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The Hello! Project Fanfics => H!P Fanfics => Topic started by: FaqU on October 15, 2010, 04:09:42 PM
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Looks like I had enough juice in my brain to think of something new. Enjoy!!!
Prologue
“Why? Why are you doing this to me?” I was making a fool of myself I know I was but I had to know, I didn’t care who was watching, I didn’t care who heard me, I didn’t care I was crying my heart out, I didn’t care I was practically on the floor begging, all I cared was the change in our relationship, the undetected break-up. Both of my hands were clinging to your arm and I didn’t care about the presence of other people and I didn’t care about breaking down in public, all I cared about was the millions of questions floating in my head.
I was thrown onto the floor as I winced at my pride and my backside in which hit a sharp edge. “I’ve already told you, don’t make this harder than it is already. You’re making a scene” You spat out at me in disgust. “It’s over between us and you already know the reason why, why are you doing this? don’t make me hate you”
With those words, I froze as I looked down to the floor. At this moment, you took your chance and walked off but the girl beside you didn’t move as I saw her feet still there. I sat there recalling the times we were together to the time we became official to the point of no return. I stayed on the floor zoning out wondering how we could be so happy just moments ago, or what felt like moments ago to come to this. 'What did I do wrong? Why are you doing this to me? Why won’t you tell me the truth? Why did you have to bring me to heaven just to drop me down to hell? Why? WHY?'
I snapped back to reality when she crouched in front of me, guiding me to stand up, dusting me off along the way “Let’s move to somewhere where we can talk”
I stared at her and I flared up, flinging her hands away from me “Don’t you dare touch me!!! Stay the hell away from me!!!! It’s because of you that this all happened!!! I thought you were my friend, my best friend!!!! How could you do this behind my back??!!! After all I did for you, how could you???!!!” I ran off, leaving her stunned at my outburst but I didn’t care, I was upset, angry and I needed time to cool off.
I continued running until I reached the oak tree at school, the same oak tree where everything started. It seems like I had unintentionally ran to this place where I thought was my happy place, only for it to smack me in the face with another feeling, my most feared place on the face of this planet. This was where I first met you, this is where you first asked me out, the same place where you told me it was over, the same place where I tried to reconcile just for you to tell me that you fell in love with my best friend. Now when I stand in front of this oak tree, I wanted so much to add another milestone for it, the place where I end all my pain…
“Gaki-san!!!!” Your best friend was running towards me hollering as she stopped in front of me, hands on her knees trying to get her breath back “G-G-Gaki-san, s-so *huff* g-glad I-I-I *gasp* found you”
“What do you want” I knew I shouldn’t sound harsh but I couldn’t help it, seeing anything related to you only reminded me of the pain that I am going through.
“I-I-I was worried about you” she looked to the side with a look of pain on her face at my harsh tone
“Why do should you care? I recall you are HER best friend, so shouldn’t you be yakking it up about how humiliating I am”
She looked at me once more with eyes of sadness as she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. I guess she didn’t have a response as she turned around and slowly walked away, giving me the much needed peace and quiet.
Seeing her fading figure, I couldn’t help but feel my anger slowly fade away, replaced by guilt for taking my anger out on someone that never really did me any harm nor deserved it. Brushing the guilt past me I walked home to think about the unanswered questions that kept floating within my mind as well as the history that I had with you flashing before my eyes.
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Wow.... :shock: :shock: :shock: Looks like you have two new fics.... :hehehe: :hehehe: well, i want to read this one too..... :ding: :ding: :ding:
the one that got hurt is Gaki..... :err: :err: :err: so i wonder who hurt her and who is that best friend??? :dunno: :dunno: is it Ai and Reina or maybe Reina and Eri??? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
everything so mysterious right now...... :smoke: :smoke: can't wait to read more..... :on GJ: :on GJ: :on GJ:
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2 new fics :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs
Eri was Risa Girlfriend
Aichan is Eri bestfriend
Reina was Risa bestfriend?
so??
:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
Man!!!! I want to know!!!!!!!!!! :tantrum: :tantrum: :tantrum:
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Oh, you've been busy on this definitely not a kids fic. Let's see, Risa's the narrator, Ai was the girlfriend, Eri the best friend and Reina was Ai's best friend? At this ppoint it could go either way, but I'm totally hoping for a Tanagaki fic!
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I'm thinking Ai to be the girlfriend (just the cold manner in which she dismisses Gaki), and TanaKame are the best friends. At this point I'm a little unsure as to whose best friends they are, but for some reason I was thinking Eri is Ai's best friend who tries to comfort Gaki, but as I'm not much of a GakiKame fan I prefer the TanaGaki scenario better XD
Look forward to the first chapter~
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I just read this, and think it's amazing! But I'm so confused...So, who's the ex girlfriend? who's the ex girlfriend's best friend? And who's the person that Risa's ex girlfriend fell in love with?
Ah~ Now my head hurts!
Please update soon <3
(Sorry, my English is not that good). :nervous
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Woah! Who just dumped Gaki?? :shock:
So I guess the person who came to Gaki was Ai-chan, right? :dunno:
I hope this is TakaGaki. :w00t:
Very interesting! :cow:
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@ abok: I'm surprised that you read this one because usually you read Kids fics but thank you for reading :thumbsup
Don't worry I'll reveal all the roles.....soon :twisted:
@ fallenxangel24952: sorry, guess again
@ Her Awesome Holiness: you've got some right but as to who, I think you'll know soon enough...as to whether it is Tanagaki....we'll see how it develops.
@ aussie: Ah another Tanagaki shipper!!!! You've hit some points :thumbsup
@ XcuteX26262X: :welcome and thank you!!!! Your questions will be answered (I love to generally leave things up in the air)
@ kano-chan: A Takagaki shipper!!! You'll find out who dumps Gaki-san ;)
Chapter 1
Risa’s POV
I don’t know how long I have walked but I did know that by the time I had reached my house, it was night fall as I slowly walked into my house and straight up to my room “Ane? Are you okay?” I turned to the owner of the voice to see Maimi’s head sticking out from the living room. Once she saw my expression, she quickly walked over to where I was and from behind I could see her girlfriend, Airi looking up at me. Maimi didn’t say anything and just turned me around, both hands on my shoulder urging me to go to my room with her in tow.
“What’s wrong?” She pushed me towards my bed, placing my pillows beside each other in the middle of my bed and then waited for me to choose one, a habit we’ve developed since young. Once I have chosen my pillow and placed my head down, Maimi would lie down on the other one, body in the opposite direction so that we were upside down from each other. I didn’t say anything but looked up at the ceiling “It’s about her isn’t it?” Maimi’s voice held a tint of anger and I knew what was going through her mind if I answered her truthfully but it wasn’t in my nature to lie so I decided to keep my mouth shut. “That is it!!!!” Maimi suddenly got up, which shocked me as well and was walking out the door.
Knowing her character, I feared for the worst so I ran after her, tears brimming at what I believe was going to happen “M-Maimi!!!! Where are you going?” At the bottom of the stairs, Maimi’s back was facing me, but I could see that Airi was holding her back
“I am going to do what I should have done in the first place” Maimi’s voice was cold and harsh, a tone that was rare from her
“P-Please don’t” my tears were falling, I felt so useless, so hopeless because my heart was broken, I felt anger yet couldn’t have the heart to lash out at them.
“Maimi-chan, don’t do it, you’re only hurting her more” Airi tried soothing Maimi’s anger “Think of how she would feel, please?”
Maimi gave off a loud sigh “Whew, FINE!!!!! But no guarantees. Damn it!!!!” Maimi then turned facing me and I couldn’t help but be relieved. Maimi walked back towards me with Airi in tow and crouched down in front of me “Come on, let’s get you to bed” Without responding, I felt Maimi and Airi grab onto both my arms and led me back to my room where Maimi set up my pillows and waited for Airi to guide me to lie down before placing a blanket over me. I got comfortable and closed my eyes hoping to drift off to sleep and forget for the moment the events of the day
I woke up later in the evening to some whispering as I reached over to my clock which read ‘1:34 am’ ‘What the hell?!!! Don’t people know when to sleep?’ I got up and walked closer to the door and with every step I could hear the conversation clearly
“So when do you want to do this?” 'That’s not Maimi or Airi’s voice. Is there a burgler in the house?' I looked around to find some sort of weapon and didn’t stop until I heard a familiar voice responding
“Now is probably best bet but keep this quiet, the last thing I need is for Airin to find out” 'That’s Maimi’s voice'
“We’ll have to be quick then, let’s go to your room” 'Room??!!!! Is Maimi cheating on Airi??? Why that giant!!!! How could she do something like this???!!! I’ll give her a piece of my mind.' I had grabbed onto the door know and was about to tell Maimi off
“Do you have the addresses?” ‘Addresses?’
“Yeah, which one do you want to deal with first?” ‘Deal with?’
“Let’s start with whoever lives the furthest from here so that if we needed to come back by cab it isn’t too expensive” ‘What the hell are these two talking about?’
“If that’s the case then it is your sister’s ex” ‘Sayu? Wait a minute’ I think I’ve heard enough as I roughly opened my door to see their shocked faces.
“Ane! What are you doing up?” Maimi recovered from her shock quickly, as I expected from her quick reflexes
I narrowed my eyes on her but not before looking at her companion that wasn’t Airi. 'Why does this girl look so familiar? Where did I see her before?' I pushed that thought and looked back at Maimi “I should be asking you, just what are you planning?”
“I…I…” Maimi was always a bad liar just like I was and I suppose that her companion knew this fact too
“Nothing” her companion spoke up for Maimi
“I don’t call paying a visit to my ex nothing” Maimi gulped whereas her companion showed no facial expression “Now I hope you are not doing something that will upset me any further than I already am”
Maimi looked down onto the floor “Maimi-chan and I just want to get back at them for causing so much freakin’ trouble that’s all”
“Miya?” A new voice could be heard and I recognized the face immediately but couldn’t really put a name to her
“Saki!!! You’re awake!!!” ‘I knew it was something close to Sari, Sami or something’
“I’m not the only one awake” Saki moved aside to see Airi rubbing her eyes
“Maimi, what’s going on? What was that noise?”
“Nothing Airin, you and Saki go sleep some more, I am almost done with Maimi-chan” Saki nodded and pulled Airi with her back to the living room.
Now I remember this Miya girl, once I recognized Saki, I immediately found out why Miya sounds and acts like someone that I know “You’re Reina’s sister aren’t you?”
“Yesh!”
“Maimi, please just let it go, I will be fine, trust me” I whispered so that I didn’t wake up the sleeping guests
Maimi looked at Miya with pleading eyes, in which was returned with a roll of her own eyes ‘So Reina-like, I can’t believe I didn’t recognize the similar traits’ My last thought led me back to when I harshly lashed out at Reina earlier and I felt guilty. I was snapped out of my guilt when Maimi turned back to me “We won’t go anywhere” I watched as they both entered Maimi’s room but not too long after I could hear grumbling words
“Ye gads!!! What great timing!!! I can’t believe I can’t beat someone up tonight” ‘Yep, they’re blood siblings’
“Sorry Miya, I wasn’t expecting ane to wake up”
“It’s alright Maimi, I just wanted to beat someone up for the sake of beating someone up and plus I got your back when you need me”
“You make it sound like I don’t have yours and it’s because I know you would beat someone just for the sake of it, I asked you” I could hear the both of them share a light chuckle ‘Crazy idiots’
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@ abok: I'm surprised that you read this one because usually you read Kids fics but thank you for reading :thumbsup
well, i usually don't but if that story is good, i'll read it.... :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: and since it's from you, i know that i'm gonna love it..... :on GJ: :on GJ: :on GJ:
looks like there are HP Kids in this fic!!! i couldn't be any happier!!! :on gay: :on gay: :on gay:
so, Maimi is Gaki's sister and Miya is Reina's sister.... :hee: :hee: :hee: And by the look of things, both of them must a strong considering that they are going to kick someone else butt for hurting Gaki.... :hehehe: :hehehe: :hehehe: Maimi really love her Ane.... :ding: :ding: :ding: Maimi already have Airi as her girlfriend and Miya already have Saki.... :farofflook: :farofflook: :farofflook: i love it.... :nya: :nya: :nya:
so the ones that hurt Gaki is Sayu???!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: i wonder why she did that and i wonder what is Reina's roll in this story.... :glasses: :glasses: :glasses:
this story is getting more interesting!!! :on GJ: :on GJ: :on GJ: i can't wait for the next chapter to come out.... :on drink: :on drink: :on drink:
Don't worry I'll reveal all the roles.....soon :twisted:
being a meanie again are you??? :shifty: :shifty: :shifty:
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Oh, Maimi is Risa's sister, that's cool. And she's apparently dating Airi, even cooler. Aww, and she wants revenge for her ane, how sweet.
your sister’s ex” ‘Sayu? Wait a minute’
:shocked Whut?
