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"Miki, I have to go now okay?" her mom said, letting go of her hand. She cried.

"No mommy, you can't go," she wailed, clinging to her mom. Her mom smiled at Miki's grandmother, who would be looking over Mitsuki while her mom went away on a business trip.

"Come on Mitsuki," her grandmother said sternly, grabbing Mitsuki's wrist.

"MOMMY!" Miki screamed. Her mom crouched down and held her little hands.

"Miki, mommy will be back soon, be a good girl with grandma," her mom kissed her forehead. Miki stopped crying, but still sobbed. "And don't cry, Miki, be strong." Her mom smiled and walked away into the airport, waving. Miki didn't really understand why her mom had to leave but accepted that she left and will come back soon. After waving to her mom as long as she could her grandmother took her hand and they started walking home. Miki started to tear up again. She missed her mom already.

"Miki! What did your mother say about crying," her grandmother snapped at her. Mitsuki bit her lip, trying to stop the tears. She hoped her mom would come back soon.

Mitsuki burst up from her sleep. She looked around, the window, the hotel room…it was just a dream. She sighed in relief, wondering why she had a dream about her past. She couldn't fall back asleep so she got up, the floorboards creaking. Meroko turned.

"Meroko, I didn't know you were still awake," Mitsuki said surprised. Meroko regretted doing anything.

"Oh…yah I'm awake." Mitsuki looked at Meroko, she looked so tired and drained.

"Meroko what's wrong?" Mitsuki asked softly. "Meroko?" Meroko turned to face the wall again.

"Nothing." Mitsuki looked out the window. There was a long silence, and Mitsuki thought about what she should say, if anything.

"Remember when we first became friends? I was…"

"Drop it." Mitsuki looked sadly over at Meroko's back.

"Meroko, what's wrong? I want to help. Please…Meroko?" She didn't respond. Mitsuki lay back in bed, staring at the ceiling.

"Do you hate me?" Meroko didn't respond. Mitsuki curled up under her covers. Her heart ached.

It was 11 o'clock at night and Meroko sat by herself in a small café in Rosewood, holding hot chocolate. The café had quite a few people even though it was late; the room was abuzz with the quiet noise. It felt nice to be out of the hotel room. She got up to put her cup away after she finished. Someone bumped into her and she dropped her cup, it shattered. Meroko glared up at the person.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" he asked apologetically. Meroko didn't respond and proceeded in gathering up the shards on a tray.

"Nice job Eichi," his friends yelled at him. Meroko froze. She looked up at him: blonde eyes, brown eyes, and he was older than her. She stared at him.

"Something wrong?" he asked, looking weirdly at Meroko.

"I-" she started, then she felt a sharp pain on her hand. She closed her eyes and felt blood drip down.

"Oh my god you're bleeding," he said, feeling sorry. She looked up, about to make a sarcastic comment, but stopped herself.

"It's alright," Meroko replied sweetly. "My name's Meroko." They talked for a while, getting to know each other.

"Well it's late, I'll see you again sometime Meroko," Eichi said and ran off with his friends. Meroko smiled, walking out into the refreshing night. Mitsuki… She knew Mitsuki's been waiting for Eichi forever. You'll never meet your true love. I won't let you. Now it wasn't only her happiness being ruined, Mitsuki would go down with her.

"AAHH!" Miki yelled sliding down the hill on her back. Takuto smiled.

"Mikii, you fell again?" She pouted and looked up at him, pulling herself up.

"Takuto it's hard!" she protested, he snowboarded expertly around her, making her fall again. He laughed and gave her his hand. She looked up at him, grabbed it and got up.

"Yah and I'm cold. Let's go inside," she said, putting all her effort in keeping her balance. He smirked at her, he knew she just wanted to go inside to get away from skiing, but he didn't say anything. She scowled. She knew that Takuto knew what she was thinking.

"Meet you there." Miki followed Takuto, inching her way down the hill. A smile came to her face automatically. She looked up at the blue sky, seeing her breath fogging up the air in front of her. Am I in love? She bit her lip and shook her head. No Mitsuki…not Takuto…

Takuto quickly got to the bottom of the hill and turned to look up for Miki. He wished she'd get down faster. Okay, I'm going to tell her. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, already nervous.

Takuto sat in the café, stirring mindlessly at his drink, staring into the evening sky, his mind elsewhere. He recalled the earlier conversation with Mitsuki.

"Bye Takuto!"

"Wait…Mitsuki."

"Yes?"

"I…Let's…go have hot chocolate." He felt his cheeks flushing, slowly.

"Uhm…sure," Mitsuki said, a bit surprised at Takuto.

"I'll see you at 9," Takuto blurted out and walked away. He hit his head with his hand, feeling like an idiot. Blushing. He looked at his watch: it was eight. He went to the café and readied himself. This was it.

Yep Takuto…this is it. He thought to himself. It was already 8:55. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and was jolted by the buzz of his cellphone.

"Hello?"

"Takuto! Hey this is Mitsuki." She didn't need to say it; he could recognize her voice from anywhere.

"Yeah?"

"I'm gonna be a bit late so I'll see you there at 9:30. Sorry! I hope your not waiting or anything. Did you want to tell me something?" He hesitated, feeling heat rushing to his face.

"…Takuto?"

"Yah…no…it's nothing important. I'll see you." He closed it and put it back in his pocket. You can do this Takuto… He took a deep breath and leaned on his hand. He was just so in love with her.

Meroko backstepped out of the room and fell down against a wall. Her breath turned shorter. He was going to confess to her. Takuto actually liked Mitsuki. So they really were more than just friends, Meroko thought bitterly. She knew it already, long ago, but she never wanted to admit it to herself. She had walked into the café with the worst timing. She heard the phone conversation and saw the expression on his face. He was in love. Meroko ran outside to the back of the building. She sat down, hugging her knees and crying into her arms. How did it hurt so much when she already knew what was coming, when she was already rejected? The time passed by. She didn't know how long and she didn't care. Then she felt a hand at her shoulder. She looked up, her tearful eyes shone.

"You okay?" He asked her softly. She looked down, wiping her tears. He sat down beside her in silence.

"Eichi…"

ahh thank you to everyone who read this far-- but pleaase review! hope you like the story...and look the chapters are longer. . . . . .: )