Hi everyone, it's been a long time! Sorry if I didn't post for a while, I was busy with school and on some book's project. Anyway, I decided to at least finish this story, I hope you're not mad at me for my long absence.
Feeling the wind in her long hair, Isuke readjusted her sunglasses, before turning at the next intersection. Since one week now, she had her driver's license. To celebrate that, her parents bought her a car, a light grey cabriolet.
It's been a while since Isuke saw Haruki. The last time she saw the redhead was where she gave her a manicure. While she remembered this memory, Isuke looked at her nails. She polished them red recently, a red that's really similar to Haruki's hair color. The pink haired girl was still pretending it was only a coincidence, that it had nothing to do with Haruki.
Even so, every time Isuke thought about the redhead, she couldn't stop her heart from beating faster. The pink haired girl couldn't accept those feelings. She tried so hard to repress them, in vain.
"Why such an inelegant peasant like her makes Isuke feels like that? How this commoner could have such an impact on me?" Isuke thought, frustrated and confused.
She couldn't understand why she had those kinds of feelings for Haruki. The redhead was absolutely not her kind of girls. She was in fact similar to Isuke's kind of guy, which is blue-collar worker. The pink haired girl never found attractive a tomboyish girl until now, Haruki was the first one.
When she first met her at Myojo Academy, Isuke hated her. She disliked the fact that Haruki was the opposite of her. The redhead was so selfless, optimist, empathic and kind, the contrary of Isuke. This is why the pink haired girl usually loathed poor people. She despised their kindness and honesty. Without money, they usually learned to enjoy life differently than wealthy people, they developed values that Isuke couldn't understand, and she hated it.
But her opinion about Haruki changed. Isuke discovered that despite their differences, the redhead and her were also pretty similar. They are both ready to do anything in order to help their relatives, the value of family is important for both of them. Isuke couldn't accept this similitude first, she tried to despise Haruki during Black Class, but deep down, she couldn't hate her anymore. She even developed some kind of respect for Haruki.
Even if she was disappointed when the redhead was eliminated during Black Class, Isuke was also relieved. The pink haired girl thought her absence would lessen her feelings for Haruki, she couldn't except to meet her again. Their reunion revived Isuke's feelings. Even if they didn't see each other a lot recently, it was enough to confuse the pink haired girl's heart.
Still in her car, Isuke decided to take a shortcut. She knew at which school Haruki was attending. It's not like she wanted to talk with her, just see her from afar was enough. Arrived at the school, the pink haired girl parked her car apart. She didn't want someone, especially Haruki, to see her.
Isuke felt an intense frustration when she was Haruki exited the school. It wasn't because of the redhead, but because of the people who was following her. A group of students, probably some of her classmates, were talking with Haruki, laughing with her. The majority of them were girls around Haruki's age, but some of them were younger boys. They were looking at the redhead with admiration into their eyes, and some of them even seem to like her more than just a simple friend.
The pink haired girl couldn't determinate if it was jealousy. She wasn't sure if what she just saw make her sad or angry, but she knew what it means. Haruki was such a nice girl, it was normal that people would easily fall in love with her. It shouldn't be a surprise that she's so much popular, especially around girls and young boys. Her tomboyish attitude combined with her somewhat feminine look made her attractive toward them, and she kind of have the senpai's or onee-chan's vibe.
Isuke knew that Haruki could find someone who was more adequate for her, a selfless idiot just like her. The pink haired girl wasn't ashamed of whom she was, but she highly doubted she could be the good person for her. Looking away, Isuke restarted her car, before receded from Haruki's school.
"Anyway, such a stupid peasant isn't worthy of Isuke's attention." She thought, while wiping a tear that was rolling on her cheek.
Sitting at the table into the kitchen in her house, Isuke was looking her breakfast, without appetite. The pink haired girl barely slept last night, too troubled by the recent events.
"You look tired, is something wrong?" asked a masculine voice.
Isuke's mother entered into the kitchen, before sitting next to his daughter.
