Chapter 13: Goodbye and Hello
As expected, the news between Kai and the Charismatic Diva, Ray spread rapidly not only in their school newspaper but also in the other schools. The issue between them is still one of the topics in every student; especially when Ray confirmed that she do really have a relationship with Kai when one of the editors of their newspaper interviewed her. The Kai and Ray issue subside after two months as their graduation ceremony comes close. For the past two months, the two of them keep on going out together. They really look like a couple now unlike before. Even though sometimes Kai was still pushing Ray away but it's obvious that both of them are enjoying it. The midget is really different now, he cares a lot for the diva now, he's doing everything that Ray did for him before. While doing those things for her Diva, Kai didn't notice that someone behind his back is experiencing the opposite feeling that he's having right now. Atsuko is still ignoring the midget for the past two months up to now. She's really having a bad time everytime she remember the scene where Kai and Ray kissed in front of them. Atsuko can still feel the hurt inside her heart. Until now, she still love the midget even though he's now happy with someone else.
Today is their last practice day for the graduation ceremony then later, they will have a meeting with their Shachou. The sun shines brightly today as they can feel the heat from it. The members of the band formed a circle while waiting for the practice to start except for Kai who is now with the Diva sitting under a tree and cuddling. Atsuko can see directly what they're doing and it's obvious that her heart is breaking once again. Everyone can see the situation of their Ace so Kuu decided to break the silence. .....
"Aaaaahhh!! It's so hot today! Why do we need to practice under the sun, it's burning my soft and perfect skin!"
"Baka! You don't have a skin like that so it's ok for you!" Mariko rolled her eyes.
"Heeeh? Really? Then why do you keep on touching them lashhhhmmmmppp!" Mariko immediately covered Kuu's mouth to prevent him from continuing. This made the Ace to look at them and chuckled.
"At last! You look more beautiful Acchan when smiling. Cheer up!" Kuu said after he free himself from Mariko's hand.
"I'm sorry guys if I made you worry. I. .. I. .. I just don't know what to do. I miss him so much" Atsuko look down amd frowned.
"Did you talk to him again?" Riku asked.
"No. .... I'm afraid Riku. I always wanted to talk to him but. ..... He might still mad at me"
"hmmm. ... after two months?! I don't think so. Give him time and I think he will be the one who will approach you" Riku smiled.
"I hope so. ...."
-Flashback-Riku decided to talk to Kai about Acchan when he can't take anymore the sadness and depression of their Ace. Riku cornered Kai in the men's room; he knows that the Diva can't go inside so this is the best opportunity to talk to him.
"Anou Kai. .... how are you now? you're not going with us lately huh. ... Busy with the Diva?"
"Uhnn. ... Sorry Riku. You know what's my situation, right?"
"How's the relationship between you and Atsuko? No progress? Still avoiding her?"
" ....... "
"Are you still mad at her?"
"No. ..... Actually, I wanted to talk to her. I kind of miss her" Kai looked down.
"Then talk to her. Do you know that she's suffering every single day that you're avoiding her?!"
"But I don't know how I will approach her and what will I say"
"Anything will do. ......... so I'll take my leave now. I'm expecting that you'll do it before or after graduation huh"
When Riku was in front of the door, He stopped and asked Kai a question.
"Kai. ..... Do you really love her?"
“Huh? Of course .. I .. No .. Anou … Well …. Eh? Of course I don’t love Acchan. I have Ray now, how will I love her? Hehe” Kai answered in a disconcerted tone.
Riku just smile and leave the midget who didn’t notice that there’s no name indicated in his question yet he still answer Atsuko’s name rather than Ray. “I thought you finally realize your true feelings Kai but ……… I’m wrong ….. You’ve made the wrong choice. Well, I guess you still need more time to figure it out”
-End of Flashback-After the graduation practice ended, the entire band members went to their club room for the meeting. Their Shachou didn’t allow Ray to enter because Kai might not focus on what she will say. Soon she gave her farewell speech, which is really unusual. She thank everyone for their hard work and bringing back a lively band in Akihabara University. In return, Shachou planned something for their future careers which really gave them a shock.
