Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story but the idea and the various OCs that appear in it.
A/N: Just kinda felt like doing another one-shot of these two because there not enough of them! Plus I've been wanting to do a fic like this for a long time but had no plot or ideas for it until now.
It was sunny morning with a soft breeze. As the wind lifted a young girl's soft lavender hair, white headphones became visable. The girl was on her usual morning walk to school, her school uniform crisp and perfect. The blazer was wide open showing the white button up underneath and her tie. The small mp3 player was tucked neatly into the pocket of her blazer.
Taking a glance at the watch on her wrist she saw that it was still very early in the morning and decided on a small detour through a park. Finding a bench she sat down to look at her surroundings. Not many people were out and of those who were most were students of the local schools. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a group of students dressed in very similar uniforms as her. Upon closer inspection she saw that they were part of the "elite" crowd at the academy.
Elite was due to the fact that many of them came from sucessful families-but then again it was private school.
xXx Sayo xXx
Oh jeez it's them.
Among the group were two of the meanest, snobbiest, and to some the sluttiest girls at the academy: Yuiko and Mai. They've always rubbed me the wrong way. The others were Tatsuya and Akira, their boyfriends respectively, or at least their boyfriends for the time being. Those two were notorious for getting new ones just about every other month, heaven knows how they can still find boyfriends. Kakumi and her boyfriend Sukekiyo stood next to them holding hands as always. They were okay I suppose, I talked to them once-in-a-while and I guess we could be considered acquaintance. Litton and her boyfriend Raigo: never really got to know them but word is that Litton is a tough girl, holds two black belts rumor says.
And a bunch of other girls which could only be explained by one thing; Koh. He was the most sought after boy in the whole school, every girl wanted to be the one that hung off his arm. But so far not a single one has received an offer. So far, he is the most normal of the group.
I personally I don't care who he chooses. The sooner he does, the sooner the gossip will stop. A girl can only listen to a topic like this for so long.
xXx
She sighed to herself and slid her mp3 out of the pocket and flipped through the song list until she found something she liked. Standing up she brushed off nonexistent dust from the skirt, grabbed her bag and began walking the rest of the way to school.
On the other side of the park Koh notices movement and looks over to the bench, there he spots a girl sitting by herself, looking rather content. She simply sat there flipping through the songs on her mp3 player. The uniform showed that she went to the same school that he did but she didn't look very familiar. Or at least he didn't know her personally. She finally stood up, brushed off her skirt, and left.
"Koh? Koh!" one of the girls yelled his name and he looks over at her.
"What is it Kakumi?" Ke sighed. It was Kakumi, of course she would be the one to notice when he wasn't listening to what she was saying.
"What's wrong with you? You looked like you were a million miles away!"
"I think he was looking at the girl that was sitting over there." Litton pointed to the bench where the girl had been sitting. At those words the other girls snapped their heads to look at Litton. He could hear them start to whisper and he began feeling uncomfortable. Had it been his close circle of friend he wouldn't have minded.
But he hardly knew some of these kids!
xXx Koh xXx
"Ha! I doubt it, besides why would he be looking at some random girl when I'm right here?" that had been none other than Sakura. She was mean and such a bitch to some harmless students, not to mention she thought that she was the queen of the school and thought that I would be her king, it was kind of creepy. Personally I rather disliked her. Or at least the her now, she wasn't always like this. Everyone groaned. "Hey!" she turned red in anger and turned away pointing her nose upward. "Well why would he be looking some other girl anyway?"
Everyone turned to look at me and I sighed, last thing I needed this morning was more rumor and gossip.
"I was curious. I she look somewhat familar, and she normally isn't here in the park in morning. Maybe she's new?" some of it was true. I remember seeing her but never where. And she was a familiar face, I sort of looked because I thought she was pretty. The answer though was enough to satisfy everyone and they got off my back about the subject.
xXx
"Alright we're going to be late if we don't start walking people." Raigo announced, shortly after the large group began walking out of the park and to school. When they finally arrived the group split up to go to their lockers. A few locker doors down Koh spots the same girl from the park pulling a couple books out of her locker. Closing it she turned around and started to walk off, but she didn't get very far as she bumped into someone and all of her belongings ended up on the floor. The person that she bumped into happened to be one of school's sports stars, and he happened to be a huge jerk too. Apparently being good at sports led to a huge ego and jerkass behaviour. She quickly stood up and apologized to him but he didn't respond instead he looked very unamused and ready to start a fight. Koh quickly walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Ahem." the other male spotted him and lowered his hand. He turned away without a word and left to go back to his group of friends. "You alright?" Koh asked as he kneeled down to help her in picking up the books and papers that were scattered everywhere.
"I could've taken care of myself you know." her voice was icy cold.
