That One Year (Sequel to That One Day) Book 2

True Love [Part 1]

Yume Pov

I stare at my candy bag. My stomach full.

"I never knew how many rooms this hospital had until Halloween..."

Brec nods still stuffing her face.

I push myself up a bit to sit on my bed. Scared to ask Brec a question.

"Hey Brec....?"
"Yebh?"

She says. Her mouth full which causes her to pronounce "Yeah" wrong.

"Have you um....."

I look down and clutch my hands.

"Talked to..... Riku and Ryuu....?"

My eyes wander to her face. I watch as her face is unfazed. Blank.

I clear my throat.

"Does um.... Riku know you're....."

She nods. Her face still blank.

"He was the first one to know."

I slowly open my mouth.

"If y'all had um......... How come he didn't get--"
"Barley an hour after it happened I took him to a hospital. They were able to catch it early enough to get rid of it before it fully took effect."

I slowly nod my head. I look back at my hands.

"He brought a girl here today."

She says out of nowhere. I look at her out of the corner of my eyes.

"Oh..."
"Her name's Lily. I don't like her."

I look up all the way. Intrigued.

"Why?"
"I don't know.... I just don't like her...."

I hear the door knock as we turn our attention from each other. I watch as Riku walks in with a girl.

'That must be Lily...'

I study her features. She seams to have a some-what small nose. Her hair light pink. A strip of hair on both sides of her face covers her ears.

"Lily wanted to meet you Yume."

I jump a bit in surprise.

Riku walks out the room as Brec follows. Her head down. I get up from my bed.

"So you're Nijino Yume?"
"Yes."

I say while nodding my head.

"And you're with Yuki Subaru?"

I slowly nod my head. I can already tell that somehow this conversation is gonna go south.

She pauses for a second. As if she's thinking. But she looks more like she's listening to something. Her face slightly changes but soon goes back to normal before I can even identify it.

"Why......"

She changes her face. One that oddly makes me want to slap her.

"Why would he ever want to date a girl that's sick?"

I freeze. My heart drops. As it feels like I'm being smacked in the face. Pain pinches my chest.

"Wha--What do you mean by that?!"

I yell at her. Pain making it's way to my heart. But not in the way my sickness does.

"I mean, why would he ever date a girl that can't walk, or maybe can't have children."

Fear enters my heart from the children part.

"For a 14 year old. Your chest is pretty big. Not to big or too small. It's perfect.
"Same goes with just your body in general.
"Maybe that's why he's dating you."

My heart drops even more. As my face becomes full of fear.

"When the "magic" runs out he'll leave you--"

She snaps her fingers.

"Just like that."

I look down. My body shaking.

I over hear her foot steps and a door closing. I bend down and bury my face into my knees. Tears slowly start falling down my cheeks.

'He wouldn't do that....... Right.....?'

I hear my phone vibrate. I slowly reach out to it and see that I have a message from Brec.

Meet me on the roof.

I slowly reply okay. I push my self up. Trying to get my body to stop shaking.

As I open the door to the roof I'm instantly met by arms being wrapped around my neck.

"What did she say to you?"

I hear Brec whisper.

"I'd rather not say...."

Brec let's me go and walks to the center of the roof. I catch her close her eyes as she holds her hands from behind her back.

"Why don't you talk to Riku? I mean, he is the father of your--er--y'alls child..."

Brec doesn't say anything. I can somehow tell that her eyes are still closed.

"Doesn't it hurt you!"

I say. A bit louder this time.

(Play song at top!)

"Yume....... You really are stupid."

I jump back from her words.

She turns around. Her face serious.

"I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let 'em out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though goin' on with him gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me--

--What hurts the most was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' him walk away
And never knowin' what could've been
And not seein' that lovin' him
Is what I was trying to do..."

"Watching him walk away!? Brec if anything YOU walked away from him!"

"Because I was confused! I still am! I don't know when I started liking him! And due to that I don't know which one I like!

"What hurts the most was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' him walk away
And never knowin' what could've been
And not seein' that lovin' him
Is what I was trying to do..."

"Do you even regreat hurting him!?"

"Oh like he's hurt!"
"He is! I can see it!"

"Yume!--

"It's hard to deal with the pain of losin' him everywhere I go
But I'm doing it!
It's hard to force that smile when I see him with that girl and I'm alone...

"Still harder gettin' up, gettin' dressed, livin' with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken--

"What hurts the most was being so close!
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin' what could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was trying to do......

"And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin' what could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was trying to do.........."

Brec bolts through the door. Her hands squeezing her shoulders as I stand there trying to understand what she meant.

When I finally coneccet the dots my eyes widen.

'Brec still loves Riku.... She just doesn't wanna admit it.... To anyone or even herself.....'