Candy: As you suspected, this story is bound to end soon. And I really want to have a sequel. *Puppy dog eyes* Pweaze! Oh no. I'm being girlish again.

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Chapter seventeen: "I truly love you…"

She immediately went inside Mitsui's door. And she shouted his name there. Then, she saw him, wearing normal clothes.

"What do you want?!" Mitsui asked her, angrily and he scratched the back of his head.

"What do I want?! You knew from last night that Kyande's going away! Why didn't you stop her? You're a big fool!" She said, trying to hit Mitsui, but Mitsui fortunately missing her hands.

"You're the big fool! She told me that was her decision! Where's my right to tell her that she shouldn't do that?! She had a reason. I can't change that whatever I do." Mitsui said and placed Megumi's hands down, calming her.

"… How dare you!" Megumi said. She slapped Mitsui on his cheek and went out of their house.

            The next day was very lonely. Mitsui and Megumi didn't talk to each other. Megumi tried to ditch Mitsui away, but she can't. Megumi stopped walking once and yelled at Mitsui.

"Why are you following me?! I'm mad at you!" She yelled.

"DUH! Kyande called me last night and told me to take care of you... I mean... she told me last night." Mitsui said and looked up while Megumi walked close to him.

"She… called you?!"

"No."

"Yes, she did! That girl! Why didn't she call me last night?"

Mitsui's eyes looked at the ground, wondering what to say. Oh, boy. I slipped. What should I do? What should I do?! Megumi's hands pointed at Mitsui and started crying.

"Me-Megumi?!" Mitsui said.

"Listen, it's your fault that she's gone! You didn't take a chance to stop her! You know you can still change her mind!" Then she ran away.

Mitsui didn't even bother to catch up with her. He knew that she was very upset and it was partly his fault. Sheesh. What's with girls? I don't understand them. I only did what I think is right. I followed my heart and… he started walking, his mind emptied. No. I didn't. I let her go. But I want to make her happy. I want… I want to make her happy…

            When he got home, he was tired because Akagi kept on yelling at him because he wasn't concentrating. Everybody wondered why. Even he wondered why. When he sat in front of the table, his parents looked at him. He started eating, until he felt annoyed.

"What happened, mom?" He asked his mother.

"Hisashi, I want to tell you something…"

"What is it?"

"Well… I overheard you talking with your best friend yesterday. And I think I know what happened. You're in love, right dear?" She placed her hands on Mitsui.

"No, Mom! Kyande's my bestfriend."

"But you know, couples ALWAYS start as bestfriends."

"Oh, no. Not you too, mom." Then he started to play with the soup using his chopsticks.

"Hisashi… your mom's right." His father joined their conversation.

Mitsui stood up, holding a cup and a pair of chopstick. Before he went out of their dining room, his father gave his last word before he went up to his room.

"Son, follow your heart." Then he walked to his room.

When he sat to his bed, he sighed. Follow my heart? Whatever. I'll never know what my heart wants!

!@#

Kyande went to her bed and started to think about her friends.

"I miss Megumi. I can't believe that I gave Mitsui the ONLY call mother gave me!" Then she opened her bag again. I forgot to arrange my bag.

When she dug deeper, she saw the bag that she used on her prom night.

"Oh…" Then she hugged it and rested her head on the pillow, still hugging it. Megumi… Ayako… I'm so… so sorry! Then she hugged the bag much more deeper, when she felt something hard that made her open the little bag. She touched something that's shaped like a box. Then, she placed it out of the bag and took a look at it. After a few seconds, her eyes widened and opened her mouth.

"Oh my god. I know what this is. Did someone that night just proposed to me? I can't remember!"

Then she opened the box. She first saw a note it says: To the prettiest girl I know after my mom! *then, a drawing of Mitsui which was kind of chibi, he was holding a basketball*.

She placed the note aside and sighed. There was no ring or necklace.

"What kind of proposal did that jerk do?" She searched her bag one more time, but it wasn't there. I thought he was romantic and I will feel romantic too. But there's NO SILVER HERE! Then she placed her bag aside and she tried to sleep. When she opened her eyes, she saw her dog at the door.

"Come here…" She said, and she sat up.

Her dog DID come there, in the bed. That doesn't matter anyway, her dog's always clean. She started to pet her dog because she can't sleep at all. She placed a red ribbon on his neck.

"There…" She whispered. "So, after all of this, maybe I'll learn to love Yoshiro. He's my junior high friend, anyway."

!@#

            Mitsui woke up late. He hurried to his school, but he's late. When he sat down, he felt something unusual but he can't find out what that is. Oh. Right. Shigan's not shouting at me again. Good. And he rested his head on the chair.

