Until these feelings that I could not communicate to you
Could simply disappear way far beyond the illusions
Before I had even realized it, he was always right by my side. Kyo and I were childhood friends, as well as we were best friends. Every day, we chased each other in the park. Every day, we did our homework together. Every day, we play a game of pretend in the backyard of either my house or his. In one of our adventures, we had even made a promise to each other. As six year old children, we had promised to stay together forever.
I had held on to that promise, as if it was my most precious memory.
We basically did everything together. Through happiness, through sorrow, our hearts were linked together. Kyo and I laughed together, cried together, and smiled together after all tears were shed. We were close childhood friends, and Kyo was all I wanted in my life.
I had loved Kyo for a long time. To me, he was my own Romeo.
Up until high school, Kyo and I were still together. We had most classes together, we walked home together, we continued to help each other, and we were still spending time together. Being best friends since childhood, I figured we would never separate.
Unfortunately, god was cruel and placed a third character in between us.
One day, a new student transferred to the school Kyo and I attended. That very day when she had arrived, many students came and flocked over here, admiring her beauty and the kindness she gave them. At that time, I didn't really care much about this new girl. I figured she'd be just like everyone else in school besides Kyo and my friends: dull, boring, not worth being with. When I see many students surrounding her, believing they need to defend her from anything, I simply shrugged it off. How cute she was to have people come and protect her, how pitifully cute. I didn't even think about her at all, and when I did, I simply thought of her as Cinderella, for basically no reason other than giving me the feeling of that girl from a fairytale.
Then she, Hatsune Miku, the new girl in school, and he, Kyo, my longtime best friend and the boy I love deeply for years, met. Just a few days after Miku had transferred, Kyo and I were just walking home from the school. Naturally, with Kyo keeping his eyes on me as we talked, he wasn't paying attention to where he was walking to, and neither was I to be honest. The next thing I knew, Kyo bumped into a girl who was slightly taller than me, long teal hair tied in twin tails and a slender body covered in the school uniform. Falling from the impact, the girl made contact with the ground while Kyo took a step back, not realizing what had happened. Looking down at the girl, I realized it was Miku, the new transferred student.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. While I found it annoying that she instantly became loved by the students, I still treated her with respect and was worred for her since she bumped into my best friend. I turned my head to Kyo, who was still in shock.
"You idiot!" I scolded him. "Go apologize to her!" Finally realizing what had happened, he nodded to my words. Coming up to Miku, he held his hand towards her.
"Are you okay? I am sorry for bumping into you," he apologized. Accepting his hand, Miku held it, and Kyo helped her up.
Then the teal orbs of Miku made contact with the hazel orbs of Kyo. They stood, staring at each other for a good minute or even longer. It had reached a point where I had to grab their attention by faking a cough. After they both had came back to reality, they both smiled awkwardly and apologized, and my red orbs instantly took note of the slight dye of pink on both cheeks of both people.
Miku then realized she had to go, and waving goodbye to both Kyo and I, she dashed off. Kyo stared at the direction she had gone to, and I stared at Kyo, waiting for him to turn around and continue walking. Within a minute or two, I realized Kyo was distracted again, and this time, because no one else was around, I lightly kicked his shin. Well, I tried to kick him lightly, but apparently, it was still strong enough to inflict pain, and Kyo ended up wincing at the contact.
"What was that for?" he questioned me and glared. I simply stared back at him.
"Why are you so easily distracted?" I asked back, not bothering to answer his question. "Aren't we going to my house to do homework?"
"Oh… yeah," he chuckled slightly with embarrassment. I simply stared at him. Whenever we go out, he is often excited, never forgetting we were ever spending time together. Not wanting to think about it more, I continued on with my walk, and Kyo followed.
"Seriously, Kyo…" I commented out loud.
"Hm?"
"You kept staring at her. It's as if you fell in love with her at first sight," I jokingly told him.
"Ahaha, yeah," he replied, laughing a bit. That is the Kyo I know.
We both kept walking, and it never dawned at me that this evening walk was going to be the last time we walked home together.
The next day, Kyo and Miku met again and started a conversation. Naturally, I joined in too, and we had all gotten along. I was sure Miku was just going to be someone Kyo would want to get to know, and then, we wouldn't converse much with Miku anymore. That's what most conversations we had with others resulted in. Kyo and I would get to know people, and then our conversations diminished if there was no spark that basically came and told us to stay friends with them.
School then reached an end, and this time, Miku joined in on walking home with us. Once again, we were all talking to each other, Miku, Kyo and I. Our conversation was often about school and home life. Kyo and I had discovered that Miku was actually very wealthy and had to transfer because of her father's job. Even her house exploited her wealth once we reached her home. In comparison to my house and Kyo's, Miku's home was rather huge, to the point of being a villa. There were even maids in the house too. Miku's bedroom was also quite gorgeous too.
