Part One:
Most knew Ryouga as my friend but none knew that he was much more to me than that.
We embraced each other under the moonlight. Our heated kisses finding each other in the dark. The sound of small muffled gasps and groans rang softly through the air. He had made me experience what I never felt before. The feeling of skin meeting skin. The sweetness of our lips meeting and the soft touches that said a thousand words. Those moments were dear to me and replayed over and over in my head since his betrayal.
It was an unspoken contract that no one would know of our relationship. We weren't even sure we were an actual couple. We just relied on each other for comfort in private, and resumed our normal antics in front of others.
Some felt sorry for me, said it was sad that my friend had betrayed me like that. Saying things like, "you must be hurt" and "it's all okay". But no one knows how deeply it really hurt me. How it hurt that he hid this from me for years. I regretted ever trusting him, ever giving myself to him. I felt so used.
We snuggled together under a blanket as we looked up at the stars. "I can't believe we just did that here!" I hid my blushing face behind my hands. He smiled and hugged me from behind resting his chin on my shoulder, "What I'm surprised at, is how forward you've become, you used to be so shy about this" he laughed, his breath tickling my ear. I pushed him off and he pulled me toward him, both of us falling back towards the ground entangled in each other. I smiled and lay beside him watching my hair and his mix together around our heads. I was a little jealous that his was so long, but I never voiced it. I leaned on my elbows and looked into his bright red eyes. He gave a small smile, pushing some of my hair behind my ear. "Hey, Aera" he asked in a small voice "Hmm." I replied to indicate I was listening as I turned over and gazed at the moon. "There's something I've been meaning to tell you". I turned towards him sensing the seriousness in his tone "What is it?". He looked at me a deep sadness in his eyes before used his hands to pull my bangs back and said "You have a huge fore head!" he laughed. I scoffed, kicking him out of the blanket, into the cold night. "That's not funny, Ryouga!". He gave a small smile "Yeah, sorry" he actually looked saddened as if he was still hiding something before giving me a puppy dog look "Will you let me back in?". I sighed before spreading my arms, beckoning him into my embrace under the blanket. He came over and hugged me, we stayed like that, embracing each other for a while before I sneezed. He laughed "C'mon, let's get some clothes on and head home before you get sick. We don't want anyone realizing we're missing" he stood up and held out his hand to me. We got dressed and held hands as we walked back towards the village from my old home. As we neared the item shop he let go of my hand and smiled, placing a soft kiss on my lips. He turned to leave waving me good bye before saying "Don't forget our promise tomorrow!"
How I wish I did.