Heavy sigh from the man brought her back from her train of thought. She looked up at the man standing in front of her.

"Are you… sure about this?" She asked in a low voice. Slightly panted. Her heart throbbing. Tears started to accumulate in the corner of her eyes. But she held it back. she didn't want to cry… yet.

He gave a low sigh again and stared at her for like a second and closed his eyes, nodded. No words came from his mouth either.

Staring at his face searching for an answer in his cold expression, but seemed to never be able to decipher the meaning.

That laid back attitude, that cold demeanor, that unreadable expression… He once again, back to his world… that's all she could see in him.

Both of them standing still. Spending the time in silence. She stared down the floor, trying to process whatever he'd said just now. After several minutes which felt like hours, he broke the silence.

"Then, this will be the last time we meet. We won't be seeing each other again… I won't go to you so do you. Don't call me, don't care about me, close your eyes and ears for everything about me… and… pretend that we never know each other" She gasped at his reply. Her eyes widened and looked at the man but he still closed his eyes. That… sounded more like a harsh command to her.

Having to hear such words coming from the man she loved so dearly, she felt like multiple swords stabbing hard right into her heart million times… no, it's more than that, it felt like, he shredded her already broken heart to another small and tiny pieces that might be hard to merge, that some of the part might be missing and lost. She clutched her fist and trembled.

Still holding her tears… she wanted to say something, but unable to utter any words. Hell, this man didn't seem to even care. Typical him.

After gathering all her might, that what she thought, she opened her mouth to speak but then she paused. A long pause. Nothing came out. She wanted to say something but she just couldn't find any word. Instead, she swallowed her voice. She turned her eyes to the side. Unable to look at his face any longer. Just silence filled the emptiness of their surroundings. Without words, he walked away leaving the girl standing alone.

So, he left. She whispered to herself as to remind herself her current situation. She turned her head to the man who just left. She wanted to stop him, but found no strength in her; she couldn't even move a single finger. All she could do was staring at the back of the man who already entered his car. She saw him drove his car and still staring until the car was out of the sight.

It felt like a dream. She wanted to wake up but, she's already awake. She knew very well, this wasn't a dream, she knew this was real, she knew, this was happening just now. She knew… but, she couldn't do anything.

He left her speechless. She wanted to cry but the tears that she held from the beginning didn't want to fall. Unable to move, she stood there, reminiscence all the time they spent together from the day they met until now. The happy and sad memories they'd shared, all the stupid things they'd done. Everything played in her mind.

And just now, he ended it with no signs and no reasons. He left with nothing. She felt so hurt, so damn hurt that she was unable to cry, she wanted to scream but couldn't bring herself to do so. She could feel the pain inside her heart. It was so unbearable as the wound he left felt so deep. If the pain could be seen, she might be able to see the profusely bleeding wound. The wound that might won't be able to heal.

Her sister was watering the plant outside the door when she saw her sister came with unreadable expression.

"Just came back?" she asked with smile. Nami didn't reply but looked at her face without saying anything and just entered her room leaving her sister in questions.

Sensing something is not right, she thought of giving her some time to sort things out by herself. She knew sometime later, her sister will be able to tell her what was happening, if she would.

In her room, she slumped her body onto the bed. She just laid on her bed staring at nothing. Her heart felt empty. Her mind was somewhere else. She kept staring at the ceiling she didn't realize that all her senses slowly shut down one by one and the pain she felt faded into the recesses of her subconscious mind.

A knock on her door woke her up from her slumber. She sat and looked at the clock. It was 7.15 pm.

"Nami, dinner is ready" she heard her sister outside her room. Slowly she walked into the door and opened it. Upon seeing Nami in the kitchen, Nojiko formed her smile and gestured her to take a seat. Understood, she pulled the chair and sat.

They ate in silent. Nojiko noticed that, Nami kept poking on her food with the fork but didn't eat. She stopped and stared at Nami's face. She could see the sadness written all over Nami's face.

"Nami, why don't you eat?" Nojiko uttered. Nami looked up at her sister who was now staring at her. Feeling guilty, she put her fork.

"I'm done" Nami suddenly stood up and went to her room leaving her sister alone.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Nojiko entered Nami's room and saw her sister lying on the bed. She didn't know whether her sister was sleeping or just lying unmoved. She sunk down next to Nami. She rubbed Nami's back as a comforting gesture.

"Nami, although I didn't know what happen… remember, I am always here for you" was all she could say to Nami.

What a terrible sister I am. She said to herself as she hugged her little sister.

"I'm going to further my study" Nami suddenly spoke. Nojiko who was reading turned her attention to Nami who was sitting directly in front of her. All she could see was a pair of lifeless eyes. Nojiko didn't dare to say anything.

For the past few months, Nami had been a prisoner in her own world. Rarely came out of her room, she would, only when she felt like. She began to worry and tried to talk to her about this, but Nami didn't talk anything about that. She knew, Nami wanted to keep this to herself not letting her know. But she assumed, she knew what was going on to her.

She knew her sister is a strong girl and sooner or later, she would be able to get over whatever problem she had for now.

"Well, if you think that is the best" Nojiko smiled and continued "I'm sure mom will be happy".

Nami nodded and smiled half-heartedly. The smile was not that bright, but Nojiko was glad because, at least, Nami was trying to move on with her own life. At least, her sister tried to pull herself together and got on her feet after overwhelmed by the pain Nojiko knew was unbearable to Nami.

"I'm going out tonight" Nami stood leaning on the wall while her sister was preparing dishes. Nojiko turned her head to see her sister and raised her brows.

"Your not going to eat dinner?" Nojiko asked in returned.

Nami shook her head. "Well, then, that means, I'll eat alone." Nojiko shrugged.

"I'll be late. Don't wait for me" Nami responded.

"Be careful" Nojiko reminded Nami.

Nami waved her hand goodbye and left.

TBC…

So, this is my first attempt to write a fiction. I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes and repeated words since I have very limited vocabularies. Oh, English isn't my first language so, please excuse me for that ^.^