Oh, MiyaSaki too? Yay!
I immediately found out why Miya sounds and acts like someone that I know “You’re Reina’s sister aren’t you?”
:inlove: Double yay!
My last thought led me back to when I harshly lashed out at Reina earlier and I felt guilty.
Yes Gaki-san, you must make it up to her. Tanagaki~ :on hypto: Tanagaki~ :prayers: Tanagaki~ :shifty: :grin:
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I wasn't expecting Sayu to be the ex, but I guess I'm glad that Reina isn't the b*tchy ex who dumped Gaki unceremoniously :lol:
Love it how Miya is Reina's little sister :heart:
Now, I wonder who Gaki's best friend that betrayed her would turn out to be.....I'm putting my money on Eri. I would love to hear Sayu's side of the story too XD
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Sayu is Risa's ex girlfriend?! :shock:
I didn't see that one coming...
I can't wait until the next update~ :tama-excite:
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Woo~! There's MiyaSaki!! :D lol....Miya is Reina's little sister?? :lol: So she's going to be a yankii in this one, ne? XD
So so so...if Sayu was the one who dumped Gaki, then that's just fine because there'll be Ai-chan!!! :mon misch:
Getting more interesting! :twothumbs
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@ abok: wow talk about pressure!!!!! but thank you :love:
I am always a meanie unfortunately :lol: that's why I can't tell you why Sayu did what she did but it will be discussed
@ Her Awesome Holiness: Like pairings, I'd like to see how many sibling pairings I can think of and how that works as well...me and my testing :doh:
Oh no the Tanagaki chants have started...... :bleed eyes:
@ aussie: Hmmm...I wonder why you didn't think that Sayu could be the ex....
In due time, you'll hear more of what happened and how ;)
@ XcuteX26262X: Sorry, couldn't think of anyone that fits more with the harshness :nervous
@ kano-chan: I love yankiis don't you?? :lol:
Oh no so now I have one rooting for Tanagaki (more like chanting) and another that wants Takagaki.... :shocked
Chapter 2
Reina POV
When I first heard her confession about her change of heart, I didn’t know how to react because I wasn’t too sure how anyone was going to react normally because the one that is being cheated with is the best friend. As Sayu’s best friend there was only so much that I could do, I have thought about confronting Gaki-san about it but then what makes me think she will believe me? If anything she might turn it around and think I am trying to ruin their relationship or that I have feelings for Sayu. I wanted to reason with Sayu to stop her feelings from developing with Gaki-san’s best friend but she’s right about one thing, they are emotions, you can’t control them. I know exactly what she means by that, all too well, except I wasn’t as strong as her to go through and actually act on these emotions.
When Gaki-san looked at me with such cold eyes, I felt as if my heart was being stabbed at how hurt she was and that she didn’t want to talk to me or look at me. I couldn’t blame her though, I am Sayu’s best friend and it was one of the logical thoughts a person would have and I hope she does overcome this hurdle. I went home and thought about what I could do to save those that were affected by this but who do I think I am? ‘I am just me, Tanaka Reina, no one special’.
After thinking in circles of what I can and cannot do, I finally gave up throwing my hands in the air and plopping myself down on my bed.
I woke up to the door slamming shut and judging by the fact that I live here only with my kid sister, there isn’t really many people that I could be angry at. I got up and opened my door “MIYA!!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO SLAM THE DOOR SO HARD, I’M GOING TO KILL YOU IF THAT DOOR BREAKS”
“Yeah, yeah I know, I know don’t have to yell” Miyabi hollered at me from the bottom of the stairs. I rolled my eyes ‘As if you will ever listen, you stupid pipsqueak’
“Miya, you don’t really know because every time I come here it’s the same exchange of phrases back and forth” the voice giggled and I couldn’t help but grin that at least one of them knew. I paused for a moment and waited for my brain to function properly from when I first woke up when I realized who’s voice it was as I rushed downstairs to confirm the owner of the voice.
“Reina-chan, did you just wake up?”
“Saki-chan!!!! I am so glad to see you” I almost wanted to hug the girl but could see from the corner of my eye Miya glaring so I lowered my arms ‘Such a jealous child, jesus!!!! She has to curb her jealousy streak’ “I…er…need your advice”
Miya snorted “you need advice from us??”
I rolled my eyes at her “I don’t need advice from you pipsqueak, I need it from your girlfriend”
Saki-tan cocked her head to the side “Why me?”
“For one thing, you have a better head than Miya” I could sense Miya glaring at me but I didn’t care, it was the truth “and I have this situation that I am not too sure how to deal with. The problem is my best friend cheated on her girlfriend with her girlfriend’s ex and…”
Miya choked on the drink she was drinking “Yo!!! What is the girlfriend’s name?”
I looked at both of their faces and it was as if they had seen a ghost “Why?”
“Just tell me damn it!!!”
“Okay, okay no need to get all violent on me. Gaki-san”
“Gaki-san??!!!” they both hollered out to me
“Yeah, now what is the problem?”
“You’re best friends with Gaki-san’s ex???!!!! But…but that would mean…Michishige-san is Gaki-san’s ex???!!!!” I nodded my head “Holy mother of pearl, I almost went to beat her up”
“You what??!!!” Saki-chan and I both stared at Miya in shock, who put a hand against her mouth
“YOU!!!!” I pointed my newly manicured finger at her “You better start explaining”
“Hehehe, um…well you see Gaki-san’s sister is a friend of Saki-tan and I, you've seen her before, Maimi…and…well she told me that she was very upset at how much pain Michishige-san put Gaki-san through and wanted to send out a message to her. I stepped up to the plate immediately because I needed to back my girl up”
“Was that what all that arguing was about???” Saki-chan yelled “You were talking about your plans but Gaki-san found out and stopped you guys???” Miya nodded her head timidly “You buffoon!!!! You’ll get into trouble if they press charges on you guys!!!! I can’t believe you tried to pull something like that when Airin and I were asleep!!!!” Saki-chan slapped a hand to her forehead in disbelief “This I expected out of you but Maimi-chan too, she is so lucky that Airin doesn’t know or she’ll be begging for forgiveness for some time.”
“Saki-tan, Maimi and I just want them to wake up at the damage that they have caused and scare them shitless so that they don’t think about pulling another one of these stunts ever again. Maimi knows that if we beat the crap out of them too badly then Gaki-san would be even more upset because one is her best friend and the other is her lover” I cringed at the descriptive word used “that’s why she already made sure we weren’t going to go too far”
“Guys, I don’t usually butt into your lover’s quarrel but I feel guilty and would like to help Gaki-san get back onto her feet”
“Why don’t you just go see her or something?”
“I don’t think Gaki-san would appreciate seeing me now considering I am or was Sayu’s best friend”
Miya nodded her head “Wait a minute…was???”
“Yeah, when shit hit the fan I had an argument with Sayu about it and basically to put things in simpler terms, we no longer can see eye to eye”
“Hmmm…..well then you can’t do anything and let things run it’s course”
“Miya!!!! I am asking for ways to help not the opposite!!!!” Miya just shrugged her shoulders and I turned to Saki-chan, ‘It’s no wonder I turned to Saki-chan than my good-for-nothing sister’
“Honestly, Reina-chan, there isn’t much you can do because no one can help Gaki-san get on her two feet besides herself. But judging by how much Gaki-san doesn’t want to associate with you, I don’t see how you can not befriend her until she feel more comfortable because the moment she accepts you as a friend, she is one step closer to letting go” Saki-chan gave me an apologetic look for not being of much help as I sat on the couch and thought of her words
That makes sense though, as long as Gaki-san can accept my friendship then more or less she is trying to let go. It’s better than doing nothing and it’s better than letting go of my only chance of making Gaki-san smile. “Yosh!!!” I turned to see Miya and Saki-chan looking at me strangely as I realized that I had unintentionally stood up with my fist in the air. “Er…thanks Saki-chan, I knew I could rely on you better than some idiot” I high-tailed it out of there before Miya could retort as I planned how I am going to make Gaki-san accept me once again, just as friends.
Ahhhh~ networking can be so useful, with the help from Saki-chan and Miya, I got information of where Gaki-san would be as I waited and searched for any signs of her. Today she told her younger sister that she was going to shopping and I can only hope that she isn’t lying about it because then I would look like an idiot sitting at this fountain for god knows how long. I spotted from afar as I got up and hid myself better. Looking at her facial expression, my heart would cringe because she isn’t the bubbly Gaki-san that I was accustomed to, she wasn’t paying attention to the things around her or the shops. She looks like she’s lost some weight as well, dragging her feet, she’s like a walking corpse.
I watched as she sat down at a table in the food court with a drink in hand and that’s it. 'Yosh!!! Reina, this is the moment you were waiting for, don’t give up regardless of the outcome, never give up!!!!' I pumped myself up and walked over to an ice-cream vendor before walking over to her. I placed the ice-cream in front of her and sat across of her, snapping her out of her daydreaming. When she realized who I was, she frowned “What do you want” 'Ouch!!! Expected but ouch!!!'
“Erm…I saw you…and wanted to buy you ice-cream…make you happy” I mentally wanted to kick myself for the jumble of phrases
“If you’re here to see how pathetic I am, you have already seen it, now leave” she spat and looked to the side
“I…I…”
“LEAVE!!!!!” Her voice rose and hollered out to me causing those around to look at us.
I had no other choice but to get up and go before I make her even more upset “Sorry for disturbing you” I bowed and walked away with tears beginning to brim
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Aww, Reina's so sweet. You know... If one person is rooting for Tanagaki and one person is rooting for Takagaki, then why don't you just make a happy threesome out of it? No, no, I'm serious, I've seen it before, in a Happy Hammy sort of way. It could totally work!
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Or... You could just make it Tanagaki anyway, because there's a lot more Takagaki than that pairing. :grin:
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lol... For some reason, I have a bad feeling about a "yankii" Miya... :nervous Don't want her to get in trouble. :O
I still want TakaGaki... :yep:
I don't know...TanaGaki is....eh.. :sweatdrop:
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looks like Miya is being control by Saki here.... :kekeke: :kekeke: :kekeke: and by the sound of things, Airi control Maimi as well..... :kekeke: :kekeke: :kekeke:
poor Reina.... :fainted: :fainted: :fainted: she's trying so hard to be friend with Gaki.... :depressed: :depressed: :depressed:
Gaki is so mean... :on thumbb: :on thumbb: how could see do that to Reina.... :err: :err: i know she's hurt and all but it's not Reina's fault....... :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
@ abok: wow talk about pressure!!!!!
hey, i don't mean to pressure you or something.... :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: Gomenne..... :kneelbow: :kneelbow: :kneelbow:
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@ Her Awesome Holiness: I will put your suggestion into serious consideration, I kinda have an idea of what I want to do but not sure if it will work out and how
@ kano-chan: Miya can be a suave yankii as well, not necessarily a troublemaker :lol:
The Tanagaki pairing might grow on you...you never know
@ abok: I don't know it's control more like Saki is more logical??? I suppose this is the reason why Maimi and Miya like their respective significant others right? someone that can control them at the right times.
Chapter 3
Reina’s POV
~SLAM~ “Yo!!! How can you possible scold me when you do the exact same thing?!” Miya hollered out to me poking her head out from the kitchen “I assume it didn’t go well?”
I had managed to not cry from the mall but I guess my face still bore a ‘failure’ sign or something “You assumed correctly”
Miya and Saki-chan walked out from the kitchen to join me on the couch “Don’t give up Reina-chan, you knew it was going to take time”
I gave a slight smile “Thanks Saki-chan” From the corner of my eye I could see the duo sharing some sort of conversation through their eyes “What?” Neither of them said anything “What is it?”
