A/N: Hey hey everyone! (Smiles) Sorry for the delay yet again. I just want to thank all my anonymous reviewers, its makes me sad when I can't reply to each review personally but I still thank you very very much. Of course I thank the ones that I can reply to as well. I love you all very much (Smiles bigger) and if I tell you my life has been crazy, it has been CRAZY! I mean I've been singing my lungs out and over working my voice. BUT something good did come out of it. I've got the lead role in the musical that I auditioned for (smiles) which makes me very happy. It's not everyday that you try out for a play for the first time and you get the lead role. SO ANYWAYZ this is a super long author's note and I'm sorry about that. Just wanted to throw some excuses for my delay out there.

Disclaimer: I've totally forgot this thing for like EVER! Don't sue! I didn't mean it!

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"Kippei, when are you leaving to go see Yuzu-chan?" Kokoro asked as she sat on their leather couch. She was flipping through the channels on her TV while Kippei was in the kitchen looking through the refrigerator.

"I was going to head out in about…tomorrow maybe?Actually make that next week." Kippei said as he closed the fridge with a coke in his hand.

"Kippei, someone's got to tell her. I think that person should be you." Kokoro stood up and walked over to Kippei who was staring at the floor. His face looked melancholy.

"I can't do it Kokoro. I can't." He said. Kokoro wrapped her arms around him and hugged him.

"Kippei…"

"Why now though Kokoro? Why right now? Everything is going so well; she's SO happy its ridiculous. Who am I to go and take that twinkle in her eyes away?" Kokoro rubbed his back.

"I know Kippei, but this is something that she should know. I know you don't want to do it but…its important Kippei." Kokoro looked up at Kippei's face. He looked down at her and gave her a kiss on the forehead and sighed.

"Alright. I'll get going then." He said letting her go.

"Okay." She grabbed Kippei's jacket for him.

Oxoxoxoxoxoxo

"You're going out with Kippei today?" Shouta asked. He had called Yuzuyu when he woke up. It was about eleven o'clock when he woke up.

"Yeah, I don't know when he's coming though. He only said to be ready to go out to eat and that he has something to tell me."

"Oh? I wonder what he has to say?"

"Me too. It honestly doesn't make any sense. Why go out and tell me something? But he told me not to worry so I'm sure its nothing bad." She said calming her own curiosity and hopefully Shouta's.

"That is a little weird. Make sure you call me when you come home okay. I see myself worrying about what he has to tell you."

"Okay, but I assure you, there's really nothing to worry about."

"If you say so." Yuzuyu was going to reply when she heard a knock at the front door.

"Oh Shouta I think that's him I'll talk to you later okay. Love you."

"Enjoy yourself, I love you too."

"Bye."

"Bye." Yuzuyu turned the phone off and smiled. She never got enough of hearing Shouta's voice. She jumped off her bed fully dressed and headed downstairs. The door had already been opened for Kippei when she got downstairs. She gave him a big smile and ran to him.

"Kippei-onii-chan! Ready to go?" She asked.

"You bet. Where would you like to eat Yuzu? It's your choice." He said with a thoughtful smile. Yuzuyu looked at him and raised an eyebrow. He wasn't his usual peppy Kippei.

"Um, I'm not sure. How much are you willing to spend?" Yuzuyu asked in a jokingly tone. Kippei became more disheartened. When he looked at Yuzuyu happiness radiated off of her. She could make the sickest person in the world smile because you could feel how happy she was. How thankful she was to have everything that she has.

"Well, being a married man, with his own place, and bills to pay, not too much. Hahaha." Yuzuyu giggled.

"How about that new diner "Katsuyama's"? I haven't been to it yet. Reiko-onee-chan says she really likes that place."

"Sure, let's go. See you later mom." Mrs. Katakura yelled bye from the kitchen and Kippei and Yuzuyu walked out to Kippei's car.

'Why do I have such a weird feeling about this?' Yuzuyu thought. She buckled her seat belt and Kippei started the car.

"So Kippei-onii-chan how's Kokoro-onee-chan?" She asked.

"She's fine, you know Koko, attitude when she's happy and worse attitude when she's angry." Kippei smiled and Yuzuyu giggled.

"I'm glad she's okay. Are you? Kippei-onii-chan?" She said looking at him hoping to get a response she could work with.

"Um…I'm fine I guess…I could be better."

"Your job not going well?"

