I am sorry...

"... I am sorry....", her voiced lowered. She was saddened, more of ashamed. She didn't mean to hide it from her. "You know, I-"

Sayaka placed her warm hand on her head. "Don't worry about it, Ayane-chan. I don't mind it in any way. You have become grown up, huh. Having secrets and stuffs. I know that. Its normal to have secrets. Here, I have secrets myself that I don't tell anyone too! So you don't have to worry, okay?", she tried to cheer her up. But the things she said were from the bottom of her heart. Those things were true. Somethings are meant to be kept deep inside the heart, locked down so that no one can see... she gazed at the moon, astonished by the sparkles it created on her hair as she looked at the complete braid of Ayane's hair.

She couldn't help it. She hugged her from the back and kissed her head, before resting her chin on it. "I guess I still see you as a baby.", she giggled. "I remember those times that you came rushing to me to tell me everything that happened in your little life..."

Ayane placed her hand on top of hers, which was resting on her waist. "How about you? How is life in entertainment industry treating you? You have become quite famous.", her voice was so low that it became a murmur at the end.

"Oh yeah... that did happen...", she frowned. "I hate it... if I knew fame is so restrictive, I wouldn't want to have it. Ugh..."

Ayane giggled. "Seems like you are having fun."

"It would've been more fun if you were there with me."

"Yeah... I don't need to explain why I left, do I?"

"Nope. You don't need to recall those memories...", she patted Ayane's head. "I saw the news when it happened. It was quite a fuss back then."

Sayaka slowly removed her hands around Ayane and went into her futon, tapping on hers.

"How long is your vacation?", Ayane asked, as she went into the futon beside her.

"About a month. I worked a ton to get such a big vacation!"