A.N. Sorry for the late update. I was on vacation and didn't have access to the Internet for days.

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This chapter explains what Yuzuriha and Kamui was doing during the hours they were gone.

Enjoy!

Chap. 3 Caring

The school bells in the Clamp Campus Academy rung, signaling the end school. Teachers and students were dashing out the doors in large numbers, and among them were Kamui and Yuzuriha, walking silently together in the rushing crowd.

'Kamui-chan's still so dispirited and he wouldn't tell any of us what's going on.' Yuzuriha thought while looking at the silent figure of Kamui that's walking next to her.

"Kamui-chan, how was class?" She asked cheerfully, trying to lighten up the intense mood that was surrounding them.

"... It was okay." He mumbled softly.

Seeing not much of a response, she tried again to cheer Kamui up.

"There's a really good ice-cream store just a few blocks from here. Let's go try it." She suggested.

"I don't know..." He said.

"Come on. Onegai??? It's really good and you need to lighten up a bit."

"...." There was no response from Kamui.

"Let's just go!" With that said, Yuzuriha dragged Kamui down to the ice cream store, and ordered two large strawberry sundaes with a cherry on top to go. After they paid for it, Yuzuriha started to walk out the door.

"Ano... Yuzuriha, aren't we eating it here?" Kamui asked, looking at her with a dumbfound expression.

"Huh?" Yuzuriha looked at Kamui with the same dumbfounded look as the one he's giving her before realizing what he meant.

"Oh! Nope! Just follow me." Then, with a huge smile on her face, she took Kamui's hand and led him out of the store and minutes later into a small forest hidden in the back area of the Clamp Campus Academy grounds.

"I've never noticed this area before." Kamui said out loud to no one in particular while Yuzuriha just pull him into the direction she wanted.

After a long while, they finally came to an opening of the forest and Yuzuriha plop down near the edge of the cliff, enjoying the beautiful view and eating her large sundae while Kamui looked in awe at the magnificent sight. A while later, she realized that Kamui was still standing, with his violet eyes open widely and observing every detail of the glamorous waterfall in front of him.

"Kamui-chan, if you don't hurry up and start eating your sundae, it's gonna melt." Yuzuriha giggled cutely at Kamui's childish expression.

"Huh? Oh." Kamui blushed a little, realizing that the ice cream on his sundae was dripping onto his hand and start searching for a napkin that ended in vain.

Seeing his current predicament, Yuzuriha handed a napkin to him that she found in her school bag and received a thank you. Both of them sat quietly on the cliff slowly eating their sundaes as they watched the waterfall and enjoying the serene feeling of nature.

"Kamui-chan." Yuzuriha said, breaking the peaceful silence that had surrounded them a few moments ago.

"Nani?" Kamui looked at her, violet eyes filled with curiosity at what she was about to say.

"Ano...' She started off.

Her cheeks became a little pinkish while looking at Kamui.

"Hmm?"

"You look much cuter when you're relaxed. I'm glad that Kamui-chan feels peaceful here." Her face blushed even harder after the statement.

"Um.. Arigato." Kamui was surprised at the statement, and a tint of red could be seen on his cheeks.

"Ne, Yuzuriha. When did you discover this place?" He asked, wanting to change the conversation.

"About two months ago. Actually, Inuki was the one that lead me here after the disappearance of Subaru-san because I was feeling really depressed then." Yuzuriha answered.

"Sou-ka. Now that you've mentioned it, where's Inuki anyway? He's always with you but I didn't see him at all today." Kamui inquired.

"I told Inuki to stay at the dormitory today and rest." She replied.

"How come you've never told the rest of us about this area before?"

"Well... You see..." Yuzuriha started fidgeting with the rim of her skirt.

"I wanted to... um... show this place...well... umm... to my special person first... I mean, that is, when I find him..." She managed to stutter out, her face looking like a freshly ripen tomato now.

"Oh...So...well...have you found him yet?" Kamui asked, his face looked equally as red as Yuzuriha's.

"Not yet..." She replied in a whisper.

"How come you took me here than?" He instantly regretted those words as soon as they came out of his mouth, but there's no way he can take it back now.

"Kamui-chan has been so sad lately, so I wanted to cheer you up and I thought this place would be the best place to bring your mood up. Plus..." She was suddenly interrupted by a tremor that came from a few miles outside of the Clamp Campus Academy and sensed Arashi's kekkai being erected.

"The Chi no Ryu!" Kamui exclaimed.

Both of them ran at their highest speed to where the battle was and met up with Sorata and Arashi and Fumma.

Please feel free to tell me what you think and if there's anything I might need to improve on!

Ja!