"I like you Kyoko-chan.." said the boy while keeping his head lowered, which is good, since if the boy look up, he could see how red she has turned.

"Tsuna-kun.."

"Hey, Kyoko-chan.." the boy raised his head. Kyoko fights the urge to turn her face do that Tsuna can't see how flushed her face is. "Tell me, what do you think of me?" Eh? What do I think of Tsuna-kun? "I.." she was about to answer when suddenly she heard a noisome sounds. She was about to turn around to see where those the ringing come from but Tsuna quickly hold her face, gently. She almost jump as she was not expecting that. Tsuna has never touch her voluntary.

"Just look at me, please." he begs. "Don't turn away." His voice sound melancholic, and his eyes looks so gloom. "Tsuna-kun, I.."

The ringing grew louder and more aggressive. Despite her instinct and his pleas, she couldn't fight her curiosity and turn around. There, she saw a blinding white light starting to illuminates her surrounding. "It's too late now.." Tsuna whispers to her ears. She quickly turn back to where the boy was standing. He is gone, leaving only his final words echoing through the atmosphere. "Tsuna-kun?" she calls his name. Her voice slightly trembling. "Tsuna-kun!"

Kyoko wakes up with a start. It took her a second to finally compute that she was in her own room and judging from the ringing alarm clock and the lights that entered her room through the window, it is 7 o'clock in the morning. Quickly she turned of the alarm clock. She thinks she was dreaming about something, she couldn't remember what but the dream left her with somewhat a melancholic feeling. Then she realize that her eyes were wet. Did she cried while sleeping again?

It has been three years and everything has changed since then. Few days after the breaking the news about Tsuna, Gokudera stops coming to school and by the end of their second year, he went back to Italy. Chrome and Yamamoto would avoid Kyoko whenever they see her and being in different classes during the third year, she barely see their face anymore. Not that she didn't understand them, she felt guilty every time she with Haru. She hardly ever see Lambo and I-pin too since she can't bare looking at Tsuna's mom face. By the time she graduates middle school, they stop meeting all together. Chrome went with Mukuro, Yamamoto got a scholarship to a baseball school in Tokyo, Haru went to a boarding school in Kyoto. Even her own brother, decided to go to a high school that is far from home and stayed at the dorm.

"Good morning, Kyoko."

"Ah, Hana-chan.. good morning." And Hana starts talking about the boys in her class (like how lame and stupid they are), and the show she watches last night ("You should totally watch the show, there is this guy in that show that is so cool! Foreigners are so cool, my can't the boys in my class be more like them?"). She keeps on talking until they reached school. Kyoko would listen to her attentively, she only smiles and respond once a while.

"Hey Kyoko. Are you ok?" she asks as they reached Kyoko's class. "Yes, why?" Hana knitted her brows. "Its just that you look a little out this morning. Don't push yourself ok? Go and rest at the infirmary if you don't feel so good, better yet go home." Said the taller girl. Kyoko flashes a smile. Hana always notice when there is something wrong with her. "I will, I promise. You better get to your class. The bell's going to ring anything soon. Just like following the queue, the bell rang. Hana promise to come and have lunch with her later, bid her goodbye and run to her own classroom.

"All right kids, settle down! I have a surprise for you today." Said the male teacher as soon as he enters the classroom. "We have a transfer student who will be joining your class today."

"A transfer student? At this time of the year?" some of the students whispered. "Plus, he's a returnee. So some of you probably already knows him but I'm going to make him introduce himself anyway. Hey, transfer student! You may enter now!" the whole class turned silent as the transfer student walks in.

It can't be. Kyoko felt as though her heart has stopped. She must be dreaming. It can't be him. "Very nice.." she could hear the teacher said. "You can sit at that empty seat in front of Sasagawa-san." She could see that he's walking towards her. No, this can't be real. He's only a few desk away from her. He can't be that person! The boy took the sit in front of her before turning around. Because that person..

"It's been awhile, Kyoko-chan."

..has already dead.

"Tsuna-kun.."