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When Ayumu woke up in the hospital, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. The rays of sunlight gleamed brightly through the window and on to his face.

"Congratulations." A voice came from the side off him. He turned his head slightly to see his step sister sitting in a chair by his bed. "How's it like to be in your own body again?"

Ayumu slowly sat himself up and looked down at his body. Then he held up his bandaged arm to examine. He exhaled and smirked a little. "It feels… weird."

She laughed. "Too use to being a girl?"

For a short second, he half smiled. He turned to Madoka again. "Hey, where's…"

"The braided girl?" Madoka sat up straight in her chair. "She told me to bring her to the apartment so she could pack her things. She seemed to be in such a hurry."

Hiyono. Something came to Ayumu at that moment. He remembered having a dream that Hiyono had visited his hospital room. In that dream, she was so close to him. She was softly whispering something to him… A secret.

"Narumi-san, I really like you…"

Ayumu blushed and quickly faced the wall in his other side, away from his sister. Why did I dream of something like that?

"Ayumu." Madoka pronounced his name slowly and sternly. "What did you do this time? Are you the reason why she begged me to take her home?"

His eyes were still focused on the wall. "I didn't…" But his voice trailed off.

"When we get back into our bodies… I promise I'll leave Narumi-san alone."

He probably did cause her to leave…A sick feeling came to his stomach. In his mind he cursed to himself.

"What happened?" Madoka leaned forward, using a calmer voice. Ayumu remained silent and frozen.

"I guess…She thought that she was getting on my nerves." He finally told her.

"How?" Madoka frowned.

"I said some things to her yesterday." Ayumu rubbed the back of his neck. "I was irritated at the time, but now I feel like an idiot." It bothered him to admit it to his sister.

Madoka smiled and placed her hand on his shoulder. "You really care about her, don't you?"

"Hn." He mumbled, averting his eyes.

"You should apologize, Ayumu."

He really did feel sorry about it. Hiyono was probably hurt right now and it was all his fault.

Madoka read the pain in his expression. "Hey, everyone makes mistakes." She told him, gently ruffling the top of his head. "It's only human." Ayumu blinked in silence.

"It's just that…" Madoka lifted her hand away. "We tend to be cruelest towards the ones we love the most."

For a while Ayumu sat there, thinking. He closed his eyes. "That's true…"

The following day, Ayumu decided to go to school, hoping to get a chance to talk to Hiyono. He could have chosen to reach her by phone, but he felt that he had to talk to her in person. Not to mention that he wanted to see that weird, braided girl's face again.

Unfortunately, he had no luck finding her. He had searched everywhere on campus, constantly checking the newspaper club room and the school roof. When the end of school came, Ayumu decided to give up. She was obviously avoiding him, no doubt. It was no big surprise to him, knowing that he did say some harsh things to her. But, in a way, Ayumu felt irritated. Not so much at her, but at himself. Why was he going this far to find some loud and annoying girl? Is it because he really felt bad about what he said?… No. Impossible. It couldn't be that. That wouldn't make any sense… But perhaps… just maybe…

He felt… lonely?

Ayumu shook the thought from his mind. After one day? Get a grip, Narumi…How can you miss someone after one day? Just look for her tomorrow…

A voice called from across the hall. "'Ey, Narumi-otouto!"

Ayumu turned around. It was Kousuke Asazuki.

"Nice to see you back to normal." The boy wearing glasses smirked.

"Yeah." Ayumu muttered.

"Looking for Jou-chan?"

Ayumu's eyebrows lifted up. "Huh?"

"She just went into that club room of hers." Kousuke pointed to the direction of the newspaper club's room. "I think you can catch up with--"

Before Kousuke could finish, Ayumu ran past him. "You're welcome!" The red head called out sarcastically as he watched Ayumu vanish into the crowd of students.

Once he reached the room, he set his hand carefully on the doorknob. He twisted it silently. It wasn't locked… She was here.

Soundlessly, he opened the door and found Hiyono sitting at her desk in front of her computer. She didn't seem to notice his entrance and her back was faced to him. The only sound that filled the room was the rapid clicking noise of her fingers typing against the keyboard.

"Hey." Ayumu said in a casual voice.

Hiyono's fingers paused, hovering over the keyboard.

"Hi." She said, still having her back turned to him.

