"W-what are you doing here?" Keiko gasped as the man who'd been missing for the past six years smiled at her from the front porch.

"Six years, and that's the greeting I get?" Yusuke smirked as he let himself in.

'No, this isn't possible. I'm dreaming. Yes, that's it this is all just a dream.' Keiko turned to look at him. He looked almost exactly the same, well, except that his hair wasn't gelled up, which she didn't mind, he looked better that way. 'My mind must be playing tricks on me.' She thought coming back to her senses. 'He's not really here. He can't be. It isn't possible.' She closed her eyes, but when she reopened them, there he was, giving her a curious looks, while fumbling with something in his pocket.

"Keiko, are you alright" Yusuke started, taking a step toward her. But that was the last thing she remembered before everything turned dark, and she felt a strong pair of arms gripping her.

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Keiko sat up in her bed. She glanced out the window, the sun was just starting to come up. 'I knew it was a dream' she thought rubbing her head. 'But, it all seemed so real, he seemed so real' She was about to step out of bed when she noticed an all too familiar jacket on a chair across the room. 'I really am going crazy.'

"About time you woke up."

Keiko gasped as she turned to see Yusuke standing in the doorway of her bedroom. He was there, there was no denying it, she couldn't be dreaming. Ignoring the look of shock she was giving him, Yusuke sat down at the end of her bed, and took her hand in his.

"Listen, Keiko-"

"Where have you been?" Keiko said, finally finding the courage to speak.

"Well, I-"

"Do you have any idea what you've put me through?"

"Look, I'm sor-"

"Don't bother apologizing. I waited six years for you! Six painful years, not knowing if you were safe or even alive." Keiko continued, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Keiko-"

"No" she said, pulling away from him. "I don't want to hear it. Right when I start to think that I may be able to continue living my life normally again, right when everything is starting to go right. You come back. "

"What are you-"

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did you come back? So you could just break my heart again-"

"Stop, Keiko!" Yusuke said moving closer to her. "I don't want to break your heart. I never did." He continued as she wrapped his arms around her.

Unable to bear it anymore, she leaned against his chest sobbing. He responded by tightening his grip around her.

"I'm sorry, Keiko. But I'm back now. Everything will be fine."

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Later, when Keiko seemed to have calmed down, she pulled away from Yusuke, looking up into his eyes.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

She responded with a slight nod.

"Why now?" She started, her gaze still not leaving his.

"What do you mean?"

"Why did you have to come back now?"

"Keiko, I didn't have a choice-"

"This isn't going to work." Keiko said, hey eyes averting away form his.

"What are you talking about?"

"You and me, it's not going to work. It can't go back to the back it was."

"Why not?"

"I've changed, you've changed, we're not the same people we were six years ago."

"That's not true, Keiko. You and I both know that."

"Y-Yusuke-" Keiko started, but her eyes started to water again. But, as she brought her hand up to her face to wipe her tears away, Yusuke noticed something he hadn't seen before, a small diamond ring on her left hand.

Noticing his gaze lingering on her hands, Keiko realized he had to face the inevitable truth sooner or later.

"Y-Yusuke" she paused, thinking of no other way to say it. "I'm engaged."

Hey Everyone!
Alright, I think I've broken a record for the longest time not updating...I think it has been over a year since I posted the last chapter. Well, it's kinda because I was really busy, had other stories to update, had computer problems, and I was just being lazy.
I'm not really sure why I felt like updating today, but I did, and now that I look back at this chapter, I just gotta say that, I know it sucks, but for something I came up with last minute, I guess it's not too bad, right?
Anyway, despite all my nonsense ramblings...
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