Our Story
one.
I toss and turn all night, my mind flashing back to Len. Len who was the once cheerful, cute boy who made me feel as if there was something more to this world than just money and everything and anything bad. Len who taught me how to fish, who taught me how to choose the bigger red bean bun so I can spare more money for the arcade, who taught me how to swim, and the Len who saved me from the sheltered, caged up life I had. I remember back to the night at the beach, how he tasted against my lips. I shake my head, forcing out the memories. For my own good, I need to forget about him.
I sniffed and snuggled into my pillow. No, I tell myself, I will not cry for him.
Just like that, I slept through the night, with the smell of Len flooding the whole room.
two.
"Miku, are you paying attention?" Rinta asks as I take another mouthful of my bread.
"Huh – I mean, yes! Of course I am." I say nervously.
Rinta's looks at me pointedly and sighs. "What's wrong with you today? You look jumpy."
"Jumpy? I'm not jumpy, Rinta."
"Yeah you are," He replies and leans down against the railing, we're not supposed to be on the rooftop in the afternoon but both of us agreed on that the rooftop was the quietest place in the whole school. "Did something happen between you and Len yesterday?"
"What?" My cheek immediately flares up at the mention of his name and I shake my head, but I reacted too quickly.
"Something definitely happened between you two."
"No!" I protest and Rinta gives me a pouted look and fake-strangles me.
"Tell me, before I tickle your sides!" He threatens jokingly.
"Rinta, nothing happened," I giggle and squeal from his assaults to my sides.
"Looks like you're having fun," a voice pokes up from the rooftop door.
I twist my head to the side and see him. My breathe hitches and Rinta lets me go. Len strides towards us and my eyes unwilling travels down from his face to his body. I compare him with his younger version. His hair grew a little longer, tight up with a green rubber band and he has a perfectly sculpted jaw line. Beneath he wears a white shirt and pleated long shorts. I can see the hard lines of muscles occasionally as the wind sent his shirt flying up and I blush again. "Hi Miku."
His warm voice catches me off guard and I will myself to say something. "Hi." I croak and Rinta looks at me and then back at him with a questioning look.
"Hey, I'm alive too," Rinta says jokingly but I can hear the pain evident in his voice. "Hi Len, no time no see. I'm glad you're doing well."
Len brushes him off to the side and cups my face; he brushes his lips, once, twice, against mine and smirks in the direction of Rinta. "Thanks, and I'll appreciate it if you don't touch my girlfriend too much.
Rinta looks at us, and I catch the slightest hint of something dark in his eyes. He regains his smile and look at me, "You guys are dating? You didn't tell me, Miku. Aren't I your best friend?" He takes in a shaky laughter.
"We aren't-"
"Oh, I just asked her yesterday, maybe that's why she didn't remember. But well, you know now." Len replies smoothly and drapes a hand around my shoulder, pulling my closer. He kisses my cheek affectionately and Rinta clenches his jaw.
"I gotta go, Miku. I remembered that teacher wanted me for something." Rinta smiles painfully at me and gets up to his feet. "Have fun with Len."
"Rinta, wait-" I try to stand up but Len pushes me down.
"Thanks Rinta, we will." Len smiles. Rinta clenches his fist together and swallows hardly. With a tilt of his head he walks to the rooftop and slams the door shut.
"Why did you do that for?" I hiss at Len and he looks at me haughtily.
"I thought you wanted him to stop tickling you, I was just helping you." Len tucks a hair into my ear. "Besides, you're mine. Not his. He shouldn't touch you like that."
"I'm not anyone's." I snap back and he smirks.
"Say whatever you want."
"What are you doing here anyways?" I say.
"Just to find you, the teacher said you would bring me around the school for a tour, since you're the class president after all."
I sigh and scratch my neck, "Why would I do that?"
"You-"
Before he can say anything I stop him, "I won't do anything for you. At least I'm not doing anything sexually for you."
"Ah. So you're saying you would do something sexually with me if you were willing?" He chuckles.
"No," I say, my brows furrowing, "anyways, if I wanted to do anything sexually with you I have to fall in love with you first."
"I think you already do."
"Who said I do?"
"Then I guess I have to make you fall in love with me then, Miku." He smiles one of his smiles that makes my heart flutter indignantly, it's one of those where I believe everything with Len can be alright again, one where I think I can finally trust him and quite possibly fall in love with him. "Look, I'm sorry."
I snap my head to look at his face. "What?" I ask silently and he leans his face to rest and his arm. His face is red and I think to myself, Len is blushing.
He never does that. Before I can stop myself, I try to touch his red face and he jerks at my touch. "Miku, I know you won't forgive me so easily, I just..." His voice trails off, closing his eyes at my touch. He leans in more closer. "You won't believe me, I know. I fell in love with you the first time I met you."
My face turns as red as his and he opens his eyes again, "Wounds do heal but the scars are there for life. And I know what I asked you did yesterday did hurt you. I'm sorry. I love you."
His confession makes my head dizzy and I retract my hand back. "I can't." I say.
I stand up, tears threatening to fall. To me, Len is someone who can turn into a monster and into an angel. What if I said yes to his confession? Would he break my heart again? Will he make me do something I didn't like? How did yesterday change my whole entire view of him? If he confessed to me without doing something yesterday would I had said yes?
"Miku?" He asks and I turn around, running to the door. I take two steps at a time and my neck chokes with the 'yes' I wanted to say to him.
I would have said yes.
I would have let him break me again.
And I'm afraid I would go back to him when he breaks my heart over and over again.
Welp end of chapter three. I hoped you like this chapter. Obviously I have something planned out more for the relationship of Miku and Rinta. And well also Miku and Len but don't bring your hopes up just too soon. And by the way, who those who're thinking how I got from third POV to first POV, I just got frustrated from both writing Len and Miku's feeling and I wanted Len's plan about apologising to Miku to not be revealed to you guys. And well, whether or not he meant it, you guys just have to continue on reading~ I feel like this is a filter chapter but mehhhhhhhhh. Thanks for all the reviews, and ;u; thanks for supporting 'Our Story'. Look out for the next chapter~ 3
Preview for Chapter 4.
"What happened between you and Len?"
"Nothing Rinta."
"Why is it always him? Why can't it be me, I love you too Miku!"
"Don't follow Len too close, he's a weird child."
"No he's not, Mum."
"He has something up his sleeves, his father and yours something happened between them."
"What?"
