The Never Ending Wisdom
Chapter 4
Title: Flower
Theme: Because at the end of the day, she's still a girl
Every day they fought till their breaths became huffs but it was a normal routine for them. Even though they try to tear each others' throats, they still end up laughing afterwards, forgetting the problem they had entirely.
However, the boy didn't realize, one push was more than enough to overflow the water in a bucket.
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"Why can't you just cook right?"
"Well, I'M SO SORRY MR. I'M-SO-GREAT. It was just a little mistake on my par—"
"LITTLE MISTAKE? AND IT WAS THIS LITTLE MISTAKE THAT BURNED THE WHOLE KITCHEN!"
"Now you're exaggerating, it was just this pa-"
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT...THE POINT IS THAT YOU ALMOST STARTED A FIRE!"
-Tears welled up in her eyes-
"WELL I SAID I'M SORRY DIDN'T I?"
-He gave an angry grunt-
"Really, sometimes I wish it was Akira here..."
"..."
"..."
She left; he stayed there, unwilling to move.
He thought this would be just any other fights they had for the past years they have been living, and they always end up apologizing to each other anyway, so there's no rush to doing it right now, besides, he's quite annoyed too.
But little did he know what effect it would bring to their relationship.
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Morning came...
Kanata woke up from his frightening dream, where he dreamt of Miyu leaving him. Cold sweats run down on his back as he tried to calm his breaths.
It wouldn't happen right? I mean, it's Miyu. She won't be that mad at me much to leave me right? Right?
Just thinking of the word ´leaving', Kanata felt anxiousness he never felt before. He chuckled, an unsure one, trying to reassure himself that his dream wouldn't come true at all. Not now, not when they were getting to know each other more.
Feeling his thoughts drifting towards her, he shook his head.
He stood up, stretching afterwards, loving the rays of the sun passing through the windows of his room.
After a while, he exited from his room just to find out that his blonde companion was missing. He looked in her room, in the living room, kitchen and even in the bathroom, but he knocked first of course, only to realize that she was already gone, not gone gone, as in gone to school. But still, it made him frowned.
Could she still be mad at him from yesterday? Well, now that he thinks of it, he maybe have gone a little bit far saying he wished that Akira was in Miyu's place instead.
Sighing, he made up his mind, he'll just apologize to her later, right now, he's going to prepare.
But he couldn't deny the fact that the feeling of loneliness for all the time he was alone appeared again.
Soon, he would leave the temple in eerie silence.
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Kanata cursed silently.
So she still mad at him. Not just mad, as in MAD MAD. She doesn't take notice of him, even how many teases he launched at her. She doesn't come near him, even when his friends do but most importantly she doesn't give him the 'annoyed glare' or a scowl. She just looks at him with empty eyes, and it scared him, it scared him too much that he remembered his dream.
So the plan to apologize to her at school failed.
At home, I will...
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"Neh, Kanata? Another fight with Miyu?" his best friend asked him.
"..."
"Kanata?"
"..."
"...OI KANATA!"
That woke him up from his day dreaming. "Wha-?"
"Jeez, Kanata, I've been talking to you some time now and you weren't even listening!"
It's the truth. Kanata has always been half-heartedly listening to Santa when he's talking to him. After all, Santa has only a few topics in him, Cactus man, Akane, and Tofu man.
"What were you saying anyway?"
"I was asking you...if you had another fight with Miyu...you know..cause you're on it again..the-I-am-not-gonna-speak-to-you-unless-you-apologize-first"
"...I guess" He muttered.
Santa looked at his friend worriedly. Truth to be told, he noticed that the way the two acted this morning is quite different. Instead of assaulting insults to each other, they remedied with pure silence, as in COLD SILENCE.
"I think..." Kanata started.."I think I may have gone a little too far yesterday"
"Watcha mean by that?" Santa asked, quite confused.
"Well, it all started when I came home..."
Kanata told his friend what happened that night. He went home late due to meeting in the school, but upon arriving; he noticed that there was a black smoke steaming around from the kitchen. Dread filled his bones. He run hurriedly towards the source and found out that the corner of the temple where the stove was was being burned. Wasting no time, he immediately grabbed buckets of water to stop the fire. After that, he and his blonde companion had a talk.
"Why can't you just cook right?"
"Well, I'M SO SORRY MR. I'M-SO-GREAT. It was just a little mistake on my par—"
"LITTLE MISTAKE? AND IT WAS THIS LITTLE MISTAKE THAT BURNED THE WHOLE KITCHEN!"
"Now you're exaggerating, it was just this pa-"
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT...THE POINT IS THAT YOU ALMOST STARTED A FIRE!"
-Tears welled up in her eyes-
"WELL I SAID I'M SORRY DIDN'T I?"
-He gave an angry grunt-
"Really, sometimes I wish it was Akira here..."
"..."
"..."
Santa's eyes became wide as saucers.
"I didn't know what came to me. I was—was just annoyed that time"
After some moment of silence, Santa spoke. "Man, you really have gone too far"
Kanata looked bewildered "You think so?"
"Yah! I mean come on man, saying that is just—just- I don't know,,cruel?"
"But it's just Miyu, I didn't know she would take that seriously" he exclaimed.
"Of course she would! It's just like saying "You know what! I don't want you here"" Santa replied adding more guilt to Kanata.
"But I didn't mean that...it's just Miyu.."
Santa looked at him with pure annoyance. "She's still a girl you know?"
"And I suppose you would know how a girl thinks, huh, Santa?"
"Of course I would! Akane! remember!"
"Akane and Miyu are different" Kanata muttered softly.
"In personality yes, but Kanata, you really should realize that at the end of the day, Miyu's still a girl. Treat her one even once in awhile Kanata"
Miyu's still a girl
"Kanata?"
"Damn!" Miyu's still a girl.
"Yoh! Are you alright?" Santa asked worriedly. Maybe he may have gone a little bit far saying those things to his friend. But it must done.
"I'm fine...I'm going" Kanata said, leaving Santa behind.
Miyu's still a girl. I KNOW. But she's different right? She's Miyu. She's not easily hurt like that. She's strong, understanding, well, not really, but she's Miyu. She's not like any other girl.
He brought his right hand to his hair, messing it a bit. I guess I should really apologize, huh.
To be continued...
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