"What the Hell are you doing, Masaomi!" I yelled, tears streaming from my eyes again as I stared at my blonde love, who was just making out with the person he called his best friend. I didn't quite understand it. Masaomi had me, so what did he need anyone else for?
"Akie… I can explain this…" he replied, looking up at me with this expression of complete amazement. I guess he didn't expect me to catch him in the act.
"I would love to hear what you think is a decent explanation for blatant cheating!"
"I just… Akie…"
Seeing the look on his face, hearing the way he struggled to form words… That was enough of an explanation for me. I didn't want to hear any more, so I simply shook my head, turning away from him. "I get it, Kida. You love him more than me. I understand. I mean, you grew up with Mikado, and you just met me. Why… Why should I expect to be made more important than your best friend?"
I couldn't handle it anymore. Feeling the tears welling up inside again and threatening to overflow, I decided to remove myself from the situation. I looked down and shook my head, turning to leave.
"Akie… I'll talk to you later… I promise." I heard what he said, but it still wasn't adding up in my head. If he was going to be with Mikado, that was fine with me, right? I could handle being alone again. I had done it my whole life up until now, so what were a few more years of loneliness?
I raced back to the apartment I shared with my cousin and, for reasons that I couldn't quite understand, went right into his room, the tears having been released. I saw that Izaya was home for once and found that I was actually happy to see him. Collapsing on his bed, I saw the surprise on his face.
I could understand why he was shocked. Number one, he had never seen me crying before. EVER. Number two, I had actually come to him for something other than to just be a bitch. I didn't even remember a time when I had ever gone to my cousin for anything, especially not personal problems like this.
"Akie?" I heard him ask before I felt a hand resting on my shoulder.
Without skipping a beat, I sat up and clung to my cousin, crying in full force. Despite having spent the majority of my life being shuffled from one set of relatives to the next, I didn't seem to be able to handle breaking up with a person I thought I loved.
Once again, I had shocked my cousin, and he didn't seem to know what to do to help me. I simply stayed there, hugging him around the waist, until I had stopped crying. Really I had just run out of tears. "I hate him." I said quietly, still clinging to Izaya, who was again attempting to comfort me.
"Hate who?" he asked, clearly still confused about my abrupt intrusion.
"That damn blonde."
"Kida?"
"Don't."
"What?"
"Don't try to change my mind this time. I will finish this fight between the gangs, and Kida will fall. He deserves it now." Internally, I grin. If he was going to cheat on my like that, then he definitely didn't deserve the help of the Red Checkers. My help was now forbidden, and I was going to take him down.
"Don't do it, Akie." I looked up at Izaya, who was frowning down at me.
"Why not?"
"Because. Do you even know the circumstances of this yet?"
I thought about it. Kida had said that he could explain, that he would talk to me about it later. Had I jumped to the wrong conclusion? And, if that was the case, why had he been kissing Mikado?
"No." I finally replied.
"Then you need to find out about it. If it's as bad as you say, then have fun with your vengeance." Izaya grinned the signature Orihara grin and I felt a little bit better. I stood up, releasing my cousin, and went back to my room, where I waited for Kida to call.
When he did, I was going to give him hell.
