yo I'm back with some good stuff~~ sorry for the wait, exams and friends took all my time away.
Of course Kyoko had guessed it was Akane that was hurting Akari. After all Kyoko had seen her room and let's just say it was disturbing to say the least. She felt so stupid. How could she not put two and two together?! The guilt she felt from not investigating further was making her mad. She really was going to kill Akane. Just knowing someone dirtied her precious friend like that made all that rage and resentment for her mother coming out in sheer wrath.
Akari previously completly frozen from the shock of knowing someone had discovered her secret was starting recovering. She was still shook from such words coming from Kyoko, she was being quite out of character. Well she had to calm the blonde's fury down or something regrettable could happen. Though she had to maneuver smartly or the worst could happen. Indeed telling her friend to calm down and that she was fine would be a dumb move. Kyoko had every right to be angry as what Akane did wasn't okay at all. Akari was enraged herself too. But giving into wrath now would unbelievably stupid.
What they had to do was think the Akane issue with a cold head. After all if they attacked Akane now with no plan there would be a fat chance that she could fight back. Then if it was the case, Akane would inflict an awful vengeance upon them and they would probably be reduce to naught by her infinite cruelty. This idea made Akari shiver in fear. So that's why Akari thought every single word carefully.
" I agree Kyoko, what she's putting me through needs to stop. But we must not underestimate her. She's quite intelligent and doesn't mind having to get her hands dirty in the least."
Akari took a deep breath, and stared straight into the blonde's eyes. Her violet eyes were sad yet determined. Akari was done being the gullible little girl, the spineless victim, the depressed liar, she was going to change totally and become strong. Noticing she had her friend's utter attention she pursued.
"We must not let our feelings get the better of us at any cost. I have to form a plan that treats every aspect of the matter, an organized plan that will make Akane fall. But no matter what we must not let her know about it. If she has even the litllest suspiscion about this it will be the end of us."
Seeing Kyoko's questioning stare she paused.
"Do you have any question?"
The blonde had been intrigued by Akari's unusual tone but they were not in a conventional situation after all. Anyway she had a few interrogations about this plan.
"Don't get me wrong I wanna see Akane fall too but I need to make sure of a few things first."
"Okay."
"Why don't we denounce her to the police? Even if I want to crush her myself it might be too dangerous as you said before because Akane is a psychopath."
Akari considered it before answering.
" There are a few issues with that...First we have no guarantee she'll be judged guilty and put behind bars. Second even if she was judged guilty jail is too sweet for that monster. Third, an investigation will take time and she might run away from the police and come back later to avenge. And lastly I'm so done being a pathetic victim. I want to become strong and beat her myself, which is why the first step of my plan is to become stronger."
"Your plan?"
Akari noticing she was still in Kyoko's arms got away from her, and with an indifferent voice said.
"Yes my plan. Kyoko I'm sorry you discovered my secret but you don't need to pity me. I don't need you to avenge me."
Kyoko didn't like the way things were going. Akari was trying to push her away and take down Akane by herself. The redhead's dumb behaviour was making her blood boil. She wasn't going to be forgotten by the redhead.
"I'm not pitying you, I want to help you that's all. You know being strong means also getting help when you need it. And I'm quite sure you don't stand a chance against your monster of a sister by yourself. For example let's admit you kill her thanks to your all mighty plan, what will you do with the body? Will you carry it out by yourself? And what will you do in the meantime, during the elaboration of your plan ? Will you stay in your house ? Will you keep putting up with the abuse until you figure your plan out!?"
At this point, Kyoko was yelling. Indeed someone she loved wanted to forget about her and shut her off, again... She wasn't going to let that slide like she did with her mother. She was needed, wasn't she? Kyoko took large steps towards Akari's location until she was nose to nose with the redhead.
"Admit it! You need me Akari! I'll let you stay at my place, I'll help you get stronger, I'll even kill Akane for you. Yes! As I said before whether you want it or not I'll be there!"
Akari was sent into another state of shock. You could read in her eyes that she was elsewhere. She didn't know if she was happy or ennerved by her friend's insistance. If she truly wanted to be past her mask and redifine herself shouldn't she cut off everything that was related to little girl Akari? Though her love for her childhood friends is the only genuine thing she shared with her act. She could see that there was something more to Kyoko's insistance than worry and love for her but decided not to investigate it futher for now.
Kyoko was right. Akari wouldn't waste her life just to take down Akane, that would be synonym to letting that psycho win. She could trust Kyoko to help her annihilate Akane without getting caught. Yes the first step in redifining herself wouldn't be vengeance. It was going to be trusting her friend and stop shutting her true self off from the world.
By now, Kyoko had started shaking her to get her to answer her. The blonde needed Akari to react right now or she'll lose it. Akari came back to her senses after that little inner debate. She put her hand on Kyoko's cheek and brushed a loose strand of blond hair.
" Yes I need you Kyoko and I'll take gratefully all the help I can get from you."
And it was the sincere glow of Akari's nice lillac eyes and that smile that Kyoko had never seen her sporting before that lighed up something inside the blonde. It made her heart beat just a tiny bit faster. She didn't know what was overtaking her but she could feel herself slowly lean in.
DING DONG
The bell signaling the end of lunch break rung. Akari, oblivious to Kyoko's action stepped back and took both her and her friend's bag. She gave Kyoko her bag before saying as they were both exiting the club.
"I'll sleep over at your place tonigh, there we can pursue our talk."
Kyoko nodded still lost in her thoughts as to what she was feeling.
"Of course no one must know about our little plan, not Yui nor Chinatsu. No one."
"I understand Akari, it'll be our secret."
They almost reached the redhead's class.
"Well see you Kyoko."
Said the girl before entering her class. The blonde was dumbfounded at her friend's new behaviour. She could tell something had just fondamentally changed, plus she was already impressed by Akari's strengh putting up with the abuse and desiring revenge, not letting her situation bring her down too much, even elaboring future plans to address the matter.
As she climbed up the stairs going to her class Kyoko decided to stop her fantasy about not being boring. She didn't need to anymore, after all Akari needed her and she would do anything not to let her down. This new resolve came to her as she sat down in her chair. Class would start anytime by now.
Classes were finally finished. The afternoon was well advanced as the four girls were dozing off in the Amusement club. It was getting late so they started packing their stuff. This day was getting weirder and weirder for Kyoko. Sure she managed to fix her problem, she wasn't obssessed with being boring anymore. However the atmosphere between her and Yui was somewhat still strange from that fight they had and she was noticing it only now. Moreover Chinatsu was being even more clingy and possessive and wouldn't leave Yui alone.
Akari was alledgedly presenceless again but she could see her change in personality, her cold calculating eyes and her non-existant smile were making her incomfortable because she wasn't used to this behaviour from her sweet friend. There was that strange encounter from earlier with Ayano too. She could also feel a change in herself, she wasn't being overly immature as usual, no crazy ideas or games coming from her mind. She was at a loss. Everything, everyone was suddenly changing.
It was going a bit fast for her. However as the four friends parted in an uncanny way, the twilight atmosphere mesmerising, Chinatsu and Yui going one way and Akari and Kyoko going the other and as Akari threw her an enigmatic complice smile with her pretty lillac eyes studying her intensly under the setting sun she made another big decision:
She was going to stop forcing herself to be the goofy selfish girl she had been since the start of middle school. Yes she was going to fully embrace change and throw herself with no regrets into the mad turn her life was taking.
