rnd-samaYou are killing me here! Who's interested in who?! Gaki in Lin? Gaki in Ai? Ai in Gaki? Tana in Gaki? What what what!? How could Risa forget about Ai?
Ummm
I snorkled.
It's good... That's all I'll say. 
Hmmm... okay
Trey-trey 
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! New story!!
Newly posted old story
Huh?!?!?! GakiLin??? And no TakaGaki?!?!?!?!
OMG!! K's lost her mind!!!!!!
Yay! Thank you
THAT'S A PIROPO!!!!!!!!!!!! So old fashioned... I didn't expect this from you...
Be ready for more
Duh... What reputation...??
Reputation, you know. my *MumblesMumbles* and *MumblesMumbles* I hope it's clear enough
C
Why those smileys? I was saying it's good, K.
I know
I was just
1. Fainted
2. Got up and bowed for thank you
3. Fainted again
Don't tell me no lies
We'll see
Ai-chan is okay 
Yay!
Gaki and Linlin? New to me, but I like Linlin!
How about Gaki.?.
Risa Forgot Ai-chan again...
Same like mine 
Maybe we're twins.?.
see the signs
1. Kite K and Kite C
2. And that
Wut? 
Yay!
lil_hamzAre you sure?
Ask S!hu!
Awww, no one got moved down by the bike?
First I read about the slapping thing remark and then this
that's too much for me to take
I can't believe how Gaki keeps blowing Ai off. And now she even does it cuz of Lin. @@ Lin over Ai?!?! Somebody should really whack her on the head.
And that joke is...
UP4“Eh? Oh, no one’s home when I went there before going here. Maybe her mom’s sick again.” I heard one of her friends stated before I ran without a word after having both of my feet on the ground.
“Where are you going? We’re leaving in a minute” Linlin said
“You all can go without me” I said while taking one hasty glance over my shoulder.
On the way, I miscalculated a step and before I knew it I already landed on the ground with a loud thud. It was painful. Scratches on my elbows and knees became visible as bloods slowly discharged from the broken skins. I stood up and wiped away some dirt and ran again for one reason, the pain from the wound was overturned by my throbbing heart. “How could I? “
“Aichan” a low and a troubled voice escaped from my quivering mouth the moment I saw her curled up on the ground.
“Aichan…” I uttered her name again whilst shaking her shoulder. She stirred, sat up and looked at me, wide red eyed.
“Risa…? I dozed off?” It’s almost sunset!?!
I smiled and managed to keep back my tears. Giving out a sigh of relief, I gently swatted away a dried petal that was clinging on her hair.
“Let’s go?” she grabbed my offered hand and we walked back hand in hand, in silence. No one was there anymore when we got back, except for my bike that was on the ground. I picked it up and signaled for Ai to hope on but she did not budge.
“Let me pedal, those wounds don’t look good.” She said while still eyeing my knees.
“I stumbled and fell on the ground.”
“Why?”
“Because I was careless..?” Her eyes glimmered with worry. Her mouth opened and closed without a single word coming out.
“It’s okay, they don’t hurt that much” I bent my knee hastily to prove my point but it was a bad move, because I cringed as a sudden burst of pain circulated inside my body.
I saw a tear descended her jaded face. It glistened as the last rays of light shone through the standing tall and proud tree from behind me onto her worried and pretty face.
“I’m okay” I said while wiping away her tear by my thumb. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
“Let’s go before it gets dark” she nodded and so I handed over the bike.
The ride back home was quiet but calm. It was my first time riding on a bicycle pedaled by her. The feeling was new but comfortable. The ride was a bit bumpy but I was unperturbed. Snaking my arms around her waist made me feel safe and relaxed. Her presence made me so at ease that I didn’t notice I was already leaning my head against her back.
“We’re here” her voice was weak and low I could almost not hear it. I alighted and took the bike.
“Wait for me, I’ll walk you home.”
“No need, it’s just two blocks away”
“Don’t be stubborn, I’m your senpai” I grinned as I turned around to place my bike into the garage.
Ai was waiting for me outside with her arms crossed, definitely not pleased. The sight made me grin even more and so I decided to go inside to take something first.
“I know you’re my senpai but who’s injured here?” she said with a stern face as I was approaching her
“I know” I grinned once again “I was just teasing you. Open your hand” I said making her puzzled, but opened her right hand nonetheless.
“What’s this?” she asked staring in my eyes as I placed a thing on her palm.
“I made that last week”
“A customized bracelet?”
“A school project.” She smiled in delight and pounced on me.
