Today was the day thought Aiko~Cun Today is the day he would tell Asuna (his childhood friend) how he truly felt about her. "thanks for the ride mom... I-i love you!" Aiko~Cun could barley speak... He wasn't prepared. What if she had met someone and just kept it a secret from him?"Hey... Aiko?" His mom had got out of the car, not that Aiko~Cun had gone to far away from it. He knew Asuna was always at school earlier then him. "She does love you." She hugged him and before he reacted she got back into the car, he gave off a little smile and showed a bit more confidence. He ran into the school right into a new guy (he supposed) "ah.. sorry sir." Aiko~Cun spoke softly. "Wow. Very unprofessional. I'm new which is somewhat obvious. I'm Atsushi" Atsushi was taller then Aiko, but he seemed like a softie... Kind of. Then she walked in the lobby from the auditorium, talking with one of her friends, her pink hair, blue eyes, beautiful smile... Asuna. "Ah! Hey Asuna!" The new guy (Atsushi) said. How did he already know her? "O-oh Atsushi!" She blushed... But why? "I-im a little busy but we can talk at lunch!" She gave off the prettiest smile. Aiko waved but she completely ignored him. "How does it feel to be ignored shorty?" Atsushi chuckled at Aiko~Cun and grasped harder onto his backpack, slinging it onto his shoulder and walked slowly away, obviously trying to prove a point. Aiko ran to the bathroom and stared at himself in a mirror Of course she liked him... He was tall, handsome, cute, he had red hair and brown eyes. The whole package. All I had was blue eyes, black hair, I was short and pretty sure Asuna was taller then me. "hey you good...?" Aiko's friend Otordoko came in, he looked like me, just blonde hair and more pale skin. "It's really not important" I couldn't tell my only friend about my crush. He's rather popular and the little reputation I had would be gone. Forever. He can NOT keep secrets. "C'mon! I know when my bestie is upset" in reality Otordoko had NO idea when I am upset, he is way full of himself. But he tries his best. "I just came in here because I was uh... Bored before homeroom." I was thinking of any excuse, the one that came out wasn't very expected. I had so many things I could've said . "My dog just died and I got the news" "I'm waiting for my dealer" no... No that's to much. "Oh... Alright man. See ya at math" he winked... Well tried to. Aiko~Cun looked down and finally looked outside the bathroom being sure that Atsushi wasn't there and thank goodness he wasn't . He looked at the bell and realized he had missed homeroom and first period had already started, he ran upstairs to his class through the senior stairs, Aiko~Cun was a Junior. He finally made it, a tad bit after the late bell, some people asked him where he was but he only ignored them, he was going to sit next to Asuna when... "What do you think your doing shorty?" Atsushi placed his stuff at the desk before he had the chance "off you go." Atsushi sat down and smiled at Asuna, she smiled back "oh hey Aiko~Cun! Sorry but senpai~ is sitting here today!" Aiko paused "S-senpai?" He asked, trying not to sound to worried. "Oh Aiko~Cun, that's what Atsushi said he was called back at his old school! We want him to feel welcome!" Asuna gave a warm smile to both Aiko and Atsushi. "Mr. Sjyah. Please take a seat in the front" the teacher scolded
Aiko. He quickly got up to the front and sat down, and couldn't even focus on the lesson... Does Asuna know what "senpai" means. I mean isn't her friend like a huge fan of yandere? "Mr. Sjyah . " The teacher said. "O-oh uh, yes?" Aiko said softly. "Answer the question please." Aiko paused "can you uh.. repeat the question..?" The whole class laughed, Asuna was the only one who didn't. Thank God. There was still hope! Lunch time came around and Aiko quickly ran up to Asuna while leaving his locker, "Asuna... Can we sit together at lunch... Like we do EVERYDAY?" Aiko said, giving off a small angry face. "O-oh Aiko! Of course we can. But Atsushi has to sit with us, he is so nice!" Asuna was nice to everyone so it was no surprise she was acting this way towards Atsushi. "Gosh... what do you see in Atsushi, he's rude to me." Aiko said in a "I'm loosing hope" type of way. "Maybe he is just jealous of our friendship? I always see the good in people and he has a good side. I know it" Asuna said with a smile. "Hey Asuna... And Aiko..." Atsushi came running up to them