The Concert: Unrequited Love

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Okay, from now on, these are the signals for...

Songs = ~ ~ ~

Flashback = / / /

Hope you don't get too confused!! ^_^

~Maeven~

Jyuuni's two lead singers ran their fingers expertly over their guitar strings, the colorful spotlights tracing their features. Yuki threw his head back and strands of his light purple tresses fluttered, illuminated by the light. Kyou furrowed his eyebrows in concentration, bent over his own instrument as his fiery hair flashed blindingly whenever the beam of light fell on him.

Kyou's sleeveless black shirt clung to his upper body; greenish gray cargo pants hung loosely on his long legs. To his left, Yuki modeled a loose blue shirt with dark pants. Kyou's husky voice flowed intricately with Yuki's own sultry one as they belted out their duet.

~Unrequited Love

The most painful thing

Living blindly without you

Unrequited Love

Stumbling through hazy fog

How can I ever see?

My kisses reach oblivion

My arms embrace empty air

My love would never be

Returned by you...~

On one side of the hall in the shadows, Kagura stood pensively. She studied the orange haired boy on stage, lost in her thoughts.

"Kagura-chan." The girl turned to see Tohru staring at her concernedly. "Kagura-chan, are you okay?"

Kagura smiled a little and turned back to the stage. "Ne, Tohru, isn't Kyou- kun so handsome up there?"

The girl flushed and she stammered, "Uh - ah - well, Kyou-kun always looks...cool."

The boar nodded her head slowly as she closed her eyes. "Yea...Kyou-kun always looks good."

/ / / / /

"Onee-chan...what's happening to me? ONEE-CHAN!"

"K - Kyou-kun..."

"Onee-chan...I - I'm a monster! A monster!"

"K-Kyou-kun..."

"DON'T TOUCH ME! D - don't touch..."

/ / / / /

"He always looks good...no matter how time changes him...he's forever...Kyou..."

~In my eyes

you're traced by light

nothing you can do

could ever be wrong

my feelings for you

would endure

anything...~

* * *

On the other side of the hall, a young auburn haired girl stood, eyes captivated by the lilac haired boy on stage. "Yuki...dear Yuki...it's been so long...."

"Motoko-chan!! You're here already!" her friends surrounded her.

"Of course...how can the former president of Yuki's own original fan club ever miss his performance?" She retorted as she kept her eyes trained on the boy. 'Demo...something's changed over these two years...Yuki's changed...'

* * *

"Kyou's changed, you know..." Kagura mumbled absentmindedly.

Tohru blinked. "Huh?"

"He - he's no longer isolated..."

/ / / / /

"Kyou-kun! Come down from there! I can't climb up!"

"No! Leave me along!"

"Kyou...please...nothing's changed...come down...let's walk to the park again...hold my hand again and lead me...Kyou -"

"Everything's changed! How can I lead you when I've lost myself?! Go away, Kagura!"

/ / / / /

A tear trickled down the girl's cheek.

"Kagura-chan!" Tohru cried out, alarmed.

"So full of resentment...so bitter...so ashamed...he wouldn't acknowledge anyone...not even me..."

"Kagura..."

"Did you know he stopped calling me onee-chan that day? Stopped laughing? Stopped...stopped reaching his hand out to me? I tried...I tried to revive him...but little Kyou died that day..."

* * *

"Yuki's changed...he's no longer..." Motoko pondered. "...alone."

Yuki sang his heart out on stage, a smile playing on his lips.

"He's no longer scared of meeting people..."

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" a girl asked anxiously.

Motoko blinked and she focused her eyes on the boy again. "Good or bad? I guess, good for Yuki-kun...but ..."

~Unrequited Love

I kept by you day and night

Tried to reach out to you

Yet when you finally

Opened your eyes

The one you went to

Wasn't me...~

On each side of the hall, the girls leaned against the wall and closed their eyes tightly. "I wanted to be there for him...I wanted to be the one he'll want to see first thing in the morning and the last thing he'll think of late at night..." They smiled painfully. "But that was all wrong, wasn't it?"

~ Now I see that

the only thing I

can do is to wish

you happiness...

The hardest thing

In the world is to

Watch you run off,

Leaving me behind...~

"I'm in his past...not his future. The one that he should be with is someone who won't require him to change...who'll just stand by...smiling. That'll be the person he'll go to willingly and that'll be the person he'll finally agree to change for..."

~Unrequited Love

It's a bittersweet feeling,

Knowing the one you

Want isn't me...

But I'm pleased to see

You're finally living

Even if it isn't with me...~

Motoko said sadly, "I must have been really shallow, loving someone because of his mysterious ways. I guess - I guess I wanted to be the one to change him...to show the world that I had penetrated through this boy's barrier. Yet even though I never really knew him, I know this much is true...Yuki- kun's changed...he's finally someone I've always wanted him to be..."

"...happy and smiling..." Kagura said. "Tohru, take care of him. He's only just begun living again."

"Huh?" the girl stared at the brunette, confused.

"Unrequited love is really painful...but seeing him happy makes the pain almost worthwhile...almost..."

/ / / / /

"Onee-chan, hurry up!"

"Go on, Kyou-kun...I'll stay here...watching over you..."

"You sure? I'll leave you behind!"

"It's okay, Kyou-kun...it's okay..."

/ / / / /

Two girls exited quietly out the back entrance, hearts pounding excruciatingly.

~I tried everyday

to understand you

and yet maybe I never

did succeed...

because even if I

threw myself down

at your feet...

the one you'll want

wouldn't be me...~