That was the first chapter. here's the second.
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Shattered
Chapter 2: The First Crack
by Ashley
 
Rapping his knuckles on the think wooden door, Recca took a step back and waited for someone to answer the door. It wasn't long before the door slowly creaked open, to reveal a brown-haired woman with an uncanny resemblance to Fuuko holding a dish cloth. Seeing the two boys, her face brightened.
 
"Good morning Mrs. Kirisawa, is Fuuko in?"
 
Recca asked her in an unusually polite manner.
 
"Hello boys! She's upstairs in her room, hold on, I'll go get her..." Mrs. Kirisawa said as she disappeared into the house. Knowing that it would be some time before she or Fuuko appeared again, Recca took the time to brief Domon on how to ask Fuuko out, unaware of the fact that Domon wasn't listening to a word he was saying...

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A full ten minutes later, a bright and perky Fuuko stepped out of the door. Recca's words stopped in mid-sentence and he quickly turned around, not wanting Fuuko to suspect anything.
 
"Hi guys, where's Yanagi?"
 
"Hi Fuuko, Domon's got something to ask you, right Domon?"

Recca gave a big grin, ignoring her question about Yanagi and giving Domon a knudge without being too obvious.

Silence. Recca knudged him again. But once again, silence.
 
"Domon?"
 
This time it was Fuuko who said that. She was worried about him now. Domon was standing like a idiot in front of her, a dreamy smile on his lips. His eyes had a far away look on them. A sigh escaped Recca.
 
"This is going no where!"
 
Recca took to his last resort and trod on Domon's foot, hard. However, it took Domon a few more seconds than expected to register the fact that Recca had just stepped on his foot. Yet another sigh from Recca. In a few seconds time, a look of pain appeared on Domon's face. He gave a shout of surprise, and began to hop around, holding his foot.
 
"Hey Recca! Whatever did you do that for? I was in the middle of such a great day-dream! I was dreaming that Fuuko had finally fallen for my great charm and she was..."
 
Whack! Erm...Domon had missed the fact that Fuuko was standing right before him, and she had heard every singles thing he had said.
 
"Your great charm? My foot! As if I would ever fall for you!"
 
"But Fuuko..."
 
"Oh...maybe that was why you had such a dreamy exxpression on your face huh?"
    
"Erm...well..."
 
"No wonder they call those things day-dreams..."
 
Domon didn't reply. His face now took on a sad expression. Fuuko bit her lip. Maybe she shouldn't have been so harsh on him. They were all silent for a few tense minutes.
 
"Hey, lets go catch a movie shall we?"
 
Recca said, breaking the silence. The other two quickly agreed, not having anything to say. Keeping a safe distance from Domon, Fuuko took the lead and started out towards the cinema, she wanted to forget what she had said eariler. But it was too late, the first crack had already appeared in Domon's heart, injured by her words...

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