There she was.
Standing in the middle of the band members, she was standing while holding her trumpet case. I side-glanced her and went right ahead before her eyes ignoring her completely.
She knew something is wrong but she couldn't place what exactly.
"Kumiko?"
"What did I do to make you so angry that you won't even look at me?"
I finally burst out my emotions.
She definitely peeled off my mask but I couldn't really believe she would do it this way. By unintentionally breaking my heart and confessing her love to Taki-sensei.
"You don't even deserve a reason, Reina. This whole time I have loved you unconditionally, supported you to become special. And you? What did you do? Confessed your love for your teacher at the same place where you had confessed to me! Not only that. You had the audacity to confess to our teacher infront of everyone, twice!"Tears started to flow out from my eyes.
"But you had supported me, didn't you? You went along with it. So I thought.."
"You thought it all wrong. I supported you because you felt embarrassed and all but deep in my heart I felt a pain I had never felt before. It was as if someone ripped out my heart apart from my body. I had taken hold of my emotion that time. Now I just can't. You definitely peeled off my good girl skin, Reina. So here I'm telling you the truth. I'm in love with you, Kousaka Reina. And it hurts a lot to think that my love will never be reciprocated…"
At this point of time, I was crying hysterically. I turned my back towards her and was about to leave when someone wrapped their arms around me. Reina's breasts were touching my shoulder blades and I could feel her hot breath at my neck.
"I love you too, Kumiko. I have loved you all along. But I feared that maybe you won't understand my love for you. Maybe I'll lose you as a friend too. So I never let you know how I felt. My love for Taki- Sensei was more of a childish infatuation but none compared to what I feel for you. My actions back at nationals were spontaneous and later on I had realized how much of a fool I had made of myself. It was stupid of me to act like that. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She whispered. And with a sudden movement, she turned my face towards her and a soft pair of lips were over mine.