Luck

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS

Author's Note: Hmm, continuation of last chapter……………………….

I really need to have teacher in telling joke……………..mine is so stupid………………just hope you'll still like it…………….sigh oh yeah, and Dylan de palma's only 16 ok? My head's getting all messed up here. Uhm, please read chapter 25 again. I've made a few changes please…………. Oh yeah, I'm so sorry if I can't make you feel this chapter better

-Mitsukai Kansei

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Chapter 26: You're who!

(While running)

"Oh man, I don't think these guys would stop following us!" Li exclaimed.

"You can say that again." Lan replied.

"Oh man, I don't think there guys would stop following us!" Li repeated.

"Not a funny joke."

"I know!"

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"For some reason, I have this strange feeling." A teenage boy with short raven hair and river eyes.

"Onii-chan?" A girl named Sarah voiced.

"What is it?" Christian replied back. Sarah walked to him and smiled.

"So, Lan-san's coming here ne?" She replied.

"Yup." Christian replied. Then, there was silence when……..

"Nani!" Christian exclaimed. He jumped from his seat with irritated blue eyes.

"Heheh." Sarah smirked.

"Sarah! How dare you read my e-mail?" He shouted. Sarah gave him a tongue-out and for her life.

"Hehehehehe…………"

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Dark alley)

"Hello…….hehehehehehe………" A villainous voice murmured. Lan and Li shivered their heads up and slowly looked at their back.

"Uhm…………….hi?" Li replied.

"Nice day ne?" Lan added. The two men smirked and swiftly held their hand to them. Li and Lan shouted and tried to avoid it. Li escaped and ran quickly when a shout passed his head.

"Li! Help!" Lan exclaimed. Li shook his head though, being a hero overcame him. He ran back and tried to get Lan back. She was in the hands of one of the men.

"Let go of her!" He exclaimed. (men) They smirked and laughed out loud of him.

"What you gonna do? Call your mom!" One mocked. They laughed out again. Li raised one eyebrow and sighed.

"You guys need to have a joking session." He said.

"Ehem, ehem." They sounded and faced their sides.

"We know." One of them replied. Then, there was silence over them. Li took small steps back then, his eyes glanced on something.

"Can we get back to the you guys getting me part?" Lan voiced.

"Good idea!" Li shouted and threw a big spider on the man's face that was holding Lan. (I'm getting tired of the man thing so let's give them names. The one who was holding Lan is John and the other one is Leo, ok?)

"Aaaah!" John shouted and let go of Lan. "Get this thing off me!"

Meanwhile, Li and Lan ran for their lives.

"Good idea for the spider thing," Lan said.

"Yeah, thanks." Li replied. "I used to do it with my sisters."

"What!"

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"Oh man, can't this plane go any faster!" Kay impatiently exclaimed.

"Calm down Kay, Lan's not an idiot." Jerome replied.

"Easy for you to say, you're not that close to her." Kay muttered.

"What is wrong with you? You're getting all grumpy again." Jerome asked.

"Nothing of your darn business."

"She's back to her: Get your own problem thing again."

"Shut up!"

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(While running)

"Why are these guys following us!" Li asked.

"Don't ask me, I'm just running myself out as well." Lan replied.

"Come back here!" John and Leo both voiced.

"No way!" Li replied.

They managed to shake them off cause of the huge crowd of people. They went straight to a skating rink.

"What are we doing here?" Li asked. Lan looked back and saw John and Leo's silhouettes coming to them.

"Just stop whinning!" Lan replied. She threw him some skates.

"What am I gonna do with these?" Li asked.

"Duh, wear them." Lan replied.

"Why?" Li asked again. Lan elevated her hand and bumped it on Li's head.

"You're such an idiot." She murmured.

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"Kay? Kay? Come on, I was just kiddin'" Jerome voiced. But, Kay was stubborn to even budge. Jerome sighed and opened a certain book. Kay glanced at it for a second then…………

"Where'd you get that?" Kay asked in surprise.

"Hmmmm, from her." Jerome replied with a smile. The irritation from Kay suddenly disappeared and became wonder.

"When she gave it to you?" Kay asked again.

