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AT THAT MOMENT, you felt your eyes getting watery along with your heart that was hurting on your chest. Your hand slowly climbed its way on your teary orbs, you wiped the bits of droplets away.

Normally you would not care if something like this happens to you, you would just let it easily go and move on. But this time was different, so different that you realized how much you messed up.

After sniffling a few more times, you faintly heard someone call your name and it appeared that it was a panicking Kato. He was wearing a worried expression on his face as he ran towards you.

"What happened, (Y/n)? Why are you cryin-" his words cuts when you pulled him towards you for a hug. You felt him flinch but he didn't hesitate to hug back. He started patting your back.

His jacket was getting messy because of your tears but he didn't seemed to mind it, how caring. "I-I don't know why am I crying, I'm such a fool.." you stuttered a bit and trembled on your toes.

Then Kato gently broke the hug and leaned towards you with a warm smile, "Lets go back to the hotel. We'll talk about this tomorrow, okay? Its already midnight."

You uttered a small nod to him before you both linked arms to each other and started walking on the tranquil streets. You can't help but ask him, "Where's the others?"

He pauses first before simply answering, "They already went home and volunteered to pay dinner."

"They paid the bills??"

"I didn't force them, I swear." he raises his other hand up to prove his innocence.

A faint smile twitched your lips as you look at him, "Don't worry, I believe you idiot."

After a couple more minutes of walking, you were now in your hotel room- all washed up, fresh and clean. You were busy scrolling on your phone while your body is lazily detached on your bed.

You weren't crying now, but in the inside? Yes.

You feel like dying? Still a yes.

Hotel? Trivago.

Kato threw a pillow on your face causing your fingers to slip your phone off accidentally. You angrily tossed back the pillow to the bastard, "Hey! I didn't do anything to you!"

He ignored your statements as he crawled back on his own bed. "Get me some snacks, please." he tediously commanded you. And to your surprise, you just stood up and followed what he told you to do.

You do owe him for always being there for you as his older brother and only sibling. Especially because he showed up when you were just crying at the middle of the street alone. You appreciated what he did.

As you shut the door, you heard a faint "Thanks blockhead!" from the lazy idiot himself. A tiny curve on your lips that touched your eyes showed on your face.

Once you went in the cafeteria of the hotel building, you quickly paid a bunch of snacks and shoved it all into a plastic bag. You head back and continued walking on the familiar hallways.

When you bumped into some male worker, he quickly apologizes at his actions. You shaked your head at him with a smile, telling him that it was no big deal.

Then suddenly you couldn't help but ask him a question. "Can I ask how Kambe-sama is doing? He is one of my closest friends, and I'm pretty sure you know him."

He was perplexed for a mere second, ti'll he looked like he just remembered something as he snaps his fingers. "Ah! Yes, he is that famous millionare. Correct?"

You nodded at him, beaming a wide smile. "Uhm, unfortunately miss.."

You felt a sudden thud on your chest, your body frozed up into one position. His facial expression screamed bad news, and whether you liked it or not- you were about to hear it.

"Kambe-sama actually already left the hotel about two hours ago." he continues and there you have it, your soul being taken out from you again. Your heart was hurting again and you didn't know why.

After blinking a few times, you realized that all of this wasn't just a dream or an illusion. "W-What?.." you stuttered. "Where.. did he go??"

"Hm, if I am not mistaken.. I heard that he went back to Japan for some important reasons."

"Important reasons?! What the completely heck!!"

Your fingers that was holding the plastic bag beside your thighs tightened and your nails was digging in your skin. You felt empty and dull, like the whole world just stopped.

You forced a smile before walking pass by him, "T-Thank you for answering.. sir. I appreciate.. it." your words sounded shaky as you spoke, you tried your best to refrain from crying right on the spot.

"You're gladly welcomed miss. Have a good night."

It was two in the morning already and you still haven't had any sleep or nap yet. You were just secretly crying on your bed with a pillow on your face, the soft fabric of it was wet now thanks to your tears.

