This is getting long, you guys know? Not that I'm getting tired of it… But I want to get to the kinda, climax parts… so, I'mm gonna try to end this in one or two chapters… and I have to do that with many distractions… you know… rukawa-kun and sendoh-kun… aa… they're bothering me again!

Slight warnings: a bit green (not really! I'm not too good at narrating that! Bwahahahaha!), a lot of Japanese sentences and phrases (to make the piece quite informative so it'd have a little sense in it! He he he!)

Haru looked serious this time. He didn't look like he wanted to embarrass Aki or anything. It just came as it is.

"Haru…"

"Correct me if I'm wrong, okay? I thought that, back then, you and I were real friends. I just thought we were perfect…"

"Haru, you were my best friend!"

"Yeah… Best friend…"

"Haru??"

"Don't you see, Aki? I loved you! I loved you from the very start!"

"…"

"But I guess it's just my problem now… I mean… You've been gone for, what, two years? I let you slip… I lost to Yuki… I even lost to Hatori… I'm no good at this stuff, ain't I – " Haru was not able to continue his words. Aki held his face and kissed him, the first time he saw (and experinced… hehehe!) Aki actually kiss a guy. It was brief, yet so sweet. Haru felt that feeling again, the one he didi when he saw Aki hug Yuki some years ago, the feeling of wanting someone that badly, yet trying to restrain himself. Only now, he felt it while holding the one he loves in his arms. She was his. For the first time in his life, he could tell that to himself.

"A – Aki…" Aki bent her head and leaned it onto Haru's broad chest.

"Haru… chan…"

"Aki? Why?"

"Haru-chan…" Aki closed her eyes and hugged Haru more tightly. Wind blew around them, brushing dried leaves off their trees. Haru put his arms around Aki and closed his eyes as well. Just as he was enjoying the momentary peace (momentary peace 'coz he still hadn't cleared things up with Aki, about Yuki and Hatori, and Akito, too…), he heard a clatter of applause spreading around. Turns out, people at the park were actually watching them… ; You know the sweet stuff that happen in anime that suddenly turn into comedy? Well, this is one of those events. Yeah I know, kinda cheesy but, the hell! This is anime! Or, an imitation of it? Wahehehehehe…

Haru carried Aki, as in like in a wedding when the groom carries his bride, and rushes off the scene. When they arrived at Shigure's house… (By the way, school was over when they finished talking… I know, it's a very long talk but, as I've mentioned earlier… The hell! This is anime!)

"So… Where have you two been?" Shigure daringly teased.

"Oh, you know bulls… They were probably making out somewhere… Oops… I mean, anywhere…" Kyo answered.

"Baka neko!!" Haru turned black and punched Kyo in the face. Aki laughed at them, however.

"Ano… Doko wa Yuki-kun desu ka?" (Umm, where is Yuki?) Aki asked.

"He's up at the roof. He's been there since we got home. I'm actually worried about him, too. Maybe we should check on him…" Tohru suggested.

"Hn… Maybe we should…" Aki agreed. So, they climbed up the roof and indeed, they found Yuki there, sitting, staring at the soon to set sun.

"Yuki-kun?" Tohru whispered.

"Yuki-kun, what're you doing up here?" Aki asked.

"Oh, you two! I'm… just… Nothing… I'm coming down now…"

"Yuki-kun's acting weird, isn't he?" Tohru whispered to Aki.

"I'll find out what he's been thinking of," Aki whispered back. (We can always hope that Yuki's been thinking of something, right? Like… Aki? Hehehe!)

Unknown to them, Akito was also hearing about the things happening.

"So, my dear sister has returned?"

"…"

"I see… Aki, my beloved… You thought you could escape from me… Your biggest mistake, and my biggest chance, is that you came back… I will have you, once and for all…"

"…"

"Observe more about them… Give me an enough reason to kill the girl as well…"

"…"

"Yes, tell me about Hatsuharu, too… If he goes to that far extent, I might as well do to him what I will do to the girl… Honda, isn't it?"

"…"

"Well then…"

"…" a flutter of wings sounded away. Akito closed the window, leaving it for the next time his spy dove visited.

Aheeheehee… I've to end this here… Too bad… Aa, blame Sendoh and Rukawa! Stop it, you guys! I'm trying to end a fic here! (Their reply was: Stop that! Let's play basketball outside!) Oh, these basketball addicts… Well, I'll have to give in to their request, since I'm a basketball addict, too… Hehehe! So, til the next chapter! Thanks for reading this one!