After much anticipation it is finally here... the last chapter!
Well actually it's the second last chapter. I've decided to post the last two chapters at the same time. So, enjoy! Make sure you review! You know you want to.

I'm doing it again.
Zoe thought. Why couldn't she stop thinking about him? Today was a beautiful Saturday morning, and Zoe could find nothing better to do then to try and figure out what had been going on with Takuya yesterday at the dance. She had never felt more confused then she did right now. It was ridiculous. First he was friends with her, really good friends with her. Then he started randomly avoiding her. Later he asks her to dance. And then after that, he completely ditches her!

She hated this. Why couldn't things go back to the way they were before? Back when Takuya and Zoe were kids. Everything was so perfect. But now, she didn't really know what was going on between them. Things were getting way too complicated.

Zoe brushed her hair away from her face. She was all alone today. She didn't feeling like staying home, so she decided to go out for a walk, maybe try and organize all her thoughts. She ended up going to the park. It was the park that she and Takuya used to always hang out at. Back when things were normal between them. Zoe sat on one of the swings, motionless, not feeling motivated to actually use the swing for swinging. She didn't understand why thinking about Takuya suddenly bothered her this much. She wasn't the type to obsess over the little things. Zoe sighed heavily. She could feel the warm sun rays on her skin. She needed to forget about Takuya for now.
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"I'm such a jerk." Takuya muttered to himself, kicking a pebble that was on the ground. He was outside walking with both hands tucked inside his pockets. Takuya couldn't believe how stupid he had acted last night. Zoe probably never wanted to be around him again.

He couldn't help it. Seeing Lucas all over Zoe like that, it was not a pleasant sight. Even when they were kids, all the boys would always try to flirt with Zoe or try to impress her. Takuya couldn't stand it. He felt like a third wheel. It wasn't like a 'he wanted Zoe all for himself and nobody else could touch her' kind of thing, it was just that... he didn't quite know yet. He wanted Zoe to be happy, but Takuya didn't think that any of those guys could make her happy. None of them knew her like he did.

Takuya had come so close to telling Zoe how he felt about her yesterday. He wouldn't have chickened out if Lucas wasn't in the picture. He just needed Zoe to be alone for once, and then maybe he could be brave enough to tell her.

And just like that, Takuya got his wish. He continued walking for a while before he noticed a very familiar blonde haired girl sitting on the swings at the park. Zoe.

She seemed so sad, like she just had a lot on her mind. It was a rare sight to see someone that was once so bubbly just sit there, staring at the ground, lost in thought. He knew this was his chance to be close to her again, maybe try to comfort her from whatever it was that was bothering her.
Just talk to her, how hard can that be? He told himself.

He took a few steps towards her. Why was he getting so nervous? He had talked to Zoe thousands of times. Heck, they even fought bad guys and saved the world together. Going over and saying hello would be a walk in the park. Literally.

"Zoe, hi." Takuya said from a few feet behind her. Zoe turned around to see who it was, but then turned back soon after.
"Oh, it's you." she said quietly, continuing to stare at the ground. She didn't seem too happy to see him. Takuya had a feeling this would happen. Nonetheless, he had an opportunity to be alone with her and he wasn't going to pass it up.

He took a seat on the swing beside hers.
"Beautiful day, isn't it?" Takuya said when he could think of nothing else to say.
"Mhmm." Zoe said softly. She still seemed to be deep in thought.
"Is there something on your mind?" he asked, hoping that maybe they could start having an actual conversation. She didn't reply. She was still lost in thought, as if she was trying hard to figure something out. Takuya started to become even more nervous. "...Because, you seem kind of sad about something. And, I hate seeing you sad. So, um, if something's bothering you, you can always tell me you know, maybe I can help you?" Takuya was getting desperate. He started fidgeting around with his fingers, what he usually did when he didn't know what else to do. Why wasn't she talking to him? He wasn't used to seeing her this way.

