"Hey Su... baru..." Yume said.

She paused and waited for him to notice. He stared at her.

I didn't add anything behind your name, Boiled Octopus! she huffed. "The new year starts on April 6th, right?"

"Hm? Yeah," he answered.

"Then why do you have to go already?!" she yelled. "There's still a few more days!"

"We have to settle in and all," he replied. "It's not like I want to go so soon either."

Yume gritted her teeth as tears started to form in her eyes.

"I'll come to visit you on breaks and all," Subaru said, trying to reassure her. "We can call and text."

"But! -"

"You can't argue with the school."

"But! -"

"Headmaster Moroboshi has made his decision."

"But! -"

"Yume, just listen to me," Subaru said, putting his hands on her shoulders. "It'll be fine."

He hugged her as Yume sobbed into his arms.

xxxxx

"K-Kanata!" Ako shouted.

"What?" he asked.

"I-is it okay for me to call you that?" she blushed.

"What do you mean... oh, you didn't say the 'kun' part."

She nodded, turning even redder.

"Of course," he said nonchalantly.

"Then K-Kanata, you'll watch me on TV, right?" Ako asked. "And call and text?"

Kanata burst out laughing. "Ahahahahaha! You sound like the possessive type!"

"S-sorry!"

He stopped laughing. "But I really will, okay?"

"Y-yeah..." Ako smiled.

xxxxx

A/N: I have no idea how to make Laura and Nozomu act, so I'm skipping them! Sorry, Nozomu x Laura fans!

xxxxx

"All third-years, gather round!" Headmaster Moroboshi shouted.

"I have to go," Subaru told Yume. "See you later."

"Yeah," Yume smiled through tears. "Later."

Kanata and Nozomu ran after him.

Laura and Ako sat next to Yume.

"It really hurts, doesn't it?" Yume asked. "To see him go?"

"Yeah," Ako and Laura said together. "It does."

"Bye, Yume!" Subaru shouted through a bus window.

"See ya, Ako!" Kanata yelled next to him.

Nozomu smiled through the window.

"You aren't gonna say anything?!" Subaru asked loud enough for Laura to hear.

"I don't want to bother people," he answered.

"He doesn't want to bother people!" Subaru yelled.

Yume smiled. "He's helpful, right?"

Laura nodded.

Soon the bus disappeared from view. Yume started to tear up, and tears trickled down her face.

"Don't cry!" Ako yelled. "Or I'll... I'll... cry... too..." she sniffled.

A few tears even showed up in Laura's eyes.

"Love is painful, huh?" Koharu asked, watching.

"But it feels happy, too," Asahi replied. "Like us right now, huh?"

"Yeah," Koharu smiled.