@ Her Awesome Holiness: well actually since Sayu doesn't know what happened to Risa in the past, she wouldn't feel as guilty as Eri right? Exactly!!!! I do believe you are the only one that has mentioned that it was better to end it than to live a lie.
Tanagaki???!!!! Aish!!! I haven't thought that far yet, I need to at least build up to forgiveness from Risa (although really there shouldn't be any) to Reina.
Chapter 10
Ai’s POV
Over the next few weeks I was relatively getting better, not the best yet but better than when I was first heartbroken because of Reina, she was a spunky one and I appreciated getting to know her, full of fun and laughter. Ever since her first invitation to go shopping, we hung out more often and I know she means well as I recalled the text that I kept in my phone from her.
~If you ever need someone to talk to, I may not the best choice, but I can always be a last resort. ~Reina~
It was funny though, even if I didn’t call her, she would take the initiative to contact me, asking if I was interested in going to the amusement park or go shopping with her. It was great to become good friends with her but I always wondered about her best friend. We were out just leisurely walking when I decided to ask her about it.
“Reina”
“Nani?”
“There is something I always wanted to talk to you about”
“Sure, I’m all ears”
“With the amount of time you are with me, what happened to spending time with your best friend” Reina’s smile started to fade.
“I knew you might be doubting about why I am out with you as opposed to my best friend…and I must admit something to you” Her expression was very serious and it looked like she was having an internal debate
“Let’s go to a coffee shop shall we?” I smiled at her, taking her hand and dragging her with me “Hey, are you having a cold or something? You’re hands are like ice”
“Yeah…I am at the beginning stages of a very bad cold”
“Well you better take care of yourself, don’t have to worry about me too much” We entered into a café, ordered our hot drinks before sitting down
“I don’t agree with what Sayu did to be honest, I don’t agree with how she handled the situation” she began while she was stirring her drink “but I couldn’t bring myself to lose my best friend over it at first. When I first brought this to her attention, she reassured me that she knew what she was doing and of course I trusted her. When I thought something wasn’t right, I would bring it up to her and we would argue and fight to the point that we couldn’t stand each other. I’ve known Sayu most of my life and I know she is a good person inside, I just don’t understand how she could let all of this happen. It should be mentioned that I was always weak against her, she knew me inside and out, she knew I would apologize before she has to, knew that regardless I would still be by her side. Sayu…Sayu was my saviour to be exact, I wasn’t the biggest or tallest person around and would get pushed around a lot. My yankii character was because of her, it went well with her poison-tongued character so we complimented each other in a very good way. So I was consistently in a turmoil when the situation occurred but she made a point to me, it is her life and either I am in or I am out of it. That hits the spot because…she was also my first love” Reina clutched her own heart before putting her hand around her cup again
I was stunned, I didn’t expect that her best friend was also her first love. Sensing that it was a touchy subject I decided to drop it as I cupped my hand over hers “It’s okay Reina”
“I moved over here because she was here on her own and I didn’t feel like it was safe for her so I decided to transfer over here too, but by then she had loved another.” Reina continued with my hand still over hers. “It hurt originally when I found out about it because it seems like she doesn’t need me around anymore and yet I didn’t have many friends since my transfer so I was lost but I realized the some things were not meant to be and if they weren’t then it’s better just to see them live a happy life even if you’re not the one that makes them happy the same way. I made a mistake of helping her and because of my mistake, it hurt others that were innocent in all of this” Reina looked up at me with eyes that were filled with guilt.
“Well Reina, if it means anything, I think you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself, you’re doing a good job at trying to make up for your mistakes” I was speaking from the bottom of my heart because this girl in front of me was also hurt throughout all this, heck she was hurt way before anyone else was in all of this turmoil. I felt lighter when I finally received a smile, it was weak but nonetheless a smile.
“Thank you Ai-chan…for forgiving me but I’m alright, Sayu and I aren’t friends anymore”
“Because of this?” she nodded and I was at a loss for words and all I could do was pat her hand one more time before retracting my own “Well is there anything or anywhere you want to go?”
“I am up for anything, I am still not too familiar with this town so you’re going to have to call the shots”
I racked my brain to think if there was anything that I was particular fond of doing “Hey how about seeing a movie?” I looked up at Reina to see her looking somewhere else, more like she was in a trance as I turned to see what she was looking at to see her starring at the other person that I didn’t expect to see again, the other hurt party. I was about to snap Reina out of her thoughts but she got up and darted across the café.
I watched her approach her and two others, she turned to see Reina and at first looked surprised but then she frowned and said something to Reina before turning around. I watched her leave with her friends or whoever it was that was with her yet Reina was still standing there not moving making me wonder what was being said. Getting up I walked up to Reina “Hey” no response, I shook Reina “hey”
“Yeah?” Reina responded not looking at me
“Is she…”
“Yeah, she still doesn’t want to talk to me” I could hear a quiver in Reina’s voice and concluded that whatever was being said hurt Reina. I dashed back to the table Reina and I once were, slapped down some money, grabbed our things and then ran out the café, grabbing Reina’s hand along the way
“Hey!!! Ai-chan what are you doing?”
I didn’t answer her as I looked left and right until I spotted what I was looking for, dragging the confused Reina I ran towards my destination until I was just a few steps away “Hey!”
The group turned, my eyes meeting the important ones and I can tell she was stunned to see me but narrowed her eyes when she realized that behind me was Reina “Ai-chan, what are you doing?” I could hear Reina hissing at me but I ignored it.
“Look, give Reina a break, she is not involved in all of this” I could tell she didn’t expect that from me because her eyes went wide and she almost spit out the contents that were in her mouth
“Why should I?” she retorted dabbing the corners of her mouth with napkins that were passed to her by her companions
“What has she done that you can’t give her a break?” I didn’t back down and took another step forward
“I don’t need to be reminded of my heartbreak thank you very much!!” she spat at us
“Ai-chan forget it, give her time” I could feel Reina tugging at me to leave but I kept my stance
“Funny, I didn’t recall that Reina was the one that caused the heartbreak” I commented and turned to leave with Reina feeling Reina’s constant tugging “Just so that you know, Reina’s probably more hurt than you think, so snap out of your self pity and realize how much effort she’s putting in” with that being said I dragged Reina away with me. I didn’t stop walking until my anger was more or less depleted before I stopped walking letting go of Reina’s hand “Sorry Reina”
Reina shook her head “I didn’t expect her to accept my friendship or anything” she gave a light chuckle “I didn’t expect you either but I think she needs time that’s all. I just hope she’ll get over it soon and not be too affected”
“You’re a good person Reina, I hope she sees how much of a good friend that you can be” I hugged her unexpectedly “thank you though, with your efforts I believe that I will be fine” Maybe it was to reassure Reina but deep down I felt better because I was moving out of wallowing in my heart break.
Topic: Take Me Away - Chapter 11 - updated 7/7 (Read 12683 times)