"Sure you could," he slightly scoffed, though it might've sounded rude, "sure didn't look like it from where I was standing." He mumbled slightly handing her, her things before the two stood. Before he could get another word in the warning bell rang signaling that it was 5 minutes before the begining homeroom. She started to walk away before he could grab her. "Hey!" she turned around to look at him clutching her things close to her chest.
"Hmm?"
"I didn't catch your name!" He heard her chuckle softly before answering.
"It's Sayo, there's no need to introduce yourself I already know who you are." With that, she turned and disappeared into the crowd.
"Sayo huh? What a mysterious girl..." he muttered to himself. Looking around he saw that the hallyway was almost completely empty and rushed to homeroom. He had made it just in time and took his seat next to Kenpa. She was an old friend of his, they had grown up together and she was a quiet girl. He looked out for her like how an older brother would and would happily consider them like siblings. The teacher entered the room seconds later and took roll, soon after that he let them chat with each other as they waited for the next bell to ring.
Once it did they all left for their next class. For Koh it was what he dreaded most...French. He hated it, it was confusing first off and secondly words were hard to pronounce. Not to mention that teacher was stern and a perfectionist. Foregin language was not his thing. He was a more mathematics and science person. Walking into the classroom Koh was surprised to see Sayo.
So that's why she looked so familar.
He smiled and walked over to her not seeing the glares that some of the other girls were casting on the lavender haired girl. She sat in the front of the class-unlike himself who liked the back-and was reading a book. Looking closer her could see that it was in Latin. The girl was probably very talented in the language department if she could read Latin. Leaning on her desk he waited patiently for her to acknowledge him. She looked up with curious eyes, which he might add were the most beautiful shade of violet he had ever seen. "So we meet again huh?" she made a small sound and went back to her reading. He only shrugged and put his things on the vacant desk next to her's.
"What are you doing?" she sounded bored yet curious at his actions, not taking her eyes off the book.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm sitting next to you." he sat down and looked curiously at her.
"Don't you have friends that you could sit with, if not there's a bunch of girls over there that would love the chance." she pointed over to a corner of the room that when he looked over the group started to giggle and wave.
"You're very observative." he commented.
"That's still not answering my question." she put the book away after slipping the bookmark in and turned to face at him. Then he notices something, there was the slightest traces of powder on her face. It was strange, someone like her didn't seem to be the type to care for appearence.
"Do you wear make-up?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah I do. Is it that obvious?"
"No, but can I ask why?" but before she could answer the bell rang and class began.
"Bonjour la classe." the teacher walked in, the sound of her heels made Koh cringe slightly.
"Bonjour Madame Julia." the class said in unison. Koh couldn't help but notice that French seemed to roll off Sayo's tongue like an expert. The only other person that he knew that could sound like this while speaking French was Litton. She had passed this class last year with flying colours. That and she actually spoke it with her family.
"Koh!" Ms. Julia had called his name.
"Huh?" he looked at her to see that she was standing in front of the class pointing at the board.
"Please read this aloud and translate this for us." he silently groaned. Maybe sitting next to to Sayo in the front was a bad idea. "Well? We're waiting." looking over the board he could barely understand it.
"Errr, je ne comprends pas." he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
She sighed.
"Very well then Sayo please read this for us."
"Le petit oiseau bleu était perché sur la fontaine. It translates to: The small blue bird perched on the fountain." she read it like it was a first language and it was pretty amazing.
"Très bien, merci." after that the class dragged on. They were given a test and most likely half of the class failed. Then they were given pages out of a book to do work from until the end of class.
Koh let out a sigh of relief when the bell rang signaling that class was finally over. He packed up his things and headed off to his third class. Sayo had already left for her class because it was on the other side of the school. After his third class some girls walked up to him and tried to flirt with him but he brushed them off. When the time finally came for lunch Koh was starving, after he got his food he sat down with his friends, many of whom prefered home made lunches.
"How was French?" Litton asked him jokingly and he groaned.
"It was horrible. I couldn't understand what was on the board and we had a test."
"She's never picked on you before, what was with the change?"
"I sat in the front..." Litton only stared at him strangely before snickering.
"What was on the board?" Raigo asked, taking a sip of Litton's juice.
"I don't know." as he answered Sayo walked past. "Hey Sayo!" he called before she got too far away, she turned around at the sound of her name and jealousy flashed past the faces of some of the girls at the table.
"Hmm?" she made her way toward the table until she was close enough for her to hear what they were saying.
"What was the phrase on the board in French again?"
"Oh that. It was "Le petit oiseau bleu était perché sur la fontaine." What about it?"
"Oh it was nothing, just couldn't remember."
"If you can't remember a simple phrase like that the rest of the year is going to be hell. It only gets tougher, eventually we have to read books in French.
"Weeell then you can tutor me?"
She stared at him for a moment before sighing and turning away. "Well, in any case. If that was all you needed I will be taking my leave."
"Wait! You wanna sit with us?"