"About, last week. This was supposed to be a secret from you." Jerome replied.

"Wha?" Kay exclaimed.

"She thought that if she let you see this, you'd make her finish this as quick as she can."

"She thought what?"

"Yeah, she thinks that you're too strict though, she still likes you, I mean, as a friend and all."

"Me? Too strict, I guess, I never noticed it."

"Yeah."

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"Aaah!" A boy with auburn hair exclaimed. He held on tight on a female's arm.

"Li, quiet down would you?" Lan said.

"I told you I didn't know how to skate!" Li replied. Lan shook her head and sighed.

"Well, you have to or we're toast." Lan uttered.

"Oh man, why and how did I get myself to this?" Li asked himself. Then………..

"There they are!" John voiced.

"Oh man!" Lan replied. Li shook his head and pulled Lan's hand harder.

"Ouch! Calm down would you?" She asked, as she was getting much more worried.

"Do you think I can?" Li asked back.

"Get them!" Leo shouted. Leo and John started to run to them when……………….

"Where do you think you're going?" A firm voice from their back asked. Leo and John slowly turned their heads and, a man in uniform was looking at them.

"Excuse me?" Leo asked. The police shook his head and pulled them to the cashier.

"You have to pay to skate." He replied.

"But…………they, spider thing." John muttered.

"Yes, and I also think that the spider would like you to pay than to go to jail." The police added.

"Hmm, that police guy seems nice." Lan uttered.

"You got that right." Li added. Lan, getting irritated of the sudden weight in her arms, shouted.

"Can't you skate on your own?" She exclaimed and pulled her hand out of Li's reach. Li, trying to balance himself, started to dance on the rink.

"Why'd you do that!" Li asked, still trying to gain his balance.

"Well, you dance well on ice." Lan chuckled.

"Not funny!" Li voiced.

Then…………………

"Let's get them!" John and Leo voiced. Li and Lan faced them and started to worry.

"I hate skating!" Li voiced.

"Even if you hate it or not, you're already dancing on it!" Lan joked.

"Not funny!" Li repeated. They saw John and Leo running towards them. Lan thought the had no choice so she pushed Li out off the rink.

"AAAAH!" Li exclaimed. Then…………….

BANG!

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt." Lan muttered.

"Don't you dare go away!" Leo voiced. "You're gonna pay!"

"Sorry!" Lan replied back. She skated her way out of the rink and pulled Li with his battered face out of the building.

"Come back!" John added. They reached the rink……………..

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" They exclaimed then……..

BAM!

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"Excuse me, all passengers please calm down and seat on your seats." The announcer voiced. (I'm not sure.) "We are reaching our destination in our current speed. We will arrive in Tokyo Airlines for about 15 min."

"Well, time flies so fast." Kay mumbled.

"Yeah, I'm still wondering." Jerome said.

"Wondering? Wondering about what?" Kay asked. Jerome made an hmm sound and sighed.

"In her letter, she said that she's visiting a friend right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"For all I know, we all know her friends right?"

"Yeah and so?"

"I mean, who the heck is this friend she has in Japan? I don't remember anyone there."

"Well Jerome, you have a point though, she also have some friends of her own."

"Yeah, I also thought of that but, it occurs to me that……………..oh man, something……….."

"Huh?"

"Think about it Kay, I mean, don't we have a friend who went to Japan?"

"Well, to think about it………….."

"I feel that, yeah, we have a friend who went to Japan before!"

"I guess so, I have a feeling that it's true."

"But, who is it?"

"Jerome." Kay voiced. Her eyes were getting pretty dull.

"Huh? What is it?"

"I think I remember who he is…………"

"Ano?"

"We have reached our destination."

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"Ouch! My face hurts!" Li voiced as he was running for his life.

"Oh stop whining!" Lan added.

"Yeah! What if I push your face and hit it on a solid wall?"

"…………….."

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"Hmmm," a teen voiced as the gentle wind brushed against his hair. His cobalt eyes were staring blankly at the sky. He then let out a sigh and shook his head hastily. "I never had a chance to see Lan again, I mean, after 3 years." He murmured to himself. Then, some old memories passed against him. He smiled as he remember those thoughts…………..