In that bedroom, Kyo and Miku continued to converse with each other, continuously laughing at each other and growing more interested. Meanwhile, I just sat there, watching them. I wasn't too interested to converse. I was wondering how Kyo and Miku can keep talking like that. The only person who Kyo can openly converse with and really enjoy doing so was me. Now, he is happily talking to another girl while I sat there silently.
Time passed, and I realized it was time for me to get going. When I had stood up and told Miku I had to go, I had expected Kyo to stand up and follow, since Kyo was always with me and vice verse. That moment, however, Kyo remained at his spot on the floor and looked at me.
"I'm going to stay for a little while longer," he informed me, then turned to Miku. "Is it okay if I stayed for a little bit?"
"Of course it is!" Miku cheered with a smile. I stared at Kyo. Not wanting to talk even more, I bid farewell and went on home. It had been the first time I had walked home.
Eventually, I had more walks alone from then on.
In the next days, Kyo and Miku continued to spend more time together, and the more the two grew together, the less Kyo spent time with me. When the bell rang for lunch, Kyo was quick to leave the room so he can spend his time with Miku, leaving me to have lunch either alone or with other friends without him. After school, Kyo went straight to finding Miku, barely ever talking to me. I had found myself walking home all alone, and I have completed my homework by myself without him. In the mornings, I had even walked to school on my own, with no sign of Kyo by my side.
Then days turned into weeks. Eventually, Kyo finally came around and began to spend time with me again, but only during lunch. The following conversations we had together, however, were no longer the same. All Kyo talked about was Miku. It was always Miku. He would talk about his days with her, his fun with her, everything that had anything to do with Miku.
At this point, my heart was becoming inflicted with jealousy. I was with Kyo far longer than Miku had, much, much longer. And yet, Miku was the one who he fell interested in. My heart was breaking, burning up with deep envy.
After school one day, Iroha and I were walking together when the two came to sight. In the arms of Miku was a wounded puppy, and Kyo was tending the wounds on the poor animal. Had it not been for the fact that Miku and Kyo smiled at each other very sweetly, I would have admired the sight of the two with the dog even more. The way they had looked at each other, it had left a pinch of jealousy on my heart.
"You love Kyo, don't you, Miki?"
Iroha's voice snapped me back to reality, and I had turned to her. All I could do was nod at her. Iroha kept her eyes in contact with mine.
"You were with Kyo long before Miku came, and now because of her, Kyo doesn't spend time with you anymore."
" I know that, Iroha," I told her bitterly. I didn't want my jealousy to become anymore obvious than it already was. I broke off eye contact and stared at the two.
"Why don't you confess then?"
"Eh?" My head snapped back to Iroha, my eyes widening and cheeks burning up.
"You love him, don't you? Besides," Iroha turned her gaze towards where Kyo and Miku were at. "Miku is basically everything Kyo would fall for. She's rich, she's gorgeous, she's kind, heck, she's the perfect Mary Sue straight out of a fanfic."
Iroha turned back to me, and in a serious tone, she continued. "If you don't want to lose to Cinderella, you better confess to your Romeo as fast as possible. Otherwise, start bidding farewell to all the love you had cherished of him for those ten long years."
With those words, Iroha turned and walked away from the scene, leaving me alone to ponder over her words.
After a few more days, Saturday finally arrived. Taking a walk outside, I was still debating over Iroha's words. To confess or not to confess… is it really okay for me to reveal my feelings to Kyo? Who knows…
During my walk, I had found myself walking towards the same park where Miku and Kyo were at days ago with the puppy. Getting closer, I spotted locks of brown and teal. Seeing them together again, I felt my heart beating with a flaming jealousy inside. Soon, I felt myself coming closer to the two. I felt the courage I needed. I felt I can finally go up to my long time best friend, take him away from Miku, and confess the feelings I have bottled up for so long.
Then my orbs caught the sight of the two sharing a kiss.
Kyo was bending down to Miku's face, cupping her cheeks with his hands, and their lips locked in contact. Then in seconds, they broke away, while I stood there, trying to get my mind to acknowledge what had happened.
I wanted to back away and run as far as possible, I didn't want them to see me, but alas, Kyo turned and spotted my figure. Seeing it was just me, he smiled warmly. Putting an arm around Miku, Kyo informed his good news to me.
"Miki, Miku and I are together now."
I stood there for a moment, and then slowly, I smiled.
"Congratulations!" I cheered. "You both look so good together," I continued. "I am happy for the both of you," I lied, forcing the words out of my smile as sweetly as possible. The dog held in Miku's arms barked suddenly, and Kyo went to pick up the dog. Miku then focused her attention on the animal Kyo had tended days ago.
There was no room for me.
