*February 1 2008, shortly after the events of the last chapter, Simon keeps trying to find Emma, with no avail, she's gone, he's looked throughout the whole school at this point, no Emma, he asks everyone he knows, student's, teacher's and other staff, and with nothing, he can't find her. The setting goes to lunch, Simon sits on the cafeteria thinking on where can she be.*
"Heck...Where the heck could Emma be? She usually doesn't go out during school hours, and she usually would just stay in the classroom...I'm gonna kill myself for this...." *Simon, filled with guilt for something that he isn't even sure what is about, doesn't even eat his lunch, he just stresses, and stresses, and stresses.*
"Poor Simon, he looks like he's stressed" *Shiro says with a smirk in the back of the cafeteria entrance, with Min by his side.*
"I think this is going too far, one of us is going to have to tell him about your dumb project..." *Min says, still mad at Shiro, for this*
"Not yet.. <3" *Shiro smirks* "He's going to have to solve this on his own."
"What the heck do you even mean! He's stressed out thinking over his friend and you're here saying not to help him! I have to tell him!" *Min says, pissed at this point*
"Min, let me ask you." *Shiro says seriously this time* "Do you even know where Emma is?"
"I-I didn't even think about that..." *Min starts to calms down*
"Right, you don't, but I do." *Shiro replies.*
"You do!? So tell me, where is she?" *Min says with a look of hope.*
"That I won't do, I need to know what Simon is going to do, and how he's gonna face it." *Shiro says*
"Not even to me!? I hate you." *Min says mad*
"Let me tell you something, if there's one thing Simon hasn't learned, it's how much his friend's love and need him. He's gonna learn that lesson today." *Shiro says with a smile*
*Min just looks at him and sighs and starts to walk*
"Where are you going?" *Shiro asks*
"To Simon, I'm going to help him." *Min tells him*
"You do you at this point." *He smiles*
*Simon, still stressing out, is approached by a quiet Min, holding lunch.* "Mind if I sit here?"
"Be my guest." *Simon says slowly.*
*They both eat quietly before Min starts to speak up.* "Is there something on your mind?"
"No-nothing." *Simon says* "Nothing's wrong.."
"You lost Emily, haven't you?" *Min says quietly.*
"Huh!? Who's Emily??" *Simon says, thinking she could be Emma*
"You may know her as Emma, but her real name is Emily Hitori." *Min says*
"H-how do you know that..!? Who are you..?!" *Simon says, shocked at this point*
"My name is Min Todorome, I'm Emily's childhood friend since 1st grade, I guess you could say we're long-lost friends." *Min says*
"I see. Simon Ivan's, pleased to meet you" *Simon reaches out his hand but Min doesn't shake it*
"Why did you steal Emily away from me?" *Min says.*
"Huh? What do you mean?" *Simon confused, asks.*
"I was one of, if not, Emily's only friend, I remember her being all happy and what, only to lose her confidence cuz of bullies, I was the only one who stayed with her, until you came in the picture." *Min says.*
"I-i'm sorry, but she came to me.." *Simon says*
"And that's what you have to do this time, you have to go to her, think of where she could be, the only person who can find her is you, Simon Ivan's." *Min says confidently.*
"I-I'll do it. Thank you." *Simon bows and leaves*
*After he runs out of the cafeteria, Shiro approaches Min and says* "I guess you could say good advice sometimes."
"Shut up, there's just something about him, something that could make Emily, be, you know, kinda normal again..." *Min says.*
*The setting changes, it's basically outside of Simon's apartment, we see a crying Emma sitting on the floor, she's sobbing a lot at this point.* "Why did he have to do me that way?? Why?? I trusted him! I believed in him! I lo-." *Emma's word's get cut out by a familiar voice to her.*
"Emma, is that you?" *It's Simon, he's at the top of the stairs and looks serious, but ready to comfort Emma.*
*Emma looks at Simon and grows a mad face and says* "I hate you."
"Emma, I don't know who told you what, but you have to believe me, I didn't say anything!" *Simon says*
"You can just leave me alone like everyone else again." *Emma says as she looks mad.*
"Please, you have to believe me, we can work this whole ordeal out." *Simon says, stressed at this point.*
"Go away." *Emma looks down again.*
"Emily." *Simon says with a straight face and Emma finally looks at him, shocked that he knows her real name.* "Isn't Emily a nice name?" *He starts to walk and finally sits with Emily.* "Why didn't you tell me you had such a cute name?"
*Emily starts to tear up even more at this point* "Who the heck told you that name! Don't call me that! It's gonna remind me of them again!" *Emily says mad.*
"But you don't have to live in pain still, whether it be days, weeks, months or even years since the time you got hurt, you have to get stronger from it, you have to mature." *Simon says, with Emily just looking down, starting to regret her actions of getting mad without hearing Simon's story even.*
"What...do you want to say...?" *Emily asks.*
"Whoever told you what is lying, your friend, Min, I talked with her, and she asked me to help you, I don't know who told you what, but whatever I did to have hurt you, I'm sorry." *Simon looks at her and apologizes.*
*Emily starts to tear up and breaks down with full on tears* "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I don't want you to hate me ever! Please! Just forgive me!" *Emma begs at this point*
"You're fine, it's okay." *Simon smiles with Emma finally putting her head on Simon's shoulder as she cries. Soon, Shiro appears with Min and they make eye contact, but Simon just knows he did something and says in sign language that he's dead to him. He finally talks to Emily.* "Emily, if you ever feel in pain, don't hide it or run away, just say that you want to talk to me, say "I wanna be where you are."
[Chapter 8 End.]