You felt staggers around your soul, you've been brimming in guilt, regret and pain. You looked as if you have just did the most sinful action in the entire universe. You have to admit that it did felt quite like that, even when it sounds too dramatic.

"Why did he had to leave? Did I hurted him that bad?" your thoughts went crazy all over in your head, a headache already making its way towards it.

It has got to the point that you have finally perceived that crying miserably won't get you anywhere. So you slowly crawled out from your bed and went to the bathroom to splash water on your face.

After that, you went to your luggage and grabbed one of your hoodies and wore it. You also took some boxes of orange juice from the plastic bag and slid it in your hoodie's pockets.

You were planning to head out from the hotel and get some fresh air outside. You had to clear your messy mind that filled up into so much thoughts, it slandered you by the fact that you were getting headaches nonstop.

As you reached outside the hotel, you walked into a random playground and sat down on one of the swings. You gently swang yourself but stopped immediately since it was just adding too much in your headaches.

You heaved a sigh as you started sipping in the orange juice after opening the packaged straw and daggering it on the hole ontop of the box. "I'm getting sleepy-"

"Who are you?" someone asks with heavy footsteps coming to your direction. You turned your head and saw a familar face from a guy.

You smiled at him as you realized who the person was, and waved your hand at the same time. "Oh, hi Hanji-san. Didn't expect to see you here."

As he came closer to you, his jaw slightly drops and his head tilts to the side in surprise. "(Y/n)-san?" he finally remembers as he stared at you.

Your smile widens as you pat the other swing beside you, "Sit here with me." you told him. And he actually followed you, you thought he wouldn't. He didn't look like the type to simply follow someone's favors.

Then you grabbed your last box of orange juice and gave it to him, he accepts your offer and started sipping on it.

"So, why are you still awake?" you asked him, while you both stared at the sky up high that had a bright crescent, white moon with millions of shining stars all over around it.

He responds, "I couldn't sleep."

"Same."

He played his toes on the rocks and randomly hits some. "I apologize if we didn't join your friendly dinner hangout last night. We had something to do."

You bit your straw. "Yeah, Atasha told us that but not the details of it. Sounds like it was too private and important."

Then he suddenly stops hitting his shoes on the rocks, he glances at you and you returned it once you noticed. You had to admit, this guy has some pretty good looks and probably millions of girls are seducing him too. Just like Daisuke.

With his blonde, soft-looking hair, straight and full eyebrows, pointy, small button nose, moisty and pink smooth lips and crimson eyes. Who wouldn't fall for that? The average angelic face that humans rarely gets.

"You want to know?" he questions, making you realize that you two have been staring at each other for already a minute. You quickly turned your head away with a belwildered look.

"Why would I? I'm sure its not my place to know about it." you said and he only shortly chuckles at you as he went back and continues to playing with rocks with his toes.

He sipped again on his orange juice. "Well, I would tell you if you tell me why you're still awake as well right now." he says and you fidgeted at what you heard.

You made up an excuse, "I just.. threw up at the middle of the night and couldn't.. sleep again. That's why I'm here so early in the morning." you made it sound convincing and true- when its really not.

"I knew it, you're still curious."

"What?.."

"You just told me why you're still awake. So I'm going to tell you what family issue I have right now."

You rolled your eyes at him, you didn't even realized that but you just go with the flow. "Ha ha, you got me." you raised your hands in surrender, showing a bit to your witty and sarcastic side.

He chuckles at you and then releasesa sigh before speaking. "My sister and I went to a funeral for our father."

You instantly widened your eyes and quickly apologized to him. "I'm so sorry.. you shouldn't have told me-"

"Its fine. I'm actually glad I get to open up to someone right now." you could see his expression getting sad and dull. You felt so sorry for him.

He looks at you with a heart-warming smile that touched his eyes. "So thank you, (Y/n)."

Your cheeks immediately went red, he just smiled at you. It felt like your crush was just feeling happy around your presence. "Y-You're.. welcome, Hanji-san."

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(a/n): long chapter ;> just a reward for ya'll appreciating this book < 33

- tokkidino