Sitting by the window
day thinking of you
watching the days go by, I started to cry

Skuld threw herself on her futon, sobbing uncontrollably. She cried into her pillow until she was physically spent. During that time, she didn't hear the soft sliding of the door opening. Urd sat quietly in a beanbag chair, holding a small cordial on her hand.

"Ahem."

Skuld saw her then faced the wall, ashamed. "I'm not going to drink that," she sniffed. "I don't want to forget about him."

"It will ease your pain," Urd spoke soothingly. "It did for Bell once."

"I hate her," the black haired goddess spoke of Freya. "I'll hate her forever for this!"

But they weren't tears of sadness
They only meant I love you
And I wanna tell you girl that I, oh, I

Sentaro sat in his bedroom, wondering why everything in his world had suddenly fallen apart. Skuld meant all to him, and now it seemed she wanted nothing to do with him anymore. His older brother had once told him about girls, that they'd come and go. But he also spoke of the first time you fell in love, that it remained special.

The young bike enthusiast leafed through a scrapbook filled with pictures, mostly of her and him. One shot showed her in a summer kimono, arms wrapped around him in a playful headlock.

I'll travel 'round the seven seas for you
It's written in the melody I adore you
I wrote my love a symphony
To show you there's nothing I won't do
Baby I'll walk around the China wall for you
If there's a way I'll do it all for you
Anything you want me to, you know I would do

Later that night Skuld sat at her computer, running through the Yggdrasil help wanted ads. Maybe going to live among dwarves seemed like a good choice. They were skilled at crafting the best weapons and gadgets. She needed to immerse herself in something that would take away the pain of leaving him.

She also thought about becoming a teacher at Goddess School, mainly to stress to others about not falling in love with human boys.

Sigel entered the room, carrying a carton of ice cream. She noticed how sad her creator looked and it saddened her too.

"Are you going to be okay, mistress?" the android asked.

Skuld forced a smile. "Sure thing, Robo! I just had something in my eye."

"I got you some cherry vanilla," she handed the pint to the goddess.

"You can put it in the freezer," the other told her. "I'm not hungry right now."

People think I'm crazy, they say
I'm just a nothing
Letting my life pass me by
Believing you're with me

For three days, he stayed away trying to do things to take his mind off of her. He tried to read instruction manuals, watch plenty of action films, or hang out with an assortment of his male friends. The more he tried not to think about her, the more he did. Everything he encountered reminded him of her. Things he saw, he wanted her to see or have her opinion on.

The following day, he decided to stop by Whirlwind and talk to Keiichi. Belldandy greeted him at the door.

"Hello Sentaro," she said softly, able to sense his sadness and it pained her.

"Hello ma'am. I was wondering if I could talk to Keiichi."

"He's in the other room," she gestured and smiled.

"Thanks," he brushed past her.

Belldandy didn't blame him. It was probably easier for him to talk to a man than a woman. Plus, maybe Sentaro blamed her for what happened.


"What's up, Sentaro?" Keiichi asked the younger boy as he worked on a customer's bike.

The latter shrugged his shoulders. "I just wanted to know how Skuld is."

The former knew all about the fiasco. He shuddered to recall knowing that heaven had once wiped clean his childhood memories of Belldandy. He also resolved to help Sentaro any way he could without revealing Skuld's divine nature.

"It's complicated," he began. "You know how girls are sometimes."

"I don't understand. She and I used to talk about everything."

"Would you want to forget about her and move on or try and win her back?"

"I just want to figure out what I did wrong."

"You did nothing wrong," Keiichi informed him. "But there are forces at work which will try and come between you."

"That she is a foreigner?" wondered the Kawanishi boy.

"Maybe. And other things as well."

He frowned. "Can't you be more specific?"

"Not really. All I can say is that if you love her, fight for it. I know I'd fight for Belldandy to my dying breath."

"Profess my love and all will be well?" he scratched his head.

"No," Keiichi told him. "But it's a start."

Well I can't speak for no one
But in my heart I know you love me
And that's why I'll always tell you I
Oh I, Oh I, Oh I

Lyrics by Babyface. Prose by hobie