Once again, I DO NOT own any of the characters of TWEWY

Sorry it took a while guys :P

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nothing Stays The Same

'It's just been three days… but I feel as if it's been longer' the sleepy girl thought to herself, with tears stained on her face. She went to the comfort room to get dressed and freshen up, afterwards, her phone started to ring. She took her time reaching for the phone when…

"Hello?" Her sound gave away that she just woken up and felt miserable.

"Shiki?" The voice of Neku woke her up from her trance, the memories came flooding back, then she started sobbing quietly in her room as he feels worse for what he did to her.

"Ne…Neku?…"She could barely speak, she hasn't even fully recovered from their last encounter.

"Can we talk? This Friday? About what happened and what will happen?" Neku asked her, guilt scattered all over his words, and making no attempt to hide it.

"…"

"Shiki? You still there?"

"Huh? Oh yeah… alright let's talk, that'll be great… bye for now…" She slowly hangs up, then starts to cry, both because of relief and because of fear of what will happen next.

Neku on the other line, still waiting, still holding the phone… too many thoughts are passing his mind right now.

------------------------------------------------------------

Friday

------------------------------------------------------------

Neku just arrived in the park where they agreed to meet, away from prying eyes, but it seems she hasn't arrived yet. So Neku walks around.

"…Neku?" A familiar voice calls his name hesitantly; Neku then turns to see who it's from…

"Ah… Shiki… You ok?" He said, with concern which made Shiki slightly happy, and happier to see him.

"What do you think?..."

"Uhm… Yeah?" He said half-believing it, "Hay… I'm sorry… But I had no choice…"

A tear starts it's was down Shiki's cheek, but she wiped it away hoping he didn't noticed, "Why are you so mean…"

And they just talked… for hours together… both secretly appreciating each other's company.

"But Neku…" Shiki starts to cry.

Neku feeling really guilty right now had no choice, all he could do was to give her a hug to try to calm her down…

'I'm sorry Shiki… I really am…'