The next afternoon as Takako was sorting through the mail, she found a letter addressed to her.
'That's strange,' she thought. 'Why would someone be sending something to me?" Takako tucked the letter carefully in her apron pocket and decided to open it once she was done her cleaning.
Once her work was completed, Takako changed out of her maid uniform and then sat down on her bed to read the letter. In a neat cursive the letter said:
"Dear Takako,
I don't know if you remember me, but it's me Taru. I swore that I've seen you on several occasions walking into the Awayuki residence. Have you finally come back here after you ran away some fifteen or sixteen years later? If its really you, Takako, that's reading this, then I guess so. I've been thinking of you on and off these past years and wondered what had happened to you. I would love to see you again and catch up on old times, even though we kind of left things on a bad note. I'm really sorry about what I did to you, and I was hoping we could become friends again. Please meet me for ice cream at the place around the corner from the mansion tomorrow at four. If you can't make it, don't worry, I'll write again.
Taru"
"I don't believe it," Takako said aloud, "Taru is still around? And he has still remembered me after all these years?"
Takako remembered the last time they had spoken.
::flashback::
"Taru, what do you mean you don't want to be friends with me?"
"Takako, it's just that you're so studious and all you do is read. I want to be friends, but… well… the other guys think that you're nerdy, and they think that we're going out. It's just that, well… it will ruin my reputation at school. You know how I want to become class president next year. It would look really bad."
"I understand. I understand perfectly, you creep! I thought you were different than all the other students. You were so nice to me. Now, all you want is to be Mr. Popular. Well fine! See what I care!"
::end flashback::
She remembered running off at that point in the conversation, crying bitterly as she had lost her only friend. Taru really was a good friend to her. He had been there for her all those times she had been picked on terribly. He also liked to read and they would talk often about the books that had just finished and what new ones sounded good. That was… until he changed. It was shortly after he had told her that he didn't want to be associated with her that she was first approached by the Leafe knights to be their Pretear. Lonely and somewhat depressed, she jumped at the opportunity for new companions. But that was all history, now.
"I would like to catch up with him. I'm sure he's changed since then."
Later on, Sasame dropped by the mansion and Takako excitedly told him about her meeting the next day.
"How did he say that he knew you lived here Takako? Don't you find that a little weird that he's sending you a letter now?"
"You worry too much Sasame. Taru and I were really good friends at one point. I'm sure things will be fine."
