Specially dedicated to POOR TARO-KUN
Lesson One: Taro should stay at least 200 meters away from Hikaru.
Hikaru’s eyes glimmered as he stared at the new comer before him. Their sensei was introducing Inoo Kei to the class and was looking for a seat for Kei when Hikaru kicked his partner to the empty seat beside the window and volunteered, “Sensei!!! Sensei!!!” he exclaimed as he waved his hands wildly, “I have a vacant seat here!!!!! Here!!!!”
Sensei then smiled awkwardly at Hikaru and patted Inoo’s shoulder, “Inoo-Kun, you may take the seat beside Hikaru-Kun. He’ll be showing you around the school.”
Inoo then smiled shyly at Hikaru as Hikaru said excitedly, “I think we’ll be really good friends!!! I’ll introduce you to my buddies later on!!! You’ll grow to like them!!”
Kei then nodded. Unknown to Hikaru, Kei comes from a shattered family. His mother left him when he was at the age of five, leaving him traumatized… thus he speaks little.
“Are you wearing braces or something? Why won’t you talk to me?” Hikaru asked, feeling a bit depressed at Inoo’s quiet attitude after a few minutes.
Inoo’s face turned solemn at that moment as he shunned away from Hikaru’s stare, “It’s alright if you don’t feel like telling!!!! GOMEN!!!!!” Hikaru exclaimed remorsefully… then secretly thinking, it’s fine by me anyway…. Because now that I have your full name, I can check on you~ muhaha~
“Inoo-Chan!!!! Can I have your number!? Onegai!!!” Hikaru exclaimed as he passed his cell phone to Inoo.
‘Are you gay?’ Inoo typed on Hikaru’s cell phone, staring at him awkwardly.
Hikaru, fell off his chair with a loud thud, shocked. “Hikaru Yaotome! What are you doing!?” Yamaguchi Sensei screamed at him as Hikaru held a hand to his heart, ignoring his Sensei completely.
“OI~!!! Inoo-Chan! You hurt me!!! How can I possibly be gay!?” he cried, hurt.
“Na…Na… Nani?” Yamaguchi muttered as her face darkened.
Hikaru stood up and brushed the dirt off his pants when Inoo wrote something else,
‘Hikaru-Kun, you have a really interesting personality…! Kawai des ne…I think we’ll become good friends! ^^’
Hikaru fell onto the floor again, creating a commotion. This time, feeling really touched, “Oh! Inoo-Chan!!! I’m so touched!!”
Inoo smiled awkwardly as Sensei sent a duster flying towards Hikaru… but missed him as he inched closer to hold Inoo’s hands in gratitude… and hitting another innocent classmate’s face instead. “Oh, Inoo-Chan!!” Hikaru exclaimed.
That was when he heard a cry of agony from his classmate and turned to look… only to find his classmate’s nose all red and swollen. “WHOA!!! Taro-Kun!!! Whoever did this to you!?!?” he cried out aloud in bewilderment.
Taro then pointed at the angry Sensei as Hikaru turned his head slowly towards his ‘beloved’ teacher. Her stares sent shivers down his spine as he hurriedly turned his head away again, avoiding his Sensei’s glare, “Don’t look at me like that, Sensei! I’ll feel embarrassed!!”
“Hikaru Yaotome…” Yamaguchi said with gritted teeth, “See me after school.”
“Hai… Sensei…” Hikaru stuttered weakly.
~*~
Lesson Two: Taro should make sure that Yamaguchi Sensei is nowhere near Hikaru.
“I want to thank you guys for helping me out.” Yamaguchi said and offered them a basket of fruits as a form of gratitude.
“Sensei.” Takaki said as he eyed at her coldly and snickered, “We don’t accept fruits… we accept girls.”
That was when Hikaru entered the clubhouse… he noticed the presence of Yamaguchi Sensei and looked at her, “Ah. Tamaguchi.”
Yamaguchi’s lips twitched and her face darkened when she heard her name being made fun of, “Ta-Ta-Tamaguchi…?” she muttered, “THAT’S NOT FUNNY AT ALL!!!!!”
