Author: tears oF U

Title: Sakurairo Mau Koro (As the Color of Cherry Blossoms Fill the Air)

Summary: As cherry blossoms fill the air a young spring love fills the air. Two children grow up together, Fuu and Ferio. They play with their Cherry Blossom Tree every weekend, and as the color of the leaves change, the love they have for each other will never change.

Disclaimer: I don't own MKR, and the song Sakurairo Mau Koro. MKR is owned by Clamp and the song is copyright Sony Music by Mika Nakashima.

Chapter 4

Separation and Lust

"WHAT?" Fuu yelled as she just heard Ferio announce that he was going back to Tokyo. She did here his parents say that, but she didn't think he would go.

Ferio looked at her startled, "I thought you wanted me to go." Fuu contradicted herself and had nothing to say, but she finally came up with something. "I was just trying to be a good girlfriend, you can't leave!" She whined as she pulled on his sleeve. Fuu's eyes became wet and she started to cry.

"Fuu, I think it's best for us if we spent sometime apart, I don't want to leave, but if I want to live in total separation from my parents I need to help rebuild my father's image as a lawyer first." Ferio explained, Fuu couldn't believe what was going on. They hugged each other tight, and didn't let go. Fuu didn't want to get anything about him, his smell, his voice, the way he felt.

Fuu broke the hug, after memorizing every part of him she gave him a kiss and then stood up, still crying and sniffling. She held her hand out to Ferio to help him up. "If it's for the best, I will wait for you." She said pulling him up and kissing his cheek. Ferio didn't say anything, still trying to imagine that tomorrow would be the last time he would see the one he loved. "Good night Fuu." Ferio said as their hands parted.

"Good night, Ferio, I love you." She said smiling at him as she walked to her house.

"I love you more you silly girl." Ferio said trying to make her laugh, and he did. Fuu stuck her tongue at him and laughed as she waved from afar. When Fuu was in her house Ferio sighed as he leaned on sanbanchijin. He looked at the clouds and the moon, how peaceful they were. He got up thinking of Fuu and went inside to pack his things.

Fuu kissed her dad and mom goodnight and went into her room. The reality of what was going on hadn't suck in into Fuu's brain yet. She sprawled out onto her bed and looked at the ceiling. Why does he have to leave, every time I'm in this room I cry…

Tears raced down the side of her face and dropped onto the pillow. She didn't know what she would do if Ferio wasn't there waiting with sanbanchijin up on the hill. She tuned around and shoved her face in her pillow and screamed. She thought of this as a way to relieve stress. She screamed and screamed, but was still stressed and depressed. And finally at 2 a.m. she fell asleep with tears on her face.

Ferio was still awake in his room writing a letter to Fuu.

Dear Fuu,

I'm sorry I broke your heart, it seems that things have been going stressful ever since our first kiss, huh? I love you so much, and I never want to hurt you. But, I think our relationship has to many walls and obstacles… And I don't think we should be together anymore. I just can't take the stress and the tears. I hope you understand where I'm coming from, I think it's the, it's the best if we see other people. I won't be back for almost two years, and I think all the guys will like you. I'll see you again, and maybe we can still be friends…

Ferio's tears swelled on the paper. He had already wasted ten stationeries. He wrote a mailing address and a phone number. But he thought she would be too upset to even think about calling him. He put the letter in an envelope with cherry blossom designs on it. He put a heart sticker on it and turned the light off.

The next day Fuu and Ferio woke up at exactly 7:00 am and took a shower. Both anticipating what was going to happen in an hour. The chauffeur helped with Emeruade and Ferio's bags. A limo was outside their driveway with their parents waiting in it. Fuu gave a deep breath and walked outside. She walked up to sanbanchijin where Ferio was waiting for her with an envelope and the figurine she bought him. Fuu ran to him and embraced him tightly. She started to cry hard and gave him kisses and kisses. She sniffled, "You be good okay, don't get into any trouble and study hard!" Fuu warned him as she pointed at him like his mother.

"Don't act like my mom, here, take these." Ferio gave her the letter and the figurine. Fuu was confused, "What's this for?" She asked.

"Don't open that letter until I leave, and the figurine is to remember me by, I wrote I love you 4ever on the bottom." She examined it and gave him a hug again. "I'll never forget you Ferio, I love you too much!" Ferio was guilty, knowing she would be crying even more after she read the letter.

"Fuu, remember that I will always love you," Ferio kissed her forehead and walked to the limo. Fuu started crying even more. "I'll write to you every week Ferio, and I'll call you too!" Fuu screamed as she waved to him. Ferio waved back as he got in the limo. And in 5 minutes, the limo was out of site.

Fuu stood there under sanbanchijin for an hour and looked at it. "It's just you and me now," She said giving a trying smile. She dropped to the grass and opened the letter in the morning sun. She read the letter as tears fell from her cheeks.

