Ruikasa: And They Were Roommates

Chapter 22 ⭐️

Tsukasa's POV:

I was going to do it. I was GOING to confess. Until Rui and Tessa ruined everything. Emu and Nene had met up with me and gave me a pep talk before sending me on my way to confess. But of course RIGHT WHEN I HAD THE COURAGE TO DO IT THE TWO WERE KISSING.

With a shattered heart I held in my tears and made my way out of the party and sprinted to the elevator. I called for it and didn't wait long for it to show up. I pressed the Lobby button and the doors began to slowly close, but right before they could, I saw Rui dash out of the room.

'Shit' I thought as he leaped into the elevator with me, his face red and eyes watery

"Tsukasa...I'm so, so, so unbelievably sorry" he tried, but I shook my head

"No, no your not, you wouldn't fucking do that if you weren't sorry, but it's not like you know how I feel" I cried

"I didn't want to! Please believe me! She just did it! I didn't know what to do!" He attempted, but my chest only continued to tighten

"YOU COULDVE WALKED AWAY? OR TOLD HER NO! OR JUST IGNORED HER TO BEGIN WITH" I yelled

"Tsukasa, please, please forgive me..." He mumbled, a tear falling from his face

"No, no I won't forgive you. Why? It's because I love you. I love you so much it fucking hurts, and you knew that, didn't you? You let me get hurt instead of just telling me you weren't interested and being a decent fucking human being" I sobbed as his eyes widened "get the fuck away from me" I demanded as the doors opened

Once I was let out of the small metal box, I booked it out towards the gates of the campus. It was snowing outside, the cold weather had finally made it's move, and already about an inch of snow covered the concrete ground, but that wouldn't stop me. I ran as fast as I could, got tears streaming down my face like waterfalls.

I followed my breath off the campus and across the street to the park. My legs and ribs had painfully cramped by the time I got to the parks biggest tree, which I collapsed under, despite the wet, cold snow.

At this point I didn't care who saw me. I started crying and screaming, my eyes burned and my throat ached, but I could care less. I choked on my tears and spit, I could barely breathe.

By the time I stopped screaming, my voice was hoarse, my clothes were soaked, and my eyes were dry. I took a deep breath and sat up, looking at the sky. There were no stars. The light pollution here was bad, so there was never any natural light in the sky at night.

I hated it here. It was disgusting. There was little greenery and places to enjoy being outside naturally, there were no stars, there was so much smoke and gas in the air. It was gross.

For the next half hour I sat by myself. No one came for me. I guess Rui really doesn't care about me, in fact, he's probably gone back to Tessa. I hate her. I've hated her from the start. The day she first met us she's seemed so off, and they way she talked and acted around Rui was absolutely aggravating. As violent or rude as it sounds, I wouldn't hesitate to get rid of her.

My phone suddenly went off in my pocket, startling me. I pulled it out of my pocket and read the contact on the screen, which said 'Nene 🌿'. I sighed and picked up. As much as I didn't want to talk to anyone right now, I didn't want to worry her

"Hey" I grumbled, my voice hoarse

"Tsukasa? Where are you? Are you okay?" She said, panicked

"I'm fine" I coughed and she sighed on the other end

"Good, but where are you?" She asked again

"You're not sending Rui out to look for me, are you?" I questioned dryly

"I- no" she said and I groaned

"The park, biggest tree" I shared

"You should come back inside, you'll catch a cold" she warned but I merely scoffed

"So be it" I frowned, watching the fountain water dance at the other end of the park

"Tsukasa, please, come back" she ordered and I groaned

"Fine, fine I will" I grumbled "give me 5 more minutes and I'll be over"

"Promise?"

"Promise"

"Alright, be safe Tsukasa, see you soon" she whispered before I hung up

I shoved my phone back in my pocket and buried my face in my knees, another wave of tears washing over me as my shoulders began to shake. Yet again I began to cry alone, surrounded by darkness and snow.

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