Omg! I'm soooo sorry everyone! It's been months since I've updated. Ahhh!!! Time passes too quickly. I had major writers block, but I should have tried harder to keep writing. I'm back now though and with a new chapter! Woohoo!! I finished this entire chapter, aside from the first few paragraphs, in one night. I stayed with it for a few hours and bam! Chapter six is born. I really hope you like it. Much hasn't changed since the last chapter sadly. I wanted to get that perfect mix of humor and seriousness and I think I went overboard on the humor… I tried too hard. ::shrug:: Well, once again I'm so sorry for not updating in a while! I'll try my best to get in chapter seven after a reasonable amount of time. WAAHH! I'm wasting my chapter with an intro… sorry again!

Chapter 6

Characters thoughts in italics

"Oh, good! So does this mean I solved everything? I knew it! Mrs. Q. to the rescue!"

"Solve everything?" Yuuhi said breathlessly. "SOLVE EVERYTHING! All you've done is create more problems!"

"Well, obviously we can't just leave him lying in the car. We're gonna have to take him home and take care of that bruise. Mrs. Q., it was thoughtful of you to want to cheer Aya up, but no more kidnapping or hitting people with your umbrella… maybe the fan, but not the umbrella," Suzumi said wearing a smirk on her face as she glanced at Yuuhi. She expected to see an angry face staring back at her, but instead saw a pained expression. Her smirk disappeared.

"He really does like Aya. A person doesn't get this upset over nothing. I've never seen him act like this before. It's almost like a part of him is missing…" Suzumi thought.

Yuuhi stared at the ground. His heart ached and he longed for some kind of answer.

"Why does she want him to stay? I thought she'd moved on and forgot about him. Isn't there some way that time could stop and go in reverse… back before any of this happened, before Tooya appeared?" Yuuhi wondered.

Aya was still sitting on the ground where she had fallen for her second time that day… "Well, actually fallen for her third because she'd tripped clumsily over a pair of Yuuhi's shoes earlier this morning." She remembered. "He does have big feet… and a cute smile… and really sexy eyes. Oh! Those eyes! Ack! What am I doing? Tooya's sitting in the car not 10 feet away and all I can think about is Yuuhi! This could be my only shot at a second chance with Tooya, the love of my life. Even if I have a bit more than a few feelings for Yuuhi, I have to find out if it will work with Tooya first."

"Chidori?" Aya asked glancing up.

"Yea?" she replied sweetly with a smile on her face.

"Could you help me up? I just want to see if Tooya's awake."

Chidori turned to face the car and then turned her attention back to Aya, "Nope, he's still out of it. Mrs. Q. sure can knock 'em out."

"With my charm and extraordinarily good looks that is," Mrs. Q. said striking a pose.

Everyone, including Mrs. Q. turned to face Yuuhi expecting an insult to be said, but it was completely silent.

"Well, now I just feel unloved. I don't get any compliments and now I don't get any insults either!" Mrs. Q. sobbed.

"There, there," Chidori said comforting her. "You're still the most hideous looking, fish-faced person I know."

"Oh, thank you Chidori!" Mrs. Q. said hugging her.

"A compliment might have been the better choice…" Suzumi mumbled.

"umm… Chidori?" Aya asked. "Would you please help me up?"

"I will," Yuuhi said speaking up for the first time since entering his "silent phase." He forced out a smile, but by the look in his eyes, Aya could tell he was upset.

"Thanks," Aya replied as she was hoisted up.

She sighed, "I feel safe again."

"You wanted to go see Tooya, right?"

"um… yea."

"Think you can hobble on one foot just over to the car?"

"I think so."

"What? He's not gonna even volunteer to carry me? I'd really rather be carried. I feel so safe and comfortable in his arms. Why didn't I say no?!"

"Are you sure? I mean you really don't want to hurt your only good foot by walking on it like that. Don't you think that Yuuhi should carry you?" Suzumi spoke up.

Aya gasped, "Can she read my mind or something? Hello, HELLO! Suzumi? Can you hear me?"

"She'll be fine. It's no distance at all," Yuuhi answered.

For a moment Aya's mind suddenly went blank. Yuuhi was acting so strangely, as if he was blocking out all of his emotions. He was behaving not unlike a robot, trying to go back to his normal self, but unable to because a part of him was missing. He was trying so desperately to turn his back on his love for Aya.

"I can't believe I said that to her. I would give anything to carry her, but I only want to help her and make her happy, and to do that I have to forget all feelings that I had for her. I've got to treat her like I did back before I knew I loved her," Yuuhi thought.

"But it's the gentleman thing to do," Suzumi pushed.

"I said it's not that far! Besides, I don't want to have to carry her. Do you know how much she weighs?"

"HEY! You blithering idiot! If I wasn't injured, I'd take you down right now!" Aya yelled in fury.

"Yeah, right! Gimme a break!" Yuuhi shot back.

"Children, please!" Suzumi shouted.

"This is getting good," Mrs. Q. said nudging Chidori.

The yelling ceased and everyone turned to face Suzumi.

"Well, it's not as if anyone cared too much with all this fighting, but I think Tooya's finally awake."

Everyone's heads snapped toward the car. It was true! Tooya was groaning and grabbing at his forehead with his eyes barely open.

"Wh-Where am I?" he asked.

"Oh, yeah. This is definitely getting good, Mrs. Q… Mrs. Q.?" Chidori said.

"Ahhhh! He's awake! He's awake! What do we do? What do we do?" Mrs. Q. yelled frantically running around in a circle.

"I don't know. You're the one who brought him here," Yuuhi answered.

"I th- I think I recognize that voi…" Tooya began.

"Heeeyah!" Mrs. Q. shouted as she smacked Tooya yet again on the head with her umbrella.

Suzumi stood calmly observing what had just happened. "Somehow I don't think that was the right decision to make…" she said.

And there you have it. ::sigh:: I'm not sure how this compares with other chapters. Not enough happening. I just had my mind made up when I began this chapter that Mrs. Q. was gonna hit Tooya with her umbrella again. LoL! So I made it work. I do kinda feel bad for Tooya at the end there. He's been through so much in one day. Hehe! You will, however notice that Suzumi is beginning to change a little. Anyone catch onto that? I figured it was about time for her to lighten up already! Well, I hope you like it, and PLEASE REVIEW! (I beg of you… if there are still any readers left out there… please just leave some comments. Fell free to yell openly at me for not updating soon enough. Maybe if I have angry readers breathing down my neck, it'll get me to update faster.)