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Chapter 4: Lonely heart

The shadowed stranger fell to the floor on his knees. Serenity and the others watched him

as he tried to stand. She couldn't understand it, Tristan was right next to him, why wasn't he

helping him? Serenity couldn't take it anymore she got up and helped him over to the couch,

slightly bumping into Tristan. "Serenity what's your problem?" Tristan snapped.

"You are!" was the reply, "You see he's hurt and he's not a danger to any of us!"

Miho looked at the two arguing then at the stranger sitting in their living room. He was studying

something on the table. There was nothing there except for the book she was reading and her

poems. Her poems!!!! Miho dashed over and snatched the notebook right off the table. He

looked up and smiled at her, innocently.

"Yours I suppose," he said.

"Yes," she replied, "They're personal so I'd appreciate it if you didn't read them!" He

smiled at her his dark eyes glistening. Miho heard the distant and probably last low rumble of

thunder for the night. She turned to look at her two friends who were still fighting in the corner.

Serenity looked up and smiled uncertainly at Miho, her attempt to reassure her failed miserably.

Miho looked away sadly, feeling guilty for the fight that the two were having. She and the others

turned to look at the door as it opened slowly. Great, someone else was home to probably join

in on the argument. It was Mai and she, like Serenity had brought in her boyfriend to say

goodnight instead of sending him home. Duke stood in the doorway not noticing the others, he

was holding an umbrella that was soaked, and it was dripping on the carpet. He was so busy

watching Mai that he didn't notice.

"Duke, " Miho called from her new seat on the window sill. He looked over at her and at

the same time Mai was now deeply intent on figuring out why Serenity and Tristan weren't

speaking all lovey-dovey like usual.

"You're getting the carpet wet."

"Sorry." he replied and threw it in the hall. There was a huge slam and all of the others in

the room turned to glare at Duke.

"Idiot!", Tristan growled. "I said I was sorry!"

Mai opened her big mouth to say something too, but instead everyone heard Kaiba's deep

voice grumbling about the storm. The two stomped into the room fussing about how it had ruined

their picnic. Both Duke and Tristan seemed to find the idea that Kaiba actually went on a picnic

hilarious. Kaiba was in no playing matter, everyone had seemed to forget about Miho and the

stranger on the couch who was watching her as she sat and stared out at the now visible

moon.The stranger studied her reactions around her friends, he had nothing else to do, she

seemed so distant around them. There was a certain sadness in her eyes, like a growing child

whose heart was just broken in by the fact that life wasn't easy. You spend it working to get

good grades in school so you can go to more school then get a good job with a lot of money,

meaning promotions, and to raise your own family so that your children can then face the

realization as you once did. Sadly, life isn't fair. The stranger felt a strange longing to make her

dreams come true. Everyone has and needs something that makes them happy, so she must have

something too. As Miho sat gazing out the window, she got the weird feeling that someone was

watching her.She knew her friends were too busy arguing and she had learned to drown out their

voices a long time ago, once she first realized they didn't really know she existed. So it had to be

him, the stranger who sat so indifferently on the couch. She hesitated then turned her head to

look into his intense stare.

"Miho...what do you want most out of life?" he asked her, not once adverting his eyes from

her distant gaze.

She smiled, "I want to help people."

"How?"

Everyone had now noticed the exchange and the argument had stopped, they were now

all watching the pair as they spoke softly to one another. Miho's soft voice held a certain

peacefulness, like a bird's song. His voice had a tranquil feeling about it too, but there was

another adjective that no one could quite put their fingers on.

"By stopping arguments and disagreements among happy couples." she said with a glance

over at the group.

"Miho!!" Téa cried, "He means what you want for yourself not others!!!"

"It's okay to be selfish sometimes." Serenity said.

"Maybe that is what she wants," Duke said, "You're all telling her that her dreams are

stupid what if she wants to be a marriage counselor or something!! huh!"

Mai glared at him, "Shut up nobody asked you!!"

"I was only trying to help-"

"Well don't!"

Miho stood up and walked out of the room. Not even a minute later Ishizu walked in. She

dashed over to the window and waved goodbye to someone,obviously Malik. She turned

around to see some strange guy sitting on their couch and a load of hostility in everyone eyes and

on their faces.

"Did I miss some-" she started to ask.

"Don't ask," Duke said, "They'll jump all over you like a pack of wolves!"

"Listen," Tristan said, "You've been nothing but trouble all day, just shut up for once!"

"All day we've only been around each other for about five to ten minutes!!"

"Duke," Téa said, "I think you should leave." Mai was furious, how dare she!

"Well Téa look at your boyfriend, comes barging in here like that slamming doors he wants

to get us all in trouble, if anyone should leave it should be him!"

"Well-" "Listen to you all," the stranger calmly stated, "Your friend just walked out of here

about two minutes ago and you didn't notice, did you." The group looked around guiltily before

deciding that the boys leave for tonight and they would settle all the disputes and disagreements o

n the weekend so they have more time. Ishizu decided to go to talk to Miho , but Serenity

disagreed and instead she went. Téa and Mai updated Ishizu while Serenity went into the room.

Serenity crept down the hall trying to decide what to say to her friend. She passed an room, it

was kinda like their second den. The door was closed, but she heard a noise so she stopped and

turned around. She hesitated before opening the door, peeking in she stopped at the sight.

Serenity gasped then started to scream...

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