"What?" there was an amused tone in her voice as she raised an eyebrow. "I don't think your friends would be too happy about a stranger invading their already crowded table, but thanks for the offer."
"We don't mind." Litton had been the one to speak up. "Parlez-vous couramment?"
"Oui. Comment allez vous?" after that a coversation in complete French was sparked, that is until Koh stopped them.
"Will you two please stop it? I can barely understand a word that you are saying." the two girls looked at each other and laughed.
"I never formally introduced myself, I'm Litton." she held her hand out the other girl.
"Sayo." she took it and they lightly shook.
"This is Raigo, Yuiko, Megumi, Kyo, Akira, Kakumi, Sukekiyo, Sakura, and apparently you already know Koh." she waved nervously sensing the animosity coming from some of them, mostly Sakura though. Sayo could feel the hatred rolling off her and it made her quite uncomfortable.
"Well anyways I've got to go." she turned to leave.
"Wait! Why don't you sit with us?" she raised one of her hands as a sign that she heard but just kept walking.
"Maybe some other time. It was a nice chat Litton. Au revoir." she called back. Then she disappeared from their sight. Litton chuckled softly to herself.
"I like her."
After lunch the students cleaned up their messes and left for their final classes of the day. Koh now had history, even though he thought that the class wasn't half bad the students were somewhat annoying. Most of them were his fangirls that wouldn't leave him alone, it made for a very long class period and sometimes he hardly got anything done. As he entered the room he spotted Sayo once again, she was reading the boon from before. A smile broke out on his face as he approched her seat. Tapping her shoulder he waited for a reaction. She seemed almost surprised to see him, before sighing she looked over his shoulder.
"I suppose you want to sit next to me again." she said offhandedly as she slipped the book back into her bag. He smiled and nodded. She moved her thing over and off the other half of the table to give him some room. "You know, I don't think those girls are too happy with me."
"Well no duh, they would kill to be you right now." he smiled cheekily and she shrugged before getting out her materials for the class. "You know, you never answered my question back in French."
"You have good memory, and I never pegged you for someone so interested in a mudane topic. But why is it that you can barely remember anything we learn in French?" he shrugged.
"I still want an answer."
"If you haven't noticed, I'm rather pale. A little blush here and there makes me less pasty looking. Been wearing for a long time now, my mom use to apply to me all the time when I was a kid."
"Well I don't think that you need it. I'm sure you look pretty without it." he gave her another cheeky smile, and a small smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
"You know if you're trying to flirt with me you can save it. I'm not the type that will fall for those things, but you get points for trying."
"Who said I was flirting? Maybe I was just giving an opinion."
"Maybe..." after that it grew quite between the two, unaware to them however were a small group of girls listening in on their conversation. At the head of it all was Sakura.
"Look at her!" snarled the first girl, her eyes ablaze in anger.
"That little bitch! She can't steal him away from us!" growled the second.
"We should teach her a lesson!" suggested the third.
"Not yet girls, let's wait a little while longer." Sakura said at her place on top of one of the desks.
"But why Sakura?"
"Let her get a little closer then we can break her. It'll be all the more sweeter if we wait." a devious smirk found its place onto her face and the rest of the girls caught onto what she had insinuated.
xXx
As the days, weeks, and months passed since the day the two "met" they grew close quickly. Sayo had a lot of the same friends, or rather classmates that Koh had and even hung out with them on occasions. It had turned out that she even lived near Koh, but since she was always early to school the two had never met on their morning walks. However, while the dynamics of their friend circle may have changed, in the status quo of the school Sayo wasn't well recived as a good friend of the "elite" students.
But she didn't mind it much, she was never one to follow such things either way.
Sayo and Litton had been getting along quite well by bonding over common interests. Kakumi loved dragging her shopping among other things. Finding her to be the perfect little doll. Koh liked the fact that he could hold a conversation with her and that she didn't mind much when he called her at the odder hours for help. He also liked her because she was a good tutor when Litton was too busy to help him with French. Raigo and Sukekiyo liked her because she was down to earth and a good tutor when they needed help in their language classes. Her skill in foreign languages was a great help when they really needed her. The other girls however did not like her one bit.
But out of all of them one disliked her the most, that girl was Sakura.
One day she and her little groupies devised a plan to break Sayo and drive her away from Koh and their friends for good. After school one day they stayed behind waiting for her.
Sayo hummed as she packed up her belongings, double checking to make sure that she had everything before leaving the library. She heard the door open and closing, she ignored it and dismissed it as another student coming in to work. Everything was all neatly packed up and she ready to leave when she noticed the group blocking the doorway. It was Sakura and her little gang of bullies. Walking briskly to door without hesitating Sayo advoided all eye contact. But as they continued to block her exit Sayo narrowed her eyes and looked up.
