I have to answer the longest review I have ever received! So if you're not interested you can jump directly to the story. Yumichan, this is for you!

First of all I was very happy someone took so much time in reviewing my story, I do really appreciate your help (I can call it help, because your doubts are serious and well exposed). I hope you wasn't so disgusted from my story not to read the following chapters!

Anyway, jumping from place to place it's just my writing way, I said I hope everybody could understand the jumps, because I know it was a little difficult… (I won't rewrite the 2nd and 3rd chapters now, it would be a little tiring…maybe in the future…)

I know Akito it's not stupid, but I also think he is really a good boy, and when he understands Mary Jane's need of love he can't help being nice with her. He couldn't foresee she was going to live in Japan and after bounding himself with her he just can't leave her now.

If you paid attention (you needed a lot for this!) when you read, you could see that Mary speaks only with Akito (who speaks English perfectly well, since he has been in the USA) and Naozumi (The first time he speaks with her, I write "he said in perfect English", supposing he learnt English very well, since he's an actor). Mary Jane speaks with Fuka in the 6th chapter, here I make them speak Japanese: it's a simple dialogue, time passed, Mary Jane is getting used to use –kun and –chan, so it's like she learnt Japanese (she is very smart!). I hope my explanation was good enough…

About kissing, it's just something happened in the anime when Sana was eleven and she finally kissed Naozumi (on his cheek), so it's not likely the story spread around: the director of this spot is not the same of my one. Anyway Sana has grown up, she is fourteen years old now, it's really different from eleven years old!

About answering the phone or calling Misako mum, I've nothing to say, from now on I'll correct myself!

About karate class, I didn't explain why they go to the same gym, but I think it's coherent with Mary Jane character to do what she can to go where Akito goes, and since Akito is really good, he choose one of the best gyms of Tokyo (and even if the American school is far from the city part where Akito and his friends live, you know that Tokyo trains are very fast and spread through the whole city)

Mary Jane is a year younger than Akito, she frequents American High School, not American College (forgive me, it was my fault!).

Kawaii means cute, but sometimes I use nice as a synonym of it.

They got close to be together in the manga, but Sana's mind didn't work well in that period and it seems they were not ready at all (mainly Sana) to it. In my story they are grown up, and this is the first time they have an occasion to get together…they seem to be perfectly able and ready to love each other, but there is something else between them.

I hope I explained myself plainly enough and that you will continue reading my story and reviewing with this patience!

A big, big THANK YOU to my best reader knoitallchick, you are too nice with me!

Thank you to heypeeps too: it's great to have so many readers!

And now, finally the story goes on!

The following morning Sana was awaken by the strong sun light coming from the large windows of Tokyo Tower. She was totally confused and without strength, feeling for the first time the effects of no eating and no sleeping. But the most surprising thing were Akito's arm embracing her body. He was still fast asleep, but she didn't mind screaming out loudly: "Akito, you pervert, what are you doing". Strangely enough the boy didn't react angrily as one may expect, in fact he appeared happy, even if he answered: "Stop with it baka!".

"What, how are you calling me now?" "How you dare!"

He watched silently at her.

In a short moment everything had passed between them the day before was in front of Sana's eyes. She blushed a little, and felt idiotic and hyper no more. Akito read her mind perfectly well, but he was happy for having seen her normal reaction, with her normal behaviour just a few seconds before. Her smiling face and her not feminine at all manners were the best to him.

He smiled slightly, but Sana was totally touched by this rare sign of his feelings.

"You were shivering as if you were really cold and you were also mumbling as if having nightmares, so I thought it would be better if I tried to warm you up a little…" he smirked.

Sana put out her red mallet menacing to hit him and started to run after him. He laughed noisily, another rare sound, coming from him.

At that very moment they heard the laughter and chatting of lots of guys, and a moment after the door of the lift opened wide and a High School class group invaded the big room. Sana paralyzed, it was the first time since lot of days she came in sight of so many people. Where was Hayama when she needed him?

Akito immediately recognized his school mates and silently went away without make them notice him. Sana saw him going and didn't try to stop him. In a second she was surrounded by her fans, asking her autograph, and screaming loud her name. She felt confused and weak. Among the guys there were her class mates. They began to ask her why she didn't come to school and she tried to answer it was her work, but felt out of energy and for the first time fearing the mass.

Finally Tsuyoshi reached her and seeing her tired face he politely began to ask his classmates to let go of her. She watched at him and smiled. Tsuyoshi blushed deeply and felt proud of his new role of defence, but he stiffened when he saw the teacher coming towards them.

Mr Hamayashi was a very strict teacher and really loved to mistreat his students. He reached Sana and started shouting at her: "You, young girl, why are you not coming to school, if you don't have to work, you have to go to school, we won't let you pass the exams if you are always absent!" "I don't like to deal with stupid idols with their heads full of themselves!" he turned his back to her and went away.

Sana's eyes were lucid of held back tears, but finally she got rid of everybody except Tsuyoshi. He sat next her and started telling her the last news, understanding it was no time for questions.

Hearing his gentle voice as a background she began to think.

