Shiori was on the way to school and lost thoughts this way. As so often, she thought of her past. She wanted to do so many things differently, but she had been happy then, so very different from that day. She also thought of the present and the future. She had to let go of the past, she knew that, but it was easier said than done. She hated her current life. All she had was the school and her friends who wanted to change her.

The girl looked up and was torn from her thoughts as her feet had stopped. She looked straight at the house where her best friend, Kagome Higurashi, lived. She still seemed sick because her windows were still closed with curtains.

Kagome was so different from Shiori Aoyama. She was taller, had brown eyes and blonde elbows and long hair, was open-minded, contentious and open. Hold a typical Japanese school girl aged 16.

Shiori, on the other hand, was quite small, petite, had bright blue eyes, long jet black hair, a few freckles, white skin and elven-like ears, and was also very shy, reserved, honest, fair and intelligent.Shiori went on and a corner further she met her friends. The twins Mokuwa and Kija Nohara, blonde hair, blue eyes and open-minded. Masi Tokodaiji, brown short hair, brown eyes and a little bit bitchy. Kaito Yokomiso black hair, gray eyes and cool. Boujou Mikawa brown hair, brown eyes and very curious. Houjou Sato brown hair green eyes and neutral. Kamemaru Nagoja, blonde hair, green eyes and condescending. Nizamu Edogawa, blonde hair, brown eyes and a know-it-all and last but not least Jouten Ôsawa, brown hair, black eyes and compassionate. "Good morning Shiori.", They greeted them all. “Tomorrow.” “Is Kagome still sick?” Asked Kija. "Yes, and if she continues like this, she will have to repeat the class.", Shiori replied as they continued. "You only have school on your mind, right?", Masi asked and looked at the girl strangely. "Better than when you're about to leave school because of bad grades," replied Kaito, protecting Shiori."You just have to talk because you are so good at school too." Masi defended himself now. "At least he's at a higher school than you.", Nizamu now interfered. "Are they not allowed to have their argument alone?"; asked Houjou, who disapproved of these conversations one way or another. "Hey you peat noses! Wait a minute!" Shouted Chiaki, who came running with Yamato, Miyako and Marron. Chiaki Asakura, blue hair, blue eyes and dismissive. Yamato Minazuki, dark green hair, green eyes and grown up. Miyako Todaiji, purple hair, purple eyes and strict and Marron Murrie, brown hip-length hair, brown eyes and clumsy. "Did you get lost?" Asked Boujou when the four of them arrived at the group. "No, I was just so nervous that I see Shiori again today that I went outside the door without clothes.", Chiaki explained and took the girl in his arms, but Mokuwa immediately pulled her away and looked at Chiaki angrily . "We'll talk about that later."" Actually, Marron just overslept again. ", Yamato explained." Yes and if we don't move now we will be late. ", Miyako replied." Every morning this hearted one. "Whined Masi." Complain to Marron. ", Miyako said." Sorry. ", it came from her." It's not that bad. ", Mokuwa claimed and put his arm around her." Hey, Hey ... No attempts at flirting in the morning. Besides, we have to take care of Shiori before, otherwise she will feel neglected. "Said Kaito, stepping up next to her." Don't you think that you've already given her enough compliments for today? ", Chiaki asked and stepped to the other side of the girl." I think I should interfere today. ", Boujou replied, standing in front of her." In my opinion you have made enough advances to our little ones for today. "Mokuwa intervened, gently pulling Shiori away from the boys and pushing them forward while they looked back." The same thing every morning.", Miyako groaned and walked on with Marron and Shiori." I would like to be in your place. "Marron dreamed and looked at the guys who were squirming a little further ahead." Hey girls, what do you think of it if we meet at five today in the park? "suggested Kaito." Yes, great idea. ", said Kija." What about you? ", asks Boujou and looked at Shiori questioningly." I don't know yet. "she replied." Well, we'll discuss that later. ", Chiaki replied with a wink." See you later. ", Kaito, Mokuwa, Nizamu, Marron and Shiori said goodbye, as they now had to turn right because they went to a different school than the others.