"But I really think Mitsui here; can answer the problem, right?" Their teacher said.

"Huh? What did I do?" He raised his head up.

"That's it. You didn't do anything, right?! GO HERE AND ANSWER THE PROBLEEEEM!"

Mitsui stood up and went to the board. His hands were shaking when he raised his hand to write on the board. But then, the door violently opened. It was…

"Sendoh?!" Megumi screamed.

Mitsui's head turned to the door, why would Sendoh be here? He thought. Then he placed the chalk down because Sendoh was looking at him and he knew there was something that he wants form him.

"What do you want?" Mitsui coolly said.

Sendoh walked to Mitsui and punched him on the face. Everybody began to feel afraid. But Megumi was confused. If I'm Kyande, what would I do? She stood up, but didn't walk. Mitsui was about to punch him back, but he spoke, which made him stop.

"Go ahead, punch me, and I'll kill you." He said.

"WHAT NOW?!" He placed his hands down.

"You're so stupid. As stupid as a two digit dolphin can be. Maybe even lower than 80."

"Oh, great. Everybody's mad at me, what do want?" He said and started to make fun of his self.

"Shigan called me and said she saw Kyande with someone. And when she asked Kyande what was happening, she answered that she's engaged."

Everybody was shocked. "Tommorow's her engagement party. Go get her, you still have time."

"I won't! Why would I do that?!" Mitsui walked away, but Sendoh caught him.

"Ouch! What was that for?" He screamed.

"Listen, I gave her away because I knew that only one person can make her happy!"

Mitsui froze when he heard what Sendoh said. Kyande's smile suddenly floated out of his mind, he can't believe his self, either. He closed his eyes and opened it once again.

"Megumi." He called. "Let's go…"

Megumi smiled and asked "Why?"

"Because I want to ditch the Math problem and I want Kyande to teach me. Hurry up!" Then, he laughed. Everybody in the class, including the teacher, clapped their hands, some even cried.

"Hurry up so that you could answer the Math problem, okay Mitsui?" Their teacher yelled at him. Mitsui turned back and gave his teacher a thumb up. Before Megumi went out of the room, she dragged Sendoh out and ran with Mitsui.

When they reached the airport, Mitsui tried to buy some tickets. But the tickets were sold out.

"What do you mean sold out?! Why would it be sold out?! There're too many seats in the airplane! What kind of airport are you running here?!" Mitsui violently said.

"Mitsui, calm down!" Sendoh said, trying to hold Mitsui back.

"How long will it take if we take another airport?" He asked Sendoh.

"Well… I don't know."

"The other airports' are far away from here. If we go somewhere else, it will take us two hours." Megumi said.

Mitsui ran to his father's car that he borrowed when he collected his passport.

When they reached the airport, the flight was cancelled.

"CANCELLED?! You can't cancel the flight! What if this is important? You won't give us a chance?!" Mitsui screamed.

"I… I'm sorry, sir. I…"

"Don't sorry me! I need a flight!"

Megumi and Sendoh held him back until he finally calmed down. The seat was in front of a transparent window so they could see the airplanes fly. They all just looked at it.

I should've taken my chance. I won't be able to catch up if I leave tomorrow. What else can I do? I should've listened to the others before. What now? Thanks to Sendoh, I… RIGHT!

He turned to Sendoh who was looking at the window.

"I need your help, Sendoh!" Mitsui yelled.

"My help?"

"YES! YOUR HELP!"

"Okay. What do I do?"

"Your grandfather's bestfriend gave you a plane right?"

"No. You can't use that. It's under repair."

"Since…?"

"Since last last week." He said.

"WHAT?! Let's go!" Mitsui dragged Megumi and Sendoh out.

!@#

"Today's your engagement party?!" Shigan yelled.

"Err- yes. Is there anything wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm just… amazed!" Shigan said, with sweat dropping on her face.

"Are you…"

"NO!"

"No really.

"I'm not sick. When will it start?"

"It's going to be 5:00 pm, sharp. I hope you will come, since you ONCE became my friend."

"UGH! Don't remind me that, please!"

"Don't remind you that we became FRIENDS?"

"Don't!"

"Why don't you want me to remind you that we've been…"

"Shut up!" She pushed Kyande to Kyande's room. "Just dress up."

"Okay." Then they both went in the room.