FLASHBACK

Four kids, about 10 or so, were sitting underneath a huge mango tree, resting themselves from the heat of the sun.

"Hmmm, ang sarap naman ng pakiramdam nito. (This gives me such a wonderful feeling.)" A girl with short raven hair exclaimed and felt the soft breeze of the wind against her skin.

"Oo nga, sobra. (You got that right.) " Another girl murmured. She had shoulder length purple hair and cool river eyes.

"Pero, nasan naman si Kanna? (But, where's Kanna?)" One boy voiced, he has short blue hair and violet eyes.

"Oo nga, parang hindi siya nd tipong basta na lang malalate nang ganito (Yeah, she's not the type to be late like this)." Another boy added. He has short raven hair and blue eyes.

"Uhm, Chris?" the first girl voiced.

"Bakit Lan? May problema ba? (Why? Something wrong?)" He asked back.

"Hmm, pano kung isang araw magkakahiwahiwalay tayo uhm…………" (What if one day we have to part uhm...)

"Sa tingin ko, hindi alam ang sagot.." Chris voiced quickly. (I don't think I know the answer.)

"Ano? Pano mo naman naisagot yan agad?" The second girl, named Kay, asked. (Huh? How'd you answer it fast?)

"Maari mong sabihin na hula lang naman." Chris replied. "Bakit ikaw Jerome, tahimik mo dyan?" (Just a guess, what about you Jerome? Why are you quiet there?)

"Ah……..naantok na kasi ako e, ang tagal naman ni Kanna." He replied. (Oh! I'm just sleepy! Kanna's so slow………)

„Oo nga , pakiramdam ko rin na inaantok na talaga ako." Kay added. (Got that right, I also feel so sleepy.)

"Pero, di naman natin siya puewdeng iwan diba? What are friends' for?" Chris said. (But, we can't just leave her right? What are friends' for?)

"Hmm, oo nga naman, dapat maging matiyaga pa tayo ng kaunti." Dylan replied. (He's got a point, we should stay here a little bit longer.)

Then, it started to pour down rain. The children huddled themselves under the mango tree for protection.

"Ano na nagyon ang gagawin natin e, umuulan na!" Dylan asked. (What are we gonna do now! It's raining!)

„Oo nga, kasi naman si Kanna ang tagal!" Kay added. (This is because of kanna! She's so time-consuming!)

„Hmm, Teka lang, parang, may naalala akong sinabi niya sa kin." Chris tried remembered. (Wait, I think I remember her telling me something important!)

"Ano yun? Baka importante!" Kay asked. Chris thought for awhile and bumped his head. (What is it? It may be something important!)

"Ano ba naman yan! Nakalimutan ko! Di nga pala pupunta si Kanna ngayon! Meron daw sila pupuntahan!" He exclaimed. (Oh darn! I forgot that she told me she couldn't come this day! She said, they're going somewhere!)

"Ano!" (What!)

END OF FLASHBACK

Christian chuckled and sat up from his position.

"Naalala ko pa non, asar na asar sila sa kin!" He exclaimed to himself. He let out another sigh and smiled. "It's the first time I heard myself speak in tagalog for all of those years."

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"Finally! I never thought that we'll get out of that plane!" Kay exclaimed. She breathed the fresh air and sighed.

"Well, we don't have much of time. We have to find her right?" Jerome voiced.

"Hmm, I guess you're right too."
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(Still running)

"Lan? Where are we going!" Li voiced and took a glance at their backs.

"Whatever! So, they gone?" She asked. There was nothing to be seen with Li's auburn eyes so he nodded.

"Yeah, I think they bumped each other's head earlier."

"Pretty cool."

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"Where you going onii-chan?" Sarah asked. Christian smiled and nodded. He stood up and replied.

"I'm going for a stroll, ok?"

"Sure."

"Well, bye then haras." Christian replied.

"Stop calling me that!"

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"Hey, can we sit for awhile! I mean, I can't see them anymore!" Li asked. Lan also noticed that she was panting herself out. She nodded in reply.

"Yeah, we're gonna die early if we continue like this."

"I agree with you!" Li exclaimed.

