Okay, so this is the fourth chapter, right? Wow, I am committed! I don't own anything.

SummerPOV

After Rio got back from the hospital having a small headache and a broken arm, Eyes got me home. But even after Eyes kissed me goodbye and left, there was still an ache in my heart. I was longing to see my best friend Hiyono, the one I used to play with and dance with.

Those memories struck home. When we were five and the sun was bright, Granny let us out to play before she died. Hiyono was younger than me, but only by two years. I used to plan her wedding, before we chose different paths.

I laid on the sofa, feeling the tear run down my face and my hand roamed to my pocket where there was a piano key that was bright pink. Hiyono was clumsy one day and broke my toy piano, Granny having to throw it out after our poor attempt to restore it and I was sullen for the whole day. Hiyono felt sorry and found the bright pink key under the sofa, linking it to her favorite silver necklace and giving it to me the next day. I always kept it in one of my pockets, along with a ribbon that reminded me of my cousin.

I sighed, shoving myself up and grabbing my fitted pea coat. I pulled it on, throwing my cell phone on the couch and slipped on my shoes. Outside, the rain that I knew was coming started to shower down on the house. Grabbing my umbrella, I headed out the door.

The rain felt good to walk in, and it smelt beautiful. I always loved the rain, particularly when I needed time to think. Usually I would bring a friend I preferred- Nicole, Erin- along with Leiloni, they were the friends that kept me sane. Otherwise, every mean and snotty girl would drive me nuts. I sloshed through the sheeting rain, the umbrella softly twirling because I needed my hands to do something.

I saw Erin, she was waiting at the corner. I expected her- she always knew when I needed to talk to her. She was the more reserved, thinking one of my friends. I knew if I needed to talk to anybody I would go to her or Nicole- the only two I could trust with my life.

Erin silently walked beside me, knowing I would talk when I needed to. Erin and I headed for the harbor, where I could look at the sail boats swinging in the rain. Erin took the lead, leading me to the railings. She put her arms on them and leaned out, her brown hair whipping her face as she closed her eyes. "I miss my cousin," I said.

Erin nodded. "Hiyono? She'll come around, Summer, trust me. But…Hiyono…she needs to get her head together before seeing you." Erin said that phrase a million times- trying to get me to stop worrying.

I laid against the railing, my elbows on top of it as I gazed at the passing people. A few running to a parked car or hailing a taxi, a little girl who was stomping into puddles. She had a pink ribbon in her hair to keep it out of her face.

"Well, it isn't my fault that she isn't ready," I whispered as I pulled the ribbon out of my pocket. The little girl fell down, her velvet ribbon falling into the puddle beneath her.

"Ah!" She cried, cupping it in her hands. "My ribbon!"

I walked over, picking up the wet little girl. Her eyes were the exact same color of Hiyono's. I pulled her hair up into a delicate twist, tying the ribbon neatly so that it won't fall out of her hair and it still looked cute. "Don't cry, little one," I comforted, wiping away the small tear that escaped her eyes.

"Thank you, miss," The girl said as she handed me her ruined ribbon. "Sorry to leave you with this, it isn't worth anything now."

I shook my head and let her go on. I laid back against the railing, my umbrella forgotten on the ground. Erin shook her head, wet drops flying everywhere. The rain stopped, now leaving only massive puddles. There was a barge out in the water, and the horn sounded. "Go home, get some rest, put on dry clothes. You will feel better." Erin took my umbrella and opened it, walking away. I stared after her. Erin was always strong, she had a backbone I couldn't find in myself. When she walked, Erin had a certain skip in her step that showed people she would fight them if she had to.

I walked away, tucking the dead ribbon in my pea coat. A rainbow lit up the now blue sky, and I smiled as I looked at the ground. I loved rainbows, I always thought they had a meaning to them. Like the rain and clouds meant that you are going through a rough time in life, but when you get to the end the rainbow pops up and lights up your day.

I tripped over somebody's foot, stumbling a few steps before regaining myself. "SumSum is still clumsy, I see," Somebody giggled. I froze in place. Only Hiyono ever called me SumSum because she couldn't pronounce Summer. I turned slowly, Hiyono sitting on the railing, giggling.

Everything froze for a minute before rushing back to me at once. I grabbed Hiyono and hugged her tightly, just like when we were children. "HiHi!" I shrieked, letting her go. SumSum and HiHi, the two little girls who everybody kept an eye out. I had to admit, we were trouble. "I miss you so much!"

Hiyono slipped her arm into mine and started to walk. She was bubbly, happy to be where she was right now. Hiyono of course wasn't her real name, but I nicknamed her that when we were little. Kiyotaka then gave her the last name Yuizaki, and she went off to hang with Ayumu Narumi. "As I missed you, SumSum. Let's go to your house and warm up. I'll make the tea!" Hiyono started to skip. I noticed the suitcase in her hand.

"So how long are you staying?" I asked, eyeing the suitcase with interest. "And why didn't you call me beforehand, HiHi?"

Hiyono shrugged. "Kiyotaka doesn't know I escaped for a while. SumSum, I need you help. I think I have big feelings for Ayumu Narumi, even though he is so depressing and doesn't have any self-confidence. And you know me, SumSum, I prefer younger men!" That made me laugh. I did know that well. When she was in fifth grade she liked a fourth grader, in eighth grade she was preferred a seventh grade student and not the ninth grade one.

"Well, you must know Eyes Rutherford," I stated nervously. Hiyono looked at me. "He and I are…we are…dating," I confessed, looking down as my cousin gasped in astonishment.

"Eyes?" She shrieked, tugging on my hair. She thought about that for a moment before she calmed down a bit. "Well, he is certainly your type of man, SumSum. A heart of stone, indifferent, cruel…"

"He changed, HiHi! I swear he did! Now he is acting more human, according to Rio! He is smiling and laughing and he doesn't wear all black all the time." I pulled Hiyono's braid softly. She looked forward. I knew what she was going to say. "I changed him, HiHi."

Hiyono looked at me. "SumSum, I know you must have. You can change the world, you know that. But I never thought I would see this! Eyes Rutherford, famous pianist, and Summer Catarina, creepy weirdo, going out!"

I shoved her lightly. "I am not the one that is going around uninvited and tripping their cousin to say hello."

Hiyono stopped, picking something out of her pocket. A necklace I gave to her before she left, on a silver chain I loved and a sunshine piece that was mine. She slipped it around her neck as I pulled out my own necklace and slipped it around my neck. It still fit.

We got to my house and I opened the door, Hiyono roaming in first. She tucked her suitcase by the door and walked right to the kitchen. Of course, her love for food never changed. She still adored her food. "Remember that dandelion juice Granny used to make in the summer? Do you now how to make it?" She called, checking my fridge for something.

I switched on the heater and the TV, grabbing towels from the closet in the hall. "I know how to make it, she taught me. It actually takes like, four days to make a gallon of it and if you mess up a tad you have to restart." I covered Hiyono in a towel, untying her braids and tossing the ribbons on the counter.

Hiyono sat down on the couch, flipping channels until it go onto her favorite game show. She started to watch it, laying on top of a pillow I gave her. "Ah! No, don't do that! You will fall into the- oh, ha, what did I tell you!" She said once. I giggled at her. "SumSum, what are you thinking laughing at me? I didn't fall into the pull of mud!"

I laid my head on her arm like the old days, before falling into a deep sleep with Hiyono softly snoring next to me.