a/n: The winner won by 8 points out of 13 voters. I guess this is the goodbye chapter of the loser… (joking only) dramatic!

To joy phoenix dragon, aneska ow-payb, joy, obsessed dreamer, lija-chan, j18 (and I think I know you), lady Nurizaki (welcome back!), steph, yanagi-chyan…

Merci à ceux qui a fait leurs revues et à ceux qui a votées. Je vous dois...

CHAPTER 6: LA CLEF À MON COEUR (THE KEY TO MY HEART)

"Raiha!" Fuuko exclaimed as she woke up. It was Yanagi who was by her side.

"What is it, Fuuko?" she shouted, looking around.

"Nothing," Fuuko replied. "I just imagined…" her voice faded as she saw the chain with the ring on it. "Yanagi," she called out.

"Yeah?"

"Who was the last one who entered this room?" she asked.

"Aside from the nurse and me, none," Yanagi replied innocently.

"Well, then, who gave me this?"

"Raiha?" Yanagi said.

"You mean he went here?"

"No, Fuuko. I meant that he was the one who gave you that. You told about it, remember?" Yanagi said.

"Oh, right," Fuuko said, looking at Yanagi as though she had taken some drugs.

"If you are fine, may I leave?" Yanagi asked.

Fuuko nodded. Unknown to her, Yanagi knew well who sent the ring back. "What did you do? Why did you return it to her?" she asked to the man who was standing in front of Fuuko's hospital room.

Raiha sighed. "I knew it. She didn't really love me. She cannot understand her feelings, like a child. She merely said yes for something that she didn't know. I'm letting her go."

"What makes you say that?" Yanagi asked curiously.

Fuuko dreams of him. He even called out his name while she sleeps," he reasoned. "Maybe she doesn't know what she really feels."

"But," Yanagi tried to explain. "Fuuko is not what you think. She won't take things like a zap."

"I know," he replied. "That's the part where you come in," he pointed out to her.

"What should I do?" Yanagi asked. Raiha presented her a bracelet with a large, key-like overhanging. "What's this?"

"La clef à mon coeur," Raiha replied. "You know what to do, do me a favor, Sakoshita Yanagi."

Yanagi nodded as she saw Raiha disappear.

Yanagi returned to the room and took a huge breath before talking. "Fuuko, Raiha gave you this," showing her the bracelet.

"Yanagi, what is this bracelet?" Fuuko asked.

Yanagi shrugged her shoulders and smiled shyly at Fuuko. "I really don't know. He just gave that to me."

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"Tell me, why exactly did you take the necklace and return it?" Fuuko asked Tokiya while he had her around on her wheelchair.

"I did take it but I didn't return it to you," Tokiya replied. "I gave it to your fiancée."

"What?" Fuuko said in amazement. "Then, it was Raiha who visited me."

Tokiya flinched slightly. "Well, then, maybe."

Fuuko was assisted by Tokiya as she stood up. "You know, even though you got crazy that night, I want to thank you."

"Why?" Tokiya asked, smiling secretly.

"You crazy prat! You have saved my life two times already!"

Tokiya edged farther and turned his back to Fuuko. The sounds of nature were heard in a loud variation since silence ensued.

"Fuuko, I really wanted to tell you about something," Tokiya confessed, his head down.

"Go on, boy. You can do it!" his mind cheered.

Tokiya's eyebrow rose as he closed his eyes to think on how to tell it, and also, to his annoyance to his own mind. "Fuuko, I…"

Fuuko knew what was coming. "You…?" she encouraged.

"I… I love you, Fuuko," Tokiya finally admitted, acting like he vomited something that has been behind this mouth all these years.

The girl froze."You what?" She thought that this was no true; she hadn't believed anything that Tametoki said. However, a smile was on her lips.

"I will never repeat it again," Tokiya replied airily, snorting a little.

Fuuko prodded his arm. "I've heard that. I just don't know… what to say."

Tokiya held her shoulders and she let out a little gasp. "You don't need to say anything, Fuuko."

"So, what do you want me to…?" she didn't finish because Tokiya kissed her, this time, he placed all love and passion for her in this kiss.

After moments of shock, Fuuko replied to his kiss willingly, placing all love and passion equal to his.

"Oh my! I don't suppose that…?" Fuuko thought, wide-eyed.

Raiha was watching them with a smile plastered on his lips. "I know that you'll be happy with him," he sighed, a tear falling on his cheek.

He walked out of the garden to go out of the hospital when Fuuko sighted him. She quickly broke the kiss and ran after Raiha, unknowing that she still cannot do activities like running. Seeing that Fuuko was following him, he broke to a run. Unfortunately, Fuuko caught up and held him by the arm.

"Did you see…?" Fuuko asked, not finishing the question as Raiha nodded. She stared at him with awe. Taking the necklace from her neck, she held it in front of Raiha, the ring balancing below. "Won't you take it from me?" she asked, leaving it in midair, the slight wind swinging the necklace.

"I told you to keep it," Raiha said.

Fuuko let it fall on Raiha's hand. "I cannot keep my promise. I was not faithful to you."

"I knew that you haven't realized what lies in your heart," he explained. "However, I know it's not your fault because you still didn't know. "But Fuuko," he took her hand and placed the necklace back, "I want you to remember me always."

The melodramatic scene was ruined by Fuuko's head-breaking punch. The guy fell back. "What do you think of me? A doll?" she folded her arms and looked at Raiha who slowly recovered himself, a mark of the ring on the right side of his face.

He tried to reason out. "Fuuko, I don't give you to anyone. I'm giving you freedom to choose who you really love," he said. "Surely, that is not hard to understand, is it?"

Fuuko sighed. "Well, then, let's say that I don't really love you or what. Can't I stop you? If we're not – that – anymore, can't we be friends?"

"I prefer it that way. But pain can be healed if I am not here with you." he started to walk and passed Fuuko, patting her shoulder. "Don't worry. I'm here to be your friend. Always…"

He turned and left but Fuuko didn't stop him. "Where are you going?" she asked suddenly.

"To France," he said simply. "I'll go there to study."

Fuuko laughed. "Are you trying to be an art genius or what?"

The man merely smiled and shook his head. "Is it that bad to study?"

"No! But, promise me that you'll come back here and tell me stories of your trip, okay?" Fuuko confirmed.

Raiha smiled and continued to walk away.

"Raiha!" she shouted the second time.

"What?" he asked.

"I'm sorry."

He smiled at her. She waved goodbye as she watched him ride on his car and leave.

"I knew that you don't really love Raiha all along. You love the rich guy. I know that. I knew that from the very first time you laid your eyes on him."

"Seriously, I could've sliced my head off to shut you up," Fuuko threatened her own brain.

She felt something hard on her pocket and she remembered the bracelet. "Gosh! I forgot to give the bracelet back!"

"Forget it! I'm sure he would not accept it either," her brain reminded.

Tokiya was running in the whole hospital until he saw Fuuko at the front door. "Let's go," he said, taking Fuuko's hand.

She smiled, nodded, and returned to her wheel chair. "Actually, Mi-chan, I don't know why I need to sit in a wheelchair. I already ran that fast earlier."

Tokiya rolled his eyes and said, "You're still as stubborn as ever."

a/n:

Well, what about this chapter? I'm trying to speed up the updates because I have to be the first one who'll do the next concept. It's quite something common, eh. Anyway, there's no satisfaction to my work, is there? The two letters that made up the reason is B-C. If you're really looking for romance, it will start on the next chapter. The real plot that I have planned is stored for the next chapter, so that's it!

"Twisted every way, what answer can you give?" just review. Tapos na po ang poll kaya no more voting, you're too late na!

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