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Toji fell asleep in the chair in Momo's room. Momo's mom was asleep in the waiting room. And, as much as it annoyed Toji and Momo, Kiley slept curled up on the floor next to Momo's bed.

Ms. Harushima knocked on the door and all startled awake.

"I have good news for you three: Ms. Kashiwagi survived the night!" "You can go see her of you wish."

So, by and by, they went to Sae's room… again. Momo rushed to Sae's bed and held her hand. Toji watched uncomfortably from a distance. Kiley seemed a bit troubled…

~~That kiss… Hmmm. It was probably nothing…~~

When Sae woke up and saw the three in her room, and realized her cough and the burning sensation had gone down completely, she bowed her head.

"It was me."

They kinda blankly stared at her.

"I'm the one who destroyed Kiley's room. I'm the one who left the note on the math homework which, by the way, was full of errors," she continued, "I'm the one who banged Momo over the head and smeared her living room with paint. Go, tell the cops, because I feel really bad about it and should be punished."

Again, they stared at her awkwardly. Kiley was filled with rage.

"YOU destroyed my beautiful room!? YOU hurt my Momo!? YOU traumatized her mom!? And now YOU scoff my math!? HOW DARE YOU!!!"

"Kiley, calm down." Toji had to agree with Kiley, but now was not the time for them all to go to jail.

Momo stood there dumbstruck. Then, it came to her:

"Um. Sae? How exactly did you, um, do all the stuff you did? I thought you were too weak to get up."

"I was, but I was also the one who was filled with an unquenchable hate for you and Kiley, always haunting me, in dreams and out." "I was convinced I would die, so I decided to bring you down to my level. I'm sorry"

Momo's doctor walked in, then and said, "Adachi? It's time you get some rest. We still don't know if you have a fatal concussion."

Momo looked at Sae, who looked back. For the first time in their friendship, they looked at each other with out feeling hatred, jealousy, or anything besides friendship. Momo hugged Sae, and they knew then that they would be all right. She then followed the doctor out of the room.

Toji followed Momo, awkwardly winking at Sae. He still thought she loved him.

Kiley was feeling even more awkward. In fact, he was still thinking about his kiss from the night before.

"Yes, Kiley, it was your kiss. I needed something so surprising and sweet and passionate like that to stop me from getting worse. I needed to know that my life wasn't a lost cause, so I could keep on fighting. Thank you, I guess." She smiled her sweetest smile at him.

He felt guilty, knowing the kiss was just out of pity, but he said nothing, and blew her a kiss on the way out the door.

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