Chiyo finally arrives at her destination. She runs out of breath as she sprints from the station. Sweat drenches her forehead but she doesn't give even a single dime. She has one goal in her mind. She wants to meet that person. A two story house painted white with a small yard at the back stands solid in front of her. It has blue roof top that covers it from sunshine and a small red mail box near the gate. A small black car parks neatly behind the short gate and a cat sleeps lazily at the terrace. Walking slowly, the brown haired woman creeps closer to the door. Her heart is pounding like a maniac that stalks its prey as she raises her hand towards the intercom.

"This button." She analyzes the white gadget a bit just to make sure.

That blue button. That very button that separates her from something that she put a mind for so long. The blue button looks rather... scary for some reason. Chiyo puts a finger on the button. Her hand shakes violently as if there will be a huge bear that will eat her alive once she pushes the button. Silence. Her power vanishes completely. At this current state, she cannot maintain her index finger at the button, leave alone to press it. Even her clothes get heavier and heavier every second. The little woman's feet is now a jelly. To stand up is a struggle. She lost the fight againts the intercom.

"Maybe someday we will meet by accident. Who knows?" Chiyo said the line in a grim fashion.

Still trembling, she turns away. Away from the house, her eyes glued to the ground. Her steps are heavy but it's the only thing that keeps her alive.

"I have to get away from the house as fast as I can." Her mind persuades her, a survival instinct that kicks in hard.

The white house is killing her. Every steps is an additional sword that stabs her heart. However, she likes it this way than the other option. Standing in front of the devil's fort is something she doesn't want to even describe.

One yard away. Her chest tightens. Is it normal to feel this much physical pain because of mental state?

Two yards. Will I regret it? Maybe.

Three. Chiyo frozes in place. With one quick gesture, she turns her back once more and covers all the distance she traveled in the past few minutes.

"This time for sure!" She screams inside her head.

A push to the button produces a beep. After a few seconds of waiting game, it produces another sound.

"Hello, who is there?" A male voice answered the door bell.

Chiyo nailed to the ground. After everything she sacrificed she can finally hear that voice. A deep and calm voice that she always dream of. The voice that she wish to hear once more in every night. Chiyo cannot answer it. It's too sudden. It will always be too sudden.

"Anyone there?" The man once again asks in a confuse tone.

Chiyo jumps at the second question and directly answers it.

"Yes, yes there is!" She says half screaming.

There is a bit of pause for several seconds.

"Sakura?" The voice finally resumes the conversation. "Wait over there!"

A loud noise of footsteps spout from the house.

"He is coming." Chiyo thinks to herself.

A few minutes of waiting and there are none. The footsteps from inside the house is still as loud as day but no one comes out from the house.

"Weird." Chiyo thinks to herself.

She then realizes a stinging pain in her head. It has to be her migraine. It has been several day that her sleep habit became a disaster. The footsteps slowly synchronizes the pounding in her head and after a few minutes, there are no more footsteps. Only beatings in her head. Chiyo then open her eyes. It is all dark. Her head wakes her from the slumber and reality welcomes her with a punch in the face.

It has been a week since Chiyo starts her expedition to find her "lost treasure." One week of absolute failure though. Remember when she said that she cannot find anything about the talented mangaka Sakiko Yumeno? Chiyo wipes the internet's archaic archive from two years ago and Sakiko Yumeno was still there. It's not even just existing, Nozaki was a hot topic back in those days. Reading them for days, Chiyo finally know the certain cause why no one ever talk about him again nowadays.

"I apologize to all my readers for this sudden news but I have to. I will take a rest from making manga for a while and thus, Koi shiyou will be held on a certain period. Thank you for you continuous support! Sakiko Yumeno."

That short notice written in the last page of "Koi shiyou" that printed two years ago. Mamiko and Suzuki never come back since. The talended "Yumeno-sensei" that caught a lot of teenage girl's heart drowned into oblivion. All letters, all e-mails, and all attempts to contact him done by the fans are lost in vain.

Chiyo glances at her digital table clock and 08.00 displayed in the mechanical screen.

"It's still morning. How long have I slept?" Chiyo yawns as she tries to gather all of her souls in the will to get up.

Her head still hurts a lot. Those missing sleep hours finally take its toll. Closing her eyes once more, she puts her head on a pillow. Her aspirins are far at the corner of the room. It's impossible to move up and take it with this kind of mentality. Chiyo wanders in the dark world. If she remembers correctly, that kind of dream appears lots of times.

As her head keeps aching, the brown haired woman once again feel the feeling that woke her up. Footstep, Pound, Footstep, Pound, Door bell, Pound, Doorbell, Doorbell. Door bell?

"Chiyo senpai, are you there?" A familiar voice strikes in.

Ps: Hello readers.

I'm aware that some people follow this story and I'm sorry in the fact that it takes about 6 months for an update.

I barely had access to this website because my work and other problems.

Thank you for the patience and please, enjoy the story.