What is this feeling inside of me?
So aching?
This void.
It's eating me away…
"Why had things turned out like this? I just, I just want him to remember me. Is that too much to ask? Oh, Doumyouji, why have you forgotten me?"
Tsukushi thought, as she walked around aimlessly.
She didn't know how long she walked, but it was dark by the time she stopped. She would've walked on, if not for her sudden dizziness and her aching feet.
Sitting down on a bench, in the silent night and deep darkness, unbidden tears crept down her face.
"Doumyouji…where are you? Where is the Doumyouji who told me that he loves me? The one who told me that he will follow me wherever I go……even unto hell? Where is he? Where is he?"
"Where is he! Where is that Doumyouji!"
"You'll awake the residents nearby with your screaming, you know." A voice drawled as a familiar pair of feet stepped into sight.
"Hanazawa Rui."
"Why are you here? How did you find me?" Tsukushi asked after a moment of silence.
"I followed you. I couldn't leave you alone, not like this…."
On hearing these words and the concern and worry evident in his voice, the dams broke.
She sobbed as Doumyouji's face paraded across her mind.
Doumyouji looking annoyed.
Doumyouji shouting.
Doumyouji's worried face.
Doumyouji blushing.
Doumyouji's tender look.
Doumyouji's cold eyes.
When her tears began to subside, she found herself in the embrace of Hanazawa Rui.
Pulling away, she exclaimed, "Ah…….I'm sorry! Your shirt is all wet…sorry, Hanazawa Rui..."
"It's ok..it will dry. Feeling better now?"
"Yes, I feel much better after letting it all out."
"Why do I always feel so peaceful when I am with him? Being with Hanazawa Rui, always brings me such a sense of peace and comfort. He makes everything alright just by being by my side. Whenever I am with him, I feel so relaxed, so carefree, that even if it's Armageddon, everything will be fine as long as he is with me."
End of flashback