Yuki ran and ran out into the woods. He didn't know where he was going and he didn't even care. All he wanted to do was to get away, but he couldn't stop the images from invading his thoughts. Finally when he could no longer run he sat down underneath a large oak tree. The rain was pouring lightly now and Yuki was shivering in his thin shirt. He hugged his knees and rested his head on them, closing his eyes. The images of her holding Kyo flashed before him and he squeezed his eyes shut tighter. How could this be happening?

Akito sat in his bedroom by the open window, a bird perched on his hand. He did not move as Hatori came in. "Hatori, where were you?" Akito said as he watched the bird on his finger.

"Ahh. Akito I see you are feeling better." Hatori said as he started to open his medical bag. Akito turned around to face him.

"Where were you!" Akito spat, angered that Hatori dared to avoid his question. Hatori sighed and checked Akito's temperature.

"I was at Shigure's house. Kyo has gotten sick."

Akito looked please by this bit of information. "I bet Tohru is worried about him."

Hatori nodded slightly. Akito was in a strange mood mostly due to the fact that he was getting over a bad case of a cold.

"I'm glad. I never did like that girl much. She is an annoying nuisance. Maybe I should go see her sometime. And Yuki too. They could both use a lesson about who's in charge here."

Yuki knew he was overreacting, but he couldn't help it. He got up and started to wander around the forest, watching as the leaves dripped water onto the ground. The rain had stopped now. The dreary weather suited his feelings and they sunk him into a deeper depression. He was determined to mention anything to Tohru about his feelings or what had happened between her and Kyo. He wanted her to be happy even if he couldn't.

Tohru was so happy that Kyo was ok. She had been so worried about him. She sat his sleeping cat form back onto the bed and covered him with the blanket. Then she slowly left the room to go find Shigure. When she found him he was anxiously reading a newspaper. He always seemed to be doing that. "Shigure, I think Kyo's over the worst of it."

Shigure looked up at her through his glasses. "That's good news then. Did you talk to Yuki, by chance?"

Tohru looked puzzled. "I thought Yuki was at school, did he come back early?"

Shigure sighed. "Never mind, it's not important right now. I think I should call Hatori and tell him about Kyo." All the while the dog was thinking, she probably hasn't even notice that she's chosen.

Hatori heard the phone ring in his office. He went to answer it, leaving Akito alone in the room. It was Shigure with some good news about Kyo, and also some sad news. "So Tohru has made her decision? It's final?" Shigure hesitated before answering. "From her actions it obvious now which one she is in love with. Yuki is in deep pain. He ran off somewhere. I doubt even Tohru knows how much she has changed things now. If things continue like this it could turn out either good, or very very bad."

Akito listened to the conversation from outside the door. As Hatori hung up the phone he slipped quietly away. He knew exactly how to act. Swiftly he walked outside and stepped quickly down the road to Shigure's house. Even Hatori couldn't know where he was going.

In Yuki's gloom he recalled a song that he once had heard. It was a sad song, one that he often thought of. Slowly he began to sing it to himself:

The life that I have is over

Now I live alone in my sorrow

In the night I cry out for you

But never do you answer

The days stretch on

Like endless years

And tears flow down

I am unable to stop them

And through the mist of early morning

I see your shadow there waiting

But when I walk towards you

You always seem to get farther away

My heart is crying

Crying out for you

The days haunt me

And the nights are lonley

How strange it is to be so alone

I feel like I do not belong

And even as the dawn turns to dusk

I weep for you, my only love

My feelings forgotten

You have moved on

To leave me behind

Stranded and lonely

Now I must go to another day

Afraid of your shadow

And even as the memories lurk by

You move ever on

Not a thought of my life

You left me here

You never did love me

Did you?

I know I was foolish

To believe in true love

And now I must pay

The price of that thought

True love is lonely

And hurtful to you

I cannot believe

It never works out in the end

You're always left to weep alone

As the darkness takes over

My lonely soul cries out for you

Till I die

Everyday I see you

A shadow of the past

Lurking behind to hurt me more

Leave me alone

Alone in my pain forever

This is the path

I have chosen

Goodbye

It seemed to fit his predicament perfectly. He slowly walked back to Shigure's house, singing it again, wondering what he was going to do. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a voice from somewhere in the trees. "I see we meet again, Yuki." It was Akito.