Chapter 9

"Hazel! You won't believe this!" cried Azure, rushing into Hazel's flat. Azure had a key to the flat ever since Hazel had moved from her house to this flat. She called it becoming independent. Azure secretly thought she just wanted more privacy from her family and a lot more freedom.

Hazel was startled at Azure's voice and almost dropped the toast she was having for breakfast. It was the weekend, which meant she could have a proper breakfast instead of gobbling down coffee and rushing to college and work.

"I. GOT. A. SCHOLARSHIP. IN LONDON.!" Azure announced, waltzing into the kitchen.

"Oh my god. Wow. WOW. Azzzie, WOW." Hazel congratulated her, " When did you find out?"

"Just now! The college emailed me, I can't believe it, a full-paid scholarship. This is crazy" said Azure. Hazel nodded her agreement, abandoning her breakfast to hug Azure.

"Term starts in September. Hazel, I have like, a month to prepare. I don't even know what I'm going to do" Azure started to get frantic.

"Wait, you ARE going right?" asked Hazel.

"Yeah, I'd be a fool to turn this down. A scholarship is an achievement for me, I'm definitely taking it. I'm just not sure… I mean, it'll mean moving away from you all, my family, Kyouya…" she trailed off thoughtfully.

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A week later, Hazel thought she might be experiencing déjà vu when Azure rushed into her flat yet again. Only, this time, she wasn't smiling. In fact, she looked close to tears.

"What? What happened?" cried Hazel, rushing over.

"Nothing, Nothing, Kyouya…he…." whispered Azure, struggling to compose herself.

Hazel waited impatiently for Azure to speak. Clutching a glass of water, Azure finally spoke.

"It was horrible. We had a fight. I was telling him about the scholarship in UK, and I was worried about it affecting our relationship, you know, and he just lost it. That selfish, egoistical "thing" thinks he's always right." said Azure, recounting what had happened earlier that evening.

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"Kyouya, I know this is hard, but we'll work things out. A long-distance relationship isn't that bad is it? It's not like I'm never coming back" she had said, trying to reassure him.

He seemed unhappy about her having to move. But there was something else under all that, something Azure couldn't place a finger upon. Why was he being so difficult?

The fight had escalated, with Azure losing her temper and unleashing her anger at him. " You are a WORKAHOLIC! You could NEVER make time for me. ADMIT it, I am never a priority for you. I am always this thing in the background, which you could play with when you were bored, but dumped away as soon as something more important, like "WORK", came up" she stormed.

Kyouya's glare would have boiled water, but Azure didn't flinch. She had had enough. If he couldn't treat her with the respect she deserved, she didn't want this.

Two minutes later, she was regretting what she said. Kyouya hadn't spoken a word yet. "I'm sorry" she muttered, " I just… I don't get it, don't you trust me?"

"No, I don't" he said, before sweeping out of the room.

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"Aww, Azzie, I'm sorry, this is horrible, but… just talk to him, it'll be fine" said Hazel, trying to console her.

" No, it's not fine. I think I'm going to end this relationship Hazel. I can't handle it anymore"

Two days later, when Azure came back to the flat crying, Hazel knew it was over.