Disclaimer: Don't say I ever said that I own the Wallflower because I don't and never will.

Takenaga was blessed to have such great friends. They didn't care that he had a murderer living inside of him and they didn't care how long it lasted. All they cared about was his health and mental state. Ranmaru confessed to being in Takenaga's room and accidently dropping the cursed test tube while looking for a homework assignment. Takenaga forgave him.

"So what's his name?" Sunako asked, interested to learn the murderer's name. She got too close to Takenaga and he remembered nearly hitting her.

"His…his name is Kana. At least that's what I heard. However he said since he's in my body, I'm the killer. By the way, Sunako, I'm sorry about the other day. I nearly hit you and that's when I realized something was officially wrong."

"It's okay man," Kyohei said, patting Takenaga on the back to reassure him. "But you still have to tell Noi about this."

"I know, she's coming over tonight," Takenaga began to surrender to his depression again.

"Do you want us to leave you two alone?" Yuki asked, knowing Takenaga probably wouldn't want anyone else around.

"No! Absolutely not. What if Kana emerges and hurts her?" Takenaga started to panic again.

"If he was going to, he would have done so by now," Ranmaru said. "He's had plenty of opportunity to come after us too and he hasn't. He says he's your 'friend,' right? Maybe he'll leave the people you care about alone."

"I can't place my hopes on a maybe, guys," Takenaga replied. "Noi is too special to bet her life on a maybe."

"Okay, fine," Kyohei said. "We'll stay here in case you need help, but we'll stay away from you if you don't, okay?"

Takenaga nodded.

"Hi guys, it's great to see you," Noi said with a cheery voice. "Takenaga invited me over."

"Yeah, we know," Kyohei said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "He's in his room."

Noi thought that Kyohei had a weird attitude. Usually he teases her mercilessly and prevents her from getting closer to Takenaga. Now he was being nice and was staying out of her way. She shook it off and headed upstairs to Takenaga's room.

Takenaga was pacing all around his room, thinking of where to start. Before he could gather his thoughts he was staring directly at Noi.

"Takenaga? Why is your room so dark?" she asked, looking around his room.

"Noi," he said, lacking any amount of confidence in his voice, "there's something I have to tell you."

Takenaga told Noi about how his experiment went wrong, about the headaches and blackouts, the murders, waking up in his bed covered in blood, Kana, and having to run away from the school. She was shocked and looked at him with hurt in her eyes.

"Takenaga, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have convinced you to do this project," Noi began to cry as she sat down on his bed. He sat down next to her and took her hand with his right hand and her face in his left.

"Noi, please don't blame yourself. I was an idiot for using myself as a test subject and for leaving the solution to settle while I was out. I'm so thankful that you supported me. I-"

"I will always support you, Takenaga. I…I love you."

Takenaga's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. He still didn't remember saying it to her before on the roof. He took her face in his hands and then kissed her; it was their first passionate kiss as a couple. Noi put her arms around him and returned his kiss as he took her up in his arms. They parted long enough for him to tell her that he loved her too before they continued kissing.

He lost himself in her; he didn't even think about Kana or his fears. All he could think about was her and how much he loved her. They parted again. "I'm never letting you go," he said softly into her hair.

"I'm never going to go. I will be there for you, always."

It was three o'clock in the morning and still pitch black outside. Takenaga looked at Noi, sleeping soundly in his bed as he got silently got dressed. If Ranmaru were there right now, he would probably be congratulating the happy couple for finally "doing it." Takenaga chuckled at the thought of someone beating his perverted friend over the head.

You really do have a charmed life, a voice broke through his thoughts. Takenaga's smile faded.

Not you again…

You know, you should be a little nicer to me. I have the power to wreck your precious life if I so desire. What I am saying is that if you want your precious girlfriend and friends to live, you'll stop trying to get rid of me.

Takenaga froze when he heard this threat. Kana didn't have the same voice as he did before. Usually he acted like he was having fun toying with Takenaga's life. Now he sounded serious and Takenaga didn't like that. Takenaga took out the journal and wrote something down in it and left it opened on that page. Good thing Kana couldn't see what he was writing.

Takenaga started walking towards the door. He needed to get away from Noi before Kana acted on his threat. "Takenaga?" He heard her voice and stopped at the door.

He looked back at her. She looked beautiful for someone who still had exhaustion in her eyes.

"Don't worry Noi-chi," he said giving her a reassuring smile, "I'm just going to get some fresh air. I'll be back soon."

Takenaga only had to wait a few hours before someone would see his journal. He walked all of Tokyo, but knew he couldn't run away from Kana. Kana spoke to him every few minutes, taunting him to remind Takenaga that he was still there. He talked about murder; he talked about blood. Takenaga felt sick listening to Kana describe murder in such detail.

You're as bad as Sunako, Takenaga thought to himself. However, Kana heard him.

You know, you can't hide your thoughts from me. I know you're waiting for your friends to come after you. I may not know what you wrote, but I know it was a warning.

Well wouldn't you like to know?

Takenaga shouldn't have said that. Kana became furious and Takenaga fell to his knees, gasping for air, and put a hand to his throbbing head.

"Stop," he said in a whisper.

I don't think so. Kana said with anger in his voice. You know I wonder who I should kill first. We are in a city surrounded by people so I can easily kill the next person I see.

"No," Takenaga said, still in a whisper while trying to take control over his own body.

I could always go back to your home. Maybe it would be a good idea to kill Noi first or Kyohei. Or how about Ranmaru? He did screw up your experiment. Yuki would be too easy, since he's the weakest. And what about Sunako? She would jump at the chance to meet a serial killer. How would you feel to have their blood on your hands?

Kana let out an evil laugh and Takenaga refused to give him control. He just had to hold out a little longer.

"I won't…I won't let you hurt them," Takenaga spat out despite his pain.

"Takenaga!" he heard his friends call out.

"No!" he yelled to them and they stopped a few feet away from them. "You have to stay away from me. He's threatening to kill all of you."

They could see the terror in his eyes and the pain he was in. "We did what you asked," he heard Kyohei said. Takenaga look at them, hope in his eyes for the first time over the last few days; however, he couldn't hold on any longer. To his friends it looked like his headache had passed. They inched closer to him, but stopped as soon as they saw his face.

"You," Kyohei said.