When love and hate collides

Strangers

Kanata turned the doorknob, not knowing whether to enter or not. He was arguing over himself of what to do... he was angry at Miyu for some reason he didn't know. He sighed then removed his hand from the knob before heading towards Santa's room.

'knock' 'knock'

"come in"

"Santa... is... is it alright for you to have me over for the night?" Kanata said quite hesitant. Santa somehow sensed this unusual thing over his friend so he thought better of speaking it out. "You're never embarrassed with me Kanata... is it that half of you wants to sleep back there with Miyu and the other half to sleep here?" Kanata didn't bother to answer back to his best friend for he was really tired; mentally, physically... and emotionally. And in a hushed voice he said. "Tell Miyu that she need not worry to sleep in there."

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'faster' faster' faster' ... Miyu was like a lunatic robot packing its clothes. She went to every corner of the room within a second to get all her things before Kanata walks inside the room. Seeing that everything was set, she ran towards the door although she failed to notice that the carpet was a little out of place.

'THUD'

Kanata removed his hand from the knob upon hearing the loud crash. He slightly opened the door and saw Miyu lying flat on her face under all her baggage.

He silently closed the door and chuckled. 'She must've been in a hurry' He thought before walking along the silent hall again.

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"Heya Miyu... oh... ouch, what happened to your nose?" Nanami stared at Miyu's face and it was a mess. By looking at it, it really is painful and you would feel that you're the one who had a crushed nose.

"Yeah... is it painful?" Miyu nodded before she went inside the bus. She had changed partners with Nanami.

"I'm really sorry for what happened around here Anju... but I still hope you and the kids enjoyed." The old man said with all the others behind him.

"No problem... it's an experience for them too. Oh well, thank you for letting us stay here though." He bowed before entering the bus. All of the students waved goodbye at the personnel as the bus sped off.

"Hey I know! I'll just tell a story Miyu... it's about this young girl who..." Miyu stared outside. She wasn't listening to what Aya was saying. She just stared outside and nothing more... She spent the whole 7 hours of their trip just staring outside until they arrived at Heiomachi. Aya and Nanami noticed the strange behavior of Miyu and knew that it was because of her fight with Kanata.

"Hey guys, isn't it Kanata's birthday tomorrow Eve?" Nanami asked while looking at Miyu and Kanata like they were 2 different people now. "Yeah... it's Christmas too." Aya added. "And New Year's here." Santa said gaining a look from the two... they all sighed and proceeded into going home.

Miyu arrived at their apartment and was about to get inside when she came in contact with someone. "Oh sorry... sorry." The girl said, looking really sorry. "No, it's alright..." Miyu said as she stared at the beautiful girl in front of her. She had a waist-length black hair and brown eyes. 'kanata has brown eyes' She shook the thought away as she heard the girl bid goodbye and for the last time say sorry.

'knock' 'knock'

Kanata opened the door hoping that somehow, it would be Miyu but the minute he opened the door... there stood the person whom he wouldn't expect to come.

"Surprise!"

Kanata stood there, dumb founded. He grew pale and was utterly shocked at this much unexpected surprise. "Akira... what are you doing here?"

"I did surprise you, didn't I?" She giggled before looking at his expression.

"Akira?"

"I'm here to fetch you" Kanata was puzzled. Why on the Earth would she fetch him for?

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"Ms. Kozouki! Wait!" Miyu stopped in her tracks as she heard someone calling her name. "Ms. Kozouki, someone left this couple of days after you left." The door man said as he handed Miyu a small envelope. "Did he say his name?"

"No, he just told me to give this to you and go see him right after you arrive."

"Thanks."

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"He did that!"

"Uh-huh... aren't you happy? He gave me these tickets to India. Your birthday would be so much fun and exciting don't you think? There, we could reminisce about the past and spend your birthday along with Christmas just like how we used to when we were young." Akira said just like an eager child. Kanata grew strangely silent. "And we'll even do the things that we missed doing."

"You should've at least said something... you can't just return as simple as that. Look, it's been 4 years ever since you left and you can't just go back expecting things to turn out like the way it was before." Kanata's voice was cold but he remained calm. He wanted to shout... but he couldn't... he wanted to get mad... but he didn't want to make things worse.

"But Kanata... that was the past, and obviously this was a surprise.." Akira trailed off; she never saw this side of Kanata before and was really shocked to meet this new side of him.

"I don't care... j-just leave the ticket and I'll follow."

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Miyu opened the small envelope and read what's written in there.

Miyu,

Please meet me at the park... I just need to talk to you.

Seiya

The name pierced something inside her and she didn't know why. 'Are they killing me?'

First, her fight with Kanata and now, all of a sudden, he'll show up like nothing happened? Are they insane? She rested her head on her palm and closed her eyes. She was like a business man who was thinking about so many things. She looked at the paper again before grabbing her jacket to go out.

Miyu was walking towards the park slowly... taking her time in every step she took. She wasn't just sure about herself, if all these were happening at the same time. And why would he go back?

"Miyu." She heard a familiar voice... she haven't realized that she was also taking her time on thinking which brought her faster in the park. "Seiya... s-so what brought you here?" She acted cheerful and strong for him to see that she learned to move on.

"I just wanted to apologize... for everything. I know the reason why your parents moved you here. It's because of me. And the reason why you agreed is because of me. I'm sorry for ruining everything you've got back there." He lowered his head and placed his hands on his pocket.

"Seiya... why are you saying all these? And why now? You've got the whole 3 years to tell those things but why now?"

"Because you said you'd forgive me if snow doesn't come in this December." Miyu's head snapped upon hearing those words. She never thought that this day would come. She never thought that he waited that long just to tell he's sorry.

"Seiya... I've told you before, past is past."

"Yeah I know... but I'm willing to put things back to the way it was."

"You never learn do you...?"

"I've learned... so, friends?" He extended his hands to Miyu which she took happily. "Yep, friends."

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Kanata was having last minute thoughts while he stared at the plane ticket on his hands. He couldn't just leave without even saying goodbye could he? He shook his head and grabbed a small packed object on his night stand before leaving his room.

"Mr. Lun..." The door man nodded as Kanata placed the object by the table.

"Travel safely Mr. Saionji."

"Thanks" He opened the door for Kanata and closed it by the time he called for a cab. As soon as he closed it was then that he came to open it when Miyu entered. "Good evening Ms. Kozouki"

"Good eve"

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