­OW! That would hurt. Do you think now is the time for Peruru to try and speak with Yaten? How is Yaten's nose?

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Do you love her?

"We need to talk." Peruru said once they were alone since the crowd was gone now.

"Peruru…" Yaten said.

Elsewhere in the Library Seiya was forced to return a book he didn't even sign out. The others sat at the table and by the time Seiya got back to the table Taiki was told everything.

"Is she alright?" Taiki asked.

"Don't know, Haruka and Michiru went to go find her." Ami replied.

"You owe me for that ten dollar late fee Minako." Seiya said as he came back placing his wallet in his back pocket again.

"Oh! Right! Sorry about that Seiya." Minako said as she felt embarrassed about the lateness of returning the book. 'But where am I going to get ten dollars from?' She thought to herself as panic filled her eyes.

Seiya saw the panic and sighed as he sat down across from her. "Don't worry about it." Seiya said.

"Oh know! I must pay you back." Minako said. "I just don't know how I will get it." She said quietly to herself.

"I don't want to cause Usagi to cry anymore so don't worry about it." Seiya responded.

"Okay." Minako said as like Seiya she hated seeing her friend cry.

"I will just think of it as a favor you owe me. So I will think of something." Seiya said as he put his hands behind his head and watch a Minako become angry.

"So what do you think Peruru will say to Yaten?" Makoto asked.

"I don't know but hopefully he can get this sorted out." Rei said. "I mean so much for Peruru waiting to recover more before speaking to Yaten." Rei added.

Back out side Peruru and Yaten looked at each other. "I should go." Yaten started to say but when he moved he got dizzy again. So he leaned back against the brick wall of the building.

"I think you should rest first, then see the nurse." Peruru said in a very calm voice. "But, first we need to talk." Peruru added and he went and stood next to Yaten and with the support of the building Peruru was able to slowly set himself down on the ground. It hurt because he was still recovering and he even winced a few times before he was able to get on the ground completely. "There." He said.

"Peruru!" Yaten said as he was worried about his friend. "You shouldn't be doing that." Yaten added.

"Oh it is alright." Peruru said He moved his left leg out in front of him and his right leg was bent so that his left thigh was resting on his right foot. Peruru then leaned back against the wall.

"But Peruru I don't want to end up hurting you again like I got you and Usagi hurt in the car crash." Yaten said.

"So that is what this is all about?" Peruru said. He looked at Yaten and saw the hurt in his eyes. "You blame yourself for the accident." Peruru added.

Yaten looked away, his nose was starting to sting and Yaten could not help but to wonder what took his nose so long to begin stinging? Yaten finally spook. "Yes I do blame myself because it is my fault." Yaten said. "If we didn't run, or if I did not become so set on wanting to see Usagi then you would not be hurting like this and Usagi would not hate me now." Yaten said.

Peruru took a deep breath. "It is not your fault Yaten." He said. "If anyone is to blame it is the rain." Peruru added. This confused Yaten so Peruru felt as if he had to explain. "If it would not have been raining that day then the car wouldn't have skidded the way it did. So there for it is all the rain's fault." Peruru said. He then looked up at the sky and pointed his broken finger up at the sky and shook his hand like a parent would. "Rain? You are grounded Mr." He said.

Yaten burst out laughing. His head hurt more but he didn't care. What Peruru said was making him laugh. "Well, it is good to see you laugh." Peruru said. "Now to what else you said. You think that Usagi hates you now?" Peruru asked.

Yaten gave a nod. "If me and Seiya would not have started fighting she probably would not have run off. So I just figured she hates me now." Yaten said.

"Dummy." Peruru said flat out. "That is the stupidest thing you said next to the words you said to Usagi the day after the car crash." Peruru said. When Peruru said that Yaten's mind flash backed to what he said the day after the accident.

Flash back to the day after the accident

­The next morning Usagi was feeling loads better and was dressed and gone before Rei even woke up. "I need to make sure he is alright." Usagi said as she ran. She had just opened the door to the outside when she almost ran right into Yaten. "Yaten!" Usagi went to hug Yaten but he moved out of the way and she ended up falling face first to the ground. "Hey! Why did you do that?" Usagi asked

"Because I can and did." Yaten said in what was almost a cold tone. "You are so gullible." He added.

"What?" Usagi said as she got up.

"Can you honestly think I would go out with you?" Yaten asked. "What a fool." He added as he turned to walk away.

Usagi grabbed him by the arm. "What do you mean?" She asked. Yaten did not answer nor did he look at her. "You don't mean that do you Yaten?" Usagi asked and she got in front of him and tears filled her eyes. "Did my cousin have anything to do with this? If she did I'll talk to her again. So you don't have to--" Usagi was interrupted.

"Don't you get it! I never loved you! It has nothing to do with your cousin!" Yaten yelled at Usagi. Usagi began to cry. "Stupid crybaby. Get out of my sight. Before you make it to easy to prank you again."

End of Flash Back

"You didn't mean what you said right?" Peruru asked as Yaten's eyes went wide. "Right?"

Yaten lowered his eyes to his hand that was resting on his left knee. "No." He said as he slid his hand off his knee and onto his thigh. "No I didn't." He added.

"When you said those words how did it make you feel to even hear yourself saying them?" Peruru asked.

Yaten place his right hand over his heart. He remembered as if it was yesterday how it pained him to say those words.

Flash back after the fact.

Yaten heard Usagi's cries as he was heading back to his dorm building. 'Sorry Usagi.' He thought to himself. 'To protect you this is how it must be.' He added in thought.

Tears began to fill his eyes, He felt the most horrible pain in his heart. This pain felt like something was missing, a new found empty space in his heart. He reached the door of the boys' dorm room building. He went to grab the door knob but instead turned away from the door.

He leaned against the door and slid down to the ground. He had both knees drawn up and his arms hugged his legs. Yaten then began to cry. "I am …. sorry Usagi …sorry." Yaten cried into his knees. "But it is better this way. I love you to much to get you hurt again." He said.

He stayed there on the ground and cried for a long time before he finally forced himself to stop. Once he stopped the last tear he got up and went inside.

End of Flash Back

"I do not want her to get hurt again." Yaten said as he felt tears filling his eyes just like then.

"You should have been truthful with her." Peruru said.

"I tried Peruru I tried." Yaten said. He hugged his knees and buried his face into his knees. "But each time I tried I thought that if I spoke I would hurt her more." He added. "I thought about it each time I looked at her and even when I would see her walking alone in the hallways I had the urge to want to run up to her and embrace her but …." Yaten could not even finish.

"But you didn't want to hurt her again right?" Peruru said. He could hear Yaten's sobs. "Yaten Usagi loves you. She doesn't want anyone fighting about her because she doesn't want anymore pain." Peruru said. "And she doesn't hate you. You might have still been dazed and hurting but she said and I quote, ­I love Yaten, I really do. With all my heart." Peruru said. "So you see Yaten she does not Hate you. I don't think Usagi even knows the meaning of the word hate." Peruru added.

Yaten then stood up his head started pounding again and he could feel a lump forming on the back of his head but he did not care. Yaten looked at Peruru. "You need any help getting up?" He asked.