*UNEDITED*

Atushi looked surprised and she laughed more. It is normal for this piece of news to surprise him. Nobody knew what happened that day except Yuhi and her. "I still don't understand love very well. My first relationship failed terribly, and the next one was too short for me to understand my own feelings."

"What about mr third?"

"I spent more time worrying about him." Sumire mumbled. "I am tired already Atushi, of love, and relationships. I am tired of feeling so sad and miserable all the time. But--" Her gaze fell towards Yuhi. "I want to treasure my relationship with him. I am still not over what happened with Mamoru, whenever I think of him my heart clenches in pain. But I want to try to move forward."

She is still frightened of so many things and she still has many uncertainties. But if she is with Terashima Yuhi, then surely something would change.

.....

Sometimes Sumire forgets exactly how famous Terashima Yuhi is.

He was cooking and yet he was composing a song on the spot simply by humming. She felt like she was getting in the way, so she offered to buy ingredients. But, Sumire looked at her surroundings and sighed.

Taking that shortcut was a bad idea. She thought she came this way before with Yuhi, but it turns out that isn't the case here.

Her thoughts broke off when she spotted somebody in the alleyway.

Is this person…..Hino?

It was hard to mistake that violet coloured spiky hair. She has never seen anybody with suhc a vibrant hair colour. It was obviously dyed and yet it looked so natural.

Gah, what is she doing?

Sumire quickly made her way over and crouched down. "Um, are you okay?"

She did not want to call him by his first name, since they were not close. But she did not know his surname. Hino weakly looked up and he frowned. "Ibuki Sumire?"

Sumire nodded and he turned away. "Leave."

What a cold hearted person. But, if I left him then something bad could happen.

Besides, this is a person Yuhi accepted into his life. Sumire felt like she got a grasp of the relationship Yuhi has with other people. Yuhi is not as picky as her with his personal relationships but he does filter a lot of people out. For him to accept this guy must mean there is something different about him.

His entire face has bruises and probably his arms too. It would not surprise her if there were more bruises in places that are not visible. She opened her bag up and took out a small medical kit.

"Hey, didn't I tell you to leave?"

"I cant just leave you after seeing you hurt. I will call a taxi so you could go to hospital after this."

"The dinner." Hino reminded her. "If you send me away, I cant go."

A frustrated look appeared on his face. Here he is covered in injuries and he is talking about the dinner?

"Then if you want to go, extend your hand out and let me treat you."

Sumire did not think that would work. From the first time she met him, she already determined that this guy was very stubborn. To her surprise Hino extended his arm out.

"Is the dinner that important? I thought you disliked me." Sumire said as she picked up one of the bottles.

"Well, I'm not fond of you. But I don't know anything about you yet. I figured I would clear up some doubts."

So he isn't hating on her randomly. He was glaring at her pretty hard when they first met.

"The main reason?"

Hino sighed. "Yuhi hasn't invited me for dinner in so long. I would be a fool not to take this chance."

At that comment her eyes widened at his words. This person must like Yuhi a lot. Her gaze softened at the thought. It seems like there are many people who care for him now. Whenever she thought back to that snowy concert, she would recall his kindness and sadness. Back then Yuhi admitted to her how lonely he was.

"By the way you are his actual girlfriend right?"

"We just started dating not too long ago." Sumire said. It was hard for her to admit that they only started going out the other day.

"Yuhi touched you already."

Sumire felt her cheeks grow hot at those words. She is usually so calm and composed. But when it comes to anything Terashima Yuhi related, she ends up like this. A nervous mess.

Hino did not say anything for a while but winced in pain when she dabbed some more ointment on his wound. After a few minutes of silence he eventually spoke up.

"Yuhi must have told you that he would make you fall for him or something, otherwise I don't think you would have gone out with him."

"Perhaps, but it feels like even if he didn't say anything, I would have agreed eventually."

After all, no matter how much she misses Mamoru. The person she was in love with for so long was without a doubt Terashima Yuhi. The feelings she has for him kept growing after that miracle encounter, such feelings cannot disappear right away. Ru dated her and accepted that.

Hino nodded. "Huh, I see. So you like him that much."

How could he tell from those mere sentences? To her surprise Hino flicked her forehead. "It seems like I can't dislike you. You actually have genuine feelings for Yuhi."

"But I've barely said anything." Sumire was very confused. How can this man say that for sure?

"No, what you said is enough. I guess I don't mind too much if you're the one going out with him, at least you're better than the other two."

Now that she thought about it...is Hino:s behaviour towards females hostile because of what happened with Yuhi? It does not appear that he dislikes females, because she saw him speak to Yuhi's female assistant. So she figured it was something to do with Yuhi.

"Those two people.."

She watched as Hinos gaze turned dark. "You want to hear about them? There isn't anything pleasant."

"It's just a little something." Sumire explained how Yuhi accidentally picked up an old drawing of Amano Touko. "He looked very sad and in pain. So I thought that maybe she was more important to him than he thought."

"Your not exactly wrong ab--" Hino trailed off when leaned forward and dabbed the ointment on the cut across his cheek. "..."

For some reason Hino stopped speaking. Sumire did not notice the complicated look or feelings he was going through. She focused on the words Hino said just now. It seems like she was right and that Touko person is important to Yuhi.