I am so so sorry. I can't update sooner for you guys, and I know how many people like this. SO anyways, just read on from here! I got to sleep so forgive me for the short replies...

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kiki900400 - I know things haven't happened yet, but I promise you that in the next chapters, there'll be a LOT.

NakatsuMeMi - I try to get her into character and I love her character in the anime; very funny.

Nuit Songeur - Awwh, thanks, and I do that to when I'm trying to catch up with stories that were already started before I read it. It is, right? How Fakir teases Ahiru in a great moment like this!

shortybubbles27 - Hope you like the update! Classified information, though, I can't tell you anything except that there'll be a LOT of instigating in the next chapters!

Moon Smurf - Hehe, my mother gets mad at me for doing that too! She's like, "I'm going to step on you if you keep doing this..."

xlittlexKarix - What's a story without conflicts? Anyways, you're very right, Fakir can get away with things like that. I think it makes him look even hotter :D.

Fakir's POV

"Are cherry blossoms pink because they are blushing?" Ahiru wondered out loud. She started rambling about how that was color discrimination. "Why can't blushes be…blue or something? Blood is blue until it gets out of your body, right? So why…"

I didn't know why I spent my time with her, why I even liked her of the sort. She was absentminded, always spending her time day-dreaming. She still was the same person I knew before she lost her memory. So way was I so uncomfortable around her?

I wondered why I even tried. Trying has exhausted me and I've found out nothing over the past years. Did she like me back? Why did she still stay with me?

I clenched my fists angrily. She will never love you! She never did and never will. Just give UP!

We stood outside of the house now and I forced the key into the lock, my lip in a tight line.

"Fakir-kun, what's wrong?" She asked me worriedly.

I shot daggers from my eyes. Why is she still staying here with me? Go on with your own life. You don't need me! "Nothing."

I shoved my clenched hands into my pocket and sprinted up the stairs, two steps at a time. Leaning on the door of my room, I pondered on why I acted that way, especially to Ahiru. I drew my hair back and closed my eyes. Maybe I should go apologize. Later. I wasn't ready to face her and have those thoughts creep back into my head. Then I'll get mad and yell at her for no reason again.

Rubbing my temples with my forefingers, my eyes nearly popped out as I saw two companions and an open book in my room.

"What's wrong, Fakir-san? You're usually calm and collected." The raven-haired beauty sat on my wooden desk, her legs crossed. She wore her Princess Kraehe outfit.

"Who are these people in my room? I don't think I know you." I retorted sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes. "Just because we didn't come for the past…weeks…doesn't mean that we don't care about your lonely self. We were making our wedding plans. Isn't that right, Mytho?" She clung possessively to his arm and he nodded. Mytho was always the quiet one, even after he got the shards of his heart back. I guess some things never change.

"Whatever. It's not like you'll be marrying soon. You're not even the proper age!" I shot. I wasn't in the mood for this girl right now.

"Actually, we can do pretty much whatever we want. It's our book." She said lightly.

"Why do you want to get married so quickly? So you can hurry up and do the deed?" I shot at her, straightening my posture.

Her ruby eyes flamed. "You're just jealous because nobody wants you."

"Will you two stop fighting like children for once?" Mytho glared. It was unnatural for me to see him like this, Rue or me was always telling him what to do. Rue didn't seem bothered by his act but I winced.

"Where's Ahiru? She's usually so clingy to you." Rue asked, but didn't glance my way.

I breathed out. "There's a problem with that…"

As soon as I said that, they bombarded me with questions. "What happened?" "What did you do now?" "Is she okay?" "Are you crazy?" "What is going on through your head?"

I growled. "Shut up! Nothing happened to her… Well…she's human again." I scratched the back of my head.

"That's no problem." Mytho stared at me blankly, but unlike Rue, he wasn't freaking out.

She squealed. "Really?! Now I can talk to someone about the wedding and whatnot! Where is she? Oh, I bet she looks so different--"

"But she lost her memory." I hissed through my teeth and I closed my eyes. "It's as shocking to me as to you two. But I couldn't help it. This was Drosselmeyer's doing."

Instead, they answered, "Did you tell her everything? Or did you lie, which I'm sure that you've done."

"Yes…" I confessed. "I couldn't make her go through her life, especially when it was somewhat of a…bad one… I couldn't… I didn't have the guts… I'm such a sucker."

Mytho walked over to me. "Now stop downing on yourself. I'm sure that she would get her memory back and you would both live happily ever after. Go downstairs and introduce us to her." That was the longest I've ever heard Mytho speak in a long time.

My eyes popped out of its sockets. "Are you kidding me? With Rue in that skimpy little outfit she got on right there? Nope."

He sighed heavily. "She'll go change. Now please go downstairs?"

A long time ago, I had to write them out of the book because we couldn't find a way to get them out of there. Now, Rue had figured out how to put the Raven powers that still lived in her dark heart to get put by themselves. Sometimes, it saved me work, but sometimes when they popped out of nowhere, it was just annoying.

Ahiru sat on the couch, her face between her knees, rocking back and forth. I forgot to cook her something to eat…

"Ahiru, I'm so sorry. I forgot." She looked up and glared. But her eyes softened.

"What did I do wrong? Did I say anything bad? I don't want to get people mad like this anymore!" She cried.

A smile tugged at the corners of my mouth. "No… I was just in a bad mood. But, I want you to meet some friends of mine. They…live here time to time."

Suddenly, Rue stormed before me and hugged Ahiru. Mytho padded slowly down the stairs. I looked at him with alarmed eyes that read, What is she DOING? Stop her!

"Rue. Stop." Obeying, she pulled Ahiru from her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

Ahiru's eyes widened and widened until they were big as plates. "You're…you're…" And then she fainted in Rue's arms.

"Ahiru!"

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