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A few minutes after they finished the last exam her idiot brother came up with another of his harebrained questions .

It was brain-dead to the extent he immediately regressed from "brother" or even "bro" to "idiot brother" in seconds . In what alternative universe would she be able to solve the love problems of her best friend, the fifty year old supermodel with men clinging to her like grapes . The one who decided to cut off the man who must have been the love of her life, and who was Noriko"s first love as well .

"But I promised I"d ask you . "

"And that makes it better exactly how?" Noriko stared at her idiot bro . "Did we really have the same parents?" "Fine, you asked . "

Ryu"s face lit up enough for Noriko to glare at him .

"You"re on your own with this one . She hands him c.r.a.p chocolate and he returns a million yen ring?"

Ryu nodded .

"And how did you expect me to talk them out of that kind of monumental idiocy? Moron, is it contagious?"

That he nodded again didn"t make things any better .

"You really thought I could? G.o.ds!" "Ryu, they"re beyond help . They"re so disgustingly stupid I feel ashamed I fell in love with one of them . So should you . "

She had to keep her voice down . Ryu was still Ryu, girlfriend or not . When anyone spoke with him people tended to eavesdrop . The midget sister equipped with an up and rising model as boyfriend didn"t make it any more discreet .

Thinking of Nao soured her mood some more . He worked more than could be accounted to Kuri"s well paid prison . Her amazingly paid prison . Noriko guessed Kuri alone made more than Urufu"s company, and the way Urufu worked the last month money kept pouring in .

"Broken and rich . Is money really worth all that?" But money wasn"t part of it . Noriko knew that . Working to death as a means to escape the trap they built of themselves, to pretend they didn"t notice how much they each hurt the one they loved the most . If that was becoming an adult, then Noriko would stay a child for the rest of her life .

"You"re silent, sis . "

Noriko fidgeted a bit . "Sorry, forgot you were here . " "Follow me!"

She led her idiot brother down the stairs, en route their lockers and through the entrance . Not until she reached the line of sakura trees, which already showed signs of breaking out in beauty, did she stop .

"Master of morons, I"ll help . OK?"

Ryu nodded . He even knocked a fist to his head like an elementary schooler . "How . . . "

"Silent! Contagious . It"s contagious!"

Ryu stayed silent, and Noriko could afford enjoying spring some more while they waited for Kuri to show up . Her car already stood waiting, but it didn"t worry Noriko as much now as earlier . A phone-call to Sato-sensei and car, thugs and Kuri each vanished in different directions . After Noriko found that out she didn"t care, and neither did Kuri .

Then the midday sun shone from the entrance, and soon thereafter a halo of golden hair floated above school-yard gravel . As had been the routine since she dumped Urufu, Kuri came with a reinvigorated fan-club tailing her steps . Even the number of confessions increased .

"Idiot bro, last chance . Do you really want me to got through with this?"

He nodded .

"Sorry Kuri, but this will hurt . "

Noriko waited for her best friend to leave the school yard before the ambush .

"Kuri, Ryu here asked me why he fell in love with you . "

Kuri"s face clouded over .

"Had to tell him I can"t understand why . "

For once an angry glimmer lit in Kuri"s eyes, but it died as soon as it awoke .

"Shut it Wakayama . . . "

She didn"t have time to allow Kuri"s fan-club to get involved . "I mean, wasn"t all that much there to love after all . "

A gust of wind ran along the street . Noriko heard it rustle branches above her, she heard Kuri take two steps and stand absolutely still, she heard fan-club members gasp for breath, and she heard strangely running steps from the school yard . "Kyoko? Why are you running?"

"Don"t do it! Noriko, stop!"

"I have to move in for the kill . " "Kuri, if you don"t love him, then just throw away that toy . " "I"m not doing this for you Ryu . This is for Kuri . " But her idiot bro knew that . It was why he asked her in the first place . Noriko was aware of that . He was the catalyst and she the mover .

"Toy?" one of the boys wondered .

"Noriko, I couldn"t . " An ember of life lit in Kuri"s eyes .

"Yes, please, we want you back . Yell at me, scream and hate me, but come alive!"

"Back when I wanted him you never let go . " That was grossly unfair and untrue, but Noriko couldn"t afford being nice . "Now when he only looks your way you dump him by the road . "

Kuri didn"t say anything, but her silence spoke of anguish .

"Keeping that ring of his for the money?"

The gust of wind ran it"s course and made a left turn at the end of the street . Kuri took another step forward and the fan-club growled with anger .

"Sis, there"s no one like you . Thank you!" her idiot brother whispered .

"Noriko, how low do you think . . . "

"Got you!" "To any depth . There"s no stopping you from sinking even deeper . " "And now I kill her . " "You even made money when Kyoko got stabbed . "

Kuri looked as if Noriko had slapped her .

"What happened to the Kuri who came first to Urufu"s hospital but last to Kyoko"s . How little is your best friend worth?" "I can"t make you two work again, but I can give you a clean break . " Noriko looked at Kyoko who had stayed silent during the a.s.sault . "I"m sorry for dragging you into this, Kyoko, but this is my last gift to Kuri and Urufu . "
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"Why would . . . "

"To smash what you broke . Kuri, it"s broken . Don"t try to mend it! Now off you go to the job you love so much . "

With Kyoko"s hand in hers Noriko watched Kuri get into her car . Ryu stood behind them and made sure none in Kuri"s fan-club tried to attack Noriko .

"She"ll hate me, but this is the best I can do," Noriko said to Kyoko . It hurt . "I"ll explain "some day" . "

"Some day . I just lost one of my two best friends, and I have to wait for "some day" . I didn"t want this . "