He only lay there in his bed, thinking. At night, alone in his room, no one was around to see the love in his eyes. There was no way for another to see and tell Akito, no way for his love to get hurt. This was the time when his dreams took him, making him see that which he could only wish about...

Hugs...
tender carresses...
kisses...

But this night, he shook them off. He was beginning to hate being allowed only to dream of her. If only that stupid girl hadn't come along and ruined everything. Akito had been starting to warm up to letting things go their natural course but now that she had come into play, Akito would rant and rave at the slightest provocation. No one was safe around him, let alone the meekest and smallest of all of them.

Slowly standing he walked over to his window and looked out at the stars. He couldn't believe he was doing such childish things such as wishing. It never worked, at least...not for him. Everyone else got theirs it seemed...Kureno had been released and allowed to love some girl who knew Tohru; Hatori was secretly helping Kana remember, urged on my Shigure and Ayame. Shigure had even struck up a relationship with that crazy, suicidal editor of his...how ridiculous...and yet, at least they were happy...so why couldn't he be? Was it so wrong, their love? I mean, you'd think it wouldn't be so hard to allow it.

Looking back up at the stars, he sighed. I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star...I mean all the others keep gettin' what I'm wishin for. Sometimes...I wish I could be as lucky as those other people are

Slowly sighing, he lay back down on his bed, resigning himself back to the darkness of his room. He could feel his dreams push at the barrier he'd constructed but he fought back with all of his heart. He didn't want to hope anymore, it hurt too much. He just wanted it over with and so finally, after some breif mental battles, he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, he woke to find the main house quiet...too quiet. Something just wasn't right...yet...it also seemed...lighter, like something had changed. Standing he walked out of his room and outside into the snow. Sitting at the pond was her, the one he couldn't seem to get out of his head. He debated on turning back but couldn't, so he went forward.

Seeing him, she jumped and raced to him, throwing her arms around him.

At first he was startled, but then, he tried getting her arms away.

She looked at him with hurt eyes. "What's wrong..?"

He almost broke at the pain in them. Leaning down he whispered, "We can't be seen..."

With that, she pulled away, but instead of understanding tears, there was a smile on her face. "Guess what happened last night?"

He cocked his head, looking at her curiously. "What?"

Slowly she drew close and whispered something in his ear.

At first it seemed...almost too good to be true. This seemed too dreamlike and yet...he was awake. His love was standing before him and the barrier was dissipated forever. Looking up, he watched as the last star faded with the morning rays. "Arigatou...Kami-sama" And then, giving her his brightest, biggest smile, he flung his arms around her and kissed his tora hard, loving every bit of it.

Well, hope you liked it. The story is based on "Someone Else's Star" by Bryan White. The lyrics actually are shown in the actions Hiro does and the words he says. Hope you enjoyed! -Daelaeyni