“Eeehhhh???!!!” Kai, Kuu and Riku screamed in chorus.
“Really Shachou? Ureshii~ I’m so excited” Kuu clapped his hands in excitement.
“We’re definitely not going to do it!!” Kai and Riku rolled their eyes.
“You don’t have any choice. Don’t worry, you’ll be successful” Shachou grinned then continued, “and for the others, it’s ok if you’ll accept it or not. Just inform me”
“That’s unfair! Why the others can decide if they will accept it or not?!” Kai pouted.
“It’s because I love the three of you” Shachou smirked and it made the two felt a chill run over their spine while Kuu just nod and said, “I love you too Shachou”.
“Anou .. for you Acchan, I’ll talk to you later. I’m sure you’ll like it but it’s your choice if you’ll take it or not because of SOMEONE” Shachou immediately look at Kai who look confused if he’s the SOMEONE that their shachou is talking about.
“Does the two of you still ignoring each other? Oh come on Kai, it’s almost two months now” Marilyn added when she noticed that the two are still avoiding each other’s glare.
“I .. I .. I need to go now. I think there’s no more you will say Shachou. Ray is now impatiently waiting outside” Kai dashed out without noticing the sad glare from Atsuko. Marilyn just pat Atsuko’s shoulder and said, “Soon everything will be fine”
After few days of preparation and practices, the day that they have been waiting for, finally came. Today they will take all their diplomas and leave their beloved school. The school that witnessed all of their happiness and struggles in life. The school that taught them to be a better individual and of course, the school that gave them friends and partners in life who will always be beside them. Even though they didn’t belong to the top students, they’re still proud of themselves that their names will be called to come up on stage. When the ceremony ended, all of them form a circle to discuss on what they will do next.
“Ahhh! I can’t believe it! We already graduated!” Jurina said while stretching her arms.
“Me too! Ugh, I’ll miss our club room” Rena added.
“So what are we going to do now? Let’s celebrate!” Kuu said while jumping excitedly.
“Let’s just go back to our dorm house, my mom sent foods for us” Kai suggested.
“That’s great! That will be our last night in that dorm. Waaa~ I’ll miss everything” Riku said.
“How about me? Are you going to miss me?” Yuko pouted.
“Of course not …..”
“Ehhhh??! Why?” Yuko frowned and let go Riku’s hand.
“How will I miss you if you’re going with me?” Riku smirked as he lifts up Yuko’s chin to face him. His pervert squirrel smiled widely and hugged him.
“Stop that lovey dovey scene now and continue it later after the celebration. By the way, have you seen Acchan? She’s not with us” Kuu started to wander around to find their Ace.
“I think I know where she is. The foods might arrive already so go ahead to our dorm and we’ll follow later” Kai smiled then run quickly to the place where Atsuko is.
In conjunction with his leave, Ray suddenly came, “Eh? Where’s Kai?”
“We~ don’t~ knooooow~” everyone smile and sang in chorus while holding the Diva’s hand to go with them.
“Wait! I need to find Kai first! Where are we going?!” Ray tried to free herself but her force is not enough.
“We’re going to our dorm. We’ll celebrate there and don’t worry about your midget, he will follow us” Kuu said while still helping the others to drag the Diva inside the car.
Kai went to their secret meeting place and he’s right, Atsuko is in there and wandering around.
“I’ll miss this place also” Kai suddenly said and it caught Atsuko’s attention. Atsuko can’t believe that the midget is really in front and smiling at her.
“K-k-kai ………. What are you doing here?” Atsuko’s heart keeps on beating fast while the midget is walking closely to her.
“I’m here for you …. I mean the others are worried about you so I just thought that you might go here” Kai smiled awkwardly but he was ignored by Atsuko ….