Then, fired up, she hurled her shoe at Hikaru… which was meant to hit his face. Hikaru gasped and ducked immediately, covering his head, “ITAI!!” he heard someone yelp.
“Ah… that sounds familiar.” Hikaru muttered to himself and when he looked up, he exclaimed, “AH. Taro-Kun~!!!! Ohayo~!!!”
Yamaguchi’s shoe dropped off his face as he greeted Hikaru pathetically, “O-Ohayo… Hikaru-Kun….”
Taro wiped his face as he went over to his Sensei to return her shoe, unknowingly smearing the dirty imprint of the shoe all over his face, “Sensei… please aim properly next time…” he requested as Yamaguchi smiled at him awkwardly and apologized for her recklessness.
“Oh… I came here to tell you that a student is looking for you.” Taro said, scratching the back of his head in a sleepy manner.
“Oh…. Arigato!” Yamaguchi replied hastily as she hopped out of the room with one foot, trying to put on her shoe as she did so.
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Lesson Three: Taro should make sure that he’s not in sight when Hikaru is in trouble.
“AHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Hikaru screamed as he fell over with his hand on his rapidly rising and falling chest, “Hey, GHOST!!!!!! Don’t follow me around like that!!!!”
“Please help me!!!!” Megumi pleaded with her head still hanging low.
“I understand that you want us to help you but…” Hikaru started as he stood up, “THIS IS THE GENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” he screamed, blocking the entrance of the toilet.
“Maybe you should really reconsider who are you getting your help from???” Hikaru explained, “Look… we’re the Akumas…. We don’t do good things like helping people, alright?”
“But… I really need your help!!! Please help me!! Just this once!!!” Megumi continued to plead in front of the gents.
“Hikaru-Kun… who is this?” Taro asked him as he walked to the entrance, “your new girlfriend?”
Inoo then stared at Megumi pitifully as Hikaru ran a hand through his hair in an irritated manner, “Taro-Kun!” Hikaru shouted as a brilliant idea came to his mind, “she says she likes you!!!! GO! GO!”
Pushing Taro to Megumi, Hikaru and Inoo escaped from the evil clutches of Megumi.
“Ah… finally…” Hikaru panted, “Gotten away from the GHOST… she’s really freaky.”
‘Maybe you should help her instead? She looks really pitiful.’
Inoo typed on his cell phone.
“Inoo-Chan… we understand that she’s hurt… but… for one thing to start with…” Hikaru explained, “We don’t really enjoy doing good things.”
‘Why?’ Inoo typed on his cell phone once more, confused by Hikaru’s weird answer.
“Because we’re akumas… the reason to being an Akuma is because we’ve been hurt… not once… not twice… but many times… you understand now?” Hikaru said solemnly.
Inoo stared at Hikaru’s serious face… it’s the first time that he’s seen his friend so upset about something and he nodded,
‘But… have you ever thought of something?’ Inoo asked by typing the question on his cell phone.
Hikaru then looked at Inoo, wondering what his friend was getting at,
‘Maybe… if you were to help Megumi… then… maybe you won’t be in so much misery?’
Hikaru bit his lips and nodded his head sensibly, “I’ll get the others to think about that.” He said finally, giving in to Inoo.
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Lesson Four: Taro should always make sure that nothing dangerous is in Hikaru’s hands.
“What’s this doing in our clubhouse!?” Hikaru picked up a baseball and passed it from one hand to another before tossing it over his shoulder… unknowingly hitting Taro.
“Hika…. ITAI!” Taro winced as he covered his forehead with both of his hand in agony.
“Ah!!! TARO-CHAN!!!” Hikaru exclaimed and wanted to go over to greet him when Taro backed off, badly frightened by Hikaru’s ability to always injure him one way or another.
“Hikaru-Kun! Hikaru-Kun!!!” Taro yelled, terrified, “Stay put! Don’t come near me!!! DON’T!!!!!”
“Aww… Inoo-Chan… Taro hates me!!!!” Hikaru whined as Inoo smiled awkwardly and patted Hikaru’s head in consolation.
“Since you’re here… then help out with the cleaning.” Arioka said as he pointed towards the other end of the sofa, “Carry that end.”
