Monday morning, Sera was already up and about in the room fixing things here and there so that the room would look nice and tidy. Yamato awakens to the sound of chairs being pulled and pushed across the hospital floor. He opens his eyes and quickly shuts them back as bright light from outside blinds him. Yamato rubs his eyes to get rid of the sleepiness in them and sat up in bed. Sera hears movement in the background and spins around to see a still sleepy Yamato sitting there.

"Good morning," Sera cheerily greets him. She pushes the chair up against the wall and walks up to Yamato, "I'm surprised you didn't wake up, considering that I was causing quite a ruckus in here," she says, clapping her hands together to dust off dirt that had gathered on her palm.

"I guess I was too tired," Yamato chuckles and rubs his head.

The door to the room opens and Yamato's mother walks in with a bag of food, "Good morning Yama-chan," she greets him. Sera turns around and rushes over to help Yamato's mother with the bags, "ah good morning Sera-san," she greets her.

"Good morning Kazakiri-san," Sera greets back, "let me help you with this," she grabs for the food bag and carries it to the table beside Yamato.

"How are you feeling?" Yamato's mother asks once she reached her son.

"A bit more relaxed and energized now," Yamato answers as he watches Sera pull tubs and tubs of food out from the bag, "mom, you didn't have to pack so much food," he says.

"I didn't know what to make for you so I decided to make all of your favorites," his mother sang cheerfully, "plus, I packed just about enough for you and Sera-san."

"Oh thank you Kazakiri-san but you didn't have to," Sera says politely.

Yamato's mother smiles and walks up to Sera, "It's my way of saying thank you for taking care of my son," she tells Sera and grabs her hands.

"It was nothing," Sera replies.

"Well you two eat up, I'm going to go have a talk with the doctor and see when Yamato can go home," she tells the two younger ones before leaving the room.

"So what did my mom pack?" Yamato asks, stretching his neck outward to see what was in the tubs of food.

"Let's see…," Sera hums and picks up a random one. She opens the lid and immediately smelled the delicious aroma of gyozas, "gyoza!" she shouts happily.

"Those are one of my many favorites," Yamato laughs as he watches Sera sniff the food.

Sera hands the tub of gyozas to Yamato, "Here, you go on ahead and eat, I'm going to go make a call," she says before getting up to exit the room. Sera walks over to the window and heaves out a deep breath, "here it goes," she tells herself and dials Kyo's phone number. Sera places the phone against her ear and waits for Kyo to answer. She took in a deep breath and held it while her heart pound like mad.

"Hello," came a raspy voice at the end of the other line.

"Kyo," Sera half shouted, "um…did I wake you up?' she asks.

"Yeah," Kyo answers, "but I needed to wake up anyways." From the other end, Sera could hear some rustling and a faint voice before things went quiet.

"Kyo? Can we um…talk?" she asks, "about yesterday's event with Yamato?"

"Sure I guess," Kyo replies.

Sera smiles into the phone, happy to hear that one, Kyo didn't seem so upset with her lying that she was Yamato's girlfriend and two, he just had agreed to meet up with her so that she could explain everything to him and let him on about her and Yamato's plan, "why don't we meet at 1 at Kaizoku café?" she asks.

Kyo flushed the toilet and turned on the faucet, "Sure," he replies, "let me get ready and I'll meet you over there."

'Great, I'll see you soon then," Sera happily hung up the phone and returned to Yamato's room but stopped dead in her tracks. In front of her was another person, a very family person, sitting beside Yamato and feeding him. Not knowing what to do in this kind of situation, Sera shuffled into the room and walked over to the opposite side of Yamato, "good morning um…," she hums, forgetting who the girl's name was.

"Takahashi Mimi," Mimi answers, "remember that name Sera," she glanced up at Sera and gave her a quick and evil grin, "isn't it a bad thing to be leaving your lover alone while you're out there talking on the phone? Shouldn't you be feeding him?" Mimi asks, handing a gyoza to Yamato.

"I…I stepped out to call my friend," Sera explains.

"No need to tell me that," Mimi chides in, "whatever you decide to do is your business. Hai, Yamato-kun," she grabs a piece of shrimp tempura and brought it up to Yamato's mouth.

"Mimi, I told you that I can feed myself," Yamato says a bit annoyed, "it's not like my wrists are broken or anything."

"Of course silly, I can see that," Mimi chuckles and places the shrimp tempura back down, "but I think it's more romantic if I feed you," she says.

"I think…I'll just go…," Sera murmurs and walked away.

"Wait," Yamato calls, reaching out to grab Sera's hand, "where are you going?" he asks, "aren't you supposed to take care of me?"

Sera glanced at Yamato and then back at Mimi who was watching them, "Well…Mimi is here and I need to go meet up with my brother at 1," she explains, "I need to go wash up before going to meet him for lunch, but after that I'll come back."

"You don't…"

"Takahashi-san, please take good care of Yamato while I'm gone," Sera orders.

Mimi gave Sera a snobby smile and nods, "Of course Sera, you can always count on me to take care of Yamato-kun."