with his lunch just as they sat down. Aiko stayed silent. Eventually, Atsushi realized that Asuna didn't have a lunch "here... Asuna let me go grab you a lunch. On me. It's the best way I can repay you for being so nice to me!" Atsushi put out his hand and Asuna grabbed it smiling and blushing, they ran off to the line, leaving Aiko all alone. I've lost all hope, thought Aiko, sitting down. He finally decided that he had lost his appetite and just sat down, not speaking at all during lunch. Otordoko came to math class (7th period) with a guy... Who was in his math class but Aiko never really noticed him, after all both were very quiet. His name was Ocho, he had dirty blond hair and green eyes, and was a rather tall guy. "Aiko!" Said Otordoko in an excited way, he was holding Ocho's hand. "Meet my boyfriend! Ocho!" Otordoko smiled as he kissed ocho's cheek. Great. Thought Aiko everyone except him were casually finding their soulmates. HOW CASUAL. "Yeah... So happy for you." Aiko put on a fake smile. "We've been chatting for the past 3 months! And we are both gay, which is something we found out like, last week!" Of course Otordoko had a boyfriend, he was a charm. "He's so precious! You are so lucky to have such a great friend!" Ocho said. Aiko got some bad vibes off of Ocho, but what did he know about relationships, maybe that's just people acted in relationships? Aiko~Cun sat down, away from Ocho and Otordoko. He couldn't deal with their sweet talk "you are so amazing!" "No you are the cute one" "I can't wait till we are married". Stuff like that made him think about how he didn't have a girlfriend. Aiko just didn't understand what Asuna saw in Atsushi, besides his looks, he was one big goofball. He probably doesn't even know his left from right, and Asuna had been Aiko's friend since like kindergarten! Then the end of the day... Probably the best part. Aiko waited for Asuna outside, it was now or never. She finally left the building with Atsushi by her side. "Asuna!" Yelled Aiko, he ran up to them. "Can we talk privately...?" He paused waiting for Asuna to respond. "Oh Aiko! I would but I'm going to get icecream and see a movie with Atsushi~Cun" Asuna said. Wait wait, what?!? But that's what we used to do! And I was Aiko~Cun, he wasn't Atsushi~Cun. Aiko couldn't hold it in anymore, he sobbed quietly. "Aiko?! What's wrong?" Asuna said reaching out to him, but Aiko just pulled away. "Everything! Everything is wrong" Aiko pushed her away. "What a terrible friend you are Aiko" Atsushi said, taking Asuna and holding her close. "No! Atsushi you are the problem." Aiko grasped onto his backpack tightly and ran off towards his bus, almost missing it.
*-* Home *-*
"How was your day baby?" Aiko's mom asked giving him a big hug. "Certianly didn't go as planned" Aiko said, throwing his bag down onto the floor. "Why dear? What happened?" Aiko paused "let's just say she doesn't like me mom." Aiko's mom paused, she was speechless. "oh honey... Maybe it just wasn't meant to be. You will find someone, someone who makes your heart melt and you just wanna-" Aiko cut her off. "Mom. Stop." Aiko said going up the steps and into his room quickly, he really had wished he didn't run into his mom. Aiko started with some homework but when he finished he had nothing else to distract himself of the miseries that had happened today. "Brother can we play dolls?" His little sister asked, opening his door un-invited. Well, his sister is 12, she was born a boy, making her trans. Luckily their mother was very supportive. "Sorry, I'm kind of busy right now... Maybe later?" Aiko said facing her. "Yeah... Mom told me about your rejection." Aiko paused and chuckled "just make fun of me already.' Aiko had to admit , his sister always had a way of making him laugh when we was feeling down. "No. How could I make fun of my ugly, stupid brother" she laughed too and as they laughed together, Aiko wished he could find a friend like his sister. "Saji." Said their mother as she walked into the room. "time for you to go over to your friends house for the sleepover, she's here." Saji jumped up and down excitedly and hugged Aiko and went into her room, and her mom walked her outside. As much of a butthead Saji could be, Aiko loved her no matter what, he always felt obligated to keep her safe. When Saji left, Aiko's mom walked back into his room and sat down "You will be okay Aiko, I know it may not seem like it now, but