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Ch 5:-Consequences

"Takeru-Wake up Takeru" She shook him and he came back to his senses.

"What's wrong? Are you sick? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Nothing's wrong… Extremely tired, perhaps that's why." But Takeru was mentally thinking "That was a real give away."

"I'll drive you home c'mon."

"No Hikari… its fine, I can…"

"Don't tell me what you can and what you can't… I know you much better than you know yourself… So just keep quite and listen to what I am saying."

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Hikari dropped Takeru. He kissed her good bye and went his way. Hikari went back to her house but she was too worried to sleep.

Hikari's POV: What is the matter with him? I know something is wrong, terribly wrong… but what? He is behaving so oddly… he would never have if he himself did not have any valid reason… But why is he not telling me what is wrong? Why? Looks like I myself have to find out...But how… yes!Why didn't I think of it before?"

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The next morning she woke Taichi up and said "Taichi I need to talk to you urgently."

"Yes… What is it Hikari?"

"Do you know what's wrong with Takeru? I mean is he sick or something?"

"I dunno… I haven't seen Yamato lately…But I think he is suffering from headache."

"Headache? How do you know?"

"I saw him coming back from Jyou's with Yamato and I asked him. But why are u asking"

"That's because yesterday he fainted all of a sudden and he isn't ready to tell me a thing… You've got to help me… I have a plan of how to find out."

Taichi bit his lip in worry and said, "Sure… I'll help you."

"Tomorrow afternoon you will pretend that you are out of town… you will ring up either Yamato or Sora and tell them I am not well so I need to rest, but since you had to go out urgently our house is locked and I will rest in their house and tell either of the two to give me the key and make sure Takeru doesn't come to know about it. I will see if I can find anything which will give me a clue as to what the matter is."

"Good idea… Rely on me, it will be done."

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Taichi had played his part well. Hikari stood in front of Ishida residence. Sora came hurriedly.

"What's the matter Hikari?"

"Nothing Sora… I just need some rest."

"Ok… here take the keys and ring me up if you need anything."

"Awfully thanks Sora'"

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Takeru had gone to attend a conference. And in the midst of it, he felt sick. The pain started in his head and it was worse than ever. He could not sit any longer. He collapsed. His colleagues tried to help him but they couldn't. Takeru took out his cell and managed to say "Ring… Yamato…"

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Hikari went to Takeru's room. Everything was messy. "From when did he become like this?" she thought. She rummaged the room, bed, desks but couldn't find anything. She sat down on the mat tired and that was when she noticed a file lying under the bed. "Can this be the thing I am looking for.…? But how can he be so careless..."

She picked it up. It was Jyou's report... Having read it she had a thousand thoughts and emotions going through her. She felt numb, drenched of everything.

"So this is what Takeru didn't want me to know…he didn't want to hurt me or see me sad…stupid Takeru!"

She thought "what am I without you…how can I live without you? I can't think of a life without you in it Takeru…"

She felt her dreams, her world, and her future shatter before her. She started weeping bitterly.

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