Disclaimer: I don't own Clannad.

Another update. Please do forgive me for any grammatical errors you might find in this chapter or in my story overall. I am still a novice writer at that adding to it that this is also my first story. I really don't know but I somehow kinda lost my writing skills a bit, no, I guess maybe a lot. Please, do really forgive me about this.

Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months since Tomoya had a decent conversation with Kyou after their heated confrontation. Every time Tomoya talked to her, she quickly shunned him away, her eyes avoiding the slightest contact with him.

It was already the start of summer break and Tomoya along with Ushio, Akio, and Sanae were at the beach spending their time together. It was a nice and warm day as the sun scorches high above in the clear blue sky. The sea was blue as the sky reflects its calmness with it. The beach was crowded with people frolicking about in every direction. Some were relaxing in the sand while lying down and some were cuddling themselves in the water as they let the waves follow its rhythmic pattern crashing on them and at the shore.

They settled themselves near a restaurant with Akio placing the umbrella in place and Tomoya with the blanket. Sanae was preparing the sun blocks and snacks with Ushio helping her along. After settling themselves, Ushio quickly grabbed hold of her father's hand and guided him towards the sea. They were splashing water at each other upon arriving. They were having a lot of fun with Tomoya teaching his daughter how to swim and playing beach volleyball with her.

"Tomoya, Ushio, come now. It's time we take our lunch," Sanae called out at the two as they were playing in the sand making sand castles.

"We're coming," Tomoya called back. "Ushio, let's go now. Your grandma and grandpa are waiting for us," he added looking at Ushio reaching out his hand for her.

"Okay," Ushio said accepting her father's hand.

They were now inside the restaurant and settled in a six-chair table. The restaurant was busy as ever as tables are hard to find already and the waiters and waitresses seems almost running from table to table to get their customers' orders. As they were about to place an order to the waitress, Ushio suddenly blurted out pointing at the entrance, "Teacher Kyou."

All of the group's eyes were now fix at the entrance of the restaurant. There stood Kyou wearing a hoodie along with a guy wearing his trunks to which Tomoya recognized immediately as Shinji. Ushio jumped off of her seat and ran towards Kyou dragging her along back towards their table, Shinji following the two.

"Teacher Kyou, why don't you sit with us?" Ushio requested happily.

"Yes. That's a terrific idea. Come and eat lunch with us. Your companion is also invited. It seems like it's already hard to find a table now," Sanae concurred. "Ummm…., may I know who you are?" she asked looking at Kyou's companion.

"I'm Shinji, Kyou's… boyfriend," Shinji introduced.

"Oh, I see. Well, come now and take a seat," Sanae continued.

"But, we really don't want to cause you any trouble," Kyou protested.

"Nonsense. Your no trouble at all," Akio rebutted.

"Please, Teacher Kyou," Ushio pleaded.

"Well, I guess. Do please excuse us," Kyou finally said in defeat. She sat herself beside Ushio and right across Tomoya while Shinji sat himself beside Kyou.

The group was now eating their lunch with Sanae, Akio, Shinji, and Ushio maintaining most of the flow of their conversation while they ate. There was an awkward atmosphere between Tomoya and Kyou. They sat there silent listening to the other's conversation. Tomoya on the other hand keeps having these frequent glances at Kyou to which Sanae and Akio notices.

"What's wrong, Kyou? Are you sick?" Shinji asked upon realizing Kyou's silence. Tomoya glared at him upon seeing him touch Kyou on the shoulder.

"Huh? I'm fine. Nothing's wrong," she replied.

"How about you, Tomoya? You seemed awfully quiet," Sanae asked in concerned.

"I'm fine. Just having a lot to think about," Tomoya said back.

"And just what are you thinking about, boy? Akio shot back knowing the reason along with Sanae.

"Just some stuffs. Nothing important though," he said. Kyou made a small glance at him of his answer.

"I see," Sanae said. "Oh, by the way Kyou, where are you off to after here?" she inquired.

"We're planning to go to the recently opened amusement park near here. There's something… I wanna do there."

"An amusement park? Papa, papa, can we go there too? Please!" Ushio said ecstatically pulling his father's arm with her excitement upon hearing of the place.

"Ummm….. I don't know."

"Why not, Tomoya?" Sanae said. I really don't see any reason why not. Why don't we also go there? It seems fun. Right, dear?"

"Yosh. Sure. Let's also go. Ushio seems very excited over the idea."

