After waiting for the entire day, Sora finally decided to go home. It was late, by his standards anyway. Riku decided to stay there in the corner of the room until she woke up.
It was about three o' clock in the morning when Kurisu finally woke up. She couldn't remember anything, her name, how old she was, who her friends and relatives were, nothing. "Where am I?" she whispered to herself as she sat up. She scanned the room, surprised yet again at how clean it was. She then laid eyes on the silver haired boy who had cried himself to sleep. She could feel herself turning red as she looked at him. "Who is he?" she thought to herself. She got out of bed and walked over. She put and arm over his shoulder as she squatted beside him. She looked into his face and wiped away the tear streams that were left behind. "Why was he crying?"
Riku could feel the warmth of her touch on his cold back and opened his eyes slowly. He looked into her eyes and muttered, "Kurisu?"
Kurisu was surprised that he knew her. "Kurisu…is that my name?" she asked herself in silence.
Riku asked, "Do you remember me?"
Kurisu searched her memories, trying to dig up something. It began to hurt her head to try to remember. She closed her eyes and put her hands to her temples. "I'm….sorry," she said sadly, "I can't remember anything."
Riku frowned at her response. His mother was right, she would forget everything. He just nodded, "You can't remember anything, anything at all?"
She shook her head, "No."
Riku sighed, "Don't strain yourself. You'll get your memory back someday. I promise I'll help you."
She smiled a little, "Thank you. But, how did I get this way? I mean, losing my memory and all?"
Riku looked away, looking as if he were about to cry. He replied, "We were racing, you, another friend and I. The bridge we were running across broke and you fell and hit your head. The night before I promised that I wouldn't let anything bad happen to you, but I failed, "he cried, "I failed you!" tears began to stream down his face.
Kurisu frowned as she watched him cry. She then embraced him, "It's okay. I forgive you."