Trying to hold back her anger, Sera walked away from the pair, "Hai Yamato-kun, say ahhh."

"Sera," Kyo calls out once Sera walked through the door. Ahim, the hostess of the café, greeted Sera and escorted her over to Kyo.

"Thank you Ahim-san," Sera says and bowed. She pulled the chair back and sat down.

"Did you want anything to drink Sera-san?" Ahim asks.

"Just water please," Sera answers. Ahim gave Sera a nod before disappearing from the table. Sera took in a deep breath, fumbled with her fingers a bit before glancing up at Kyo, "Kyo…"

"Don't worry about it too much Sera," Kyo interrupts her, "I mean…after all…"

"No, it's not like that," Sera pipes in. She reached out and grabbed Kyo's hands, "the reason I said what I said to the ambulance workers was because…at that time, there was no one who was related to Yamato there at that moment and I…I thought it was best that I went since I'm the only one who knew him."

"But there was his co-worker," Kyo says.

"I know but his co-worker just couldn't leave when there was still a mess to clean up," Sera reminds him.

"I guess what you say is true," Kyo pulled his hands away once Ahim came back with Sera's cup of water.

"Thank you," Sera tells Ahim.

"Does Yamato know?" Kyo asks out of the blues.

"Know?" Sera tilted her head to the side, a bit confused regarding what Kyo was asking.

"That we're talking," he answers and pointed a finger to Sera and then back to himself.

"Oh…," Sera became really quiet. She clasped her hands around the cup and glanced hard and deep into the water, "well…"

"Well what?" Kyo asks again, getting a bit impatient with Sera.

"Look, Yamato…I found out yesterday that he's in some kind of sticky situation," Sera begins, "and well...because of that sticky situation, Yamato and I had come up with a plan and I agreed to it."

"What are you trying to get at? I'm confused," Kyo says.

"Yamato…I agreed to be Yamato's girlfriend so that his father won't force him to marry a stranger," Sera blurts out. Her grip around the glass cup tightens. She waited, waited for Kyo to say something but nothing came, "Kyo?" she squeaks and glanced up. In front of her sat a disappointed looking Kyo who looked as if he was about to flip a table at any given moment, "Kyo please…please don't be mad," she pleads.

Kyo took in a deep breath and leaned back into his chair, "Sera," he begins calmly, "you and I have been talking for months now and when I had asked you to be my girlfriend because I care so much about you, and you were reluctant. Asking me to give you a few more months before becoming my girlfriend." Kyo could feel his blood boil as he spoke of their first few months talking. Deep down inside, he was trying really hard not to flip out on Sera and punch a hole in the table. He fisted in hands under the table and cleared his throat to continue, "You barely know this Yamato and just because he got himself into some kind of sticky situation with some random stranger, you agreed to be his girlfriend just like that? I don't understand you Sera."

"Look Kyo…it's hard to explain okay," Sera says, "when Yamato told me about his problem, I felt sorry for him. No one should be forced to marry a stranger. Everyone should have the rights to control their life and marry the person they love. I am a person and so is Yamato. With me helping him out, it is not because I harbor any kind of feelings towards him but I'm doing it because I'm a kind hearted person. If you cannot accept that I have already made the decision then…I guess the both of us can stop talking to each other," Sera grabbed her purse, "yes, with you I told you that I wanted to a few more months but that's only because you're way much older than me and I'm scared of getting hurt."

"What makes you think that I'll hurt you?" Kyo asks, not allowing Sera to finish.

"Kyo…you're older than me by so many years. You've have experiences with love. I haven't. You're the first person whom I've actually shown some kind of interest in hence why I'm a little bit scared to jump into anything with you," Sera reasons.

"But then you can jump into a relationship with Yamato," Kyo retorts.

"I am not in a relationship with Yamato," Sera raised her voice and stood up from her chair, "I am simply doing Yamato a favor by being his girlfriend so that he can drive off that crazy little spoiled rich brat who thinks that feeding an injured person is romantic." Without noticing, Sera's voice became louder each time she thought of how Mimi acted at the hospital. She could feel her heart pounding like mad and felt her blood boiling just talking about how pathetic Mimi seemed like earlier today. A look of irritation washed over Sera's face as visions of Mimi sitting there beside Yamato feeding him food.

"Excuse me," came a voice from behind Sera, "can you please quiet down a bit? I'm trying to read here."

Sera's cheeks heated up and she returned back to her seat, "I…"

"You seem quite annoyed with this spoiled rich brat," Kyo pointed out.

"I am not," Sera argues, "but whatever. You can think whatever you like about Yamato and I but I'll tell you that we are not in any kind of relationship. I am only helping Yamato out with this. If anything, I would give you a chance first before giving Yamato a chance," Sera stood up from her chair, took a big gulp from her cup of water and placed it back down with a bit of a force, "I don't want to hear your answer right now. You can give me a call later and let me know what you think about it," with that, Sera turned her back onto Kyo and left the café.