"Yay!" Ushio cried knowing their next destination.

"Well then. I guess we'll be going ahead." Shinji said standing up looking at his wristwatch. "We're kinda on a schedule here. If you don't mind?"

"Oh, please don't mind us. You two go on ahead. We'll soon follow." Sanae gestured.

"Please excuse us," Kyou answered politely. The two were now walking towards the door with a somewhat awkward feeling. When the two were finally outside the restaurant, Akio suddenly blurted out, "Something's wrong. Especially with that guy, Shinji." Sanae nodded at the comment.

'What do you mean?" Tomoya asked.

"It's just a small matter, I think. Don't worry about it."

Soon after they finished eating, the group was now in their car heading towards the amusement park. The place was full of people with some families spending their time walking around going from one place to another, their children running a loose, couples holding hands as they walked, and the diverse sounds from the rides and people engulf the place as if trying to compete with each other. Excitement could be easily read in Ushio's face as her smile goes along from one ear to the other and her eyes wide open as if bulging out from its sockets.

The quartet went on going to different places ranging from the house of mirrors, haunted houses, spinning cups, merry-go-round, etc. It was already mid-afternoon when the group took a break sitting on a bench right next to a crepe stand and a vending machine. Ushio was happily munching on the crepe her father bought while he, Sanae, and Akio settled for some light drinks bought from the vending machine. Around that time, Tomoya noticed that couples are walking towards the same direction hinting eagerness in their faces.

"This must be the reason why Kyou wanted to go here with Shinji," Sanae assumed also noticing the large number of couples.

"Huh? What? What's in here anyway? It's just an amusement park, a place for fun. I really don't see any romantic stops in here," Tomoya said.

"Well, it doesn't really surprise me that you don't know. There's one place here rumored to be a haven to couples. Rumor has it that couples who ride the Ferris Wheel together around four o'clock will be blessed with undying love. It was also reported in the news a couple of days ago citing that numerous couples have already witnessed the power of such. I bet that right now, Kyou and that guy are there waiting in line for the ride," Akio answered to Tomoya. Upon hearing about the rumor, Tomoya didn't like it one bit.

"I wonder if they already rode it," he thought sadly looking at the direction where the couples are walking.

"Ferris Wheel? I wanna ride that. I wanna. I wanna. Can we, Papa? Please!" Ushio pleaded looking at her father.

"Well, let's go then. I heard that the view from above is a must see," Sanae recommended to which Akio nodded.

They were now walking towards their destination only to find themselves waiting in line as the rest of the couples. They stood there for almost 20 minutes and only around a dozen couples left in front of them.

"This is taking so long," Ushio said dismayed at how slow they were moving forward.

"You're right. We were at a faster pace before. I wonder what happened." Sanae added looking dismayed, holding Ushio's hand at her right.

Looking at what's happening in front of them, they soon saw a woman with purple long hair at front, right next to the entrance for the ride, not willing to take a step more. Other couples were already complaining of this woman's attitude that they started yelling at her telling her to move aside. Tomoya could not believe his eyes as he sees Kyou standing there alone, weakened, and quivering from time to time from other couples verbal attacks.

"Move aside will ya," one man shouted at her. "He left you already. He's not coming back. And he should be given that attitude of yours."

"Yeah. Move aside already. You're not the only one waiting here. A lot of us are as well," one woman added.

Tomoya couldn't stand the attacks being aimed at Kyou. Adding to it, Kyou's reluctance from fighting back knowing her attitude from high school. Losing control of his emotions, he quickly darted off from his spot towards the front, grabbing Kyou with him, shutting close the door to the ride. Kyou was shocked to see Tomoya with her in the ride. Seeing him, Kyou diverted her glance towards the side, her hair covering her face. There was a tense mood between the two as it engulfs them to a stalemate situation. "Ummmm….. Kyou," Tomoya started to break the stillness between them. Kyou stayed silent and unresponsive to his voice.

They were already reaching the apex of the ride when Kyou suddenly blurted out, "Why are you here? Why….. is it you? It shouldn't have been you. You should have just left me alone back there." Kyou, still not looking at him as she talked, her face still covered by her hair that you are not able to tell any meaning to it but Tomoya knew what expression she is making given the constant whimpers he hears. He felt pain slicing through his chest at Kyou's words, the pain growing with every second that passes by.

