Note: I want to apologize for not updating within the past year. I didn't realize it had been so long since I last updated. I've been really busy. I promise to try to update as much as I can.

That night Kotoko had a dream. She was standing at the corner of a street, everything empty, dim lights, no cars, no people, just her all alone.

She woke up in a cold sweat and her head started to hurt. She got up and went downstairs to get some headache medicine. Due to night blindness, she turned on all the lights, one at a time. Making her way to the bathroom, she shuffled through the medicine cabinet looking for something to take her headache away.

Just then Naoki appeared behind her and grabbed the pills that were on the very top of the shelf. He handed her the bottle and thanked him. She went downstairs to get a drink of water and blurry images appeared in her head. She dropped the glass and Naoki ran downstairs to find her on the ground. He held Kotoko calling her name. Everyone in the house started yelling and asking what's wrong, but he ignores them and places her on the couch.

-dream-

"Don't touch other women!"

Naoki, "Cut it out! You married a man who's planning on becoming a doctor, didn't you? Have some self-awareness! … How can I put up with your jealousy all the time? If you keep doing that we won't be able to be together."

-end-

Kotoko opened her eyes with tears falling down her face. All she felt was hurt and embarrassment. Naoki, "Kotoko! What's wrong?"

Ma pushed him aside, "Kotoko-chan, is everything OK? Do we need to take you to the doctor?" "You have one right here ma!" said Naoki.

"I'm OK, I just need to sleep that's all. I had a headache earlier and when I came downstairs to get water, I started to have these blurry images and just right now before I woke up, I…" she trailed and just felt embarrassed. "I'm going to bed, I'll see you all in the morning."

"Kotoko," called Naoki, "I'm taking you to the hospital tomorrow morning, just to have you checked out." "OK" she whispered as she went back to her and tried to sleep.

In his room, Naoki laid in their bed, replaying both accounts. "That look she had just now was the same when we went to Hawaii on our honeymoon when we fought over Mari…" he looked at the clock and it was 11:45, "not even midnight." He continued to lie in bed replaying all tonight's earlier events. "The first time she sounded like me, this second time she looked as if I had hurt her all over again… what's going on? Is she remembering?"

It's 7:30 AM and the loud alarm woke him up. He looked at the clock feeling like he didn't sleep at all. "I need to take her to the hospital." Naoki got up, showered, and headed downstairs. Before going downstairs though, he knocked on Kotoko's door. "Kotoko? Kotoko? It's time to get up," he said through the door.

"Brother what are you doing? Kotoko already left with uncle," said Yuuki.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I heard them leave around thirty minutes ago. It was really weird to see her up early and not stumble. Why couldn't she be like this before?" and Yuuki left to go downstairs.

Naoki was troubled, everything was off. Not only was he feeling guilty of how he treated her before, he almost forgot the reason why, but now this, characteristics of his wife are fading in and out and he's worried as hell.

Naoki planned on meeting them at the hospital but by the time he got there he had just missed them. He asked Nishigaki-sensei the status, and reassured him that everything is fine with Kotoko, just that bits and pieces are coming back and that she should take it slow.

"Moving back in to that house must have sent information overload to her brain," Nishigaki-sensei told him. "Try not to push so hard, even the little things can set things off."

Back home, Kotoko sat on the porch outside, wondering what she should do. "Ma, can I talk to you?" "Sure."

Kotoko sat there quietly trying to figure out what to say. "What was I like? What did I do before all this happened?"

Ma sat there not sure if she should answer anything. "Ma, please, I really need to know," Kotoko begged her. Ma's heart sank and gave in. And in old fashion Ma way, she said with so much energy, "You and brother were happily married. He's a doctor and you were becoming a nurse to help him."

"That's it?" replied Kotoko.

"What do you mean?" said Ma.

"Well isn't there anything else I should know. Like how I got into that accident and why do I feel like I am embarrassment and failure when I see Naoki, but at the same time I feel like…" she stopped. She didn't want to say anymore. "I'm going to my room."

"Wait Kotoko-ch-," but she was gone before she could finish.

Ma was worried she sat on the couch thinking. Just then Pa came in. "Hey papa…" "hm?" he looked her. "Ma, what's wrong? You look like you're depressed again."

"It's just… well, I spoke with Kotoko-chan earlier. She started asking me questions about how she used to be," he interrupted her, "Ma don't tell me you told her! Naoki warned us not to."

"I couldn't help it! She begged me to tell her."

"And? What did you tell her?" he asked her.

"I just told her that she and brother were married, and that she was studying to become a doctor to assist him."

"That's all? Well that should be OK."

Ma had a worried look and tone to her, "It's not just that, she asked about the things that led up to the accident, and she acted as if she was disappointed that that's all her life was about… Brother…"