“Thank you” she uttered while giving me a tight hug. After releasing me from the hug, she eyed the bracelet and put it on her left wrist whilst smiling from ear to ear.
“Goodnight”
“Goodnight”
~~~
“Are you in?” an excited Ai said with a smile the moment she saw me at the stairway. It looked like she’s been waiting for me at the mezzanine floor.
I just smiled and she knew my answer already and she uttered “Yes!” with a wider grin and said “Now we both will be going to that inter-school contest… that would be great!”
And I just smiled again. The competition will take place in two weeks, no loitering will be allowed, we need more time to study and no time at all for the nursery. That thought made me sad a little. “But today’s not one of those days” I said while grinning, making Ai wonder and said “Eh?”
“Eh, nothing… let’s go to the nursery quick” I said while grabbing her hand without waiting for her reply.
~~~
“Hey”
“Oh, hey… I heard you’re one of them” pointing at Ai and her other two friends who seemed happily talking while resting on the ground next to the fully blossomed yellow roses.
“Yeah, it was all luck. Accidentally, they gave me the paper with answers written on it already”. Linlin was a little shock at first but when she heard me laugh, she let out a very cute smile while shaking her head a little.
“Oh dear, why are you torturing me?” said to myself while feeling somewhat love struck again. “Why do you have to be that sweet and innocent and make me fall in love with you big time?”
“What?!” Linlin, in a state of shock, shouted as she heard the words that slipped from my mouth unintentionally. She became so hysterical and I have no idea what to do and what to say… I panicked… I trembled the moment she stared at me with rage and with disgust…
“I knew it. I never should have… don’t you ever come near me or you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”
My world turned upside down when I heard it. And before I knew it, Linlin took off already. The tears from my eyes were threatening to fall, just like dry leaves waiting for a soft blow from the wind. My heart felt like being squeezed by a bare hand with might, it hurts. I could feel the lightness of my head. I could barely see things for a moment, it was like all things become vague or my mind was just rejecting to see things. I was shock and couldn’t move… “What just happened?” I asked my confused self… “How did I let that thing from happening?” I uttered again.
“What happened?” asked the girl who ran toward me. It was Ai. I shrugged and left without a word.
I stayed home for two days, afraid to see what might happen in school if I did show up. I found out from a friend who happens to be their classmate that Ai and her friends did have some misunderstandings, that there was some confrontation. It all happened the day I skipped class, the day after that incident.
I checked my table and there was no ‘envelope’ waiting for me, no letter after a year and a half of receiving one. It kind of affected me. It felt like there’s an empty space waiting to be filled with that letter. I headed to the first floor, the fifth grader floor, stood in front of a room, I peeked at one of the windows but the room was quiet and empty. ‘Where could she be?’ I asked myself and the school bell buzzed, signaling a start of a long and unexciting day at school. I dragged my feet and climbed up the stairs and went back inside our classroom.
“
I had a misunderstanding with my friends” the letter said but the date was three days ago. Eight days had passed I’ve never seen her. “How’s she doing right now” I asked myself and found myself running down the stairs, after seeing their room was empty I headed to the nursery. Along the way I saw Ai walking with one of her friends, I slowed my running until I came to a full stop and called her name but to my surprise she just looked at me and kept on walking. That event shocked me. The girl in front of me, who I’ve known for almost two years now, ignored me as if she didn’t know me at all. The girl, who was always cheerful whenever I get to see her, wore a sullen face. Shocked and without thinking any further I went home, skipping classes again.
I was holding a piece of paper and a pen… trying to figure out what to write… I can’t explain my emotion at the moment, after a while I placed the paper inside an envelope along with some stuff that belonged to her… and asked a friend to deliver it to the addressee the following morning.
The bell rang, chitchats started everywhere, the noise became louder and louder after each second. I stood up, picked my knapsack up, went outside and walked down the stairs, heading to the school cafeteria, when I saw some familiar pieces of paper scattered around a trash bin. My heart ached as I stared and confirmed that those were from the letters she’d given me. Found myself picking some of the pieces but stopped when I later realized the pieces can never be put together back again as they were shredded into a thousand pieces.
I walked and walked until I found myself outside the school premises already and asked myself, “Why does my heart felt like its being ripped into pieces just like the letters?.. Why do I care this much after deciding to return all the letters to her?.. Why does my heart howl like a lost puppy?.. Why does it hurt this much?.. Why?… Aichan…”
LAME JOKE STA~TORisa:
Ai:
Risa: Do you know a shorter way?
Ai: Shorter way to where?
Risa: Shorter way to your heart
Me:
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