The aura around the two was getting more intense by the second.

"A..zu..za…?" that was about all Hatsumi could get out of her mouth. This was so unlike Azuza. Why does he care so much all of a sudden..? The question twirled in her mind non-stop, and her vision became blurry the more she thought on it. Then, a sudden sigh gave conscious to her blank view. She blinked a few times to get her vision clearer. The tight grip on her shoulders became loose and fell beside their owner's sides.

"Forget it." Hatsumi looked up at Azuza. He rubbed his hair a bit and gave another sigh. "Sorry 'bout that. Forget I asked. It's none of my business anyways"

"..."Hatsumi still couldn't get a word out. She didn't know what she could say in a situation like this. All she could do was stare up at Azuza blankly.

"What? Is there something on my face?" he asked, noticing the stare. "Hey, weren't you gonna go home?" Still, no answer came. It seems that Hatsumi's totally lost in the situation. Giving yet another sigh, he tapped at Hatsumi's shoulder.

"Huh? Oh .. umm.. yea.." Hatsumi finally answered.

"In that case, let's walk back together. We're in the same building anyways."

"Umm.. yea. Sure." Came the reply.

Back at the Tachibana household : 9:05pm

"Ugh. Can't concentrate." Ryoki said out loud to himself. He closed the book he was reading. "Why is Hatsumi always somehow ending up in my mind…?" Ryoki gave a light sigh. He stood up as he put the book down. I might as well go to the roof. He thought, and went out of his room. The apartment room was overly silent, but knowing Ryoki, he's already used to it. He put on a jacket and went out the front door and walked towards the elevator. Maybe I should go for a walk instead. Suddenly changing ideas, he moved his hand from almost pressing the up button and pressed the down one.

Hatsumi and Azuza: 9:10pm

"Man, the elevator takes long. It's already getting late. There shouldn't be anyone using it now." Azuza said about 2 min after pressing the elevator button.

"Well, you never know." Hatsumi opinioned. She feels better now. For some reason, having Azuza by her side has made her feel a bit better, although they haven't said one full conversation through the past time. Hatsumi sighed.

"Something wrong?" Azuza asked after noticing Hatsumi. Just then, the elevator ringed. "Oh, its here."

"Huh? oh, yea." Hatsumi wanted to kick herself for being so slow today, but then again, she wasn't really feeling well at the time. Door, pleaseopen fast! The first thing I want to do when I get home is lye down on my bed and relax, if I can. As Hatsumi thought that, the elevator door opened.

"Hatsumi…?"

"Huh?" Hatsumi thought it was Azuza until she raised her head up to see … Ryoki! "Uh… Ryoki…?" I don't want to see him, not now, not after what he just said!

"Oh, hey Ryoki!" Azuza greeted with his usual smile. Hatsumi turned to Azuza. "What is it?" He asked.

"Umm…I'm gonna take the stairs, k?" Hatsumi told Azuza as she walked towards the stair case.

"Hey!" Ryoki suddenly shouted out. "What was that suppose to be? You don't justsee your boyfriend and walk off on him!" Hatsumi stopped.

"Yo, something wrong between you two?" Azuza asked Ryoki.

"No! And it wouldn't be any of your business anyways." Ryoki answered with frustration. He turned back to Hatsumi: "So?"

"…." Hatsumi wanted to say something, but it's not coming out. She wanted to ask him about the conversation, but couldn't

"Didn't you hear what I said? Speak up, stop being so slow already!" Ryoki started to get really annoyed. Why isn't she answering me? What's wrong with her?

Hatsumigrabbed her right arm with her lefthand andheld her fist tighter, shivering.

"Hey, cool it man, you're scaring her!" Azuza was confused but could tell that Hatsumi was getting scared.

"Stay out of this!" Ryoki told Azuza off. "Well, hatsumi?" he demanded.

"… stop it…" Hatsumi quivered out a few words.

"What?" Ryoki looked at Hatsumi confused and was also getting more frustrated. "Speak up already!"

"STOP IT!" Hatsumi suddenly yelled. She couldn't take it anymore, she's had enough.

"Huh?" Both Ryoki and Azuza were dumb-founded. They've never heard Hatsumi yell so loud.

"What do you mean..?" Ryoki slowly asked.

"I mean stop it! Stop it already!"

"Stop what?" Ryoki was confused and frustrated, this made his anger rise more.

"I can't take how you're treating me! Its no different from before!" Hatsumi shouted out.

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with you!"

"What's wrong with me？Don't you know that?"

"What are you talking about? Stop giving me that tone!"

"So you're denying it? How could you? Fine. If you don't know then I'll tell you. I'm low classed, and I have bad grades, and i'm not rich. So why don't you just dump me! That's what you wanted, right?" Hatsumi started to cry harder with every word she said, also remembering the conversation she accidently overheard.

"Wha…?" Ryoki was shocked. Then he suddenly remembered about what Ruri said. "Wait, that's not.."

"No! I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear your excuses, and I won't trust you on anything else you say! I won't ever trust you again! I, I can't believe you!" it was getting hard for her to talk with the tears pouring down her throat. "You know what?" She sniffed, and rubbed her tears away with her sleeve. Then, with an as possible confident voice she cried, "It's over! We're through! This is just too tiring, with your mom and all the rumors around, it's too much pressure for me!" with that, Hatsumi walked back to the elevator, and pressed up. The door instantly opened. She got in and pressed her floor then close. As the door closed, she slid down to the elevator floor and hugged her knees, tears couldn't stop but roll down her cheeks, once again in that night her vision went blurred with the tears. The last thing she could notice from reality was a boy jumping into the elevator door as it shutted behind him…