"Nothing important mama, it's just…it's something stupid, no need for you to worry." Isuke replied.
She didn't want to bother her mother with a trivial matter such as love. At least, it was how the pink haired girl considered her feelings toward Haruki. She still didn't fully accept how she felt about the redhead.
"What kind of mother I would be if I can't see when my daughter is disturbed?" He said, while looking Isuke into her eyes. "I know how to recognize a girl in love when I see one."
Isuke immediately felt that her heart was racing and her face suddenly became hotter. She noticed that her mother began to smile warmly.
"It's so unlike you to blush like that, I would even say it's cute," Eisuke began to say. "So, what is it this time? A guy, or a girl?"
The pink haired girl didn't appreciate to be called "cute", her parents were the only ones who could and stay alive after. Even if she didn't first feel comfortable to talk about that with her mother, Isuke was now more willing to confess what she had in her mind.
"It's a girl, but she has nothing in common with those I had date." Isuke replied. "She's…really poor, ungraceful, tomboyish, a real commoner! She's enough stupid to risk her own life for others, such selflessness disgust me."
While saying this, Isuke briefly looked at her nails painted in red. Suddenly, Eisuke began to laugh for few seconds.
"What's so funny, mama?" Isuke asked, a little bit bothered.
"Nothing, I just appreciated the way you were smiling while talking about this girl."
The pink haired girl was shocked. She was smiling? She didn't even notice it! Isuke didn't feel like her facial expression changed when she was talking about Haruki, but she didn't think her mother would lie to her.
"E-Even so, it doesn't matter! We're too different, this relation is destined to fail."
"Aren't you familiar with the concept of Opposites attract?" Eisuke asked.
"What about Birds of a feather flock together?"
Her mother took a few seconds before answering.
"I think both of them are true." He finally replied.
"How they could be true at the same time? Those proverbs are the exact opposite!" Isuke protested.
"It depends of which things you're similar and those that you're different. I personally think that people with opposite personality and similar values and tastes make the best couples. They complete each other and can enjoy their time together."
The pink haired girl thought about what her mother told her. It was true that Haruki and her had opposite personality. But what about their values and tastes? Except their loyalty for their respective family, do they have other similarity? For their tastes, they both liked fashion, even if they didn't have the same style. Is it enough to be called similar? Isuke doubted it, but she couldn't deny that she had some feelings for the redhead.
"It's like me and your father. We are different on some points, but similar on others. This is why our relation works for such a long time. I love him, but it wasn't love at first sight that brought us together. Never forget that true love isn't something you should search for, it's not something you can find. You have to build it."
Isuke understood what it means. Maybe she should give it a shot and try. Who knows, maybe the pink haired girl will discovered that she had more in common with Haruki that she thought.
"She has a big family, and like I said she's poor, she needs to work a lot to support her family. How could she have time for romance?" Isuke said.
"Well, if the feeling is mutual from her, I'm sure she will find some time for you, even if it's not a lot. It's not like she would have to take care of her family all her life, doesn't she?"
Haruki was working in order to help her younger siblings, of course one day they will be enough old to take care of themselves, especially if they went to school. The redhead's mother would probably the only one Haruki will have to take care all her lifespan, but she will eventually die.
"Isuke could just kill them all, they won't be a nuisance anymore."
"…I don't think killing her family will be the best way to start a relationship with her." Eisuke said.
"Why not? This is how you start our relation…ah, don't look at me like that, I was only joking!"
Isuke finished her breakfast, before standing up to take her bag.
"Thanks for your advices mama, Isuke will leave now! I need to make Haruki mine before that one of her groupies get a grasp on her!"
Tsundere Isuke is the best Isuke.
I recently rewatch Akuma no Riddle with my younger sister. I'll probably read with her the manga, because she can't read english. This is probably why I remembers this fanfic, because before that I kind of lost interest in AnR, sorry. Also, they have new chapters of the manga that came out, it revived my interest.
I want to continue writing fanfictions, but maybe on another series. You can check on my profile my ships and current obsessions, if you have requests.