"Its fine. Work is work, I enjoy what I do."

"Bills then huh? Must be tough."

"No, I get by alright. Nothing for me to stress about."

"Is Kokoro-onee-chan pregnant or something?" Yuzuyu asked with a slight bit of exasperation. Kippei slammed on the brake at a red light and they jolted forward slightly. The seat belts stopped them immediately from going to far forward.

"K-Kippei-onii-chan?! Why did you do that? Am I right??" She asked slightly frantic.

"No, no, that's not it at all. Do you know how horrible Kokoro being pregnant would be? Sure our kid would be cute because Kokoro would be its mother and I would be its father but, no no no. I probably wouldn't be able to live at home for the whole nine months she's pregnant!" He ranted and then stepped on the gas gently so as not to scare Yuzuyu again.

"Well then I don't get it? If nothing's wrong with you or Kokoro-onee-chan, then what could possibly be the reason for why you're not acting like yourself?" She asked becoming a little frustrated. Its like he was talking in circles, as if he didn't want her to know the real reason to why he was acting the way he was. She could tell something was off completely but what could it be?

Oxoxoxoxoxoxo

Kippei slowed down in front of the parking lot of the Diner called "Katsuyama's". It was recently brought and so far the reviews for the food have been excellent. She thought that maybe her and Shouta could come here again one day soon if the food was really that good. Kippei got out the car silently. He still hadn't answered Yuzuyu's question and she was going to find out why in just a few minutes. It's why they went out in the first place, so he could tell her something. They walked in and took their seats. As soon as they did a waiter came and asked for what they could like to drink.

"I'd like some tea please." Kippei said.

"And you Miss?" The waiter asked politely.

"A fruit punch drink please." She answered with a smile. The waiter blushed and smiled back at her with a nod. He thought she was really cute. Yuzuyu, like normal, paid no attention to the blushing boy.

"Kippei-onii-chan please tell me what's up. I don't like being confused for this long." Yuzuyu said looking at Kippei from across their little table.

"I'm sorry Yuzu."

"Why are you apologizing?" Yuzuyu's eyebrows furrowed with worry. 'Now I'm definitely worried.'

"Yuzuyu…your mom called me last night." Kippei said not looking her in the eye. Yuzuyu immediately began to panic.

"Is she sick? What's wrong?" Yuzuyu hasn't spoken to her mother lately so she didn't know how she was doing. She mentally smacked herself for not keeping in better touch with her mother.

"Well, she's not exactly sick. She misses you." Kippei said with a gentle voice. Yuzuyu tilted her head and then relaxed. Was this what he had to hell her? This wasn't so bad. She missed her mother too, but there's no reason why she couldn't call Yuzuyu and talk to her.

"Kippei, I'm not understanding. I miss her too but she could've called me right? Is her phone off?" Yuzuyu was trying to make sense of everything. Why would her mother call Kippei just to tell him that she missed her? She could've easily called Yuzuyu herself and things would have been much easier. She wasn't seeing the logic.

"That's not all I came here to tell you Yuzuyu."

"Kippei-onii-chan, I'm begging you just please come out with it already." She begged.

"I'm afraid of how you'll react. Let me tell you our conversation first." Kippei said.

(Flashback)

The phone rang and Kokoro was in her office. She got up and went to the living room to get the phone. Kippei was lying on the couch sleeping with the TV still on. She smiled as she picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello? Kokoro?"

"Sakashita-san?"

"Yes, how are you dear?"

"Oh I'm fine and yourself?"

"I'm okay." She answered.

"That's good. Was there something you needed?" Kokoro asked. She was a bit confused on why Yuzuyu's mother was calling.

"I was wondering if Kippei was around."

"Oh sure he is. He's asleep though. I'll wake him up for you." Kokoro offered.

"No no, that's ok. Please don't bother him. I'm sure he's had a long day."

"Not really, he didn't have to work today and it's not like he cleans the house. I'll wake him. Besides, you sound like you really have something to tell him."

"Oh…ok…thank you."

"No problem, hold on okay." Kokoro put the phone down and walked over to Kippei. She kneeled down next to him and whispered.

"Kippei. Kippei, Sakashita-san is on the phone." She tapped him on the forehead and got no response.

"Kippei, wake up." Kokoro nudged him again and still no response. Kokoro huffed.

"KIPPEI WAKE UP AND ANSWER THE PHONE NOW!" She yelled. Kippei bolted up.