“If only I can take this place, I’ll do it. There’s a lot of memories happened in here”.
Kai didn’t know what to say so he decided to change the topic, “L-l-let’s go now. They are waiting for us in the dorm”. He grabbed Atsuko’s hand but he was stopped by her from walking.
“Are you ………… still mad at me?”
Kai looked back and answered, “Am I going to find you and talk to you if I’m still mad at you?”
After hearing that from the midget, Atsuko immediately wrapped her arms around Kai and sob. “I miss you Kai and ………….. congratulations”
“Congratulations also Acchan. We finally graduated”
“I’m not talking about graduation …. I’m talking about you and Ray. I’m happy for you”
“Acchan ……….”
“Are we going to celebrate in our dorm? Let’s go now” Atsuko said cheerfully but deep inside, she felt her heart ache so much.
Both of them arrived in the dorm house and walk immediately towards the living room. They did not notice that they are still holding each other’s hand and it made the others specially Ray to stop what they are doing and look at them. Kai noticed that Riku is pointing on something through his lips. After a few seconds of realization, He quickly let go of Atsuko’s hand and said,
“How’s the food? Come on let’s eat and stop looking at me”
Ray pretended that she didn’t see anything and come close to Kai to cling on his arm, “What took you so long? I miss you already”
“A-anou …… let’s have some snacks. I’m hungry” as usual, he didn’t know what to say so he changed the topic.
All of them drank and ate a lot until midnight. They even talk about their future and what they will do. On the past hours, Ray was obviously getting bored and annoyed because of Kai who’s not paying attention to her. She’s getting more pissed off every time Kai is talking and sometimes looking at Atsuko. Her anger increased when the midget left her and sat beside Atsuko so she quickly stand up and get her things to leave the dorm. Atsuko noticed it so she made a signal to Kai that Ray is leaving.
“Ray ….. Where are you going?” Kai stand up and reach the Diva’s hand to stop her.
“Going home. I don’t want to disturb your moment with Maeda” Ray said without looking at the midget.
“I’m sorry ….. Please, stay here …. Stay with me tonight” Ray can’t believe what she heard from Kai and decided to go back to her recent place while the midget stayed beside her and holding her hands.
After a few minutes, the silence is already killing them. They don’t know what to say or even what to do. They almost ate all of the snacks and they almost say all of the words that they wanted to say earlier. Atsuko can’t take it anymore so she decided to say something important to break the silence.
“Minna, I want to announce something important …… “ Atsuko stand up as she received confused looks from her friends.
“I know that I’ve made a wrong decision before, you know what I mean ……….. Now, I’ve made another decision and I hope it’s not wrong this time ……….. I .. I .. I may not able to be with you this following years” Atsuko looked down and avoid the glares that she’s receiving.
“EEHHHH????!!!! Doushite??!!!” everyone exclaimed in chorus.
“Are you going to leave us again?” Kai added with a bit sad tone.
“Each of us was given an opportunity for our future careers by Shachou right? So I decided to take it”
“Speaking of future careers. What did Shachou offered to you?” Kuu asked.
“She gave exclusive acting seminars, workshops etc. that will help me to become a better actress and …… it will be held outside the country. You know that I really wanted to be a successful actress right? So I hope you’ll understand”
“Sou~ …. When will you leave?” Kai asked.
“Tomorrow in the afternoon” Atsuko answered. There’s a moment of silence for awhile then everyone exclaimed after realization.
“WHAAAAAAATTT???!!! How come?!”
“I don’t know. Only shachou knows about it”
“I’m going to kill that platypus!! …. So let’s all go to bed now. We still need to go to the airport tomorrow”. Kai ordered and the others just nod to agree. When Kai and Ray was about to go inside the room, Atsuko borrowed the Diva for awhile from Kai so they can have a serious talk. The two woman head back to the living room and sat down on a sofa.
