Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba at all. tear

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It was now 10:00 PM, and Hatsuharu had woken up from falling asleep with Panda. Panda was still sound asleep, her beautiful face as serene and calm as ever.

As quietly as possible, Hatsuharu got up and stretched. He admired Panda once more. The moonlight that was flooding through the window was shining on her pale face. The tear stains were gone, but Panda was still in her clothes, up above the covers.

'I better make her comfortable...' thought Haru, 'But I do not want to wake her up... Maybe... This will work...'

Haru slowly opened the bed-side table drawer and took out some pills to keep Panda asleep.

'She needs her sleep!'

Then, Haru slipped the pill into her mouth, and massaged her throat. It looked as if she swallowed it.

'She's still in her clothes...' Haru thought, 'I hope no one sees me do this...'

Hatsuharu then preceded to take her skirt off. Panda moved, which causes Haru to be spooked. He threw the skirt on the floor.

'A blanket...'

Haru couldn't take the blanket from under her, even if she had the pill. Instead, he rolled the blanket she was laying on over her body.

"Goodnight," Haru whispered, exiting the room. He locked the door on his way out.

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Shinkei woke up to the sunrise the next morning. He then took his sack and swung it over his back.

"I'm going back home..."

Shinkei walked into the forest, where the trail to the Sohma household was.

It wasn't there... In fact, he had no clue where we was. He was lost. Shinkei turned around, but the forest outcrop was gone.

"Where am I!" Shinkei said to himself, turning around. Still lost.

"You'd expect we'd look for you?" Kyou said. Shinkei turned and saw Kyou.

"After what you did?" said Yuki. Shinkei turned again and saw Yuki, leaning on a tree.

"You left us, Shinkei," Tohru said from behind.

"You left me..." said Panda, cuddling with Haru.

"Was it because I left you?" said Haru, grinning.

'No...' thought Shinkei, 'No! No, no, no!'

"We stopped looking for you," said Seijitsu.

"Why bother when no one cares?" Yoku said.

"You might as well be dead!" Haiiro said.

'No... Please... Not this...'

Shinkei woke up, panting.

'Just a nightmare... Thank God...'

He looked around. He was laying next to the outcrop. It was sunrise.

"I have to go back, now..." Shinkei said.

Then Shinkei heard that voice. It wasn't his own. 'Why go back... They hate you...'

"No! They do not! Go away!"

'It's the truth... They don't want you at all...'

"That's a lie..."

'They would've searched for you, Shinkei. They would've looked.'

"They just haven't found me yet!"

'You can't be found if no one's searching...'

"No... That's a lie... Lies..."

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Panda woke up the next morning, alone. She rolled over and saw something strange...

A box of strong sleep aids that she used only once. Panda put them back into her bed side table, wondering why Haru had used them.

'Was it Haru? It had to be... He and I were the only ones in the room at the time...'

Panda then noticed another odd thing... Her skirt was carelessly tossed on the floor, and she was in only her shirt and her panties. The bed sheets were also carelessly thrown over her body and messed up.

Her eyes widened as she registered what had happened...

A box of sleep aids, her skirt tossed on the floor, the bed sheets messed up...

'No... this has to be a nightmare... Haru would never do that...'

Then, Panda remembered another thing. When she was talking to Tohru one day...

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"So, you are in love with Hatsuharu, you say?" asked Tohru.

"Well, I don't know... I'm not sure about love, but I really like him a lot..." said Panda.

"That's wonderful. You and Haru seem so right for each other..."

"Really? You think so?"

"Yes, but I have one word of warning... Haru has somewhat of a split personality, you know..."

"A split personality? What do you mean?"

"He has two behaviours... Nice and mean... We refer to it as 'White' and 'Dark'."

"He's never seemed mean..."

"Hatsuharu has learned to control it very well. But you see, when he's in Black mode, he's extremely mean and rude. He does whatever he pleases. No matter what."

"That's good to know..."

"And he's really strong, especially when angered. He can even beat Kyou in a fight."

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Panda wondered... Did Haru really do what she thought? And if so... Why was he in Black mode? She figured it was best not to tell anyone. Panda was afraid of what Hatsuharu would do if he found out she had told...

'I'll keep it a secret for now...'