Taro nodded foolishly as he helped to lift the chair up along with Daiki to turn it the right way up, “Chotto matte!!! Why am I doing this!?” Taro exclaimed and suddenly lifted his hands away from the chair and causing Daiki to fall over.
“Itai!” Daiki cried, “Oi! Don’t just put down without warning!”
“Onegai!!!!” Taro said as he bowed deeply in front of the Akumas, “I need your help!!! You have to help me no matter what!!!”
“Well if you help us clean up this mess.” Takaki said coldly as he pointed at the disheveled room.
As everyone went back to doing their part to tidy the room, no one was bothering Taro as he desperately tried to explain himself, “My twin sister!!! She’s got a boyfriend who’s cheating on her but…”
“But…?” Hikaru asked as they stopped doing whatever they were doing, “But… you didn’t want to tell her?”
“Hai…” Taro said, looking solemn, “it’s because… I don’t want her to get hurt… but… I was thinking… since you guys are the Akumas…”
“No.” Takaki interrupted him as he returned to doing his chores, “I’m sorry Taro-Kun but we’re not going to do good things such as helping your sister…”
“NO!” Taro said as he went up to Takaki, who had his back facing Taro, “I want you guys… to teach her boyfriend a lesson! Onegai!!!”
“Well~” Yabu said with a smirk on his face, “If that’s the case… then it’s different ne~”
“I think we’re going to enjoy this…” Hikaru chimed in, exchanging glances with the rest of the Akumas.
“But you do know that you still have to help us clean up this mess, don’t you?” Arioka asked as-a-matter-of-factly.
~*~
Lesson Five: Taro should not be standing behind Hikaru at all times.
“THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Hikaru screamed as he burst into the clubhouse, wildly waving the piece of paper in his hand.
“OUCH!!!!!!!!!” Taro gave a yelp as the door shut right onto his face!!!!
“Seriously Inoo-Chan!” Takaki moaned as he took of his ear piece and pointed at Hikaru, “Don’t you find it embarrassing to enter the school with this weird Akuma who does nothing but scream!?”
“Don’t try to sow discord between me and Inoo-Chan!!!!!!” Hikaru growled as Inoo just shook his head in reply to Takaki’s question, smiling sweetly.
“Forget about that, Hika-Chan…” Arioka said drowsily as he rubbed his eyes and sat up on the sofa, “what is awesome???”
“Oh ya…” Hikaru muttered before he flashed the news in front of them, “We are going to have a PROM NIGHT!!!! TADA!!!!!!” he exclaimed as the Akumas gathered in front of him.
“Wait a minute… I think Taro is outside.” Yabu said, “I thought I heard something when you shut the door, Hika.”
“Really???” Hikaru asked as he went to open the door… only to find Taro rubbing his red nose whilst he lay on the floor, “OH!!!! Taro-Chan!!! OHAYO!!!!!” he exclaimed and waved to Taro excitedly.
“Chotto!!!” Taro warned as he stood up and backed away from Hikaru, “Stay away from me!!!!!!”
“Why are you here again?” Takaki asked as he leaned against the doorframe, looking at Taro who was standing outside.
“Well… do you have any plans on how to help my sister?” Taro asked timidly, blinking at them.
Rolling his eyes, Yabu replied, “Uhuh… Taro-Chan… we don’t PLAN. We just handle whatever that comes our way… so… in other words… you’ll have to pray that something good happens.”
“Oh… okay then…” Taro muttered as Hikaru waved goodbye to Taro sweetly using Inoo’s hand.
~*~
Lesson Six: Taro should never have told his twin sister about knowing Hikaru.
“Oh… so that girl is your twin????” Hikaru asked as they leaned against a wall outside the classroom of Taro’s twin sister… Reina.
“Yes….” Taro nodded his head and then asked, “What!?” when he noticed the Akumas’ staring at him in disbelief.
Hikaru rubbed his chin and shook his head in disappointment as he sighed, “Why can’t you inherit a quarter of your sister’s beauty?”
“You look totally different from her… really.” Yabu added coldly as he continued to stare at Reina.
“Oh! Onii-Chan!!!!!” Reina spotted her brother and started running towards them cheerfully with her friends.
