Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking

When you fall, everyone stands

Another day, and you've had your fill of sinking

With the life held in your

Hands are shaking cold

These hands are meant to hold

Speak to me

When all you got to keep is strong

Move along, move along like I know you do

And even when your hope is gone

Move along, move along just to make it through

Move along

Move along

So a day when you've lost yourself completely

Could be a night when your life ends

Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving

All the pain held in your

Hands are shaking cold

Your hands are mine to hold

Speak to me

When all you got to keep is strong

Move along, move along like I know you do

And even when your hope is gone

Move along, move along just to make it through

Move along

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

When everything is wrong, we move along

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

When everything is wrong, we move along

Along, along, along, along

When all you got to keep is strong

Move along, move along like I know you do

And even when your hope is gone

Move along, move along just to make it through

When all you got to keep is strong

Move along, move along like I know you do

And even when your hope is gone

Move along, move along just to make it through

When all you got to keep is strong

Move along, move along like I know you do (Know you do)

And even when your hope is gone

Move along, move along just to make it through

(Move along)

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

Right back what is wrong

We move along

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

Right back what is wrong

We move along

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

Right back what is wrong

We move along

(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

Right back what is wrong

We move along

By All-American Rejects

Chapter 4: Move Along

It was Monday morning, and Yukari had found herself in a particularly good mood. She had a good feeling about the week ahead. A new week meant all sorts of new possibilities. Her morning was already off to a great start. She hadn't overslept, managed to catch the earlier train which meant she actually got to sit during her morning commute. Her early arrival however allowed her to bump into an extremely tired and somewhat disheveled Dilandau.

"Oh good morning Di-kun!" She proclaimed with great delight. Dilandau didn't exactly have the same enthusiasm as her on any given day, but that morning he was exhausted. His shirt had been half tucked in, his tie loosened and his blazer remained unbuttoned. "You might wanna fix yourself up before class," without waiting for permission, Yukari took it upon herself to at least straighten his tie out.

Startled by her sudden invasion of his personal buble, Dilandau had flailed his arms and stumbled a few steps backwards. "Oi onna!" he shouted at Yukari, who only seemed to giggle at his plight. "I can do that myself. I don't need some baka onna to do that for me." he growled.

"Oh Di-kun," Yuakri said, still giggling away. It irritated Dilandau to no end that everyone on this cursed moon didn't show him the respect he felt he deserved. Just a while longer, he reminded himself. Once he was finished with the moon witch, he wouldn't need to put up with her pathetic friends. "Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" She asked jokingly.

He finished tucking his shirt in properly, and began fixing his tie. "What bed," he muttered under his breath. Yukari still picked up on his answer and shot him a confused look.

"You don't have a bed?" she was befuddled. She was aware that he had had his own apartment, but she had assumed he must have had it fully furnished. Unless, she thought, he blew all his money on that car of his… I pegged him for being more responsible…

He sighed defeated, he wasn't planning to divulge the details of his new living arrangements. "I had a bed." he corrected her. She raised a brow waiting for him to continue. Dilandau paused for a moment, thinking of how to word his current predicament. "A fire broke out in my building over the weekend." It wasn't a lie, he told himself. However he neglected to inform her that he was the culprit. He simply couldn't help himself, once the flame had caught his eye, it ignited a deep, burning desire within him.

"Oh my god Di-kun!" Yukari exclaimed, "You should have said something!" He shrugged his shoulders, not thinking it was any of her business. "So where are you staying now?"

"My car." Yukari blinked, he's living in his car? Poor Di-kun… As she thought about his sad new living arrangements, a brilliant idea came to her. Oh this is perfect! She thought with delight, grinning from ear to ear. Dilandau noticed the smile, which only further annoyed him. Was this woman pleased he was now homeless? "Onna...explain yourself." he growled.

Realising that she was seeming too excited, she recomposed herself. "I think I have an idea." She began, "I may know a place you can stay until you find a new place. It's at Hitomi's. But I'll have to ask her first." She brought a finger to her lips, that would be another battle she'd have to win. Although she was confident that she'd get her way, she didn't want to completely overstep her friend.

Dilandau felt his lip twitch and pull into a sly grin. It seemed that Fate was on his side once again. If he could move in, even if only temporarily, with the moon witch, he would be to better exact his revenge. "That would be perfect, Yukari," his smile only grew as he thought of all the new ways he could torture the poor girl.

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After the school bell had chimed for lunch, Hitomi put away her notebook to make room for her bento. I really need to learn how to cook something new, she thought to herself as she looked down at her lackluster meal. It was plain rice with grilled fish again. Although it did provide her with nourishment, it was not nearly as exciting to eat. She let out a small sigh, knowing full well that she would not carry through with learning a new recipe anytime soon. She had too much on her plate as it was. This was her final year of high school and she still had no idea what her plan was going to be after graduation next spring.

