Disclaimer: I do not own Clannad.

Another update. Sorry for any wrong spellings and grammars you might find. I am still a novice writer.

It's a new day and Tomoya's walking in the neighborhood towards Kyou's house. He has just left his place with Ushio staying in the company with Fuku after the latter came by to play. The happenings that occurred during the school festival have left his disturbed and anxious. Seeing Kyou's tearful expression felt like a thorn in his heart, growing every time he remembers it. He arrives at the gate of a big white house, with the nameplate "Fujibayashi" on the side indicating who lives there. He looks above on the second floor at the room above from the right trying to see if Kyou saw him from her room. Raising his hand to press the doorbell, the front door suddenly swung open revealing Kyou wearing a light green dress preparing to leave. Her eyes widened upon seeing Tomoya at the gate.

"Yo. Do you have a moment? Can we talk?" he asked anxiously.

"….Sure," she replied.

The duo walked towards a parked next to a bus stop as Kyou waits for the bus. They sat on an empty bench under a big tree watching ahead the kids running and playing together. Silence soon enveloped the two as they sat.

"I really miss this. Us always talking together about anything." he said. "See those kids over there, kinda reminds me of the times you chased after me in high school whenever I played a prank on you." He snickered a little bit after finishing.

"Is that so?"

"Are you going somewhere?"

"I…. have a date with Shinji."

"I see." Tomoya felt a surge of pain in his chest after hearing her response. Silence came back again at the two as they continued sitting there silent as to each other's presence. "Kyou…, during our last school festival in high school, did you… go at the back of the school during the bonfire?"

"….Yes. Sorry, I really didn't mean to pry on you and Nagisa. I….. coincidentally saw you two together there at that time."

"You said there was something importance you wanted to talk to me about. What was it?"

"…."

"Kyou!"

"Forget about it. That was seven years ago. It's….. nothing important now."

Silence again overwhelms the atmosphere of the two. Tomoya was unable to bear the silence she's giving.

"I mss us, Kyou. I really do," he said looking at her deeply, eyes showing the pain he kept. "What ever happened to…. us?"

Kyou was taken aback at what he said. Trying her best not to look at his face, she stood up upon seeing the bus arriving and said, "We've….. just grew apart. That's all." She started walking towards the bus then after only to be stopped by him.

"Stay," he ordered holding her wrist preventing her from taking another step. "Don't…. leave me. What do you see in him? Why can't it be… me?"

"Why can't it also be me, Tomoya? Why did you choose Nagisa over me?" she cried now facing him, tears falling from her eyes.

Tomoya was at a loss for words after what she said. He stood there, pain written in his face as he watched the girl he cared for cry in front of him. Hearing nothing from him, Kyou yanked her hand free and darted towards the bus as she let the wind blow away her tears. Feeling defeated, Tomoya couldn't help himself as his tears swell up in his eyes.

It was a calm morning as Tomoya and Ushio walked towards Ushio's school. It has been four days since Tomoya last talked with Kyou. He was anxious as to how to face her after their confrontation in the park.

"Good morning, Teacher Kyou," Ushio greeted running at her in the front gate.

"Good morning, Ushio. Ready for school?" she said.

"Yup," Ushio replied enthusiastically then ran to her friends who were playing in the playground. Kyou looked at her running along with her back facing Tomoya. There was an awkward silence between the two as they continued standing there defying each other's presence.

"Kyou…. About our tal-"

"Mr. Okazaki, you should be leaving now or you'll be late for your work," she said facing him.

Tomoya was surprised at the way she addressed him. "What…. did you just…. called me?"

"Mr. Okazaki, you should really have to get a move on or you'll be late."

"Kyou-"

"And please call me by my family name."

"Kyou, stop with this foolish-"

"Please…. You know best of all that our relationship will stay nothing more than friends. We've grown each other apart already. You already have your own family and life and I already have mine. Let's…. stay as friends," she said her voice cracking. She then raises her hand to him asking for a handshake reply.

Tomoya looked at her hand still not liking how the situation progressed. Turning his back on her, he said, "I…. don't like this. I don't like this at all." He slowly then walked away from her. Their distance growing at each step he makes.

Tomoya decided to skip his work and went straight directly to his apartment. He lied down on the floor thinking about his earlier conversation with Kyou. "Why are you doing this, Kyou?" he thought looking at the ceiling. "I feel like you're getting farther and farther away from me. I don't want…. to lose you." Time passes on and Tomoya fell on a silent slumber.

"Tomoya….. Tomoya….! Get up already. You'll be late for work," a girl said shaking him off from his sleep.

"Mmmm….," he mumbled. Slowly opening his eyes, there sat in front of him a girl with hazel brown hair. "Nagisa?" he stammered.

"Yes, dear. Get up now or you'll be late for work. We also have to accompany Ushio to her school," she said leaving him walking towards the kitchen.

"Papa. Get up now. I'll be late if you don't," Ushio called out in the dining table.