"What do you want?" her voice was so chilling that even some of the girls were considering backing down. The only reason they didn't was because they feared Sakura even more.
"Oh it's nothing, just wanted to talk to you is all." her voice was sickenly sweet.
"Cut the crap, and tell me why you're here. I have somewhere to go."
"Is that somewhere Koh's house?" Sakura smirked as she saw shock in the other girls' face.
"What's it to you?"
"Oh I just wanted to give you a little heads up. Koh and them aren't your friends honey. They're just toying with you. You don't think that people like them would actually like you, do you?" she sneered.
"You're lying, they're my friends." Sayo glared at them.
"Sure they are sweetie. If you haven't noticed Koh is just using you to pass French, and after he has he's going to drop you. Just. Like. That." she snapped her fingers to emphasize the words. "And once he does the rest of them are going to leave you too. So you're better off just leaving them alone. It'll save you from total embarassment. And besides it not like you're in love with him or anything right?"
Sayo cast her gaze to the floor as the internal struggle rose. What Sakura had said was sadly enough ture. She liked him.
Really liked him.
At first she had dismissed it as nothing, but the more time they spent together the more she wanted to be with him, near him. And sometimes it felt like he was aware of those feelings and returned him, though she tried to never deluded herself into thinking such. But she had anyways, hoping that he felt the same. Though inside she had always secretly feared that what she felt for him was far from the truth of what he felt for her.
"Oh my, you are aren't you?" false surprise. This had been just what Sakura was hoping for. "Aww sweetie, you don't think that he would've actually returned those feelings did you? He's too good for you." Sayo wanted so badly to slap her, but her body was shaking so badly that she couldn't even move.
She just wanted to run and hide.
And that was just what she did. The other girls had moved out of the way and she ran past them, tears flowing freely down her pale face.
"I believe our work here is done girls. From now on I doubt she'll be hanging around Koh. We don't need to worry about her anymore." Sakura started to laugh cruelly and all of them soon joined in with her.
xXx
Sayo had stopped running and was now slowly walking; she had put her head phones in and turned up the volume until she could no longer hear the outside world. She was no longer listening to music but rather thinking to herself. Currently she was supposed to be at Koh's house to tutor him today but now she was having second thoughts. She was going to go straight home she decided.
xXx
Koh sat in his room waiting for Sayo to come over, or at least call. He was starting to get worried and glanced at the clock. It was already five o'clock, she should've been there by now. She was almost never late but when she was she would call or text to tell him. And she had never skipped a session without an early warning.
Scenarios ran through his mind about what could've happened to her. She could've gotten hurt or something much worse could've happened to her. He took out his cell phone and started to dial. It went straight to message. He ended the call and tried again, over and over he did this but she didn't answer. Finally he gave up and called a different number.
"Hello?" a familiar voice answered.
"Litton! Something's wrong, I can't reach Sayo! Whatifsomethinghappenedtoher! Shecouldbehurt!" Koh was hysterical.
"Koh please slow down. I can't understand a single word that you are saying. Take some deep breaths and start from the beginning."
Koh did what he was told and calmed down.
"Okay. Now, what's wrong?"
"Sayos late today and she didn't call. I tried to call her several times earlier but it went to message. She always answers, and I'm worried that something could've happened. Could you please go check on her?"
"I will when I'm done okay? Now please just stay calm and I'll call you when I do go check on her, okay?"
"Alright. Thanks" Koh ended the call before he settled down and tried not to think about anything bad that could've happened to his friend.
"What's going on Litton?" her boyfriend walked over to toss her a water bottle. She uncapped it and started to drink.
"Koh said that Sayo didn't show up today and its got him worried sick. He asked me to go check on her just in case."
"He should know better. Sayo can take care of herself, she's a lot like you." Raigo chuckled.
"I know she is, but I'll go check up on her anyways just to make sure, and give him some peace."
"Fine, whatever. But I need to go okay?" he gave her a quick peck on the cheek and turned to leave.
"Bye. See you at school."
After Litton had finished changing out of her karate clothes she headed over to Sayo's home. The only light that was on was the one in her bedroom and she couldn't see the younger girl moving about so she assumed she must've been resting. Sayo tired out quite easily, something they all found out the hard way. Pulling out her cell phone the blonde dialed Koh's number.
"Hello? Litton?"
"Yeah, it's me. Hey, you can stop worrying now. I think she's asleep. I guess she was tired and forgot to call. Her light is on but I don't see her moving around." she heard him sigh on the other end.
"Okay thanks."
"No problem and Raigo said she was like me so you have nothing to worry about. Alright?"
"I know. Thanks again."
