Author's Note: Reviews are still appreciated. Thank you so much for your support, guys. The reviews were kind of slow for the first chapter, so I was unsure whether or not to even bother with the second chapter, but at least I got a few in which boosted my confidence a little.

I have decided that once I finish my planned fics, I will take my hiatus to read fics created by my signed reviewers and return the favor. Thank you so much for all keeping up with my fictions in all my fandoms.

Disclaimer & Warnings: Refer to first chapter.

Pairing: YoKen with hints Omi+Ken friendship.

Fic Note: Last chapter was a prelude into Ken's second sacrifice. The first sacrifice was memory, my intention was for Ran. A lot of Ken's old memories based on Seraph revolved around the hardships he had shared with Ran. In a way, though, it affected everyone in Weiss, but Ran probably moreso because the memory of Ken's forgiveness was probably the most important. If only one of them remembered the fact that Ken had finally gotten over the problem and forgiven Ran, then who's to say that everything will come out perfectly?

Anyway, on to the second sacrifice.

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"What...did you do!" Yoji growled as he rammed Ran into the wall in the basement of their new flower shop.

Ran simply stared at Yoji calmly, though inside he was feeling incredibly guilty for Ken's current situation. He said nothing as he let Yoji continue to remain furious at him. He was too numb to retaliate. He couldn't believe that out of his selfish desire to get Ken to remember, he had caused Ken more problems. The worst part was, when Ken found out, he hadn't been mad at him. He had forgiven Ran and said that it was a mistake that could easily be forgiven. That was Ken. Another part of him slowly resurfacing on its own.

This, was Yoji. Furious that Ran couldn't have waited for Ken to slowly remember. Furious at himself for thinking Ran could handle the situation any better than he could have. At least if it was him who had caused Ken's vision loss, he wouldn't be feeling this extra guilt. Yoji felt as if he had allowed Ken to lose his vision on purpose by entrusting him to someone else who would cause it.

Ran just took all of Yoji's frustrations in, because Yoji was expressing the frustration for the both of them, and Ran could handle that. Any other day he would have fought back and labeled Yoji a cocky fighter with too much ego and self-centeredness. But today, he could accept this.

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Omi smiled up at Ken who was sitting in a seat when he realized sadly that Ken couldn't see him. He had been retying Ken's shoelaces for him, since Ken's shoes had started to come loose off his feet when he had entered the shop. Ken reached out blindly for Omi, and Omi caught Ken's hand, pretending his hand had been there the whole time. "What is it, Ken?"

Ken smiled into the distance, gripping Omi's hand tightly and laughed. "You didn't have to tie my shoes, you know. I could have done it myself later."

Omi half-smiled. "But Ken-kun you tried already."

Ken frowned slightly. "Yeah, I know...but I'll never learn if I don't try, right?"

Omi nodded slightly before catching himself, realizing that once again, Ken couldn't see his expression. It was very difficult. He and Ken had always been able to communicate to great lengths just by expression, but since Ken could no longer see Omi's expression, or respond with his own, they were at a communication handicap. It wasn't easy. "Hey, Omi?"

"Yes?" Omi looked up at Ken expectantly, ready to get something for Ken if he needed it.

"Omi...where did Yoji and Ran go?"

Omi almost didn't recognize the second name, but he caught himself in time before he asked. "Um...well, I'm not sure, actually."

Ken frowned slightly. "Oh, I see. Omi...what time is it?"

"It's still early afternoon, Ken."

Ken sighed. Omi looked at Ken worriedly, "What is it, Ken?"

"It's nothing," Ken smiled, "Aren't there flowers needing to be arranged?"

Ken had recently readjusted into his role of flower arranging. That was when he had most of his sight. The process itself triggered no memories, however, and the other Weiss had been noticing that he had gotten far more graceful at the task, a slightly disturbing fact. Ken was not known for his grace and concentration, and yet this Ken in front of them was just that; graceful and thoughtful in his actions. Omi frowned at Ken and sighed, realizing Ken couldn't see that either. "Ken...you should be more concerned about yourself right now than this store. What were you trying to say before?"

Ken shook his head and smiled, "I said it was nothing."

Omi sighed. Judging by Ken's current expression, he was probably still wondering where Yoji and Ran had gone. Omi was starting to wonder himself. "Ken-kun?"

"Yeah?"

"You want something to drink? I'm about to go get something from the basement."

Ken nodded. "Do we have any juice left?"

Omi smiled and nodded, "Hai! I'll get you some soon, okay?"

Ken smiled. "Okay. I'll wait right here," he said, laughing.

Omi laughed with Ken as he got up, brushed his pants and walked towards the basement entrance. Of course Ken would stay there, where else would he go, anyway? Just like Ken to bring light to a not so bright situation. Omi shut the door quietly behind him, and was glad he did. He only went down two steps before he heard Yoji's angry voice.