That was the least of her worries, she did have to also ensure that she was going to be able to graduate. They were only a few weeks into the new school year and Hitomi had found that she was floundering to keep her grades afloat. She knew she just had to focus better, but with everything going on her life that seemed easier said than done.

Her gaze drifted from her food to settle on her text book, which she had left open on her desk. She wanted to study, but she couldn't bring forth enough motivation to actually go through with it. It really shouldn't be this hard, she told herself, I've been doing this for years now! She slumped forward onto her desk in defeat, being sure not to accidentally knock her food over.

Her thoughts slowly drifted back to Gaea. Oh how so many of her problems would have been solved had she just stayed. She would have still mourned the loss of her family, but at least she would have been ignorant of their grim end. She would have lived out her days blissfully unaware that they had all died in that tragic accident. Most importantly, she would have been still with him, still with Van. She longed to feel herself wrapped in his warm embrace, to run her delicate fingers through his untamable raven black hair, and to fill her herself with his scent. Gaea could have been her home, and she woefully regretted her decision. Fate was a cruel mistress.

"Hitomi!" Yukari shouted from the doorway to the classroom. Hitomi, startled, looked toward the source. There stood her friend, smiling and waving for her to come over. Hitomi looked at her food deciding she was done, and closed up her box. "C'mon Hitomi," Yukari said, trying to hurry her friend.

Hitomi sighed, slowly making her way to the door. "What's up?" She asked flatly.

"What's up? Is that all I get?" Yukari asked, feeling a little hurt. "You've been ditching us at lunch for the past week! A hello would have been nice." She crossed her arms in an over exaggerated manner, pretending to be more hurt than she truly was.

"Sorry, Yukari," Hitomi apologized quietly. Yukari blinked in surprise, not expecting her friend to take her so seriously.

"It's fine, really," she tried to reassure her, "But I need to talk to you about something in private." Hitom shot her a quizzical look. Without hesitation, Yukari grabbed her friend by the arm and led her to one of the empty classrooms.

"Yukari-"

"I have a huge favour to ask of you!" Yukari blurted out. "And before you say anything, please just hear me out, okay?" She bowed low, and held her hands together as if she were praying. Curious, Hitomi told her friend to go ahead with her request. After she recomposed herself, Yukari went ahead with her pitch. "Doesn't it get lonely in that big home of yours?" she opened. Hitomi didn't say anything but nodded sadly. As much as she hated to admit, the silence did get to her at times. "I might have a solution to that…" Yukari trailed off, trying to gauge her friend's reaction.

Hitomi's brows knitted together, trying to figure out just what her friend was going to suggest. "Is everything okay at home?" she queried, genuinely worried for her friend. "Are your parents kicking you out?" Yukari laughed and reassured her that her homelife was fine. Although her parents had threatened to kick hier out in the past, but that was when her grades had begun to slip during track and field season the previous year.

"No, no, no, I'm fine. But I have a friend who's suddenly become homeless." She paused, "I mean, I'd let them stay at my place but you know how my parents are." she laughed nervously.

Hitomi felt her eye begin to twitch. She had made a mental note that Yukari had been purposely leaving out this particular friend's name. "Yukari, who is this friend exactly…" she knew the moment she had asked, she would regret knowing the answer.

"Oh it's just Di-kun" Yukari answered, smiling wildly.

"Di-kun?" Hitomi repeated. She was genuinely confused until it dawned on her who Yukari had meant. "Oh no! No! No! No!" She exclaimed. It had to be the silvered hair demon, there was no one else she could think of that Yukari would have given such a nickname to.

"Oh c'mon Hitomi-chan!" She begged. "He just needs somewhere to stay until he can find a new place. The poor guy has been sleeping in his car."

"Then he can continue to do that until he finds a new home!" she rebuked. "Knowing him, he probably deserved to get evicted." Hitomi crossed her arms, she was firm in her decision. There would be no way she would allow that monster to live under the same roof as her.

"He didn't get evicted," Yukari interjected. "There was a fire at his building. The whole place has been condemned." She gave Hitomi her best pleading look. "It would probably only be for a week, just until he can find a new place." Hitomi shook her head, determined to stand by her decision. "C'mon, hitomi-chan, have a heart-"

"You don't know him like I do!" Hitomi blurted out. She quickly bit her lip, regretting she uttered the words. "What I mean is, I knew him once before… and he wasn't the nicest person…" she knew she couldn't go into full details. That would be too long of a story to tell.

