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Ch. 8 The beginning

"Tsukasa..?"

Her voiced sounded worried and anxious. He stared at her, hard and focused. His composure totally crumbled into heaps at the sound of her wavering voice. Face strained and taut over with stress and pain, he could no longer hold it in. Without a word, he forcibly pulled her into his arms. She did not struggle like she used to do out of habit, rather her body felt limp and weak in his hold.

He gripped her tightly to him, burying his nose into her hair as he relinquished in her familiar unique smell.

He could faintly hear her surprised muffled response as he held onto her wordlessly.

Everything was silent in the room except for the faint sound of rustling leaves from outside.

The calm was mercilessly disturbed by the loud exuberance outside of their room. They quickly pulled apart. There was no knock, but burst of sounds that piled into the room as busy bodies ushered themselves in.

"Tsukushi!" "Ma-ki-no~" "Makino!"

Her name was urgently called by the F4s and Yuki, who without much regard with his presence, rushed pass him to her bedside. Yuki worriedly gripped onto Tsukushi's hand as she spoke in hush tone, as if she was a sick patient waiting for her end.

Tsukasa admitted that she indeed looked much paler than she usually was. The bright , soulful eyes that he adores were alot bit dimmer compare to the past, but he was at least relieved at how she seems to be stable at the moment.

A masculine hand came to rest on his shoulder.

"…Tsukasa…" came the reprimanding tone of his best friend, Rui. Rui, who was always running with the flow of everything, seems to exude a menacing presence. Although to others, he may look a bit rigid and strained, but they would never guess that Rui was angry and perhaps deadly at the moment.

Tsukasa nodded and turned to go.

However, Tsukushi became restless and anxious as he was about to take his leave. She gripped tightly onto his hand, pulling him towards her. Her feeble attempt to move him in her weaken state was even laughable to herself, but he heeded to her anyway.

He bent down, kissed her gently on the brow, and then reassured her that he was just going to be outside the room.

She nodded with relief before reluctantly released her hand from his.

He turned swiftly with Rui at his tails. The other two F4s turned to stare at each other before excusing themselves from the room.

The door shut silently after them, leaving behind a exasperated and tired Tsukushi with a worried Yuki on the side.

The table was empty,

the glass shards were swept clean,

There was nothing in place,

but an empty room, without light.

To be continued

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