Chapter 13

He wasn't going to come. I just couldn't believe it. After all this planning and now he's not coming,I thought.

I got a call from Kurama this afternoon and he told me that he couldn't come. I knew something was wrong by the sound in his voice. I had to go back. I needed to be with him. I didn't care what the situation was. I needed to be with him. I'm going to leave tonight,I thought. I just have to. This is the only way.

I was glad that my aunt had gone to bed early that night. I needed to go out of there, and fast. I didn't care if I was going to get in trouble or not. She needed to understand that I was going to be getting married soon and I needed to be with Kurama. She wasn't my mother and I didn't care.

Since my room wasn't that far from the ground,I decided that the only thing I could do was jump so I wouldn't disturb anybody. As soon as I hit the ground I looked back at the house and gave a sincere frown. I know you're going to hate me for doing this,I thought. But it's the only way. You'll understand some day. I hope...

I ran to the train station hoping that I wasn't late. I had enough money with me that I could get my own ticket. I had already gotten my plane ticket purchased,so that was no problem. I just didn't want anyone figuring out that I was running away. But this was a different kind of running away. This wasn't like running away from home as far as I was concerned.

It took me about 6 or 7 hours to get back home,but it was worth it. Anything was worth seeing Kurama again. As soon as I got back I went straight to Genkai's to see what was wrong. To my surprise,Kurama was there.

"Nicole!"he said as he ran up and hugged me. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry. I had to see you again."

"Why aren't you at your aunts?"

"Why do you think Kurama?"

"Oh god."

"I'm sorry. I really am."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yes?"

"Do they know?"

"No. They know nothing. Kurama,I'm not going back. I can't..."

"You're going to get in trouble."

"Do you think I care about that?"

He sighed. "No. I guess not."

"They can't do anything Kurama. They aren't my parents."

"But they are your guardians Nicole."

"I don't care Kurama. I need to be with you. If they don't understand that...then I don't know what to do."

He kissed me. "Well,it's too late to do anything now. You're coming over to my house then."

"Good. I don't want to be all alone. Kurama..."

"Yes."

"I'm sorry."

He hugged me and kissed me again. "It's ok. I know how worried you were. I wasn't really that surprised that you did something like this."

"What happened?"

"Koenma wanted me."

"That what is?"

"No. Not really. But I can't tell you anything yet."

"Oh."

"Don't worry about it. You need something sleep. And so do I."

"I'm not going back Kurama."

"Let's not talk about that right now ok?"

I sighed. "Ok."

"Are you ok?"

"I'll try to be."

"Well,at least you're safe."

"Yeah."

"Well,let's go then."

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