'It's the first time I'm so near to cry for such a stupid thing! What is happening to me?'

'This is also the first time I'm shouted at by a teacher: I don't feel I was guilt of something, the teacher is not nice, he seems to be similar to Sengoku…'

'And Hayama left me alone…it's better because if the teacher found the two of us here he'd surely begin to hate Hayama and nobody know what should have happened. Hayama has to be left to himself, he is dangerous and can ruin his life if he behave bad.'

'Anyway I think I was really touched by what he said this morning: this was the first night since I began to sleep without mama or Rei I don't have horrible nightmares about being abandoned. I got used of them but it's still nice to sleep without them…' 'When I'm with him I feel so happy, warm and protected!'

"Tsuyoshi, I'm HUNGRY!" she suddenly said to her friend. Tsuyoshi, surprised, looked at her with eyes wide opened "Err, yes Sana, but it's just 9:00 a.m…" "Tsuyoshi, I have to go home, but it was nice to stay with you…keep well!" "Hey, Sana, where are you running?" Tsuyoshi extremely confused remained were he was: "I hope to see you soon, Sana!"….

Sana ran until she reached her house and after saying hello to her mother, Rei and Mrs Shimura she eagerly asked for food.

'I hoped something like that would happen, after her meeting with Akito… she finally overcame the anorexic period…I hope…' thought Misako.

Sana ate a big breakfast and after it she asked for have a rest. Her mother let her go to sleep, knowing what was good for her daughter.

But Sana had just leaned down on her comfortable princess bed, when she felt the need to vomit her sumptuous breakfast. 'What is happening to my body? Can't I have a healthy body? What's the matter with me, oh God, what's the matter with me?'.

She refused to have lunch pretending she ate too much at breakfast; she felt hungry but didn't want to repeat the experience of the morning…

In the afternoon Aya called her. They spoke a little, but it was clear enough Sana wasn't in the mood for talking about nothing, and Aya wasn't bold enough to directly ask her friend what was the problem.

At the same time Tsuyoshi was speaking with Akito. He saw his friend at the town hall, and wanted to know what happened. And probably he was the only one to whom Akito could confess his feelings. They talked a lot and Tsuyoshi was able to get a gist of what happened from the laconic answers of his friend.

"She had problems with the teacher? Who is him?" was asking Akito with sudden anger in his voice

"Oh, no, just a little shouting, nothing bad" answered Tsuyoshi a little afraid.

"She is not in the mood to bear such attacks!" "She has to be treated with calm and love…"

"Akito! What did you just say?"

"…"

"Ok, I won't ask anything more, but I have to tell you that it's obvious you still love Sana and that you have to talk with her"

"It's simple to say: 'talk with her!', what's not simple is to give up her"

"You don't have to give up her! That's the most stupid thing you've ever said!"

"I don't want to talk about this kind of problems with you, spare me you preaches, please!"

He closed the call.

Sana was leaning on her bed, staring to the ceiling, doing nothing. She was thinking…

The reproach of Mr Hamayashi was not nice, but there was something right in it: she had to go to school, yes, she had to, but where could she find the energy to deal with so many people, where could she find the nerve to face her dearest friends, to resist to her desire for Hayama?

She had to talk with him, to decide their future behaviour…but she felt sick to the heart at thinking at it. She didn't want to call him and he didn't call her, how would they be able to speak?

Finally she decided something: she wear her heavy coat –out there was raining cats and dogs- took an umbrella and go out.

In a few minutes she reached the park, and sit down on the famous bench, their famous bench. Akito was there, sitting down right next her.

They said together: "I.."

Sana laugh and hit him with her mallet: "Let me speak, baka!"

"I also have to speak, idiot!"

"So what? Speak then, go on!"

"Why is it always so difficult not to argue with you?"

"What, what? I'm a generous and quiet nature! Only you can make me get so much angry!"

"Wow, I'm the best!"

"Aaargh, stop it now!"

"Sana, I like you…"

"What are you saying now?"

"Sana, I love you…" "Is that enough?"

"Don't say that… you are not allowed to" said Sana her lips suddenly trembling.

"Hayama, we are not allowed to be together, but I have to go to school, and I have to go out with my friends"

"What do you mean? Are we going to suddenly act like normal friends, pretending to be just in touch as everybody…"

"I guess that is what I meant"

"That is something difficult, but I think it's ok" Akito agreed. 'I mean, I need her to be where I am, even when I was with Fuka her presence was my power, this is enough to me'

"Ok!"

"See you tomorrow Hayama"

"See you Kurata"

"How are you calling me?"

"Kurata, what's the matter?"

"Call me Sana!"

"You call me Hayama!"

"That's different"

"We are going to act as we were hardly friends…"

"That was not what I meant"

"Then call me Akito"

"It's that what you want?"

"Yes"

"Then, Akito, you're served" Sana angrily said

"Right, that's the right way to spell it, I thought you wasn't able to…"

"Aaargh, you can't help teasing me?"

"Hey, don't kill me now!"

Akito ran the whole way until he came home.

Sana felt asleep thinking to her first day of school, tomorrow…