Chapter 2

"Naru is dead...NO,IT CANT BE!"
This made Keitaro break down, he made his way to the back of the ambulance. He walked towards Naru, and he sat down beside Naru's dead body.
No one tried to stop him.
Keitaro began to cry. Naru Narusegawa was dead.
Motoko decided it was best to leave him alone to grief, she understood it perfectly, a friend's death was always hard.
She went to Haruka's cafe, and got herself a cup of green tea.
"What do you think about all this?"
"What do you mean?"
"Naru is dead, where do that leave you and Keitaro?"
"I'm not sure what you mean..."

"You two had sex, and now what? Are you really together?"
"Well, its up to Keitaro, what he wants. But i understand whatever his choice will be."
Haruka finished her cigar.
"If he wants time to think, i respect it, and if he thinks its better to end relationship, i will follow his wish."
"I see...but do you love him?"
"I...yes...i do..."
"And he loves you?"
Motoko had a thousand thoughts going around in her head.
"Yes.."
Keitaro walked in, he didn't look good, his eyes and face were swollen of crying.The smile in his eyes, wasn't there anymore.
The only thing Motoko wanted right there, was to give Keitaro a warm and comforting hug, and never let go.

Motoko didn't feel well, she wasn't in good shape, she was sick, and she felt ill.
"Damn, i hope its over soon."
It was now 2 months since Naru died, and they had overcome the funeral together.
And everything was slowly turning back to normal, of course, nothing was the same, but Shinobu was still cooking dinner.
Kitsune was drinking Sake.
Kaolla ran around with Sara, exploring the secret passages and so on.
Motoko was continuing her training.
But there was a hole after Naru. It would always be an empty chair around dinner,breakfast and supper...
Always a not taken seat in the sofa, a room where no one lived in, filled with the past, what used to be.

But Motoko and Keitaro were still in love.
You would think Naru's funeral would break them apart. But their love grew only stronger between them.
Keitaro walked in at Motoko's room.
Even though she wasn't dressed in anything but her underwear, she didn't kick him out, in attempt to kill him, and besides, she trusted him.
After all...he had already seen her without clothes. Keitaro walked close to her and wrapped his arm around her.
"Hey Mo, are you OK?"
"I'm fine."
"I think you are a little pale,you're not sick are you?" "No, not at all, I'm fine, its nothing..."
"OK, if its anything, let me know, OK?"
"Sure."
Motoko smiled at Keitaro.
"But still, i think you should go see a doctor, you haven't been yourself lately."
"I'm not ill!"
Motoko began to cry. Keitaro gave her a hug, in effort to comfort her.


(Waiting is now officially over,Sephiroth)