"What do I know..." Tohru said softly and looked down.
Wordlessly, Tohru cupped his hands into hers. He looked up as she placed his hands above his chest, feeling the beating of his heart. She looked at him and smiled, "Can you feel it?"
Akito did not respond. He was unable to. For the first time, I looked at Tohru and I saw something charming in her, perhaps that was what made the rest of the Jyunishi love her so much. She was utterly respectable, young for her age but amazingly wise for it. Akito thought.
"Yes, I do not know how you've lived your life… I do not know how one feels like because I am not you. But why, Akito-san? Why do you want to take away your very own life? When you are given only one lifetime ever…" Tohru paused, biting on her lip before she continue, "It must have taken a different kind of desperation to want to die…but…if you think that you are only made to die, why then, can you feel your own heart beating, should it have stopped the minute you were born?"
Tohru bit back tears, "When my mother died, I wanted to join her as well. I felt that –" Tohru closed her eyes for a while, willing for the tears to go away, but it did not listen, one lone tear fell from her eyes. Tip, it went when the tear hit the floor. "I felt that there was no more reason to go on living… I have no one else…I had felt only numbness in my heart. But then, there were Uo-chan and Saki to help me tide through those days. And hunger was the one evidence that I am still living,"
"You were lucky," Akito said finally. Tohru looked up in astonishment, how honored it is to have Akito finally opening up to her!
"You had someone with you… I have… absolutely no one…" Akito said, as if resigning to his awful fate, "No one at all…"
Is this what Shigure has said about the burden in his heart? Tohru thought. His grandfather had also said something similarly to that when he had died.
"You do have someone," Tohru said, "Everyone would have someone in their lives to cheer them up when they're sad…" Tohru smiled at him helplessly, hoping what she had said wasn't too corny, but it was, nevertheless, true.
Akito threw his head back and laughed, "Even a cursed one like me? Who could that person be!?" He paused and taunted, "You?" Tohru looked at him and blushed slightly, "I could try," Tohru said, feeling like a child trying to prove to her parent that she could take on any challenge. Akito paused and looked at her, "You are a shameful girl," Akito said and walked over to the door, Tohru sighed helplessly, feeling like she had not accomplished anything.
"But…" Akito smiled, for the first time, genuinely, "Thank you," Tohru looked at him and stood up. She walked over to him, as he unlocked the door. Yuki was, as usual, standing at the door, blushing madly at being caught eavesdropping, but he stepped in front, disregarding Akito's presence, "Tohru? Are..." He glanced at Akito before speaking softly, "Are you all right?"
Tohru nodded, feeling a little bit strange, like this isn't happening at all, like it's a dream.
I don't get it… Tohru said and looked at Akito worriedly, It's too easy…
[after word]
And that's the end of another chapter! At this rate, Chapter 9 would announce the finale of the whole fan fiction, but with loads of parts. ; ... I am now working on a plot of what happens after The Day After She Returned because I already know how it would end. THANKS FOR THE REALLY POSITIVE REVIEWS I'VE BEEN GETTING!!!! That's really really very nice of you guys! Thanks again!
The second sequel of The Day After She Returned would be named differently, as it could also be as a stand-alone fanfic..Hope you enjoyed the last part of the chapter. I tried to end it in an attempt to be sinisterly suspenseful, but gah, no hope. haha. shakes my head