LAST CHAPTER. SOB!

I shall get the epilogue up soon. It's only one page to type. So yup. XD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE-CHAN!

Secret Sixteen

Secret Number Sixteen: I'm not what you'd call headstrong when it comes to certain things.

My head was pounding so hard I thought it would explode. I tried multiple times to open the locker to no avail, and the hallway was completely empty so nobody could hear my screams and pounding. I gave up yelling because it made it even hotter in that stupid hell box and claustrophobia made it unable for me to move. I kept seeing that white light…! Maybe it meant I was about to die?

Since I obviously had enough time, I took some halfway deep breaths and thought for a while. That picture that Motoko had… that was obviously fake. I think I'd know if I had kissed someone, especially if it was Prince Yuki. I've never kissed anyone… and I've barely ever talked to him! Pictures could easily be made with a computer program… Maybe she took a picture of someone that looked like me and one that looked like Prince Yuki and put them together.

What a bitch. Who would do that?

A bitch.

I almost laughed until I came back to reality and began to feel suffocated.

"Come on, dammit!" I yelled, pounding on the door weakly. I shook the inside of the handle. It made a loud noise that would hopefully echo down that damn long hallway.

Where were the three guys? Didn't they see those three bitches take me down the hall? Weren't they looking for me?

No, of course not. I'm just stupid Eri Rena. My existence doesn't matter to anyone.

I leaned again the back of the locked and sighed. Shit, there was a spider dangling above my head!

I had a flashback type thing for a minute. I was sitting in a small place, similar to now; it smelled like the Poo Plant, and there was a spider dangling over my head. Someone else was there too, a shadow. They leaned forward and kissed me as there was a pounding on the locker door. I couldn't see who the shadow was. It seemed so familiar and real, though. What were all these flashbacks to things that had never happened?

Maybe I was going psycho.

"Is someone in there?" a voice yelled outside the door.

I almost shrieked in joy. "Yes! Help!"

"This is Tomo. And Yuki's picking the lock," Tomo told me.

Eep! Yuki? "It's Er—"

Before I could finish my name, the door opened and I fell out. Yuki caught my wrists and help me up so we wouldn't fall over.

"We were looking for you," Yuki confessed, a line of blush going across both of our faces. He hadn't let go of my wrists and my face had fallen rather close to his.

"Uh… thank you," I blushed.

"Come on! Our dance is in five minutes!" Tomo hollered, and Yuki helped me out while we continued blushing. "Nice outfit," Tomo smirked, staring at parts that shouldn't be stared at.

Yuki smacked him across the face and Tomo ran ahead to the gym while I picked up the CD I had let fall to the bottom of the locker. Yuki waited for me. For ME.

"Thanks for finding me," I said quietly as we slowly walked back.

What I'd give to be that close to his face again.

"Ah1" I let out a random yell and dropped the CD as I grabbed my forehead and doubled over in pain. My head was burning so badly… and that white light…

"Eri-chan, are you okay?" Yuki stopped, placing a hand on my back and making chills go down my spine.

"You don't have to cry…"

"How come you didn't say anything during class if you're such a good dancer?"

"Do you… want to hang out? As friends?"

"You seemed so different from everybody else…"

"Are you afraid? Are you afraid of what they'll think of you?"

"Can… Can I show you my reality?"

"Eri Rena… can I trust you to keep my secret?"

"It's sad, isn't it? For the Sohmas… there's no way out."

"Did you mean it when you said you would never dance again?"

"Do you think… doyouwanttobemygirlfriend?"

"Let them see…"

"But I… I… I love you!"

"I will never forget you… I love you, Eri, and I always will…"

"Stop it!" I yelled, not caring how insane I sounded. "Let go! Make them stop! Make the voices stop!"

I think I really was going insane. The white light… the shadows… the flashbacks… and now, the voices…

Yuki took his hand off of my back and I stood up straight, still shaking. "What are you doing to me?" I whispered. "Why is this happening?"

"Side effects," Yuki replied. "You were so reluctant to forget… and now you're remembering bits and pieces…"

"Of what?" I demanded. "What does this mean?"

"It means that love is stronger than anything else. It means that this time, Akito can't win."