Chapter 2- The school exams…
" Now class, I need your attention please. As you might notice it's nearly exam week, so please get your heads down and study, although you are in set A, but we still have the right to drop you down a group or two, so please revise, I have faith in you."
It sounded so scary, it's still horrid to hear the new that we are having exams so soon, it haven't been long seen the last one, the head master is trying to kill us. Because we are the top set, the teachers expect the best from us, they believe in us, but is it just good exam results can make the teacher happy? This is a unknown question, it's not easy being the teacher's pet, since Riku has moved into a express class, there's not really someone that the teacher partially like or happy within this class, I guess no one can actually replace Riku. I stared at Kayako for a moment or two, no emotions as usual. Aren't he worried? Oh well, even if he don't study or revise, he will still beat all the others and become top in the class, but will he beat Riku? It's a complete mystery, every year Kayako works very hard to try and beat Riku, but he never succeeds.
The bell rings, and everyone rushed out the classroom and get ready for break, Takuto and me went to look for Rika and Riku see if they are ready yet. Then I saw Kayako walked pass, his black hair was covering half of his face. I walked up to him and talked to him.
" Em... K-Kayko."
" What?" He turned around and said it in an unpleasant way.
" I...I hope I aren't getting into your break time, but I was just wondering if you would like to...like to..." At that moment, I lost my words.
" Like to what?" He walked closer to my face my face was red.
" Like to...like to..."
" Hey Mitsuki! Come on; let's go to the library. Mitsuki?" Rika was shouting over the other side of the playground.
" Y-Yes-please w-ait." I looked into Kayako's eyes I was kinda scared.
" I-I am sorry Kayako, I will see ya." Then I ran off.
" Idiot." He said under his breath and went off with a cold smile.
" What have we got next?" I asked Rika
"I don't know, what we got next sis?" Rika asked Riku. How stupid am I? Why didn't I just ask Riku in the first place?
"English."
" I knew that." Riku and me didn't bother saying a word; we just walked away with laughter.
Rika and me are in the same English group, and Riku goes to express class.
" Hey Mitsuki!" Rika was talking to me when we were walking to our classroom.
" Yah?"
" You know that song I showed you a last week."
" Em... Not really, but please refresh my memory"
" You know, the one that made you cry. Remember?"
" I...I think I just remembered. What about it?"
" I would like to ask you, weather you liked it?"
" Why?"
" Yes or No please tell me." Riku looked at me with her puppy eyes; still in those eyes I see sadness.
" Em...Yes, I liked it."
" Thank God for that!"
" Can you tell me why you asked now please?"
" Em...maybe later I got to go to lesson now, bye!" Then she ran off.
Later on that day, Rika invited me for tea at her house and she said she have something to show me, I wondered what she was up to for a second or two, but I did go round her house, and it ended up me crying, again.
" Mum! We're back. I took Mitsuki with me. "Rika entered the house shouting for her mother Mrs. Yokiwa.
" I'm coming, I'm coming." Mrs. Yokiwa walked out from the kitchen, tried to take her apron off.
" Hi Mitsuki my dear, how are you?"
" I' am fine thanks."
" Good Good, Seeing you got over Yuki it's a good thing." Mrs. Yokiwa knew about Yuki, and me I guessed there's nothing much she can do. I answered with a smile and walked up to Rika's room with Rika.
" Just give me a shout if you want anything ok?"
" Yeah, Yeah! Mum shouldn't you be cooking?"
" Oh no! My fish!" Mrs. Yokiwa ran into the kitchen while me and Rika went into the bedroom.
Rika opened up her cupboard and started to look for something, I can tell she kept it quiet deep down in the cupboard because she nearly fall into the whole thing just looking for it. Because she was diving behind the cupboard, all her pillows fell out.
" Rika, what are you doing?"
" Hold on just one sec-onds. Here found it, finally!" Rika jumped down with a piece of paper in her hand, I was kind of surprised that she did all that just for a piece of stupid paper.
" You did all that just for this?"
" Em... Yeah!"
" Rika! You're just an idiot."
" No, but this is really important."
" Oh yeah?"