"No problem."
xXx
Sayo laid in her bed, unaware that Litton was right outside her house. She was listening to music again as she stared at the ceiling. Music had always been the one thing that could take her mind off of anything, it was her form of escape. She sighed and closed her eyes thinking that a short nap would ease her thoughts of earlier.
xXx
The next day Sayo walked alone to school. Since meeting Koh, meeting up and walking to school has become routine, but this morning she needed the personal time to herself. And to ensure that she wouldn't accidentally bump into him or any of the others she left extra early that morning. What Sakura had said still rang loud and clear in her ears and the more she thought about it the more she started to believe it.
Finally reaching the school she wasn't surprised at the lack of students. Not many people came to school this early. Sayo took her time as she made her way to her locker, making a couple loops around the school yard before actually putting her things away. She payed no attention as the students slowly filtered in, failing to notice the footsteps behind. Arms wrapped around her from behind and her first reaction was to turn around and punch them. But then she smelled peaches.
It was Koh.
Sayo froze on the spot and her mind quickly tried to come up with an easy excuse to give him.
"You had me worried sick yesterday! I thought something had happened to you! Why didn't you call?" he spun her around so he could face her, unaware of her mood.
"Sorry, I guess I forgot. I got really tired yesterday and needed to lay down." she tried to smile, except it came out rather forced. It was true enough. She felt that tears were more appropriate.
"I asked Litton to go and check up on you at home yesterday. She saw your light on and said that you were probably asleep. Just remember to call me next time, I don't think Litton will be too willing to do it again."
"Okay."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
"Good." he soon left to his own locker to gather his belongings. Sayo sighed to herself before closing the locker and left for homeroom.
The following days went by in a blur and she just couldn't wait to get home everyday. The classes were easy enough that she could space out without missing much, and she normally didn't get called on since she volunteered.
As the last bell rang and the class was dismissed Sayo slowly gathered her materials. While she did want to get home as soon as she could, she didn't want to get held back by people who wanted to talk. She finished packing and was getting ready to leave when someone grabbed her wrist. Whe turned around to see Dorothy; one of her oldest and closest friends.
"Where are you going missy?" she smiled.
"I'm tired I just want to go home." she didn't consider it lying if she was dying to be back in her bed. But she couldn't tell her friend about her problem.
"But Sayyyyyoooo, you said that you were going to go to the park with me an Newton today. We haven't been out together in ages. Please?" Dorothy gave her the puppy dog look and Sayo sighed before caving in.
"Alright, fine. Where is he?"
"He's already outside waiting for us." with that Dorothy happily dragged the other girl outside to meet their other friend.
"You two done?" the boy asked.
"Yup! Now let's go!" the three of them promptly set off to the park. The walk there Dorothy and Newton bounced back and forth between topics while Sayo spent it staring at her feet.
"Sayo? Is everything okay?" Newton asked as the three stopped.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I was just think about something." she smiled at them slightly.
"Would that something happen to be a someone?"
"What are you getting at Dororthy?"
"I mean, you thinkin' about Koh?" there was a sly smile on both hers and Newton's face. Sayo's face flushed slightly as she turned.
"No."
"You surreee?"
"Yes, I am sure. Can we just go to the park now?"
"Hmmm, fine." Dorothy winked before the three made the last stretch to their destination.
The trio finally reached the park and made a beeline for their favourite-and usual-spot. A nice clearing came into sight as they walked deeper into the heart of the park. Newton and Dorothy dragged Sayo under one of the trees and the three sat down.
"We should come back in a week or two, by then the cherry blossoms will be in full bloom. It'll be so beautiful, like one of those fairytale sceneries." Dorothy said as she leaned back to relax.
"You know, I heard that everyone in our year will be taking a picnic too see the cherry blossoms in full bloom." Newton stated matter-of-factly.
"Where did you hear that Newton?" Sayo murmured as she closed her eyes and leaned back, enjoying the soft breeze and the company of her best friends. Feeling completely at ease.
"I just know things."
"Yeah right. I heard Mr. Glare talk about it. I'm sure that you got it from him." Dorothy snorted as the two looked over and Sayo, who giggled softly at the comment. The three sat in silence enjoying the cool breeze and the scene of the slowly blooming cherry blossoms. That was until a voice interrupted them.
"Hey! You three!" they looked over to see Koh, his friends, and Sakura and her gang. Dorothy's eyes narrowed.
"It's the queen of bitches and sluts." she muttered under her breath. The other two laughed, making no attempt to cover up their amusement.
"What's so funny?" Sakura asked, sounding entitled to know.
"Oh, it was nothing." Dorothy responded sweetly. Sakura then cast her chilly gaze on Sayo. Who read the message loud and clear as her blood ran cold. The other day's "talk" came rushing back and she could feel the pain in her chest become more and more present, her heart felt like it was being sqeezed harder and harder. She soon realised that she was visably shaking, quickly stand up Sayo grabbed her things and made a quick excuse.
"I-I need to get home, I still have things that I still need to do, and I'm not feeling all that well." she said hasty good-bye and left them in the park, not bothering to listen to the calls of her friends.