"No! Don't hit me Koko!" He covered his face.

"Hit you? What are you talking about?" Kokoro raised an eyebrow.

"You were just about to punch me in the face for eating the last pudding cup. BUT I SWEAR I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE MORE!"

"Oh Kippei shut up and get on the phone. It's Sakashita-san and she sounds like she has something urgent to tell you."

"My aunt? Really?" Kippei took the phone and yawned before he put his mouth to the receiver. He wasn't completely coherent yet but he would be able to grasp most of what will be said. At least that's what he hoped.

"Hello?"

"Hello Kippei."

"Hi Aunt Miyako. How are you?" He asked. It was nice hearing from his aunt after such a long time. She barely calls anyone and she sometimes calls Yuzuyu but its not often.

"Well, I'm okay. And yourself?"

"I'm happy; nothing to complain about. So what's wrong? Koko said you sounded like you had something urgent to tell me. Are you sure everything is alright?"

"Well no. You see I wanted you to help me out."

"Sure what is it?" He asked kindly.

"Well, you see. I'm finally better now I think. And…I want Yuzuyu to come live with me."

"W-What?"

"I want her to come live with me. I miss my daughter tremendously and I want her to come back and stay with me."

"Aunt Miyako…."

"I'm very lonely here now. I feel empty without her with me. I've already missed too much of her life and I don't want to miss anymore." Kippei didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to do.

"So what is it that you want me to do?" He asked, only just realizing that he wished he'd never said that he would help.

"Could you convince her to come live with me? Please? I miss her so much Kippei but I wouldn't be able to take it if she told me no herself."

"Oh Aunt Miyako…okay I'll um…talk to her for you alright?"

"Thank you Kippei."

"Sure. Talk to you soon okay?"

"Talk to you soon." Kippei hung up and dropped the phone couch. He slouched back and then pulled his bangs from his forehead.

(End Flashback)

"Sh-She wants me to move in with her…as in move out of Aunt Misako's house…?" Yuzuyu's eyes were wide and she was stunned. She didn't know what to think. All she knew was that, even though she loved her mother to death, this was not going to make her happy.

"Yuzuyu…I…" She was silent for a moment and then Yuzuyu's eyes started to water up but she shook her head to get rid of the urge to cry.

"Okay." She said quietly.

"Okay?" Kippei was the confused one now. She obviously didn't want to do it. Her life was here in Tokyo. He knew for a fact that there was no way she would want to leave here of her own will. Not with Shouta, Marika, and Ken still here.

"I'll go."

"But Yuzu? You don't want to. I can see it on your face that you don't want to."

"I'll go."

"Yuzu--"

"I SAID I'LL GO!" Kippei jumped back a little at her outburst. "She's my mother Kippei-onii-chan. It doesn't matter what I want to do or how I feel about this. This is the way things are supposed to be. I wasn't supposed to stay with Auntie so long… I'm prepared to leave." She said looking down at the table.

"Yuzuyu, you're a liar and a terrible one at that. I'm not going to let you sacrifice your happiness. I'll tell your mom you said no and that'll be the end of it." Kippei pulled out his cell phone and Yuzuyu reached over the table and took it from him.

"Kippei-onii-chan, you don't understand. I love my mother. She needs me now and I won't let her down. I won't…I can't…" She fiddled with his phone and then put it on the table. Kippei took it slowly and put it back in his pocket. He brushed back his bang.

"What about Shouta? And Marika and Ken?"

"They will always be my friends no matter where I go."

"And school? You want to go to a new school already?"

"It doesn't matter." She answered.

"YUZUYU! WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS!!"

"I'm not acting like anything."

"You're acting as if you don't care!! YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!!"

"WELL THEN I'M SORRY THAT I'M CHOOSING MY MOTHER OVER EVERYTHING! AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IT! BUT YOU'RE RIGHT! I DON'T CARE! I SAID I'M GOING!" Yuzuyu stood and stormed out of the diner. Kippei watched in shock as she left. He inhaled deeply and exhaled.

"That was the first time…she's ever raised her voice at me…"

Oxoxoxoxoxoxo

Yuzuyu ran with tears streaming down her face toward her house. She opened the door and ran up to her room without anyone noticing. She closed the door and slid down to the floor. Yuzuyu couldn't stop the tears from falling. She was going to leave everything she loved behind. "How do you choose between two important things? What if they are on the same level of importance? What do you do then?" She thought. She wiped her face and stood up. She walked back out the door and made her way over to Shouta's house. She did her best to keep the tears away while she walked. She made sure to wipe her face well so that no one would be able to tell she was crying.

