Hey there! At last I had time to upload the first chapter of my FF ^-^ Thanks for the comments! Enjoy reading and tell me your opinion :) (Again there will be some mistakes in grammer or vocabulary, but I've tried my best ^^;)

Chapter 1 - "Changes"

It's 1 a.m. now. I've been walking through the town for already 1 ½ hours now and my clothes are completely soaked. The rain has stopped recently, it has thundered and flashed, but none of this mattered to me. My thoughts were with Marron the whole time. She's back, I can hardly believe it. That she comes back here at all.I stopped believing in this long ago. But I don't understand me.I wanted so much to see her again! And then when we're face to face I act as unfriendly as possible. I'm really the world's greatest fool. On the one hand I want to hold her in my arms but on the other hand I just cannot forget what she did to me.to us. Well, at least she had a lot of luggage with her so I think she's going to stay here for a while.

I'm strolling slowly along the pavement and decide to go back home. The clouds in the sky have fully disappeared and the stars can be seen again. ' I wonder if dad already woke up. ' , I say quietly to myself while I'm approaching the "Orléans". Arriving there I enter the hall and take a glance at Marron's mail-box without even noticing it. A few hours ago it was just a simple mail-box, but now the much known "Kusakabe Marron" sign is attached to it again and just for a moment I feel like in old times. I remember how I used to throw her out of bed every morning to wake her up somehow or how we were late for school so often and had to stand outside the classroom. A sigh escapes my lips. I turn my eyes away from the mail-box and continue my way to the stairway.

Reaching the 7th floor completely out of breath I look around. I see the signboard of the apartment beside Marron's front door, everything else seems to be as usual. I shrug, make my way over to my apartment and just when I'm about to turn around the hinge someone from inside of it is doing it instead of me. The door swings open with such a weight that I'm forced to stumble backwards and knock against the railing, which is in the middle of the floor. Right after that I hear the furious voice of my dad screaming: "MIYAKO!! What the hell do you think you are to be out so late at night!!!" I look at his face fearfully and feel a cold shiver running down my back. The time has come again: My father's drunk too much and now he's getting mad again. For me this means punches till I faint. Completely in despair I cling to the railing because my trembling knees wouldn't let me stand on my own. "I.I." I'm looking desperately for an excuse as I see him raising his hand. A moment later I feel his hard fist in my face and another moment later I find myself lying on the floor stunned. My eyes are ripped up and fixed on the floor and I'm already waiting for the next painful punch as I hear a door being opened and a worried voice screaming my name. It's Chiaki, but he's not alone because as I raise my head and look up I see Marron standing beside him with a shocked expression on her face. Then suddenly I get a kick in my stomach and writhe with pain. I feel like I'd be choking. "Chi.Chi.aki..", is all I get out still trying to bear the pain somehow. And then my dad grasps my arm, pulls me up and along with him. I scream in pain. "NO.no.let me.go!!!" I'm trying with all of my strength to get out of his grip but that just makes me cry even more. "You won't get away that easily!!!!", is his angered reply. All of a sudden I stop defending myself against him and whisper: "Chiaki, please, help me." And I'm praying that he's heard me. Right then he once again screams my name and comes running.

He's by my side as fast as possible and grasps my other arm. My dad gets a kick from him to lose hold, falls down and remains there lying unconscious, thanks to the alcohol.

For a few seconds I look down at my father while Chiaki's trying to give me some hold. Then Marron comes walking over to me to help, too, and asks with a shaking voice: "Miyako, what was that? Was that really your father?" I look at her and nod carefully with my head. "Yes. Since he's lost his job he drinks too much and then he doesn't know what he's doing.", I reply. A single tear runs down my cheek and before I really realize it, Marron has put me into a deep embrace. Chiaki stands next to us and watches the whole scene. "Come on now, let's go to my place where we can take care of your wounds.", he then says and adds quietly: "I just hope that nothing's broken this time."

Some time later the three of us are sitting in Chiaki's living-room on the couch. My face is swollen and my lips have been bleeding. My stomach had a lot of blue marks so I've wrapped a bandage around it. Chiaki and Marron where helping me with that, although Marron asked me questions all the time. But that's ok because after all she knew my father only as the nice family guy and the police inspector and not as the drinking monster that he's now. I told her why he had been fired and when he had started drinking so much, that my mom had been killed in a car accident and that I work at a café to earn some money. Yes, my life's really turned into hell since she was gone. But now she's back again and that's all that counts to me. No matter how often I get beaten up, as soon as I see Marron smiling at me, everything's alright.

After I've finished telling my story both of us have tears in the eyes. She puts me into a tight embrace and gives me a slight kiss on my cheek. Then she smiles while she's brushing away my tears. "I'm so sorry for leaving you alone, Miyako. It was a big mistake, I know that. I hope you can forgive me.Now I'm back, I'll move into my old apartment and together we'll manage this situation." I look into her eyes and feel just overwhelmed by my emotions, there's nothing left of my anger. "It's ok, Marron, after all I knew now much you wanted to be with your parents. But that's past and all that matters is now." I say smiling, "oh, and sorry for this rough welcoming."

With Marron and me not being able to go back to our apartments yet, Chiaki has offered us his couch to sleep on and to get some rest tonight. He's lent us two shirts which reach to our knees. After he's gone into his room Marron lies down on the couch while I'm still busy with changing my clothes. Finishing that I take a pillow and I'm just about to lie down on the floor when Marron asks me astonishedly: "Miyako, what are you doing?" I raise my head and look up at her.

"Well, I'm going to sleep, don't you see that?", is my reply, smiling amused. "On the floor?" I nod. "That seems pretty stupid to me! Both of us are going to sleep on the couch, of course! How could you even think about sleeping on the floor?"

She shakes her head and lifts the covers so that I can crawl under it. I'm pretty nervous but I'm trying not to let her notice it. My stomach still hurts but I can bear the pain, after all I'm lying beside Marron.my Marron. A smile covers my face. She's put her arm around me and snuggles up to me. I feel myself blushing but fortunately nobody sees it because the light is off. Before closing my eyes I look at her again. She looks like an angel when she's sleeping. Carefully I put my arm around her, too, and try to fall asleep. 'God granted my wish.he has sent my angel back to me.' are my last thoughts before I drift into sleep.

To be continued.