I'm back!!! Anime Fest was a lot of fun, and I did cosplay Ryuichi in his bunny outfit on Monday. When I get the pictures developed I'll put one on my profile page. Ryuichi is so cute!

I'm sorry about using the incorrect name I'll get it fixed A.S.A.P. Tonight though I thought it would be more important to get the next chapter up as promised. I'll get it corrected, and thank you for pointing it out to me. That's one mistake I NEVER would have noticed on my own.

Chapter 13: Shining Blue Tears
Ryuichi's brain was seriously hurting. No matter how he thought about it things just wouldn't make sense to him. A part of him worried that she wasn't about to forgive him for this, and another part felt... well strange. It was as though he felt protective towards Narumi...

Protective was okay wasn't it?

He stared at the ceiling and watched as the shadows danced across it. He could usually think things through the best when he was lying in bed, but tonight nothing seemed to make any sense.

"What about you Kuma? Do you have any ideas?" Ryuichi extended his arm out to where Kuma should have been perched. There was nothing there. The hard wood met Ryuichi's fingers and there was no fabric beneath his fingertips. "Kuma?" Where was he? Where was Kuma?

"No!!!"

His scream pierced through the night. Was Kuma gone? What could have happened? Ryuichi could feel the tears welling up in his eyes, as he searched frantically for his plushy.

"Ryuichi?"

Narumi had run downstairs in her light blue pajamas, her hair was disheveled and while she still looked upset, it appeared as though she had at least tried to get a little sleep. She watched as Ryuichi searched frantically through the living room looking for something.

"Kumaguro, he's gone!"

Ryuichi threw the cushions of the sofa onto the ground as he frantically looked. Something in the way he was so desperate made her frantic as well.

"What's all the racket about?" Touya yawned.

He watched while the two of them scoured the room in a mad hunt. The room the two of them had cleaned up was once again one huge mess. Touya smiled as his sister made the mess even bigger in her mad hunt for something.

Well since he was up! Touya walked into the kitchen and put a kettle onto boil. Tea sounded good.

"Kuma! Come out Kuma! Please!"

"It's not here."

"It's got to be! Who would steel Kuma? Nobody would be that mean." Tears were overflowing down the sides of Ryuichi's face as he met her eyes straight on. "Kuma is all I have left of my family. It can't be gone, it just can't be!" Ryuichi began looking everywhere once again. "Mother gave Kuma to me on the day she died. I can't..." He was desperately trying to hold his tears back.

His words sent a shiver down Narumi's spine. It was from his dead mother? This was the first thing Ryuichi had ever really told her about himself, and while she felt bad about the circumstances, a part of her was happy that he trusted her enough to tell her something so important.

"I can't loose Kuma! Narumi please help me!" Ryuichi's had was extended to her, pleading... no begging her to help him. He was depending on her for something, and deep down she didn't want to let him down. Her fingertips brushed lightly against the palm of him hand as she took his hand in her own sealing the deal. They would find Kuma. Memories were precious after all.

"Tea's ready! Well, well, well..." Narumi yanked her hand back to her side, she wasn't sure why but she could feel her cheeks become warmer and warmer.

"K-Kumaguro's gone missing!" She threw the first thing out into the air that she could think of. It didn't matter that she was stuttering, or that she was nervous for no real reason to be nervous, she just wanted to hide it. "I don't suppose you've seen it."

"Who me? Of course not! Now a cute little scene between my little sister and her room mate on the other hand..."

"That's not it!" She squeaked. Stupid! Why was she so nervous she hadn't done anything at all! She had only agreed to help him find that pink bunny of his! Her eyes slid across to Ryuichi's eyes and the vulnerable expression written across his face made her heart feel as though it was going to burst.

This was so stupid! She screamed to herself. She had only known him a couple of days, and she honestly didn't know much about him, and he didn't know that much about her either.

Well, at least he had met her family. A hidden part of her heart whispered. This was completely ridiculous.

"So tell me Ryuichi-san..." Touya teased. "What's so important about this Kuma rabbit plushy when it's obvious that my sister is protecting you like a mother hen?"

"Do you really need them both?" He teased. This was completely delightful for him. He loved to tease people especially family.

"Just shut up will you!" Narumi shouted at her brother.

"Well, I'm going back to bed." He gave Ryuichi a provocative wink. "Don't keep my sister up all night, she does have to teach a class in the morning after all."

He barely dodged the pillow that came flying at his head as he ran back upstairs.

As for Narumi and Ryuichi both spent the rest of the night hunting for the bunny but all to no avail. When Touya woke up the next morning it was to find the two of them curled up next to each other in a ball on the floor. It was apparent that the two of them had looked all night long.

Tohma was sound asleep in his bed; Kuma was sitting upright on his bed stand. Unfortunately, he didn't get the chance to return it that night as he had planned on. Well, he could always give it to him in the morning... but then again...
Chapter 14: A Lime Green Ribbon

Tohma forgets to bring Kuma to work so he asks Tatsuha to get it for him and deliver it to him. Well, this causes a few... interesting problems. NIGHT!