I turned and walked away, only glancing back once. My eyes caught Miku's sweet smile and words had came out of that mouth of hers. I had realized right there, Miku was pretending to be innocent. Thinking she will be loved just by smiling, she flirts with Kyo without a second thought.
What a horrible girl…. And yet, I couldn't even confess my feelings to Kyo in the first place. Had I have done that long before Miku ever showed up, everyone would have been perfect. Had I acted quicker, I would have never felt this pain. Had I expressed my feelings before, I would have never grow mad with a burning heart of jealousy.
I was worse than that girl.
Tears began to stream down my face, realizing I had lost Kyo to that girl. How sad, how regrettable, I missed my chance to confess. Now that pain was stabbing deeply in my body, far worse than the pain I had felt just by watching Kyo and Miku together. I couldn't take this. The lovers had just met for around six weeks, and in that time, they had fallen in love. My Romeo was taken away by Cinderella. I was left alone. They had left me alone.
They left behind a crying Juliet.
Very quickly, that memory returned. Two six-year-old children, a boy with brown hair, hazel eyes, and dressed in blue, and a girl with long red hair with a cowlick, matching eyes, and dressed in white, were playing a game together. In this particular adventure they both had, they had made a promise.
"We'll be together forever."
Did he not remember that promise? Clearly, he didn't because he is with her! Unless it was me, and unless it was him, the curtain of this love story can not fall yet!
That night, when I had collapsed in my bed, I continued to recall every memory I had of myself and Kyo. I want time to turn back to those days right now. If not, at least go back to before Miku ever showed up. As I drifted into a restless slumber, those days of playing pretend with Kyo slowly faded to grey…
Monday came much quicker than I hoped. Unfortunately for me, I was healthy that day, so I was forced to go to school. I dreaded entering the building and seeing Kyo and Miku together. Because they are now a couple, they could hold hands, hug, kiss, and even just freely show their affection in public. Once I had arrived to homeroom, Kyo was there, looking rather serious. Trying to act as if there was nothing wrong, I casually went up to him.
"Good morning!" I greeted him cheerfully. He glanced up at me and smiled.
"Good morning," he responded, although not as cheerfully as I had.
"How are you and Miku?" I asked him, as kindly as possible. I refused to let Kyo ever know I love him and deeply despised Miku for winning his heart in such a short time.
Kyo flinched for a millisecond upon hearing the name of his girlfriend, but quickly smiled and answered me. "We are fine, thank you for asking."
I had stood in silence, about to leave when Kyo grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.
"What is it?" I asked him. Kyo looked up and made eye contact with me. His eyes, I could tell he yearning for someone. The girl I see in those eyes, she was not me. I was not reflected in those eyes at all.
"Don't tell anyone else about my relationship with Miku, okay?" he asked me. Before I could even question him, confused by his words, the bell rang. All I could do was nod, but Kyo still held on to my wrist.
"I am glad to have you as my best friend."
He told me those words with a smile, and then he released me from his grip, allowing me to sit in my seat before the teacher could enter.
"I am glad to have you as my best friend."
He had told me while smiling at me, but…
Those were not the words I ever wanted to hear from the boy I love!
In the passing days and several weeks, I noticed. The two lovers had made a vow to each other. They had confessed their love to each other. Yet, the two lovers hesitated to show their love in public. There was barely any hugging, kissing, or any public display of affection from the two at all.
I figured it out. Their love was forbidden. Only I knew because Kyo trusted me. He even asked me to keep is secret. That time, I didn't understand what he meant, but now, I realized everything. When I did find them kissing each other, it was when they thought no one was looking. When I walked by Miku's friends, all I hear from them was how Miku was too friendly with a "poor, cheap boy." I walked by Miku's home once, and I chose to trespass. At a place where I could hear the servants, I was able to hear a conversation they were having, specifically, about Kyo.
"He's such a nice friend to Miku, don't you think?"
"Yeah, I think Miss Miku has a thing for him."
"It's too bad her parents would never allow them to love each other."
"After all, Miss Miku will be engaged to a wealthy man."
I can't recognize it. I can't understand it. However, I had realized immediately, Miku was not the Cinderella I thought she was.
That girl was indeed Juliet.
Thinking over it all, I believe this is truly the end for Miku and Kyo. Not only did people doubt their relationship, even Miku's parents did not approve of Kyo.
This is definitely the end.
Let this tragedy begin.
Knowing very well Kyo will have to return to me eventually, I smiled and allowed the next words to come out of my mouth as I walked away from the mansion.
"Goodbye Romeo."
A/N: Spur of a moment decision to make a fanfic based off Otouto no Ane's improvised lyric version of Romeo and Cinderella, entitled "I Don't Know Even a Millimeter of Romeo and Cinderella." Hope anyone who bothered to read this somewhat enjoyed this. Feel free to review and give off criticism that does not involve flaming!