sorry, this chapter is kinda short and slightly rushed. and a little more lighthearted than the first two. i promise it'll get better, but i may not get another chance to update anytime soon, and i got up at three something this morning, so this was kind of a crappy chapter. anyway, those are all my excuses, so on with the story.

'What the hell? I didn't change! And why is she running? She looked so...empty...helpless... I know I said I wouldn't get attached to her, but this is different. This is very different-hurry! She's getting away! Don't let her leave!'

Haru ran as quickly as he could back to the counter to grab Kairi's book from the chashier.

"Wait! Kairi, aren't you going to get your book?"

He yelled as he ran after her.

Kairi slowed as she heard him. She didn't turn, instead she stood completely still and waited for him to catch up to her.

"Kairi, you left your book," Haru panted as he handed it to her.

She stood there, gaping at him, not believing what was happening.

He in turn stared at her, then wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to her.

"Meet me here tomorrow at 6:00."

She looked from the paper to him with a confused, dazed look on her face.

"You...you know...my name?"

'Is this real? But why...'

Haru sighed tiredly(word?).

"We'll talk more tomorrow, ok?"

Kairi just nodded dumbly.

He started to walk away.

"Haru?" Kairi called out, wanting to make sure she wasn't making stuff up.

Haru turned slowly to face her.

"Don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow, I promise."

And then he left.

After watching him walk away, Kairi slowly started home, trying to take in all of what just happened to her.

Haru let out a frustrated sigh as he turned on his bed to face the ceiling.

'I know I shouldn't be doing this...but I have to know. Nothing like this has ever been spoken of in the family...I wonder if it's ever even happened at all. I have to find out. But what if something happens...like before...No. It won't. I won't let it. Not again...OK, stop. It's in the past, I promised myself I woudn't think about it anymore, and I'm not going to. And I won't let anything happen to her either. Once I find out about her, then I'll leave. Once I know, she'll be safe. I won't hurt her...I won't...'

'How...how on earth could this be different? How could he be different? Maybe it's over...maybe the curse like, expires after a certain amount of time! Or maybe...'

Kairi laughed sadly at herself.

'I need to stop getting my hopes up like this. It's probably just something really simple, like we didn't come close enough to hugging for him to forget. But still...I don't know...I'll find out tomorrow. He promised...we'll talk...he promised...'

Kairi fell asleep quickly that night, still not knowing what was going on.

There was a hallway, with grey, stone walls. His footsteps echoed as he walked down it cautiously. He stopped in front of a door, and opened it silently. Through it was an immense room, all black, all stone. It was filled with pictures of people. Hundreds of pictures, but none of them were smiled. They all looked sad, or angry, or just blank. He stepped back out of the room quickly and continued down the hall. After a while he came to another door. The room on the other side of this one was was all white. It was comepletely empty, except for a rose suspended in the air. He stared as the rose shivered and melted into a drop of blood. It fell to the floor and a scream filled the room as it hit the white stone.

Haru woke up sweating.

First reviewers:

Birdcrazy

Ruun-Chan

OMG! i was totally not even expecting any one to review this! thank you so much! comepletely made my day! please keep reading, i promise this will get better. just hasn't been a good day. seeya!