Disclaimer: The only character that belongs to me is the delightfully insane Eve.

Warning: Abandonment. Some much deserved violence against a certain evil psycho stalker chick.

Shuichi awoke to find the apartment empty. He was in bed, and knowing that he'd fallen asleep holding Yuki on the floor, he imagined that his lover had put him in bed. He made his way through the house, through the kitchen and bathroom, even to the rarely used patio and pool. And finally to Yuki's study, pushing open the door.

The room seemed stale somehow. Like it had been lifeless for ages. He made his way across the hardwood floor, to Yuki's laptop, seemingly abandoned. On it, was taped a note.

Dear Shuichi,

I'm really sorry to leave like this... but I have no choice. Last night, something came out of me. Someone that I don't know or understand, and I know who does. So, I'm going to go. Go to her. So that I can figure out everything I don't remember about my past. So that I can finally move on, and put everything behind me. Don't worry about me, I'll be back soon, so please, don't try and find me.

I'll call you soon,

Yuki

Shuichi crumpled up the note, looking back at the lonely computer, tears forming in his eyes as he ran his fingers gently across the keys.

'Where are you Yuki?'

"So, you're here."

Eve's hand rested gently on her hip.

"Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"I broke my watch."

"Hm."

Her eyes narrowed, but she made no motion to move and let Yuki inside.

"Let me guess... now... you think you're ready for everything?"

Yuki smiled at her sarcastic tone, and then at her surprised look as his hand snaked out, wrapping around her throat, and quickly dragging her back into the motel room, swiftly closing the door behind them. He slamed her into a wall, her toes lightly scraping the floor.

"Eve." He said, so calmly and gently that it frightened her "I left someone very important to me behind... and I want to get back to him as quick as possible."

"That's not my problem." She said

Yuki grinned, his eyes narrowing as he lifted her higher.

"Eve, how long do you think you can go without oxygen?"

Her eyes widened.

"Two minuets? Three? I'm leaning towards... two. Because you know, after a while, without oxygen, it get's pretty nasty. I heard it's a pretty uncomfortable death. Are you in pain, Eve?"

Eve nodded, her hands clutching to no avail at his single wrist that was holding her up.

"Good."

He moved her even higher, but just low enough so as to tease her with the feeling of solid ground under her feet.

"Tohma made that same face." He said simply "It made me laugh. Now why would I find something like this funny?"

Suddenly, Yuki let her go. Eve fell limply to the ground, her hands clutching her bruised throat.

"Brings back memories?" Eve suggested between her coughing

Yuki wheeled on her.

"What?"

Eve sat up, panting.

"Oh wow." She said "You still don't... wow. I'm almost disappointed."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about..." She said, slowly getting to her feet "Blood on your hands."

Yuki cocked his head at her, not understanding.

"What do you mean. Explain."

"Well..." She said, running her fingers through her raven hair, casually as if she hadn't just been choked "For that... we'd have to take a trip into the past."

Yuki crossed his arms and sat down on her bed.

"Humor me."

Eve grinned.

"You sure? Do you want to walk out that door now, or find out just how deep the rabbit hole goes?"

Silence.

"What is this? The Matrix?"

Eve laughed.

"Hm. Are you ready to step back in time?"

"Let's go."

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A.N. Sorry it took so long to update! I just kind of got caught up doing other things, and before I knew it, it felt like an eternity had passed since I last updated. So I thought to myself 'Okay Scarlet, it may be the middle of the flippin' night, but your readers deserve another chapter!' So here you go! I really hope you enjoyed it despite it's shortness. I mean, Eve got choked, what's not to love?

Next Chapter: Payback. More in the lines of Eve choking. Hopefully longer and will be up ASAP!