Naota awoke in Kanchi's arms. For some reason the television shaped head that was looking down at him seemed all but normal. He looked around for a second, regaining his sense of direction. He was in the living room. He tried to move his neck, but stopped due to a new and horrible pain in his head.

"Oww!!!" He cried. "What the hell was that?!" He had just remembered the last vision he had of Haruko. That was right before the bass struck his forehead. Shifting his eyes as far as they could to his right, since his head was immobile, he saw Haruko in the stolen nurses outfit with the white cap. She seemed to be looking at something and groaning in a negative way.

"Aww, dammit!" She yelled.

""What?" Said Naota, not worrying about his head anymore and looking straight at her.

"Oh, you're awake." She said.

"What the hell are you looking at?" He said, motioning towards the black piece of paper in her hands.

She turned it towards him and said proudly, "X-rays!"

"Well what of?"

"Your head. You've been asleep for a day now."

"I don't care!" He retorted loudly. "Just don't hit me with that bass again1 you know what happened last time!"

"Yup, things got Furi Kuri!" She said slyly. "But don't worry, it didn't work this time."

"Why the heck are you tryin' to do that again anyways? That Atomisc thing left."

"I know, I just thought it was boring around here. And everywhere else. That's why I came back." she stood up and began to walk towards the front door. "But it's all done, and your head doesn't work anymore. So there's really no point in me staying." she opened the door and stood out on the curb by the street. "I guess I'll go."

"Well," Naota said, hesitating to spit out the last part of the sentence. "Well, things were better her without you anyways! I don't care if you leave or not. Just leave me alone."

"That was mean, so you're saying that if I left, you wouldn't even give me a goodbye kiss?" She asked with an angstful tone to her voice. "I've gotten pretty good at CPR you know..."

There was moment of silence between them. Naota turned around and looked at her.

"Why would I want CPR from someone like you?"

"Cuz it's fun..." She said, with a small smile.

They were silent again. Haruko walked over to where the boy was staring at his toes. She stood right in front of him and put her arms around him.

"I won't leave..." She said simply. Naota didn't speak. "I won't leave... BECAUSE I COULD NEVER LEAVE LITTLE TAK-KUN ALL ALONE!!!" She tightened her grip around his neck so that she was choking him.

"Had ya goin' there for a second huh?" she said, releasing her death hold on him. "Besides, who else has the guts to shove soda down your throat?"

"Nobody ever said that was a blessing!" He retorted quickly, regaining his breath. He turned around and walked up the stairs into his room.

Haruko watched him, then at down on the floor and closed her eyes.

"Hmmph." She said smiling to herself.