"Since he didn't sustain any serious injury, your son can go home by this evening," the doctor tells Yamato's mother, "your son is very fortunate that under those weights of drinks, he didn't break a bone. He'll feel a bit sore after a few days of resting but he should be fine a few weeks," the doctor pulled out a prescription notepad and scribbled down a list of medicines for Yamato, "he'll need to take this whenever he feels pain."

"Thank you," Yamato's mother grabs the piece of paper from the doctor and gave him a bow. Leaving the doctor's office, she returned back to Yamato's room with good news.

"Mom," Yamato says and sat up in bed. Mimi turned around and gave his mother a bow.

"Oh…Mimi…you're here," Yamato's mother says surprisingly, "where's um…Sera?" she asks.

"She went to go have lunch with her brother," Mimi answers, "what did the doctor say about Yamato-kun?"

"Well," Yamato's mother walked up to Yamato and tenderly grabbed his hand, "the doctor said that you didn't sustain any serious injury so you should be fine to go home later on today," she tells him, "I'm just so relieved that nothing serious happened to my baby," she patted Yamato's head and placed a kiss on his forehead.

"Mom, you know that I'm tough right?" Yamato teasingly asks. His mother chuckled and nodded her head.

Later that day, instead of returning to the hospital like what she had told Yamato, Sera went home and sat in her dimly lit living room. Kyo's words from earlier echoed through her head as she sat there, staring at the wall.

I care so much about you but you were reluctant….

You barely know this Yamato….and just because he got himself into a sticky situation, you agreed to be his girlfriend?...

Sera grabbed onto the side of her head and squeezed her shut, "go away…" she murmurs silently, "go…away…"

Sera fell onto her side and shut her eyes, wanting to get rid of everything that had happened. Sleep slowly washed over Sera's body.

"Wh…where am I?" Sera pondered and stood up from where she was sitting. All around her were white light. It was as if Sera was locked in a white room with no windows to look out or a door to leave, "Hello?!" she shouted but heard nothing but the echo of her voice, "am…am I dead?" she asked.

A chuckle sounded from behind Sera which caused her to jump from freight. She spun around to see Yamato standing there, "Yamato?"

"You're not dead," he said with a smile. He closed the gap in between them and wrapped his arms around her small waist, "You're in paradise."

"Paradise?" Sera asked, "This can't be paradise. I can't see anything but white."

"Exactly," Yamato said and released his hold. He stepped a few feet back and threw his arms out to his sides, "this is the beginning of paradise. You must fill this paradise with memories."

"Memories? Memories of what?" Sera asked, confused and bit scared with how Yamato was acting.

Yamato brought his arms back down to his sides and smiled at Sera, "of you and I," he stated.

"You…and…I?"

Yamato nods and stepped further away from Sera.

"Wait! Yamato!" Sera called out to him. She took one step forward and another and then picked up her pace to chase after Yamato who seemed like he was flying further and further away from her, "Yamato! Wait!" Sera called out once more. This time, Yamato stopped which caused Sera to stop as well, "Yamato?"

The smile on Yamato's face vanished. Only a blank stare rested on his face.

"Yamato…are you okay?"

"It's here," Yamato gasped and spun around to face something that Sera couldn't see.

"What's here?" Sera asked.

Suddenly, Yamato belted out a loud scream, grabbed the side of his head and felt o his knees, "Yamato!" Sera called, running up to him. Once she got closer to Yamato's trembling body, a dark shadow casted from behind him. It wrapped its presence around Yamato and created a wall that wouldn't allow Sera to get through.

"I told you…," the same voice that Sera heard from her dream at the park sounds out, "you're such a foolish little girl Sera."

"How…how do you know many name?" Sera asked, now scared and frightened.

Once again, like in her other dream, the only thing that appeared on the shadow's face was an evil and wicked grin, "I know everything about you Sera," the shadow clarified, "from when you were born to how you died in every past life of yours," the shadow threw back his head and let out a wicked laugh.

"What…."

"I shall be taking him with me now," the shadow picked up Yamato over its shoulder and slowly vanished starting from its feetless bottom.

"Wait! Give me back Yamato!" Sera shouted and ran up to grab Yamato from the shadow. But somehow, every step she took, the shadow seemed to be disappearing further and further away from her, "Yamato!"

"Yamato!" Sera screams and sat up. She awoke to a dark living room and the clock ticking away on the wall, "Yamato…," remembering that she was supposed to return to the hospital, Sera searched for her phone and turned it on. Immediately, a text message from Yamato appeared on the screen. She opened the text messages and read it…

From Yamato:

You never came back like what you said. I'll hold you onto that. J I'm back home already since the doctor said that I didn't sustain any serious injury. Give me a text when you receive this one.

Sera smiled after she had finished reading it and was just about to text back but decided to call him instead.

"Hello?" came Yamato's voice on the other line.

"Yamato…," Sera breathes out. Somehow, after her nightmare with Yamato, hearing his voice over the phone made her feel at ease.

I know I know I haven't updated for awhile, but that's because I've been busy with work and school. This chapter is kind of crappy but hope you readers enjoy it! Until next time!