Summary: set after Momiji has his growth spurt. I suck at summaries. He tells his best friend his true feeling and then she's gone. Songfic.
TEARS SHED
By: Atsuko Sohma
Chapter 1: you belong with me by Taylor Swift
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
She doesn't get your humor like I do
"Hey Rini!" Momiji called as he ran down the hall to catch up with his child hood friend.
"What is it Miji?" she said smiling and turning around. Her dark brown locks twirled with her frame and settled when he came up to her
I'm in the room it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
"I have something important to say today" her face brightened up, the second rabbit of the zodiac had always loved Momiji immensely, but he was completely oblivious to her feelings. To him she was nothing more than a friend.
But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
What you're looking for has been here the whole time
He was smiling at her and she thought 'maybe he likes me?' but she kicked the thought out of her mind. 'Just a friend' she kept repeating
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
You belong with me
"Today I'm going to propose to Tohru" her whole world seemed to freeze
Walking in the streets with you in your worn out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself
'Hey isn't this easy?'
She gave him the biggest fakest smile she could manage.
"I'm so happy for you" and with that she spun on her heels and left to her classroom.
At lunch she met up with him again. He looked so crushed. He looked up at her
"She loves Kyo. I should have known. But I still won't stop loving her. No matter what" he smiled at her. Her world was already shattered, now it was being ground into ultra fine sand.
"I'll always love her no matter what" she didn't want to hear the words anymore.
"Shut up" were her only words as she stormed down the hall.
And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while, since she brought you down
You say you're fine I know you better than that
Hey watcha doing with a girl like that?
He seemed so confused. He had just told her the confines of his heart and told him to shut up 'what a jerk' he thought to himself. He went and found Haru. The next few days she had stopped talking to him, stopped even looking at his direction.
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you'll wake up and find
What you're looking for has been here the whole time
She sat on the bench outside of the school. All the little hints she gave him. All the kind acts she did for him. She protected him from all harm, shed tears for him whenever he was upset, and he never noticed. 'All tears shed for not' she thought to herself. They had all turned on her. She hurt their Momiji, so they all stopped talking to her.
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
"Rini" said a cold voice. She looked up to see Momiji
"What exactly do you have against Tohru?" 'He thinks I don't like Tohru?'
"I have nothing against her. Nothing at all" she didn't. Sure Momiji loved her, but then again, who wouldn't? She's perfect
"Just please don't talk to me anymore Momiji"
Standing by waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know that?
You belong with me
You belong with me
He was stunned. She had always called him 'Miji' or 'usa-kun'
Never by his full name.
She got up and left.
'I have nothing against Tohru' she thought to herself on the way to the main estate.
At school the next day Momiji talked to Haru
"Hey Haru, what's made Rini act so bitchy lately?" the taller cousin raised an eyebrow
Oh I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're about to cry
I know you're favorite songs, and you tell me about your dreams
I think I know where you belong. I think I know it's with me.
"Really? You mean you don't know?" Haru said
"What are you talking about Haru?"
"You've got to be kidding me. You never noticed that she loved you?" Momiji's eyes widened. He took a second before talking again
"No she doesn't"
"Yes. She did. She was head-over-heels for you"
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
She sat on her bed. Today she skipped out on school so that she could do something. She stood up and went to find Hatori
"Hey, can you give this to Momiji?" she said holding out a note. The doctor merely nodded. She gave him the note, picked up her bag, and left.
Standing by or waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know that?
You belong with me
You belong with me
He made his way to Rini's house. He peered in through the glass door in her room to find that it was completely empty. He asked the nearest maid
"Where's Rini?"
"Rini-san left early this afternoon"
"Where to?"
"She didn't say" he went to go find Hatori.
"Momiji. Rini left this note for you" he opened it. It read:
'All tears shed for not'
Goodbye forever, you oblivious boy
Now you can live happy like I was never here'
He dropped the note. 'Goodbye forever'? 'Never here'?
"She just… left?" he asked Hatori
Have you ever just thought, maybe?
You belong with me
You belong with me
"It would appear so. When I saw her she just had her bag and appeared to have been crying" Momiji went to his room. He had a picture on his nightstand of him, Rini, and Haru together from before his growth spurt. Rini had been on the left side, but now that he looked at it... the photo was ripped. The left side that had Rini was gone. 'Gone forever'? He went to dig up all his photo albums. All traces of Rini were gone. All ripped or cut out. He took out his wallet. There he had the only picture of him after his growth spurt, with Tohru and Rini. He had wanted it to be only him and Tohru, but Tohru insisted that Rini join. It was the only picture he had of her now.
Flame, review, do whatever you want. Momiji is ooc. I'm sorry.