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After a few moments the group broke up, and Rena volunteered to go get Mion's mother. Her face paled, but when her mother came in, after getting the information from Rena, she ran over to Mion. Mion steeled herself, but instead of scolding, Mion got a hug.

"I'm sorry Mion." Her mother was crying a little, and Mion hugged her mother back, glad she wasn't hated by her. After their little hug fest, her mother sternly looked at her.

"Mion, I want the truth, and nothing but the truth. You need help, and I can get you it." Mion slowly nodded, and sucking in a deep breath, began to tell of her depression.

"Well, it started when batcha ordered us to shut down the club. I got upset, angry and confused, and decided to say hello to Oishi. However, he was apprehending a criminal, and the guy dropped something called ecstasy. I took it, and felt better. However, when I was done getting high, I'd crash, and it became a vicious circle. Then I got even more depressed and took alcohol and painkillers. After a while it got hard to feel pain, so I began cutting, but I didn't want people to find out and-" everything she did was crashing around her now, showing her that her one big mistake made her end up in a hospital, needing a blood transfusion.

Her mother nodded, and gave hr another hug. "Don't worry, we'll try to help you." Mion nodded, and Irie came in.

"Mion, it seems you can get out in a few days. Just remember not to exert yourself yet, you have lost a lot of blood." She nodded, and Irie left the room to go talk to Takano about something. After that Satoko broke the ice and they began chatting and laughing like old times.
Mion was feeling better now, and when it was time for everyone to leave she gave them all a hug. "And remember, when I get out we're having a snowball fight!" Everyone laughed and cheered, but as they walked out to their respective destinations, Keiichi lingered.

"Uh, Mion?" The green haired girl looked at her friend.

"Yeah Keii-chan?"

"I'll, uh, tell you when you get out." Mion smiled and nodded, before closing her eyes, tired from the day's activities. She hadn't seen Keiichi turn red in the face, but as he left he mentally kicked himself.

'Come on Keiichi! You're a man! Why can't you just tell her you like her! You had the guts to walk around town in a maid costume, this should be simple!' when he got home, he was still kicking himself. Luckily his dad and mom were out of town for yet another art thing.

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After a week, Mion was discharged and glad to be out. It got boring, lying in a bed, recovering. However, while all her friends knew about the situation with her arms, she didn't feel comfortable taking off her gloves yet, even around her family. It was embarrassing and scary for her, because she didn't want to deal with the staring at her stitches and scars.

When she got back to school after another day of recovery, there was a LARGE stack of work to do. So pulling off the top math book, she began to crunch all the numbers, trying not to make any mistakes. Her friends, seeing that she wasn't comfortable talking about her arms and pills yet, distracted her with other fun things, like doodling on keiichi's face when he fell asleep after a hard test, or making Satoshi wear a tiara for a whole day. Her life was getting better now, but she still had those moments. 'What if I had done that and died?' plagued her in her sleep. However, she was done with all those thoughts.

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Keiichi still hadn't gotten the nerve to say hid feelings, which had been growing, until one day Mion cornered him. It was two weeks after she'd been discharged, and she was now back to normal. Everyone else was getting ready in the snow; While Shion took her boyfriend to go get himself checked for the syndrome at the hospital, just to make sure t wouldn't come back.

Trying to suave about it, Mion slid next to keiichi as he tied his shoes. "So Keii-chan, what is it you wanted to tell me at the hospital. Rena, overhearing looked over and stared intently while trying to look busy.

Well, I, uh. I-I-I-I-" Mion looked puzzled as he stuttered for another 2 and a half minuets. Finally, he said it all in a rush. "Ilikeyou!" Mion look generally confused for a few moments, processing what he just said. When she finally did, she turned a tomato red.

"I like you too." She said, looking away. She fingered her gloves nervously, and jumped 3 feet in the air when Rena scaremed,

"!" The snoball war was canceled after they had to get a crowbar and a teddy bear to save Mion and Keiichi.

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Hello! Thanks for all that positive feedback. Also, when I finish this story, would you like me to post the final chapter as how this ficlet idea came in my head? Also, I don't know why, but I just couldn't think of anything else to add, so this fic is done! (Except for my special.) REVIEW TIME!

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