They sat on a bench at the park and panted heavily.

"This day couldn't get worse." Li asked.

"I don't know. But, it can." Lan replied. Li shook his head and sighed.

"You shouldn't have said that." Li said. Lan panted and panted until she could breathe normally again.

"I mean, why were they following us anyways," Li added.

"Don't ask me, I was running with you, right?"

Li made a big sigh and thought for awhile. He lowered his head and replied.

"Hmm…….." He mumbled. Lan wiped her sweat and sighed again.

"Hmmm, what?" She asked.

"Something bothers me though." Li replied.

"Huh? What?"

"I mean, we ran but, they weren't finished speaking yet? You held my hand and pulled me from my seat and that's when the chase began? I mean, do you know those guys? You ran away from them even though, I think they didn't mean harm. What's the deal?"

Lan kept quiet and faced away.

"So, they gonna kidnap you for ransom or something? Com'n say it to me maybe I can help."

Lan still didn't reply and she lowered her head.

"Uhm………….." She murmured.

"I was just really wondering. I mean, we ran even though they haven't got to say what they want. And, who's the Kay and Jerome guys?"

"No! If they weren't after something bad for us, why'd they chase us around?"

Li cupped his chin by his hands and thought for awhile.

"You have a point as well, but, what if it's something really important, something about our family and all."

"But, why'd they hold me in their arms, they like, threaten to kidnap me or so."

"Good point………….." Li muttered. Lan finally held her head up and sighed. She wiped up some small water drops in her eyes.

"Huh? You cried?" Li asked. Lan shook her head and made a tongue-out.

"No way!" She exclaimed. Li smiled and nodded.

"Whatever you say then." Li replied again. He smiled though and shook his head.

"All that running gave me all the exercise I need for a week."

"You can say that again and again."

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"Hello? Ms. Kay!" John voiced.

"Where are you?" Kay, at the other line, asked.

"We're going to the park, we've just spotted them there." He replied.

"Don't go there! Fetch us up here in the airport and we'll follow them."

"Huh? But……."

"Now!"

"Huh? What was that?" A girl with short brown hair and emerald eyes muttered.

"Something wrong, Sakura?" Her friend, Tomoyo asked.

"I don't know, something seems to bother me." Sakura replied.

"Bother you? What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked again.

"I don't know, I feel, someone is gonna be in tears later on."

"What? What are you talking about Sakura?"

"I don't know either, well, we should just stop it."

"Good idea."

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"Oh man, I can't feel my feet." A teen with amber eyes exclaimed. He sat still on his place and sighed.

"Be quiet and take it like a man." Lan added. She too suffered the same fate as the young man beside her.

"Whatever you say won't make it better ya know." Li replied. Lan shook her head and sighed.

"Oh man, my feet hurt so much."

"Well, at least that's only your feet, what about my face!"

"Oh just shut up."

"Stop saying that!"

"sigh You still got your books?" Lan asked. Li's eyes widened, completely forgetting where they were and where they are right now. "I knew it."

"Oh man! Where are they!" Li worried.

"I don't know but, you can still buy new one right?"

"No way! That costs me a lot!"

"What are you talking about?" Lan asked. Li's head keep looking at each place his eyes can set on, his eyes still worried.

"If you're not gonna help, just keep quiet.' Li replied as he continued his search. He tried to move his leg though, he was too tired out.

"Oh man, if I hadn't run like that." He murmured.

"Wanna hear a story?" Lan asked all of a sudden.

"Huh? Story? I'm searching here." Li replied, wondering of what she meant. Lan smiled and looked up the sky.

"I heard this story from a friend."

"What are you talking about?"

"Listen and shut up!"

Li quickly sat up straight and started to listen. Lan smiled and related it.

"A girl, had this friend, he was a boy. They were pretty close and they're best friends. The boy had to go away, far, far away, and they have small chance of meeting each other again. The girl seems so sad, she doesn't know what's happening to him, simple letters and e-mails calm her sometimes. She was left with other two friends with her…………….. I mean…….."

"What are you blabbering about?" Li asked.

"I don't know."

"Nani!"

Lan started to chuckle and smile. Li looked at her laugh, she was really pretty for him, (don't worry! He won't fall in love!) he smiled along.

