Love Hurts

Chapter 1

Normal POV

Today it's a hot summer night at Bodhum, at the beach there is Lebreau's bar. The bar was packed today, full with tourists and residents of Bodhum. Every single member of Team Nora was there all except one. Snow the leader, Gadot best friend of Snow since childhood, Lebreau also a close friend of Snow and she brings in the funds to supply Team Nora, Serah she's Snows girlfriend and Yuj a junior member tall, slim, handsome probably is man that almost every girl has their eyes laid on. Except Maqui, the mechanic of the group loves to tinker with machinery, he wasn't with the others. He probably has his head stuck into some new invention he's working on.

"Hey Yuj. Did you notice there are a group of girls staring right at you? They are totally into you." Gadot whispers, smirking.

"What? They are not" Yuj replies, a little too quickly. Clearly embarrassed, he knew that most girls in Bodhum... Hell, not just Bodhum the whole fucking Cocoon has the hots for him.

"Oh come on that isn't going to work this time. Why don't you ask one of them out?" Snow asks.

"I'm not interested!" Yuj snapped back.

"Reeeeeealllly? Already have a girl that you haven't told us about?" Snow asked sluring his words, man he's drunk again Lebreau thought to herself.

Serah chipped in "Snow, don't tease him!"

"No, no it's ok Serah. There's somebody I like..." Yuj grumbled, his face starting to turn red.

"Haha! YUJ IS IN LOVE!" Gadot and Snow sang together. They laugh even louder as they watch Yuj, turn a even brighter shade of red.

"Hey that's enough alcohol for you two!" Lebreau yells at the two drunk-like crazy men.

The bar was full shouting and laughing coming from Team Nora, and Yuj...Oh poor Yuj, he just sits there with his face turning to the darkest shade of red it could possibly go. Oh kill me now, he thinks to himself. The noise stopped as they saw Maqui, came running in.

"Maqui, what's wrong?" Serah asks, slightly worried for the younger one.

"Have you guys seen the news!?" He asks gasping each and every single word.

"No, why?" Yuj asks, snapping out of his moment of embarrassment.

"Just put it on you'll see."

Lebreau went to put on the news on the TV, in the bar. The news report caught attention all of Team Nora and everyone else in the bar. As the news reporter speaks...

"17 year old, Lilliana was found Rapped and stabbed in an abandoned building in Palumpolum last night. Guardian Corps soldier found her, after hearing loud crashes and screams. But the culprits were already gone by the time the officer got there. She is in critical condition at the moment. Her only family, her sister Lavina refuses to speak with the media. And no more information has been released..." Yuj snatched the remote from Lebreau and turned the screen off. The bar was now in complete silence, everyone was in shock by what they just heard. There was the odd whisper from the customers but everyone mostly stayed quiet.

There hasn't been a case this serious on the news for years. There have been the cases when people got drunk and goes wandering the streets to look for a girl. But nothing has ever reached this far on Cocoon in about... well forever, rape it rarely happened. But everyone was so shocked by the words of the news reporter.

"Fuck man, didn't expect that happening" Snow said breaking the silence.

"Yea, there sure is some messed up shit here in the world" Gadot added.

Conversations started to pick up pace, the still atmosphere disappeared But most conversations was about the poor girl Lilliana. Yuj he was sick of what everyone was talking about, he hated what people were saying. He heard one person whisper "I bet she was a prostitute, and didn't pay up." God it made him sick all of it! Almost everyone, heard of that rumor in the next couple of minutes.

He got up yelling "That's not true! You know nothing about Lilliana. How can you just say that about her when you've never met her!?

"Woah, Yuj calm down. Why are you so bothered about a rumor?" Lebreau asked.

"I-I-I it just makes me sick to hear people talking about others that way. We have no idea how she could be feeling right now, she could be terrible pain! And what do people do? They make up rumors saying she's a prostitute!" Yuj runs out the bar, tears falling down his face. Ignoring the shouts from his friends.

"Hey, Maqui. Do you know something? Did Lilliana and Yuj know each other?" Serah asks quietly, but loud enough to be heard.

"Um well not really. When me and Yuj went to Palumpolum to buy him some new clothes. We met her sister Lavina, and we became quite good friends, even though we were only there for one day. She offered to show us around Palumpolum. She invited us to come with her to the shop Lavina and Lilliana owned. It wasn't a huge shop or anything, but it was quite successful in business I must say so myself the clothing and accessories that was sold there were pretty amazing. Lavina told us that almost everything that was sold, was designed mostly by Lilliana. Yuj only saw Lilliana for a few seconds, because she rushed out of the shop when we entered, yelling to her sister that she was late to meet her friend. But Yuj literally fell in love with her at first sight. He described as the most beautiful person he has ever seen, and she had a voice like an angel. Yuj really loved her, he's been trying to build the courage to go back and confront her and tell her his feelings. But hasn't told her yet."

"Oh I see. Poor Yuj, I feel so bad for him. First thing tomorrow, we should go to him and apologize."

Everyone agreed to Serah's plan. But Serah was secretly worried about what if Yuj didn't accept their apologies. What if he didn't forgive them? No we mustn't give up, he is our friend and we should be there and support him, even if he doesn't accept it. Serah thought to herself.

Yuj's POV

I made it back home safely, but the tears won't stop. I'm just so angry and upset, not at my friends but at myself. Maybe, just maybe if I went and told Lilliana my true feelings. She could of avoided this happening to her. And now, because of me Lilliana is in hospital suffering in pain. I'm certain, that last night she felt so alone and no one cared for her. Maybe I should go visit her, but I doubt they'll let me go and see her. I just wish I could of done something to prevent this from happening.

I head to my room, I should try and get some sleep. I'll try and see if I can visit her tomorrow. I strip down from my colorful yellow and dark red shirt. I unlaced my boots and pull of my black leather trousers. I dump them on the floor, leaving me in my dark blue boxers. I climb in my bed, and close my eyes. Waiting for the next day to come...