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Ryuu raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he asked as he stood up. Ryuu stared into her eyes and slowly rose his hand, gently touching her cheek with his fingers. Such beautiful eyes... he thought, his heart raising. Ryuu closed his eyes, secretly reading her mind. He knew it was an invasion of privacy, and that Rikka might get mad at him, but he needed to clear up any doubts she had. Any doubts of their relationship, why he liked her, or anything else that may be bothering her.

"Ah I see..." he said once he had finished reading her mind. He turned his back and started pacing back and forth. His arms were behind his back. He was thinking;deciding how to word this. "Are you concerned as to why I like you, Rikka?" he asked finally. He had thought they were over this questions, but at the same time Ryuu wanted to know why she liked him. In his own eyes, Ryuu thought of himself a freak. "I like you...Because you're so innocent, pure, and....well beautiful." he stopped pacing and took her hands in his own. "No...I don't like you...I...Love you." he said blushing. Where was all this courage coming from? He would never think himself capable of saying any of this to any other girl.

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Rikka had not noticed that Ryuu had read her mind, only a sudden numbness, and she felt sleepy. Besides that, she felt very normal. She only realized it when he revoiced her own vague questions.

Rikka blushed, curling her fingers in Ryuu's warm hands. She closed her eyes, and felt tears coming to her eyes, and she smiled. She was so happy, to just be with Ryuu. She had forgotten about Risa, her own doubt, and the world that was slowly spinning around her. Ryuu had created a little world inside her, and in it they were the only two people who mattered, or even existed.

"I . . . I love you too Ryuu-kun!" she said, trying not to sound whiney, although she was having difficulty. Rikka lowered her head, her shoulders flinching with each intake of air. "Y-you're the only person who makes me feel like this!"

Risa looked at the knife, not at all threatened by it. She didn't even flinch when he drew it. "Put that away," she stated, very cooly. "If you pull that out in front of some people, you'll end up fighting. I don't know you well, but I rather not guess that you'd end up dead in some ditch."

Risa looked at him, "What do you mean by 'You don't mind if I see it, do you?'?"

Risa sighed, "I was speaking metaphorically," she shook her head, wondering what it gods name had possesed Zhuke to ask such a question. "I'm not going to explode," she explained. "I'm just goint to well . . . gain something I don't have a clue about, because of the blood in my body . . . it's like a virus or something."

Rikka sniffed again and nodded her head. "A-alright," she said quietly. She smiled, she was such a baby sometimes, but she was glad that Ryuu did not mind much.

Rikka held Ryuu's hand tighter, feeling his own grip tighten. She too wanted the moment to last for eternity, but she knew it could not last. In a few years, Rikka would have to leave school and go home; but what would happen to them then? She decided to worry about it when graduation was comming, not now.

"Anything," Rikka replied. "I'll do anything, as long as I'm with you." Rikka blushed and lowered her head, peering at Ryuu from the upper corner of her eyes.

Risa laughed at how unlucky Zhuke was becoming. It made her feel a little better, "Don't worry," she said, very kindly. "There's nothing anyone can do, even the ones who created Khane." Risa sighed.

Risa stretched, "I'll be fine," she said. "I just don't know what's going to happen to me, or when. Whatever it is, I'm going to become stronger. I only hope it doesn't cost me my soul." Risa would hate being unable to return to her home, unable to become an angel again.

Khane had no soul, hopefully he hadn't dammed her because of it.

Risa nodded, "Yeah," she smiled. "I shouldn't worry, I'll only make it worse. For now, I should enjoy being normal while I still have the chance."

Risa laughed, "Feeling better?"

"Sure sure... never better." he replied sarcastically. "I'm thinking of heading to the beach where I can watch the ocean waves. Care to join me?" he asked, carefully getting out of the table chair.

((To the Beach))