"What's funny anyways?" He asked.

"Something I don't want to tell and something I don't want you to know as well." Lan replied.

"Huh?"

"Never mind!"

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"Where are they?" Kay asked, as she ran with the men with her.

"Just follow us." John replied.

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A boy with cerulean eyes and raven hair was walking calmly along the road. As usual, girls were looking at him.

"Eyes, girl's eyes, staring at me, again!" Christian thought. "One of the reasons I don't like going out at all."

Then………..

OOF!

"Oh, I'm so sorry." A female voice voiced and helped him stand up. Christian stood up and smiled.

"It's ok with me, it's fine." Christian replied. He faced the female and his eyes widened.

"Haven't I……….." He muttered.

"Hey! Faster Kay!" Jerome voiced. Kay nodded to him and ran as well.

"Kay? Isn't she……..." Christian murmured to himself. "Kay!"

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"I feel a lot much better now!" Lan exclaimed.

"Me too, I guess some rest is all ya need." Li replied. Lan smiled and replied.

"Ya got that right!" She uttered. Li smiled when….

"Dylan?" A female voice asked. Lan's eyes widened and slowly turned her head to where the sound came from. She suddenly felt shivers.

"What, what are you guys doing here? Why are you even here?" She muttered. Kay marched to her and put her arms on her waist.

"What about you? Sitting there with?" Kay asked and looked at the auburn kid with her.

"He's got nothing to do with this Kay!" Lan replied. She stood up and faced Kay eye to eye.

"What are you even doing here Dylan?" Kay asked once more. Dylan shook her head and faced her.

"Didn't I leave a letter with you? I came to visit……….."

"He went away 3 years ago, you think you can just run away like that." Kay shook her head. "I mean………"

"He's here! I know he's here! I'll look for him anywhere!" Lan exclaimed.

"Who's this he guy Lan talks about?" Li asked himself.

"What?" Kay asked. Lan lowered her head and started to explain.

"He went away I knew it! I know it!"

"Dylan, why are you looking for him in this time? You have to go to….."

"Iie! That's what you always say! Work, I have to go there! Finish this, write faster! Kay, you're always there by me side, but, it isn't like friends anymore, you act as someone far away from me! You stand there and look at me, never leaving until the moon rises up. You were before, a good friend when he was there by our side but when he went away…………………………you change, even you Jerome!"

Kay's eyes widened and she shook his head slowly.

"No, that's not true!" She exclaimed. Then, tears started to trickle down Dylan's face as she continued.

"That's what you think. You know, my mom told me before that, you were doing this to me cause, you care about my future. I believed her but, things started to change, I don't think my mom was right now. Sometimes, I walk into my room and sigh and walk straight to my desk."

"Dylan…….." Kay mumbled.

"That's why I went looking for him, I thought that when he comes back or even try to see you, you guys would be happy and as what you guys where before, what we guys were before!"

Dylan stood there, her fists clenching as hard as she can as tears started to trickle down her face. Kay was looking with her with her lilac eyes and shaking hands.

"Dylan, I'm so sorry." She muttered. Jerome's head was also lowered, his eyes trying to stop the tears that want to show themselves.

"No! I want to see him, he's my friends, he's our friend, I want to see him!" Lan exclaimed and faced Kay with her teary eyes. "What happened to you guys Kay? Please tell me."

"Dylan, I knew he was…….."

"Yes! He was my best friend! We were the best friends and nothing could change that even when he went to Japan! It wouldn't! He promised me."
Then…………….

"Dylan?" A familiar voice rang into their ears. Dylan's eyes widened and gazed to where it came from. There, a boy with midnight hair and amazed sapphire eyes stood there, facing the group.

"Christian!" Li exclaimed. Lan was surprised! His name was, Christian.

"Christian?" Lan muttured. She held out her hand shakily and bent her head. Kay faced him so did Jerome. They were as well, surprised and shaky.

"Christian? That you?" Jerome asked. Kay was quiet and she kept looking deep into his eyes then………..

