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"Hey, say that you like me."

"I like you."

Fakir and Envy were lying on ravens' feathers. Her head rested on top of Fakir's naked chest.

"Say that you hate everything, especially Tutu!" she commanded

"I hate her and everything else," he answered.

Fakir's eyes were still the same; lonely and lifeless. His heart was taken away. All he did was obey to everything she says.

Envy stared into Fakir's eyes for a moment. "Smile for me," she said. He did not obey the command. "Why won't you smile for me? I thought we were supposed to be toge—"

Fakir's eyes explained it all. It showed a reflection of Ahiru smiling. Envy's eyes widened and gasped. "You're thinking about her instead of me, aren't you?"

"…"

"AREN'T YOU!"

SLAP.

A red mark appeared on Fakir's face while tears were on hers.

"Why won't you love me?"

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Ahiru was on the balcony in Rue and Mytho's castle. She was borrowing one of Rue's nightgowns that was white and had frills on the short sleeves and on the bottom of the outfit.

She was sulking on what had happened.

"I'm such an idiot," Ahiru thought, small tears coming down from her blue eyes.

"Do I really deserve to be Princess Tutu again?" She dangled her heart-shaped, red pendant and stared at it.

Turning around, she saw a cerulean figure that had a loose shirt and pants. Ahiru presumed it was Fakir, but she was a little off; it was one of the feelings of Fakir's heart.

"You can save him, can't you?" the feeling asked. It was Curiosity.

"I don't think she can, being in that form," Doubt said, appearing behind Curiosity.

Five other emotions appeared.

"I agree. How disgusting she is," Hate retorted.

"Why won't you save him?" Sadness questioned, huddling with Fear.

"Maybe we should let Rue do this, shouldn't we?" Curiosity asked the others.

"I can do this!" Ahiru shouted at them. Their attention was toward her.

"Ugh. Fine," Hate agreed.

All the emotions disappeared except one. "Please save the knight. He needs to make a promise to you. And, if you don't save him now, even if we go back to him, he might still be engulfed with Envy's love. Good luck, and please hurry," Love said gently. He went up to Ahiru and kissed her on the lips. Then, Love vanished.

Putting the pendant back on, she transformed back into Princess Tutu.

A bright, turquoise light appeared in front of her. It was going to lead the way.

Roots with colorful flowers appeared below Tutu's feet, making a path for her to follow.

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"Alright. All we have to do is to distract Princess Envy until Love and Tutu get here. Then, we can go back to the knight," Hate planned along with the other emotions.

They all nodded.

"I'll go first," Brave announced, fading away and reappearing in front of Envy with a sword.

"Get away from the knight!" the emotion shouted at her, about to strike.

Suddenly, he was snatched up by roots and turned back into a shard.

"So, Fakir dislikes me, the one who was chosen to be with him in the story?" Envy asked.

"What story?"" someone asked out lout. It was Princess Tutu.

Noticing what she had just done, she tried to escape, but was caught. Tutu was tied down by roots and saw that there were sharp ones emerging from the ceiling. It was about to strike her directly, but a blue shield appeared.

It was Love. He had turned into a shield to protect the girl.

"P-please save Fakir," Love whispered to her. She could tell the roots were hurting the poor emotion badly. Love yelped and cried, but held its position.

Tutu cut off the roots that held her down and leaped towards Envy and Fakir.

"Just leave," Envy said coldly to her. She got a grip of Tutu's neck, about to strangle her, but then felt a hand on top of her shoulder. She turned to see who it was and it was Fakir. Envy could tell he wanted her to let go. Everyone was astonished, even the emotions that were hiding gasped. How could he do that without a heart?

Envy loosened her grip and disappeared, but her sobbing could still be heard.

Tutu remembered what Love was doing and turned to see Brave there as well. Both of the shards were battered and scratched, but they were not broken. She picked them up and held them in her arms.

"Arigatou. I'm sorry that you are hurt," she said gently to them

A warm, beaming light appeared from the two emotions. Their wounds were gone.

"We were happy to protect you," both of them whispered.

Going back to Fakir, the other pieces of the heart appeared. All of them smiled, even Hate.

They vanished and turned back to Fakir's heart. His eyes were filled with life now. Then, he heard a whisper from his heart.

"Confess to her soon."

Fakir rubbed his eyes and looked at Tutu. He smiled warmly and embraced her in his arms. She allowed this and hugged him back, slightly blushing.

"Let's go back," Fakir replied.

"…Hai."

Wings sprout from the sides of her arms, just like a bird. Fakir held on and they both went back to their dorm.

When they returned, they were in Fakir's bed, falling asleep together in each others' arms.