Prologue:
Warm winter air brushing across my wet cheeks, 226.7 miles apart.; Our fate is now? Unknown. It all started with a warm January day, exactly a year ago from today. I remember everything as if it was a clear memory from yesterday. Leaves descending upon their origination. The youth, freshly arriving from their recent winter break conversating amongst eachother about their happenings during their short vacation. I see him, with those dreamy eyes, although they aren't even more than halfway open. Though when you did see those eyes, sparks would fly within your heart. Knots would form themselves giving you a sweet sensation and that was when i realized I had feelings towards Akiro. It was that one moment his face ,so close to mine had first touched. Though there was only a minute left to spare to dash to class, that moment lasted longer than my heart had imagined. Dreams have finally intertwined with reality. Although I cannot guarantee you that things are the same today. I am Reiko Taira, a former female player, and this is my story of how I had actually fallen for Akiro Ikeda.
Chapter 1: And There He Was
Same story, different boy and yet again history was repeating itself. I was finding a boy to suit my desires, my expectations. I fished for love to help me realize my importance in life or possibly to fill the love of my parents death. What ever the cause of this maybe, I was still the one to play a boy. Heartless? Maybe I was, but I craved the affection. This was another one of the victims of Reiko Taira, the one everyone knew to be the short and extremely hyper girl, though was very deceitful. I was the one known to lure the schoolboys with the tip of my finger. People usually noticed my sweet, positive side, although there was something about me, when it came to boys, that just wasn't right. It was a secret no one really knew about, and if they did, they had to think deeply about it, trying to put pieces together. That was exactly what Katsumi Abe did.
Katsumi was the smartest boy in the third year in our high school, Oyama Senior High School. His eyes were a very bright brown which contrasted with his dark short hair. His short bangs hung over his eyes and falling behind his ears. He was fairly tall. As we stood side by side, the tip of my head reached his elbow. His appearance blew everyone away. Although he was an upperclassman, he was a very polite, quiet and sweet guy. He was kind to the first years, such as me. Oh he was quite the charmer alright. Great personality, breath-taking looks, and even better was that we had everything in common. I fell in love with him, deep. Late night chit chats through phone, text or even webcam. Maybe I was just going crazy, but I can truly say that I had a dream with me and him having such a great future together. He was the only thing on my mind. It was true love, or that is I thought it was.
It was just early in the month of November that a sudden event occurred. Katsumi had been with a girl of my grade with the name of Rin Inoue. Everyone knew Rin. She was gorgeous. Dark, mezmerizing eyes which matched her long silky hair that dangled down to her waist. She was definitely gorgeous, but she wasn't right. All means that she was a dirty little girl, or should I just say, slut? That's what she was. Sleeping with different guys almost every month or possibly less. She captured Katsumi's thoughts, pursuing his very core. It tortured me. Tears rolling down my eyes with every moment that my eyes have revealed to me their every public display of affection. Every kiss, every hug, every time their hands intertwined, it jabbed the life out of me. The first time I had fallen in love so hard, and within a single moment, all of this had been wrecked. Soon enough, which meant just a week later, Katsumi had been thrown out by Rin. Rumor says that she dumped him because he wouldn't let her in his pants, which meant a break up due to the fact that he was no use to her. She was, without a doubt, his worst regret of a "girlfriend." I always believed I could've been perfect for him, but why her? Why wasn't I the one for him? Questions paced in my head which caused my restless nights, my constant tears and my numbness in my heart. I was then unable to love another after that instance. Getting hurt again? Being played? Not worth it. I learned my lesson. Katsumi and I never really talked since then, asides from our little conversations along with a whole group in class, though that was as far as it went. "He's not worth it. You don't deserve to cry for him." My closest friend, Jun Miyasaki,would try to convince my tears to halt. He was always there for me. "I know, but he was too perfect to let go." Jun was always there for me, and refused to give up his place as my best friend.
Many months passed and I still wasn't over Katsumi. Though that January, one of Katsumi's friends, Tadashi Dara, tried to flirt around me everyday. I do give him props for trying. The guy was sweet and I couldn't think of him any less, but he just wasn't my type and I wasn't up to fall for anyone after that past event of having my heart torn to shreds. Alas, I did what I always did. Play Tadashi and made him love me more. How? My charms aren't something I would really describe or understand because even I never knew what I did to make them fall in love with me. It worked greatly and pretty soon, Tadashi admitted he loved me.
Katsumi does have another best friend. He was very handsome, maybe even hot. He was not so tall, his hair spiked up into a slick fauxhawk. His clothes never really made sense, but he did have a tiny sense of character in him. He would wear tight shirts along with skinny jeans that sagged down below his thighs. He had a diamond earring on the lobe of his left ear. I would always see him when I would walk to Katsumi. This boy and I had just met early that year, but we never spoke with eachother. His name? Akiro Ikeda. Not the smartest in class, not very photogenic, though he did have a way with the girls. He was definitely a player and he knew how to play the game very well. Oh he broke hearts, and as a joke, he wanted to steal his friend, Tadashi's, girl. Who that girl was? "Hey there.." Akiro swooned as he approached me as I was walking with Tadashi. Akiro slipped his arms around my shoulders bringing me closer to him. Sooner than I thought, Akiro had taken me away from Tadashi's love.
Akiro and I spent our days together, walking me from class to class. He and I shared laughs between classes. Though not much to say, we immediately clicked as if we were meant to be. One moment, underneath a blue, clear sky, his face, so very delicately, touched mine. His soft breath reached mine. My arms wrapped around his neck as his around my waist, my toes tipped high to reach his face. And there he was with me, with a minute left to spare to arrive to class. I then realized, just what if...I actually fell in love..?