"What's up with her?" Sukekiyo asked, his eyebrows furrowed.
"No idea." Sakura said in the fakest. sweetest, voice ever. Something clicked in Dorothy's head at her tone and her eyes narrowed at the other girl. Sayo had been acting strangely the past few days. She had been avoiding her friends and she always looked like hell. Always looking like she hadn't slept in weeks, or at all.
"Newton, I think we should get going."
"Hmmm?" she gave him a look and he didn't need to be told twice. "Right. Well, bye guys." they waved and left the park at as fast pace. Once they were out of the park and on the street Dorothy turned to Newton.
"I think I know what's been going on with Sayo. It's Sakura. Did you see how she changed the second she saw her?"
"Yeah, she started shaking and looked like she saw a ghost."
"It was like a fight or flight response."
"You're right. You think we should go talk to her?" Dorothy shook her head.
"No. Not yet. Let her have her afternoon, we'll talk to her tomorrow. But I wonder if they know anything about this." Dorothy pondered this question for a while before she spoke up. "We'll need to speak with them later too, but first we need to get Sakura away from Koh before we ask him any questions." with this set in their minds they each said good-bye and went their separate ways.
xXx
Sayo laid on her bed with her headphones in, staring at the ceiling. Lately she hasn't been able to take them out of her ears. Music was her escape from the world, it provided the comfort she needed when no one else could give her any. Sayo hugged one of the velvet lavender pillows on her bed as she turned to scan her room.
Her room was simple but very elegant. One could accern that a well privileged child owned the room, but the belongings didn't support that idea. Her room was neat and well kept, the belonging that were displayed weren't anything of monetary value, if anything it was for sentimental value.
Sayo let out a soft sigh and closed her eyes, the look of her room made them tired. Within the blackness she could hear that one voice that managed to do more damage than she thought ever could be done.
"Koh and them aren't your friends honey. They're just toying with you. You don't think that people like them would actually like you, do you...?
...Sure they are sweetie. If you haven't noticed Koh is just using you to pass French, and after he has he's going to drop you. Just. Like. That. And once he does the rest of them are going to leave you too. So you're better off just leaving them alone. And besides it not like you're in love with him or anything right...?"
She felt a tear roll its way down her cheek; it was true she liked him-maybe in love with him-but their friendship-if there was one-would've been put at risk if she told him. So she bit her lip and kept it to herself. She hasn't even told Dorothy. Even though the aqua haired girl was sweet and supportive Dorothy always kept them in the real world. Sayo sat up and took her headphones off. She walked over to her laptop and turned it on. She turned the volume up and clicked on the shuffle button on her playlist. The sound of a sweet piano started to play and Sayo sadly smiled. She wanted to fill the entire room with the music.
After being separated, you cry. I want to hold you closely now.
The warmth is no longer here.
Why is it that you seek for me now?
You look to cling.
I would like to catch you obediently,
While in the shadow of someone else.
And stop the repeated cries
I am lured into your sweet trap,
I can't shake this feeling from mind.
I am lured into your sweet trap.
I can't shake this feeling from mind.
The sound of a horn heard in the distance,
It pierces awfully into the depths of my ear.
Standing in front of an open door,
You're not alone in this "Everyday Life"
When given ordinary comfort,
Do you pretend that you don't hear it?
I give a puzzled look,
As I watch from a glance, A-ah
After being separated, you cry.
I want to hold you closely now.
The warmth is no longer here.
Why is it that you seek for me now?
My nose is pierced by
The strong fragrance of perfume.
But even though it's pleasant,
It makes it feel like it's just a sweet trap.
Sayo listened as the piano played and closed her eyes once more, she just wanted to drift off and sleep. To sleep and not feel was a seductive thought as she listened to the music.
Tomorrow will be a similar day.
Except the one stroking your hair isn't me.
The piano played again and Sayo could feel tears start to rapidly roll down her cheeks. She didn't bother to wipe them away.
Being unable to touch
The dazzling morning that faces me.
Seeing you not lower your left hand.
I watch as you leave forever.
It has started to drift from the room,
The strong fragrance of perfume.
My heart has become attached, and
It's kept as a reminder of the sweet trap.
I am lured into your sweet trap,
I can't shake this feeling from mind.
I am lured into your sweet trap,
I can't shake this feeling from mind.
I am lured into your sweet trap,
I can't shake this feeling from mind.
She allowed the song to repeat until she became tired and turned the laptop off. She soon fell asleep with the lyrics still echoing in her mind.
xXx
The next day as Sayo was about to leave for school her cell phone rang. The flashing number and name showed that it was Dorothy. Sayo quickly flipped the phone open and placed it to her ear fully expecting her friend to greet her loudly.
"Hello? Dorothy are you there?" except there was moment of silence, that wasn't normal for her happy friend.
