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He turned slowly. There were petals...rose petals...falling in the room. The wite walls were still bare, and it was silent, but there were rose petals. He raised his head and smiled.

'Everything is fine...Everything is good...'

The boy closed his eyes and let the silky pieces fall over his face. The room was filled with a soft, steady sound. Soft, but not inaudible,hythmic, but not beating. He let it fill his soul as he whispered to the walls.

"Kairi..."

He opened his eyes slowly. The space on the bed next to him was empty. Haru smiled as he turned onto his back and listened. After a few seconds, his senses adjusted and he could make out footsteps though the wall of Kairi's bedroom. Sighing, he got up, got dressed, and made his way into the kitchen.

Kairi looked up and smiled.

"You're up!"

"Looks like it..."

He paused.

"Breakfast?"

Kairi looked down at the pancakes she was making, looked back at Haru, and grinned.

"Looks like it. Not too bright, are you?"

He sat down at the bar.

"Just tired."

Kairi blushed slightly, and Haru gave her a soft smile.

"So, how are you?"

He asked.

"I'm good. Kinda tired to...But good. So glad I don't have to go to work today!"

"God, me too. That would be hell."

"Mmmmhmmm."

They were both quiet for a minute before Kairi spoke again.

"Syrup?"

She asked as she slid some of the pancakes onto Haru's plate.

"Yeah, thanks."

She spent a few minutes searching the kitchen for the syrup in vain.

"Uh...I know I had some...I was using it the other day...! Right! Just a second."

She left the kitchen and entered the den. From his chair, Haru heard some sort of object fall to the floor, and then a second later Kairi's voice.

"My bad! It's cool, don't worry!"

Haru chuckled to himself.

'She's such a slob...God, she's amazing. I can't believe I was seriously thinking about passing this up! Everything is ok now! Hatori hasn't called again, I've got a job, Kairi is the most wonderful person in the world...Yeah, everything is good.'

A loud crash and faint scream came from the other room. Haru's eyes widened as the familiar sound came into his mind.

Haru jumped out of his chair and ran to the room where she was.

There was glass all over the floor around where Kairi was standing. Haru stopped in the doorway, taking in the blood stained glass. The scent of the oil from the broken lamp swept over him. He almost stopped breathing, his thoughts contracting, hurtling out of control.

"I need the guaze out of my bathroom."

Kairi's voice was still shaken as she took in her bleeding calves.

Haru didn't answer, but continued staring at the glass, unable to move.

"Haru...Please..."

Something broke. The scent...The sound...The voice...Everything he's spent so long running from caught up with him. Haru slowly raised his eyes to meet Kairi's, and then ran.

hehehe. guess what? there's another chapter! i actually wrote it all as one, bu tthen decided that i could split it, so you'll get more in a couple of days. maybe 2. maybe 1. maybe 3. something like that. sorry, i've had this huge ending planned since the begining of the fic, but i'm currently listening to the sponge bob movie from the den, so it's really not inspiring the psychologically odd part of my mind that i really needed to pull this off the way i wanted to. oh well, it's not as bad as it could be. tell me what you think. cheers.