Hearts Reunited - Chapter 2: A broken heart



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"Umi..." Ascot whispered under his breath as he walked over to her.
Umi saw him. "Konnichiwa, Ascot!" She said happily.
Ascot blushed. Caldina nudged him in the ribs, then moved away before he could choke her to death.
"Konnichiwa..." Ascot said shyly.
There was silence as everyone looked at Ascot.
"Well then, shall I show you to your rooms?" Ferio asked the girls.
"Ok." Hikaru said.
All three followed Ferio to their rooms.
"Ascot, do you still have feelings for her?" Caldina whispered in his ear.
Ascot nodded hesitantly.
"Oh dear..."

"So how have you all been on...Earth was it?" Ferio asked.
"Fine, we've missed Cephiro a lot though..." Umi replied.
Hikaru and Fuu nodded in agreement.
"I see...so that's what brought you back here." Ferio said.
"Our wish to come back to Cephiro brought us back?" Hikaru asked.
Ferio nodded, "In fact, Lantis and I wished for you to come back as well." He said.
"Why did you wish that?" Fuu asked.
"Because...we're both in love with girls from another world." Ferio replied with that smile of his.
Fuu blushed. Hikaru tried to hide a smile. Umi walked on with her head down.
"Well, here are the three rooms you can use." Ferio gestured his hands towards the rooms. "I'll leave
you to choose your rooms." Ferio walked off.
"I'll sleep here!" Hikaru ran into the first room on the left side.
"I suppose I'll use this room." Fuu went into the first room on the right side.
Umi didn't move. "Both Hikaru and Fuu have someone they care about...and someone that cares about
them...but who do I have?"

Caldina was chasing Ascot down the hallway.
"Matte! Ascot! You're not crying are ya?" She asked.
Ascot turned around, bangs fully covering his eyes, "No, why would I be crying?"
Caldina put her hands on her hips, "Umi."
"A-anou..." Ascot turned away.
"What's wrong, Ascot?"
"I don't know, it's not like she's rejected me or anything...yet." Ascot said.
"Ascot..."

Clef was wondering why the magic knights were once again brought to Cephiro.
The door opened.
"Umi? Is there something the matter?" he asked.
"M...may I come in?" she asked.
Clef nodded and created a chair using his magic.
"A-arigatou..."
"Umi, what's on your mind?" Clef asked.
"A-anou..." Umi hesitated, "I need to...tell you...something..."
"What is it?"
"I meant to tell you before I went back to my own world but..." Umi dropped her head, "I...I...
s-suki..."

Ascot lay in his bed awake.
"My feelings for her didn't change at all..." He rolled to his side.
"She probably still doesn't understand, but I don't know how to tell her."

[Flashback]
"All my friends love you Umi." Ascot dropped his head, "and...I love you too."
Umi stared for a little while, "I love you too Ascot, just like I love Caldina, Presea, and Ferio."
[End Flashback]

"It'll probably never change..."

"Umi..." Clef started.
"It's alright if you don't love me back. I...I just thought you needed to know..." Umi kept staring
down.
"Umi...I don't want to hurt you or anything but...I don't have any feelings for you. Sierra and I,
we share feelings."
Umi looked up at him, shocked.
"Sierra took care of me after you went back to your world. You see, I was in a bad condition because
I had put up a barrier around the entire castle during your battle with Debonair." Clef said, "We 
became closer and closer everyday..."
Umi stood up, head down, "Well, thank you for telling me. Good night." Umi walked back to her room.
"Umi...though I may not care for you...someone does..." Clef whispered.

Ascot got out of bed, "I won't be getting any sleep tonight, I might as well take a walk around the 
castle." Ascot changed out of his pajamas into his normal clothes, except without the hat. He left
the room and started down the hallway.

Umi was running through the hallways sobbing, "I'm so stupid, I should've known that Clef would refuse
me..." Umi thought to herself. "Baka, baka, baka..." Umi crashed into someone.
"Ouch, sorry...Umi!?"
Umi looked up, straight into the green eyes of Ascot. She quickly wiped away her tears and put on
a smile she hoped looked real. "Hello Ascot. I'm sorry for running into you like this."
"Umi, what's wrong? Have you been crying?" Ascot asked as he helped her up.
"Why do you think I would be crying?" Umi said with a small hint of pain in her voice.
"Umi...is something the matter that you can tell me about?" Ascot asked gently.
Umi looked up at him with teary eyes.
"Ascot...gomennasai!" She fell into his arms.
"Umi?"
"I'm sorry I've been so mean to you! I'm sorry I didn't notice how much you cared..." Umi cried into
his shirt.
"Umi..." Ascot hesitantly wrapped his arms around her.

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Purin-chan: My chapters are short but they end at good parts ne? Ohohohoho! Err...dictionary
time!

Translations:
Konnichiwa - Hello
Matte - Wait
Anou - Err.../Umm...
Arigatou - Thank you
Suki - basically means to love but in this case, I love you
Baka - uhh do we need an explanation for this? It translates into stupid/idiot/etc.
Gomennasai - I'm sorry