So, as we all know, like most stories, this one will soon come to an end. Like probably only one more chapter... Well anyways, I have three endings written up but I will only type out one. So with that being said, if you want the good, bad, or worst end you should probably review it, or it will end up being whatever our lovely Starishadow decides. I'll give you guys two weeks.

(P.S. even the good ending is sort of bad. I mean I didn't put horror for nothing.)

On that note, thank you Starishadow, and my little guest reviewer. I really did appreciate it.

Disclaimer- I don't own it... And for all of the Starish lovers out there, I hope I never do.

What remains

Will tomorrow ever come? Will I make it through the night?
Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light?
Am I hurting? Am I sad? Should I stay, or should I go?
I've forgotten how to tell. Did I ever even know?

- Bad apple (version Ashe and Rockleetist)

Ai's cyan eyes danced from wall to wall, looking for a way out. Of course there was always the option of using the front door, but after everything, he thought it better not to.

"Ai just lay down." Reiji's lifeless voice came from behind him.

"Are you doing to give up just like that?" Ai asked as he continued to study the room.

"If we leave, we'll just be doing what he wants. Not to mention we'll get caught."

"There's a 90% chance we'll get caught again." Ai stated by accident.

"Then why bother?" Reiji sighed depressed.

The cyan eyed male straightened, his back turned to his friend. "Isn't that the fun in life, doing things you know aren't in your favor. I'm sick of hiding. I want to continue to live."

A spark of life snapped into the brunette's eyes. "But-"

"Come on." Ai gave a weak smile holding his hand out the the other. "Might as well live a little."

"Right." Reiji's playful smile returned to his face, eyes lit with ambitious. He took the younger male's hand and stood from the bed, first time in months feeling alive. Almost whole again, but his chest still ached for Ranmaru. He still wanted his friend back.

"You know." Ai started rolling his eyes to look at the top corner of the room away from Reiji, even he knew what he was going to say was bad. "I'm still alive, their are others still alive. Maybe you should leave the past buried where it belongs and follow me to the future."

"But it's harder than that." The brunette tightened his grip on his younger friend's hand.

"You are 99.9% right. It is hard. But it's that 0.1% that ables us to live on." Ai practically dragged the other to the door. "Let's find out it our point one is on our side."

Otoya wondered how he would be able to save Nagi. He thought about asking Syo for help. But according to Kaoru, he was still unwell. So the redhead took to pacing back and forth, while rubbing his neck anxiously, out side of the short blonde's room.

"Otoya?" Syo's small voice called out. "You know you can come in, right?"

The redhead barely pushed on the door, letting it leave his finger tips and creak inwards. He gave a slight smile. "How are you feeling today Syo-chan?"

"I'm fine." Syo frowned from his desk.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

"Then..." Otoya trailed off. His eyes darted left and right, so quickly it made Syo dizzy. "Say, hypothetically, I found someone who was thought to be missing. And their trapped here the same as us, but might know a way out."

Syo stood there dumbfoundedly before two and two clicked together. "You know where Nagi is?"

Otoya's mind filled with confusion. "You knew?"

"Ai told me. Kaoru kept many people here so he could play a game with us."

"A game, what kind of game?""

Syo's frown deepened. "You don't need to know. The important thing is I know where Nagi is. It's need a while since I've heard fro Ai."

"Ah!" Otoya remembered. "There was someone in his room with him. But I don't know who."

Syo looked at his bed, then back at the door when Ittoki stood. He needed to make it to Nagi. He needed it to be Ai with him in that room. But he also needed a time at his brother couldn't bother him.

"Otoya, be ready in a hour. Kaoru will leave to get something for dinner tonight."

"But the door's locked."

Syo's frown turned into a smile. "Don't worry. One hour, be ready."

Otoya nodded, giving the blonde a weird look before hearing the rest of his plan.

Syo twisted the brass knob of his bedroom door. He didn't pull it open, he stood with his ear to the door silently listening to the light footfalls on the floor. His brother passed his room, struggling with his coat, as he made his way to the door. There was no goodbye shouts or sign that he had even left, just the front door shutting.

A few minutes passed before he eased the door open, finding Otoya staring down at him. His red eyes somewhat dazed with fright. Arms crossed tightly over his chest.

"Syo-chan are you sure you know what to do?"

"Did you go to his room after he left like I told you too?" Syo's eyes narrowed.

Otoya brought the key ring from his hoodie pocket and handed it to Syo. Syo flipped through them, until his finger curved around a slightly rusty silver one.

"You don't have to come Otoya."

The redhead nodded but still followed as the short teen in front of him made his way up the first set of stairs. He would stay with Syo. There may have been others alive, but doe Otoya Syo was all that was left for him.