Title: Promises in the rain

Pairing: Sachiko/Yumi

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Maria-sama ga miteru will never be mine.

Promises in the rain

Yumi shut her eyes. Blocking out the noises outside, the dull, cold rain- it all didn't matter to her any more. Sometimes she wished that Maria-sama would be a little kinder to her. But wishes hardly ever came true, anyway. She should have stopped hoping by now, but she didn't. That was one positive attribute of her character: she was optimistic. Well, most of the time anyway. Curled up in a miserable ball, she shivered in the corner of the room. The meeting room of the rose mansion. The Yamayurikai weren't in; that was rare but it was alright with Yumi.

She was unhappy, lonely and incredibly tired of her life. Recently, her mother died in an accident, her father temporarily crippled as his legs were broken, Yuuki was already struggling to help the family keep up…and Yumi, she was working part-time as well, contributing to the family's small income. It wasn't easy. Worse still, the main cause of her heartache just managed to make her even more upset. Sachiko Ogasawara wasn't making things any easier for her. Right now, she needed all the love she could get. Just a little love and comfort would be a blessing, but nobody seemed to have any to spare. Yoshino and Shimako were pissed with her; something happened and it hurt Yumi's brain to think about it. And nothing seemed to be going right.

Sei was too busy, talking to Youko-sama was too weird, Eriko-san was obviously out of the question, Rei-sama wasn't a choice either. Noriko wasn't on good terms with Yumi, sadly- she just needed a friend, but even Tsutako, Kanako and everyone else seemed to make themselves scarce around Yumi. She wondered what she had done to deserve this. She yearned for Sachiko desperately, but Sachiko was never there for her- at least for these difficult times. And she didn't even appear to care, after their not-so-clean breakup. Maybe she wasn't good enough for Sachiko. But it never occurred to Yumi that Sachiko was never good enough for her.

But that could never be the case, to Yumi. It hurt. It always hurt, going to a place she had come to hate. This school and its students- it sucked big time. "Fuck," she cursed, voice hoarse. Yumi thought she'd have the best times of her life here, with her much loved Sachiko onee-sama, and everyone else, but now it hurt her just to think about it. Maybe she should stop coming, stop being an eyesore. She thought about 2 weeks ago. What exactly had happened? It was her heartbreak. She thought back, trying to remember the cause of her pain.

FLASHBACK.

"Yumi! Let's go for a walk around, I need to tell you something." Yumi looked up at her onee-sama, and responded with a cheerful "Hai!" It was a quiet, awkward stroll in the school grounds, and the sky began to darken over their heads. And it started to rain as Sachiko said, "Yumi, I think we should end this. End all of this. I don't think I can be your onee-sama anymore; I don't have what it takes." Yumi stopped short, startled. It was so unlike Sachiko. Sachiko didn't talk like that, she sounded strangely distant and quiet. And she sounded so…crude, to some extent.

"W…what?" Yumi was dumbfounded, and words nearly failed her. "Yumi, we shouldn't be in this anymore. From now onwards, I'm not your onee-sama anymore." Sachiko looked oddly emotionless. Curse her upbringing, thought Yumi. "Sorry, Yumi. I thought I was good enough, but I'm not. Looking at you everyday makes me feel so guilty…I promise that someday you'll think it's better this way too."

END FLASHBACK.

And she continued to voice what Yumi knew as her empty promises. It was just that Yumi didn't understand them anymore.

OWARI.

A/N: Don't know what this is about. R&R if you want. Flames will be thrown back in your face.