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"Tsubaki?" Tsukuji pushed the door open slowly. "Tsubaki?"

She spotted her sitting in the armchair, looking at something.

"Tsubaki?" She asked again and knelt down on the floor next to her. "Are you okay?" She peered at the thing she had been looking at and saw that it was a photo album.

"This was taken when Tsukasa went to Canada. Look, it is the three of us. Tsukasa didn't like it there, see! He's frowning!" Tsubaki smiled sadly as her fingers gently touched the photo.

"There's this one taken at his 10th birthday! He had demanded for a huge chocolate cake that time and I punched him for being greedy." A glimmer of hope shimmered in her eyes for that instant but Tsukuji could only gaze at her cousin.

"And finally," She paused in front of the very last photograph. "This was taken when Tsukasa first went to Etikou Kindergarten, with F4."

The little Tsukasa looked curiously at her, while the other three smiled.

"This is my favourite photograph, that's why I had it framed up." She continued, her tear drops falling onto it. She closed the album and held it close to her.

"I miss him, I really do. I miss him." Her body started to shake as fresh tears appeared. "Why? Why must such a thing happen? He's my only brother!"

Tsukuji looked at her cousin sadly. She stood up and hugged Tsubaki.

"He'll come back, I promise. He'll wake up." She whispered softly as Tsubaki continued sobbing.

Her brother, why did it have to be him? Why not someone else? The pain clenched at her heart, her tears could not stop flowing. Her body racked with her sobs but the pain still gnawed at her. The grief, the agony of seeing her brother suffering rocked her.

The little boy still looked curiously at her, while the other three smiled.

*

"Is Makino asleep yet?" Akira asked worriedly as Soujiro strode into the room. He nodded his head and collapsed onto the couch.

"I just gave her a sleeping tablet, it knocked her out real quickly." He said tiredly as he closed his eyes. It had been a trying time for every one of them.

Tsukuji entered the room and sat down next to Akira.

"I just got Tsubaki to sleep." Tsukuji said, exhausted. "But she would probably wake up again. Gee, this has been a very traumatic experience." Akira put his hand over her shoulder.

Indeed it was. Tsubaki and Tsukasa's parents had died in an air crash a year ago and now, this had to happen. Any strong-willed person would despair in such a situation.

Akira glanced at his watch. It read 3:15 am.

"Let's get some sleep first." Soujiro nodded.

*

beep, beep, beep, beep.

Rui looked at his best friend Tsukasa lie on the cold, hard bed, his chest rising and falling with each breath through the oxygenation tube. It was so difficult for him to believe that this was the very person who had spoke to him excitedly on the day before the accident.

"Rui! Oi! Come over here!" Tsukasa shouted. Rui frowned as he walked over to Tsukasa's seat. The 4 of them were at Tsukasa's place for dinner and Akira and Soujiro were late.

"What?" He snapped. Tsukasa ignored it and brought out a small box.

"Look at this! Is it nice?" Tsukasa asked him excitedly, like a small child. Then again, Tsuaksa often acted like a small kid, Rui thought. He opened the box and his eyes widened.

"So what do you think of it?" Tsukasa pestered.

It was simple gold wedding band. But the words engraved on it took Rui's breath away.

Love is eternal.

"Who's this for?" Tsukasa took the box back. He looked at Rui and smiled. Rui had never seen Tsukasa smile so cheerfully ever since he split up with Makino.

"It's for Makino. I am going to meet her tomorrow. It's been 5 years already." He said. The glimmer of hope shimmered in his eyes. "I am going to propose to her tomorrow, at the Sakura garden. I told her to wait for me." He smiled gently again.

Now, his best friend lay there, not moving. Rui bent over to hold Tsukasa's hand.

"Tsukasa, wake up and look at me." He said quietly.

No response.

"Tsukasa, are you going to leave Makino all alone?"

No response.

"Tsukasa! You selfish guy! What the hell are you doing?! Wake up! Are you just going to lie here and let other people suffer?" Rui shouted.

No response again. Tsukasa was ignoring him.

"Tsukasa, if you are not going to wake up, I am going to take care of Makino for the rest of my life." Rui said.

Just then, Rui heard the monitor go "beep" real quickly. He looked up in surprise to see that Tsukasa's heart was beating quickly.

Rui smiled.

"Tsukasa, thank you. I know what I should do now." He got up to leave to let a bodyguard take over.

"By the way," he paused. "Makino told me to tell you she loves you." Rui turned to leave.