Saki-chan gave Miya a nudge “Well…it’s…you see…erm…”
“SPILL!!!!” I wasn’t in the best of moods, so they had better be smart and just speak up
“We, meaning not just myself and Saki-chan but Maimi-chan as well, but we were curious as to why do you care so much about the situation” Miya and Saki-chan kept their eyes to the ground
“I…I feel guilty…I knew what was going on but I didn’t do anything to stop this, that’s all”
“Dude, there was nothing you could do as a bystander first of all and well, Saki-chan and I…well we feel that you are overly concerned about Gaki-san aren’t you?”
“I…I…am not”
“Well please explain then, why are you so concerned about Gaki-can? She isn’t your best friend, she’s the ex of your best friend, it doesn’t make sense”
“…you don’t have to worry about that, and what makes you think that I am not helping anyone else in this situation?” Miya gave me a ‘I know you too well’ look meaning she doesn’t believe it “I am going to find Takahashi-san later today” I didn’t want to discuss this with them anymore as I ran up to my room. ‘Stupid, stupid, stupid, now what am I going to do? I don’t know where she is and I know her even less than Gaki-san. I guess I should try to see if she is doing well, I think I remember where she lives’
I gathered my things and walked towards what I recall to be where Eri’s ex supposedly lives but I couldn’t really remember where she resides. I walked through a park looking left and right, round and round but nothing seems to ring a bell in my memory. I had just about given up hope when I saw the back of a girl sitting on a bench that resembles the person I was looking for. Slowly I walked up to confirm that it was Eri’s ex and when I noticed it was, I almost yelled out in victory.
I didn’t have a plan as to what I should do but I guess I would have to see if she recognizes me at all and if so, whether she is willing to talk to me or something. ‘Stupid me, why don’t I think of these things before acting on impulse. Well here it goes’ I sat down on the bench beside her and noticed that tears were falling down her face through her closed eyelids. I reached in my pocket to find my handkerchief “Here” She opened her eyes and was surprised of my presence. I smiled a bit and stretched out my hand further for her to take the handkerchief “Here”
She finally took it but held it in her hands ‘Well at least she isn’t glaring at me or yelling at me, that’s a good thing’ “Thanks” ‘And she is actually talking to me!!!’
“N-no problem…erm…I…I…” ‘Okay now how do I start to check how she is doing without being awkward? Think, brain, think!!!!!’
“W-what are you doing here?” ‘Okay, she made things easier, I am this far already’
“I…well you know, I was in the area and decided to rest here when I saw you” ‘Okay Reina, this is your moment to ask’ “Why are you here?” She stayed quiet so I decided to continue further “How have you been?”
“I’ve been better…I just wanted to relax”
I couldn’t really tell if I should probe any further but Miya and Saki’s word came into play and since I am here, I don’t really want to back out now, too much pride is involved especially since I know when I see Miya she’ll ask about it. “I’m sorry” I blurted the first thing that was in my mind or has been on my mind, I know I am not involved but I just feel to guilty about the whole ordeal and I’ve consistently wondered why I should be the one feeling guilty
Takahashi-san turned to look at me, “Why are you sorry?” ‘Okay, I didn’t expect her to ask me why’
“Well…you know…about…Sayu…and…”
“You don’t have to be, you didn’t do anything”
I looked down to my hands “That’s what I am sorry about” Takahashi-san looked at me in confusion “I knew about it…for a long time actually…I had helped Sayu lie to Gaki-san…I tried to stop them…but…but…” unexpectedly tears of guilt began to fall down my face as the dropped down to my hands
A handkerchief, to be exact, my handkerchief was put forth in front of me as I looked up at Takahashi-san “I think I can understand your position, there was nothing you could have done. She’s your best friend and at least you tried” She gave me a weak smile but seeing her being so nice without scolding me I felt even more guilty as more tears started falling “I guess it has been eating you up inside nee?” She started to wipe the tears from my face
“Why aren’t you mad at me?” I choked out while taking the handkerchief from her
She turned to look ahead of her “Is there a reason for me to be mad at you when you weren’t involved? Better yet will me being mad at you change anything? I can’t deny that I am upset and…and heartbroken” I could sense the tremble in her voice as fresh tears were threatening to fall “But I also love Eri enough to let her go. I may not be able to face her anytime soon but I know at the end of the day, I will forgive her and hope that she is happy with who she is with”
I couldn’t believe how kind-hearted Takahashi-san is, the way she is dealing with this is something I almost want to bow down to her and make her feel like god “Do you like shopping?” when the sentence left my lips, I was shocked that it came out, whereas she gave me a quizzical look “I shop when I am upset or feeling down…so…I…er…was…”
“Sure, I think I have sat here long enough” Takahashi-san smiled at me, not a fake smile, but a genuine smile in which I couldn’t help but beam right back.
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awww~ Ai-chan is so nice! :wub: But Eri went with Sayu and left her...... :O (If I'm wrong about anything here, then I apologize, but I'm reading too many stories at once.) :sweatdrop:
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I agree with kano-chan. Ai-chan is so nice :cry:
So now I get it! The ex girlfriend is Risa, the ex girlfriend's best friend is Reina (ex best friend), the person that Risa's ex girlfriend fell in love with is Eri, and Eri is Ai-chan's ex girlfriend...
Now everything makes sense! :D
Waiting for chapter 4 :twothumbs
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now this is a surprised!!! :shocked :shocked :shocked
Ai-chan is actually Eri's ex!!! :shocked :shocked :shocked
Ai-chan is very nice but i kind of wondering if she actually hiding something inside.... :nervous :nervous :nervous
looks like Reina got along well with Ai-chan since she's willing to go shopping with Reina..... :D :D :D
i wonder what will happen next... XD XD XD
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@ kano-chan: nope no confusion here, Eri did leave Ai for Sayu in this fic.
@ XcuteX26262X: Actually Ai is the ex of Eri, who is the best friend of Risa, who was going out with Sayu and has a best friend, Reina...does that make it clearer? I think we are talking about the same thing except portrayed it differently???
@ abok: why is it surprising that Ai-chan is Eri's ex?
Chapter 4
Ai’s POV
It has been another day that I have been just wandering around the streets, more like going back to the places that I use to go with her…my ex, the one that broke me, the one that I fell so much in love with that everyday it seems like I am having trouble breathing without her by my side. I had taken a risk and everything back fired on me and I have no one to blame but myself but I can’t help but feel upset at how my efforts went down the drain. Every day I would go to the places that mean so much to me because they contain memories, memories of us together.
They weren’t places that were extravagant or anything extraordinary, they were simple places because we both enjoyed doing simple things. Just like this bench that I am sitting on, this is the park that we always go to before I take Eri home, she always loved this bench because it faces the open area facing the playground. I smiled a bit at the memories that we had on this bench and in this park.
Flashback #1
I had been nervous all day because today was the day I was going to confess. I had asked Eri to go see a movie with me and we were taking a stroll in the park. It was a perfect night because the skies were clear with stars shining brightly above us.
“Ai-chan!!! Over here!!!” Eri waved for me to come sit beside her on the bench “Ai-chan I had a wonderful time tonight, thanks for asking me to accompany you”
“No problem” my nervousness was getting the best of me because I was now looking anywhere but at Eri and my hands were shaking a bit. Eri quickly caught on to it, which is rather weird because she can be oblivious at times, like the multiple times that I was blushing like mad due to a simple touch
“Ai-chan, is there something wrong?” Eri turned my head to look at her sparkly eyes that seem to captivate me every time I look into them, as if they were sucking in my soul
“Eri-chan…er…never mind” I guess I couldn’t do it, I just don’t know how I am going to confess to her
“Ai-chan, what is it? You can tell me, we are friends right?” Eri looked at me with those innocent eyes that I couldn’t resist
Friends…will you be saying the same when I tell you how I really feel? Or would you shun me away never speaking to me again? Come on Takahashi Ai, this is the best moment to tell her, especially since she isn’t occupied with her best friend, gawd those two are like peas in a pod “Eri-chan…there’s…there’s something I want to tell you” I looked straight into her eyes, gaining the attention and the courage that I needed
“We’ve known each other for some time now and we’ve had loads of fun, more fun than I could ever imagine thanks to you…”
Eri giggled “Ai-chan there is no need to thank me, I had fun too”
“I don’t want us to be just friends” Eri’s giggling stopped and she focused on me again “I want us to be more than friends. What I wanted to tell you is that…is that…would you…could you be my girlfriend?” I looked away, shutting my eyes waiting for the worst case scenario to occur.
I felt Eri’s fingers on my chin turning to face her “Ai-chan…Ai-chan…”
I turned my head again, with my eyes still closed, heart hurting “I understand, I knew it was too good to come true…”
“I would love to” I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at Eri so quickly I thought I heard a snap coming from my neck
“I, Kamei Eri, would love to be Takahashi Ai’s girlfriend” Eri repeated when I was still in utter shock.
I jumped up from the bench “YATTA!!!!! YATTA!!! YATTA!!!! Kamei Eri is my girlfriend!!!!”
Eri laughed and tried to pull me back down “Silly Ai-chan, you’ll wake the neighbourhood”
“Who cares?!! Kamei Eri is my girlfriend” I was so happy I lunged forward to hug her and we remained like so for a few more moments before I intertwined our hands taking her home.
End of Flashback #1
Flashback #2
We had officially gone out as a couple for a few months and it still feels like we just became a couple. We just finished dinner and I was about to take her home when Eri suggested we go for a walk.
I didn’t know where I was going because Eri was leading the way but I didn’t care, I had her right beside me, I’d go anywhere as long as Eri was there. She managed to walk back to the park near my house, which made me curious as to why of all places to walk to considering the place we had dinner was the midpoint of where our houses were and we should have went the other way towards her house.
“Why did you choose this place Eri?”
“I like it here” was her response as she took a seat on the bench when I first asked her to be my girlfriend “I like it here because it is relaxing and soothing. I also like it here because this is where you asked me out so it has a special meaning to me”
I smiled and put my arm around her shoulder, pulling her in for a hug. I felt a bit of a breeze and realized that Eri was wearing a sleeveless dress. Pushing her away for the moment, I took off my leather jacket and draped it over her, giving her a light kiss on the forehead before returning to the position we were before. “Eri, I like it here too because here is where my happiest moment in life occurred” I pulled away from her to look straight into her eyes “here is where you accepted” Our faces were just inches apart as I scan her face, from her eyes, to her nose and finally to her luscious lips. Leaning forward I couldn’t resist but to tell her “I love you” before making contact.
End of Flashback #2
This bench was also the same place that brought me my worst memory, because Eri choose to end our relationship here not long after I had caught her cheating, cheating with someone else’s girlfriend. I could feel the rush of pain overcome me once again as a fresh batch of tears were falling. I tried to contain then closing my eyes telling myself that Eri’s happiness is what matters.
“Here” a foreign voice could be hear so close to me, that was when I decided to open my eyes, only to find someone that I least expected to see again. I recall her being introduced to me when we went out in a group, Eri and myself as well as Eri’s best friend, Gaki-san and their girlfriend. She stretched out her hand that was holding a handkerchief “Here”
I took it from her, thanking her for it but just held it. I wasn’t close to her and I barely know her so I found it weird that she is sitting right beside me and giving me her handkerchief.
“N-no problem…erm…I…I…” She seems to be nervous or something and I felt like I wanted some time alone just for a few more minutes before I put on my strong front. That’s when I decided to speak up to her.
“W-what are you doing here?” My voice was blocked probably due to the crying and the lack of usage.
“I…well you know, I was in the area and decided to rest here when I saw you. Why are you here?” I don’t know if I was going to start breaking down and I don’t think I know her well enough to go through my whole ordeal about the bench and Eri so I remained quiet. “How have you been?” ‘How have I been? Look at how pathetic I am!!! Look at how hurt I am, how have I been?!!! Takahashi Ai, don’t lash out at someone that wasn’t involved, she was trying to be nice’ My brain was having their own little fight as to how to answer.
“I’ve been better…I just wanted to relax” I lied feeling awkward at having a conversation with someone I barely know
“I’m sorry” She suddenly said causing me to look at her funny
I turned to look at her, “Why are you sorry?”
