Hello there, amazing beings of the universe! The Queen of Moors is here!
~Jaga Jan, Jaga Jan!~
LOL just kiddin'! I therefore present you, the story of MITSU, once again...(where's Cat?)
Promised by the heavens that claimed their lives. Separated by fate but the mutual relationship never ends. Witnessed by the sun but broke apart. What would happen if Ritsu never found Mio again? What would happen if destiny brought them back together but realizing what the other one feels was too late? Read and find out.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything besides the plot *cries*
Since then...
It was spring. The most amazing season for the two best friends. For they can see trees and all the other plants show their true colors after the freezing winter. The season where they can run and lay on the soft grass of meadows and laugh all the time.
"Ricchan! Come here!"
The 10-year old Akiyama Mio yelled, telling her best friend to come near and look at what she discovered.
"Yo! Mio-chan, you found something?"
"This dandelion's so cute!"
"I assume that you want to write a song about that. Yeah?"
That was Tainaka Ritsu, her 11-year old best friend. Who also happens to be her only friend in this province.
"So you think it's cute too? Sure, I'll right about it, since you said so", giggled the Akiyama.
"Yeah, yeah. Sure thing!", her friend grinned.
"You really like cute things, right?", Mio blushed at her friend's statement and murmured something that nobody but her and the flower can hear.
"Eh? Not fair! Can't hear you, ya know?", whined the shorter girl.
"YES, THAT'S WHY I LIKE YOU!"
Nobody even a soul expected the usually shy girl to shout like that. Especially to shout out her hidden feelings to her best friend.
'She thinks I'm cute?'
"Hahaha! Mio-chan, that's way too obvious! Of course I know that!", the honey-eyed hugged her friend from behind.
"Y-You do?!", the steel-orbed stuttered. She didn't expect her friend to reply just like that to her confession.
The tawny-haired let go of her best friend. "Yeah! I mean, how could we be the best of friends if we don't like each other? That just doesn't make sense!"
The poor black-haired kid just got what they call 'Friendzoned'. She fell silent as she watched the petals of the cute flower fly by the wind.
'She didn't get it or...maybe I don't understand love at all?...'
Sensing the other girl's questionable silence, Ritsu stood in front of Mio to catch her attention.
"Oi Mio! Come with me!"
"W-Where?"
'Pheew. I thought I did something terrible again.'
Well, you certainly did. Anyway, back to my narration. The Tainaka girl with the raven-haired beauty in tow, arrived at the top of a certain grassy hill. Fresh air once again greeted them there. Rustles of leaves of the tree beside them and the pleasant chirping of birds added to the beauty of sunset in front of their eyes. Ritsu brought out her harmonica out of her pocket and played beautifully along with the wind.
"I really love the way you play your harmonica, Ritsu. It makes everything more captivating", the complemented girl only blushed at the confession for she was too shy to respond.
"Mio! Look, look! The sunset up here, it's so beautiful!", the Tainaka suddenly shouted, attempting to cheer up the seems to be upset one.
"Yeah. I wanna write a song about it...", her effort showed her no fail.
"You wanna be singer someday, huh?"
"N-No! Being in front of a huge c-crowd i-is...I.."
"Hey calm down, Mio.", she moved closer to the girl beside her and laid her hands on top of the her companion. "I'm sure to be there when you perform, so there's no need to feel nervous. On the front seat, Mio! I'm sure to watch you in Tokyo!"
"R-Really?"
"Yup", Ritsu kissed Mio's forehead to boost her confidence, only to make the other girl blush madly.
"P-Pinky swear?"
"Here!"
Their interwined little fingers made the promise. The promise that Ritsu will watch Mio perform someday. Be there when Mio got nervous and would breakdown, the former would always be there to cheer her up and help her reach her dreams. The promise that declares their friendship would last forever.
"You're not gonna break it, or else you have to cut your pinky"(1).
"Mio, who told you that I'm gonna break something so important? I'm not going to break this!"
"Likewise..."
"Why don't we make this different from the other children's promises, Mio-chan?"
"What do you mean?" The energetic girl lifted her small scyte that's always been hanging on her with the help of her loosed belt. She then made her way towards the only tree on the peak of their small heaven.
Ritsu focused her eyes on the scriptures she's making on the bark using her scyte. Sticking out her tongue in making sure the scriptures where legible, she managed to carve on the promised tree.
"Ricchan...?"
"Hahaha! I am so good at things!" She returned the scyte to its place on her waist, puffing out her chest in pride.
"MiTsu...?"
Indeed, 'MiTsu' was carved on the bark with a huge heart expertly drawed around it by Ritsu's tool. The sight itself released a slight blush on Mio's fair cheeks.
"Yeah! It's a cute combination of our names, Mio-chan!", she put on her trademark grin.
"This sakura tree is on top of the most grassy hill in our small province. Marking our promise there would make it noticeable even if we went home, Mio! This tree shall never die as long as our friendship lives! And our relationship is meant to continue until the heavens collapse!"
"...I...I-I"
"Hey, h-hey! D-Don't cry!"
"I'm crying b-because I'm very h-happy, silly".
"Won't you give your Ricchan a big hug?"
The sobbing girl launched herself on her best friend, completely forgetting her 'friendzoned' state from earlier. She wrapped her small arms around the other girl's neck and smiled. "Thank you, Ricchan".
"Anything for my Mio-chan", Ritsu encircled her protective arms around the other girl's waist and smiled back, hiding her golden orbs under her lids.
The sunset was beaming with its yellow-orange and scarlet lightings, adorned by individual red-violet rays. The gentle breeze of spring continued to blow and make the promised plant rustle its leaves, enchanting the birds around to sing their songs once again.
The sun witnessed the unbreakable vow between the two best friends. The two children who you never expected to know what innocent, pure and true love really is. The two people that are both too oblivious to what the other feels. If ever they would know about it, what would happen? Would the vow be broken and never to be fixed even by eternity? Would they live happily ever after with each other like those of the fantasies we read? No one knows until the next chapter of their lives are published.
(1)In Japan, the pinky swear originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.
O/N: Ha! How's that for a prologue! *puffs out chest in pride* well, yeah...it's really really short, yeah?
I'm running out of inspiration! Please help me through your reviews, people! Arigatogozaimasu, minna-san! :)