"I'm so sorry." She mumbled as she shook her head. "I'm so sorry." Then, she broke down and cried. She fell on her knees as tears started to fall flow from her soft face. She covered it with her bare hands and shook her head. "I'm so sorry Christian. I'm so, so, sorry!" She exclaimed.

"Kay?" Lan muttered out.

"I'm so sorry!" She repeated. Christian smiled and walked near.

Li sat there, looking at the whole scene and feeling something he never felt before. But, he sat there, he didn't move, he knew the right time when to.

"It's not your fault Kay." Christian muttered.

"I'm sorry!" Kay repeated once again. "I'm sorry! I never took my promise seriously. I'm so, so, sorry."

"It's ok, a lot of things happen like this."

"But, the promise………"

"I'm just glad I can see you guys again, I'm so glad."

Kay stopped crying and looked at Christian, wearing the same old smile he used too.

"Christian?" She murmured. Christian nodded. She smiled and nodded. "I'm glad as well."

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"Haras! Where are you!" Christian voiced out. Lan chuckled and smiled.

"After all those years, you still call her that." She said.

"Hmm, it makes me feel better as, always." Christian replied. Lan, Kay and Jerome smiled. Li nodded along.

"What is it again!" Sarah asked, getting a bit irritated called as Haras. She walked to where her brother was then……

"Konichiwa!"

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"By the way, I haven't been introduced." Kay said.

"Huh?" Chrisitan muttered as he munched on some chips on the sala. Kay smiled and pointed at Li, who kept quiet all those times. Li quickly shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, This is Li, he's from Hong Kong and he's one of my friends and classmates." Christian replied. "Please introduce yourself."

"Uhm………………sure." He replied. He nodded and sighed again. "My name is Li Syaroan and I'm 16 years old."

"Nice to meet you Li," Kay smiled. She went on to introduce herself. "My name is Kay Munoz, I'm 16 years old as well and a college student."

"College? At 16 years old? You've got to be kiddin'?" Li asked. Kay shook her head and answered.

"Well, school levels here and in the Philippines are not the same, we have less levels there than here but, we live a simple and good life."

"Oh, really."

"Yes, very much." Kay smiled. Li smiled as well and faced Jerome. Jerome sighed and shrugged.

"My name is Jerome Paze, 16 years old as well and we 3 study in same schools." He introduced.

"Ok." Li replied. Christian looked at all of them and smiled.

"So Lan, how's your writing courier?" He asked. Lan smiled and nodded. She made a mm sound and replied.

"Fine, all are pretty cool and great." She replied with glee.

"You write Lan? I never knew!" Li exclaimed. "Maybe that's why you already met Dylan de Palma."

Then, Kay, Jerome and Christian start to chuckle out. Making small laughs while hiding themselves. Li looked at them with confused eyes. Lan smiled a bit and looked at them.

"You don't think so?" Jerome asked. Li shook his head and he's want to laugh started to grow, as well as the other two.

"Why don't I tell a little bit about myself?" Lan asked the three.

"Yeah, my stomach's gonna burst." Christian replied, still feeling the urge to laugh inside.

"Mine as well." Kay added. Lan smiled and nodded.

"What are they talking about Lan?" Li asked.

"Do you want to know my real name?" Lan asked.

"Huh? What the……….."

"So, you wanna know?"

"Yeah, sure."

"My name is Dylan de Palma, 16 years old and Li's favorite author." She introduced.

"You're who!" Li exclaimed.

"I'm Dylan de Palma!" Lan replied.

"She really is Dylan de Palma, that's why she knows Dylan like that." Kay added.

"No way…………" Li murmured.

"Yes way, Li." Christian replied. Li then saw stars from his eyes and the…….

"Li! Li! Wake up Li! Li!"

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Dylan's Advice Booth:

Li opens up his amber eyes but seeing Dylan de Palma by his side, faints again when…………..

"Don't you dare faint on me again!" She threatened. Li sighed and sat up.

"I won't." He answered with another sigh. Lan smiled and nodded.

"Now, that's better, I don't want to be with someone who has his head on a pillow ya know! I'm not a guardian angel!" She replied. Li rubbed the back of his head like some huge animal and replied.

"Well, I guess you're right as well though." Li replied.

