It's been a while since Kenji has passed on. Just remembering that night, I walked home by myself, alone in the dark, with no warm love. My life has felt empty since that day and on. Kenji's funeral was planned by his family members and I'm on my way there right now. I'm so young but I've already lost the one worth living for...
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At The Funeral...


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I walked up to the crowd gathered around Kenji's coffin as it was being lowered into the 6 feet deep hole. My heart sunk when Kenji's mother started to yell out his name while crying in the same time. When the burial was finished, Kenji's mother turned to talk to me.
"You still have enough courage to show your face around here?!" She yelled.
"Fujiwara-san, I have no problems between your family and myself." I bowed.
"Don't you say that to my face!" She grabbed my hair, " This is all your fault that my son died!" I looked at her in amazement mixed in with confusion.
"I didn't do a thing to him! He had a terminal illness!" I pulled back my hair.
"This IS all your fault! You don't love him! The only person who loved him was his dear mother! ME!" She pointed at herself.
"You may have loved him longer, but that doesn't mean I loved him any less." My eyes glared back at her, and she saw my emotions swelling up in my eye. She backed off and joined the others in their caravan. I stood there, my tears hidden by the rain falling upon my face. Everyone drove off, and I was standing above Kenji's grave.
"Kenji....I'll never forget you. Even though you were barely there when I had problems, you swept me into your arms when I was about to give in. You'll always be my prince, and I'll always be your p-princess..." I fell to my knees and started to sob. A car pulls up behind me and a man steps out and walk towards me. I refused to turn around.
"Are you alright?" The voice caught me off guard. I gasped and quickly turned around.
"I thought you would need a shoulder to cry on." Leon took off his sunglasses and had a worried look on his face. I immediately had the urge to fall into his arms and cry my life out, until a woman stood out from behind him. She was holding a black umbrella and a black dress. She had short black hair and looked Chinese. I was surprised.
"Ah, um...." I was very confused. Leon looked at me, then he realized what was going on.
"Oh, Akiko, meet-"
"Ada, Ada Wong." She stuck out her hand, asking for a hand-shake. I shook her hand and smiled.
"Akiko, we're....married." Leon said with worry of my reaction.
"Oh. Thats, that's great..." I faintly smiled.
"Well, I guess it's about time for us to leave, come on Ada." Leon turned around and took Ada's hand in his. I was left back again, like always. Why did all this stuff happen to me? Why!? Kenji's dead, Leon's moved on....gosh I don't even know what happened to Yuki! I decided to leave, to go back to my hometown, where Yuki and I would play have have parties. On my way there I stopped by...
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Akiko and Kenji's Walking Trail


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I walked around the place where Kenji and I would exercise, before he passed out. I sat down on the bench where I let Kenji share one of my headphones and listen to my music. I started to tear up at the thought of Kenji's warm hugs and love. Leon almost gave me that love, but it just wasn't in him. He was a playboy, someone who just used girls for pleasure. Shopkeepers began to wonder about me since I was crying in front of their stores, so I just left for my hometown.
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At Akiko's Hometown

I drove by the place where my senior prom was held. I saw the parking lot where Yuki comforted me when I overreacted to Kenji's kiss. I parked, and started to think about when I was younger, when I would dream about celebrities and marrying Kenji. It ends up making me laugh at how naive I was back then. I backed out of the parking lot and drove to where the shopping district was. I saw the arcade where Yuki and I would play Tekken and I would hide my face if there was Kenji or anybody since I didn't want anyone to know that I was a geek. I walked around the clothing shops where I bought my prom dresses and my birthday dresses....it still doesn't make sense, why this all happened to me. I passed my a girl sitting on the bench crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked the little girl crying.
"M-My b-boyfriend stood m-me up!" She covered her face.
"It's alright, maybe he forgot it was today." I smiled.
"Shut up! You don't even know me!" She got up and ran away. I felt disappointed in myself and continued walking.
"You finally care about someone else's feelings." I turned around and noticed it was Yuki.
"Yuki, I'm not in the mood to fight." I quickly turned to walk away but she grabbed my wrist.
"I'm not here to fight, I'm here to talk." Yuki sounded desperate.
"What is it?" I was annoyed.
"Let's sit." We both walked to the bench and sat down, "Akiko, I can explain why this is all happening to you. Your loss of both your lovers and your best friend. Don't get me wrong, I also lost a best friend, you." I looked surprised.

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"Tell me why, tell me Yuki!" I held both of her hands and I felt tears beginning to form.
"Aki, have you ever asked me whats been going on in my life?" Her eyes peered into my soul, looking for the true answer. She knew I couldn't answer, so she continued.
"It's always been about you and Kenji, you and Leon. Its always been like that, you never asked about me and my boyfriends, heck, I could've been with both of your guys just that you didn't know." I looked down and my hands and noticed how selfish I am. It's always been about me....that's true. And I haven't even noticed that until now.
"Akiko, I'm not asking for you to be my friend again, but, I'm just telling you, change. Change your whole personality, attitude, everything. If you stay the same, nobody'll be your friend." Yuki stood up and smiled at me, " This'll probably be the last time we'll see each other. Sayonara, Akiko-chan." She walked away through the shopping district, her long black hair flowing the air, her boots hitting the floor. I stayed there for a while, thinking about what she said and how true it was. I eyes were dry, yet I had deep sadness within me. I decided to head back to my house, where Kenji and I lived.
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At Akiko's Home

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I dropped my bags on the floor and plopped myself onto the bed. I looked up at the ceiling, and recalled everything about me and Kenji, to the point of feeling his arms wrap around me. Once again, tears ran down my cheeks and I began to whisper 'I love you' to Kenji. I opened my eyes, and no one was there. I stared at the ceiling fan and slowly fell asleep. Maybe love wasn't meant to be....