“Ah!!!!!! It’s…” Reina stammered, “It’s the Akumas!!! KYA~!!!!!” she screamed in unison with her friends, “Oh! Onii-Chan! How’d you know them!?!?!?”
Scratching the back of his head, he replied awkwardly, “well… Hikaru-Kun and I are in the same class…”
“Yo… Takaki Yuya desu…” Takaki said coolly as his fringe fell beautifully to cover his right eye, making the girls go weak in their knees instantly.
“Hey!!! Don’t do that to my sister!!!” Taro exclaimed, squeezing in front of them and trying to block the girls’ view of the guys.
Pushing her brother away, Reina remarked, “Onii-Chan! Can’t you just learn from Hikaru-San!? You’re so… UN-cool!!!!”
Pointing to himself and gaping at his twin he wanted to say something but ended up opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish instead, “Gomen ne… Taro-Chan… I guess your sister likes me.” Hikaru said with a smile on his face, making Taro envy him for the immediate attention that he can never get from his twin.
~*~
Lesson Seven: Taro should always wear earplugs.
“Is that Taro’s girlfriend?” Hikaru whispered into Inoo’s ear as they leaned over the railing, looking down at the stairs.
Taro was taking a pile of papers from a girl from another class and Hikaru… who’s always curious about everything, wondered if Taro was interested in that girl.
‘Maybe~^^’
Inoo typed on his cell phone just and smiled ever so radiantly at Hikaru who just melted into nothing.
“Inoo-Chan~ you make me melt with that beautiful smile of yours~♥” Hikaru sighed beautifully as he stared at Inoo dreamily, forgetting all about Taro.
“Hikaru-Sama!!!! Kawaii~!!!!!!!” they heard some girls scream… turning around slowly, they realized that they have failed to notice the girls who were gathering around them!!!
Startled by the crowd, Hikaru let out a scream, “UWAAAA~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” which frightened Taro and hence causing him to miss a step and stumbling over.
The papers fluttered in different directions and covered his whole body as Hikaru and Inoo rushed down to his aid. “Taro-Chan????” Hikaru bent down in concern, looking at Taro, “are you alright?”
“Dai-Daijobu…” Taro stuttered as his specs lay crooked on the bridge of his nose and he sat up.
“Kakoii~!!!!” the girls screamed once more as the two Akumas flashed their ‘killer smiles’ at them, totally forgetting that they were supposed to help Taro who was being ignored.
Just as Taro was about to go down another flight of stairs… “Hikaru-Sama, Inoo-Sama!!!! You guys are so helpful!!!!”
“It was nothing!!!” Hikaru replied as he lifted his hand to wave… unknowingly pushing Taro down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Ah… Taro-Chan!!! Daijobu????” Hikaru hollered down the stairs and sighed, “what would you do without me~?”
~*~
Lesson Eight: Taro should buy a fitting shoe for Yamaguchi Sensei.
“Why do I feel like I’m in a zoo…?” Yamaguchi asked as the chalk broke into two in her vice like grip.
The class then muttered, “It’s not only you, Sensei…” as they all squeezed into a corner of the class at the many hands that were sticking into their classroom through the windows.
“Oi! Oi! Oi!” Yamaguchi hollered, “don’t you know that it’s lesson time right now!? Shouldn’t you girls be in class!?”
The eyes of the stubborn girls then narrowed at Yamaguchi suspiciously, “Why are you forbidding us to see the Akumas, Sensei?”
“Ya… do you have some sort of relationship with them, you old hag?”
“What…?” Yamaguchi muttered with gritted teeth as her face darkened, unable to withstand her anger any longer, “Who are you calling an old hag!?!?!?!?” she hollered and charged at them as Hikaru and Inoo tried their best to hold her back whilst she kicked and punched the air desperately.
“Sensei… we’re in the school…” Hikaru grimaced as he tried to maintain the smile on his face.
“I don’t care!!!!!!” Yamaguchi screamed as she continued to kick wildly like an obstinate kid in distress… that was when her shoe dislodged itself and flew over her head… landing once again on… Taro’s head.
“Why is it always me~~~???????” Taro whined with tears in his eyes.
~*~
Lesson Nine: Taro should wear safety gears when Hikaru is near.