"That's better." Lan smiled. "Uhm………..hey Li?"

"What is it?" Li asked.

"I was just wondering, if, I mean, uhm, something's bothering you or so?" Lan asked. Li shook his head and asked.

"What do you mean? I mean, uhm, eto, wha?" Li replied, not having a single word of how to put it up.

"sigh Ok, so, when I first saw you, you're eyes were blank as paper, what's the deal with that? But, when we started running around like loose animals, it seems that the wind blew them off your head." Lan uttured. Li's eyes widened at her response. Then, a picture of a familiar girl appeared before him. She had short honey hair and emerald eyes, such innocent face and a warm smile. Her name? Sakura………..

"Sakura………………" He muttered, as all the thoughts came back to him again, why he was even at the park in the first place. But, he denied it and shook his head.

"What problem? You kiddin' me? Nothings wrong with me!" He replied. Lan shook her head responded.

"No way, I'm certain that something was bothering you before all the fuss and all. You're eyes were pretty blank at those times and I recall seeing you're thoughts in distance from you're body."

Li snorted. "I'm fine!" He paused for awhile, being slightly annoyed. "And stop acting like you know everything! Just because you're famous and all!"

Lan snapped, "Of course I don't know everything! I didn't tell you I knew everything anyways?"

"Authors……….." Li muttered. Lan shook her head.

"But, I know a little of how people think, how they work their lives out you know?" She explained. "When I started to travel all over the world, I met new kinds of people, simple, rich and ect. They all had different stories to share and do you think I get my ideas from soap or something? No way, I get them from real people, they share them to me and make a story out of them."

Li, feeling annoyed that Lan is trying to prove she's a know-it-all, didn't reply.

"That's why I'm a famous author. I know about people's experience!" Then, she started to get serious. "Listen to me, you don't need to wear your mind out like that Li, because, you yourself know the reason why you're all blank and all in the first place."

"Huh? I don't understand." He admitted. Lan smiled at him and congratulated him. "What is going on?" Li asked.

"You've fallen in-love, my little friend!" She exclaimed.

"I've what!" Li shot back, pulling his hand from Lan's. "No! I'm not!" He yells.

"Yes you are." Nods Lan firmly. "And you've been blank and distant cause you don't want to accept it."

"I told you to stop being a know-it-all!"

Lan sighed and gave him her little guess……………………

"There's a girl in school that's about your age and you seem to be attracted to her right?"

"What the……"

"Although, you're not sure cause, you never loved someone as much as this girl, well, I mean not as your mother I mean."

"My mother? How'd she get to the picture?"

"Never mind that." Lan sighed. "Your heart knows you love he, while your mind doesn't and leaves your while self confused! So, who's this girl?"

"What?" Li thought. He blushed like hell and gulped. "You mean Sakura?"

"Sakura, hmm, yeah, I think she's the one. She is the one you're attracted with, that's the reason why you feel different and strange when you're facing, but im sure you don't realize that yet." Said Dyalan, wisely.

"I, I don't have feelings for her!" Lied Li, rather coldly. "I'm-I'm just shy and all…………"

"You were never shy." Lan replied rather coldly. "You're in love with her though, you have no intention of admitting it to yourself. I mean, you feel afraid that, they'll step on you and it seems that there someone well, he makes you feel rather uneasy with it as well."

"Oh, you mean Eriol……."

"Never mind that! A lot of people suffer the same fate as you, they're afraid to face the truth, facts of reality esp. when it comes to such abstract things like love. And it seems that you don't like to feel weak at all, you seem to be careful, you don't want to look weak as well. I might say my dear o'l friend."

Li fell quiet. Nobody ever knew how he felt, how his mind worked, only this crazy author he met by the side ways!

"Did you two have some sort of incident that involved infatuation or love?"

"Well, uhm." Li paused. "You might say that."

"How?"

"Do I really have to answer that at all?" Li asked.

"Yup."

"Well, she tripped in to my arms."

"Good enough."

"……………"

"Tell me the truth, Li." Lan asked. Li gulped and answered nervously.

"I guess so."

"Now, answer me with honesty." Lan requested. Li just nodded, facing away with a bush like hell!

