As promise. The second chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 5

Narumi stood watching the stranger that lied on her bed. She managed to drag the man to her house with a bit of struggle. She was lucky no one saw her brought him home or there would be questions. She had dressed his wound to the best of her ability even with her limited supply. True to her prediction, the man had a broken rib, two cracked ribs, contusion along the right side of his body and burns on his arms. Not to mention the numerous bruises that adorned his body. She was very sure he had a concussion but how severe it was could only be known after he woke up.

She sighed while seated herself beside him. Subconsciously, her hand stroked his pale cheek tenderly before she stiffened and clasped her hand on her lap to prevent it again. She fidgeted a bit on her seat before she gave in and continued to stroke his cheek. She watched the stranger that wore her fiancée face.

"Who are you? You look so much like Raito but you can't be him. It's impossible. Raito was…" She choked on her sob. She couldn't helped it but remember that event. The event that changed her life forever.

"Where is he? It's been 10 minutes already." Narumi tapped her foot impatiently while checking her watch again. Sometimes, she craned her neck to try and spot her fiancée among the sea of people.

"Sorry love. Heavy traffic." Raito pecked her on the cheek before seated himself. She huffed indignantly and crossed her hand over her chest.

"You're late. Again."

"I know, I know. I'm sorry, okay? Have you order yet? I'm hungry." He called the waiter to them.

"Whose fault is that?" She grumbled while he chuckled and ordered for the both of them. His gaze lingered on her face after the waiter left.

"What?" she asked while discretely tried to watch her reflection for anything on her face.

"You're beautiful." He blurted suddenly.

"I'm still mad at you, you know." Narumi glared half heartedly while blushing. Raito chuckled at her expression. They ate while conversing softly.

"Raito." Narumi looked up when she heard a voice between them. There stood a blonde woman who smiling at her fiancée. She tried to squash the feeling of jealousy that rose inside her at the sight of the beautiful woman.

"Lisa." Raito greeted her. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm going to a movie with my friend. Why didn't you came to my house this evening? I wait for you for two hours, you know? I really hope that we can go to dinner together." She practically whined at him. Narumi watched them with narrowed eyes. She looked suspiciously when Raito looked nervous all of a sudden.

"Lisa, this is Narumi. My future wife." Raito practically leaped out of his seat and introduced the women to each other. Both of them eyed each other critically. Lisa stared at her for a while before smiling thinly.

"Nice to meet you." Narumi only inclined her head in greeting. She watched impassively after the woman excused herself.

"Who is she?" She spoke after a while.

"Just a friend."

"Just a friend?" Narumi parroted mockingly. She glared at him while he tried to avoid her eyes. "I'm done here." She stormed out.

"Narumi, wait!" Raito jumped and chased her. He managed to grab her arm to stop her. "Please listen to me first!" He begged her. She yanked her arm out.

"There's nothing to explain!" she yelled at him. She saw the people at the alley watched them but she didn't care. "All this time when I ask you to go out and you said you're busy, you went to her?!"

"No, love. Let me explain. She…"

"I'm tired hearing your excuse." She cut him off. "Goodbye." She turned her back to him and crossed the road. She was too wrapped with her thought that she noticed too late when Raito shouted to her.

"Narumi, look out!"

"Wha-"

She had turned halfway when something shoved her out of the way. She was sent barreling to the pavement. She hissed when she scraped her knee and arms from the impact. She looked up only to see Raito laid in the middle of the road.

"RAITO!"

She screamed and ran to him. She fall to her knees and cradled his head on her lap. Raito made a gurgling sound from the back of his throat. His chest heaved from the effort he took to breath. Every breath resulted with more blood trailing down his lips.

"Narumi…" he choked off. The blood flowed freely from his wound. She shook her head to shush him. Her attention was to him solely.

"No, don't speak. You will be fine. Help!" she screamed to the people crowded around her. She felt rather than heard that help was coming.

"I'm sorry." Raito struggled to breathe. He looked at her eyes and smiled weakly.

"I…love…you…" his chest stilled after that last declaration. The light in his eyes dulled to nothingness. She gasped and rocked him to her.

"No…no…" she spoke in denial. His head lolled with every movement. She fainted when the shock was too much for her to bear.

Narumi jolted back to the present when she felt something trailed down her cheek. Her hand brushed the tears from her face. She took a deep breath to control her emotion. She couldn't helped but blamed herself for the death of her fiancée. After Raito's funeral, Lisa had came to explain the truth to her. He wanted to surprise Narumi for their wedding, so he consulted with Lisa to book the best package for their honeymoon. She was so depressed after she heard the news so she quit her job and moved here.

She opened the stranger coat and put it aside. She unbuttoned his shirt and recoiled slightly when something sharp jabbed her finger from his breast pocket. Hesitantly, she took the object and frowned. It was like a star, only in red and blue. She put it on top of his coat. She tried to maneuver him to change his shirt but a hand grabbed hers tightly. She gasped and looked down to see a pair of onyx eyes regarding her carefully.

"Who are you?" He croaked before coughing weakly. Quickly, she raised his upper half body to sitting position and helped him to drink some water. After that, she lied him down.

"Do you remember anything?" She asked apprehensively. The man tilted his head upwards and frowned.

"I…don't know. Who am I?" He looked at her. She didn't knew what to answer him but when the eyes in the face of her dead fiancée staring at her for answer, she saw Raito all over again. She took a deep breath and answer.

"You're Raito. Tohsaka Raito."