Hey readers! I'm so sorry for making you guys wait almost a year for chapter 2. So here we go. Before I begin, I want to thank Anonymous, WALRUSvsUSA, mrsrexx, darkstar321, and Puck and Ryo for reviewing!

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Ryouko's P.O.V.

"Ryoushi!" I scream as I hear a loud thump on the floor. I practically pounce off the couch and I hit the coffee table with my shin. "Ow!" I whisper yell as I bring my leg up and rub it.

It seemed that as soon as it appeared, the coffee table had disappeared. At first, I didn't think much of it, but then, after having several seconds to think over what had just happened, I started to get really freaked out and sidetracked.

After about five minute of searching for this table, I finally decided to go back to what I was initially doing; looking for Ryoushi. I crawl over to the hunter and crawl on top of him. I put my hands on his shoulders and gently shake them. Small tears, unexpectedly, rised in my eyes when he doesn't stir.

"Ryoushi, please don't leave. You can't leave me now. Please," I plead, trembling. "You can't leave me yet. No, not yet. I still have to tell you... something." A single tear hits his face, or what I presume to be his face. My choked sobs fill the quiet room. Thunder rolls outside. A whisper answers me. "I won't leave you. I promise."

I'm shocked as it is Ryoushi. A heavy blush fills my cheeks as I realize my position. My hands are pinning down his wrists down and I am almost sitting on his stomach. "S-Sorry," I apologize, slipping off of him and to the side awkwardly.

"Why are you apologizing?" he asks, rubbing his head. For some reason, something about him seems...off. (Maybe it's since the lights are off, I can't stare at him?) But I can't put my finger on what it could possibly be.

During the next few moments, it is kinda awkward. We listen to the thunder and rain pelting on the roof of the Otogi Bank. I'm trying to look away from the outline of his face while fighting my blush down. My heart thunders in my chest, and I'm beginning to believe that he can hear it.

I'm so nervous right now. Why am I nervous? It's just Ryoushi and I. In a room. By ourselves. With the lights off. There's nothing to be nervous about. I think about the dream I had not to long ago. The one where he kissed me.

Is it because I 'don't not like him' that I'm nervous? Now I see what he feels like, being completely ignored - feelings aren't even considered. I really don't think that he'll ignore me, but I really don't think that I should (or could for that matter) be in a relationship, even one as simple as a crush, after Shiro.

He broke my heart in more ways than one. And after he did that, I told my friends and no one believed me. They just thought that I was lying, spreading bad rumors about the guy that just dumped me. After that, no one believed me, no one talked to me (other than Ringo); just about me, and I was pretty much the girl that cried wolf. I was virtually alone.

Now I have the Otogi Bank to call home, at least a home away from home. And now I have people who idolize me (not like Momoko with her "dumpling" followers). For some reason my head started to hurt and my nose became stuffy and I have no clue why.

Suddenly a voice snaps me out of my trance, it's Ryoushi. He says," Ryouko? Do you want to play truth or dare? You know since the lights are off and we have nothing else to do." "Um... Sure," I answer, my head now pounding from the random headache. I wince at the sudden pain as he asks," Truth or dare?" Through clenched teeth, I respond painfully. "Truth."

"Do you like me?" he asks. My cheeks flare tot he degree where I believe that my cheeks look like Ringo's hair. I look somewhat in his direction. I finally figured out what was off with him. The real shy, sweet, kind (maybe cute) Ryoushi would never that up front about asking me that. Ever. Maybe ti was just since the lights were off and he couldn't see me.

"I um... I-I," I start. I schooch closer and I grab his hands, after looking for hem for several seconds, before yelling," You idiot! I love you!" Lightning strikes somewhere outside the window, illuminating the room. I could see that he was blushing (nothing new there) and was slightly shocked as was I.

As the light flashed away, somewhere farther away, the ceiling started to crumble above us. We were sitting in silence and I was still holding his hands when I first heard the creaks. Suddenly, the ceiling started to fall down in chunks, large and small, hitting everywhere, but where I was. Yes, it had just hit the boy I had confessed to, I sat still holding on to his hands.

A sudden wet feeling brushed across my forehead. It helped the pain in my head go away for a bit, but not the pain in my heart. I had closed my eyes, my tears mixing with the rain falling from where the Bank was above us. The cool feeling on my forehead left for a second and my eyes flitted open.

Turns out I wasn't actually at the Bank or in it. My eyes wander above me and I see Ringo's bunk so I'm still in mine and Ringo's room. I feel something tap my right hand. I slowly turn my head to see a worried and blushing Ryoushi. He let out a small smile and gave me the cutest, most endearing look - well from him - which made my cheeks hot.

The cool feeling returns to my forehead. The mystery item was a cool, wet washcloth. I felt new tears, not dream tears, well up in my eyes. I wiped them with my left hand, my right hand he was softly holding. The worried look came again as he asked," Ryouko-san, what's wrong? Does anything hurt?"

I smiled, leaving my hand over my eyes for a few moments. He cared too much about me. "Nothing's wrong Ryoushi. I promise."

He went back to doing whatever he was and he would occasionally glance at me. Ryoushi must've forgot he was holding onto my hand. Now I'm trying to figure out why I'm still home and why Ryoushi is taking care of me. Obviously, I'm since and he is taking care of me, but where is Ringo. She took care of me last time I was sick which resulted in our friendship.

I kept thinking how she wants so dearly to set Ryoushi and I up. That's when it hit me. Little Red Riding Hood set up the Wolf and the Hunter.

Narrator

"That's so sweet! Ryouko-san had a dream with me in it! What will come of our sick Wolf? Well all well that ends well...right? Continued next time!"

Next time: He seemed a bit hesitant, like I would bite him or something. If I felt a bit better, I might've.

Once again, I am very sorry for the extended waiting period. You might have to wait again for the next chapter, but I found this notebook I wrote the second and part of the third chapter and I really liked the way they were written.

So see you guys next time and I'll be working on it when I'm on vacation (not school vacation, I'm just going since it's opening fishing day and then staying the weekend). Keep reading and reviewing! Love you guys! ~A