"...I broke up with Lucas." she finally said. Takuya stopped playing with his fingers. His head whirled in Zoe's direction.
"Really?! ...h-how come?" he said with huge smile spread across face, but quickly changing his expression to seem as casual about it as he could. Zoe's focus was still on the ground. She still seemed troubled about something.
"I broke up with him because he told me that he didn't want me around you anymore." she said frankly. Takuya was speechless. Zoe would rather be with him, Takuya, than Lucas?

"Wow."
Was the only word that managed to come out of Takuya's mouth. He couldn't take his eyes of her. He knew this was it. The perfect moment to tell her how he felt. It was now or never.
"Zoe, there's something important that I've really wanted to talk to you about." His heart began racing. Takuya had practiced what he was going to tell Zoe if he ever got the chance to about a hundred times in front of the mirror. He opened his mouth and was about to tell her what he had been dieing to tell her for so long, when suddenly Zoe stood up from the swing and turned irritatedly towards Takuya.
"Of course you can talk to me Takuya, but as long as you promise to act all weird and start avoiding me later." she said with a sudden burst of sarcasm. Then she just walked away.

Takuya sat there on the swing, stunned. He definitely had not expected that to happen. He ran after her as fast as he could.

"Zoe! Wait." he said, putting his hand on her shoulder when he caught up with her. "Did I do something?" his voice a little shaken. He knew exactly what he had done. Zoe just stared at Takuya for a few moments.

"Why didn't you keep in touch with me?" she shouted at him.
"I- ..What?" he asked, unsure of why she had asked him such an irrelevant question.
"Why didn't you keep in touch with me? All those years ago. We used to hang out every day. But then you just stopped wanting to be around me. I want to know why." she demanded.
"Zoe.. I..." Takuya didn't know what to say. He had no idea she felt this way.

No words seemed to come out of his mouth. He knew she was expecting an answer from him. How was he going to explain it all to her? She wouldn't understand.
"Takuya?" Zoe asked him again. He still didn't know what to tell her.

"Zoe, the only reason I stopped hanging out with you was because you had made a whole bunch of new friends... and I guess I just felt like you didn't need me anymore."
"Takuya, are you crazy? Of course I needed you." Zoe said, relieved. She took his hands and held them in hers. She could feel his palms start to sweat, but she didn't mind. She was happy that he wasn't avoiding her because he didn't like her anymore.

"...But Zoe, what happens when all those so called friends of yours, turn into your boyfriends? Then what am I supposed to do?" Takuya said, later realizing that he should've just kept his mouth shut.
"What do you mean, 'what are you supposed to do'? Don't tell me you were jealous of them, Takuya. I would always have time for you. You were my best friend."
"Zoe, you don't understand. I don't want to be your friend."
"You don't want to be my friend?" Now she was really confused.
"No, that's not what I meant! Zoe... how can you not know by now... how I feel about you.."
"How you feel about me?"
"God, Zoe! Are you really that brain dead?"
"What did you call me?" She let go of his hands. Why was acting so weird? If Takuya wanted to tell her something, why didn't he just say it already!

Takuya was getting really frustrated. Why was she making this so difficult? He glanced at Zoe. She seemed kind of mad at the fact that he had just called her brain dead. This was definitetly not supposed to happen.

What were to happen if Zoe did happen to finally figure out how much Takuya really liked her? It was obvious that she only thought of them as friends. Takuya couldn't deal with her rejecting him.

"I'm sorry, Zoe." he mumbled. He needed to get out of there. Takuya didn't know exactly why he was suddenly so scared. He turned around, put both his hands back inside his pockets, and started to walk away. Zoe stared at him in disbelief. Was he leaving? Just like that?
"Takuya! Where do you think you're going? We're not finished here!" She called out after him.

He continued walking. It killed Takuya to just ignore her like that. Especially to just leave Zoe standing there, alone. He had always been the brave one. Never afraid of anything. Funny how fact didn't seem to help him now.

Not even a little bit.