"Good thing my place was nearby." says Takabayashi as he hands me a water bottle. He had brought me to his apartment, "Aren't you suffering from anemia? You have to make sure you eat lunch... Do you want me to call the school about this?"

"You don't have to do that... It's not like anyone would care at any rate..." I say as I take the water bottle from him.

"That's not true."

"Yes it is." I say before taking a sip. I then place the water bottle down and hug my knees while I sit on his bed as I start to talk about my past, "I was bullied in Junior-High... Instead of clawing me out or hurting me physically, my stuff would either get stolen or thrown away without me knowing who did them, and I'd get ignored after."

"It's like I was a ghost who wasn't really there. Since no one knew me going into high school, I thought it'd work out this time, but I had read by myself for three years back in junior high, so even after starting high school, I didn't know how to make friends." I sighed, but continued, "When I was alone, guys would mostly call out to me, along with some girls. I knew that they only thought of me as a popular accessory, or because of my dad's job position, but I was okay with it as long as I wasn't alone."

I clench my fists and the tears start to pour down, "Even though I thought things were working out like that, because of you, I'm alone again." the tears then start to trail down, but I continue to talk even though I am sobbing along the way, "Even though I thought you were like how I used to be, you stole where I fit in, so don't you say you don't need it as if it's nothing!"

I then feel Takabayashi place his fingers on top of mine, and as I took away my other hand to peek at him, with tears still in my eyes, to my shock, he suddenly kissed me!

"What was that for?" I ask, trying to hide my lips with my hand.

Takabayashi raises a hand and wipes one of the tears threatening to fall from my eye and stares at me seriously as he asks, "Hanazawa... Are you lonely?"

He then kisses me again, passionately this time, but I start to cry even more from his words, "Yes... I'm very lonely..." he then comes in to kiss me again, this time, aggressively, like he's dominating my very being.

After the kiss, he then takes me into his warm embrace and I cry my eyes out on his chest, "I don't want to be alone anymore..." I whine out as I tighten the grip on his shirt.

Takabayashi then soothes me by rubbing my back to calm me down and he asks me, "What do you want me to do Hanazawa?"

The question startles me, and I try to give it thought, but the words just come out without me even thinking, it's like my heart is crying out what I really want, "I want you to stay with me..."

He then reels me in for another passionate kiss where all our emotions are mixed into one and it feels like I'm melting inside, but my tears are still trickling out. "Hanazawa, don't cry..." Takabayashi says as we break away from the kiss.

"I-I'm sorry... They just fall on their own..." I mumble and he gives me light peck and asks, "What else do you want me to do?"

I couldn't think of anything else that I wanted him to do. He just made me feel so loved right now that I didn't want things to go bad. The first thing that came into mind though was, "Takabayashi-kun... I... I want you to call out my name..."

He widened his eyes in shock but then smiled at my simple request, "Yuiko." It made me blush, but I somehow loved hearing him call out my name. "Yuiko... I'm sorry..." he apologizes as he swoops in to give me one last deep kiss.

"It's alright..." I answer bashfully.

"I just want to make you mine no matter what... Even if... Even if that means taking advantage of your weaknesses..."

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After all that intensity, Takabayashi excuses himself to go get some snacks for me to eat in his kitchen. He was worried about me in case I would pass out, throw up, or something...

But, as I wait for him, I sit up on his bed and grab a pillow to hug. I can't believe we ended up kissing so much. And he was totally kissing me erotically too!

What were we even thinking?

"Yuiko"

That was the first time that someone has called me by that name in a long time.

"Yuiko, are you hungry?" Takabayashi asks as he enters the bedroom.

I then blush intensely, "D-Don't call me by that name!"

"You're the one who told me to say it." he says as he places the tray he was carrying on the table and motions to grab the apple and a knife.

"You have a point... But..." I mutter to myself.

"Anyways, I can lend you my clothes if you wanna stay for the night. You live alone right?"

"Well, not always, but dad's mostly busy... So, I guess so..."

"Okay then..." he agrees and starts to peel the apple.

"Also! I'm fine with staying over as long as you sleep on the floor." I pout.

"All right..." Takabayashi then chuckles, making me face him in confusion, "I can't believe we get to go to school together tomorrow though. It's like I'm dreaming or something~!"

I then blush of embarrassment at his words, "Don't say embarrassing stuff like you're dreaming, dummy."

"Well, it's just, you've always been surrounded by people, so we've never had the chance to actually talk casually like this before..."

And for some weird reason, it feels like Takabayashi's bright aura disappeared into something sinister, "And that's why I've always thought..." he starts as he forcibly slices the apple in half, "That they were in the way."

Takabayashi then raises the knife and slides his finger tips on it while portraying a gentle yet scary smile on his lips, "I told all those people that you needed some time to be alone..."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, "What?"

"Did you think they all shifted their interest from you to me?" he chopped the half of the apple into another half, "They all asked me a lot about you, but I lied and told them that they were making too much of a fuss over you. I even threw away all the presents they gave to me to pass on to you. I'm sorry about tricking you..."

Takabayashi was creeping me out a bit on how he looked like while holding a knife. It kinda sent shivers down my spine.

He smiled while staring at the knife while he voiced out, "But this means we're going to have a happy ending, right? Haven't you developed feelings for me too?"

I then raise my hands at him because I felt really uncomfortable seeing him hold a knife while smiling, "Whoah! Wait a second! I have no idea what you are saying! Put the knife down please!" I say anxiously and thank God he listens.

"What I'm saying is that you're as popular as ever, so don't worry!"

"B-But... Someone threw my shoes away! So I'm sure there's someone who hates me!"

Takabayashi then grabs a hold of his bag and shuffles for something inside it, "Oh, that was me..." he says as he shows me my shoes. "You shunned out everyone else today, and I thought that you might rely on me if you were troubled, so I stole them..."

With a gentle smiling face, Takabayashi hugs my shoes to his chest and continues, "But the truth is, I just wanted something of yours... But I never would've thought about you coming to my place. And I never thought that I would've gotten the chance to make out with you like that. I'm so happy~!"

I felt really uneasy right now, "Ta-Takabayashi-kun... What are you saying?"

Suddenly, I hear papers fluttering down, as the window was open and the wind blew them off the desk. "Is it true that you were bullied in junior high? Wasn't it just that you were so cute that all everyone could do was watch you from afar?" interrupts Takabayashi-kun.

Huh? What are these?

As I then notice what the papers actually were, I couldn't believe my eyes that they were actually pictures of me!

"I wanted your gym uniform too, Yuiko..." he says as he grabs a photograph of me and places it on his lips as his gaze pierces through my soul.

"I know, Yuiko!" he suddenly shouts as he pounces on top of me, "Start bringing your stuff over to my place bit by bit.

Good Lord...

"You're prone to being lonely... So from now on, I'll always be with you and I'll do anything for you~!"

Is this guy possibly...

"Even if you come to hate me, Yuiko..." he smiles.

Not normal?

Takabayashi then slowly pulls me into his hug and whispers in my ear, "So don't worry... I'm here for you..."

What should I do? I got mixed up with a dangerous guy like him...

"There's no need for you to cry about Oshiro or others leaving you..."

I'm sure that I won't be able to get away from him here on out...

"I'll give you lots of love..."

I tense up as Takabayashi lets me go to stare into my eyes as he utters the next few words with a gentle yet terrifying smile on his pretty face.

"Even in death... We shall not part..."