Here's chapter 4… you know since it's summer, I definitely will be able to get this finished before summer ends. As I said, this may be short but it's time to get sappy already.

Without You

"I love you, don't leave me! Lantis!"

I woke up with a start. I was breathing heavily. Calm down Hikaru. Where am I? I looked around. This was not my room. I looked at my clothes. This isn't mine. I started to panic. I got out of bed but then the floor started to spin.

"Don't get up. Your still weak."

I stood still. The voice was too familiar. Then I remembered. We were in Cephiro. I was with Lantis.

"Lay down. Fuu and Umi is still asleep, so don't worry about them."

I watched Hikaru climb back to bed. I thought I was about to get ready for an argument.

I could not believe that she was here… here right before my eyes. I never imagine that it would be this hard to breath properly, for the scent that I missed so long, I was smelling it once again. The fiery hair of hers was much longer now as she found a brush near the desk and brushed it out. But it was the face that made me want to just hold her and kiss her at the moment and never let her go. She was more beautiful than he had ever laid eyes on. From the moment he first met Hikaru, he knew she was a girl who was very hard to forget. Hikaru finished brushing her hair. She changed a lot. He wanted to shake her and ask what the hell does she think she is doing. Why isn't she like the girl he knew before. It was if Hikaru grew… grew into a woman, a woman who was mature enough to understand anything. But he knew somewhere, the Hikaru he knew was still there. All it did was grow up. He wanted to say so much to Hikaru, that he just didn't know were to start. He wanted to know what was happening to her life.

"how are you" we both asked at the same time. None of us spoke.

It startled me to hear Lantis talk. Every time he talks, my skin shivers. Damit, I thought. I told myself when I came back. That if the day ever comes that I'd face Lantis again. I would talk to him as he had never existed in my life. But why in this large room, with a cool breeze of wind, makes me feel nervous and if I can't breath. Answer him Hikaru. I laughed to make the uneasiness fade, but this made Lantis look at me in a strange way. Never mind Hikaru. I gave him a smile.

"Nothing much changed. My brothers are still picking on me for being the smallest in the family but acts so nice whenever it's my turn to cook" I started babbling about my life without me realizing that Lantis was smiling. I looked at him and saw that he was very interested to what I was saying. Then I said something that changed the air again. Me and my big mouth.

"sooo… now I had no choice but to go out with him which it turned out that Saito was actually a good man." I stopped all of a sudden. Why am I telling this.

'So this Saito… does he treat you well?" asked Lantis with clenched teeth. He was interested and amused to hear about the time they were apart but suddenly jealousy attacked when Hikaru started to talk about Saito.

"Yes his very nice"

"Good because I'll kill him if he doesn't" I paused all of a sudden. Damit, Lantis. Why did you have to say that. If Hikaru was in love with this twerp boy, would he let go? For her happiness he would, but his jealousy at the moment said that he and that boy should not live in the same planet… you mean in the same big… universe or galaxy or until he was living! That boy is lucky that they haven't even crossed path.

"Lantis…don't worry. His just a friend."

Ok why did I have to say his just a friend and why are you even explaining.. heelloo! Hikaru what are you thinking. Remember. YOU HATE LANTIS. But it was very strange at the moment. It was if I had to explain it to him. This is what I hate. Confused feelings. All my life since I left Cephiro, I tried to change, tried to be another person. I succeeded now what? Now here I am, alone with Lantis. I wanted to run to him and feel his arms around me.

"Ouch!" I shouted my leg, it was painful to even move it. I had cramps. Because of this, this made Lantis come near me and check my leg. He started to massage it, gently. I felt a tingle when he laid his hands on my leg. He was very close. I touched his shoulders, which made him look at me.

"Don't worry." I whispered because he was very near me. I started to breath heavy again. His eyes was the thing I missed much so I had to look some place else. Bad choice. My eyes landed on his lips.

"but it might be something else" I said. I knew what was happening. My brain was telling to move away but the other half was telling me to do it. When had been kissing a hard thing to do… When are lips finally meet I forgot all the reasons to pull away…

Hikaru get a grip of yourself. Stop this or you'll regret it. For six years you hated him for hurting you now it just takes one kiss to forget everything. Then I remembered

"you don't belong here. Because your job is finished. You should live in your world, marry and grow old there"

I pulled away. I looked away anywhere just not to see him. Lantis stood up. I touched my lips…

"Why are you doing this…"

Lantis looked at me, as if he was trying to say the right words. I grabbed the opportunity to see the changes in him. He was still the handsome mysterious man I fell in love with. I saw there was a fresh scar on his face. I got up and touched it.

"What happened" I whispered.

I looked at him and wondered what was he thinking. Lantis gently got my hand, stroke it, then he kissed it. He brought me back to bed, placed the blanket over me and turned his back. I wanted to cry. Stop it! I told myself. You forgot all about him. You changed, your not the Hikaru before…

"Hikaru… Im sorry…"

my heart stopped beating.

"I never ment to hurt you…"

I closed my eyes. Why was he doing this? Tears were falling from my face. Then Lantis said something that made me stay wide awake.

"Stay…Without you…I can't live…"

with that, Lantis left the room. "Stay…" Those were the words I wanted him to say… six years ago. Why does he have to say it now?

Author's Note:

There. Finished. Was it ok? Well I hope you liked it. Two more chapters! Well I just wanted to say thanks to the people that reviewed:

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