"I… was looking for you today." He slid his hands in his pants pockets, walking away from the door and closer to her. Everything felt strange and awkward. Talking to her. Seeing her. And also the fact that she wasn't acting like herself.

"Oh." She said absently.

There was a pause of silence that filled the entire room. Ayumu took a deep breath. "Are you missing something?"

Hiyono's eyes grew wide as she turned around.

"Because I found something really flowery in the laundry, and I'm pretty sure it belongs to--"

"Ugh! Narumi-san, you …! Hiyono punch!!!" Her face burned a bright shade of pink. She pulled out her hand puppets and started to beat them on the top of his head.

Ayumu grinned and Hiyono's puppet fists stopped. He then grabbed one of her wrists. "Now that's the stupid girl I know."

She felt her face turn hot again.

"I can see you avoided me today." He said, with his hand still holding her wrist. His smirk faded away from his lips.

"I thought you didn't want to see me again." She whispered, looking down.

"Don't be stupid." Ayumu kept his gaze on her face. His voice was icy.

Hiyono's eyes avoided his. "I promised to Narumi-san that I would leave him alone."

"Tell me one good reason why I would want that." She felt his grip tighten around her arm.

"Because…" Her eyes were now hidden under light brown bangs. He voice trembled slightly. "Narumi-san… detests me."

There came another moment of silence.

"Huh." A sound between a laugh and an exhale emitted from his mouth. From behind her bangs, Hiyono glanced at his face, careful not to meet eyes with him. She only had a good view of Ayumu's mouth, which was a hard line, lips pursed together.

He finally released her arm and it immediately fell to her side again. Her wrist suddenly felt cold.

"You really think I detest you." Ayumu said flatly. "I've searched the whole entire school to look for you today and you think that I detest you."

Hiyono bit down on her bottom lip.

"Or could it possibly be that you're the one who hates me."

Her eyes widened and her head shot up. "No! I would never--!"

"Then what is it?" Ayumu demanded.

"I…" Hiyono's voice cracked. "I could never hate you, Narumi-san… Because…"

Her hands were uncontrollably shaking. Hiyono swallowed hard.

"Because I really like Narumi-san."

Ayumu felt his heart skip a beat. He remembered his dream from the other day…

"Narumi-san, I really like you…"

Was that really a dream? Could that have been real…? It took him a while for Hiyono's words to register to him.

"I confessed to you that one day at the hospital. But I'm not sure if you heard me or not." She went on. "Even so, I was afraid this whole time…"

He leaned his face closer to her. He stared at her directly in the eyes and lowered his voice. "Of what?"

"That Narumi-san would reject me…" She whispered.

Ayumu's hand came to her chin and tilted Hiyono's face upwards. "You know…" He began, with a smirk edging at the corner of his mouth.

"You really are a stupid girl."

He then lowered his head, softly pressing his lips against hers. This took Hiyono by surprise, but she closed her eyes and caressed his cheeks with both hands.

When their lips parted from one another, Ayumu stroked her cheek with his finger. "Still afraid?"

To his surprise, Hiyono backed away a little and raised an eyebrow.

Did I just do something wrong…? Ayumu frowned. "What?"

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head too hard in that collision, Narumi-san?"

Ayumu laughed. "No, it's probably just from living with you for a whole week."

She crossed her arms. "And what's that supposed to mean?"

"It's your fault that I like some stupid, bipolar and hyperactive girl."

Hiyono giggled and snuggled close to his chest. "Good."

For a moment, the two stood there in an embrace, smiling to themselves. It was almost like a dream…

"Narumi-san."

"Hn?"

"Do you think switching and everything… brought us together like this?" She mumbled.

Ayumu shrugged. "Possibly..." He thought for a second and then shuddered.

"What?" Hiyono tilted her head.

"Just now I pictured aniki as my matchmaker or something." He twitched. "You don't think he was planning this whole thing, do you?"

"Maybe. That's a good question." She tapped her chin. "If he did, remind me to thank him one day."

Ayumu shuddered again. "For making me a girl for a week? I don't think so."

The couple laughed together, exchanging smiles.

"I've missed you." Hiyono whispered, placing both her hands around his neck.

He leaned forward again, and planted another tender kiss on her lips. "I know."

-FIN-

Wow! It's actually over!O_o So whatcha think? I spent a while thinking how this chapter would end up so... yeah.

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