It was seven in the morning. A few birds were chirping the same old tune they always had in his life, and a few rays of sunshine seeped through his curtains. Kuon groaned a bit as some hit his eyes. Didn't he have the curtains shut? But as his squeezed eyes began to squint even more, he immediately opened them.

It was Kyoko.

Kyoko... that was a really cute name he gave.

"Good morning, Kyoko," he mustered his voice to greet her. He groaned, starting to stand up. As he rubbed his eyes, he was met with her eyes. "AH!" He fell back onto his mattress.

She was on top of him, and had her legs straddling his waist. Her tiny frame delicately bent lower, and her hands were hovering over his button-up shirt. What was she doing?

But unlike his dirty thoughts of what she was doing, she patted his chest lightly. "You have to change. You have school at 8:30." She then hopped off, and began to drag him. Her strength was powerful, probably due to the different gravity levels here on Earth, and pulled him over her shoulder as if he was a rice bag. "Off you go! To the bathroom!"

"W-wait! Kyoko, I can do it myself!"

"Really? Since I'm not going to let you skip breakfast like you normally do."

"... hey! I thought you said you couldn't see me when I was inside!"

"I did, but there's something called a window."

"..." Kuon, as he still was over her shoulder, looked at her. "WHAT?"

"Stop shouting, will you? It's too early for that." She plugged one of her ears with her finger. "Hurry up and take your shower, unless you want your father to eat all the food."

With that, she shoved him into his own bathroom, and slammed the door shut.

Julie woke up with a start. There was an explosion that shattered abruptly. Shaking her husband worriedly, she threw the sheets over him as she ran to where the sound might have sounded. Coming to the living room, she skidded to a halt. She blinked at the sight she saw.

Everything... was sparkling! It was even cleaner than before! Now, that just suddenly made her feel like the before image was terrible compared to the after image. Glancing at who could have caused the explosion, she saw the little star on the floor, sweating and covered with ashes on her cheeks.

"Oh! What happened?" Julie came up to the girl, patting some of the ashes off of her, and onto the just cleaned floor. Wincing at the small mess she just made, Julie brushed it off. The girl was her current concern right now.

"Sorry... I got too happy... and I kinda..." She waved around her. She blushed a little, and giggled. "I'm sorry. It's just that... Kuon said you were going to take me shopping!" She stood up, away from Julie's grasp, and floated around the room. "Isn't that right, Kuon?"

Julie was so focused on the girl, that she didn't realize her son was in the same room. He was eating a bowl of Cheerios, and nodded and he gulped down his mouthful. He laughed. "I remember hearing you wanting to take her shopping after you came home, so I guess she got too excited. Right, Kyoko?"

"Right!" She nodded happily.

"Ky-Kyoko?" Kuu finally, but sleepily, came in to see what was the commotion. He had the most messiest bedhead, and it was going in all directions. It was like a tornado struck while he was asleep! "That's your name?"

Kyoko nodded. "Kuon named me! He named me Kyoko Mogami!"

"Kyoko Mogami... huh." Kuu looked over at his son, and laughed. "I didn't think you would choose such a cute name for a cute girl." He went over and rubbed Kuon's head with his fist, giving him a noogie. "My boy is starting to charm the girl the moment he just met her, huh?" He laughed furiously.

"Hey... DAD!"

She was definitely confused. Kyoko stood still, and just smiled at this interaction. If only she had a family... She watched sadly, but shook that thought away. Gasping, she suddenly remembered.

"Ah... is it okay if I leave the house for a stroll when Kuon's at school? I want to get used to my surroundings."

"Sure, you can do that. Or you can spy on Kuon some more from afar just like usual," Kuu joked.

"DAD!" Kuon cried.

"What?" Kuu lifted one eyebrow. "I don't see why not. As long as she doesn't make it seem like she's a crazed fan, or like she was stalking..." Kuu stared at his son, "... then it's fine."

Julie shook her head at this. "Or maybe she could come with me while I'm at my model shoots? It should be fine if she's with me..."

"Ah, or she could come with me," Kuu suggested. He looked to the side, as he tapped his chin. "It would be wonderful to have someone with me that I could claim as my adorable daughter..."

"OKAY! She comes with me!" Kuon grabbed Kyoko's wrist, and ran outside with her. As they got farther away from his house, he muttered, "Geez... we just met you yesterday and it seems like we have known you forever."

She sat quietly. As she hugged her legs, she shivered as a gust of wind touched her delicate skin, decorating goosebumps on her. She sighed, but kept still. The branch she was on was thin, it wouldn't be able to support a human's weight, but since she didn't have any gravity, she didn't weigh a thing. Although gravity compressed stars, leading to their death, when they turned into humans, it was nothing. They had no weight.

Kyoko leaned side-to-side, rocking her body as she waited. She watched from the distance, seeing a few people pass by the sidewalk, but she still couldn't see him.

Where was he?

She was about to leave until she saw a glimpse of his blond hair peeking out from a bush.

"KUON!" She jumped off from the branch, flying off, and collapsed onto him. He was lying down, and he groaned as his head banged onto the grass. Holding his ground, he moaned as he shook his head, trying to erase the fact that a light girl threw him down onto the ground.

"Kyoko... please don't do that."

"Sorry. I never waited for someone in such a small period of time. I'm usually waiting for an eternity!"

