A ghost.

That's how I put myself after recalculating whatever has been happening to me. How I've come up with such adjective is because of this kind of love I possess for my rival, Yamanaka Ino. We were best friends, once, but after a quarrel about a guy named Uchiha Sasuke, after my mistake of exchanging her for this guy, I've already lost her. Now I have to put an act as her rival, will she ever notice how I felt about her? Will everything return to how it once was after I confess to her of how I felt ever since?

''Ino...'', I called out to her,

'are you there?'

I shouted from outside their flower shop, no answer. I sulked and have decided to enter though i am aware that i will be charged of trespassing. Damn, I miss her already, I miss my Ino. I touched the flowers, i knew, she took care of. I smelled the air, she was breathing upon and then I sighed.

I have prepared myself in facing whatever her answer will be after i confess to her, I've been thinking of terrible but possible 'what-ifs'. I looked around the flower shop and recognized the ribbon; she once gave me during our childhood. The memory inflicted me with pain as i also remembered the time when i returned this to her and called her as my rival. I was such a fool back then, back then before i realized what i truly feel about her. I turned around and saw her portrait, my beloved Ino, smiling in that picture, will she smile to me like that after i say 'this' to her? Will she still be at my reach when the moment comes?

Now that I think about it, being loved by her is entirely impossible. Hell it is, i came to her so i could confess after i exchanged her. What a fool i really am. There is no chance, what am i thinking? My beloved Ino to be so far away from me. To be always together yet forever apart. I stared at her picture then smiled,

'Ino, i guess being a ghost and having feelings unanswered is enough for me than to not see you. i guess such a pain is more endurable than to not be with you.'

As i say those words, tears ran across my face, there was no chance after all. I turned around and have decided to leave the shop.

''Sakura?'',

There she was, in front of me, bewildered of my presence in her house.

''what are you doing here?''I looked at her then smiled,

'' Nothing, I just felt that i wanted to see you,'' I answered.

'' Really, you?'' I nodded, Ino stared at me.

''did i have something on my face?'', I asked. Ino shook her head then said,

'' I wonder why you came here.''

I was supposed to tell you how i felt but seeing that impossible, i have decided to just leave, words that could never be spoken and must remain a secret. I am burdened by pain and more of it as i stay here with her.

'' sakura,''

Before I knew it, i am already crying. I was helpless; my emotions came out pouring as if this will be my last. I tried to stop but my eyes are defying me, every tears rolling down upon my face, i feel my heart breaking.

'I...no...Ino... *sniffs* *cries*''

I wiped down every tear but they all seem endless, in front of the girl I loved, I cried.

'' Sakura, you still haven't changed. .''

After hearing her say those words, i felt a sudden warmth enveloping my whole body, she was hugging me. I cried as i felt her touch, i cried as i smelt her fragrance, knowing that after what i am going to tell her that this could be the last.

'' you haven't changed at all.'', she whispered to me. I cried. It was like back then, when i was crying, she was always there...

'' Tell me, everything Sakura... I'll always be here.''

I cherished the moment together and listened to her every word, as if it's her last. My beloved Ino, how i wish that you will still be at my side, after i tell you everything.

''Ino?'',

'Hm?' she asked.

''I love you.''