Chapter 4. Yeay!

After school

After the lessons finished, the students went home - except, Riku. She decided to walk in the city before she went home.

 A1's POV 

Riku walked in the nice weather of Rustboro City. She didn't have anything to do at home, so she decided to take a walk. She walked around the city and then, suddenly, she stopped.

Steven. He was there, with an upperclassman. What was her name again? Oh, Cynthia. They were laughing and eating together. All in all, they looked so happy together.

Riku just watched them talking and laughing together. She didn't know why, but her heart ached at the sight of them and why did she feel like crying, there, on that spot? She never saw her childhood friend laughing so freely like that, though she sees him smiling almost every day.

She turned away and decided that her walk was over, and also her day. Then, after she walked some few minutes, she bumped into somebody.

"Hey, watch where you're going! Oh, Riku. Hi, what're you doing here?" It was Seth, Karen's boyfriend-to-be.

"I was taking a walk and now I feel like going home." she snapped at him. Why was she feeling so angry suddenly?

"Whoa, what happened? Are you alright?"

"What do you mean? I'm al-" She couldn't finish her sentence. She realized she was already crying. She quickly hid her tears with her hands.

Seth sighed and patted her on the head.

Steven ran and ran, looking for a certain somebody. He thought he saw her. He ignored everybody who was looking at him. It's not like they were fighting or anything, but he was just concerned somehow. He had this feeling that she was sad.

Then he saw her hair and he ran to fully look at her. Then he stopped abruptly. She was… crying. And in front of another guy!

What was she crying about? Did that guy made her cry? (A/N1: he couldn't see the guy's face clearly because the guy was looking at Riku and patting her)

Just so you know

This feeling's taking control of me

And I can't help it

Thought you should know

I've tried my best to let go of you

But I don't want to

I just gotta say it all before I go

Just so you know...

Suddenly he felt angry at anybody who made her cry, including himself. But now, he just needed to make her stop crying.

He walked quickly towards her. The guy felt him coming and stopped patting her and looked up. His face could be clearly seen now. It was one of her friends, Seth, if he wasn't wrong.

After he reached her, he wrapped an arm around her from the back and said to Seth, "Hey, what did you do to her?! She's mine! Don't you dare do anything to her!"

"Hey, for your information, I did nothing to her! And I already have Karen! (A/N1: he didn't blush, to our amazements) I would never be interested in this little pipsqueak! She just bumped to me here and all of a sudden she started crying! What can I do about it?!"

Steven, for once in his life, couldn't answer back. He, too, did not know why Riku cried so suddenly. Seth sighed again. They were going nowhere. Might as well leave them alone, he thought and left.

Steven, after Seth had left, turned his attention back to Riku. She was still sobbing / crying. His heart softened at once, and then he asked softly, "Riku, why are you crying?" But Riku she just shook her head. "I-I don't know… I just felt so hurt and started crying before I realized it."

Then Steven wrapped his arms around her, soothing her. His heart was a bit hurt. She was sad and he couldn't do anything about it. Then he took her home and thought of it along the way to his house. The next day wasn't as bad as he thought. Riku was okay and she looked like usual. It made him happy and more relaxed. (A/N1: this paragraph was written by A2, so don't misunderstand)

A/N 2: Hmmm.., this chapter is quite short-shorter than the others...