Note to readers: Did I say Ren died? I just said he was gone! Ha-ha… you all thought he was dead? No lah… I won't end it so soon… need more reviews you know!

Pirika was depressed. She was still holding the rose. The shock that Ren was gone a few minutes ago still paralyzed her. 'I love you,' she whispered to the rose, still holding it close to her heart. The doorbell rang. She frowned. Who was that? It was still only nine plus in the morning. She unlocked the main door and poked her head out, feeling a little shy in her baby blue Winnie the Pooh pajamas. Her feelings, anger, depression, happiness and all others whirled like a tornado. It was Tao Ren.

His hair was still the same, but the purple seemed to shine even more. He was grinning, and it wasn't one meant to poke fun at her. It was that sort of 'Did you miss me?' grin, and Pirika was so breathless she wanted to faint. She thought he had died. She fully opened the door and hugged him. She didn't care if he hated public displays of affection. Right now she wanted to live her dream. To smell the rose, in his warm embrace, and have that once-in-a- lifetime top of the world feeling. She raised the rose to her lips and kissed it gently. Then she held it up to him. 'I love you, Ren,' she mumbled, 'and you can have the rose back.' Tao Ren groaned. 'Why? What a waste of that pig's blood I bought from the market-''PIG'S BLOOD! TAO REN! STAY WHERE YOU ARE!' she yelled to the teen boy who was running away, with a smirk on his face. Tao Ren was back. That was really all that mattered, even if he didn't really sacrifice a single drop of blood for her. She sighed. Maybe next year he'd really do it properly. Maybe… you think?