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Haruna was sitting alone in the dressing room waiting until her one hour break to finish. Out of her boredom she logged on to her Twitter account, she was about to tweet as something caught her eyes on the homepage. Reading that line are like an arrow that stabbed her heart.
‘Leave the person if you don’t want to be with them. You are only hurting that person.’
Mariko’s tweet is right. Haruna knew that she has to distance herself from Yuko but she can’t. She can’t throw Yuko away only because she doesn’t want to, deep down Haruna doesn’t want to let go Yuko because she cares for her.
“I only care for her, she’s a friend, that’s all. Nothing special.” Haruna nodded on her speech as she knew it is the only reason why she can’t leave Yuko. Yet, there is a part of her that isn’t satisfied on her speech.
“Who is nothing special?” A familiar voice said.
Haruna jolted from her surprise and dropped her phone on the ground.
“Mariko.” Haruna said while Mariko picked up the phone and stared on the screen.
“Leave the person if you don’t want to be with them. You are only hurting that person.” Mariko read the line from her tweet.
“You really don’t have to say it loud.” Haruna glared at Mariko as she snatched her phone from Mariko’s hand.
Mariko snickered, she can tell from Haruna’s face that she is affected on her tweet. She knew her plan to make Haruna realize that she have to leave Yuko.
“Why so grumpy Nyan Nyan? Want me to skinship you to take your stress out?” Mariko attempted to imitate Yuko’s voice.
Not cute at all Mariko. She thought to herself and wanting to facepalm by copying her rival’s action – Yuko.
Haruna rolled her eyes to Mariko’s behaviour. Why does it have to be Yuko on everyone’s mouth whenever they talk to me.
“I’m jealous.”
The atmosphere around the room became awkward and suffocating. Mariko’s sudden confession that she is jealous made Haruna become more confuse. Somehow, Haruna knows that she and Mariko are close but she doesn’t have a slight clue that Mariko could be jealous or… in love?
“J-jealous? What are you talking about?”
Haruna pretended to tilted her head on the side, making her look like she has no clue at all. Her nape began to sweat, heartbeat is pounding fast. Not knowing what to say or what to do. Why can’t she do what she always do to Yuko – shaking her off so she can’t cling or dug her face on her chest.
“You are always with Yuko even though you don’t like her. Yuko this Yuko that, everyone always see the two of you as a couple even the wotas outside worships the… the… Kojiyuu. I don’t want to be the second option whenever Yuko is not around. I want to be the first option... always first. Tell me Kojima Haruna, is it too hard to leave Yuko? Or you don’t want to lose Yuko? Because you love her?”
Tears are running down on Mariko’s cheeks. She doesn’t want Haruna to see her crying, crying gains sympathy to people. Mariko does not need sympathy to Haruna. That speech isn’t really the speech she wanted to say to Haruna. Anger and jealousy blocked her real speech for Haruna.
Maybe this is better. That was probably what my heart wanted to say to you. Most of it hasn’t been said yet.
Haruna was too stunned to say something. She just want to faint or better to let the ground swallow her so Mariko and Yuko won’t have any difficulties towards her anymore.
The silence around the room are shouting ‘Yes.’ to Mariko’s ear.
“Silence means yes.” Mariko said before storming off the dressing room. Leaving the still stunned Haruna.
Silence means yes.
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Meanwhile, a certain lost squirrel are looking for her beautiful precious acorn. Yet, trapped in a predator that keeps following her.
“Yuko, can you stop looking for her? You won’t find her anyway. This hide and seek makes me want to eat you from being hungry.” The predator whined to the lost squirrel.
“Miichan, I didn’t ask you to tag along. Go. Go eat. I’ll go look for my Nyan Nyan.” Yuko gestured her little hands as a ‘shoo’ to Miichan.
Miichan has been following her since yesterday. She never follow her like this in the past.
Suddenly, Miichan snaked her arms around the short girl’s shoulder and nibbled her ear. “She’s hiding. You won’t find her.”
Yuko is getting irritated to Miichan’s actions. Her small hands can’t remove the other girl’s arms in her shoulder. “I love Nyan Nyan. I’ll do what it takes to find her in her silly hiding spot.”
With that sentence, the clinging Miichan unwrapped her arms on Yuko’s.
“Mou, can you at least pay attention to my effort?” Miichan said but noticed that the squirrel was already gone looking for her freakin’ beautiful tsundere acorn.
Miichan sighed with disbelief.
“Itai!!!” Miichan fell on the ground the moment someone bumped into her.
Mariko. Her eyes are wet from tears. It is unreal to Miichan to see Mariko crying.
“Mariko?”
She didn’t say anything, instead she bowed her head as to say sorry and walked off in a fast pace.
*growlgrowlgrowl*
“Augh, hush baby, mama will eat now.” Miichan said to her belly while clutching to it.
Too bad mama didn’t get the chance to eat the squirrel.
A's Note: I'm getting there, still really need to find my power again to write properly. If Miichan was hungry, then I'm sleepy. Sorry if there is nothing important on this chapter. The future chapter will has its important thingies. :]] Also sorry if I made spelling errors or grammar. Too lazy to double check it.
Thanks everyone who commented and who gave thanks. Can't reply for now. Have to sleep, you guys don't have any idea on how much headaches i had when writing this chapter. xD