Chapter One
The last person I wanted to see at this point was HIM. The so-called "best friend" that ditched me for the enemy, Saruhiko Fushimi. But there he was, standing right in front of me with that cheesy grin on his face. God, how I wanted to punch him. I knew it was a bad idea, but it was looking like my best option at this point. But no matter how much I wanted to punch him, even more I wanted him to come back to me. If he knew that I had loved him, had felt betrayed at his leaving, had wanted to kiss him and hit him all in one blow, he would be disgusted with me and I wouldn't have forgiven myself. At the time, our friendship was more important.
Suddenly he was in front of me, close enough to hear my heart pounding in my chest. I shoved him out of the way and held up my skateboard in defense as he tried to throw knives at me. One brushed lightly against my arm, causing blood to gush from the wound. I swung my bat as hard as I could for revenge, but I missed him by a lot as he stumbled out of the way. He yelled back at me, "Mi-sa-ki~~ Is that the best you've got?" The anger inside my heart started to rise, and I kicked off the ground on my skateboard, taking another swing at him with my bat. Hitting him in the chest, he fell over flat on his back, gasping for air. I headed back his way and picked up my skateboard, grabbing the front of his shirt and lifting him up.
I had no idea why I was doing this; he could probably hear my heart pounding again. He looked at me squarely and said, "What's up with you? You seem to be acting different from usual." I spat at the ground beside me as I said, "How would you know? It's not like you care, since you left me, for the enemy of all people." He looked desperately sad as he replied, "I tried to tell you, I don't fit in with the Red Clan. Surely you saw that from the beginning?" Tears started to spill from my eyes as I said, "You left me in the dirt. How do you think that made me feel? Knowing my best friend was gone, to the enemy of all people?" I couldn't control myself anymore, as I let go of him as dropped to my knees and quietly said, "A person I love leaving me… Do you know what that's like, Saruhiko?" I thought that the traitor of a best friend hadn't heard me, but to my surprise Saruhiko knelt beside me, a little too close for my comforts, and said, "I've left a person I love, does that count?"
I realized we were alone, and I was frightened. He kept getting closer to me, as I got up and ran as fast as I could; ultimately, he was faster than me, as he picked me up by my arms, walking to the nearest building and slamming me against the wall. I wanted to scream at him, to get him away from me so he couldn't hear my heart pounding loudly. He said to me with a straight face, "Do you know why I left?" I shook my head, because I didn't want to hear, didn't want him to say that he had hated me, or anything else for that matter. He surprised me by saying, "It was because I loved you, and didn't want you to find out and ruin our friendship."
My breath and my words caught in my throat, and I simply couldn't say anything. He grabbed my arm, pressing my hand against his chest. I could feel a pulsing, throbbing heartbeat passing through my palm. I couldn't tell whether it was his or mine though. He looked at me thoughtfully, and pressed his palm against my chest, as I tried to push him away. I knew he could feel my heartbeat, and he turned his head to the side ever so slightly, his hand still on my chest. I tried to push him away again, but he was in my face before I could react, his lips touching mine ever so gently.
At this point I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't do anything. I wanted to run, and yet I wanted to melt into his embrace, disappear forever inside his arms. Instead, I yanked my arm away and punched him in the face. The shock on his face was apparent, his eyes wide. I used my arm to wipe my mouth and shoved him to the side as he simply sat there staring wide-eyed at me as I turned my back to him and walked away. I could hear him get up, but that was all behind me, or so I thought. He grabbed my arm tightly and said, "Don't you feel the same way about me?" I threw a quick glance backward and said, "You left me in the dirt, that's all that matters." I tried to walk away, but I was shoved to the ground, my head hitting the pavement. I could see stars in my eyes as Saruhiko called my name frantically, lifting my limp body as everything went black.