“What do you need from me?” Ray asked with an irritated tone.
“I want to make a deal with you ……… about Kai” Atsuko answered. She’s really serious about this.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“It’s a deal between us … You know that I really love Kai right? And I know that you feel the same way too for him. Kai decided to choose you so there’s nothing I can do about it BUT if I found out that you’re fooling or betraying etc. on him. I’ll definitely get him back from you” Atsuko said while staring directly into the Diva’s eyes.
“I’m sure that will NEVER happen”
“So it’s a deal?”
“Deal”. After the two lovers of Kai made a deal, they go back to their room to rest.
Early in the morning, all of them started to get up and ready themselves to go to the airport. Even though Acchan’s flight is in the afternoon, they decided to help their Ace to pack up her things. When everything is now properly arranged, their Shachou is just in time to pick them up same as the Diva’s bodyguards to pick Ray. Ray doesn’t want to go so she just let her Kai to go with them for the meantime. While inside the car, Kai sat beside Atsuko so he can talk with her for the last time.
“Do you really need to leave?” Kai asked without looking at Atsuko. He just hold the woman’s hand tightly.
“Why? Does the situation will change if I’m going to stay here?” Atsuko answered with another question that made the midget to think. ‘You’re not mine to lose but why do I feel like I'm losing you’
After a few minutes of silence, they finally arrived at the airport. Atsuko grabbed her bags and ready herself to go inside. She can see that her friend’s eyes are forming tears.
“Hey! Take back those tears. I don’t want to see all of you crying. Why do you need to cry? I’m not going to die or go to heaven right now and I’m definitely going back soon” Atsuko chuckled.
“But we’re going to miss you Acchan” Kuu sobs and hug Atsuko.
“Oh Kuu, you’re being a cry baby again. By the way, where’s the midget?”
“He’s over there, making emo moments again” Kuu pointed Kai who’s sitting on a bench which is a bit far from them.
“Why are you here? Are you not going to say goodbye to me? It’s useless to go here if you will just sit” Atsuko smirked but it was immediately fade away when she felt soft lips pressing on her. Kai gave her an instant kiss that only lasted for a second.
“That’s my goodbye and goodluck kiss. Take care on your trip” Kai smiled at her. Atsuko can feel her heart racing; it’s been a long time since the last time she feel those lips.
“Taking advantage because the Diva is not here huh?” Atsuko smirked again.
“Stop smirking and teasing Acchan. Just go now, the plane might leave you” Kai pushed Atsuko to the main entrance but she was stopped when Mariko suddenly whispered on her,
“Both of you, Take care. We’ll see you soon” Mariko smiled.
“Huh? What do you mean? Do you ……” Atsuko was confused and didn’t know if the great Mariko-sama knows something about her.
“Oh just shut up and go now. Remember, take care of yourself TWICE! Bye bye!” Mariko prevent her from speaking again. Atsuko waved her hand and walked away from them.
-Inside the plane-Finally, Atsuko went inside the plane and sat down to her assigned sit which is near the window. Before the plane will take off, Atsuko took out her phone and look at the pictures of her friends.
“I’ll miss you guys …. specially you, Kai. I don’t know what will happen to me in that country but I’ll definitely do my best to be a successful actress and someday, I know we’ll meet again”. Atsuko tapped the side of her phone to view the next image; the image of Kai and her before.
“And you, Kai. Take care of yourself and be happy on whatever you will do in life. I’m really happy that you forgive me. I love you so much Kai, even though you’re not mine and you’re already belong to the Diva……… I’m really glad on what you had given to me. I promise that I will protect, care and give so much love to this midget inside me. I will be a great actress and at the same time a great mommy too” Atsuko smiled and looked at her tummy while rubbing it softly.
TBC ..
So that's the SOMEONE and SOMETHING that I'm talking about
What do you think about it?
btw, sorry for the wrong grammars again
I appreciate if you'll give some comments, corrections or anything
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