Rio watched through the window empty-mindedly, her cell phone is on her hand. There were kids playing soccer in the rainy field otside, but that wasn't what she was looking at. It has been 4 years since all the fights cessated. She still remembered all the battle she had been going through, and she chuckled at how peaceful her life now is. She looked at the gray clouds, somehow they remained her to someone she knew with that color of hair...
She bit her lips in the thoughts of him. Eyes words in the day they separated were still fresh on her mind.
"Rio, I want you to know that...for all this time, I had always loved you. I know this souds weird, as I myself thought that this was odd, but, I... I just realized that I have feelings for you, more than just a brother to his sister."
Rio sighed at the memory of those words. It's not that she didn't like him. It's just.. she never thought of him that way.
Not that Rio was oblivious to his feelings before he told her about it. She knew it all along: from his unexpected rare smiles, his warm care, to his gifts of melons. She even thought that she might have realized it before the silver-haired guy realized his feelings. Rio was very aware of his feelings toward her that she kept on taking advantages of that.
Even so...
Rio rubbed the back of her head. She recalled her expression when she heard Eyes said that to her. She was shocked. Not that she wasn't expecting it, but...
Rio has always been somewhat protective toward herself. She faked herself into a cute-looking-empty-headed-innocent girl to protect herself from pain of having important people in life. It's not like she didn't think that her friends were unimportant; she just didn't want to be to emotionally attached to them. Rio just a total faker. And Rio, definintely never wanted to get into any loving relationship of anykind. Brother-sister, friends, especially not boyfriend-girlfriend. She was too protective of herself that she was afraid of being hurts in those kinds of thing.
On the other hand, Rio realized that she, too, had some soft spots when it came to a certain pianist. She cared for him so much that sometimes she felt jealous to other people in Eyes' life, like Kanone for example. But she just simply didn't want to admit that she loved him back, because of her fear. She wasn't even sure that it was that kind of love that she felt for him. What if it was only a siblings-love? Or a friendly-love? She never knew; she never tried to explore her feelings.
Anyway...
Despite of all her uncertainty and her fear, she felt there is no harm in enjoying what life has offered to her.
"Eyes? It's me, Rio. How was the concert today? By the way, tell me, when will you be free again? There is some delicious snacks you hasn't tried last night."