Chapter 23

Its 9 pm at night. The night was silent. Kiryuu Ken groans. He moves facing his right side. Another minute he tosses towards the opposite side. And another minute he changes again. At last, he sits up and crawls off the queen sized bed. He walks through the corridor while rubbing his sleepy eyes with his soft knuckles. As he was walking, the sound of the bamboo stick filling the water could be heard. He walks till he reached the tatami room. He slides the door open and found Shori sitting on the roka with his yukata rests nicely on his back.

Ken: sho chan.... (sleepy) what r u doing...?
Shori: (turns) ken? (Smiles and indicated to ken to come)
Ken: (falls on shori's lap) sho chan..?
Shori: im looking at the moon.
Ken: moon? (looks at the sku with his sleepy eyes) but theres no... moon...zzzZzzzZzz (fell asleep)

Shori chuckles as he sees Ken falls into a deep sleep on his lap. He pulls him softly as to warm him with the warmth of his body. He continues looking at the dark blue sky tht has no moon.

Shori: (whispers) "Even if you cant see the moon, know that the moon is always there watching you"

NEXT DAY

Yuu: aaahhh (exclaimed in a shock)
Shori: -_-|| what..... ?
Yuu: ur face is horrible, kiryuu kun.... ^_^¦¦¦
Hikari: sou yo. U dont look so good..
Shori: leave me alone... (walks aimlessly towards his seat)
Hikari: (whispers) i wonder what happened...
Yuu: sou ne... he doesnt look normal...

As the girl watch at the soulless Kiryuu Shori, Kitayama Tsuyoshi passes by them. Hikari calls for him. But as he turns towards Hikari, to her suprise, his pupil cant be seen in his eyes.

Hikari: O_o...... what happened to you... too....
Tsuyoshi: (slump) i failed at my mission... and theyre gonna decrease my glory points...
Yuu: eh? Game desu ka?
Hikari: -_-|| no yuu chan. Its his guild.
Yuu: oh! Yeah, hes still working in the guild.
Hikari: kitayama kun!

The soulless Tsuyoshi looks at Hikari. She smiles angelically.

Hikari: dont mind, ne?

The thermometer of his heart reached the maximum and he burst out of excitement. Blood starts flowing down from his nose. Hikari panicked.

Hikari: ahh! Kitayama kun! Your nose is....

Tsuyoshi wipes beneath his nose with his index finger and looked at it. Immediately he stood up and ran to the toilet.

Hikari: mou... whats happening to these guys...

HOMEROOM SESSION

The homeroom teacher, Ohno Narumi calls out for attendance.

Narumi: Kiryuu
Shori: hai
Narumi: Kitayama
Kitayama: .. hai....
Narumi: whts wrong kitayama?
Kitayama: T_T senseiiiii.... i dont wanna study today....
Narumi: yare yare, kitayama. Then u shld just stay at home if u dont want to come to school.
Hikari: -_-|| ...what kind of advice is he giving...
Narumi: Fukushima

Silence.

Narumi: fukushima? Is he not here?
Student: his bag is not here sensei.
Narumi: wakatta. (calls the next student)

Yuu finally understood something and she glanced at Shori who is sitting next to the window. His face is facing outside and she could feel the loneliness atmosphere around Shori.

LUNCH TIME

Yuu: hikari chan... i know why Kiryuu kun's looking down today..
Hikari: nande? (bites on her onigiri)
Yuu: fukushima kun is not with him today.. do u think something happened between them?
Hikari: yuu chan, shinpai na no?
Yuu: (reddens) iie... sh.. shinpai nai yo... tada..
Hikari: tada? (Snicker)
Yuu: mou yuu chan! Its just not kiryuu kun.
Hikari :daijoubu daijoubu. Kiryu wont change his attitude to others just because of his personal problems.
Yuu: chigau yo!! But its kind of depressing ur own friend sad and u cant even do anything for him...
hikari: (closes her bento box) yoshi! Lets go
Yuu: eh where?
Hikari: to ur first love sight scene. (Winks)
Yuu: eh??

