"Why did you do that, Rin?" I asked my best friend one late summer night. I had gone to a shady part of town in order to meet up with an old friend, but he turned up with a gang and I left immediately. "You could've been seriously injured! Or even worse… raped!"
She looked straight into my eyes, pouting. "I knew what I was doing, okay? I followed you because I didn't think you'd be safe!" I knew that she meant what she said because the sincerity shone in her eyes.
I sighed, wondering what I could do to make her see that it's bad to do things like that. "Anyone could do something like that to you, y'know? Look, I'm just really worried about you okay?" I could clearly feel myself blush lightly and I grew a bit uncomfortable. Oh, right. Rin is also my crush that I've loved ever since we met. I guess that's just how it goes, right? Childhood friends are neighbors and the best of friends until one of them falls in love with the other and it all gets awkward. That definitely sums up this situation.
"I'm pretty sure not everyone would do that! You wouldn't, right?" She asked me, still determined to show that she knew what she was doing. In a way, I liked her like this. It was cute when she tried to prove that she was right. I could basically hear my heart freaking out from the little things that she did that made me love her even more.
Wait! I need to get back on topic! She's wrong; even people like me might do that to her if they end up losing their nerve! I turned my head towards her once more and said, "You're wrong, Rinny, because," I paused and tackled her to the floor, holding her down by her wrists so that she couldn't move. I moved a bit closer to her head and said, "even the devil was once an angel. This might sound like some Tokyo Ghoul crap, but it's not, trust me. Even people like me could rape you. That's what they do, they pretend to be nice and then they go in for the attack so that no one could possibly suspect them."
I stared at her, somehow unable to remove my grip from her wrists. From this view, she seemed like she could break any second. Like she was made out of fine porcelain and would go crazy at anything in the slightest. However, there was nothing in her eyes that said she was scared. In fact, she seemed a bit surprised. For a moment, we stared into each other's eyes, not willing to let go of anything.
Then, she broke the silence and whispered, "Well, it's not called rape if you like it, right?" She turned her cafe to the side and I almost jumped from surprise, but still kept my position on top of her. "I don't think I'd mind if you raped me, Len. Maybe it'd be okay."
I almost collapsed on top of her and she hugged me in comfort. When I looked up, her eyes were glass-like and shining like they'd just admitted something that they'd hidden for the longest time. "Rin…" I whispered. "I love you."
She closed her eyes and a few tears slipped out, it seemed like it was tearing her apart just to have hidden that. "I love you too, Len." And we lay down on each other, enjoying each other's warmth because we knew that we could and it seemed to have lasted a lifetime.