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Um… 12 reviews! Thank you very much people! I'm cutting out the whole personal response thing for this chapter, because I'm too lazy to write it… heh…

There's not really any Akito in this chapter, so sorry, but read it, because it's important to the plot. My plot is kinda simple… ballerina loves weird, bitter, (yet somehow completely alluring and loveable ?) curse guy, but you should still read it, because it's got Haru in it. And because I wrote it. Hee

So, here's Chapter 20!

Woohoo

There's Beauty in the Breakdown

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The next day was the beginning of the weekend, and Mahiru had made plans to go out with her old friends from her apartment, all of who were thrilled by her news about the callbacks with the Transcends. They had a picnic in the park after window shopping.

For some reason Mahiru couldn't bring herself to tell them about Akito. She had left before he was awake, leaving him in Hatori's capable hands. Still, she felt worried.

After she said goodbye to her friends, Mahiru dawdled in town before going home. There she saw Haru.

"Hey Haru-kun." She smiled and went to sit next to him on the bench.

"Hey," said Haru distractedly. He was trying to eat an ice cream cone, which was dripping continuously with the spring really heating up. After he had licked all the drips from around the top of the cone, and taken a huge bite out of the top, he turned to her. "Oh, hey!" he wiped the ice cream from his face and gave her a grin, offering her a lick of the ice cream.

"Did I tell you? I got into the Trans-" she was telling everyone she saw.

"The Transcends, I know. Hey!" Mahiru had taken a huge bite of his ice cream.

"Aw come on, my happiness is worth more than the ice cream." She returned the empty cone to him. He stuck it on her head.

"Anything else new in your life?" Haru relaxed on the bench. Mahiru discarded the cone and twisted her hands.

"Well…"

"Well what?" Haru sensed that there was something she wanted to tell him.

"I'm kind of…"

"Please don't say pregnant or a man."

She smacked him, laughing. "I'm kind of… with Akito."

Haru stopped trying to push her off the bench, recoiling "What!" His eyes flashed.

"Well, you know, I'm guessing. He's kind of not all that easy to read… but I guess I'm as 'with him' as someone really can be, considering the way he is…"

"With him!" Haru's mood seemed to have taken a huge turn for the worse. Mahiru decided she must be imaging the way his eyes were changing color, becoming darker.

Okay, never mind.

Haru snarled at her and pounded his fist on the bench, which broke. His eyes were definitely darker, almost black. Mahiru jumped backwards, missing a flying piece of wood by inches. Haru slowly stood, turning to her.

"How could you?" He started for her.

Mahiru turned and ran all the way home.

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Hatori heard the knocking on his door and called out for the person to enter.

"Hello, Haa-san."

"Hello, Mah-chan. Can I help you? How was your day with your friends?" He sifted through the papers on his desk.

"Can… can I ask you a question?"

"Of course." Hatori looked up at her and started. Her face was bright red, her hair a mess, and she looked thoroughly shaken. "What about?"

Mahiru looked down "Haru."

Oh no.

"Did he go Black on you?" Hatori asked her gently.

"Well, I guess." It looked like she understood the nickname.

"He does that. It's not your fault." Hatori thought for a moment, and then asked "Did you tell him about Akito?"

"…yeah." Mahiru looked upset.

"I'll talk to him. You didn't do anything wrong."

"Alright." Mahiru turned to leave, but then went behind his desk and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you, Haa-san."

Hatori sat dumbfounded for a moment, but then regained his wits and called after her "If Akito's awake, make sure he eats!"

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