“Well…you know…about…Sayu…and…” ‘She’s a good person, a good best friend to be apologizing for something she didn’t do and had nothing to do with anything’
“You don’t have to be, you didn’t do anything”
“That’s what I am sorry about” ‘What??!! Why’ I looked at her in confusion “I knew about it…for a long time actually…I had helped Sayu lie to Gaki-san…I tried to stop them…but…but…” I could hear the quiver in her voice and tears dropping down picking up in speed. ‘She’s a good person, she’s feeling remorseful over something like this. She must have been torn about her principles and her position.’ I looked at my hand where I was holding a handkerchief, to be exact her handkerchief and put it in front of her lowered head
“I think I can understand your position, there was nothing you could have done. She’s your best friend and at least you tried” Although I am upset at the situation, I couldn’t deny that if I was in her position, I might have done the exact same thing. “I guess it has been eating you up inside nee?” I was touched that she tried and I think that was enough from her, I didn’t think it was fair that she should be living with this guilt as opposed to others. I suppose she couldn’t believe her ears or something because she just stared at me with tears so I decided to take the initiative of wiping her tears away.
“Why aren’t you mad at me?” She choked out while taking the handkerchief from me
I turned away from her “Is there a reason for me to be mad at you when you weren’t involved? Better yet will me being mad at you change anything? I can’t deny that I am upset and…and heartbroken” Fresh tears were beginning to brim, a fact that I hated, “But I also love Eri enough to let her go. I may not be able to face her anytime soon but I know at the end of the day, I will forgive her and hope that she is happy with who she is with”
“Do you like shopping?” I looked at her and gave her a weird look ‘That was so random’ I guess she could understand that I was confused or not understanding her as she continued “I shop when I am upset or feeling down…so…I…er…was…”
“Sure, I think I have sat here long enough” I smiled at her, not a fake smile, but a genuine smile ‘No point in having us both miserable here and she is making an effort right? Maybe it’ll take my mind off thinking of the past’
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Chapter 5
Risa’s POV
Another day and here I am mulling in my room waiting to rot. The floor contained shattered pieces of glass as I recalled my rage yesterday, throwing things around, yelling at Maimi to leave me the hell alone, with reminds me I should make a mental note to apologize to her later. Looking at the results of my destruction, there were clothes thrown all over the place, shattered glass on the floor and pictures, lots of pictures all over the place. The pictures were of what I thought would be happiest memories but turned out to be my worst nightmare. There were pictures of Eri and I growing up, in which I posted them on my wall from when we were young to now. Looking at the pictures from afar, my eye landed on one that I would never forget for the rest of my life.
Flashback #1
I grumbled and started throwing a tantrum in what was supposedly my room because I had just moved into this new house in a new town, leaving all of my friends behind.
~KNOCK KNOCK~ “Risa honey, come out and let’s meet the neighbours” In response to my mother’s words, I threw a stuffed toy at the door “Niigaki Risa, you stop your tantrum and accept the fact that this is our new home.” My mother was getting pissed off, which happened quite often lately and when I asked my father about it, he said something about the new baby causing it. “Risa honey, please come out, I see that the neighbours have a little girl that looks your age, why don’t you come out and meet her?” I could tell that my mother was trying to control her emotions and I was kinda interested in this said little girl so I opened my door with a pout to see my mother standing there with a smile, one hand on her growing belly.
“Fine, I’ll come” I wanted to make sure she knew that I wasn’t doing this because I wanted to.
I took hold of my mother’s hand and walked outside to see the movers taking our things inside and a lady with a girl hiding behind her. “Kamei-san” My mother wobbles over, her hand still tugging on mine, while waving at the lady.
The lady waited until we reached before smiling down at me “So this is your little Risa-chan, nice to meet you Risa-chan, we are your neighbours and this…” The lady turned around to the girl hiding behind her and pushed her to the front “is Eri”
The girl had been staring at me since I stepped out from my house and although her mother pushed her in front, she ran back to hide behind her mother. “Eri-chan is pretty shy nee?” My mother gave my hand a shake, in which I looked up at her “Risa-chan, go say hi”
I let go of my mother’s hand and took a step forward “Hi” I mumbled, I wouldn’t have done it because I don’t want to but I didn’t want my mother to get upset, I was told that if mother gets overly angry, it could harm the baby and I did want a sister.
“Niigaki-san, why don’t we go into my house for some tea, you shouldn’t be standing out here too long” the lady then turned to Eri “Eri, why don’t you go play with Risa-chan?”
I didn’t notice it then but when the lady was talking to the girl, apparently the girl had stopped clinging her and had been looking at something or someone I couldn’t tell but she was looking up at the sky. My mother and the lady both started walking into their house, with the lady helping my mother and I was stuck here with a girl staring up in the air. Curiosity got the best of me as I too looked up into the sky to see nothing but the blue sky and white clouds.
“What are you looking at?” I turned to see her looking at me funny
“To see what you were looking at”
The girl giggled “You’re so silly, I wasn’t looking at anything” ‘What?! Was I imagining things? But I really did see her looking up in the air.’ “You’ve good a funny face” She giggled again and although I should be offended I wasn’t, something about her was attracting me to her and I couldn’t seem to get upset “My name is Kamei Eri, do you want to go play?”
Her smile was infectious because I felt a smile creep up on my own face “Niigaki Risa, sure what do you want to play?”
End of Flashback #1
I remember how we did random things and at the end of the day, we took this picture. My eyes scanned over other pictures until it landed on a bracelet and picture laid facing down not far from it. The bracelet was worn out and small and the backing of the picture had words written that brought me to when I was given the bracelet not too long after I had met Kame.
Flashback #2
My babysister was born not too long ago and my parents were always overly occupied so most of my time was spent by myself and sometimes with Eri-chan. I was usually getting upset because it seemed like my parents weren’t paying attention to me anymore because Maimi needed their attention. I was getting lonely and upset for that matter.
I sat on the lawn outside my house just picking at the grass beside me and throwing it with as much strength as I could muster
“Whatcha doing?”
“Wuah~~!!!” I hollered out and jumped up from my spot to see Eri-chan behind me, hands behind her back, giggling
“You’re so silly Risa-chan”
“Mou~! You scared me” I pouted but sat back down to do what I was doing earlier
I could feel her take a seat beside me “So what are you doing? Why are you out here throwing grass?”
“Mama and Papa are busy taking care of Maimi-chan so no one cares about me” I grumbled throwing more grass
“Don’t worry Risa-chan, I care about you” I felt Eri-chan put her hand around my shoulder as I turned to look at her smiling at me “Come on, let’s go play” Eri-chan got up and was pulling me up
“Where?”
“I don’t know, I think there is a fair not too far from here” She pulled me towards her house “We can call your mama and papa from my house” I didn’t say anything but beam at her while being dragged away
Eri-chan’s mother drove us there and we went on a lot of rides and played lots of games. I couldn’t stop laughing at Eri-chan because she was so weird, she would be scared on a ride but be laughing like a crazy person. But I felt happy, happy to have a friend like her, she was able to make me smile and I would never stop having fun with her.
We were getting tired so we decided to just walk around, there were stands that sold cute things like stuffed unicorns and weird things like toys that I didn’t know what animal they were. Eri-chan was hugging onto her stuffed turtle plushie that we had won. I was looking at the neat and cool things that were being sold until my eyes caught onto a cute pink plushie that I thought would be great for Maimi-chan to hug. “Nee nee Eri-chan do you think the plushie is cute?” No response. I turned around to find only Eri-chan’s mother “Kamei-san, where’s Eri-chan?”
“She said she wanted to go to the bathroom”
‘Stupid Eri-chan, didn’t tell me where you were going, making me look stupid talking to…’ my train of thoughts were interrupted when I saw something dangling in front of my eyes. I reached out and touched the bracelet that was decorated in green and orange beads and saw the hand that was holding it. I turned to see Eri-chan a bit out of breath “For you” I smiled and saw that on her hand had the same bracelet “Risa-chan is Eri-chan’s best friend in the whole wide world” she lunged forward and hugged me.
End of Flashback #2
I looked at the old and fading bracelet and then the photograph that was taken that day, we were both smiling so brightly. I then flipped it around to see the writing that Kame had left ~Risa-chan and Eri-chan, Best friends forever~
That’s when the waterworks started up again, I looked around at the other pictures that were strewn across the floor, there was so many memories that Kame and I created since young. I missed seeing her, hearing her voice, laughing along with her and at her and I felt the urge to call her. I picked up my phone and started to press the familiar numbers that I’ve called multiple times until my eyes laid upon the smashed photograph of myself in between Kame and Sayu, in which I snapped shut my phone immediately.
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Poor Risa :cry:
Great chapter, but how could Eri do this to Risa? This is just so sad :gmon tears:
Please update soon :twothumbs
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Poor Risa, she must feel so betrayed. To have someone that you've known forever, someone that you thought that you knew everything about, stealing away your love.
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Poor Ai-chan and Risa! :cry: This is so sad... :( It's just horrible to have a break up because your girlfriend loves someone else. :gmon tears:
TakaGaki! :P
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@ abok: why is it surprising that Ai-chan is Eri's ex?
i don't know.... maybe because i'm not so fond with this pairing i guess??? :P :P :P
i don't know why... :nervous :nervous :nervous
but i think i'm starting to think of Eri as the bad girls of this story... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
first she broke Ai-chan's heart and now she hurt Gaki-san... :angry: :angry: :angry:
i think i'm going to dislike her in this fic... :lol: :lol: :lol:
update soon Faq-U!!!! :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs
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Did you mean you've got a funny face for this line? --> “You’ve good a funny face”
Frankly, yours is about the only fic I feel the urge to read this days. I wonder why *sigh*
Oh, and I have to mention how much I love the way you make things so complicated. Now I can't decide who to root for. Everyone deserves to be happy yet it doesn't seem possible for now *sobs* You're ebil... but I like it XD
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Sorry no replies, have too much to finish at work before my ski trip :nervous
Chapter 6
Risa’s POV
Picking up a picture with just me and Sayu, more memories surfaced, especially our first times, like our first date and our first kiss. I also started remembering how we first met and how no one would have seen it coming that we would be together since our personalities clashed like no tomorrow.
Flashback #1
“Kame!!! We’re going to be late!!!!” Once again because Kame had trouble waking up, we were running our butts off to get to class on time
“Don’t worry Gaki-san…” ~CRASH~ books went flying and Kame ended up on the floor with someone we haven’t seen around on top
The person got up and crossed her arms across her chest “What the hell?? Don’t you have eyes?? Don’t you have any common sense to look where you are going??” the girl then straightened her clothes and started brushing it “If there is dirt on this you’re getting my dry cleaning bills”
On the floor, Kame was coughing to get her breath back as I ran up to her and helped her up, I was ticked off at the attitude this girl had, I mean she landed on top of Kame and it was a small accident, was there a need to be harsh about it? I turned to her and looked her up and down and took a step forward but I felt Kame pull me back while coughing her lungs out “Sorry, I didn’t see where I was going”
“Obviously” ‘WTF?! Who does this girl think she is?’
Kame went to pick up her books and handed them back to her, while I glared at her and she glared right back at me, neither of us letting up “You’re new here aren’t you?” ‘Now Kame is going to start a conversation with this…this…thing? Are you kidding me?’
“None of your business” she grabbed her things from Kame’s hands and then turned to walk away
I was going to run up and beat the crap out of her if it wasn’t for Kame pulling onto me “Let it go Gaki-san, it’s nothing to make a big fuss about” Kame dragged me to where her books were on the floor and I saw her bending over to pick them up, yet had one hand on her lower back and my anger dissolved.
