Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice and all characters belong respectively to Tachibana Higuchi.
when they all come crashing down
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Because storms always come in many waves.
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"I think I'm falling in love with you," He says, looking up into the far, vast sky.
You freeze. No, no, you think. This is not happening. This isn't how it's supposed to be. He's supposed to be in love with Sumire. You refuse to think he'd fallen in love with your klutzy self. You're clumsy, ugly, and imperfect. You know it; there's no use in denying. But why...why is he saying these things? It's impossible. You want, oh so badly, to look into those cerulean ocean eyes of his and see them gleaming with that playful look he'd always give you. But you don't. You know they'll be serious. Serious, like he always is when he uses that pensive tone of his.
And you know he's not expecting a reply anytime soon, you can just sense it. That's how it is with Ruka, you two have known each other since you were born. Sometimes you think you know him better than yourself. But in this moment, in this place, you don't see the blond animal lover whom you played with in the red sandbox near your house. You don't see the prank star, who'd always carry a trick on his sleeve. No, you don't see Ruka Nogi. In your hazel eyes, you see a stranger in front of you. Solid and still.
So it's silent between you two. With him enjoying the sunset, in his own little world, and you thinking of a thousand things to say and yet none of them seem just right. So far, all of them start with apologies.
Oh, this is absurd.
You want to walk away from this mess. You want to smack Ruka on the head for creating such an aggravating situation. Only he could create something this prone, go figure. But most of all, you're sick of it all: this mess between Ruka and Sumire. And you too now.
You've never thought about falling in love at an age this early. If anything, you might've grown a smallsmall crush on Koko, the jokester, and maybe tried to consider Ruka. But then when Sumire claimed that Ruka was going to be her future husband, you wiped out any more than adequate thoughts you had about him. You're Sumire's best friend, so that's the right thing to do. You were certain of it. But now you're not sure of anything now. Will this affect your relationship with Sumire? When you tell Ruka, will he still want to be as close to you? You wince a bit.
And now, you're afraid. You're afraid of the snowball effect that might happen. You're afraid of it all.
You never knew Ruka had so much power.
You feel like he just put up the last domino.
And gave you the job of knocking them all over.
-whentheheartspeaks.