Chapter Two: One Step Closer

NORMAL POV

Aira was fast asleep, while her friends and family (including the president and Jun and Sonata) waited for her to wake. All of a sudden someone was saying "I'm sorry" and like a broken record, it was said over and over again by the red head. At that moment Aira's eyes shot open with sweat dripping down her forehead, "It was only a nightmare" she thought "No, it was a memory of her past"

"Aira!" a 6 year old girl turned around trying to find the source that had called out her name, "Sho-san" she said back to him with a smile "What's up?" "Nothing much, just wanted to see your face and hear your voice" he said with a playboy smile. "Hey, wanna hear the new song I wrote?" (Again with the warning from the top) "Sure" he replied and sat down immediately.

Aira began singing (Road Between by Lucy Hale)

After that song she heard Sho clapping and she blushed almost immediately. "It was amazing!" Was all Sho said as they walked back to her bakery house.

A few years later (she was 12 and he was 15)

"Sho, I got another song" Aira told him, "Sorry, I'm not interested" Sho replied with a cold voice. Aira just stood there shocked, no expression but shocked. "What did I do" She asked him, tears threatened to fall. Nothing, he said nothing. "STUPID STUPID I HATE YOU" she yelled as she threw her love letter at him which she was going to give him after singing the song for him, and she ran away.

Aira realised she was spacing out and sat up to look around who was in the room, where she was and wanting to know why she was there. "Are you okay, after the show you collapsed crying and you used magic to cover up scars" Rhythm asked but before Aira could say anything, she looked at Sho, the reason for these scars was because of him.

Aira POV

"I'm fine" I said to Rhythm, before standing up and using magic to get dressed because I hated the way the hospital cloth rubbed on my skin. I wore a black lacey crop top, an extremely mini black lacey mini skirt with a rose on her left hip, thigh high fishnets with black ankle boots.

Normal POV

Sho just looked at how sexy Aira looked, "She has definitely changed" Mion whispered. "I'm leaving" Aira said and off she went.

"Sho" Aira's mother said, "you saw her having a nightmare, what do you think she had it of" everyone looked at her "Do you still have that letter Sho, do you remember that day or did you chose to forget while Aira … Aira delt with the plain by herself." And with that Aira's mother left to prepare the bakery with the rest of the family following her.

Sho POV

As soon as she said that, my memory began to unravel itself and I remembered everything. "Why" I said out loud accidently, "why can I only remember now?" I questioned. I felt everyone's eyes on me but before they could say anything I heard it, one of the songs Aira and I used to duet. I followed the sound not caring if anyone followed me and I began to sing along.

747 by Lady Antebellum

As the song finished, I saw her walking towards me but something was different, it wasn't only her eyes that were dark. Her hair had turned ink black and I could feel it, the pain, the sadness, the anger and the hate. It was emitting out of her hair and eyes and it was then when I realised how much I had actually hurt her. "No you don't" Aira said in a cold emotionless voice. "Had she read my mind?" I thought and almost instantly she replied "yes", "yes I can Sho but your too full of yourself if you think that you know the pain I went through." She took in a breath before continuing "As soon as I threw the letter at you, the bullying started, not your average bullying. They would handcuff my hands around a tree and start cutting my skin, whipping me and burning me. Torturing me in many ways but at least they didn't take my first kiss or chastity" Aira spat out and I was left in shock, "I'm sorry, so sorry" I barely managed to whisper and I could feel tears glaze over my eyes "I don't want YOUR pity now Mr Playboy "I heard her say and my heart began to shatter and it was painful. "The reason why I rejected you was to protect you, I thought you would be bullied if I had an connection to you" but I was cut off with a slap to the face "Don't so full of yourself" she replied "your lying to me" and off she went. The one I loved and still love walked away but my memory went to the scars when I had caught her. "It was because of me" I said before my teammates and hers came out of the bushes to support my now trembling body.