"Yeah I'm here. Can you meet me and Newton at the park before school? We need to talk." Dorothy sounded distant, and not like herself.
"Yeah, of course. See you soon." Sayo wanted to ask her friend what was wrong but since she was going to meet her it was no use. Quickly pulling on her shoes at the step she headed out the door making sure to lock it.
Sayo was surprised to see that Dorothy and Newton were already at the park when she arrived. Usually she got there before them.
"You two needed to talk to me about something?" she raised an eyebrow at her friends. They were both being strange. Dorothy looked at Newton, who nodded, before she spoke.
"Sayo, what's been going on with you?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you haven't been yourself. You've been spacing a lot, you've done nothing but go straight home after school, and you don't even talk in class anymore! "What happened to the girl who always answered without even being asked to, you took so much pride in beinging one of the best. What happened to passing notes under the table about after school plans? Sayo, I think I know what's wrong with you." Sayo's eyes widen as she hoped that Dorothy hasn't figured out that she liked Koh, anything but that. "When Sakura came around yesterday you didn't look comfortable, you started to shake really badly, and then you just got up and left. What did she do to you?" her eyes softened.
Dorothy always worried about everyone and she knows that Dorothy would lose sleep over it, so that was why she would never tell her about anything concerning, Sayo smiled at her.
"It's nothing Dorothy. I'm fine." she tried to sound happy but Dorothy wasn't convinced.
"Fine my ass! I've known you my whole life and I know when something is wrong. So you better tell us or I swear I will make you." Dorothy gave her a I'm-not-joking-so-you-better-talk-now-look and Sayo knew that she lost. Dorothy always got her way no matter what.
"Fine, I'll tell you guys." the two of them moved closer to Sayo before she could begin, "A few weeks ago I was in the library finishing some work, Sakura and her gang came in. They wanted to "talk" to me. But then you know, she started to tell me some things and I-I-I can't get it out of my head." she started to tear up and tried to wipe it away before her friends noticed.
"What did she tell you?" Dorothy handed her something to wipe her eyes with, taking it Sayo continued.
"S-she said th-that Koh and the others weren't m-my friends a-a-and that they were just using and toying with me!" the tears came rapidly and she threw her arms around her friends.
"That bitchslut from hell!" Dorothy growled.
"I'm going make sure she regrets it. I'm going to make sure she suffers!" Newton snarled.
"Do they know?" Dorothy asked tenderly and Sayo shook her head.
"Why haven't you told them?"
"Because! They've known Sakura longer than me and chances are that they won't believe me and I don't want to bring them into this. I've seen it happen before, I know how this ends. And I'm on the losing side." Sayo buried her head in Newton's neck ad he looked over to Dorothy who gave a soft nod.
"Do you still want to go to school today?" Newton asked softly, he felt Sayo nod.
"You sure?" Dorothy touched the girl's shoulder. Sayo nodded again and pulled away from Newton.
"C'mon lets go." Sayo started to walk and the other two followed. The walk was in pure silence except for Sayo's occasional sniffling. Once the trio arrived at school they headed for Sayo's locker. "You two can go, I'm fine now." Sayo tried to smile but failed horribly.
"No, we are staying here with you."
"Thank you." They watched as the other students passed them by and acted like they didn't exsist. Today, the best thing for them was to go back to being unnoticed. That was until Koh and the others walked up to them.
"Hey." he was smiling as bright as ever. Litton and Raigo were right behind him and greeted the three right after. Dorothy and Newton smiled and struck up a conversation, hoping to distract them from Sayo. But Koh saw.
"Sayo?" she looked up at her name and realised too late her mistake. Koh saw the red eyes. "What happened?" he reached out to grabbed her and tilted her chin up to get a clearer look. Her eyes were red and there were streaks of dried tears. He knew that she had been crying; hard. He instantly pulled her into a hug.
Litton and Raigo looked at each other and nodded. They both pulled Dorothy and Newton aside to talk to them.
"Alright, what's going on?" Litton asked quietly to Dorothy.
"Yeah, she's been crying. We knew something was wrong but not this bad. So what's the deal?" Raigo questioned Newton.
"We'll tell you later. But first," they looked over at Koh and Sayo. Koh was still hugging her and there was a group of girls giving Sayo evil looks. Sakura was in the front along with her ever present group. "Let's take them somewhere more private. Then we'll tell you."
"Right." Litton and Raigo answered.
"Koh?" Sakura tapped him on his shoulder. She was obviously trying not to lunge at Sayo and kill her on the spot.
"Hmm?" he placed his chin on top of Sayo's head and looked at Sakura still rubbing circles on other girl's back trying to soothe her shaking form.
"What are you doing?" she half-asked half-growled. Before he could answer Litton walked up to the group and gave them a fierce look.
"I suggest you all leave right now or else." within seconds they all scattered.
