Hey guys! I'm sorry for suddenly missing like that. ;_; But I'm back nau~ Or at least for now just to post this~
Anyway, I've decided!
I think I'll just write this story up until 4 Chapters Only. Kind of too short, I know... But it's only because I have another Churi-centered long shot in mind! And I refuse to write about it until I finish this one! I've been too distracted already, after all. So I might as well finish at least one story first before adding another one to my long list, yes?
I'm sorry for this sudden announcement, everyone. m ( _ _ ) m
On to the story nau! Also, please answer the poll I've added above! Thank you! ^o^
Chapter 2
I’ve actually thought of telling Airi how I feel. In hopes that somehow, even if it’s just for a little, I find out that our feelings were mutual after all-
But that’s impossible,
Even I can see it.
No matter how much I lie to myself, no matter how many times I whispered to nobody that I loved her more than anyone… I knew that she loves her more than me. Even though we’ve spent time together more, even though we know about each other more…
I don’t understand it, really…
How can she even fully fall in love with someone whom she just knew for a month’s time? How can she be so sure that she’s not there just to turn her into her doll? That she’s not secretly a girl who hides her evil ideas behind her angelic smile?
I’m sorry for saying things like this…
Maybe I’m the one who’s evil out of all of us- thinking that Rena is an evil girl just because Airi prefers her more than me… I’m overly driven by my jealousy. I’m sick, despicable…
“You know, if you really love Airin that much, why don’t you just confess? Face the truth and stop being a chicken.” Masana suddenly broke the silence between us as she flipped through the pages of the book she was reading as though she lost all interest she had from it earlier.
I looked up to her, eyes slightly widened.
It was only the two of us present in the club room today, with both Rena and Airi stuck with cleaning duty. I actually considered going straight home after school, but the thought of just abandoning Masana like that stopped me half way.
Clearing my throat, I gave my bottom lip a light bite before shakily voicing out, “Y-You knew...? About my feelings towards Airin…”
“Obviously.” She answered flatly, “The way you stare at her, the way you frown whenever Rena and Airi starts ‘flirting’ with each other discreetly. You’re all too obvious, Churi.” Closing the book in her hand, Masana carefully placed it on the table before her, “So? What are you going to do? Just sit there and watch things unfold before you? Continue killing yourself emotionally?”
“I-… I know that Airi will never reciprocate my feelings so what’s the use of confessing?” It was the truth anyway. That Airi only sees me as a friend, and never more than that. “Should I give up then? But how do you give up exactly? Is it by deciding to put your feelings down and following through with it? Or is it by taking steps away from your true feelings? By staying away from Airi…? Once again, I bit my lip. My sight was starting to become blurry, and my hands were beginning to shake. Nonetheless, I continued, “I… I just don’t know what to do… I know that I’ll never be with her but… A side of me still hopes that she would finally look at me, not as a friend, but as someone more than a friend.”
All of the sudden, I felt something warm on my head- Masana’s hand. I was talking too much that I didn’t even notice how she stood up from her seat and slowly walked closer to me. She continued on patting my head for awhile before slowly, letting my head rest by her stomach as she wrapped her arms around it. “I’m not an expert about love, Churi, but what I can see, however, is that you’re simply hurting yourself with this. I won’t stop you from falling in love with Airin, I don’t have the right to do that, but please, at least even for a day or two, stop clouding your mind with jealousy.”
“I-…”
“Happy birthday to you~” I lifted my head up a little, my eyes immediately locking themselves on Masana’s as I looked at her quizzically. Why is she singing a birthday song all of the sudden…? “Happy birthday to you… Happy birthday dear Churi.” Slowly unwrapping her arms around my head, she knelt down beside me, wiping something from my eyes with her thumb with a warm smile on her face, “Happy birthday to you.”
Blinking repetitively, I looked at the thumb she used to wipe. Water. I was crying? Since when…?
“I don’t have a birthday cake with me but…”
I turned to her again, now with my brows lifted up “A cake..? Happy Birthday…? What do you mean?”
“I knew it.” She heaved out a sigh disappointedly. Did I do something wrong? “You were too busy being jealous that you even forgot your birthday… November 29. Today is November 29, Churi. Your birthday.”
“My… birthday… But how did you-”
“As the club president, I can’t possibly just neglect the members’ birthday, can I? I asked your class adviser when your birthday was. Including Airin and Rena’s. I didn’t have enough time to get you a cake though, since the cake shops would always be close by the time I get home from cram school. That’s why, instead of getting you a cake…” Still speechless at how much a mere club president can be so thoughtful, I continued on staring at her in awe as she made her way to the window, her hand placing themselves by the curtains which she left closed this whole time.
“That’s why, instead of a cake, I got you this.”
With her usually serious-coated face lightening up with a huge smile spreading from her lips, Masana pulled the curtains to the side, forcing me to shut my eyes close as the honey-shaded sunlight beamed through the window towards my eyes. Before I could even open them again, I heard a familiar chirping sound. One that I usually hear whenever I’m at home, or whenever I visit a pet shop. A bird’s melodic cry.
“I remembered how much you loved birds, you always brag about your precious Papitan and his comrades to me, after all. So I though maybe I should buy him a new family member?” Bringing the bird- particularly a parakeet closer to me, Masana opened the cage’s small door. “Now then, do you want to hold him? Don’t worry; I’m sure this one is just as kind as your Papitan. Come on, why don’t you raise your finger up so he can jump on it?”
I couldn’t even think of a proper reply. The only thing I was able to do so far was nodding my head and following what she asked me to do- lifting my finger closer to the parakeet before me. I just stood there like an idiot, watching in silence as the bird jumped from his cage towards my finger. Before I knew it, tears were starting to gather in my eyes again, making my vision blurry.
Why…?
Even though Masana did all of this to cheer me up, why am I still crying?
“Please…”
Hearing her voice suddenly change from the cheerful tone she had earlier to one which sounded like she was actually pleading sincerely, I lifted my head up, letting my now overflowing tears roll down on my cheek freely.
“Churi, even if it’s just for today… Can you please stop thinking about Airin…? I’ll… I’ll do my best to make you happy- even if you just give me this one day to be with you- I’ll make sure that you’ll smile… So Churi… For you birthday, can you stop eating yourself inside by thinking of her… And go out with me?”
With this Chapter ending in such a cliff hanger...
C-Could it be?!
That Oya Masana is the Prince Charming who's going to sweep Juliet (Churi) off of her feet just like what Romeo (Airi) did to Cinderella (Rena)?!
What do you guys think?!
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