I bent over and picked them up for her “You should have let me deck her you know”
Kame giggled “Wouldn’t want my best friend to get into trouble over me”
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“Class, can I have your attention please” Kame and I turned and saw that girl standing beside the teacher “We have a transfer student today”
The girl took a step forward and we can hear some people making comments about her cuteness whereas I rolled my eyes at how blind these people were
“Michishige Sayumi, yoroshiku onegaishimasu”
“Michishige-san, please take a seat beside…” the teacher scanned the room and I lowered my head because on my left side was an empty desk ‘Please don’t say my name, please don’t say my name, please don’t…’ “Niigaki-san” ‘she said my name’
I looked up and our eyes met for a brief moment before I lazily put my hand up but turned to the right where Kame was and rolled my eyes. Kame giggled before leaning closer “forget about what happened, it’s not bad. It’s not like you have to talk to her”
“No, but I would have to feel her presence”
“The feeling is mutual” I turned to see her walk by, taking the seat beside me
End of Flashback #1
Who would have thought that my enemy would become the person that I would fall in love with? At the time I remember that I labelled her as the Devil girl and I wouldn’t speak to her and neither would she but Kame would try to befriend her but the Devil girl would always ignore her, like rude!!! I wouldn’t have gotten close to her if it wasn’t for that time she brought trouble upon herself with her arrogance.
Flashback #2
Kame and I were walking through the halls when we saw Devil girl ahead of us by herself, giving off that arrogance aura that she’s had since she arrived. I know some classmates think she is so cool and wanted to get close to her and my only thought was ‘What idiots!’
Up ahead I noticed the a group that every student body was afraid to offend walking in our direction “Kame I think we should walk through another path” as I gave Kame the look to see who was ahead but Kame didn’t move and just stared
The Devil girl probably was not warned of this group because she walked right in the middle of them, bumping shoulders with their leader who didn’t seem please with this as they turned around. With the snap of a finger, a couple of girls surrounded the Devil girl, “Oi!!! You just bumped into me and didn’t have the sense to apologize?”
The Devil girl turned around and looked at the person who was speaking, she looked them up and down then smirked “Sorry then”
“Tsk, tsk, you’re new here aren’t you? Is that how you apologize for bumping into others?” the leader sneered
“I am new yes, and I apologize that I bumped into you but I don’t see the big issue…” the Devil girl looked at those around her “…for me to get surrounded” I have to admit, the girl has guts but she’s really stupid. The group she is surrounded by isn’t your typical group that is all talk and no bite, these people bite and man do they bite
The leader walked closer and even looked at the Devil girl up and down smirking and grinning, I don’t know whether that is a good thing. “Girl, I don’t think you know who you are messing with” I couldn’t see but somehow the Devil girl jumped a bit and held a hand to her face, a little scared. It’s impossible to tell what the leader did, she was known to be very wild and unpredictable.
Not long after the girls surrounding the Devil girl took her arms and started dragging her away, hand over the Devil girl’s mouth with the leader following behind smirking “Gaki-san I think we should help her”
“I am not going to help her, it’s her own fault for not being careful with her attitude and besides I don’t want to attract trouble”
“But Gaki-san, if there is anyone that can save her now, it’s you”
“Kame, I am not the only one that can help her you know”
“Yes you are Gaki-san and you know it. You are the only one that knows the leader well enough” I don’t know if it was my own guilty conscience or was it Kame’s urging but we decided to take a closer look.
We were searching where they went when I went by the bathroom to hear muffled cries “Kame” I hissed then pointed to the bathroom door. We pushed the door open a bit and saw that the Devil girl was held up and fear was written all over her face.
“Just because you’re new, doesn’t mean anything in my eyes, doesn’t mean you can run your mouth. There are consequences to running your mouth to the wrong people” the leader was walking around her in a circle “I, for one, are one of those people” Without further warning, one of the girls punched the Devil girl in the stomach but was still held up. The Devil girl held in her pain and winced “Girls, we’ve got a tough one on our hands” the leader smirked “I like it” Another blow was given at the Devil girl’s stomach again, this time the Devil girl gave a small cry, head lowered.
The leader used her fingers and lifted the Devil girl’s head “You should be thanking me, because I am just giving you a lesson, a much deserved lesson”
Before another blow was given “Stop!!!” I don’t know what overcame me, maybe I had seen enough, maybe it was the painful look in the Devil girl’s face, but I was just as shocked at myself for speaking up
The leader looked at me with a moment of shock before retaining her grin “Ah! Mame-chan, it’s been a while”
“Miki, stop” I was pleading to her through my eyes as I walked up to her until I was right in front of her “please stop” Neither of us said anything but looked into each other’s eyes
“Who are you to stop Fujimoto-san” one of the girls twirled me around and lifted her hand as I closed my eyes, waiting for what was about to happen, but it never came.
I opened my eyes to see Miki holding that hand up in the air “I didn’t give you those instructions” Miki hissed out, scaring the crap out of the girl as they lowered their heads
Miki let go of their hand and turned to look at me once again, but her eyes portrayed something different, concern, something I thought I would never see again from her “Mame-chan, are you alright?” Her voice was the same soothing one as it use to be and although it was barely audible, I nodded my head “Who is she to you?” Her voice changed to more of a questioning one as she looked the Devil girl up and down
“She is a…a friend of mine”
Miki gave me a searching look “A friend?”
I nodded my head “I…I also don’t want you to get into any trouble” which was the truth, since I’ve known Miki, she had been getting into enough trouble, much worse before and relatively better now. I looked into Miki’s eyes with sincerity hoping she would just let it go.
Miki looked at me a little longer “Tell your friend to be smarter next time, she won’t get off that easy next time, you or no you. Let’s go” Miki walked off with her group but not before taking one last look at me as I was looking at her. It wasn’t until she was fully gone that I put a hand to my heart from beating so quickly and slid down onto the floor.
Kame ran in and crouched down beside me “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’ll be fine” Kame then went up to the Devil girl and checked up on her
Once I had stopped my heart from beating from the fear, I got up and walked out “Th-thanks” I turned around and saw the Devil girl, who was being held up by Kame, looking at me. I didn’t respond and just ran for it, I didn’t expect myself to interact with her again, not after everything that has happened.
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Do I see a little bit of FujiGaki? :drool: I love that pairing.
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I am also following this one :P mostly because I too am chanting for tanagaki :lol:
So many heartbreaks in this story. Not only was there cheating involved but to be cheated on with your (so called) bestfriend?! That means war!! :angry: lol.. I hope to see them all moving forward :) soo.. Tanagaki ftw!! Hahaha..
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Oh FujiGaki? You never fail to surprise me. Awww why didn't Miki's underlink give Gaki a good punch? I wanna see some blood :P I guess this is the turning point for Sayu to behave around Risa? Or is it? Hmmmm...
Enjoy ya ski trip! Have fun and take more pics! But be careful too ya hear :)
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Sorry for the long wait but finally I have it up, Chapter 7 (Sorry mame-chan for the lack of communication :bow:)
Chapter 7
Risa’s POV – continuation of Flashback #2
I ran with tears flowing from my eyes at the memories that surfaced and the fear that was running through my body. I ran to the place where I always go to when I needed to cry, an empty warehouse. I didn’t think that after all this time, I was still so affected by Miki.
I don’t know how long I had been sitting in the warehouse until I felt a hand on my shoulder as I looked up with tear-filled eyes to see Kame smiling down at me “It’s okay Gaki-san, it’s okay” pulling me into a bear hug as I cried in her embrace.
After I had calmed down, I pulled away from Kame “Thanks Kame”
Kame beamed at me “What are best friends for?”
*cough cough* “erm…”
I turned to see the Devil girl standing there feeling awkward as I turned around and wiped my tears “Oh crap!! I forgot about you Sayu, sorry”
“Erm…thank you Niigaki-san” I didn’t respond, in a sense I didn’t want to see the Devil girl right now because if it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t have to experience my painful memories resurfacing
“Erm…how about I go buy us something to drink” Kame left me there and I assumed she was going to take the Devil girl with her
Unexpectedly, a handkerchief was placed before me as I followed the arm to see the Devil girl smiling at me ‘I never got to see her smile, she should smile more, it makes her look…cute. What am I saying??? This is the Devil girl I am talking about here, she’s rude, arrogant and causes trouble’ But I took the handkerchief anyways “Thanks” I still knew how to be polite unlike some people
“I…I know I said this before but thank you, really, I don’t know what would have happened to me if you weren’t there to stop her…and…I’m sorry”
“You’ve said your thanks and you’ve apologized, now you can leave”
“If you dislike me so much, why did you bother saving me?” she asked in what seems to be a sad tone?
“I was debating about saving you, maybe someone needed to deflate your arrogance”
“I…I did it only to keep myself from harm”
I turned to look at her “Are you dumb? Or are you an idiot?”
“I was afraid transferring into a new school, I did it so people would leave me alone then I wouldn’t have to be afraid, an outcast or…bullied” She was looking down at the floor and I thought I could sense that there was more than what meets the eye.
“By being rude and arrogant doesn’t mean you aren’t an outcast”
“Well I came from a school where I was at one point an outcast or the bottom of the food chain, it’s be tough or be eaten alive” For some reason, I felt sorry for her as my defensive mechanism started to crumble
“You were bullied before?”
The Devil girl nodded “That’s why I had to toughen up, I don’t want to be the one being bullied, I had to defend myself and because of it I developed this character that won’t back down. I guess it’s to the point that it is natural for me to be so poison-tongued” I sat there quietly unsure as to what to say to her “Who was that girl to you?” I didn’t want to be reminded as I kept quiet until Kame came back with the drinks.
End of Flashback #2
Needless to say, Kame, being the more chirpier one, invited Sayu to most, if not all, of our outings, when she wasn’t with her girlfriend. Surprisingly her character was much like Kame’s in the sense that they can be dumb at times but was outgoing. Luckily she doesn’t have those weird habits of Kame’s of talking into space. This was the picture in which we took all three of us at one of our outings together, we had so much fun together.
I found a picture down by my foot and turned it over to see a picture of me hugging Sayu from behind, when we had just started going out. It reminded me of the time when I was getting unsure about my feelings and of course I told Kame. Kame being the genius that she is, decides to play matchmaker and started backing out of our excursions at the last minute leaving just Sayu and myself. But in a sense, if it wasn’t for Kame, Sayu and I wouldn’t have gotten together.
Flashback #3
We had just gone out to eat and throughout the night I was contemplating about how I was going to confess my feelings for Sayu. We were walking around after dinner in silence, I had offered to walk Sayu home because it was getting late.
When we were near her house, I felt someone grabbing onto my arm, dragging me away. It took me a few seconds to recognize Sayu from behind but I didn’t ask or say anything but let her drag me wherever she wanted me to be. We stopped at a big oak tree where a lone street lamp was around us for lighting.
“Gaki-san do you remember when we first started talking?”
“Mmmm”
Sayu turned to me “You never told me your relationship with Fujimoto-san” I didn’t expect the question or the mention of the name again as I remained quiet “I know that Fujimoto-san must have hurt you in some way in the past right?” Again I didn’t say anything but Sayu took a hold of my hands in hers “I may not know what Fujimoto-san did, but I was hoping that you’ll give me the chance to help you heal from your wounds. Since that time when I saw you crying after saving me, the thought about what was the cause of your tears was consistently in my mind. After getting to know you more and more, bit by bit, I never did find out about it but there was one thing I was certain of” Sayu cupped my face, that began to flow with tears “I wanted to help you forget and move on. I don’t necessarily need to know what happened because what matters is not the past but how I and we can change things for the future. Will you let me provide you happiness once more, be the one that you can lean on, be the one that can make you forget your pain, be your girlfriend?”
I didn’t and couldn’t even express myself but nod. Sayu used her thumbs to wipe off the tears from my eyes, leaning closer and closer until we were just centimetres apart “Thank you” was the last I heard before feeling warm lips pressed against mine.
End of Flashback #3
I can still remember the speech that Sayu made to me but looking at the photo of all of us together under broken shattered glass, I couldn’t help but laugh at myself for being so naïve. Although I don’t know whether Sayu was lying to me then but I know one thing for sure, she lied because she can’t be the one I can lean on, she can’t be the one that makes me forget the pain because….history repeated itself.
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Oh man, poor Gaki, cheated on not once, but twice! It's at least understandable from the Miki, but still not right. Urgh, I still want some Tanagaki... XD
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Gaki-san is full of bad memories.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: poor her.... :( :( :( first Miki and Sayu.... :cry: :cry: :cry:
but i like Gaki-san nickname for Sayu... XD XD XD Devil girl.... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: it's funny... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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@ Her Awesome Holiness: No guarantees on the Tanagaki thing....I am so lost in my own stories because it's been so long, but I'll see what I can do.