"...and don't you ever go near him again!"

Omi rushed down the stairs quickly, his eyes wide seeing Ran with his eyes narrowed and a small line of blood coming from his mouth from where Yoji had punched him out of anger earlier as Ran had tried to explain what had triggered Ken's blackout and why he had been playing soccer with the boy. Yoji was looking tired and angry. Omi frowned and stepped in between the two as Ran was ready to finally retaliate against Yoji. "Aya-kun! Yoji-kun!" Omi said, exasperated, "Stop this!"

Ran stepped away a bit, not even bothering to show a bit of weakness by attending to his wound. Yoji just stared at Ran, and then Omi with anger. "Why are you fighting...?" Omi asked cautiously.

Yoji growled, "Because he caused Ken's vision to corrupt. You know how much Ken valued his surroundings! Now he won't even catch a small glimpse of them, all thanks to this guy!"

Omi winced inwardly, he didn't like his lover getting attacked. He took the defensive for Ran. "Yoji-kun...I know Aya didn't make the best decision..." this caused Ran's eye to twitch slightly, "...but it was an honest mistake. Ken's forgiven him, can't you?"

"No. I can't."

Omi sighed. "Well...I'm sure you can...you just need a little while to cool down...and-"

Yoji didn't wait to hear the rest of Omi's words. He was still angry at Ran, annoyed that Omi had come in between them, further annoyed that Ran didn't seem to be giving any reactions to the situation at hand, and relieved that Omi had come to stop his rant. He didn't think he could have stopped otherwise. He went up the stairs as soon as he felt he had some control. Omi watched Yoji storm up the stairs before turning to Ran. "Aya-kun..." Omi whispered, his eyes filled with concern.

The younger boy was on his tiptoes as he used his fingers to wipe away the blood from Ran's lip. Ran flinched away slightly. "Why did you let Yoji-kun do it...?" he whispered.

The younger boy was shocked when he saw tears threatening to fall from the older man's eyes. "Because Ken can't see. I caused it. Ken can't play soccer. Ken can't see outside..."

Omi tiptoed all the way and silenced his lover with a kiss. He pulled back and smiled at Ran. "It's okay, Aya...Ken-kun is strong...he's not mad. It's just Yoji."

"Is Ken..."

Omi looked up at Ran. "It's okay, Aya...Yoji-kun will take care of it now...you shouldn't worry about Ken-kun so much, you know?"

Ran nodded slowly and allowed Omi to hug him. He let out a small sigh.

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"Omi?" Ken called out into his darkness as he heard footsteps from somewhere.

"No, it's me, Yoji..." came Yoji's soothing voice.

Ken smiled out of confusion and comfort at the same time. "Where's Omi? He disappeared after he offered to get me a drink..."

"He's busy...he ran into Aya."

"Oh. Okay! That's good, I guess-since you said they were in love and all. It's good to be with the one you love, right?"

"Yeah..." Yoji half-smiled in agreement, "Come on, let's go."

"Go...?" Ken asked in confusion as he felt himself being helped up by Yoji, "Go where?"

"Home."

That was music to Ken's ears. "Really?"

Yoji laughed at Ken's eagerness. "Yes, really. Did I leave you alone that long?"

Ken shook his head. "No...I've just been so tired since a while ago...I kind of wanted to go home but wasn't sure if that was all right..."

He felt Yoji's body shake with laughter as he was being led to their car. "Of course it would have been all right. You deserve all the rest you ask for, KenKen."

The nickname gave Ken a twinge of familiarity. The name made him amused, annoyed, and happy at the same time. "Yotan..." he whispered automatically.

Yoji stopped for a moment. "What was that?"

Ken looked up to where he guessed Yoji's face should be, he was mostly right for the most part. "Huh?"

Yoji shook his head. "Nevermind..." he helped Ken into the car.

Ken fell asleep on the way home, and Yoji carried Ken into his bed. He stayed by the brunette's side and brushed away some of the hair from Ken's face as he contemplated. It was strange, he could have sworn that Ken had responded with his old nickname when he had called him 'KenKen', but perhaps that was all part of his hopeful imagination. Yoji sighed as he looked down at his beautiful lover. He pulled up a chair and held one of his lover's hands protectively, as if that would keep Ken from yet another harmful situation. Situations that seemed to love following Ken. Situations that somehow caused Ken to bear it alone for the most part, each time. He hadn't planned it, but eventually, Yoji fell asleep beside Ken, still holding the brunette's hand.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Saiki.Kensuke.Yuuta: Can you believe it? We're almost already halfway through the sequel. Hahahaha. I think everyone will like how this fic ends. I don't know if it will bring absolute closure per se, but I hope it brings some kind of closure!

Next installment, coming soon!