*

"Makino! Wait for me!" Tsukasa shouted.

"Doumyouji! Hurry up!" Makino urged. Tsukasa ran after her, but he seemed to be falling back again. He needed to stop. He was tired and he couldn't stand it.

"Makino! Wait up!" He yelled but she seemed to have vanished. "Makino!"

Tsukasa, are you just going to stay here and wait?" He looked up in surprise at that familiarity of the voice. Rui stood in front of him and looked at him with the crystal clear blue eyes.

"If you are going to stay here and wait, then I will go after Makino myself." Rui smiled and started running. Tsukasa could feel a surge of jealousy overcome him.

"NO! I WILL NEVER GIVE UP MAKINO!" He shouted at Rui and started running again. His heart beat faster. "RUI! OI!"

"Tsukasa, don't give up then."

*

Dawn had just broken when Rui stepped out of the hospital. He took a deep breath of fresh air and smiled. He knew that Tsukasa would wake up. He walked to the waiting car and got in.

*

The butler pushed the door gently open and saw the three of them fast asleep. He had no wish to disturb them especially after what had happened but business was business.

He cleared his throat loudly. Akira, who was a light sleeper woke up immediately and blinked. He smiled sheepishly when the butler frowned upon seeing Tsukuji sleeping on his shoulder.

"Oi! Soujiro, Tsukuji! Wake up!" He said, nudging Tsukuji gently. The both of them stirred and opened their eyes.

"What is it?" Soujiro asked, annoyed.

"Sorry to disturb you all, but a member from the board of directors is here to see Tsubaki-sama. But I don't wish to disturb her presently so is it okay if you all go to see him?"

They nodded.

*

The guy was pacing nervously in the living hall. It was nerve racking to be sitting there all alone in such a big house. He smiled in relief when he saw Tsukuji coming down the stairs, together with Akira and Soujiro.

"What is it?" Tsukuji snapped. "Give me your name and purpose for coming here."

Every bit like her cousin, the guy thought, fortunately they didn't get his sister. She would have punched him.

"I am Hideko Matsui, a representative from the board of directors. Well, the board of directors had a meeting yesterday and we have unanimously agreed that we need a new chairman quickly, since Tsukasa-sama is, well, in hospital. This is also in hope that we would be able to stabilize our share prices, which have fallen drastically ever since the news of Tsuaksa-sama's accident was broadcast." He bowed his head low. "The Board of Directors offer their sincere regrets for the unfortunate accident."

"Enough bullshit!" Someone shouted suddenly. They turned to look in surprise at…Tsubaki. Her eyes flashed angrily as she strode to Hideko.

"What is the meaning of this?! You want a new chairman so soon when my brother is still lying in the hospital? Just to stabilize your share prices?!" She shouted angrily. "You rogues! You all are just waiting to take over the company!" She pounded furiously on the his chest but Soujiro and Akira quickly restrained her.

"Get out of here." Tsukuji told Hideko. " I never want to see your face again, here as well as in the company." He froze.

"Please report back to YOUR board of directors that they are fired. They would receive a dismissal letter soon, not to worry." She signaled to the butler. "Throw him out."

"You can't do this! Wait…" His voice trailed off as he was dragged out. Tsukuji turned to look at Tsubaki who had collapsed onto the floor in a heap.

"How could they do this? Tsukasa is lying there all alone and all they ever think of is money!" She covered her face and started sobbing uncontrollably. "How could they do this? Tsukasa is still in there…Tsukasa…"

"We have to do something." Soujiro said quietly.

*

Makino woke up drowsily as she struggled to remember where she was. The sleeping pill had worked its effect on her.

"Where am I?" She asked herself as she got up from the bed. The room looked so familiar. Where had she seen it before?

Then she knew. A photograph of herself and Doumyouji was placed on the table-top, neatly framed. She was in Tsukasa's room.

She picked up the photo frame and smiled sadly at it. This was taken during his birthday party, which had gone disastrously, wrong for them. Just then, drops started falling onto it. Then more.

"Doumyouji…" She cried harder when she said his name. It was just so hard to forget that he might not be coming back again. So hard to think that he might just leave her. It was too hard to bear it. She just wanted to see him again, to be in his embrace again. She just wanted to know that he still loved her and that was why, she had waited patiently for him 5 years ago.

She put the photo frame back on the table and her tears glistened from it as dawn broke.

"Doumyouji…" She whispered again. She took out the ring from her pocket and slipped it onto her ring finger.