A/N: Thank you for all my readers!

KOUSEI POV:

What happened is done.

I hate living as William Arima.

If I can only turn back time, I would want to stay as Kousei but now, hearing that name angers me a lot. My mom chose to be a South Korean citizen rather than return back as my mother.

Akihito-ojiisan told me that she'll return back in the right time but when? It has been months that I have become Arima Music Company's CEO and I have worked so much that I exhausted myself. My mom never did visit me.

I hate myself for accepting to leave my old life when I was only sixteen years old. I also wished that I never knew that my mother survived her cancer.

"William! President William!" called out someone I know. Surely, that's a woman's voice. A smile came over my lips. My lady is here. I opened my eyes.

"Juliet!" I called out from my seat in my office and stood up. I organized my blue coat and tie.

"Will you stop calling me that?" Kaori told me.

I smiled at her. I just can't stop saying that to her anyway since it became a habit of mine since I had called her Juliet for five years.

Most of all, she's my Juliet and I am his William, her resolute protector.

"I'm happy you're doing well as this company's CEO," she told me.

Suddenly, Watari Ryota went inside my office and bowed at me. "Sir. Ah... I know since we're friends, you don't want me calling you that but still, I have a favor to ask of you."

Kaori just stood in front of him. "I'm inside his office. Didn't I tell you that I want a private talk with him?"

"Kaori, this is important," he told her.

Then, he faced me, "Let Tsubaki learn the truth! Let her know you're alive!" Tears engulfed Watari.

I felt uncomfortable and I was angered by what he said. "Tsubaki can't know the truth! She must see me as a different person as I am a different man from the boy I was before!"

He was shocked by what I said but I know that it was just the right thing to do right now but suddenly, Kaori screamed at me, "She must know. If she learns the truth from another person, how would she feel? ARIMA KOUSEI!"

"You're my girlfriend, Kaori! It would only complicate matters if she learns that both of us are alive," I told her.

"You want her to keep living at the past and grieving our supposed deaths?" she asked me.

I was taken aback by what she told me. I know that I can't make her cry over it but still what is the right choice? No. I must be honest with my current feelings.

The truth is, I'm not ready to face her yet.

"Leave Watari. I'll call you back later,I'll think about it," I told him.

Watari sighed, "You should have been more honest with me. You're scared to meet her."

"Yes, since I know that she's in love with me. I can't love her the same way as she looks at me. I have Kaori who is my Juliet and will always be," I sat back in my seat and breathed deeply.

"Daijobu desu ka?" Kaori asked me.

I smiled. "Daijobu desu, Kaori."

As Watari leaves, I added, "Please understand. You don't need to force me or suggest that I meet with her. Its just that... it is still too soon for me to see her again."

Kaori held my right hand and I felt that she's comforting me.

"I really am fine, Kaori," I assured her.

"Could you play Moonlight Sonata for me?" she asked me.

That is when everything went clear to me. "Kaori, I have a favor to ask."

"What is it?"

"Tomorrow's the day that I'll be having my first concert here in Japan. Could you invite Igawa Emi, Takeshi Aiza and Tsubaki in that concert? They don't need tickets as they are my guests. I know that my family wouldn't agree with me with my decision, most especially, my grandpa. I haven't changed at all. You're right about me. I am still the same Kousei you all knew," I told her.
"I understand William," Kaori told me.

"Thank you for not calling me Kousei, Kaori," I told her.

"The name still hurts you. I know you won't want to be called by your childhood name. I have always wanted to call you in that name again but unlike Watari and your other friends, they won't understand the position you are going through. Last of all, I have offered my whole heart to you," she told me.

I was surprised by her words but her words comforted me a lot. I knew that I am ready now to meet Tsubaki once again.
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Kaori POV:

Just like I was ordered to do by my boyfriend, I talked with Watari about the meeting of Tsubaki and William in his concert the next day that night inside my own office. Just like Watari, I am also a part of Arima Music Company as a secretary.

"In his concert tomorrow? Wouldn't that make Tsubaki Sawabe uncomfortable?" Watari told me.

I feel bad for them, though. I know that Watari and Tsubaki are just middle class citizens of the country and they don't have that much influence unlike the Nakiris and his family, the Arima Clan.

"His personality did not change but his life is. He was forced to be who he is right now for the sake of what his mother wanted him to do for both families. Let me come with you and tell her the truth about me," I offered him but he seemed astounded and shouted to me, "Are rich people truly like this? Don't you think our suffering is enough? Why would you want Tsubaki to mingle with rich people who'll be coming in that concert?!"

He began crying.

I explained further, "He would want Sawabe Tsubaki to hear him play Moonlight Sonata. I asked him to play it for me but it seems I have given him an idea to how he could reveal himself to them. Let her come tomorrow along with Aiza Takeshi and Igawa Emi. Relay my words to them. Tell them that I am alive and well if you don't want me to come with you."

I left him soon after and I wish, Watari understands why I laid it to him.
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Watari POV:

I really don't understand elite people. How could I let Tsubaki mingle with their rich friends? What are they even thinking?

"Watari?" Tsubaki came up to me and ran to hug me. I was shocked by her reaction.

"Gomennasai...," she told me.

"Doushite?" I asked.

"I'm selfish aren't I? I always keep thinking about someone else other than you when it's obvious that Kousei's dead and you love me. It's better to forget and move on now so that you can work comfortably with your new boss," Tsubaki painfully smiled at me. Hearing those words aggravate me. I am deeply aggravated with Kousei and Kaori!

HOW CAN DEAD PEOPLE EXASPERATE US?

I quickly hugged her and told her the truth right away.

Kousei didn't need to tell her everything on his own. I know that our pain is less than his.

His sorrow is more hurtful than ours. Now that he's going through another painful challenge, the old scars needed to be cured fully.

It wasn't fully healed yet.

"Kousei and William... You're right about them. William is Arima Kousei.You were not wrong at all!" she told me.

Tears fell down my eyes. It was time to forget all of the pain that accumulated for so many years.

Tsubaki... You were very close with Kousei and Kaori... Even I don't want you to mingle with rich people, you'll have to go there with me and tell you that William and Kousei are the same person. You were right all along.

Forgive me... Forgive me for not believing you!

"R-Ryota... Don't joke with me! Uso... Kore wa uso desu yo, ne? Anata ga usotski, ne?" she told me.

I can't answer her fully. She thinks I'm lying to her? How could I lie to someone I love?

"Chigau!" I dragged her out of our house and told her there, "If you don't believe me, then I have no choice. You'll have to see it for yourself and hear it from him tomorrow! He has invited us in his concert tomorrow. Will you come?"

She was speechless but she was able to speak after a few minutes. "Wakaranai." I don't know.

"Gomen..." I told her.

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The next day, we then decided to go to the concert earlier to go to Kousei's back room so that Tsubaki and him to talk once again but before I open the door, we were surprised to hear a gunshot and I heard him screaming in pain. "OKAASAN!!!!"

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