more than ever... And...'

'And...'

'And...he told me to kill... Farfarello...'

'Schuldig told you to kill Farfarello. Why the hell he want to do that?'

'Because...' Maki looked at Ken. Everything she wants to say was written all over her face.

Ken's eyes widened. 'You mean... holy SHIT! You CANNOT be serious, Maki-san!'

'I'm not kidding, Ken-kun. I didn't believe it at first but the look on his face was... different...'

'By different you mean more evil or...'

'...Loving...'

'Maki-san,' Ken put his palm on Maki's forehead, 'Are you feeling alright? Because I just heard you say Schuldig had a loving expression on his face.'

'I'm fine, Ken-kun. I just don't know what to do now.'

'Do what your heart tells you to, okay? And talk to Yohji once in a while. He's moping around the flower shop. I know you don't like him being an assassin but I am one too and you're talking to me, right?'

'Do what my heart tells me to, huh?'

'Yup. Well, I better get going then. Ja!' Ken got up and ran off.

//What my heart tells me...// Maki thought.

-TBC-

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a/n: almost coming to an end... gomen nasai, minna-sama!