"Damn. You need to teach me how to do that!" Dorothy said in admiration.
"That's my girl." Raigo threw his arm around her shoulders, only for it to be shrugged off.
"C'mon let's go somewhere more private."
"But what about class?" Sayo was still in Koh's arms, mostly because he refused to let her go.
"Don't worry. Me and Raigo will take care of it. Alright?" Litton winked. "We'll meet up with you guys under the big tree in the back 'kay?" they called back before leaving the four alone.
"Alright c'mon you two. Koh, you need to let go of her if she's going to walk properly." Dorothy told him.
"Right." he slowly let go of her and they left. Once they reached the tree the group stood and waited for the other two.
"Okay we're here." Litton and Raigo finally met up with them. "Alright, now spill it Sayo." they all turned and looked intently at her. She fidgeted before she told, in detail, what had occured that day in the library. It was silent when Sayo finished and the looks on Koh, Litton, and Raigo's faces made her want to run away. She was afraid that they didn't believe her and that they would turn and leave.
But they didn't.
Instead Koh stepped forward and pulled her into a hug. She let out a soft gasp and couldn't move.
"Why didn't you tell us?" he softly whispered into her hair.
"B-because, I didn't think that you believe me and I was sure that you all would've pick her over me! Because really! Why did you all just start talking to me all of a sudden? Don't you think I would've been a little worried about it?" she started to cry again and buried her head into Koh's shoulder. Litton kicked the tree and cursed to herself
"You should've told us. We're your friends and you shouldn't doubt that."
"I'm sorry..." Sayo said softly. Litton turned to look at the other two.
"You guys have any ideas how to solve this?" Dorothy gave the blonde an odd look.
"What do you mean?"
"If you haven't noticed everyone hates her." Raigo said casually.
"Wait, you mean even-"
"Even us. We used to like her back when she was a nice and caring person, but now she is just the worst person you will ever meet. We wanted to ditch her a long time ago but, it's impossible to."
"Wait she was nice?" the look on Dorothy's face only mirrored the bewilderment in her voice.
"And what do you mean impossible?"
"Yeah, a while back when we first met. She was this shy girl that no one talked to. She had no friends and we felt bad for her and so included her in our group."
"About a couple years ago she changed out of the blue. And now every time we try to get rid of her she always somehow manages to get back in. But I think I know how we can deal with this."
"Care to explain?" Newton asked.
"We'll talk at lunch. But first, Koh, I want you to stay with Sayo anytime you can okay? Make Sakura jealous. That won't be much of a problem though." Litton chuckled. Koh flushed darkly, the murder in his eyes was directed at the blonde.
"Wait what do you mean?" Sayo asked, still in Koh's arms.
"Koh, I think you should tell her." Litton smiled. Dorothy and Newton caught on and smiled.
"Newton, I think we should leave." with that the aqua haired girl dragged the boy away with the other two slowly trailing behind.
"Don't take too long you two~ Otherwise people are going to start talking~" Raigo snickered before Litton lightly smacked him over the head. Koh turned even redder, but then it soon vanished as he looked at Sayo.
"I'm not too good with words so I'll just tell you this straight up," Koh took a deep breath, "I really, really like you, ever since I saw you in the park. I'm not even kidding, I know that we've only been friends for a like a few months but I've never felt this way about anyone else. I think that you're perfect; there are about thousand things that I could spend the day telling you about. What I'm trying to say is, Je t'aime." his eyes were closed the entire time that was until he felt a pair of soft lips against his.
Koh's eyes flew open. But it only took a couple second before his eyes closed and his lips started to push back. After sometime they broke apart from the lack of air. He heard Sayo chuckle softly before looking up at him.
"I see that your French is getting better, but do yourself a favour. Pay attention in class, just knowning that isn't gonna take you to my level." she was smiling and was criticizing him. God, it was good to have her back. He placed a soft kiss on her lips and pulled away.
"C'mon we have to go to class." he grabbed her hand and led her back to the school and to their lockers. The bell rang and people started to pile out and into the hallways. "Let's get to French." Koh leaned in kissed her cheek, she nodded and the two walked off. Hand in hand for the whole school to see.
A/N: Just so you know I flippin' suck at French so it's not the best, if something is wrong please correct me! And once again another sorry for ending it where it did but I had no other ideas of where to go from then, to bad that I didn't get to write about what would've happened to Sakura and her gang. But I might come back and do another chapter in the future.
~Song is Sweet Trap by Megurine Luka~
Translations:
(A couple were looked up)
Bonjour la classe-Good morning class
Bonjour Madame Julia-Good morning Ms. Julia
Je ne comprends pas-I don't understand it.
Très bien, merci-Very good, thank you
Parlez-vous couramment?-Are you fluent?
Oui. Comment allez vous?-Yes. How are you?
Au revoir-Goodbye
Je t'aime-I love you
Love,
Dragon