@ abok: What can I say, I am a sadistic person, life is full of bad memories and pain.
Chapter 8
Eri’s POV
I stared at the number in front of me debating what I should do, I know that Gaki-san won’t forgive me but I had hope, hope that she will one day or another she will remember everything we’ve gone through. I turned my head to look at the person napping beside me and I wonder if my choice was wrong, ‘was it a mistake?’
I wish I could at least get a chance to speak to Gaki-san, I wanted to know how she is but I was afraid, afraid of looking her in the eye, I was engulfed in guilt, a lifetime of guilt, especially since I was there for her in her past, I just made things worse.
It was one of those secrets that Gaki-san and I shared, about her relationship with Miki, and although Sayu had asked me about it before, I couldn’t tell her and maybe I should have because if she knew, maybe the situation wouldn’t have escalated to this very point.
I recalled how heartbroken Gaki-san was when she found out about Miki cheating and regardless if it was intentional or not, Gaki-san just couldn’t let go of what she saw. I couldn’t help but smirk at how odd the coupling was to begin with, the school’s feared person going out with Gaki-san. Multiple times, Gaki-san would always tell me how it was unimaginable especially when she was in bliss that she was to go out with the school’s biggest bully, would be the one to see the school’s biggest bully show another side to them, a softer side, a caring side.
However that was all burned down into flames when we went to visit Miki that morning, walking in to see Miki with someone else in bed…naked.
Flashback
“Mou Gaki-san what’s the hurry?” she was overly excited and I could tell by how urgent it was for her to speed up her pace.
“Hurry up Kame!!!! I want to give this to Miki while it is hot”
“Gawd Gaki-san, why am I coming with you anyways??? I mean, isn’t this something you want to do on your alone time and not tagging your best friend, a.k.a me with you?”
“Well I was just thinking that since we were going to go out anyways, I could drop this off on the way and...” Gaki-san’s cheeks were turning a bit rosy
“Is that…oh my god!!! Is that Gaki-san blushing???!!!!” I couldn’t help but tease her, I mean seriously, she’s been going out with that terror for a couple of months already and she still blushes, get shy and embarrassed when she’s with her. “Anyways, what is it your giving her?”
“I…er…I made some chocolate-filled pancakes and…”
“Chocolate-filled pancakes???!!! How come I didn’t get any??” I pouted at the fact that I’ve known this girl since we were kids and yet I never experienced the goodies that she makes
“Well…you can always get your Ai-chan to make you some” at the mention of my own girlfriend I couldn’t help but blush, we last saw each other the night before and I still can’t get enough of seeing her, making me feel like a princess and all.
We reached Miki’s house, in which Gaki-san took out a key? ‘Woah!!! Already she has Miki’s keys, man that’s really moving fast’. We walked in the house, which was a tad bit messy, but I watched Gaki-san put down her goodies into the kitchen before walking away. I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to follow Gaki-san to Miki’s room so I just walked around admiring the place when I heard running down the stairs. I turned to see Gaki-san running down, hand over her mouth and…is that tears?
“Mame-chan!!! Mame-chan!!! It’s not what you think it is!!!!” Miki was running down the stairs in an oversized t-shirt until she caught up to Gaki-san from behind.
“Let go of me!!! Let go of me!!!” Yep those are tears and seeing Gaki-san struggle out of the hold I had to step in
“Gaki-san, what’s wrong?” Miki didn’t even bother to loosen her grip
Gaki-san just continued to cry “Mame-chan, baby…”
“DON’T YOU BABY ME, TELL THAT TO THE ONE IN YOUR BED!!!!” Gaki-san yelled out and I couldn’t help but gasp, yabai, this is no good. I guess Miki was also startled by Gaki-san’s usage of tone because Gaki-san broke free and turned to glare at Miki, tears falling down her face “I TRUSTED YOU!!!! EVEN WHEN EVERYONE ELSE THOUGHT OTHERWISE, I TRUSTED YOU AND THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE TRUE TO ME!!!!”
“I..It’s not what you think…it was a mistake” fear written all over Miki’s face as she tried to explain herself.
Gaki-san took a couple of breaths and it seemed like she was hyperventilated so I looked for a bag, any bag and placed it in front of Gaki-san. Gaki-san took a hold of my hand and clutched onto it so hard I thought she was going to stop my circulation but I also noticed through her grip that she was shaking.
“Mistake?” Gaki-san looked Miki right in the eye, or to be more specific glared at Miki “How is sleeping with someone a mistake?”
“I was at a party and had a bit too much to drink. Risa, please, it was a mistake, I never meant for it to happen” Miki took a step closer but Gaki-san held her hand out to stop her from advancing
“Mistake or no mistake, you should have more sense that that. If you really valued me, you wouldn’t make this mistake, you would have considered my feelings and the fact that you have a girlfriend before sleeping around, regardless if you are intoxicated. If I really was that important in your life, then you would have chosen to not get drunk or to curb your intake but did you?? Were you thinking about the consequences and how I would take them???” Miki looked down onto the floor “If I didn’t come here today, what were you going to do? Hide the truth from me?” Again Miki never said anything but her silence said it all as Gaki-san dragged me out of there.
“Risa, please give me another chance!!!” I could hear the quivering in Miki’s voice and in a sense I felt that she is feeling regretful
“Miki, I can’t! Because regardless if I do give you another chance, I would always be paranoid that you’ll be cheating on me behind my back, that wouldn’t be fair to both of us” Gaki-san was utterly upset I could tell and in my opinion Gaki-san wants to give Miki another chance but what she said is true, knowing her character she’ll think about this situation over and over again.
“Risa…I’m sorry, so, so sorry” I turned to look at Miki and couldn’t help but feel sad at the sight, Miki, being the feared person in school, was standing before me crying “I never meant to hurt you…never thought I would be the one to hurt you…I…I’ll do anything to make it up to you”
Without saying a word, Gaki-san walked off and I just followed. It wasn’t until we were a good distance away from Miki’s house that Gaki-san broke down, hugging onto me as if holding onto dear life.
End of Flashback
That was the first time I saw Gaki-san so upset in her life, she cried for hours on end and all I could do was sit there brushing her back until the rain goes away. I didn’t think that I would ever be the cause for Gaki-san’s pain and I never thought that I would ever see Gaki-san as upset as she was that day when we left Miki’s house, but I was wrong…Gaki-san’s anger and pain was 10 times as much when the truth came out about the relationship between Sayu and myself.
I know it shouldn’t have happened and that I should have prevented it but I just couldn’t stop the attraction that I had for Sayu, especially when she was such a strong character. It didn’t help that Ai-chan and I were fighting more and more and in turn lead to a mistake that can never be undone.
Flashback #2
“Ai-chan you don’t have time for me anymore, you’re always absorbed with your lessons that I never see you anymore” I was whining just to guilt her into paying more attention to me after her lessons that day.
She placed a hand on her forehead “Eri, I am not feeling well today, can we talk about this another day? I have to be at another lesson”
“Lessons, lessons, lesson, you use to skip one for me why can’t you do that tonight?” I was being a brat, I knew it but I really haven’t seen my own girlfriend in a while or at least not as often
“Eri, you know I can’t…”
“Why?” my mind was thinking of the possible excuses that Ai-chan would turn me down and push me further away “Is…Is there someone else?” it was the only logical explanation I had
Her eyes went wide “No! Eri! I can’t believe you think there would be someone else! There is no one else!!!”
“Then why can’t you skip out on lessons and spend time with me??!!!!” I hollered out, if Ai-chan didn’t have an explanation, I can’t just assume she isn’t cheating on me.
“Eri, please be reasonable about this, I won’t and would never think of cheating on you, you have to trust me” I could see that Ai-chan was getting upset and was trying to calm herself down but why should she be upset? I am the one upset here!!!
“You don’t even have an explanation!!! You spend most of your time with your lessons and you expect me not to think that you are cheating on me?”
“I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR YOU TOO!!!!” Ai-chan yelled out back at me, startling me, “I trusted you when you said that Gaki-san is only your best friend, so why can’t you?”
“Gaki-san IS my best friend, there is nothing going on between us, and besides she has a girlfriend”
“But the amount of time you guys spend together says otherwise”
“We went through this argument before and you said you would trust me…”
“That is exactly it!!!! I trusted you so why can’t you trust me? Eri, why is it so hard for you to trust me that there is no one else and that I just want to go to my lessons? Why can’t you do something that I did for you? Stop being a brat and think about this reasonable”
“Brat?! So now you think I am being unreasonable?” my anger was rising and I knew she could tell
“Eri, you know I don’t mean it that way” Ai-chan sighed rubbing the bridge between her eyes “why don’t you go home and I’ll go to my lessons so we can cool off, I don’t want to argue with you anymore” with that being said, Ai-chan turned and left me standing there
I was upset and angered as I saw her walk away and I did the first thing that popped up in my head, I went to a lounge where I could forget everything for the moment and relax. When I had gotten to the lounge I downed a couple of drinks but felt so alone and who better than Gaki-san to take my insecurities away? I dialled Gaki-san’s number but someone else’s voice picked up “Hello?”
“Er…Is Gaki-san there?”
“Eri-chan, it’s me Sayu, Gaki-san fell asleep, is there anything I can help you with?”
“Oh hi Sayu, er…no it’s okay, if Gaki-san is asleep then that’s fine”
“Is something wrong? You don’t sound alright, where are you?”
“I am fine, just having a drink and wondering if Gaki-san is interested in accompanying me”
“Is Takahashi-san there with you?”
“Don’t remind me!” I snapped but immediately put a hand over my mouth “Sorry about that”
“No worries, where are you?” Sayu’s voice was filled with concern and warmth, warmth that I haven’t felt from Ai-chan in a while. I told her my location and waited for her arrival, in which she was more than happy to drink with me.
The next morning, I woke with a massive hangover as I struggled to clear me head but when I did the surroundings were unfamiliar. I felt a weight across my midsection and realized that it was an arm, now fully awake, I couldn’t help but panic. “Ahhhhh!!!’ I yelled out, startling the other person, that just happened to be beside me
“What is it? What is it?”
“S-S-Sayu?” I looked at her sitting up looking around the room and then I looked at myself
“Ahhhhhhh!!” I pulled the blankets closer to my chin, one hand over my face
“What is it Eri-chan?” Sayu seemed oblivious to the situations still
“S-Sayu” I closed my eyes tight and used my finger to point at her
“Wahhhh!” I heard her scream a bit and felt a tug on the blanket, meaning she is covering up too
“What happened? How did we end up like this?” I hollered out in total panic mode
“Eri-chan, shhhhhh, keep your voice down, the last thing I need is my parents coming in. I don’t remember, I just remember having a few drinks with you” We sat there in silence, neither one of us knew what to say next, in which was pretty awkward
“W-what are we going to do?” I asked with fear running through my body as I recalled the argument with Ai-chan and felt the irony of it.
End of Flashback #2
Needless to say, we decided not to bring it up and keep it hidden, however I couldn’t stop thinking about it and I started noticing things about Sayu that I never really paid attention to. I soon started getting envious of Gaki-san and the attention she was getting from Sayu but I suppressed those thoughts because it was wrong. ‘Sayu is Gaki-san’s girlfriend, I shouldn’t be thinking about her, I should think about my own relationship with Ai-chan.’
Ai-chan did apologize not long after and I couldn’t help but feel guilty when she did because I broke her trust, when I went all out about her trusting me. I did my best to focus on Ai-chan and the good qualities that she had when I was with her and just as I was beginning to get things back into order in my life, the unexpected happened.
Flashback #3
Ai-chan had gone out to her lessons again and I was bored at home with nothing to do when I heard different taps or raps in my room. My instincts were up and I was scared, no normal human being would hear sounds with no one around unless….’No, Kamei Eri, there are no such things as ghost…I think’ *tap* there it is again. I ducked under my blankets and just prayed that whoever it was that was in my room to leave me alone but then I could hear a faint voice “E~ri” ‘I haven’t done anything wrong, lord, well maybe I have done something or some things wrong but I don’t think they are bad enough to send me to hell right?’ “ERI!” Again that voice called out my name and it was getting louder too
~KNOCK KNOCK~ “Uwah~~!!!!” I yelled out
“Eri, honey, do you mind telling your friend to not be so loud and to just come in?” my mother instructed in a sleepy tone
“EHH?” I looked outside my window to see Sayu there smiling up at me as I opened the window “Took you long enough”
“Sayu! What are you doing here? Come inside!” I scrambled to open the front door “What are you doing here?”