everything will be okay. I promise. " His mom stood up, giving him a kiss on his cheek and left, closing the door, for the first time ever. Aiko leaned back in his desk chair and thought about it. If Asuna can't realize which one of us has been there longer then maybe... Maybe I should try to find another friend... After dinner Aiko got ready for bed and when he laid down he started thinking about who could be his bestest friend, besides Otordoko. But his thoughts had failed him. He couldn't run away from his problems, he had to fix them and that's exactly what he was going to do. So the next morning his mom took him to school as usual, and Asuna was outside... Alone?! Aiko ran up to her and took her hands "Asuna." Aiko said, Asuna looked at him shocked "A-Aiko?" She replied. "I like you, I have since last year and I want to know if you'd like to be my girl-" before he could respond, laughs came from behind him, he turned around, Atsushi, and some other people were behind him... "I-i..." Aiko was speechless. "A-Aiko I'm sorry..." Asuna whispered. "I... I uhm..." Aiko could barley speak "listen shorty. Uh news flash, she doesn't like you." Atsushi laughed. "That's not very nice Atsushi..." Asuna said, maybe she did like Aiko. "But it's the truth, isn't it?" Atsushi said, looking at both Aiko and Asuna. "Well..." Asuna said looking at me. "I told you Aiko. Bye bye." Aiko looked at her, hoping she would say something and when she didn't. He just walked away. And that's when he got the news, his phone kept buzzing and he thought it was Atsushi and his dumb*** friends. But it wasn't, when he pulled out his phone, he dropped it and fell to his knees, Asuna and Otordoko (plus Ocho) were running down the hall, perhaps looking for Aiko. "Aiko! Aiko ...?" Asuna said, the walked closer, tears flooding out of my eyes. "W-whats wrong?" Otordoko asked. Asuna picked up my phone saw it and gasped, she showed Otordoko but not Ocho.
"HEADLINE NEWS: SHOOTING AT WEST BROOKE ELEMENTARY, 3 DEAD, 12 INJURED."
West Brooke Elementary suffered a severe shooting attack, 12 injured and 3 dead. The 3 killed, Tasha J. , Jacob C. And Saji S.
"Aiko..." Asuna said wrapping her arms around him. "I'm so sorry Aiko." He couldn't respond. His own sister. His OWN sister. Why me. Why me. Why- Aiko couldn't focus anymore and he fell back, fainting. He woke up in the nurse's office. "Was it all a nightmare?" Aiko asked. "Sadly no Aiko, but your mom is on her way to take you home" Asuna was holding Aiko's hand. "She's really gone .." Aiko was back in tears just as his mom burst through "Aiko..." She gave him a hug and they both cried, except his mom held it back more then he did. "T-thank you Asuna... Visit whenever." She grabbed Aiko and left quickly, when they got into the car Aiko was silent. "It'll be okay Aiko. I promise." Obviously she was trying to lighten the mood but it wasn't working. "How could you say that... She's gone, she's really gone." Aiko said, they didn't speak the rest of the car ride. When they got home, Aiko's mom went to the living room, Aiko followed so he could put his bag down, pictures, art projects etc; of Saji. Aiko threw his bag down and ran up to her old room, locking the door, he sat in her bed and cried, then he heard a knock at the window, he jumped down and opened it, it was Asuna. He let her in. "Y-yeah...?" Aiko spoke sofly. "H-how are you Aiko?" She stood there, seemed to be genuinely upset. "Everything but good." Aiko opened the window fully, motioned her inside and sat back ins Saji's bed, placing her blanket on top of him. Asuna went in and sat beside him, she held onto his hand "I'm so sorry Aiko. I truly am. This is terrible. And just know I am with you through everything. I promise." Asuna looked at Aiko in the eye. "You've been all caught up in Atsushi for the past week. Since when am I important?" Aiko looked away from her. She pulled his gaze back to her. "Aiko you are all wrong... I was only trying to make him feel welcome." Aiko paused thinking of what to say. "I know... You always see the good in people... But him.. maybe too much..." Asuna held Aiko's face towards hers and they gazed at each other for a minute, Aiko wasn't sure what to do. Asuna finally leaned in and kisses him lightly. All hope returned to Aiko. He had never been more happy, and, relieved in his life. This had been the moment. The moment he had been waiting for. Maybe they were just meant to be.