Welcome back! I hope you're enjoying the Ayumi x Yoshiki story that Arielle is taking over for a while. It's been a long time since I've updated this one .

This would probably be the last chapter again. Or the next update.
Thanks for keeping up with me for a long time, until the end!

Until the end, I hope you enjoy this story.


Chizuru saw his red eyes and pale face. She knew he cried. She slowly walked closer to him and wrapped her arms around him. She didn't want to say anything, nor did she knew what to say. She just simply wanted to cheer him up with her actions, not her words. Ryu wrapped his arms around her as well as he cried silently, not wanting Chizuru to know.

Chizuru and her friends stood on the top of the hill, letting Uncle's cremated remaining flow with the breeze, towards the sea. Ryu dunked his hand inside the box, taking out some of his dad's remains on his hand, staring at it for a while before letting it free.

" Rest in peace dad" He whispered as the others watched as the ashes flew softly away from Ryu's hand.

" Ryu," Kazehaya called out softly. " You sure you don't want to keep the remaining?" He continued as Ryu smiled softly.

" It's better than feeling depressed every time I see it." He explained as he let the last group of ashes fly out. It was strange; Ryu didn't cry the whole time Uncle's body was cremated or released.
Although, he did cry in Chizuru's arms.

Chizuru softly blushed at the thought, even though it wasn't exactly the appropriate time. Chizuru slowly walked towards Ryu and landed her hand slowly towards his shoulder. He turned when he felt her warm hand on his shoulder. He smiled sadly and turned his head back to the sea.
The others walked slowly towards Ryu and stood next to him. He didn't need to hear any words from them, he knew they were there for him. Anytime, even at his hardest.

Chizuru stepped out of the car and smiled at Ryu before closing the front car door.

" I'll be back" She said while closing the door when Ryu nodded slowly. Chizuru walked up towards Sare's apartment, nervously. She didn't know what to say; She hasn't talked with her for a while. She didn't want Sare to hate her. Neither did she wanted Ritaru and Hashita to hate her.

" What?"

She heard Hashita's surprised voice when she touched the handle. She stopped turning the door knob and put her ear near the door.

" Sare-Chan, How can you do that?"

She then heard Ritaru's frighten voice.

" So what? I didn't want him to steal her away from us. You guys aren't thankful? So now what Ritaru-Kun, you gonna break up with me?"

This was the first time she heard Sare's deep toned angry voice. She sounded like a completely different person. Was this her regular voice?

" Still, killing that man.. I feel guilty even though you did it! What are you gonna do now? You're making us both gulity!"

Chizuru heard Ritaru's furious voice and she heard something crash to the ground. She heard Hashita screaming something but then she heard Sare's scream.

" That man who Chizuru call Uncle isn't special anyways! We don't know him anyways! We now can have Chizuru by ourselves"

Chizuru heard Sare's voice and shivered. She then stopped and her eyes opened wide.

' Uncle? My Uncle? Ryu'sdad?"

Chizuru's hand automatically turned the knob and busted in. She saw everyone's shocked face and wide eyes.

" Chi-Chi?" Sare asked while running towards her.

" I can explain!" Sare said while putting her hand towards Chizuru, but Chizuru smacked her hand away. Sare looked at her unbelievably and she laughed sarcastically, and her face turned suddenly serious.

" Fine, I'll stop being fake now" Sare said while flipping her hair towards Chizuru.

" Hah.. You know how annoying it was? To act all ' Cutesy' around you?" Sare said while pouring water violently and gulping it down.

" Honestly, I think I even faked that I love Ritaru" She said while finishing her water.

" What the hell did you say?" Hashita said while pushing Sare towards the wall, they glared at each other and Sare smirked.

" What's wrong Hashita-Kun? You should honestly confess everything, now that we're exposed" Sare said while glaring Hashita down.

" What?" Chizuru asked confused.

Hashita banged his fist towards the wall that Sare was pushed to, and she smirked sarcastically.

" Want me to explain then?" Sare asked when Hashita turned away from her, and he faced her with a furious stare.

" Don't you dare.."

" I only became friends with you because Hashita liked you, and Ritaru was his best friend" Sare started out, completely ignoring Hashita's warning. Hashita ran towards her and put his face close to hers, only one centimeter away.

" I honestly didn't like Ritaru. I only became his girlfriend because I found out he's Hashita's best friend and Ritaru likes me. I honestly wanted you to make you jealous", She continued while continue glaring at Hashita and not Chizuru.

" Sare" Ritaru called out hurtly. His voice broke and he looked like tears were filling his eyes.

" Sare.." Hashita said while gritting his teeth.

" I liked you, Hashita" She suddenly confessed. Her voice broke off too, tears strolling down her face. Hashita's face froze in surprise, and for a moment his face looked guilty.

Sare wiped her eyes with her sleeve and she sniffed, " But I knew you like Chizuru so I thought maybe if I make her jealous, You'll get upset as well" She said while sniffing some more.

" Sare you didn't have to say that" He said softly, trying hard not to make eye contact with Chizuru. Chizuru was honestly surprised. She knew she didn't have a lot of notice if someone liked her, or not. Honestly, she didn't think Hashita liked her in an affectionate way.

" Hashita, I'm sorry" Chizuru suddenly butted in. Hashita slowly met Chizuru's eyes, his eyes full of hurt.

" But I like someone else" She whispered and smiled softly as she saw Hashita close his eyes and lean his body towards the wall.

" I know. We all know" He replied, leaving Chizuru surprised.

" Honestly, did you think we wouldn't have known?" Sare asked, rolling her eyes.

" You don't have any notices or any luck of hiding your affections, Yoshida-San" Ritaru added with a small smile. His tears burst out when he smiled, and he wiped them quickly, in embarrassment. Sare rolled her eyes.

" I hate boys who are weak the most" Sare shouted out sarcastically, while staring at the roof. Chizuru saw Ritaru's disappointed face, he looked down at his feet. Chizuru felt sorry for him. She knew Ritaru-Kun didn't deserve this. He was too nice to deserve this.

" But," Sare said still continuing to stare at the roof. She smiled softly and turned towards Ritaru.

" I had a lot of fun with you" She said softly, making Ritaru smile in surprise.

" I thought I wouldn't enjoy the time I will be with you, since I didn't really have true feelings for you but, I think I kinda fell in love with you on the way" She said while walking towards Ritaru.

" Demo, Ritaru Kun?" She said in a sort of questioned way. He looked at her with sad eyes when he saw her tears.

" I think I still have affection for Hashita. More affection for him, rather then I had for you" She said carefully smiling, light fresh tears falling out of her eyes. Ritaru walked closer to her, even though they were really close and hugged her tightly.

" As long as you were happy with me" He said while releasing Sare out of his embrace.

" Sare" He called out

" Hm?" She asked with a true smile.
He pressed his lips passionately towards Sare's which left her with widen eyes.

" Ritaru-Kun.."

" That's our last moment right? Better for us to enjoy it then to have a tragic ending" He replied ruffling her hair.

" I don't wanna believe I was dumped," He said while staring at her with serious eyes.

" I'll wait for you. Even though it will take a long time- Years after years, until you come back to my arms" He said while Sare cried some more.

" Thank you.." Was her only soft reply as she continued to cry.

" I can't forgive you Sare-Chan. But I wanted to tell you than I really loved you as my friend. You cheered me up the best at times when it was hard for me, and I was actually jealous of you when you and Ritaru were all ' Lovey-Dovey'. " Chizuru said as Sare sniffed and coughed through her cries.

" Ritaru-Kun. I honestly think you don't deserve this tragedy since your nice and stuff. I don't know you well but please take care of Sare and Hashita" Chizuru continued while Ritaru nodded slowly.

Chizuru slowly turned towards Hashita. Hashita was ready for anything.

" Hashita.." She said softly, giving him a soft smile.

" I'm sorry", was all she can say before he looked down at his feet and nodded slowly.

" Good-bye" Chizuru said before running out the door, ignoring all the calls and cries Sare screamed at her and she ran towards Ryu's car, with sprinkle of tears in her eyes.

" You ok?" Ryu asked when Chizuru entered the car with sniffles. She nodded and smiled carefully. She didn't know if she should tell Ryu or not. Uncle was cremated yesterday. She didn't want Ryu to feel stressed until his other wound was healed.

" Let's go" She said as she stared out the window. Ryu looked confused, as Chizuru continued to sniffle and wipe the tears off her face.

" Chizuru"

" Hm-" She was interrupted when she felt his lips on hers and she blushed when he smiled.

" I love you"

" S-Shut up and start the car!" She screamed, looking away to hide her blush.

1 year later

Chizuru looked through the clipboard as she watched the doctors and nurses run through the halls with emergency patients. Chizuru saw an emergency bed with a while cloth covering the person's whole body and face. She saw a family crying and a little boy calling out, " Daddy? Why are you sleeping still? Daddy, are you ok?" The little boy still called out to him and Chizuru sighed as she stared at him with sad eyes.

The boy suddenly realized the situation and the boy started to cry. Chizuru knew this wasn't situation she should bust into but she walked out and embraced the little boy slowly. The little buddy accepted her sudden actions and clinged onto her for his dear life.

Chizuru walked out of the hospital with little sniffles and noticed Ryu, leaning against his car and smiling at her when he spotted her. He raised his hand towards her and hugged her when she was close enough to reach.

" How was work?" He asked carefully, smirking when he noticed her sudden blush reaction to hissudden embrace.

" Bad. I had to watch a family cry in tragedy" She replied, while he patted her back, comforting her. She hugged him back and clinging to him like the little boy did to her. He smiled and kissed her head.

They sat on the warm sand and stared at the sun setting on the beach. Perfect timing to watch a great view.

" Chizuru" Ryu called out, leaving Chizuru to face him.

" I know we've only been dating for about- I don't know. 1 year? 8 months?" He joked, and Chizuru smacking his arm. He laughed and smiled at her.

He stood up and leaned on one knee.

He took out a little black case from his back pocket and faced it towards her.

" We've been dating for a year or so but I promise to make you happy towards the future," He started, making Chizuru speechless.

" Will you marry me?"

Her heart skipped a beat as tears gusted out of her eyes. She wiped her eyes slowly and stared at him with happy eyes, even though she was drenched in tears.

" Yes" She replied softly, as Ryu hugged her and they rocked back and forth until Chizuru calmed down.

When Chizuru finally calmed down, he directed his face towards hers and kissed her gently, she smiled. Surprisingly, she didn't blush. She instead kissed Ryu back passionately.

They kept hugging and touching their lips against each other until the sun was out of sight.

Chizuru was ready for the future; even though past events still cling

onto her. As long as she was with Ryu, she felt like she can accomplish anything.

-End-


Guys! This is the end T.T

OMF thanks for keeping up with me until the end of this fanfiction! It was a long way, but I'm still happy you guys walked this adventure with me, even though their were times when this story completely dropped down into boredom. Heheh

I might add an extra chapter, I don't know.

I'm still thinking about it, it's a possibility.

Anyways guys! Again, really really Arigato Gozaimasu!

" Events come, Events go. Time waits for no one, don't hesitate"

-Lexnai-