~*Mai*~
I mustered up my courage and turned his head gently towards me. I looked him square in his gorgeous eyes, and spoke.
“You, keep me going. Whether you know it or not. I will always be here for you, no matter what. Please believe me.” He shook his head and I grabbed on to him and buried my face into his neck. “I won’t let you fall apart, please don’t let me fall apart, I’ll never go back together. Takumi, snap out of this please!” I begged.
“Mai, what are you talking about… and how did we get to the waterfall?” He asked.
“What do you mean? You snapped at me and I ran off crying. Then you caught me, and sorta apologized, then took off like a bullet. I came here looking for you. Please don’t yell anymore, you’re scaring me so bad I can feel I’m shaking…”
“I-I snapped at you? I didn’t mean to.”
“You could have fooled me.” I whispered.
“I could have fooled you with what? I’m still not remembering anything. I let go of him and backed away.
“You don’t remember, me saying that you, Haru, and Aki are the only thing keeping me sane, and that I would be in the hospital if it weren’t for you? Because you just said you couldn’t keep anyone sane…”
“N-No, I don’t remember anything, not since Aki told me to drop it. I’m sorry… I-I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”
“That, was when I asked Aki to ask you if you were ok, you’re face got cold, and all your emotions went out the window, well, except for when you yelled at me, b-but, it wasn’t you? I’ve, never heard you talk to me like that before.” I backed up against a tree and shook my head.
“Mai, I don’t yell at people, I’ve never yelled. I would never yell at you.” He said.
“T-That’s a lie, Takumi, what’s gotten into you…I’m so confused…” I turned and started to run back towards his house. I felt my arm get grabbed, and I stopped abruptly, keeping my eyes lowered.
“Look at me Mai, I really don’t know, I can’t remember anything.”
“Oh Takumi…” I leaned up against him and crossed my arms in front of my chest. “What’s happening…I’m really worried.”
“I-I wish I knew.” I coughed and rubbed my eyes.
“I’ve been crying too much lately.”
“Nnnno, don’t cry.”
“Silly, I’ve been crying.” I stated.
"Please don't cry." He hugged me tightly. "I sorry I can't remember what happened but whatever I did hurt you...do you forgive me?"
“Of course I do.” How could I ever stay upset with you? “But something deep down in me was pinging at me. I didn’t like the feeling at all.”
"Pinging at you?" He questioned confused.
“Yeah. Like something wasn’t right. It wasn’t you that was in front of me. I hope it was a one time thing. I never want to see you so angry again.” I explained.
I heard something coming and Takumi held onto me tighter.
"What do you?" He questioned I looked up and saw his eye's slightly dim.
"Don't you children have school?"
“So what if we do? You gonna do something about it?” Takumi asked. That attitude…oh no, the same thing from before? I wondered. He had a tight hold on me, so I couldn’t get away, even if I wanted to. My feelings for him turned from love, to awkwardness and a bit of fear because of the way he was acting.
"Well considering that you're not in school you can just come with us and go though level two of your training."
"I don't think so." I could hear the smirk in his voice. "Hold on Mai." He whispered.
“Wha?” And then all I felt was a jerk, and a whistling in my ears. I yelled, and then we stopped a few seconds later. I couldn’t open my eyes, I was really dizzy.
"You alright?" He asked "Sorry about the sudden flight. We're safe for now though."
“Uh, I’m ok.” I stepped away from him, but the room still spun.
"Careful, Just hold onto my arm until the room stops spinning." He offered his eyes still slightly dimmed.
I didn't want to fall, so I reluctantly grasped his arm, and lowered my head. I didn't know why I was so, uncomfortable around him now.
"Ah Mai what's wrong? What happened? Are you alright?" He asked in a panicked voice.
"T-Takumi? You don't remember that, do you?" I asked as I relaxed again, then was hit with my feelings again, which only made me more dizzy. He shook his head. "All i can remember is seeing the people coming towards us then the feeling of flying and that's it."
“Y-You aren’t affected by the speed of that at all.” I mumbled.
"No....how fast was I going?" He asked confused.
“T-To fast for me to handle. Maybe mock 1?” I suggested as I started to sway. I scrambled to grab him, I still didn’t know where we were.
"I didn't think I could go that fast." He stated surprised. "Come on we're going to sit down."
“Ok, no complaints here.” I smiled a little, and he led me over somewhere. I didn’t want to get sick, so I shut my eyes tight.