"Look, whatever your past is with him it's just that. It's all in the past." Yukari tried to reason, "I think more than anything he's just a little misunderstood. It must have been hard for him growing up with his condition." Hitomi raised a brow. I didn't realize being a psychotic pyromaniac was a "condition", she thought sarcastically.

Yukari noticed her friend's perplexed look and continued to explain. "His albinism. He told us how he was often excluded from groups, sports and clubs. The other kids were scared because of the way he looked." Hitomi rolled her eyes, of course the clever demon had concocted some sob story to win over her friends' affections. "Have some pity on him, please Hitomi-chan." Yukari gently grasped Hitomi's hands, and bowed deeply.

Hitomi felt torn. She had already said no, but she was running out of legitimate excuses. "Yukari...I…" she paused, thinking carefully about what to say. Would it really be so bad? She wondered. It's not like he would actually do anything to physically harm her. Mentally harm her, most definitely. His very presence would be enough to push her deeper into the dark void in her mind. If it's only a week...I could probably hold out that long… She looked down at her friend who was patiently awaiting an answer.

Sighing in defeat, Hitomi relented to answer, "Fine." she said flatly. "But I'm holding you solely responsible! If he does anything it's on you." Yukari beamed with delight.

"Trust me Hitomi-chan, you won't regret this!" Hitomi rolled her eyes, we'll see about that… she thought bitterly.

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After classes had ended for the day, Hitomi decided she needed to go for a run. She changed out of her school uniform and into her pt clothes. It had been months since she had laced up her shoes and hit the track.

As she approached the track, which encircled the sports field, she was pleased to find it empty. Before getting set up on the track itself, Hitomi popped in her wireless earbuds and turned on some music to help clear her mind.

Taking a deep calming breath, Hitomi crouched down to get in her starting position. Three, two, one, go! She burst forward with an explosion of energy. With each stride she took, she felt a sense of relief and calm. Nothing could bother her there. She was in her element. This was her way of mediating away her worries. She focused on her strides, keeping a good and steady pace.

From a distance, Yukari had caught sight of her friend racing around the track. A small smile came to her lips. She felt relieved to see Hitomi back on the track. She had worried that her friend would give up on the track team this year. Given all Hitomi had to deal with since the previous December, she thought for sure she would have dropped out.

She debated with herself whether to go down to the track and watch, but decided against it. Hitomi needed that time alone, she told herself. Instead she continued on her way to the rail station, making her way home.

Time didn't seem to exist to Hitomi when she was on the track. She hadn't bothered to keep track of how many laps she had run either, but eventually slowed to a stop after what she guessed an hour had passed. Her legs were barely able to sustain her weight. She collapsed to the ground as her knees gave out. Guess I shouldn't have tried to push myself so hard… she thought to herself. But it had felt good, she felt free once again. She inhaled deeply and summoned all her strength to stand up. Come on legs, let's get home.

The walk to the station felt excruciating long, however it would pay off. Since she would be catching a later train, it meant she wouldn't be stuck standing for the duration of the ride. With rush hour being long since over, the train was more or less empty.

She longed to be home, to draw herself a nice steamy bath to relax in. For the first time in a long time she actually felt in high spirits. She had desperately needed that run. Her spirit felt so much lighter. She didn't feel the heavy burden of her grief.

However all good things must come to an end. Fate could be all too cruel. And it did just that. As Hitomi rounded the corner, approaching her home she noticed something was amiss. There was a vehicle in her driveway. She felt her stomach sink as she came to realize whom it belonged to.

Hesitantly she walked up the steps to her home. And there he was, the red eyed, silver haired demon. He was still wearing their school uniform, less his blazer which he draped over the cardboard box that was set next to him. He looked up at her, his face clearly displaying his annoyance. "Took you long enough to show up." he growled.

Hitomi was at a loss for words. She wasn't expecting him to show up so suddenly. She figured she would have had at least a few days to prepare. She still would need time to set up the guest room. She refused to have him use her parents' or brother's bedrooms. They would remain strictly off limits.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't aware you'd be coming today," She answered as she pulled out her house keys. "Do you mind? You're in my way." she huffed, trying to step around him. Guess I won't be having that bath anytime soon, she sighed as she unlocked her home.

A/N: So this chapter ended up being a complete rewrite. I basically trashed the whole original script. I realized the previous rendition of this chapter was highly cringe-worthy and just didn't feel right. The next few chapters may take a while longer to get completed. I;m trying to work on my timeline of events, and that's proving to be a bit difficult. I have a lot of research to do. Any ways, hope everyone is enjoying this fic so far!