STRANDED
By frozerox
PLS. don't be harsh. XD this is my first attempt to write a short story. :P your comments & suggestions are really appreciated. TNX. :)
"& it rained so hard, so hard that I couldn't hear anything except the voice of the thunder, & it seems to tell me that I should go away from you… Yes, I don't want to hear it anymore… I'm so pissed of the sound that it brings to my ears. I couldn't bring myself to control my mixing emotions inside. As I stand here beside you, under this waiting shed… I couldn't speak a word… It feels like I'm so wrong to be here & I kinda regret the fact that I excitedly went home & left Yunoki in the school, then, I just found myself walking home beside you… & here we are… stranded.."
Hihara said to himself as he sighed & collects his words while the voice of the rain becomes louder.
Using all his guts, he said "Ano, Kaho-chan…" while staring at the red-haired girl, "…would you mind if I take you home after the rain stops..?"
There was a short pause as Kahoko looked at him face to face & she replied :
"Nani, Hihara-senpai?" said Kahoko w/ a blank face. "Gomen, I didn't hear what you've said because of the rain.."
Jeez said Hihara to himself I took all my effort & strengths to say those words then just because of this stupid rain?! WTH!
"Hihara-senpai?" said Kahoko, now with confusion.
"Eh, nothing.." said the green-haired lad while scratching his head.
'Ah, sou ka." She answered.
Oh no!! Those words I've carefully thought of! They just fade out like that?! DARN!! he told himself angrily.
"Ah, Kaho-chan…" Hihara blurted out of nowhere & again he finds the exact words to say.
"Uhm?" she replied.
Hihara looked at her, hearing his heart beating so fast, nervousness & anxiety enveloping him. &, he end up saying, "I have a joke…"
Smiling at the girl he love he said to himself : Oi Hihara! What are you talking about?! This is your chance to show her how you feel! Do you want her to end up with the other participants in the concours? You should be able to confess to her! You Baka Hihara!!
"Ahahaha!" Kahoko laughed, "You're really random Hihara-senpai! Then tell me your joke." She said making him feel that what he had said a few seconds ago was already a joke.
"Hai! So why did the banana go to the doctor?" asks Hihara with a big sweat drop on his head.
"Hmm.." Kahoko thinks while her index finger is on her chin. Thinking so hard, she finally give up, "Then why?" her eyes glowing with curiosity while waiting for the green-haired lad's answer.
"Because he wasn't peeling well." He said seriously.
Kahoko stared at him & after a few seconds they both laughed, not noticing that the rain had already stopped.
"Ahahaha." The red-haired girl said,
"I don't know why I laughed so much but I think it's your expression that made it funnier." She said before laughing so hard on the stupid joke.
"Sou ka, I'm so happy you've liked my joke." Hihara said cheerfully..
"Ah, Kaho-chan.." he tried to tell again those words…
Kahoko stopped giggling & looked at him as if waiting for a speech.
"Since the rain had already stopped, would you mind if I walk you home?" he said with a little bit of confidence.
Wee, I've said it! Then next would be my confession.. IF … yea, IF he said to himself ith a colorful background & the word : 'Love-Love' encircling him.
He waits for her answer…
"Arigatou, Hihara-senpai for taking care of me." She said while smiling at him.
OMG! She's so damn beautiful!! he thought of while slightly blushing.
"It's nothing Kaho-chan, we're friends after all, right?"
Jeez, that word : 'friend', how I wish I could put 'Boy' before it.
"Thank you again!" Kahoko smiled at him sweetly.
They both walk home, chatting about the next selection of the concours. The cold breeze enveloping them made Kahoko a little bit uneasy. It gives her several chills out of nowhere, she suddenly regret the fact that she didn't bring her scarf. There was a long pause of silence between them.
"The moon is so beautiful…" Hihara exclaimed. Kahoko looked at im for a moment, seeing his beautiful eyes staring at the moon which seems to glow into perfection.