During lunch break, the Akumas went to Hikari’s class and gently knocked on the door… which scared the daylights out of the students. “Looking for uh….” Hikaru announced and secretly peeked at the writing on his hand, “Ishizaka… Hikari…”
“I’m Ishizaka Hikari.” The timid girl pushed herself up from her seat and stared at the Akumas, wondering what this was about, “what’s the matter?”
“Movie.” Inoo smiled sweetly and said as he passed one of the movie tickets to Hikari.
“INOO-CHAN!!!!!” Hikaru burst out crying as he pawed at Daiki.
“Hikaru!!!” Daiki said as he pushed Hikaru’s hands away but they just kept pawing at his face and body nonstop, “Stop…it…! What… are… you… doing!?”
“INOO-CHAN!!!!!!!!!” Hikaru sobbed even harder as he buried his head into Daiki’s shoulder, “OH MY INOO-CHAN!!!!!!”
The next thing you know, the emotional Hikaru starts to bang his head on the wall.
“Hika… what are you doing?” Yabu asked awkwardly.
Hikaru continues banging.
“Hika… you’re creating quite a commotion here.” Daiki added.
Hikaru chews on his tie while he looks at Inoo who’s writing down his phone number.
“Hika… you’re going to ruin your image.” Takaki said, looking rather bored at the scene in front of him
Hikaru gnaws on his tie.
“Hika….” The three Akumas said in unison, getting kind of irritated now.
Hikaru flops onto the floor like a jellyfish, thinking that his Inoo is going on a date without him. “Daijobu, Hika-Chan?” Taro, who happened to pass by the class, walked over to Hikaru.
“Hika-Chan… you DO know that we actually have tickets to that movie premier too… right?” Daiki said as Taro lowered himself to pat Hikaru’s cheeks to make him open his eyes.
“HONTO!?” Hikaru exclaimed and sat up almost immediately…. Bumping his head onto Taro’s really hardly and made Taro wince in pain as he covered his aching forehead.
“HIKA!!!!!!” Taro screamed at Hikaru, “WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME!?!?!?!?!?”
Once again, Taro has underestimated Hikaru Yaotome’s ability to injure him and… gotten himself a bruise on the forehead because of Hikaru the amazing Akuma.
“Honto ni??? Dai-Chan???” Hikaru exclaimed in excitement, ignoring Taro, who was rolling on the floor in agony.
“Yes, Hika.” Daiki said as he smiled at Hikaru whose eyes were glistening with excitement at the thought of…
“This way… I can spy on Inoo-Chan… Muahahahaha…..” Hikaru chuckled silently to himself, unknowingly dispersing a dark aura around him.
“Heheheheheh!?!?!?!?” Daiki, Takaki and Yabu backed away frantically at the sight of the evil aura emitted by the usually bubbly Hikaru, “What…. What is wrong with him…?” they stammered as Inoo came out and tapped on Hikaru’s shoulder, oblivious to what had just happened.
“Inoo-Chan~♥” Hikaru exclaimed when he saw his best friend.
The dark aura around him disappeared almost immediately as he pounced onto Inoo playfully and his face lit up with his usual bright smile.
“Hikaru…. Is….” Daiki stuttered as he tried to make sense out of the situation, “an Akuma… no doubt about it…”
~*~
Lesson Ten: Taro should never lend anything to Hikaru.
“Ah…. Inoo’s lips…” Hikaru whispered dreamily to himself during lesson as he unconsciously doodled Inoo’s name all over the borrowed textbook… and that textbook belongs to… Taro.
“Hika-Chan… are you done copying?” Taro whispered frantically, for fear that Yamaguchi would turn back any second now to check on their work.
“TARO!!! WHY ARE YOU TALKING!?!?!?!?” Yamaguchi hollered as everyone in the class stared at his innocent face.
“Ah…. Sensei…. He was just….” Hikaru tried to explain as Yamaguchi approached Taro angrily... or perhaps, upset by the fact that she had been ignored by Yabu Kota.
“Inoo Kei… Inoo Kei… Inoo Kei… INOO KEI!?!?!?!?!?” Yamaguchi screamed as Hikaru grimaced and made a face at the innocent Kei.
