HEEEEEY! Rora here, to give you chapter 3! I'm mucho excited. This chapter is short, I know. But it's filled with love. MY LOVE. (and also Ren's.) so please love me back with a passionate Review. And also some snacks.

Tsuruga blinked at me. Once. Twice. Until his eyes seemed to become a butterfly's wings. He said nothing, only blinked.

What did it MEAN?!

"can you repeat that, Mogami-San?" he finally lamented, slowly accentuating each word.

I opened my mouth, trying not to look at him as I sputtered out, "I...well...you see...Setsu...and, well...um..."

"mogami-San?"

"...nothing." I finally breathed out. "nothing."

"it must be something, or you wouldn't be so flushed. I didn't hear you the first time. You spoke too quietly." which was funny since I had been so convinced that I was speaking loud enough to wake the dead.

"no, really, its nothing. I'm just a little confused as to why you disregarded character."

He snorted. "perhaps I shouldn't have, but you should have turned off your phone."

I could feel the glare of accusation cut into me like I was butter. "I meant to! But, I..." I tried to think of a lie, since the real reason was that I was waiting for Tsuruga to call."...was waiting for the agency to call. Truly, It was nothing. Nothing at all."

Tsuruga looked unconvinced. Carefully, he lifted my head from its ducked position so he could see my eyes clearly. The motion made me blush heavily, but I didn't shy away. "why are you lying to me, Kyoko?"

And my heart died.

I crumpled into the ground with no warning, memories swirling through my head. Mother. My childhood. Shotaro.

Corn.

"Kyoko-chan...you're little, so you don't know about the world like I do." the young Corn said to the young me, as we sat on the riverside. His voice was soft, but coated in some sadness that I didn't want to comprehend. I was too young. Too naive.

I smiled at him, even though I didn't quite understand. "The world? I know about geography!"

He snickered into his sleeve, his blond hair floating in the wind. "not that sort of world. The real world. The world of people." he seemed so thoughtful. "people are mean."

"you aren't mean." I whispered.

He raised an eyebrow. Then, in the sweetest way possible, he pulled me into a hug. It was a young hug, not terribly meaningful, but it did have an air about it that I could only revere. I liked being near him. I liked his company.

It wouldn't last.

"I'm...going away again." he said quietly, hurt in every word. "My dad wants me to come back to the Land of The Fairies."

Shock flooded over me. Loneliness, much like that I had when my mother dropped me off at the Fuwa's for another summer, escaped me in a tear. It spread in an ache throughout my small frame. All I could think was, "why?"

"because thats my job. I must go into the world, the mean world. I have to be one of them because that's what fairies must. We aren't like you humans, who can live the life you want. I have to go with father."

"but...but I..." tears threatened to spill down my face. "but you make me happy! And...and if you leave, I'll only have Shotaro, and he isn't very nice! His music is, though, and I like it when he plays for me, but he thinks I'm annoying and doesn't listen!"

Corn blinked at me. Once. Twice. Until his eyes seemed to become butterfly wings.

Where had i seen that before?

It couldn't be.

The next thing I knew was Tsuruga's face, his eyes peering into mine. The very same face I had seen not moments earlier in my vision. The only difference was the eyes.

His were fake.

I felt myself shake as I scampered away from the man, unsure of my feelings. If it was HIM...then he would have known the entire time! The entire time, he would have been able to put the pieces together. But like the idiot I am, I couldn't piece together his connection to me.

Then again, he did go through a lot to keep it secret...

"Mogami-San? I'm not going to hurt you!"

Tsuruga had taken hold of my hand, and clutched it with every fiber of his being. "Can you hear me?!"

"yes." I let my mouth communicate. "I'm okay." but in truth, there was no way I could be. Perhaps he hadn't been lying, or maybe he really didn't remember, but for the first time in my life, I was absolutely certain about something.

Ren Tsuruga was my childhood friend, Corn.