"You are right.. It is really beautiful…" she replied, looking at the moon then to him.
"But…" he continued, "I've just realized that the moon you gaze with someone you love is the most beautiful…" saying those final words in a lower tone, he left the girl staring at him for a moment…
"Pardon, Hihara-senpai?" Kahoko asks with a bit curiosity in her tone.
"Umm, it's nothing! Well, it's getting darker & colder. I should take you home as soon as possible." Smiling at her.
"Thanks again." She replied with an 'appreciation' in her tone.
The green-haired lad then put off the scarf in his neck & put it in hers, carefully holding her hair...
I should be able to come up with my words, I should be able to confess to her.. I need to.. those thought are encircling his mind.
"Eh, Hihara-senpai? Wouldn't this be too much?" she asks him.
"Don't worry! I just don't want to see you having those chills again." He smiled.
"Arigatou.." she said while staring at the ground, holding the scarf that was put on her neck.
"Then, let's go!" Hihara exclaimed.
As they reached Hino Kahoko' house…
OK! My chance! Confession… confession.. confession.. now. Gathering his thoughts… he doesn't seem to notice that she bows her head to say her 'Thank you' to him…
"Nee, Its really nothing!! After all, it's my responsibility that we got stranded in the waiting shed." He said while scratching his head.
"Then, take care Hihara-senpai. See you tomorrow." She said smiling at him. She turned her back to him for she's going inside her house… Just in time, he blurted out :
"Kaho-chan.."
"Uhm?" she asks.
He can't find the strength to say those words : 'I love you'. Those words that are driving him crazy, & it feels like they're cursed… Though this is his only chance… He can't just let go THIS moment…
"I.." he said, staring at the gate of her house.. If she could only unlock these words that easily..
"You?" she asks with her golden eyes staring at him.
"I… am grateful that I have met you.. the music that you make in your violin keeps my heart beating so fast… that… that it fels like your music is getting into my soul. Nevertheless, I am so happy to meet you.. & that day that we played together.. it's a is if …my trumpet & your violin intertwined together. Making me always feel that i.. am with.. YOU." He said, now staring at her golden eyes.
"So.. Kaho-chan, do your best in the next selection! I am so eager to hear the music that you'll play.. It transpires you… " he ended his should be 'I-Love-You' statement.
She looked at him while smiling, though she can't understand why.. Those words he have said pierced her heart deeply…
"Arigatou.. Hihara-senpai." She said.
"Demo.. you're the one who's making me happy all the time. Being jolly & cheerful… it gives me a positive feeling that I could always do my best.. You always lift me up.." she just know it is her turn to repay Hihara's true words.
The ambiance becomes silent & still…
"You should go inside now, o else you could catch up a cold. We wouldn't want you to be absent in the next selection.. or you wouldn't have enough time to practice if that happens.." Hihara exclaimed.
"Hai. Ja-ne Hihara-senpai." She replied.
The cold breeze is still there watching silently & blowing its wind to him. He placed his left hand on his forehead..
"I'm so stupid." He said to no one.
"Jeez. I end up saying something that anyone could say.." his bangs covering his eyes.. Disappointed to himself.
"But.. maybe they're the right words for me. Maybe this isn't the right time for that .I just want her only to play the violin for me… But I guess, I am so selfish if I ask her to do that.." he smirked to himself while walking home.. he noticed that the moon's brightness seems to reflect her eyes.
"Maybe this is all we'll ever be…
While he said those words, his eyes seems to be of a different person.. a once cheerful lad turned into loneliness. & it doesn't feel that it is HIM. She never noticed his different side. He regret the fact that he's the one hurting himself.. & it's so unusual w/ him for he couldn't escape from his real emotions… those real emotions that he always hides beneath his cheerful eyes & happy smiles. He just wanted to play the trumpet that moment.. just to get away with his real feelings.. & he knows he wanted to leave them behind.. But he couldn't.. he couldn't run away.. Maybe it is the time to face them..
…forever stranded."