When she arrived at his house she knocked on the door and Mrs. Hanasaki answered.

"Yuzuyu darling! How are you?"

"I'm fine Hanasaki-san and you?"

"I'm fine as well, thank you for asking. Looking for Shouta?"

"Yes I am actually." Mrs. Hanasaki smiled and let Yuzuyu in. "He's upstairs in his room. I think he's listening to music. I'm not sure. But his room is all the way to your left ok."

"Thanks, I'm gonna go bother him now."

"Haha, ok dear." Yuzuyu went upstairs for the first time and walked toward Shouta's room, she knocked on the door. She heard a "Coming!" from inside and smiled. Shouta opened the door and was shocked that it was Yuzuyu.

"Yuzu! W-what are you doing here?! Not saying that I'm not happy to see you or anything! My room isn't very clean right now! W-what I mean is that I um--"

"Can I come in Shouta?" She asked.

"S-sure. Please excuse the mess ok." She walked in his room and looked around. It didn't look dirty to her at all. He had a pair of socks on the floor and a button-up shirt lying across his bed, which was made up. He had a solid blue comforter and the same shade of blue sheets. His walls were bare white. Yuzuyu sat down on his full size bed.

"Wow Shouta. Look at this room. Its horrible." She giggled and Shouta blushed.

"I haven't cleaned my room in a while so of course it's going to be messy."

"Are you serious Shouta?"

"Yeah, weren't you?"

"No silly goose. Your room doesn't look bad at all. Its actually very clean."

"You think so?"

"Mhm." She went to sit on his bed and right next to it was a small wooden table.

"Shouta can I ask you something?" She said looking out his window. The sky was cloudy again, just like that day when she first came to Shouta's house.

"Sure." He answered with a smile.

"How do you choose between two important things?" Shouta raised an eyebrow at the question.

"Hmm, that's a pretty hard question to answer."

"Its ok if you don't know. It's a stupid question anyway."

"No no. It's not a stupid question…I think that, one thing will always be more important than the other."

"You don't think they can have the same level of importance?"

"Well I guess they could. But people usually choose what they would benefit from the most."

"But what if what they choose makes them lose the other important thing…for good?"

"Hmm, I guess I don't know. I think that's one of the things about life. Whenever you have to choose between things, whether it is a person or something else. One thing is going to end up unhappy or left by the waste side."

"Isn't there anyway around that?"

"I don't know Yuzu. I guess that's why people try to make decisions that they can live with and that will make them the happiest."

"Oh." Yuzuyu looked toward the small table and found the pictures of them together at the movies on their first date. Her eyes started to water up as she picked up the picture. Shouta still stood and smiled at the gesture. Then he heard her sniff and walked around his bed to see a tear fall onto her lap.

"Yuzu?! What's wrong?!" He panicked. He didn't understand why she was crying all of a sudden. He kneeled down in front of her and put his hand on her cheek. Yuzuyu leaned into his touch. She put her hand on top of his and looked at him.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too Yuzu."

"I want to be with you forever. I can't see myself with anyone else but you. Do you understand that?" She asked as she cried.

"Of course I understand that. It's exactly how I feel about you. But I'm not understanding why you're telling me this Yuzu." He stood up and sat by her. He turned her face toward his. "Was it something I said or something that happened with Kippei?"

"Shouta…I…want to break up…" Yuzuyu said as the tears rolled down her face. Shouta's eyes widened.

"Wh-What? Y-Yuzuyu I don't understand?? Why are you saying this when you just told me that--??"

"I'm sorry!" She got up and ran out of Shouta's house without another word. Shouta was more than stunned. His whole world seemed to have shattered right in front of his face.

"Yuzuyu…just…she can't…why…no…please tell me this is some kind of joke…" He stood up and ran out of the house after Yuzuyu. He wasn't going to let this happen…

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So you all probably hate me right now…and I am sorry. Here I am, gone for like ten years and come back with a sad chapter. But the sad reality of things is, life is not perfect and we sometimes have to make sacrifices that we don't really want to make. Sometimes things are done for the better and one person has to end up unhappy for the time being.