"Jaime, How are you? Did you forget me already? I don't know where you are right now but I hope you're alright.

Did you know? There's not a day that I don't think about you. Have you been playing chess like you always do? Have you been scolded by your mother for being stubborn again? I know she wants you to focus more on your studies. She knows you can do better and will be better if you stop fooling around. Althought I think she's right, I like you just the way you are. I hope you don't think I'm being too corny about this. You know as much as I do that I don't like talking too much, much less about things like this. But I can't help it. Without you or Ren, I don't have anyone I can talk to about this…

I hope he's making you happy, wherever you two are.

I just… I just miss you…

I wish you were here…"

It had almost been 2 months since I've started searching for the violet flash drive's owner. So far, not good.

When I told my best friend, Hotaru, about the drive, she told me it wasn't hers (I thought it was hers at first, though I doubt my cold-hearted best friend is secretly a boy in love yearning for his beloved. I mean, that'd be ridiculous.). I also told her about my thoughts about the audio recording. I wasn't really surprised at what she said to me, but I never really thought she'd say the one word that definitely didn't apply to me.

"Idiot."

She said that sighing.

I don't really hate her for that. If it were me hearing what I said to her, I'd probably be laughing my ass off saying it was fake and that it was a sick joke for boring days. There was a possibility that the recordings might be a fake, perhaps a short story written by someone or just records of someone who doesn't have anything to do. Despite all odds, I didn't believe it was a fake. I don't know why. I just want to believe. Maybe I'm someone who's desperately trying to convince herself that something like love really existed. And oh, don't get me wrong, I have people I love, my mother, friends, things, Hotaru and ultimately my mother and Hotaru. What I'm trying to say is, I don't know if love, specifically, is real. I don't really know how to explain but yeah, that's it.

Love between a man and a woman. Was it true? Was it all a lie? Or an act?

For me, the drive was something I can call hope. If it was real… if it was the truth… then that'd be a really big blow for me. The reason being, my whole life I never believed it, I never believed in love. It might be because of my upbringing in which I don't want to mention, or it might just be me being unrealistic and always being practical. In any case, if I don't prove this drive, this person, real. Then that'd be the end of my so called 'hope'.

For the past weeks, I've been shifting to going to school, going to work and searching. I had started in my favorite coffee shop, hoping that somebody would search for the lost drive. Every day on the first few weeks, I sat in the same spot where I'd found the drive. And weeks later, I gave up sitting on that coffee shop. My butt had been a bit too sore for that anyway so, I started printing papers saying, "Violet Flash Drive Found in XXX's coffee shop. Please contact +63*******". Unfortunately, that turned out a big failure too.

Just when I started thinking that it was a big world after all and that it was probably all just me and my wishful thinking, I found a person who knew people called Ren and Jaime. Her name was Meru. I asked her about who they were and what had become of Jaime and Ren. I was shocked. She told me that they were classmates five years ago, and that three years ago, both of them died with all their family. Meru told me that Jaime and Ren became engaged before the accident. Both their families wanted to celebrate for Jaime and Ren. They wanted to have a week's worth vacation in Hawaii but their plane crashed and that was how two popular college students died. Meru told me that there was a survivor from Jaime's family, an 8 year old girl called, Sarah. When I asked Meru where I could find Sarah, she gave me a number.

That night, I made time to think about that story. Was this Jaime and Ren the same one mentioned in the recordings?

My thoughts shifted to the owner of the drive. Did he know about Jaime and Ren? Was he still broken hearted as he was on his recordings? Is he still recording all his feelings and saying everything he wanted to say to Jaime in a drive? Is he still suffering from his pain? There were too many questiosn I couldn't answer, so I immediately hit the sack after resting on my bed.

The next morning, I called the number Meru gave me. And I almost had a heart attack.

It was him!

It was that voice!

It was my hope..

I finally found him. And I found myself unable to speak.

"Hello? Hello? Who is this?" it was really him.

I clamped my hand to my mouth and found myself shaking. I was crying.

I remembered the voice that shakes when he spoke of his love, the voice that held so much emotion that someone like me, a person like me who didn't believe in love, believe once more in something I thought was lost.

I couldn't believe that I was speaking with him, right at the moment.

I tried to calm myself down and asked him about Sarah, asked him if he knew Jaime and Ren who was killed in an accident three years ago. And it really was him. He said that he was their best friend. I asked of Sarah. He said that Sarah was living with him. He was raising Sarah as his sister. And I pretended to be interested in Sarah. I asked if we could meet at his place and he agreed. I couldn't have been happier.

When I arrived at his apartment, I was amazed at how luxurious his life was. He lived in a very expensive place.

I pushed the door bell and after a few minutes, it opened. I was really excited to know who the owner of the drive was. And surely, I didn't expect to know him beforehand.

"Hyuuga… Natsume?" I asked, shocked.

"Sakura?" he replied, equally surprised.

For folks who've gone and read the first chapter of Flash drive on this year's July, I'm sorry it took me this long to update. I was really surprised because all who reviewed told me to update more often, and well, it got me thinking that I may be a tiny bit too lazy for my own good. Haha XD.

Anyways, I'm sorry to say that my mind's blowing at every direction nowadays and that means I'm distracted by things. By things I mean, playing UN (Ultimate Ninja), watching One Piece, reading One Piece Fanfics ( I ship LuNa!), worrying about school and troubles in the country.

Bagyong Yolanda (Typhoon Yolanda) really did a great damage to Leyte and many lost their lives and too much people had been injured, not to mention, a LOT of houses and properties are damaged. I hope we can pray for the deceased and also pray for the people who needs help.

Kapwa Filipinos: ipagdasal po natin ang mga tao na nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda.