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Chapter 2:
"Kyoyama Anna Does Not Cry"
Over the past few days Anna had become a little more sociable. And by that I mean, more than 5 words. Sometimes it was even more than 6. She met my friends and got along with them pretty well. She found friendship in Tamao and Pirika. And sometimes she'd get in fights with the boys and they'd tell me that she was mean. I'd laugh and responded that she had her reasons.
Anna was still pretty distant, but at least she calls me by my first name now. She was also a little more understanding about my concern for her. She didn't want me to worry or butt in, and there's no doubt that I hadn't heard the last of her favorite words "It's not your business!" But it didn't matter. Those words no longer had an affect on me. They were just words that meant she was uncomfortable about the subject we were on. She'd use those words so I wouldn't find anything out, but I found out in the end anyway.
Anna had been staying here for a about a week or so, and I supposed that she'd want to move out sooner or later. I didn't her want to, but that's the attitude I've seen. Not that she didn't like it here, it's just that she didn't want to be committed to just one place, or at least that's what I supposed. If she wanted to leave though, I figured that I shouldn't stop her. If she really did want to start a new and forget her past, then leaving me out was probably a good idea. As long as I got to talk to Anna before she left, and if I found that she's happy, then I'd be content. I couldn't control her life. No, that wouldn't be right. And it would be very selfish of me to make sure that she stayed at this one place. If she was happy, then I guess I should be happy for her.
Yoh walked into the dining area. It was his break time and he wanted something to eat. Luckily lunch was still serving and he had time to get it. He grabbed a couple of things to eat and headed over to the table where Hao, Manta, Horo-Horo, and Anna were sitting.
"May I sit here?" Yoh asked pulling out a chair next to Anna.
"You can," Anna looked at Yoh and then Hao, "but your brother cannot."
"Oh, that was harsh Anna-chan," Hao pretended to pout.
"Don't call me '-chan'," Anna glared as she picked up her chopsticks to eat, "I was just sitting her and all of a sudden you came uninvited and sat next to me. Then shorty and blue boy came too."
"Hey," Manta's eyebrows furrowed, "That's not nice."
"Yeah," Horo-Horo stopped stuffing his mouth, "We just decided to sit with Hao and all. We didn't know we needed permission."
Anna rolled her eyes, "And what if I wanted to sit alone?"
"Too bad," Hao smirked, "We decided that we were going to sit next to you so you could stop being so anti-social. Let's see if you could hold up a conversation: So Anna, how are you?"
"I'm eating," was all she said without even looking at him.
"Geez, Anna, I guess you can't," Hao crossed his arms, "You're always so moody! Y'know what you need? You need a good cry."
Anna looked up at him, "What?"
"You never cry! I think you could use it. It'll make you feel better."
"Crying only makes you feel worse," mumbled Yoh as he stared at his food.
"Well the only reason you say that is because the last time you cried hard was when Anna moved," Hao said while pointing his finger at Yoh.
Anna looked at Yoh and just stared, "You cried?"
"Y-yeah," Yoh didn't look at her, "I didn't get to say goodbye. And you were my best friend."
"Why weren't you able to say goodbye?" Manta was curious.
"I-I was absent from school."
"Well, didn't you tell Yoh you were moving?" Horo-Horo asked Anna, "I mean you two were best friends, right?"
"She couldn't," Anna opened her mouth to answer, but Yoh did it for her, "I was at the doctors."
"Why?" Manta was now confused.
"I broke my arm," Yoh nervously scratched his head when Anna now had a wide-eye stare.
Hao took notice of Anna's expression and smirked, "Well, Yoh got beaten up."
Yoh glared at Hao. Hao promised not to say anything, and if Hao did, then Yoh could promise that this wouldn't end pretty.
"Why was Yoh beaten up?" Manta asked while it was Anna's turn to glare at Yoh.
"He was robbed," Hao explained and it was like Yoh could breathe again, "Yoh refused to give his money and they beat the crap outta Yoh."
Manta and Horo-Horo stared at Yoh, "Why the hell didn't you just give them the money?"
"It was important to me," Yoh gave a sheepish smile.
"Just…" Anna looked at Yoh, "…how beaten up were you?"
"W-well," Yoh stumbled over what he was going to say. He didn't want it too sound like he was too beaten up because he knew that it would upset Anna. But then Hao ruined Yoh's sincerity by answering:
"Oh, man, was he ever beaten up! Black eyes, broken arm, bruise ribs, ha ha ha, he was like the living dead!"
Yoh sent a glare towards Hao while Horo-Horo responded saying, "Wow, Yoh, I'm surprised that you're alive!"
"Ha ha ha," Yoh laughed nervously, "It's not as bad as he makes it sound." Yoh stole a quick glance at Anna, "Besides, I'm fine and alive, that's all that counts, right? I cried when Anna left, not because I was beat up." Anna sadly looked down at her food while Yoh once again glared at Hao.
"Anna, have you ever cried?" Hao asked. The only people that had ever seen Anna cry were her step family and Yoh. She planned to keep it that way too. Yoh hadn't told Hao, and therefore Hao would probably never find out.
Anna stole a glance at Yoh. Yoh opened his mouth but Manta spoke instead, "Of course she has! Everyone cries!"
"Kyoyama Anna does not cry," Yoh said while looking down at his food.
Hao rested his head on his hand and had a bored expression on his face, "That doesn't surprise me at all. Anna's a pro at being emotionless."
"Isn't your break over?" Anna asked while glancing up from her food; her eyebrow was lifted.
"And a killjoy," Hao added as he got up, "C'mon guys."
Horo-Horo and Manta got up and took their plates away. Yoh signaled to the other guys that he'd leave soon; he hadn't been on the same break shift as the others.
"Someone robbed you, huh?" Anna looked down as her chopsticks rolled over a clump of rice.
"Yeah," was all Yoh could think to say, while he too looked down at his plate; he hardly ate anything.
"A broken arm? Bruised ribs? That's a helluva (a/n: aka hell of a) beating," she glanced at him.
"Yeah, but it was worth it," Yoh looked towards her and smiled.
"Don't risk having the crap beat out of you for money," she looked at him while emphasizing "money". Yoh knew that she wasn't really talking about that, "That's just plain stupidity."
"Some things are just worth it," Yoh shrugged, "I don't think it was stupid at all."
"Whatever Yoh," Anna looked back down at her plate and then back up at him, "But you should really get back to work. As manager and future owner, you shouldn't be coming back from your breaks late. That's a bad example."
"Ah, you're right again Anna," Yoh looked at his watch. He then stood up and took his plate.
"Oh, Yoh," Anna stopped him before he left, "Don't worry about my room, I'll be leaving soon."
—That sentence may have more meaning than I thought—
I knew this day would come, and I didn't want it to. I wasn't going to argue, if that's what she wanted. I know Anna's got an independent spirit, and I couldn't expect her to stay only because I wanted her to. If she didn't want to, then I shouldn't make her.
"A-ah, okay," Yoh tried to smile, "Please tell me when you're going to leave. I have to go now. Ja ne!"
Yoh left and headed towards the front desk. Once there he relieved Ren, who was filling in for Yoh while he was on break. Yoh had a few customers for the onsen, but none really for the inn. After a while the customers died down and there were hardly any. He sighed and leaned his head on his hand, which was propped up on the front desk.
I don't really want Anna to leave, but I can't say I didn't expect it. I knew it was coming, but I didn't know that it would come so fast. I still wanted to talk to her. I wanted to catch up. I wanted to make sure that she would be happy. I didn't want to live without her, but I knew that I could. And she could probably live without me too. It made me sad, but that was the truth. But this time I'd say bye and she'd say bye too. It wouldn't be like last time. It will be different.
Before Anna leaves, I have to make sure to talk to her. Who knows how long it will be until I see her again? I know she'll probably decline at first, but I'll make sure we talk. I mean, don't I deserve that? I was part of her past. I was one of the few people who knew of her real life. In fact, I was the only one she told. And I was involved too. I think I have the right to know what happened to that disgusting pig Haijime and his two sons.
Then I smelt the delicious scent of Strawberries and Champagne. I lifted my head up to see Anna. I had just gotten used to the scent having happy memories, but I know that once she leaves, it will go back to the way it was before. I would get nauseous, and dizzy and feel like I did that day, instead of feeling happy and overwhelmed with good memories of Anna.
"I'm leaving tomorrow," she said, "I'm telling you so that you won't cry when I leave." Then she turned to resume to her room.
"B-but Anna," he said to stop her, also feeling a little offended at her comment of him crying.
"Are those your favorite words?" Anna took note that Yoh had said those words almost every time they meet, "Anyway, don't try to stop me. I'm leaving tomorrow so if I don't see you, then goodbye."
"B—wait, Anna," he almost said "but" again, "I won't stop you if this is what you want to do. But at least have a talk with me before you leave."
"What?" She didn't quite understand. She was a little shocked that he wasn't going to argue for her to stay.
"I'm not going to make you stay," he repeated, "I just wanna talk. We're friends, right? Or at least we were. I think we owe it to each other to catch up with each other. If you really are leaving, don't you think it's fair?"
"…" Anna stared at the floor for a while. Then she looked up, "I guess I do owe it to you, huh? Well then I'll be on the rooftop tomorrow looking over the city, 'kay? If you can't find me, then I'll probably be there." And with that Anna turned from the front desk and left.
Yoh smiled. It wasn't as hard as he thought. He would finally have a talk with her and see how her life's been. He had to prepare himself though. He didn't know if the news he was about to hear would be good or bad. He was hoping that her life had been good, but deep inside, he could feel that it was bad. If anything, the first few years they had been apart must've been hard. She was only 10 when they separated and there weren't a lot of choices that she had.
Yoh then thought: what if Haijime died? He smiled at that thought. Anna would've been free! Yoh then frowned, no she wouldn't have. She still had Kyosuke and Kosuke to deal with. Unless they went into foster care because none of them were 18 yet. But that would be better than being in Haijime's care. Or what if he remarried and tormented another family? Yoh closed his eyes and found it hard to think like that. If he did, then Haijime must've just existed to ruin lives.
What if, in the new town that Anna moved into, she found another friend? What if it was a smarter, stronger boy that saved her? Maybe she wanted to leave Yoh so that she could get back to the person who really saved her life. Yoh frowned; sure he should be happy if someone else saved Anna, but he frowned at the thought of Anna leaving him because she had someone else that she liked much more than stupid little Yoh. Yoh mentally kicked himself. He should be happy if Anna had someone she liked way more than Yoh. If she had a……love interest. Then maybe Anna would be truly happy. Maybe that's why she was being so distant towards him? He would find out tomorrow though if she had some love interest in someone else. And he would make sure that Anna really liked him and that he could take care of her. Whoever it was, if there was one, that that someone could probably make Anna happy more than Yoh could. Or at least that's what he thought.
Or maybe it didn't change at all. Maybe no one saved her. Maybe she had no love interest. What if it stayed the same but only grew worse because she grew older. Yoh sighed; that was definitely a possibility. Haijime wouldn't have died so soon, and no 10 year old could beat Haijime up, or stand up to him, Yoh tried and failed. Unless whoever else may have helped Anna was older or it happened when they were older. But he started to doubt that even if he was older that he could stand up to Haijime, because it wasn't just Haijime, it was his sons too. Though Kosuke never really seemed to do anything but stand there and let everyone else do his work for him. Yoh knew that the most likely story of the 3 to be correct was the last one and he was willing to bet on it too.
The next day came very quickly, or so it seemed. Yoh technically didn't have work, but he had just gotten new people to work at the inn part-time and he had to show them how it worked. They came in around 10 o' clock and Yoh had to show them the ropes. Yoh inwardly rolled his eyes when he heard some questions asked by the new-bees. Not that asking questions was bad, it was just that it was so time consuming. They asked good questions, but it took a long to explain, and if they didn't understand, Yoh had to give them a demonstration. He started to worry about Anna. He hoped that she wasn't waiting too long. He also feared that if he had taken too long, she would just leave, without them having their little talk.
Finally Yoh finished, but it was just about evening now. He stretched and then got into his "comfortable form" which was, un-tucking and then unbuttoning his shirt. He looked out the window; the sun might even set soon. Yoh worried that Anna had given up on waiting and just left. He ran to her room to check if she was still there. He knocked and no one answered. He knocked again and listened closely to see if he could hear any movement. When he didn't he ran to the front desk.
"Did Room 107 check out?" Yoh asked.
"Isn't that your friend's room?" Ren, who was working the front desk, asked, "She hasn't checked out yet."
Yoh smiled a smile of relief and thought of where she could be. Then he thought back to what Anna said:
"I guess I do owe it to you, huh? Well then I'll be on the rooftop tomorrow looking over the city, 'kay? If you can't find me, then I'll probably be there."
"Oh," Yoh should've looked there first. That's the spot that they were going to talk at, wasn't it? Yoh then hurried on his way to the rooftop.
When he finally made it there, Anna was walking around. She was wearing the same outfit that she wore when she first came to the inn: A red beanie, a long beige jacket, and her little black boots. She was looking towards the ground and kicking a few rocks off the roof.
"I'm sorry, the meeting took a little longer then I thought. Did you wait long?"
"Only two hours," she said impatiently without looking at him. She then kicked another rock off the roof.
"I'm sorry," he sounded apologetic.
"You already said that."
Yoh caught himself almost saying "sorry" again, but he knew that would annoy her.
There was a little silence before Anna finally decided to speak up, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"I just wanted us to, y'know, catch up."
"Catch up?" Anna lifted her head and looked towards Yoh while lifting a brow, "Okay…you first then. What have you been doing these past nearly 8 years?"
"Well…I moved out of Hick Town when I was about 12," Yoh shrugged while he tried to think of what's been going on since he moved out of Hick Town, "I moved here to be closer to my grandparents who owned this inn. I went to school and met all these friends, but I still worried about you. Don't think that I forgot about you, because you know I didn't and I wouldn't. I started to work here when I was 16 and started to love working here. And soon I will be the owner."
"No college?" Anna asked as she kicked another rock.
"Nope, too stupid, remember?"
"Yoh…" she looked at him, "You know I didn't mean that when I said it. Besides, I said it when we were like 7, like I knew anything then."
Yoh laughed a bit, "I know. I didn't mean it either. I don't think I'm fit for the whole 'college life'. I'm content staying here and running this inn."
"You don't want to go out and be a rock star like you wanted when you were little?"
Yoh laughed, "Nah, it wouldn't have worked out anyway. You left and the band broke up before it even got together."
Anna rolled her eyes, "Hmph. Damn right it wouldn't have worked out. I don't want to be part of your little dream band."
She crossed her arms and looked away. Yoh laughed for a bit and then asked, "What about you Anna? What have you been doing over the last nearly 8 years?"
Anna frowned and looked at him. She uncrossed her arms and started, "Well, after you passed out they continued to beat you and me just a little bit. But since you pissed Haijime off, you got the worse beating. When Haijime was done, he picked you up and threw you into the back of that pig Ginji's truck. Then Haijime told Ginji to throw you out wherever, and I supposed that's what he did."
Yoh frowned and paled. No wonder he was so beaten up and his arm was broken. He couldn't remember being thrown out of the back of a truck, but it was certainly possible.
"Then the next morning, after Haijime sobered up," Anna continued, "he realized what he had done and he thought that he had killed you. Fearing that we would get caught, he made us move."
This was shocking to me. She paused and I wondered what else had happened. It must've been horrible for Anna to witness. I was beaten right in front of her eyes. No wonder she thought I was dead. I should've been dead. But I wasn't and it was probably hard for Anna to deal with the fact that all these years I was "dead" and now I'm alive. It all made sense. But what was she going to say next? It was like I was holding my breath, just waiting to hear the next words out of her mouth. When she didn't say anything, I dared to ask, "…Then what?" Did I really want to know? Yes, I had to know.
Anna took a breath and then continued, "Well he took me with him obviously, and he still continued to use and abuse me." Anna turned away from Yoh. Her blonde bangs fell in front of her face as she kicked another rock off the roof, "Then when I got older…he sold my body."
"He…sold…your body?" He repeated and said slowly. Anna slowly nodded, still looking away from him. A look of horror was placed on Yoh's face.
"So I ran away, and here I am," Anna walked over to the edge of the roof and held onto the rails, "Kosuke I don't really have to worry about. He's a lazy little bastard who won't do anything unless it benefits him. But Kyosuke…Kyosuke's just like his father. Haijime has sort of lost interest in me, but not completely. But Kyosuke, he doesn't want to give up on me. He wants me. I'm Kyosuke's now, or that's what Haijime says. And since I'm not 18 yet, I'm still technically his. Though I doubt he still has my adoption papers. I think he just pretends. But I have no proof. They're probably looking for me right now."
This seemed to be worse than Yoh had thought. And Yoh thought it was pretty bad to begin with. He shook his head, things were probably worse off then she was a kid. Of course it would be she was a beautiful young woman now, not a kid with childish features. They continued to abuse her and that made Yoh down right angry. It seemed that Haijime may no longer have the interest as he did before (probably got bored of her), but now Kyosuke was after her.
This got me mad. I mean, I should've expected it, but I think even if I did, I'd still be pissed. I was angry with Kyosuke and hated Haijime with every fiber of my being. I usually don't "hate" people, but I truly hated him. And Kyosuke was going to right there with him. Why? Why did Anna have to live this life? Why did her mother marry Haijime?? Then something struck me…just how did Anna's mother die? And did her mother know about Haijime being abusive? I had to ask.
"…Anna…?" Yoh knew that this was going to be difficult, "H-how did your mother die? I mean, did she know that Haijime was abusive?"
Anna looked down and gripped the rail, "Yes, she knew firsthand that he was abusive. He wouldn't beat me when my mother was alive. He would beat her. She wanted to break up with him, but he wouldn't let her. He practically forced my mother to marry him. She thought that I didn't know, but I did. I knew that he beat her, usually at night. That's why I'd always run away to your house at night. I wanted to tell you, but I thought you wouldn't believe me. I wanted to tell your parents, but I didn't think they'd believe me either.
"I was little, but I still remember, I didn't know what it meant when I was little, but they said that my mother had committed suicide. They said that, but I think her husband had something to do with her death. It was all a horrible experience, and I was too sad to actually ask Haijime what happened or to see my mother's dead body. They wouldn't let me. So actually, I regret it, but I don't know exactly how my mother died. But I don't think it was suicide no matter what the investigators said."
Yoh sadly looked down. Anna's mother was a good woman, and he knew that she wouldn't abandon Anna. Even if it was really hard on her, Anna's mother Annabelle wouldn't do that to Anna. Annabelle loved Anna, and would do anything for her. It didn't seem right and Yoh too believed that Haijime had something to do with it.
"Well, I'll be leaving soon," she turned her head a little bit towards Yoh.
"A-alright," he didn't want her to leave, but he already agreed to himself that he wouldn't argue if that's what she wanted to do. Besides, if Kyosuke really is after her, he's probably on her trail.
Anna gripped the rails tighter as she gave a cold laugh, "Kyoyama Anna doesn't cry, right?" Anna then climbed up onto the rails. Her little black boots gripped tightly onto the rail, "But let's see if she can fly." Then she spread out her arms like a bird about to take flight.
"Anna!! What are you doing?!" Yoh asked as he ran to her. He immediately grabbed onto her jacket.
"I told you I was leaving," Anna's eyes were emotionless and blank again, "I never said anything about moving."
"But Anna!" Yoh wrapped his arms around her waist so that she wouldn't fall.
"There are you favorite words again," her voice matched her eyes, "Yoh. Let Go."
"No way!" Yoh held tighter.
"Don't make me regret talking to you," Anna said with a tint of anger in her voice. She tried to wiggle her way out of Yoh's grip.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Yoh looked up. He expected her to turn her head towards him. She strongly smelt of Strawberries and Champagne.
"Yoh, let go," she didn't looked at him.
"Anna! Answer my question!"
"You won't stop interfering."
"Of course not Anna! I made you a promise."
Anna looked down at the city below her, "I know you did. But I don't want you involved anymore. I don't want to see you get beaten to death. It scared me to the death the first time, what makes you think it will be any different the next? If I leave this way, you can go on with your life. You can live without me. You are the soon-to-be owner of this place. You have a life without me. Putting me back into your life will just make your life difficult. I don't……I don't want that. I want you…to live without me."
"Anna…but why? Why like this, you don't have to kill yourself!"
"If I do, it'll only be easier for me. Kyosuke won't find me, if he does, it wouldn't matter; I'll be dead. And then, without me, you can stop worrying and go on with your life. Go to college, get a better job …get married, have kids, live a great life…" she trailed off.
"Anna! Don't talk like that! Don't talk like you're the reason why I'm not in school or have a girlfriend or whatever! Besides I love my job! I wouldn't change it for another! Anna, your death will only get me depressed!"
"But you will eventually forget about it. You're strong enough to get over it time. You won't dwell on it. You didn't dwell over us getting separated forever. And I'm glad. I want you to go on with your life!" She tempted to lean forward, but Yoh tried to pull her back, "Now Let go!"
"No matter what you say, Anna, I won't let you go! I will never forget you! You're a big part of my life and nothing can ever change that!" Yoh held a little tighter, "Anna, you're my best friend. We spent 5 years (maybe even more) together nonstop. You can't suddenly expect me to forget you."
"But we've spent more years apart then together. I'm no more than a memory."
"Anna! Can't you see? We were together EVERYDAY up until your mother died. You can't expect me to forget all that happened when we were 10."
"But wouldn't it be great if we could forget?"
"You dying isn't going to make me forget. It's just going to remind me and make me sad. Trust me, Anna, nothing good will come of you dying. If I stand here and watch you die, I'll become a wreck. Trust me Anna, have I ever lied to you before?"
Anna dropped her arms to her side and stopped trying to push forward. Yoh was still pulling her back and wasn't expecting her to stop, so she fell back onto him. They fell back and Anna was on top of Yoh. He sat up slowly, picking Anna up with him. She ended up being on his lap.
She slowly lifted her head up to look at him, "I-it's gunna rain."
Yoh looked up and saw the orangish-purplish tint of the sky, it was almost sunset, but it was most definitely was not going to rain. He looked back down and he gave a little sad smile. He knew by now though, that that was just code for "I'm going to cry". "Anna, it's not going to—"
"K-Kyoyama Anna does not cry……right?"
"I think it'll be okay if you cry just this once, Anna."
Anna started to cry and she buried her head onto Yoh's chest. She clenched onto his shirt, "I…I don't know what to do!! I don't want them to find me! My life's horrible!! When can I stop??"
Yoh felt the hot tears on his bare chest and through his shirt. He had to be strong for her, and he was going to be strong. He was no longer weak and he was there for her. He was going to protect her. In his life, it seemed most important. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. He wanted to comfort her, "You can stop living your old life, and start a new one. I know it would be impossible for you to forget, but don't make your new life dependant on your old one. You don't have to live your old life."
"I-I don't want Kyosuke to find me!" Her voice was muffled because her head was on Yoh's chest. She probably hadn't cried this hard since that time they were at there "secret spot". She sniffed a couple of times, "I can't even imagine forgetting if I know he's out there looking for me."
"He won't find you," he rubbed her back and held her a bit closer, "Even if he does, I'll show him a thing or too. I'm not the little weak boy you left in Hick Town."
Anna gave a little laugh, "Yoh, they beat me; you think you can beat them? Besides, you wouldn't. You were too nice just to get into fights."
"If it's to protect you, then I would."
Anna, still buried in his chest, looked up slightly. He could only see her eyes and a little bit of her nose. There were still tears running down her cheeks and onto his chest, "You'd do that for me?"
"Yes, you're my friend, and friends want their friends to be happy. You, Kyoyama Anna, deserve happiness and you should get it. I'm not going to make you stay here if you don't want to. You could either stay here with me, or you can leave, and when I say that I don't mean leave as in die. I mean find your own place if you want to. But if you choose that, then at least let me help you find a place to stay."
"No," she seemed to have calmed down and now she only had silent tears rolling down her face. She leaned her forehead on Yoh's chest, "I wanna stay here……I wanna…" then her voice went quiet, "stay here with you."
Yoh smiled; she did care. She was his friend, and he was hers. He, no matter how hard Anna wanted to deny it, was her best friend. She cared more for him then she'd like to admit, and deep down she knew that he was the only one in the world she trusted. Everyone around her abused or used her, but not Yoh. He could say something to her and actually mean it. Not everything that came out of his mouth was lies. He was optimistic, and sometimes Anna could see that as lies, but not all of his optimistic hopes were made-up. She gripped tighter onto his shirt and whispered, "Th-thank you, Yoh."
"Everyone deserves to live a happy life," he looked down at her, "including you."
Finally Anna decided to raise her head up and look at Yoh. She was smiling, which made Yoh smile. She was so beautiful when she smiled, and she never did enough of it. They shared a moment of smiling for awhile, that is, until Anna glared at him.
"W-what?" Yoh was confused. She was just smiling a minute ago!
"If you tell anyone about me crying, I'll beat the shit outta you!"
Yoh laughed. He found it funny how throughout the years, crap turned into shit, "Don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone. Kyoyama Anna does not cry, right?"
Anna sighed as she looked back down so she could "cuddle" closer to Yoh's chest. She looked out at her view, the sun was setting, "Even though we aren't near a lake or on a tree, this kinda reminds me of our "spot", don't you think?"
"Yeah…" Yoh looked at out at city, it was different from the tall grass, but it was still beautiful to see the city tinted in the orangish-purplish color the sun made the sky. The sun wasn't reflected off water this time, but now by the surrounding buildings, it was different, yet the feelings were the same.
"Yoh," Anna whispered while digging her head into his chest, "Let's just stay here for a little bit longer……"
"Yeah," Yoh whispered as he put his hand on her back to lean her in closer. He rested his chin on her head.
They just sat there for a while enjoying the silence and each other's company. She could hear his heartbeat and she slowly gave a small smile. They were finally going to be together like they were when they were little. Yoh thought that he missed her more than she missed him, but overall they missed each other equally. He was going to keep his promise and he was going to make sure that no matter what she wanted to do, she'd be happy. Anna kept smiling just knowing that someone actually cared, and he actually showed it. He didn't just say it, he did it.
There were still a few doubts in the back of Anna's mind, and to tell the truth there were still some doubts in Yoh's mind too. But they decided to put that to the way backs of their minds and enjoy right now for now. If Kyosuke did come, they'd just have to deal with that when it happened. They knew that no matter how much they prayed or wished, they couldn't change their past. So what else could they do but live for now? Right now was their moment and they were going to enjoy it while they still could.
I don't know what will happen next. I don't know if Anna will get tired of staying here at this inn and leave. I don't know if Kyosuke will find her or not. I just wanted to make sure that if she did choose to leave sooner or later, that she could always come back. I wanted things between us to go back to the way it was before. Right now we were happy, and right now we were perfectly in the right mind.
Well, there you go!! Your weekly dosage is now complete! I hope you liked it!! Please review, this next chapter is a long one, but if you review, I promise to release it soon! It'll inspire me to write faster!! Hehe. Okay, well thank you for reading this! Much appreciated.
FUN FACT: (if you'd like to read)
Okay, so this story was originally supposed to be titled "She was Perfectly in the Right Mind", but that was way too long (like my chapters!). So then I wanted "To Live Without You", so that's why there's so many references to like "I could live without her, but I didn't want to,"-type sentences. But I think there's already a story out there named that. And I'm not into stealing titles. So then I decided on "Perfectly In the Right Mind" because I want all my chapters to end with that line….So I'm gunna try hard to reach that goal! So, there. That has been you're fun fact….even though it probably wasn't "fun". Haha.
PREDICTION FOR THE NEXT UPDATE: Hopefully, a week. It's lookin' to be a long chapter (sorry) so I'm hoping a week…or week and a half. Please bear with me. I'll get it done I promise. I'm hoping next Friday!
Thanks so much for reading! Until next time: Ja ne!