Chapter 10 - On a Sleepless Night Like This

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Sakurako, laying flat on her bed.

I can't believe what happened today! I knew this would happen! I knew it! Why wouldn't they listen?! Aawww.....!!! But wait! Kiyoshi-senpai was so kakoii!! Meeting him in person has always been a dream of mine! Arghh!! I must have left a bad impression!

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Soujirou, naked to his waist, propped against the window frame and staring at his cellphone.

Yuuki... Why am I worried for her? Why do I have the urge to see her now, to make sure she's alright.. as she claimed to be?

"Soujirou-kun, are you done with the call?" A feminine voice broke into his thoughts. He turns around and finds Emi, a girl he got to hook up at a newly opened pub, slowly undressing herself and throwing seductive glances at him.

"Uhm.. yeah." Answers a pre-occupied Soujirou.

"Then let's get down to business." Emi whispers into his ears, hoping to entice him as she caresses his chest while trying to kiss him on his lips. A smiling Yuuki flashed across his confusing mind the moment her lip touches his. He pulled Emi away immediately.

"What's the matter?" The feminine voice, once again, broke into his thoughts.

Soujirou looked at the temptress in front of him and felt an surge of guilt swarming over him.

"I'm sorry, Emi. I got to go."

With that, he picked up his clothes and hastily dressed himself before striding out the hotel suite, leaving a bewildered Emi staring at the closed door.

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Yuuki, after hanging up with Soujiro, lay by her side on her bed.

I wonder how is Tsukushi doing now? I shouldn't have left her. Everything happens too fast.. Perhaps we should have listened to Sakurako-san.. But then I would have missed the chance to meet this extraordinary lady - Fujiwara Sakiyo. So feisty is this lady. And her twin, Sakuyo. Everything feels peaceful with her around. It's like the problems will diminish whenever she's around. Both had a charm of their own.

I wonder... did I scare Nishikado-san just now..? Calling him just like that? Like it was a natural thing for him to know what happened to me………………………………WAKE UP, MATSUOKA YUUKI! That night meant nothing!

*sign* …………… Shigeru-san! How could I forget her?! Where was she when we were discovered? Oh my... was she caught?

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Shigeru sat up on her bed in her 'Hello Kitty' pajamas, feeling restless.

~"Trust me."~

"Ah!! Get out of my mind!!"

~"Trust me."~

"Ahh!!"

She then plunges back onto her bed.

Why is he in my mind in every moment, every second? He's just a... a... a guy that I knew for barely a day! What are you thinking, Shigeru?! Besides, he is attached! No matter how attracting you think he is!

...So what if he's attached? He's not married... so grab him!!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Missy! Don't you know by now that in your world, to be attached is as good as being married? Why do you always like being the third party? Besides, it might just be an one-sided affair and.. And don't you know how to learn from history? Why do you always have to dig a pit and walk right into it? Why do you always have to like guys with strings attached? Ohhh... you're such a bitch, Shigeru!!

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Kenichi lay wide awake on his chaise lounge.

Okawaraha Shigeru. What a fun-loving girl. Hmm.. I wonder.. Does Sakiyo know about her? Should I give her a call now to check things out?... No. Given Sakiyo's shrewdness, I might just make matters worse but... *sign* Why do I feel more connected with this talkative girl than Sakiyo?.... Oh my.. I shouldn't be thinking all this...

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"No one is to disturb them."

"Hai. Wakata."

And the line is disconnected.

Sakiyo padded across her bedroom and out into her balcony, lounging her arms casually on the railing as she looked out into the dark vast courtyard. Her eyes finally settled on the two figures silhouetted against the moonlight at an inconspicuous corner.

I wonder how long they can hold up... he must be here to tell her of his departure to NY.

Looking closely at the taller figure, Sakiyo continues her POV.

It's about time for you to fulfill your part as a Doumyouji anyway...*sign* who can you blame, Tsukasa? You and I... our destinies were already planned even before we were born. You can't run away from it because... because I've tried... and I failed…………. *snort* to think the heir of Doumyouji Corporation turned out to be such a slushy fool.........like me.

For no reason, looking at Tsukushi somehow made Sakiyo feel she is looking at herself. Helpless… lost… are perhaps the feelings Tsukushi is experiencing now. She thought.

Melancholic tears starts to well up in her eyes, blurring her vision of the couple as memories of yesterday flooded across her mind like a fast bullet train.

Sakiyo managed a weak smile before tearing away from the couple and settled on her settee nearby. Staring into the starlit night through the skylight, a husky voice with emotions popped up in her.

~Sakiyo! If you ever feel lonely, just look up to the sky and you'll know that I'm somewhere beneath the very same sky thinking of you.~

The beach suddenly surfaced across her mind. She had run all the way to the beach at that time when they had a big fight. He came after her not long after and found her cheeks wet with tears.

"I'm sorry. It's entirely my fault. Now stop crying.. You look so ugly when you cry." When Sakiyo feint him a punch, he added in soft whisper. "I love you."

I love you. These words sound so distant to her now. Emotions started to run down on both sides of her cheeks uncontrollably as images of them laughing together keep flashing across her mind.

"If we had to be separated, then why do we have to meet?"

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If we had to be separated, then why do we have to meet?

Tsukushi, on her bed, couching on her side.

Doumyouji is leaving for NY?! It feels so unreal... I miss him. I really do. It's so amazing... we only just parted yet I have already started to miss him now...

Could this be the end of us.......?

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Doumyouji, out in the streets of Japan.

I hate to leave, Makino but I have my obligations to fulfill. Please wait for me..... Tsukushi.

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Akira, tucking his hands behind the bed, stared blankly at the ceiling.

A sheepish grin surfaced upon his face as he sees a little Sakiyo flashing a bright smile in front of him. The way she *hit* Tsukasa and sometimes Soujirou and him makes him laugh at their own innocence at that time. Time files... they have all grown up and Sakiyo, in Akira's estimation, has not changed. She is still as 'full of energy' as ever. But somewhere between, there's something about her that Akira can't quite fathom.

The scene where Ken appears by the door at Sakiyo's hospital ward came back into his mind.

Hayashida Kenichi... so that's him... Sakiyo that girl.. looked as if she seen a ghost…

"Akira..." Sae interrupted his thoughts beside him lazily. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I'm about to." He then places a kiss on her forehead and snuggles to sleep.

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A plane touched down smoothly on the grounds of Japan. Stepping out the arrival gates of the airport with a luggage in his hand, a figure wearing a white polo shirt with a black coat gaze upon the starlit night.

I'm back...I'm finally back.

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LeenDaa: Why Tsukasa is leaving for NY…? As I've mentioned before, I hope to follow the HYD storyline for Tsukasa and Tsukushi… anyway, keep reading and you'll find out what happens eventually! Heehe…^v^

Hmm.. blueverry… u lu sai neee… did I ask for your opinion? *lolz* Just kidding!! Anyway, may I ask whose sign is that? The thumbs-down sign.. I can't figure out.. Doumyouji? (I haven't read the manga yet)

Oh yah, my next update would not be that fast as my schedule is pretty tight nowadays BUT! But! I would try to hurry the process.

P.S: You could drop me a 'reminder' review to remind me if you think my update lags for a longggg time haha