Sorry for the really late update. I have been doing a couple of senior stuff. Very busy year, I should say. Here's the sixth chapter.

"Hey, what's that?" Yuki pointed at the red folded paper at Ayame's doorstep. He approached to it and examined it very closely. "You've got mail."

"…I haven't seen that, though." Aya wondered. "Mails usually are delivered in the morning, right? When the sun is up?"

"I suppose." He glanced at his watch. 2:30 in the morning.

"Maybe there's something wrong with your watch."

"Maybe there's something wrong with YOU." Yuki pressed as he got the paper from the floor and unfolded it. Bold lettered words were seen at the middle.

IT'S NOT OVER

"Freaky!" Ayame shrieked. "Who would write to me something like that?"

Yuki thought for a moment and remembered Hatori's call. "I have to meet Hatori." He got his coat and went out.

"Hey! Should I come with you?"

"I know where I'm going Aya." The nezumi mumbled.

"It's not about you!" Ayame yelled. "What about me?! Are you going to leave me here?!"

Yuki sighed. "Ok, you can tag along but never annoy me or anything."

"Am I that annoying?!"

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27 days to live.

Tohru woke up for the third time. Every time she went back to sleep, she dreamt more about the life of a Sohma and miraculously, her life with them.

Am I really a part of them? I don't get it.

She got up from her bed and stretched her arms. She yawned heavily, and was happy that the penicillin that Hatori gave was working. But now, she felt that she needed another medicine for this: something that can erase her dreams.

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"Remind me again why are we packing." Shigure peeked inside Yuki's study. The nezumi was already fiddling with his book report.

"We are moving to Akito's home."

"And what's wrong with my house?"

It was Tohru's request to do this." Yuki explained. "Well, I'm really against it but maybe it won't turn out to be so bad."

"Am I talking to Yuki?" He raised an eyebrow at him. "Yuki Sohma, the one who had the most horrifying experience with the clan head? Are you really sure about this? I mean, there must be some other way to--"

"I can't deny her request." The nezumi replied.

"Why is that?"

"… because I…love her."

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"Remind me again why are we doing this." Hatori asked as he helped Tohru take out the luggage.

"Hatori-san!" she pouted. "I thought you agreed with me!"

"Well, I did but… there are some things that you don't know about Akito and…"

Tohru stared at the doctor. "Why are you all so worried?"

He sighed. "It has never been a custom for Sohmas to live with the clan head unless it's a nurse or a doctor---"

"So you are allowed to live with him?"

"Yes, of course. It's my obligation and---"

"So, why are you worried?" she asked.

Hatori bit his lip and held Tohru's hand. "There… are some things that are meant to be kept secret. One of those secrets is… um, Akito's life. That's why he lived in solitude. That's why we avoid him. And to remind you, he won't be very hospitable about this."

This gave Tohru the shivers, but she forced herself to smile instead. "I'll try my best to keep everything in order, Tori-san."

"Ok…" he nodded. But he still had that feeling that everything won't go well.

Just then, Kyou walked out the door. He yelled at Hatori. "Remind me again why I had to come with you."

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Tohru backed off to the corner of the room. She was scared and cold. Her nightdress was ripped at the seam and was hanging loosely at one side. Her eyes were fixed at the figure in front of her, striding slowly like a ghost with a knife on its hand. A wicked grin followed after its laugh.

"Tohru… Sohma…" it hissed. "Why… don't you love me?"

"No…" she muttered under her breath. "Yuki…"

"Yuki? Are you looking for him? He's not here. He won't be here. He'll be gone forever."

"No."

"Don't deny. You are mine… and you won't deny."

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The next thing she knew her face was an inch close to a man's face. He dipped his head to kiss her. For once, she felt an odd feeling. Scared and confused yet relaxed.

She backed off, and a grin formed in the man's face.

"At least for now, you should have noticed." The man said in a coarse voice. "I welcomed you in my home… and for once, I let you do everything… but I think you've gone too far."

The uneasy pain again. The blood on the floor. Yuki appearing by the door with tears in his eyes.

It was all about her decision.

It was all about her life with them.

It was all about her "death".

What happened?

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Hatori examined the two letters he and his cousin received. "Same assailant."

"The question is who." Yuki nodded.

"The question is WHY!!!" Ayame panicked. "There must be something wrong on what I do. Maybe I should have used polyester instead of cotton on that dress---"

"The assailant is not pointing at the dress, Aya. It's pointing at us. What the clan has done." Hatori snapped. He stared at the letters. You thought wrong. It's not over. "Who could have done this?"

"I don't know…"

Yuki's mobile phone on his pocket rang. This was his private number. Only one person knew this number. He quickly got it and answered. "Honda-san, is there something wrong?"

"Yuki-kun, someone left me a letter this morning."

"What's wrong with it?"

"It's by the window…" she started. "In a red paper…"

"Don't do anything, Honda-san. I'm going home!"

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Tohru sat by the window, clutching the paper on her hand. She had not opened it because if she would, Yuki will be disappointed. She didn't want that. Making Yuki disappointed again.

Wait a minute, she stopped and wondered. Making him disappointed again?

Did I make him disappointed before?

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Kyou sat at the roof with his guitar. At last, Kagura went to the grocery and Shigure spent some time on the phone with his editor. All of them are busy. Peace and quiet at last.

He held the guitar at the right position and tried some rhythm for his next song. A song for Tohru.

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Tohru heard some guitar music. Guitar? She wondered. Then suddenly, a flashback came to her.

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"Why should Kyou-kun move?" she asked.

"My college is somewhere in the province." Kyou explained with a frown. "Sensei told me that I needed to have a stupid connection with nature."

"Really?" Tohru looked at him. "Well… there must be a way for me to go with you."

"What?! Go with me?" Kyou almost stumbled at his seat. "But you have a college degree here. You and Yuki are both scholars!"

"I know but… I want to be with Kyou-kun."

Kyou stared at her. "You want to be with me than Yuki?"

Tohru stopped and thought for a moment. The sound of Yuki's name made her heart beat at a different pace. She clutched her chest. Stop, she almost commanded her heart. Do not feel like that.

"Yuki-kun has his own plans." She mumbled. "I think he forgot about me."

Kyou, at the corner of his mouth, grinned. "Hey, Tohru-san, do you want to hear my new music?"

Tohru's eyes lit with joy. "Yes, please!"

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"T-Tohru-kun?!" Kyou almost yelled as the girl climbed up to roof and sat next to him. "W-What are you doing here!"

"I heard you playing your guitar." She smiled.

Kyou almost blushed in different shades of red but he shook it off. "W-Well, I'm bad at it anyway." He pushed the guitar at his side. What a very bad timing!

"I also remembered you playing a song for me." She said slowly. Kyou turned to her with a shocked face.

She… remembered. "T-There must be some mistake. I… I suck in playing!"

"No… really, I remember… and I was trying to forget…"

Kyou watched her at anticipation. Say it… say it… no, forget it…

"I was trying to…" she sighed. "To forget Yuki…"

Kyou didn't know what to say. But, as it acted like an involuntary action, he grinned at her declaration.

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Yuki stopped at the doorstep. He stared at the roof. Kyou and Tohru were there. It was the worst part of his life: witnessing his loss.

He remembered like it was yesterday.

I looked up to the roof. And I saw them… kissing each other. That was before... during college.

But now, he saw Kyou grinned at her.

The same thing happened.

And the same rage filled in his chest.