Disclaimer: I do not own Flame of Recca; they all belong to Nobuyuki Anzai. The ones that are mine are Aurora, Cassandra, their friend(s), and teachers, etc.

Chapter 5: Why Does She Care About Me?

As they sat down under a weeping willow tree located at the center of the garden, there was nothing that Tokiya could do, except gaze into Aurora's warm chocolate brown eyes. She just stared back into his icy blue ones without blinking. And Cassandra was enjoying her view from the living room, while trying to think of a way to tease Tokiya and make his life a living hell!

They didn't even notice Cassandra walking towards them, until Tokiya saw her looming right above them. She was glaring at Tokiya-partially faking, since she was happy that Tokiya was acting a lot nicer, and he didn't even notice that at all.

"What in the heck are you doing?" He snapped as Cassandra continued to stare at him, which was irritating him to the brink of true insanity. But Aurora did have a calming effect while she absentmindedly twirled his hair around her finger and hummed a soothing melody. And I'm not going to admit that, he unconsciously cursed the thought, while he glared back at Cassandra, who at the moment had a smirk on her face as she sat down next to him.

He noticed the glint in her eyes. "Nothing," she answered in a playful tone, "but is it just me, or do you like my sister?" Cassandra asked which caused Tokiya to bite his tongue lightly. He was grateful that Aurora didn't hear Cassandra's question, since he wouldn't know how to deal with Aurora at that precise moment.

He was still glaring at Cassandra, but didn't reply.

Cassandra then teased, "What's wrong Tokiya, cat got your tongue?"

"No, besides it's pointless to answer that question, because you know the answer," he argued, and he knew that he won this one, because she didn't respond to his answer.

They both heard Aurora sigh. "Alright, Mi-chan, keep your temper under control, and I don't have to remind you again, do I?" She asked as she untied his hair from his ponytail, which made Cassandra laugh.

He sighed, defeated. "No, you don't Aurora," he admitted.

"And what in the heck are you laughing about?" He asked Cassandra as she continued to laugh.

Cassandra finally calmed down and stared at him. "Well, sorry, it's just that your hair is just exactly as long as our hair is, and I'm not trying to insult you or anything, but you look like a girl," she admitted.

Aurora finally handed Tokiya back his hair tie, and as he retied his hair, he asked them, "Do you even know why I grew out my hair?"

Cassandra knew that answer, but she didn't want to say it, so they both looked at Aurora, who gave them the "why me" look. Cassandra just shot her the "because" look.

Tokiya smiled as he started to twirl a strand of Aurora's hair around his finger. "Well, are you going to answer my question or not?" He asked.

"Fine, I'll answer," she finally said.

"You grew out your hair, because of your older sister Mifuyu," she answered.

Tokiya just nodded and Cassandra noticed that when Aurora said this, he didn't fully respond at all.

"Mi-chan, is something wrong?" Aurora wondered as he got up and walked off.

He turned back and smirked and his eyes sparkled like light reflecting off clear blue water. "No, nothing's wrong, besides it's getting late, you guys should be heading home," he replied, and they could only nod.

When Cassandra and Aurora reached the front door, neither one of them said a word, until dinner, but mostly it was about Tokiya, and they were both worried about him. Cassandra had to admit to herself that she was worried about that cold freezer for once in her life.

Then she heard Aurora ask, "Hey sis, do you think that Mi-chan will be alright?"

Cassandra smiled as Aurora looked up at her, which caused Aurora to smile. "I think that he'll be okay," she answered reassuringly.

As Tokiya sat down in the kitchen and ate dinner, he stared at a photograph of a seventeen year old Mifuyu standing next to a ten year old Tokiya. The Mifuyu in the photo looked just like how Tokiya was now, except for her personality, which was a combination of Aurora's and Cassandra's.

"Why does she care about me?" He asked himself as he finished his dinner, and started reading The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike in the living room. And he didn't expect anyone to even answer the question that he asked himself earlier. But then he then heard a familiar voice say, "Because she wants to know more about you Tokiya."

He almost fell off the couch from shock and dropped the book. "Mifuyu-neesan, what are doing here?" Tokiya asked the spirit of his dead older sister, because the only times that he could see her or talk to her spirit were if he was in danger or had any problems.

"That's not why I'm here little brother, besides you can't shut love out forever you know," she explained as she sat down next to him over the couch…well she was hovering in a sitting position over the couch.

"Then why are you here?" He questioned as she smiled.

"Because you need to know the truth." She replied bluntly.

"The truth about what?" He asked trying not to get irritated.

"That you shouldn't take an angel's feelings for granted, or else you might just break her heart," Mifuyu answered whispering the truth into her little brother's ear.

Tokiya was speechless, but he finally found the right words. "So what am I supposed to do?" He reasoned as was about to leave.

"Just be careful on how you treat Cassandra and Aurora, besides little brother, you can't let those two angels go, especially Aurora, since she does care about you, maybe more than you know, and about Cassandra, don't let her go either, because she needs to keep an eye on the both of you, besides the three of you have to look after once another," she explained.

"So this means that the three of us are connected by fate and everything else in between so to speak and so that means we're important to one another, no matter how we look at it?" He asked.

"Basically, yes, you have my point little brother," she replied as she left, leaving him alone in the living room to ponder their conversation.