“I needed to talk to you” I could see and feel that it was very important so I led Sayu into my room and led her to my bed while I took a seat at my desk
“So what’s up?”
“I…I…I can’t ignore what happened” I looked at her and I didn’t know what to say, I had just started to forget, why did you have to come now? “I…I…can’t be with Gaki-san anymore…I love you”
My eyes literally popped out “Sayu, we can’t…we mustn’t…it was a mistake…”
“How do you know it was a mistake? How are you sure it was a mistake between us and yet not with our other halves?”
“Because they are innocent in all this!!!! We were drunk, it shouldn’t have happened!!!” my heart ached as I voiced the words out because internally I didn’t want it to be a mistake
“Are you telling me that you don’t have the same feelings since after that night?”
“Sayu, I thought we agreed to never bring it up again”
Sayu looked at her lap “I’m sorry Eri, I guess I’ll be off, sorry for wasting your time”
Seeing the dejected look on Sayu’s face, I couldn’t help but feel upset “Sayu…we are still friends right? I just don’t want to hurt Gaki-san or Ai-chan”
Sayu didn’t turn to look at me but I could hear that she was about to cry “Sure, I understand”
End of Flashback #3
Sayu and I started going out as friends to the theatre and shopping and at first I did wonder why she didn’t ask Gaki-san to join us but she only said that Gaki-san was busy so I didn’t put much thought into it. This went on for a while and all the previous feelings that I had for Sayu began to surface once again but by now I couldn’t pull myself out anymore, I couldn’t suppress the feelings I had for her. Ai-chan and I started to fight about my time spent away from her and when she asked who I was with, I didn’t know what made me do it but I lied to her telling her I was with Gaki-san. I didn’t think much about my lie and about the effects at first, I just knew that I couldn’t tell her the truth until that day when she caught us…
Flashback #4
“Nee, nee, let’s go shopping today” Sayu urged me with her puppy dog eyes, hands clamped together in a begging manner, pouting her lips
She was too cute to resist as I let out a giggle “You silly bunny, sure let’s go” she took my hand in hers and I didn’t think much of it except the fact that we were friends and friends can hold hands and although I want it to be something else, I am only to perceive it as two friends.
We were shopping happily, hand in hand until we couldn’t shop anymore in which we decided to sit down for ice-cream. We were eating happily, me being mischievous taking a finger with ice-cream and putting it on her nose which caused her to try to attack me and chase me around. We were laughing and running around all the way out to the grass fields, at one point where I was holding ice-cream was no longer there, until Sayu caught me, tackling me down, pinning my hands on the floor with Sayu straddling me.
I blushed at the predicament we were in “I’ve caught you now slow turtle, the bunny is still faster than the turtle”
“Mou, Sayu, get off me” I gave an almost not existent whine
Sayu looked at our positioning and realized that it was probably best if she did, so she started to get off and I started to get up. It was while we were trying to get off each other that our faces were so close, lips just inches apart that I could feel her breath against mine. I don’t know who leaned in first but soon our lips met with her straddle on my legs, arms around my neck, me sitting up, arms around her waist, both of our eyes closed.
Suddenly an image of Gaki-san and Ai-chan flew by in mind as I pulled away “Sorry Sayu, we shouldn’t be doing this” I could see the hurt in Sayu’s face but I know this is wrong, it was a mistake, a mistake that I wished that wasn’t. We quickly got off each other only to be met with our worst nightmare, there stood Ai-chan with a box in her hand, tears flowing down her face and behind her was Gaki-san and Sayu’s best friend, hand over her mouth crying “Gaki-san, Ai-chan” I whispered
“What was that?” Sayu asked as she was fixing her clothes “What were you…”
I watched the hurt on Gaki-san’s face as she ran for it, whereas Sayu’s best friend looked in both directions “Sayu!!! What are you doing standing there? Chase after her” she hollered before following Gaki-san.
Sayu ran after Gaki-san leaving me alone, face to face with Ai-chan “Ai-chan…I…”
Ai-chan put a hand in front of her, head lowered and to the side as if controlling her emotions. I took a step forward “Ai-chan” but she took a step back. Every step that I took forward, Ai-chan would step back and before long, she turned and ran for it. She was a sprinter so it didn’t take long before I lost sight of her as I searched and searched but couldn’t find her. I had almost given up hope but then I recalled the last place that she could be, the bench…our bench.
I headed towards there and sure enough I saw her sitting there as I slowly walked up to her until I was right in front of her “Ai-chan” it pained me to see her tear-streaked face but I had to be honest with her “I’m…I’m sorry Ai-chan”
“Why?” she had on an expressionless face but her tears were flowing down
“I didn’t expect for these things to happen but…but you didn’t have time for me…and then I started hanging out with Sayu…and my feelings developed…” I could feel my throat beginning to tighten
“She has a girlfriend!” Ai-chan hollered out looked up at me “In fact she is your best friend’s girlfriend, how could you do this to us?”
“I’m sorry Ai-chan, I really am and at first I tried to stop these feelings but I couldn’t, I fell to hard for Sayu…I’m sorry” I got up to leave but I felt Ai-chan’s hand grabbing onto mine, turning me around to meet her eyes
Ai-chan wiped the tears from her face and took a couple of deep breaths before producing a box from within her pockets “I have to confess, I wasn’t going to my lessons like I told you, I got a part time job so I can make enough money to get you this. Serves me right for not being honest with you. Happy Anniversary Eri” was all she said before she placed the box on my hand and started to walk off.
My tears that I had tried to fight back began to flow as my eyes went wide and put a hand over my mouth at the information. It didn’t help when I opened the box to find an orange sapphire ring as my hand lowered at how cruel I actually was to Ai-chan, at how much effort Ai-chan had put into our relationship just to be ruined by my own hands. From an angle, I realized that there was a scratch inside and I wished that I hadn’t noticed it because if I didn’t then my pain wouldn’t have increased ten-fold, clutching the ring at my chest, crying my heart out.
~My First Love~
End of Flashback #4
I went into my desk and pulled out the box, opening to see the shining orange sapphire as I cried at the memory. My guilt was eating me up inside as I stared at the ring, I not only hurt Ai-chan really badly, I hurt Gaki-san, my best friend, the one I grew up with, repeating her history. I hugged a picture of me and Gaki-san as well as the ring on my bed, crying uncontrollably “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry” I repeated over and over again.
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Oh My God!!!! :panic: :panic: :panic: What have Miki done!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Poor Gaki-san... :( :( :( She loved her so much and even though Miki didn't mean it but she shouldn't done that... :angry: :angry: :angry:
I don't know what to say about Eri, but i really don't like her in this fic.... :angry: :angry: :angry: Just like i don't like Erina in Color of Truth.... :nervous :nervous :nervous She hurts everyone, she hurts Ai, her faithful girlfriend who took a part time job just to buy her a present for their anniversary and she hurt Gaki-san, her bestfriend and she also know about Gaki-san pain before too... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Sayu is not a saint either... :angry: :angry: :angry: How could she break Gaki-san heart and the worst of all, Reina took all the blame... :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop:
Update soon ok Faq-U... :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Well, cheater is as cheater does, so I'm glad for the guilt. I wonder if Sayu feels half as bad, probably not. XD So what next? Moar flashbacks? Or some Tanagaki I've been waiting so long for!! >.< :lol:
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Maybe it's just me. But I always thought that going out in 3s was a bad idea. And hola, the GakiKameShige situation proved it :smhid
Yabaii ne~ now everyone is hurt and no one is feeling happy. How could you do this to them FaqU?? :(
I was quite happy with a AiEri and GakiShige pairing. But KameShige had to go do it and now Sayu even confessed?!?! If Eri was the one she liked why did she ask Risa to be her gf? Omg! This is all so complicated. To make matters worse, Ai and Risa caught them in the act! :bleed eyes: What's gonna happen now? Is AiGaki gonna seek revenge by doing the same? Gosh :panic:
I'm sad you didn't reply :cry: But I'll wait patiently.
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@ abok: Now now, you can't hate Eri for something that she didn't know either, which is why she feels more guilty than she would have been towards Ai and Gaki. Also recall that she is the one that told Sayu to stay as friends because she didn't want to hurt Gaki or Ai, she didn't expect the kiss nor did she expect Gaki and Ai to find out at the same time.
Reina didn't really take the blame more like she was there at the wrong time, when Gaki was hit hard.
@ Her Awesome Holiness: You're comment is the basis of the next chapter I hope you know, so that answers your question about Tanagaki and flashbacks.
@ mame-chan: What can I say??? I am a sadistic person!!!! I can't help but make people suffer!!!!
Never thought of them seeking revenge....but now that you mention it......hmmmm......
Sorry I haven't replied to our latest correspondence, but I will make it a point to do so within the week or next (I promise)
Chapter 9
Sayumi POV
Although I should be relieved that I don’t have to hide with Eri anymore, seeing Eri like she is nags at my heart and I can’t blame her, Risa is her best friend and they aren’t talking anymore because of me. But what was I suppose to do?? Lie to Risa about my feelings?? Isn’t that unfair for her as well?? I know I was harsh to Risa but it was the only way in order for her to stop lingering onto something that is no longer there. I can’t deny that I was relieved that Risa found out because if she hadn’t then who knows how things will turn out, it could have been worse. I had no intentions of being harsh to Risa but Risa was not willing to let go either and it left me no choice but to take the actions I did.
Flashback
“Sayu!!! What are you doing standing there? Chase after her” Reina hollered at me while following Risa ‘I have to be honest and tell this to Risa one way or another’ I chased after Reina and Risa
I had lost sight of Reina so I dialled her number
“What the hell was that??? I thought you had this under control and you weren’t going to hurt anyone” ‘What is up your butt??’
“Listen Reina, I am not calling to hear you yell at me, do you know where Risa is??”
“Oh now you remember your girlfriend is Gaki-san???”
“Shut it Reina! Just tell me do you or do you not know where Risa is?” ‘I have no time for this!’
Reina told me where Risa stopped so I ran towards my destination to find Reina a few meters away looking onwards at Risa ‘The look...naw it’s just my imagination...Reina was always concerned about how I dealt with my relationship with Risa’ I exchanged glances with Reina ‘why is she giving me that look? I am fixing it aren’t I?’ I walked past Reina and towards Risa “Risa” I was a feet away from her, back towards me but she never responded “Risa,...I’m...I’m sorry” ‘It’s now or never, it’s too late to turn back time’
“W-w-why?” I could hear her crying and my heart did ache, I never intended for her to find out this way, I didn’t really want to hurt her but I fell in love with someone else
“I’m sorry Risa”
“WHY!!!!!” she turned to look at me, tears streaming down her face non-stop, adding to the guilt I felt as it is
“I’m sorry Risa, I really am...”
“I want to know why...why of all people my best friend...why...Why....WHY” she was getting louder and people around were starting to look in our direction. I wanted to at least calm her down so I took a step forward “DON’T COME NEAR ME!!!!”
“Calm down Risa, look we have to talk and we can’t if you are acting like this” no response “it started as a mistake...undeniably a beautiful mistake. I did have feelings for you Risa, honestly I did, but those feelings...those feelings started to fade”
“Started to fade??? When did you and Kame start” ‘This is the tougher part...here goes’
“I am not going to hide anything to you anymore...so here goes...there was one night when Eri called you but you were asleep so I picked up. She was upset and sounded like she had a couple of drinks and when I asked if Takahashi-san was with her she sounded more upset so I assumed that they had an argument and went to accompany her” ‘This is getting difficult, I know I am just rambling on’ I took a look at Risa and I think she knew where this was heading “we had a couple of drinks and...and...and...”
“You...you slept with her?” Risa’s voice was uneasy and unsure. I wanted so badly to shake my head and deny it when she looked at me with those tear-filled eyes, but I couldn’t, looking away when I nodded my head “h-how *choke* how long has this been going on?”