The sound of the ball thumping on the court could be heard. A second later, the sound of a ball sliding through the net could br heard. Hikari and Yuu arrived at the empty basketball court. There Kiryuu Shori stood alone on the three point shoot arena with a ball on his hand. He dribbles on the spot, aims and shoot. The ball went in the net without touching the net railing. Both of them stood at the spectators area above.

Yuu: sugoi!
Hikari: do u remember the day when u first come to school?
Yuu: of coz.

The scene of Kiryuu Shori and Fukushima Shinichi playing on the court during the Sports Event starts playing in her mind.
As she was looking at Kiryuu Shori, she noticed something.

Yuu: ..... ryu...
Hikari: ?? Did u say something?
Yuu: his form looks like a broken dragon..
hikari: (confused) haa? What do u mean..?

Yuu dashes out of the building. Hikari runs after her. Shori noticed the footsteps sound and look upwards.

Hikari : (out of breath) chotto.. yuu chan... where r u going?

Yuu is busy looking around like a fierce falcon looking for its prey. She went to the classroom but quickly walks away from there since whatever she's looking for is not there. Finally she went up to the rooftop, where they always have their lunch.
Unfortunately there is noone on the rooftop. Unsatisfied she heads towards the exit to search somewhere else. Suddenly Hikari grabbed Yuu's hand, stopping her to go.

Yuu: hikari chan?
Hikari: i think the person ure looking for is up here.

Hikari points her finger towards the other end of the rooftop tht is shaded. Both of them went there and saw Kitayama Tsuyoshi laying there with both his palm as the pillow. Tsuyoshi was shocked to see Hamano Hikari. He jolted and sit up straight. His face is red till the ears.

Tsuyoshi : ha.. hama..no...san...? (stuttered)
Yuu: ah!! Kitayama kun (comes closer) where is fukushima kun?
Tsuyoshi : eh.. eh? Why are u asking me? How should i know?
Yuu: datte.... u are their closefriend right..? So u ought to have some kind of idea...
Tsuyoshi: (hesitated) aahh.... dou ka na...
Hikari: kitayama kun, onegai yo. (cute pout)

Tsuyoshi's heat almost reached the maximum point but he managed to control his nose from bleeding by averting from looking at Hikari.

Tsuyoshi: [ka..kawaiiiiii!! ] jitsu ha sa... every month, shinichi has to go back to his real house in Helencia City. And he usually stays there for 3 days maximum. Thts why he's absent today since this is that time of the month.
Hikari: eh? Helencia City?
Tsuyoshi: Dont you know? Shinichi is the son of the current prime minister.

Both girls looked at one another and shriek, surprised at the statement tht Tsuyoshi just said.

Hikari: pr... prime minister..?
Yuu: uso...
Tsuyoshi: uso jane yo. Anyway, (stood up) u two dont have to worry much abt them. Its nice that ure worried abt them but dont worry. Theyre inseparable.
Hikari: (smiles) sou yo ne.
Yuu: un (agrees)
Tsuyoshi: [ooh, i can feel myself being cool. Way to go me. So hurry n fall for me, hamano san ] (brushes his hair) umm, now thts solved, lets talk about another problem. How bout (turns around to find them gone) eeehhhhh!! Wheeennnn???

The girls had already went down the stairs and had their spirit lift up, thanks to kitayama Tsuyoshi, though he didnt notice that. He is still on the rooftop depressed for losing his chance to make hamano hikari having a bigger impression on him.

2 DAYS LATER (AT NIGHT)

Ken goes out of his room to find Shori sitting on the roka with his yukata on his back.

Ken: (sleepy) sho chan....?
Shori: (smiles) again, cant sleep?
Ken: un..... (walks slowly towards shori)
Shori: come here
Ken: (sits on shori's lap) is the moon there tonight ?

Someone slides open the door and says

"Even if you cant see the moon, know that the moon is always there watching you"

Both Ken and Shori turns towards the sliding door and saw Fukushima Shinichi standing there with a smile.

Shinichi: tadaima, Shori. Matte ta ka?
Shori: (smiles) okaeri, shin.

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