"An eterni- oh! Right... stars live longer lives than humans. I totally forgot." Kuon stood up, pushing her playfully to get off of him, and patted the dirt off of him. "What's it like? In space, I mean."

She was silent. She stopped smiling when he mentioned that small question. Or was it really small? She then looked away from him. Standing up, with her back towards him, the wind blew lightly. Her long black hair danced along with the wind, and as it settled, she said, "You just wait."

"W-what?" When she turned to face him, she showed a disheartened smile. "You... what do you wait for?"

"To die." She closed her eyes, and stared at the sky. There was no stars up in the skies visible to humans, but she knew they were out there. "All we do is rotate, that same boring motion, and we lead the same boring life. We are born from a nebula, and we soon shrink at some point. It takes years—10 billion even!—for us to die. We just wait there... for such a long period. Just waiting for our death to happen."

"Just waiting... but... why do you just...?"

"Other than talking to other stars, there isn't much to do. Leading a dull life... it's just tiring."

It was even more quiet, with only the whistling from the wind, and the laughter from afar. But what interrupted them was a cry.

"THERE! There he is!"

Both turning, they noticed they were surrounded by many men. They looked slightly older than Kuon, and they wore a crazed grin. The one who was leading them? Of course... it was...

"This was the man who killed Rick!" Tina said. Her finger pointed at him, and she growled. "If Rick never met you, then he would have never died!"

Glaring at her, he was going to retort her false accusation, until Kyoko snapped her fingers. This caught everyone's attention, and she giggled.

"This... is why humans can be so stupid sometimes..."

She walked up to Tina, and gave a frightening aura surround her whole body. She wasn't the angel that Kuon first met. No... not even a devil, but more like... a demon. The men that was guarding Tina, who were suppose to prevent her entrance, baked away as fear jabbed them.

"It seems you humans don't understand. You live such short lives. There is no such thing as a person that never dies. So... if Kuon never met Rick, he would never died?" Kyoko grabbed Tina's collar and spat, "Don't make me laugh. He would have died even if those two never met."

Shaking in fury, Tina shook. She trembled, but managed to muster up some courage up against her opponent. "You... you're the one who was with Kuon. Don't you have any heart? He," she jabbed a finger pointing Kuon, "killed my boyfriend! You saw it with your own eyes!"

"Yeah... just like you. It was a hit-and-run. Rick pushed Kuon out of the way, and the car ran over him. Why are you blaming Kuon? You should be channeling all of your real anger at the real killer. It's because of your selfishness, the urge to blame Kuon for everything, that you want to make Kuon blame himself for something he never did."

Tina winced, but she continued to argue. "How could you be so heartless? You have a stone heart! Can't you... can't you understand that-"

"-I shouldn't talk about the dead like that? Oh? Anyone who was born, is born for only one purpose. And that's to live life, then die. Once they die, that's it. If I can't speak ill to the dead, then it's okay to speak ill to the soon-dead? Which is everyone..."

"H-hey! You can't just...!" Tina whipped out of Kyoko's grasp, and held a hand, wanting to slap the arrogant girl. How dare she say that? But she was too quick, and soon had Kyoko's foot curling her back. Screaming, tears flowed as her back cracked loudly.

"T-Tina!" The henchmen shuddered, and many left. They didn't want their friend's girlfriend to be hurt, but the others depended on living. And this girl... seemed to look like she didn't want the living to live. Everyone is born to die... did she want everyone to die before her?

Kuon, staring at the kind girl torturing Tina, soon was surprised when she let go. "Do you see him?" Kyoko pointed at an empty space, and an... was it an illusion? But no, there he was. Rick... not in the flesh, but he was there.

"R-Rick?" She gasped. Her hands were reaching to her mouth in surprise. "I-is that you?"

"Tina, I'm very disappointed in you." He went up to her, and stretched her cheeks. "I understand you hated Kuon taking up most of our time that we usually have together, but you what you did... that was too far!"

"B-but I was so upset! And now you're gone..." She let out a tear. She shook, and she finally... "I miss you." She outstretched her arms, but she went through him when she tried to hug him. He disappeared for a moment, then materialized. "I... I'm sorry. I guess... I wasn't thinking straight."

"You think?.!" Rick walked up to her, and patted her head. "But... I'll forgive you. It just shows that you love me. But, you have to move on."

"B-but...!"

"No buts. I would hate to see you with another man, but... I would also hate it if you led a lonely life. Please... do it for me."

Tina started to cry some more; she wanted to refuse, but when she felt Kyoko's hand on her shoulder, that warm feeling bubbled up in her. She smiled, and let happier tears fall.

"But I'll never love anyone as much as I did with you. But... I'll try, Rick. I'll try... just for you."

"Hey... when you said that everyone is born to die, were you referring to yourself?" Kuon asked. They were already apologized by Tina, and she went out to fire her stupid bodyguards. If they couldn't defend her from someone that was younger than them, what was the point of having them?

Kuon waited. He then got the response he knew she was going to reply with. "Yes. My only purpose in life is to die. Other than that, I have nothing else to live for."

"Then what's the point in telling me not to throw away my life willingly? You're going to accept the fact that you were born to die. That can't be it!"

"I'm not a human like you, so my perspective in life can change however I wa-"

"STOP!" Kuon went to grip Kyoko's wrist. He forced her to look at him, and he lowered his head, bangs covering him. "If you show me the meaning for living, right after my best friend died, is it okay for me to do the same?"

Her eyes widened, but then she nodded. "Only if you're able to."