"Do you feel insecure, shy or jerky when you're around her?" She asked.

"Uhm…………………..hai……."

"Do you feel like you want to be with her, well, like right now?"

"Hai."

"Have you ever felt like this with anyone besides her?"

"Not even my mother?"

"She's not included!"

"Well, no."
Lan smiled and nodded at him.

"Go home Li, would you? Reminisce past memories between you and Sakura, wake up Li, you love her." She grinned. "You have a lot of days to come."

"Isn't this a simple crush thing?" Li asked. Lan shook her head.

"Don't think I'm going in with your personal life Li, just trying to help you." She patted his head. "And I know after this day, tomorrow you'll feel a lot lighter if this feeling is really true or just your simple crush thing."

"Well, ok." Li replied with a sigh then………………

CRASH!

"What was that?" Li asked and stood up from the bed.

"Let's go see." Lan suggested. They went outside and bent their heads in cofusion.

"Christian, I know we haven't met in years but, what happened?" Lan asked, feeling a bit awkward about the situation.

"You fell from the chair, weren't you looking?" Li asked, with the same feeling as Lan.

"Oh, just shut up." Christian mumbled.

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"sigh So, I'm glad you've woken up Li." Christian smiled.

"Yeah, thanks." Li replied. Lan looked at all of them and decided to ask.

"So, what even happened earlier?" She asked. Kay and Jerome blushed and Christian faced away.

"I don't think they have the intention to tell us." Li murmured to Lan.

"But, yes they will." Lan replied. Lan made a 'hmm' sound for a little while and clapped both her hands, knowing the right answer. "So, you guys told him already?"

"Eh?" Kay muttered amazed. "How'd you know?"

"I'm a just a crazy author you meet by the side walks!" Lan exclaimed. "And Christian fell from his seat in surprise."

"Yeah, I just never thought this two can be together. They always fight when we were young." Christian uttered.

"A lot can change, Christian." Lan replied.

"Yeah……………..I guess………" Christian muttered. "But, I never really realized you two can be a couple."

"Well, Christian, you haven't met as for years." Jerome replied.

"And, we don't also know if you changed, in friends and in love."

Lan frowned, hearing those words.

"Changed in friends, huh." She murmured. Christian smiled and nodded.

"I can't say that I changed whole. I mean, I'm just human. And besides, I only have on best friend in the world." He replied and looked ay Lan. "And it would never change, ne, Lan?"

Lan brightened up and nodded.

"Me too………"

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The next day…………………

"Li, Li! Wake up!" A childish voice called out.

"Wha?" Li muttered in response.

"Wake up Li! You've over slept!" Shara voiced. Li's eyes widened and looked at the clock.

"No way!" He exclaimed and hurried out of bed. He rushed to his closet and changed up. He ran to the kitchen and took a slice of bread.

"Where are you going?" Kenneth asked.

"No time!" He replied and hurried outside with the bread on his mouth.

"Huh?"
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

"Oh man! I can't believe it!" He exclaimed to himself. "I gonna miss her flight back to the Philippines!"

He exclaimed to himself and ran like a loose animal.

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"Hey, uhm, where's Li?" Christian murmured.

"Don't worry about him, let him rest." Lan smiled.

"Ok."

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Then……………….after awhile………………….

"Li! Where have you gone!" Christian exclaimed and walked to his friend.

"I………..i took the wrong way." Li panted out.

"Oh, you missed the flight, it flew away 15 min. ago!" Christian replied.

"Nani!" He exclaimed. "I missed it!"

"Yeah you did. But, she told me to give this to you. She didn't want me to know what's inside." Christian gave him a letter. It read………

To: Li Syaroan

From: Lan 

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Author's note: Well, I'm so sorry that i was late in passing it. I needed to have the real Dylan de Palma advice thing. I asked Kazuo Toshiro (Dylan) to give me her point of view in this thing. Well, I won't be writing what's inside the letter for awhile. It's a big secret! Don't worry, it's not done yet and thanks Kazuo Toshiro for the advice! Well, sorry if I changed some as well and I thank you a lot! Well, I hope you like this chapter and look out for more!

-Mitsukai Kansei