"So what about you now? Will you come afterwards too?" Asks Kaito. "As I said, I don't know yet.", Shiori explained. "You have to know that.", Nizamu explained. “Let's see.” “If you can't decide for yourself again, we'll just make sure that you come over,” Mokuwa explained. "But-" "Nothing but.", Kaito interferes." But- "Are they not expressing themselves well? You're coming and that's that." Nizamu determined. The girl looked down at the floor. "Just agree with you, come for an hour, then you will be satisfied too." Marron tried and Shiori agreed. It was pleasant for her to have a girl with her who at least stood by one. It was a problem for Shiori every day that her friends always pushed her so hard. It was unbearable for her. She should laugh again, be happy again, find a new friend, mingle with people, change everything. The main problem was that Shiori didn't understand all of this and preferred to be alone.

Mokuwa discussed the rest of the way to school about football with the boys, while Marron tried to find out from Shiori how Mokuwa thought her. Of course, Marron wouldn't be Marron if she hadn't said out loud that she thought Mokuwa was totally cute while the boys were taking a break in their conversation and heard this."Oops, that was a bit too loud.", She confessed and turned bright red. "Well, I think he already knew it one way or another.", Shiori claimed and looked at her best friend while he looked back. "Yes, but what does he think about me? Now finally say it. You know that for sure.", Marron replied, but Shiori remained silent and Marron switched the subject to Kaito, Boujou and Chiaki, who obviously are in the other girls were in love. Marron talked and talked while Shiori was silent.

After school, after being at home, Shiori went to Kagome briefly to bring her the homework that Masi had given her and then went to the park. Kagome was too sick to have visitors, so the stay there passed pretty quickly.

Once in the park, she watched her friends from a distance as they sat and talked and had fun. It was nice to see how they all laughed and got along so well.Chiaki was the only one who looked around worried the whole time and seemed to be looking for someone. At that moment Shiori realized how wonderful this boy actually looked and she knew exactly if she would ever fall in love with you again, it would be with him. Chiaki's eyes always radiated such joy when he looked at her. Besides, he was the only one of the guys besides Mokuwa who didn't want her like a trophy. "Don't you think that it was much nicer when Shiori was still smiling?" Marron changed the subject. "Yes, but what can you do about it?" Asked Kaito. "We should somehow force her to do it, because to be honest, it pisses me off always talking about her." "Yes, we know that you hate everything that isn't about you.", Chiaki claimed annoyed. "Now stop arguing, but we really have to do something," said Kija. "Yes, but what? We have already tried everything.", Mokuwa said helplessly.He was the only one who knew how Shiori had been doing for a year now. She wasn't herself anymore, since that one day when her whole life had changed. "She finally has to get over it. It's been a year now." Miyako claimed. "Do you actually know how hard something like that can be for you?" Asked Chiaki. He was fully committed to her, even if he was always cool to everyone else, so everyone knew that he really liked Shiori and wanted to take all the suffering off her soul. "Yes, we know, something like that has happened to each of us before," said Masi. "But not like that.", Nizamu now interfered. "Yes, he is right. It is not the same thing that happened to us and her, because no one of us has ever seen it as directly as she.", Kamemaru Nizamu agreed. "To be honest, I think she's exaggerating a lot. It couldn't have been that bad," said Masi. "Don't you even know how it was?", Kaito asked." No where from. Nobody tells me anything. "said Masi." Because you never listen. ", it came from Boujou." Do you really want to know everything? ", Mokuwa asked now, who was the only one who really knew everything." Yes please. ", it came from everyone, because they were now very excited." You still know exactly what the weather was like back then, right? No, well, I'll tell you. It was sunny and yet cold, I was sick and Kerugou wanted to come visit me. I stood at our fence and saw him stand at the traffic light on the other side. I waved to him and the light turned green, so he started walking, but there was a car. It just took him away. It didn't even stop or slow down. It just kept going as if nothing had happened. I ran up to him and knelt next to him. There was blood everywhere. His blood. It spread on the street and my pants soaked it up. I forgot everything around me. I could only see the blood and him.How he lay there with a rib sticking out of his back. I put his head on my legs and the rib dug into my leg, which I didn't notice. I hugged him and cried into his face. He smiled at me with his sweet smile and said that he loved me more than anything and that he was so sorry that he had to do that to me. I told him it would all be fine and that although I loved him too, he shouldn't talk like it was over now. He apologized to me a thousand times, but I didn't take any of his apologies. I said we'd talk about it later. He should just lie there and not talk. He told me everything that came on his mind. Then I heard the sirens from the