Tomoya stood up and walked towards the dining table. He spotted his wife and daughter nonchalantly laughing and smiling as they kept on eating their breakfast. Tomoya felt a warm feeling in his chest as he looks on the two, the warmness of a family. Tomoya was smiling at the two leaning his head in the doorway of the master's bedroom. His smile soon faded as he felt a nostalgic feeling on the way the two laughed and smiled. The laughs and smiles he once admired from a dear friend to which he tried cherishing and protecting from disappearing. He tried remembering the image of such person but he just couldn't achieve a perfect grasp of the person's image.

The trio was now walking towards Ushio's school after finishing eating their breakfast. As they were walking, Tomoya couldn't help it to wonder who the person was. He continued trying to remember the person's face but all in vain.

"Bye bye, Papa, Mama. See you later," Ushio called out running inside the school upon arriving.

"Bye, Ushio. Take care," Nagisa called back. "I'm going now to the supermarket. You better move on or you'll be late for work," she said facing Tomoya. "Go home early, okay?" she added walking away.

Tomoya looked on until Nagisa's figure was out of sight. "Something's not right here," he exclaimed silently. Trying to forget about it, Tomoya slowly walked towards his work.

"I'm glad you're happy, Tomoya," a voice called out behind him.

Turning around, Tomoya sees a girl with purple long hair looking at him but without a face except for her mouth.

"I'm really glad of how things have turned out. You must cherish this life of yours and protect it. I'm really glad for you," she continued, her voice crackling and tears flowing down from her face. She slowly then drifts farther and farther away from him.

"Wait….. Don't go!" Tomoya cried, his hand trying to reach her. As much as he tried, he seemed to be immobile at the spot as he watched the girl mover farther and farther away. Before she disappeared, the girl was able to mutter three words of which he didn't hear but understood what it meant.

"Wait!" Tomoya shouted in his place as woke up from his dream. "A dream?" he exclaimed as his sweats falls from his face. Standing up, he made his way to the bathroom and washed his sweats off. "Was that girl…. Kyou?" he asked himself. He felt a sudden throb in his chest as he remembered the tears that fell from the girl's face. Shrugging the idea off, he went to the living room and glanced at the grandfather's clock standing in the far corner. "I guess I better move on. Ushio's class ends in half an hour from now." Quickly getting hold of his jacket, he made his way out of the house to the streets towards Ushio's school.

He was halfway towards the school when he passed by the neighborhood's park. In it he saw a couple kissing, the woman's arms wrap around the man's neck and the man's arms at her waist. "Talk about privacy," Tomoya thought to himself. He was about to pass the entrance to the park but was stopped when he heard the girl said, "I love you, Shinji." "I love you too, Mitsuki," the man replied. Tomoya quickly turned back to look at the couple in the park and was shocked to see that the man was Shinji, Kyou's boyfriend. The two were now embracing each other romantically.

Anger was fueling up inside Tomoya. Clenching his fist and gritting his teeth, he dashed off towards the two punching the guy in the face. "You bastard," Tomoya shouted at Shinji, sitting in the ground after his punch. "What the hell are you doing?" he continued glaring at him. "Why don't you mind you business, Okazaki," Shinji retorted back to him punching him back. The two were now in a frenzy of punches until innocent bystanders broke the two apart.

Full of scratched and bruises, Tomoya yanked his arms off from the man holding him. He glared back at Shinji before walking away from the scene towards Ushio's school. His face and arms were aching, his faces winces from time to time to the pain in his stomach, His lower lip cut, as blood slowly gushes out from it.

"Papa. You're hurt," Ushio cried out upon seeing her father. Her eyes starting to tear up.

"Mr. Okazaki! What happened? You're terribly hurt. Come on now, let's get you to the clinic to have you patched up," Kyou said in concerned as he leads him to the school's clinic. "Ushio, you go wait in the classroom as I fix your father."

"O-Okay," Ushio replied unenthusiastic of the idea.

In the clinic, Tomoya was sitting in the bed as Kyou pulled one of the chair and sits on it directly opposite to him. "What the hell happened?" Kyou asked him as she disinfects the wound. Tomoya slightly winces from the pain but stayed silent.

It took Kyou ten minutes to finished fixing Tomoya up. As she was about to place the band-aid on the wound in his cheek, he suddenly blurted out, "Break up with him."

Kyou was startled at what he said. After placing the band-aid on his cheek, she turned her attention in arranging all the stuff back in the first-aid kit. Trying to feign innocence of what he said, she said back, "What…. are you talking about?"

"I fought with Shinji today."

Kyou was now standing in front of a cabinet as she places the medicine kit back. Not wanting to face him, she asked, "What does it got to do to you ordering me to break up with him?" She was now glaring at him. Coldness written on her eyes.

"He was cheating on you. He was embracing another girl in the park."

"I…. don't believe you."

"He said he loves he-"

"Shut up!" Kyou shouted, both her hands covering her ears, eyes closed.

"Kyou, listen to m-," Tomoya said cut-off, standing beside the bed.

"Shut up!" she shouted back. Tears were now falling from her eyes. "Why…. are you…. doing this?" she cried.

"I…. just don't want to see you get hurt."

"What do you even know about him? You barely know him at all. He has supported me throughout the hells of my life. He was there for me when I needed you most. He…. saved me." Kyou stormed out of the room soon after leaving Tomoya, eyes looking below, defeated and unable to chase after her.