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I'm begging you, Taiga, please don't do this to me."

Ryuuji looked towards the girl sitting next to him, his eyes pleading with her to stay.

"I'm sorry, but this... this is something that I have to do... before we can truly be together..."

His hands grasped hers.

"I thought that we had something special here, a bond that couldn't be broken... please don't leave me here, alone..."

"I'm sorry Ryuuji..."

"I..." Ryuuji looked up towards her face, his hands letting go of hers.

Ryuuji slowly stood up, turned away from Taiga and walked away.

A/N: Yeah.