‘Yabai! Another question I was hoping to avoid’ “Sorry Risa” ‘I’m sorry Risa but if I tell you the length of time it will only hurt you more’
It pained me to watch her put her head in her hands and completely breakdown, looking around, I caught Reina’s eyes and she mouthed something to me ‘get closer and comfort her. Fix this!’ I could tell she was wasn’t pleased ‘What is up with her anyways?’ But I took steps closer towards Risa and embraced her, even though I knew that she would probably push me away. Surprisingly she didn’t so I just put my arm around her shoulder and let her cry it out
“Sayu?” Risa called out without looking up at me
“Hm?” I was actually unsure as to what I could say about the situation because Risa was taking this pretty well
Risa suddenly turned and hugged me, clinging onto me “don’t leave me”
I was shocked at the statement itself ‘I just cheated on you, told you I don’t have feelings for you anymore and yet...you ask me not to leave?’ I pulled away from her ‘maybe I should make this clear...nicely’ “Risa....I can’t”
She clung onto me once more “Why?? I can overlook the fact that you cheated on me, just stay with me, I love you too much to just walk away”
Again I pulled away and even put an arm out to distance ourselves “because it isn’t fair for you or for Eri, the one I love is Eri, the one I want to be with is Eri and I’m sorry Risa, but I don’t want to hurt Eri”
She gave off a laugh, not her normal one, more like one that is mixed with hurt and sarcasm “yet it was alright to hurt me Sayu? Seriously is that what you are telling me?”
‘Shit wrong usage of words’ “No, you know I didn’t mean it like that...I...I just don’t want to hurt you anymore than I have nor do I want to hurt Eri”
Risa grabbed onto my hand “give us one more chance Sayu, give Eri and Takahashi-san one more chance to undo the wrongs that you both brought upon me and Takahashi-san”
‘Unbelievable, where is the level-headed Risa that I once knew, she should clearly know that no outcome is going to be there. Why can’t she just accept this and let us move on with our lives?’ “Risa, I think you need time to think, you are not thinking straight”
“I am thinking straight! I know what I am talking about, let’s start over, we can leave here and move to start afresh”
I flung her hand away from me “look Risa, get it through your head!!! I love Eri now, I will not move with you!!!”
“I love you Sayu, why can’t you just leave with me? I know you love me too”
I was starting to get annoyed and I could feel that I will lash out at her anytime soon so I did the best thing “Risa, you need to face the facts and time will heal the pain. On behalf of myself and Eri, we wronged both you and Takahashi-san and I hope that one day we will be friends again” ‘highly unlikely if you keep this up Risa’ with that I turned to walk away
I felt her arms wrapped around my waist from behind “please don’t...please don’t go” I didn’t say anything but tore her arms away from me and continued to walk away
End of Flashback
I would have thought that with time she would think things clearly, turning away from Eri, even lashing out at her for what happened to the point that I was boiling with rage, yet the funny thing is, she wouldn’t stray from me. Every time Eri saw this, it would hurt her and I didn’t want to see Eri hurt so I needed to distance ourselves, give Risa the time she needs to heal, and it gave me no choice but to speak to her harshly, getting my message across that her actions and words will not only make me stay away but lose the only good feelings I have for her.
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Yeah, not half as guilty. :lol: Than again, it was good to end it and stop living the lie. Though, it really shouldn't have lasted that long in the first place.
Okay, NOW Tanagaki? :lol: :lol: Yeah, I'm going to keep bugging you til I get at least one chapter of Reina trying to comfort Gaki and Risa finally giving in. XD
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@ 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.
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an update :twothumbs
Risa's being bit bitchy... :nervous anyway, i like ReinAi :grin:
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I need to at least build up to forgiveness from Risa (although really there shouldn't be any) to Reina.
Risa should be the one begging Reina for forgiveness, but I can kind of see what you mean.
So we get the full? story from Reina, her love for Sayu was what kept her from really putting a stop to it. RenAi friendship I like, Now we just need to have some Takanagaki friendship. Whoo~ that's a mouthful. XD XD
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Sorry I haven't updated in a long, long, LONG time, too many things to deal with (personal and the fact that I am preparing to work in another country soon)
I thank all readers that are stilling reading, greatly appreciated and again sorry.
Chapter 11
Risa POV
‘Who does that girl think she is? Why is she with her anyways? Why aren’t you hating her like I do? Maybe...Maybe it’s because she wasn’t the best friend of the ex that caused all of this, yeah...yeah that is probably it.’
“Ane…er…are you okay?” I turned to look at Maimi and Airi who bore confused looks
“Yeah, I’m fine”
“Are you sure? Who was that anyways? The one beside Reina-oneesan?” I whipped my head looking at them
“You’ve seen Reina before?” They both nodded “When? How?”
“We’ve been to Miya’s house before on many occasions when we don’t know what to do, so we chill there and we’ve interacted with her a couple of times, real fun to hang with actually and the best entertainment seeing her and Miya interact” I stood there thinking actually about the multiple times that I have gone out with Reina when Sayu was busy “Er…ane…Airin and I are going to go chill so I’ll be home later…are you sure you’re okay?”
“Yeah…you go have fun…I’ll meet you at home” I watched them leave happily hand in hand out of sight before I turned to take a stroll of my own. What Maimi said was true, I remember the times I hung out with Reina and she was great company and very sweet.
Flashback #1
“Grrrr…where is Sayu!!!” I had been waiting for half an hour already and still no Sayu as I kept on looking at my watch while pacing back and forth at the movie theatre. Moments later I heard panting getting closer and closer “Sayu, you’re late….” Just to find that it wasn’t Sayu that was trying to catch their breath but Reina
“*Huff* S-sorry *huff* I’m late…*Huff* Sayu can’t make it today” Reina was bent over, hand over her chest trying to catch her breath
“And she couldn’t call?!” I asked her back slightly annoyed that Sayu could have told me earlier
Reina stood back up, breathing normally “She told me to come in her place so that she didn’t have to ruin it for you”
It was awkward considering the fact that I didn’t know Reina that well “Sorry that you had to come but I guess I’ll skip the movie” I walked past her, thinking in my mind what to say to Sayu when I called her
“Wait!” I turned to see Reina standing there shuffling her feet “Since I am here already and you’re here already, why…why don’t we catch a movie?” Her question startled me because I didn’t want Sayu to make her feel like a replacement, even though she clearly was “I…I thought it would be good to get to know you better considering you are dating my best friend”
Racking my brain, the girl did make sense, I thought it might be a good idea to start getting to know the best friend of my girlfriend considering the fact that Sayu knows Eri well enough so I smiled “Sure, any preference?”
Her smile lit up instantly “No, whatever you want is okay with me” as she walked over to the ticket booths
We watched a comedy movie and had laughed so much our tears were falling, in which didn’t stop after the movie. We were talking about the things we liked about the movie and whatnots at a coffee shop nearby and I was having a blast talking to the girl. For some reason we went from talking about the movie to funny moments about our best friends to embarrassing moments in our lives.
End of Flashback #1
That was how it started becoming a habit too because every time Sayu was unable to meet me, she would send Reina and I would be just as happy to spend time with her because she was great company with her little antics and all. I felt that I could tell her anything that was on my mind and she randomly would spit out random comments or questions for that matter, keeping the conversations interesting and ongoing. I smiled at the multiple times that I had fun with Reina be it eating a simple dinner, going to a movie or talking in a coffee shop, she made a great effort in keeping me entertained.
I also recalled the times when Sayu and I would fight and it was funny because Reina would call me up or find me, in which I thought was weird.
Flashback #2
“BAKA!!!!” I hollered out into the open sea through tears, recalling the fight I just had with Sayu
“Gaki-san!!!!” I turned to see Reina running up to me
“What are you doing here Reina?” I wasn’t surprised because well she is Sayu’s best friend right? However I was disappointed ‘Why would she be here instead of with Sayu?’
“Er…Sayu…Sayu wanted me to check up on you…she wants to make sure nothing happens to you” Reina responded
“Well you see me now, so you can leave” I spat out at her. She didn’t move just stood there shuffling her feet “If you are not going to leave, then I will” I stomped off across the sand and walked past her until I felt her hand on my arm
“Gaki-san…Sayu loves you, don’t let an argument affect you”
I flung her hand off me “What do you know? She’s being unreasonable about spitting out venom at me, I am the one hurt here”
“Sayu regrets it…she honestly does because if she doesn’t she wouldn’t have asked me to make sure you are okay right?” I didn’t respond “I just don’t want to see you guys like this, not over a small squabble that escalated. Sayu is ill-tongued but she is that way not because she means it, you should know that. She has always had an ill-tongue but there is a reason for this and…I am grateful that she did” she let go of my arm with such a sad look, like something was bothering her. “Never mind, you need time alone, I’ll…I’ll just go” she turned around leaving me confused about her last statement.
“Wait!” I grabbed onto her “What do you mean by that?”
“Nothing…just nothing…I’m going to go” she continued walking not looking back at me
I don’t know why but I chased after her, I wanted to know, probably because I was curious but I knew that I wanted to know “Reina!” I grabbed onto her hand “you can’t start something only to leave me hanging, if you want to make sure I am okay you better start spilling” I pulled her down to sit beside me staring out at the waters
“Well do you know how Sayu and I became best friends?” I was stunned at the question because I didn’t know, I just knew they were so I shook my head “My family moved a lot so I wasn’t as outgoing or stable about making friends, not when I knew that I might have to move again. When I moved to Sayu’s hometown, I was an outsider, an outcast because of my character.” Funny how she mentioned this because Sayu was like that too “I wasn’t outspoken or offending anyone but I guess trouble loves looking for me. I may look and act like a yankii but I wasn’t one before I met Sayu, I was more timid and afraid and I guess that made me an easy target because I was picked on and would never say anything about it nor would I fight back” Reina lied down on the sand looking up at the stars as she continued to recall her own history “That’s when Sayu stepped in, she once found me being pushed into the washroom, my books were scattered and was teased about me being a loner. What surprised me was that she didn’t have anyone beside but herself and her ill-tongue” Reina let out a light chuckle “A couple of words and the people left me alone, now mind you the way she was is pretty scary for me, the new transfer student and I would have thought she would leave but she helped me gather my things and she talked to me in a tone that was totally different from the tone she had just used. I commented that she was brave for someone to step in without any backup and she just chuckled telling me that she was just as scared if they decided to hurt her too.” Reina’s expression became serious once again “She taught me that regardless of what happens if you show any signs of fear then they will trample over you. I guess that is how my yankii character came up, from the things I’ve learned in other towns and from Sayu and it did wonders because the next time those people came to bother me again, I toughened up, I talked back and I didn’t back down. We became friends and support for each other in situations like this…until she moved when I felt so alone once again. Mind you, I have already built a reputation for myself so I didn’t have to worry about others bothering me but I worried about Sayu because she is all talk, nothing else, whereas I developed the physical scare” Reina sat up and looked at me “I heard about Sayu’s incident when Sayu called me and immediately I knew I had to transfer here but I want to thank you Gaki-san”
It didn’t occur to me why the girl was thanking me “Why?”
“She got into trouble with the school’s feared ones and I heard that you talked them into letting her go. I didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t there when she needed me like she was when I needed her but I was glad that you were there for her. But overall you have to understand that Sayu does it out of habit she isn’t really that bad of a character once you get use to it and I know she is hurt by how her usage of words have hurt you” Reina turned to look out at the waters again while I sat there thinking until Reina got up “Well I guess you probably don’t want to see me so I’ll leave you”
“Wait!” I got up and gave Reina a hug “I’m sorry that you have to relive those memories but thank you”
“What are you going to do now?”
I pulled back grinning at her “You don’t expect me to call her up do you? She is the one that is in the wrong but I might consider forgiving her faster when she calls”
Reina chuckled “I didn’t indicate that Sayu wasn’t going to apologize nor am I saying that she shouldn’t before she is forgiven. This might teach her a good lesson in thinking before spitting”
End of Flashback #2
It was true, Reina was great company and she tried helping my relationship with Sayu to the point that I did consider her as a close friend too but when things blew over, I took my anger out on her instead. If anything Sayu and I were guilty of making her a replacement at all times and at all costs just to keep our relationship together and it was unfair to her.
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this chatper was nice :)
you're so good. :)
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Right, this does so need to be updated! Need more potential Tanagaki.