" Yeah, you will never know what this is."
" I will if you give it me."
" Ok, here you are." Rika handed me the piece of paper.
" Thank you." I grabbed it out of Rika's hand, I tried to open it, but Rika stopped me by putting her hand on top of mine.
" Are you sure Mitsuki?"
" I though you wanted to show me this."
" Yes but I don't think it's such a good idea after all."
" Huh?"
" Just give it me back." Rika wanted it back? Then why did she hand me it at the first place?
" No! I want to read it." I wouldn't let her touch it; I was interested of what was in the paper.
" Ok Mitsuki, if you really want to read it, promise you don't regret."
" I swear I won't be, I swear."
" Ok, if you must. But don't say I didn't worn you." Rika handed me the paper very slowly, I opened it and found out it was a letter from Yuki so I began to read it.
Dear Mitsuki:
I'm sorry I had to leave, but I never regretted meeting you. You really are the cutest girl I 've ever met in my whole life; I really don't have confidence to walk on without you, I couldn't imagine life without you by my side. I suppose we all have to carry on our very own journey, even though it might be hard but I will always stay by your side. You still remember the Music Box? When I left I told you that was the symbol of our friendship, but I never told you that it's also a symbols of love too. I do not know when you will realized my feelings about you, so now I am just writing a letter to tell you how I really feel about you...
I stopped for a moment. I looked at Rika right into her eye, she pointed at the letter to show she wants me to read on, but then I asked her:
" Di-did you read this?"
" No." Rika answered in a soft tone.
" Would you like to hear?"
" You don't have to you if you don't want to."
" No, I want to share, with you." I began to read out where I got to before.
" This may sound strange but every time you smile, I want to smile with you. When you cry, I want to comfort you. And if you're sick, I want to look after you. If you are in trouble, I want to be the first to help you. All these make me a " Wanna Be". You are in my dreams, my tears and my heart; I' ve always wanted you to notice me. Of course I don't know what you are thinking, but this is how I feel. I've tried to write a poem, and I've tried to write a song, but I've decided to stick with a letter. I don't even know if you are going to read this and I don't know what will happen next, but Mitsuki... I-I love you.
Love Yuki "
By the time I finished it I've tears all over my face, my dark brown hair covered up the whole of my face and all you can see is the painful tears slowly drops on to the letter from Yuki that I was holding.
" Mitsuki." Rika gave me a great big hug, crying with me on my shoulder.
When I got home, grandpa was fast asleep on the sofa, I randomly picked up blanket and cover him up then I walked into my bedroom. I got out the Music Box that Yuki gave me; I putted it on the table and pressed the button on the side. The Music Box played out me and Yuki's favorite song " ETERNAL SNOW", I laid next to the music box and watched the two little dancer made out of crystals and I though: " Does these two little dancers, a boy and a girl ballet dancer represent me and Yuki? If it does they will be together forever, right? Never spilt up..." It even hurts so deeply inside just thinking of the letter and the pass of Yuki and me once again I am down crying over Yuki, it really does hurt, really does...
" Mitsuki? Mitsuki?"
" Yes grandpa, what is the matter?" I wiped my face so hard with my hands, and acted strong in front of grandpa.
" Are you ok honey?"
" Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
" Well, somebody is on the phone, waiting to talk to you downstairs."
" Ok, I will be right down." I quickly put the letter underneath the Music Box and putted both of them away, and ran down stairs for the phone.
" Hello?"
" Hi Mitsuki, it's Rika."
" Hey Rika."
" Are you ok now? You feeling better?"
" Yeah, I'm fine thx."
" Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then."
" Em...Rika."
" Yes?"
" There's something I want you to beware of."
" What is it?"
" Please don't tell Takuto about the letter and what happened today, ok?"
" Why?"
" Because I don't want him to worry."
" Em...fine I'll make sure I don't tell Takuto."
" K thanks."
" No problem, bye."
" Bye."
I really didn't want Takuto to know about this, he can be such an annoyer sometimes if I told him what happened that day, he'll just goes nuts, so now I'm trusting Rika. What's happened between Yuki and me it's a secret, it's always has been, and it always will be.