There is something wonderfully comforting about darkness.

Perhaps it's the way it seems to swallow everything, stealing sight. Everyone is blind in the darkness, and nothing is what it seems.

Or maybe it's the fact that anything could be there. Anyone. You could be there, and no one would know.

Are you there?

I reach forward. My fingertips close only on air, groping in the black.

You could be there.

But you aren't. I am.

And I am alone.

Come back…

Well, that was rather short. But it says a lot, actually. And I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry about the last chapter! I was in such a hurry to update that I forgot all about chapter reviews. So, here are two chapters worth of reviews…

CHAPTER TWO

Forever-Sapphire: Thank you! I'm glad you think so… YAY! THANK YOU!

Isil Maxfan: Hi again! Yay-ness about the fanfics…Which ones? Are you a Fanfiction author, or are they just on the computer? …fanfiction good… Oh, and what's Gomen…?

personne du monde: It is what? But thank you anyway!

Monica Reid: Certainly not! I don't do Yaoi at all…I do friendship, though. And…well, you'll see. No Yaoi, at ALL, though! Thank you, though!

Rising Pheonix: Thank you! And yes, Max does need someone to understand him…he needs a bit more too, though, and it will take quite a while for him to realize it.

CHAPTER THREE (last one!)

Isil Maxfan: Hi…again! I say that a lot, don't I! Well, thank you, and here's chapter three!

Jani Rieme: Thankee! I love making new angles…look carefully in the show…Max is really a lot more depressed in his thoughts. Like, seriously, sometimes he is just so…depressed. He's a bit more so here, but hey. And since you can't wait, here's chapter four!

So…yeah. Anyway, does anyone have any speculations on the plot? I love hearing these…I'll give you cyber-chocolate if you guess! (Which probably won't happen. Many clues so far, but abstract ones. )