            Kyande wore a red, simple balloon dress with a very attractive earrings and necklace. And her bracelet seemed so elegant too. So does her shoes.  When she came out of the room, after they were introduced. She sat down with Yoshiro and Yoshiro placed his hand on her hands. Shigan, who was beside Kyande, pulled her near to her arms. Kyande wondered why she did that. "He's holding your hands." She whispered. So? Big deal. She thought.

"And, my friends, let's give a round of applause to our next number, the MVP!"

Kaede widened his eyes. What the heck. The MVP? That's disgusting. They destroy basketball's pride.

"I have to go to the bathroom." Kyande whispered Shigan. She stood up and went to the bathroom. When she was about to open the door, a very familiar voice called her name. So she froze, trying to remember whose voice is that. But she was sure that the voice she's hearing right now is very ugly. He was singing. After a few minutes of thinking, she widened her eyes because she finally remembered that voice. She was afraid to look. But after a few minutes of fear and hesitation, she finally looked back, and saw that she was right.

"… This is my perfect moment with you… with you…" He ended the song with those words. Kyande, with teary-eyes, covered her mouth, trying to stop her tears. "Kyande, I came here for you. I hope that you don't mind me crashing the party."

Kyande nodded and laughed. Yoshiro, who was a little bit confused, stood up.

"Kyande, who's this man?" He asked. Mitsui looked still at Kyande while she was wondering what to say. Mitsui smiled and ran to Kyande and dragged her to the stage. Her mother stood up and yelled "What's happening here?". Mitsui looked at Kyande and their eyes understood each other.

"Mom… I don't know what's happening in here. But… this man… this man is my friend."

"Yes…" Mitsui said. Kyande looked at him, wondering what he would say. "…Until today…" He looked at Kyande again and brushed her hair. He held the necklace that he was supposed to give at the prom night and showed it to Kyande. "… That I will ask her something. Will you be my girlfriend?" He sweetly said.

Kyande cried a lot and nodded, trying to stop her tears again. Mitsui smiled and placed the necklace around her neck.

"YEEEES!!!!" Mitsui screamed.

"No, Kyande! You're not going to be that man's fiancé! You're destined to be with Yoshiro or we'll lose your father's company!" Her mother yelled at her.

"WAIT!" A familiar man called.

"…Mr. Daigo! What brings you here?! It's a long way to America from Japan!" Kyande said.

"I just heard this nonsense. *Breathes hard* Why would marrying your friend which is your father's bestfriend's son get to do with the company?! Your mother probably doesn't understand! It says *he grabbed something from his bag* and as for Kyande and Yoshiro, they will get to have her father's mansion once they marry! Not company! This is a very bad misunderstanding! Good thing your mother's not THAT aggressive."

Everybody was shocked. And then laughed. But not her mother. She was crying. Kaede looked at his mother and crossed his arms while he was sitting. "What's the matter now? She'll still get the company." He said.

"Kyande… I just wanted the best for you… I don't want you to be with a very unlikely person! How long have you known each other?"

Kyande laughed. And with the microphone, it was echoing around the room. She was still smiling and said "Mom! What the heck… I'm not that kind of girl. Not only do I have to study them. I have to meet them so that the costumer can trust me. Father said. Mom, if you really want the best for me, then please… for Kaede and me…. Let both of us be free. At least now that I'm 18. You didn't give me any chance to have friends when I was young. So, when I learned to miss Kaede already, that's when I realized I'm normal in some way. Okay mom?" And she laughed again. Mitsui looked at her and asked "What now?" She hugged Mitsui and said "Nothing… Hisashi." And Mitsui hugged her back.

!@# Kyande !@#

Dear Flare (diary),

            Yesterday was my twentieth birthday. And I recapped my first engagement party. I went laughing like crazy. I asked my friends how they knew the address of our house. I said "Maybe because of Shigan." And the said "No.", "Police?", and still "No. And then I said I give up. And they all looked at Zen zen. They told me it was him since I don't know why they're all looking at him! And then… earlier this night, right after I arranged the library, I think it was nine pm. Hisashi and I went to the roof top. And he asked me… "Why do you think will happen if we go to the sea again and we feel like breaking up? Do you think that'll happen?" I gave him a strange look and punched him on the face and he started yelling at me "Why're you always doing that?!" I laughed and said "That would never happen. Because we're on the 'love's terrain.'" I answered. He smiled sweetly at me. He placed his arms around me and said "What will happen if there's erosion?" I didn't answer him. But I told my self "We will immigrate." And I started to laugh and he again wondered why!

            --Kyande! '_^

The end…..

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Candy: At last! It ended! And I can start another fanfic too! It's gonna be about… Kiyota? Or…. Maybe Kiyota.