Tomoya finding the words to say, was confused, disorganize, and at a loss. They were already reaching the end of their ride when Kyou reaches out her hand, on her palm the necklace he given her.

"What….. are you…..," Tomoya said baffled in disbelief at Kyou, his eyes wide in shock but sadness is what can be read of it. "I… won't take it."

"Tomoya…, please."

"Just cut the shit, Kyou," Tomoya roared in anger, standing, facing her.

"I am cutting the shit. This here is shit. Our situation is shit," Kyou cried back.

Upon reaching the ground, Kyou quickly took hold of Tomoya's hand, placing the necklace at it and darted off from the ride leaving him there standing alone looking at her back.

"Papa, where have you been?" Ushio inquired upon seeing Tomoya walking towards his family.

"Just someplace. Sorry, I wasn't able to go on the ride with you."

"Hmm… how about riding it with me now, Papa."

"Maybe next time, Ushio dear. Look at the sky, it already dark. Seems like a huge downpour is coming. We better hurry home," Sanae advised at Ushio, kneeling down at her, pointing at the sky.

"….. Okay."

The quartet was finding their way towards their car in the parking lots. A lot of the people are also there hinting that they also knew of the incoming downpour. Akio, Sanae, and Ushio has sited themselves in the car but Tomoya was still standing outside, looking at a far corner of a man with a woman as he welcomed her inside his car. The two passed by their car was greeted with anger from Tomoya as he sees Shinji driving off with another woman. Gritting his teeth and palm, he suddenly remembered Kyou still inside the amusement park waiting for Shinji. "You go on ahead. There's something I must do," he said quickly and darted off towards the park.

"Papa, wait for me," Ushio called out to be stopped by Sanae.

"Ushio, just let your father be. This is for the best," she said reassuring her of her father's weird change of character. With that, the car drove off towards their house.

Running around, Tomoya was having a hard time finding Kyou. He checked every waiting stand, checked some rides, asked some people around but to no avail. It began raining but Tomoya didn't mind the coldness of the rain as it falls down on him. The coldness seemed nothing as the rain continued to worsen, his clothes starting to cling on his skin. Frantically searching, moving his head from side to side, he came to a stop near a bench, a woman standing there not minding the rain at all. He started walking towards her, the splashing of the water below his shoes, the sound of rain hitting the ground, the chirping of the birds flying away to seek shelter, the sound of people running about towards shelter, but the melancholic echoes from the rain overpowered them all.

"Don't come. Don't come….. please," her voice sounding small due to the rain. Tomoya stopped upon her words.

"Why….. did you come here? Didn't I tell you to leave me alone," she said soberly enclosing herself with her arms. "I'm really horrible, aren't I? Telling you to leave when I really want you here with me. It was my fault you know. I was the first one unfaithful to him. I told him I like him but I was only using him to forget about you. He broke up with me. I'm really am despicable. Was loving him back that hard? Now,…. I'm regretting it." Her voice crackled as she said the last few sentences slowly facing Tomoya. Raindrops covered her face as each drop made its way towards her chin. Tears can be seen distinctively from her face regardless of the rain.

"Kyou!" Tomoya said as he couldn't turn back on his feelings anymore. He quickly hugged her, her face on his chest.

"W…..hy? Do you know what you are doing? I've already decided on forgetting about you. Don't make it hard for me. I'm very selfish. I should have pushed you away. I should have not known how warm this is. I'm an idiot, you see. So please don't be so kind to me. I'll misunderstand. You already have your life, Tomoya. And I'm not in it. Let's not make things worse as it is." Tomoya still didn't bulge from his position. "I was planning on confessing to you, you know. I wanted to tell you how I feel during our school's festival. I still also wanted to tell you those feelings even though you and Nagisa were dating but seeing how you happy you two were with each other, I couldn't bear of breaking that apart. I couldn't bear to be the cause of rift between our friendship. I sacrifice my love just to be with you. I thought this was the best solution of them all. But, I still couldn't erase this feeling for you. That's why, you don't need to concern yourself with me. This is the best way to correct all of my mistakes."

"Kyou, about…. you, I….."

"Tomoya, I'm Fujibayashi Kyou, I can never be Nagisa."

Releasing his grip on her, Kyou faced Tomoya and said, "Bye bye." She slowly walked past him leaving him behind defeated, eyes on the ground, with the rain as his only companion.

Author's Note: One or more two chapters left. Next update might take a little longer. Maybe around October at the earliest. Too many things to work out here.