Dear Fuu,

I'm sorry I broke your heart, it seems that things have been going stressful ever since our first kiss, huh? I love you so much, and I never want to hurt you. But, I think our relationship has to many walls and obstacles… And I don't think we should be together anymore. I just can't take the stress and the tears. I hope you understand where I'm coming from, I think it's the, it's the best if we see other people. I won't be back for almost two years, and I think all the guys will like you. I'll see you again, and maybe we can still be friends…

55689 Tokyo Drive.

Tokyo, Japan 987546

(555) 555-8765

Fuu closed the folded letter and cried, "You jerk, your such a jerk Ferio!" Fuu screamed kicking the letter as it flew in the air and then landed on the grass. She cried and cried, but she knew it wouldn't bring him back. She laid down on the grass, looking at the clouds as she cried and looked at the figurine. "Fuu!" Someone called; Fuu got up and saw Umi and Hikaru running to her. "You two, what are you guys doing here?" She said as she sniffled and gave them hugs. "We just heard about the news from Emeruade's boyfriend, "We're so sorry Fuu!" Umi replied hugging her tight.

"He's such a dummy for leaving you, Fuu!" Hikaru added joining in the group hug.

Fuu still was crying, "He, he told me, that we should see other people… He said that there are too many obstacles in our relationship!" Fuu yelled to them unexpectedly. Hikaru and Umi were surprised, "What?" They yelled in unison.

"He really is a dummy!" Hikaru spat as if he were there. They all hugged again and Umi said, "Forget about Ferio, we have someone that wants to meet you tomorrow." Fuu gave a puzzled look, a blind date?

"What, no you guys!" Fuu disagreed standing up in response.

"No, you're coming, we can't have you moping about Ferio forever!" Hikaru yelled as they walked together to her house. Fuu finally agreed to go, "But I'm not gonna like this guy!" The next morning Hikaru and Umi were whisking away with eyeliner & hair curlers. While they were constructing on Fuu's face and head Fuu couldn't stop thinking of what Ferio was doing.

"Good morning master Ferio." The maid said bowing as Ferio sat on the table to eat breakfast. "Good morning Reiko." Ferio greeted as he took a spoonful of cold cereal. "Oh no, I'm late!" Emeruade yelled sliding across the marble floor, "I'm going to be late for the first day of law school, I'm skipping breakfast today Reiko!" Emeruade yelled running to the front door. Ferio heard the door slam, and it was only Ferio and the maid in the house. "I'm going out Reiko, tell father and mother I'll e home at dinner…" Ferio said as he got up and put his jacket on. But of course he wasn't going to be home at dinner, which was to goodie-goodie for him. He closed the front gate and decided to go to the lake that was in the suburban area of Tokyo. When he got there he was skipping rocks on the lake. All he could think about was Fuu and how she still felt about him. She must be crying…

"Aaaaaaaah! Hahaha!" Fuu screamed as she went down a 126-foot drop on a roller coaster. They were on their blind date, and the boy was named Nakashima Sano. He had black hair, a chiseled jaw line, a muscular body and beautiful eyes. He was very forward, asking her, "Can I call you Fuu?" Or "Do you want a soda, this soda is really good, try it!" If Ferio knew about this he would've already been annoyed.

"Wow, that was a crazy ride!" Fuu yelled happily. She hasn't been this happy since two days ago.

"Want some cotton candy?" Sano asked as he pulled her to the snack stand. This guy is weird…

"Two cotton candies please." Sano said perkily giving the money.

He gave the cotton candy to Fuu and she pretended to like it. Fuu's hair was all messy after all the coasters they went on. Little did they know Umi and Hikaru were undercover following them. "All the work on her hair, wasted!" Umi yelled agitated as Hikaru bit on her candy apple. "I think they look cute together." Hikaru said with her mouth full of caramel apple.

At 8:30 Sano brought Fuu home in his car. "I had a great time Nakashima-san," Fuu said politely. Sano was still happy-go-lucky, "Call me Sano! I had a great time too Fuu." There was a blank silence for awhile, "Hey, want to go see a movie tomorrow?" Sano asked. Fuu didn't want to go at all, so she just made up an excuse. "I have exams on Monday so I have to stay in and study, I'll call you when I'm free, ehehe…" Fuu said deceivingly. Sano hugged her good night and she walked into her house. Right after Sano left Umi and Hikaru came out of the bushes and rang the doorbell.

"That guy is too, too weird! He's crazy I tell you!" Fuu critiqued as she hugged her pillow. "Well, maybe he wasn't great, but do you want to go out with him again?" Hikaru asked. Fuu thought for awhile, What about Ferio… She decided to give him another chance, and she called Sano telling him they would go see "April Story" next week. "Yay, Fuu likes someone!" Umi and Hikaru cheered as they spun together in circles. Fuu laughed at them, but she knew she was just replacing Ferio with Sano.

END

Well, that was chapter 4, yay! I hoped you liked it, once again, please review! I'll accept flames, but flames that will help me work better on this fanfiction. I got the last name Nakashima for Sano from "Mika Nakashima." I like the name Sano because I love this character from the anime & manga Hana-Kimi. See you in chapter 5!