“Kei… you have an admirer!?” Hikaru whispered…. He had absolutely ZERO recollection of writing Inoo’s name on Taro’s textbook.
“Taro… no wonder I don’t see you hanging out with girls….”
“No…! It’s not that!!!”
“Taro… so that’s why you’re always looking at Inoo…”
“I DON’T LOOK AT HIM!!!”
“We should all stay away from Taro…”
“DON’T~~~~!!!!!!”
“Taro…” Yamaguchi joined in the class, “you’re… homo right? There’s no need to be shy about that because…”
“I’M NOT A HOMO!!!! HIKARU!!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THIS TIME!?!??!?!?!” Taro screamed at the top of his voice, eyeing at Hikaru with tearful eyes.
“I didn’t do anything…” Hikaru whimpered as Inoo secured his arms around his best friend.
“Good boy♥” Inoo said and patted his best friend’s head.
Taro bawled in horror. “I’m not a homo~~~~~~”
~*~
Lesson Eleven: Taro should learn self-defense.
“Hey, AKUMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” there was a shrill scream as the door was flung open, “YAMAGUCHI HERE!!!!!”
“Tamaguchi?” Hikaru muttered as he stared at his Sensei.
“Inoo-San!!! Taro said that he misses you!!!!” Yamaguchi exclaimed and pushed Taro, who was tied up… to Inoo.
“DON’T TOUCH MY INOO!!!!!” Hikaru hollered and threw Taro out of the house… and causing him to roll down the stairs…
“Jiro.” They heard a soft voice whimpered at that moment and all of them turned to look at Miyuki at that moment.
“Jiro…?” Hikaru muttered, then snapped his fingers in enlightenment and pounded a fist onto her desk, “oh ya! Jiro!!! Her ex-boyfriend!!!”
“I don’t believe that he’ll leave me just like that…” Miyuki whimpered as tears rolled down her eyes.
“What’s the problem!?!?? What’s the problem!?!?” Yamaguchi questioned excitedly, “Let me use my beauty to seduce that young man!”
“Sensei…” Takaki muttered, “I’m sorry but I see no beauty with that body of yours.”
Yamaguchi stood still, shocked.
Yabu then added, “You’re horribly weird with your round glasses.”
Yamaguchi stood still as she was very shocked.
Hikaru chimed in, “you’re weird with your jerseys.”
Yamaguchi remained still as she was VERY very shocked.
Inoo then smiled at his sensei and commented in a sing-song voice, “Weirdo~♪”
Yamaguchi’s heart crumbled into pieces, devastated as she collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.
~*~
Twelve: Taro… should be thankful to Hika?o_O
“Out you go~” Hikaru and Inoo said as they pushed the guys out of the room and the next thing you know… they came face to face with Hikaru’s gay supporters… AGAIN.
Screaming his head off, Hikaru’s immediate reaction was to grab Inoo by the collar and run!!!!! His supporters ran after him diligently as they chanted something about Hikaru is their light and only love and that was when Taro appeared, walking out of the gents. Hikaru ran behind Taro hurriedly and halted his loyal fans,
“Wait!! Wait!! TARO!! TARO IS HOMO!!! HOMO!! GO AFTER HIM!! HE’S GOOD QUALITY!! EVEN BETTER THAN ME!!!”
Upon hearing that Taro is “good quality”, the supporters changed target almost immediately, “Taro-Kun~~~!!!!♥” they squealed, “Kyyyaaa~!!!”
“NOOOO~!!!” Taro screamed pathetically as he ran with all his might and this time…
Thanks to Hikaru, he rushed into the girls toilet by accident and a stampede occurred in the ladies as the girls screamed in disgust, “AHHH~!!! PERVERT!! PERVERT!!!”
When all the girls were gone and Taro’s uniform was left torn and tattered beyond hope, there was one girl standing there as Taro whimpered, “Hik… Hikaru!! I hate you!!!”
“Daijobu?” he heard a gentle voice asking him and when he looked up, it was as if an angel was shining her light on him with her angelic smile as she offered him a handkerchief.
Taro broke into a smile almost immediately as he melted into that special moment and whimpered, “Hik.. Hikaru… I love you…”
END