"there's sora."
"wow, so i guess she really did go through with it."
"i heard she got the surgery."
sora knew comments like these would pop up once she made her return to school; however, she was able to prepare herself for them, and now they didn't have the same affect on her. closing the door of her locker, she turned around to walk to her first class. yet after only taking a few steps, she stopped again.
there, in front of her, was none other than shin yuna.
yuna looked down at sora, her hands folded in front of her, "hi.. can we talk?"
sora nodded, looking around, "just say what you need to here."
the taller of the two averted her eyes to the floor, "i'm.. i'm sorry."
"you are?"
yuna nodded, "there's no excuse for the way i acted or treated you these past few months." swallowing the lump in her throat, yuna continued talking with her eyes on the ground. she was too ashamed to meet sora's gaze. "i let my jealousy get too out of hand. i shouldn't have let a boy ruin our friendship."
"wrong." sora shook her head. slowly looking up, yuna stared at sora, who stared back, though her gaze didn't look the friendliest. "you ruined our friendship, yuna. this isn't something that you can shift the blame onto someone else." yuna looked back down as tears began to well in her eyes. "but, i can't say that some of it wasn't my fault. while feelings aren't something you can often control, i should've been more careful."
yuna kept her eyes down, even more ashamed that sora seemed like the bigger person though she wasn't the one apologizing.
"i think it's best if you and i spend some time apart." yuna could only nod and accept her request. it was the very least she could do after putting her through such a traumatizing situation. "but.. i forgive you, yuna. i can't forget, though."
with nothing else to say, sora brushed past her to go to their first period. yuna watched as she walked away, a tear slowly dropping down her cheek. the class they normally went together to, they would now be going alone. she knew it was her fault. who else's could it be? it still hurt, though. it hurt more than anything.
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"sora! are you eating in the lunch room today?"
sora shook her head, holding up her bagged lunch, "i have some work to catch up on, so i'll eat in the library. don't wait up, okay?"
she looked down at the new cell phone she had gotten just before coming back to school. her father suddenly handed it to her, while telling her that it was long overdue. she laughed quietly, thinking about how nice it was to have him home again.
too absorbed in her own thoughts, she failed to notice someone else walking straight ahead of her. the person was also looking down and not paying attention, which resulted in the two bumping into each other.
her lunch dropped to the ground, along with the few books she was holding.
"oh, i'm sorry!" she began to grab her things, still not looking up at the person.
"it's okay- wait, sora?"
she looked up at the sound of her name, but was met with confusion. she continued to stare at the person's face, but no matter how long she stared, she couldn't place who he was.
"do i know you?"
those four words. those four words were enough to shatter his heart into pieces. as he stared back at her, it had felt like those little pieces dropped to the floor with her books, the little shards breaking into even smaller ones.
"y-you don't know me?"
she shook her head, "i'm sorry.. i can't say i do." after a moment of awkward silence, she grabbed the rest of her books, before bowing apologetically once more. sora then continued on her way, trying to shake off the weird feeling the interaction gave her.
kai could only stare after her, his whole world spinning.
so.. it was me? i put her through all of that? it doesn't make sense. how could she like me?
he continuously racked his brain for any indication that she had liked him. but all he could see were the feelings on his end.
~
"thank you, sir!" kai excitedly exited the comic book store, while holding the new edition to sora's favorite manga in his hand. he had gone to the shop every day since hearing it was sold out, just so he could get one when the next shipment came in.
~
kicking at the rocks on the pathway outside of sora's house, kai found himself yawning. shaking his head to get rid of his tiredness, kai looked down at his watch. "6am? jeez, the things i do for you, sora. who told you to go to school so early without me?"
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"i'm pretending to ruffle your hair, since i can't from here!" he smiled, feeling his heart beat faster in his chest.
~
a ten-year-old kai had just put the last moving box in his bedroom, as he looked around the forest green walls. "guess this is home, now." noticing the window on the wall opposite from him, he walked over to open it, hoping that he could get some air moving through the stuffy room. however, as soon as he opened it, he saw the prettiest girl he had ever seen in the window across from his.
blinking, he bent down a bit to get a better look at her. she had long, brown hair, and fair skin. she had a cute button nose, and almond eyes to go with it. the boy had felt like he was in a trance. but he soon snapped out of it as soon as she started to look in his direction. dropping to the ground to hide, he placed his hand over his chest, hoping to soothe his fast beating heart.
"kai! put on some nice clothes! we'll be eating with the neighbors tonight!"
~
he didn't want it to be true. it couldn't be.
but it was.
and now it was too late to tell her that he loved her too.