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a double update from me

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Rescue Me

by: bunni16

Sunako had been wandering around the courtyard for the past half an hour, she had no idea how vast the front yard actually was, and there was even a nice pond with a bench, next to one of the garden areas. It was kind of hidden further back to the left side of the mansion. She wondered how she had never found it before. She made a mental note that she must visit this spot again, at night of course. As she sat down on the bench facing the small pond, the breeze blew around her. Taking in a deep breath she tried to let herself relax and distress. It was about 5 minutes before Kyouhei invaded her thoughts. Sunako frowned at the idea of him.

"Stupid Kyouhei…" she groaned, looking down at her watch she noticed the time, 10:45pm, the boys would freak out if they found her empty room. Good thing she left the note. They should all be asleep by now, and the only one that usually bothered her at this time of night was Kyouhei. She thought of all the late night hang outs they've had, and how he really had become one of her closest friends over the years. She smiled, at the thought of when she first entered this house, Kyouhei had always seemed the brightest to her, and took her the longest to get used to, but once she was they became best friends. Sure the house mates would still do those crazy schemes to try and get them to hook up, but Kyouhei and her would just ignore it mostly and hide in her room watching horror movies and eating chocolate. She really had changed a lot in the past 2 years, mostly thanks to Kyouhei. He was the only one that accepted her for who she was just as she accepted him, not because of his looks, but because of himself. They really were a lot alike if you sat down and thought about it.

She sighed and realized she was crying again.

Wiping the tears from her eyes she just stared up at the moon, closing her eyes again and taking in the cool night air. She really did care about Kyouhei a lot more than she let on, perhaps she even loved him? The more she thought about it the more she knew that her feelings for Kyouhei were much deeper than that of friendship.

'Too bad he doesn't know what he wants' she thought going back to the scene in his room after the kissing incident. Maybe it was time for them both to just be honest with each other, because it was too emotionally draining for Sunako to lie to herself for much longer. And she'd be dammed if she let Kyouhei Takano control her feelings like this for much longer!

Kyouhei ran frantically around town looking for Sunako. He couldn't help but feel the twinge of guilt in his heart. It after all was his fault she had run off, and possibly gotten hurt. He cringed at the thought, they had been through so much together and he knew he loved her. Why then was it so difficult for him to express his feelings? Sure he'd kissed her plenty of time, but had always managed to fuck that up as well, tonight being one of the prime examples. Giving a frustrated sigh he looked down at his watch it was 12:15am he'd been searching for over an hour, and hadn't had any luck.

He decided it was best to turn back and check over the way he had come again, there was no way she could have gotten as far as he'd walked in such a short amount of time. Knowing Sunako if she didn't want to be found she surely wouldn't be, and that's what scared Kyouhei the most. He thought about calling her cell phone, but she rarely had it on her. He began his long trek back to the mansion, double checking all the locations he'd already been. He'd give anything to just see her safe again. He felt like such a sap thinking all these romantic things so suddenly. He was surprised at his own thoughts. Why did Sunako make him so crazy?

'Uhhh because you love her!' his subconscious seemed to yell back at him

"Oh yeah that's right" he stated out loud, "Oh great now I'm talking to myself." He continued as he reached the mansions long walk way to the front door. He should probably call Takenaga and tell him that he was already home.

Just as he was about to pull out his phone he got the urge to check around the mansions yard, maybe Sunako was hiding close by because she knew they'd never check here! Of course! Why hadn't he thought of that before? He decided to dial Takenaga.

"…hello…"a groggy voice answered on the other line.

"Takenaga? Is that you? Why do you sound like you've been sleeping? Where are you?"

"I fell asleep in the living room waiting for you and Sunako to get back…"

"Why the fuck are you at the mansion? I've been looking for Sunako for the past 2 hours! And you guys are at home sleeping?"

"Kyouhei, clam down…We found Sunako's note that you overlooked in her room after you stormed off, where she simply stated that she was going on a walk and for us not to worry. We were going to call you, but decided to just stay out of the situation." Takenaga stated with such a calming voice that Kyouhei found it hard to be angry with him.

"You still should have called me! Is she back yet?"

"No actually she hasn't returned yet…"

"That's a pretty damn long "walk" if you ask me! How do you know she just wasn't trying to throw us off her trail while she ran off to god knows where?" he was so furious with Takenaga right now.

"I really don't think that's the case, didn't you notice that she didn't even take Hiroshi, Akira, Josephine, or even John with her? No matter how much she's changed in the past two years she still treats them as he prized possessions. I'd say if she really was planning on making her escape they'd all be gone from her room, especially Hiroshi." Kyouhei hated how much sense Takenaga made and he felt stupid for not noticing such a major detail.

"Whatever…I'm going to check the yard before I come in, hopefully she's around here." Kyouhei hung up the phone and began to scan the yard. He thought of the place he'd go when he wanted to escape his rabid fan girls during the day. It was hidden to the side of the mansion behind trees and various bushes there was even a small pond. He thought that would be the best place to look for her and headed in that direction. As he found his way through the bushes he saw her, the moon contrasting with her skin making her almost glow. She really was beautiful, and he could not understand why she ever thought otherwise.

As he approached her still figure, he noticed that she was sleeping. Laughing to himself he brushed the strands of hair from her eyes, and started down at her sleeping face. She looked so peaceful and content, as if their argument from earlier had never even happened.

"Stupid girl…" he smiled and laughed, she would make him worry half to death about her running away then turn out to be only a few feet from home the whole time. He spoke softly to her "You can't just go running off like that…" the concern in his voice was potent

Considering everything that had happened that night he decided it was best not to wake her up. Leaning over he lifted her off the bench and carried her bridal style back towards the mansion's doors. As he walked he felt her snuggling into his chest, and it made his heart skip a beat. She'd probably kill him if she woke up, and he laughed at the idea.

Walking through the front door Takenaga and Yuki both looked up from their sitting positions, looking quite tired. Kyouhei noted that Ranmaru was absent and quite honestly was happy, because he was in no mood for his harassment. He gave a quick gesture to the two boys letting them know to be silent. And he made his way to her room.

Noticing the mess he made, in his flurry earlier he felt kind of stupid. How had he not seen her note, he looked over at the paper on her night stand and laughed at his obvious misunderstanding. Laying Sunako down on her bed, he noticed how she shivered from their loss of contact, and wished he could lie beside her, but he was pretty sure that was not the best idea tonight. Draping the sheets and comforters over her she quickly snuggled against them. He smiled, at how cute she was when she slept.

'I feel like a stalker' he randomly thought, 'oh well'

He looked over at the skull clock on her dresser it was almost 2am, luckily it was Friday, well technically it was now Saturday, so he could sleep in if he needed. He started to pick up the mess he had made, not wanting Sunako to be extra angry when she woke up in the morning. When he was finished he looked back at Sunako's sleeping figure.

Leaning over her, he kissed her forehead, and whispered a goodnight, but then hesitated as he was about to leave through the door.

"I love you…" he finally said it out loud, and he wished that he had the courage to say it to Sunako when she was conscious, but hey! He'd like to call it progress. He gently shut the door behind him and made his way to his room for some well deserved rest, totally ignoring Takenaga and Yuki who were waiting for him on the other side of Sunako's door.

"Guys just go to bed, I'm not in the mood to talk" he stated simply and went into his room.

Takenaga and Yuki just shrugged and departed into their own rooms, both thinking about how interesting tomorrow was going to be.

There you go, I think the story has finally progressed to where I wanted it.

Please R&R so I know people are actually reading this, I greatly apperciate all review!

-Melissa