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Love Distance Long Affair

Chapter 2

Fine woke up startled and gasping for breath.

"Wh-what?" she mumbled to herself, still trying to regain her breath. She reached a hand to touch her head. That dream again. She props herself up with her elbow and slides her legs to the edge of her bed. She allows her eyes to adjust to the blurriness.

She hears a knock on her door. "Fine!" a voice calls from behind the doors. She sits up.

Rein?

"Come in," she calls back. And in comes Rein, a happy smile on her face. "What is it?"

Rein sits beside her, swinging her legs back and forth. "It's been a while since I've been home," she replied. "I just enjoyed the morning breeze outside." Rein looks at Fine and quirks a brow. She couldn't help but sigh inwardly when she saw the knotted and frizzy hair. "It's this late and you just got up?"

"I slept late last night," Fine lied. In all honesty, Fine had not expected to sleep in at all. "What time is it now?"

"Oh..well...eight," Rein responded.

Fine's eyes widened. "It's eight?!"

"Well, it said so on the clock right there."

Quickly, Fine jumped out of bed and scrambled to the bathroom. "Hey, why are you in a rush?" Rein shouted after her.

She received no reply.

"Tambo-Rin-sensei."

Tambo-Rin was caught off guard when her name was called. She looked away from the window and stared at the man before her with slightly widened eyes. "Oh Shade!" she exclaims. "What brings you here today?"

"I just wanted to pay another visit," Shade said. He lifts up a few bags, setting them onto the chair near the bed. "I also brought a few gifts."

Tambo-Rin chuckled. "Why, you didn't have to Shade."

"No," he quickly responds. "It's just a small gratitude for all those years. For bringing me to where I am today."

Tambo-Rin smiles. "I'm sure your mother will be really proud of you."

Shade returns her smile. "Yeah. I think so too."

And I'm sure Fine would've been happy for you too.

"She's late," Bright said to himself, tapping his foot against the floor.

He stood right outside the bakery she worked at, the place they promised to meet. He leaned back against the window of the shop. It was strange. Fine was usually never this late.

"Bright!"

He let out a small smile. Finally, she's here. "Fine," he sighed, turning to the girl that had just ran up to him, panting heavily. "We agreed to meet at 7:30." He looked at his watch. "You're fifteen minutes late."

Fine scratched the back of her head and laughed nervously. "I overslept," she said. "Sorry."

He couldn't help but soften his eyes. "Then, shall we go?" he asked.

Fine nodded.

"Yeah."

A/N: It's been a year now hasn't it? Honestly, I didn't expect to be this busy the past year. But, here's the second chapter! I apologize for it being so short, I'll try to write more for the next chapters.

The next chapter of Betrayal might or might not come out soon. I don't want to make any promises, but hopefully soon! I'll be away for the next five days (with no computer or anything like that), so not updates in the next week.

Please review! I need to know how you like the story so far!