Just finished my midpoint presentation today. It was not that scary like how my friends said. For the first time, I got a video of my own presentation. I think I won't watch that video. It was just a prove that I did my presentation and wad so ever reason. And... I finally bought a camera for myself. My first camera of my own! Yeah~~~~~
~Special thanks to nioki-nainai for proofreading this chapter
~ありがとうございます~
***Important***
1. -"this is message that was typed but unsent"
2. 'thought'
3. "normal conversation (face to face)"
4. "phone conversation"
5. -places or time-
6. Flashbacks are all in italics.
Chapter 10: OMG!
Ritsu's POV
I reached out my hands for my alarm clock, placed on the table. Reading the time, it was 6.25am. I didn't sleep at all. I wiped my remaining tears using the last piece of tissue from my tissues box. Yep! I lost! I lost to my tears. I had let out my tears and I cried the whole night. Whenever I closed my eyes, I saw Mio. I just can't control myself anymore. I guess it's time to wake up, even though I didn't sleep at all. My body needs water.
Standing up, I saw the mess I had made. Tissues were all over my bed and even on the floor. Not wanting to clean up the mess, I went down to the kitchen. I walked quietly, not wanting to disturb Satoshi. I could guess that he had heard me, crying throughout the whole night.
I took out a glass and drank three cups of water. Now my body regained water, I can start crying again, huh? I chuckled at my own thought. I decided to go back to my room and while doing so, I walked past a mirror. I saw myself and I just remembered something. I haven't bathed since yesterday. I was still wearing the same dirty clothes. So, I guess this was like the things we often see in movies or dramas. People with broken hearts who cry a lot, drink a lot and stink a lot! Well, I better bath now as I don't wanna end up becoming one of them.
Winter. Cold. Snuggling with each other under the same futon, in the apartment that I had bought. This was what I had pictured the last few months until yesterday evening. For now, I guess it's not gonna happen anymore.
After taking a hot bath, I went back to my room. I opened my desk's drawer and took out the box which holds the keys for the apartment. Hehh... The only thing that I could do now is to give her the present and pray for her happiness, huh? After all my hard work, I get nothing, huh? Argg! Whatever, I am willing to sacrifice everything just for Mio! Yosh!
Walking out from my house, I could feel the cold breeze blowing on my face. Winter was cold, but for me, nothing was colder than a broken heart. What should I say when I see her? Should I explain first? Wish her happy birthday first? I should apologize first, right? What if she is angry and doesn't want to meet me? What if she's not at home? Geezz!
Without realizing, I reached Mio's house. I gulped unconsciously. Okay, Breath in. Breath out. Breath in again. Breath out. Here goes nothing!
Ding – Dong
"Haii~ Coming~" I heard a voice coming from the other side of the door.
"Mrs. Akiyama, good morning!" I greeted and bowed to Mio's mom after she opened the door.
"It's you, Ritsu-chan~ Good morning to you too~ Today, you're so early. What brings you here?" As usual, Mio's mom greeted me so kindly. Sometimes, I wonder if Mio had this in her too. I bet not. She's just a Dangerous Queen. Yea, a Dangerous Queen that made me fall in love with her madly.
"Erm... Today is Mio's birthday. I just want to give her this birthday present. That's all. Is Mio in house?"
"Ohh, Ritsu-chan~ You are such a good friend. But sadly, Mio is not in house right now. She's at the university. Why don't you send this present there to her?" Mio's mom answered. As I thought, Mio was not at home. She was probably in university attending classes. Unlike me, who is always childish and hot tempered.
"It's okay, Mrs. Akiyama. I'll just leave the present here."
"But Ritsu-chan, Mio told me she won't be back at home until next month. Are you okay with that?" It's really fate, huh?
"Yea, I think I'll just leave it here. We are studying in different faculties and we seldom meet in school. And I might accidentally lose this present too. So, I think it's the best to leave the present here." I explained.
"Okay if you insists~" Mrs. Akiyama took the present from me.
"Well, I gotta go now. Thank you very much, Mrs. Akiyama!" I bowed and excused myself.
"Bye Ritsu-chan. Come by anytime you want~"
"I will. Bye~" I answered while waving at her. I excused myself and walked away.
I pulled out my phone and...
-"Happy birthday to you, Mio. I dropped your present with your mom. I hope you like it. Sorry for disturbing. Bye." Another unsent message written by me.
So, it ended this way, huh? It's not what I want, but if Mio will be happier in this way, then let it be. Her happiness is what I want. I feel depressed. I am angry. Not to Mio, but to myself. Why'd I say those things to Mio? Why'd I blurt out like that? This is so... so... unlike me? I don't understand anything at all.
I don't feel like attending class today. Who would have the mood to attend class after breaking up with their love one? Well, maybe Mio is an exception, but I don't feel like going to the university today.
"Ritsu-senpai!" I suddenly heard someone calling me from behind and rather loud.
"Oh Azusa. It's you." I turned myself to the source of the voice and found my black haired kouhai walking towards me, looking at me awkwardly.
"Ne, Ritsu-senpai. Why are you standing here? I've called you many times." Azusa asked. Me? Standing here? What the hell? No wonder she was looking at me like that.
"Opps... I lost my mind. Hahaha… I was just spacing out. Why are you here? Doncha have a class?" I laughed out. Didn't even know what I was doing until a moment ago. I guess you can call me a living zombie right now.
"That should be my line, Ritsu-senpai. Just forget that. Today is my off day. By the way, today is Mio-senpai's birthday, right? Did you give her the present?" This cat girl was really curious about our stuff, ya?
"She was not at home when I visited her house just now. So, I dropped the present to her mom." I explained shortly.
"I have just visited her house now but she was not at home, so I dropped the present there and left it with her mom." I explained shortly.
"Why don't you find her and give the present directly to her at university?"
"…" I didn't answer. I lost my words.
"Ano... Did something happen?" Azusa asked me in a worried tone.
Azusa is a smart girl. I guess nothing's wrong if I tell her now. Even if Mio and I didn't announced that we broke up, they would eventually get to know, right? I took a deep breath and said, "Mio… came to my house… yesterday night." Tears started to form around my eyes. I bit my lower lip to prevent my tears from flowing out. Who the hell wanted to cry on the road?
"Let's go to the park, Ritsu-senpai." Sometimes Azusa could be so caring, huh. But I bet she saw my teary eyes before saying that.
"What happen between you and Mio-senpai?" She asked me as soon as we found an empty bench for us to sit down. By that time, my tears were gone. Thanks to the dry weather of winter.
"She broke up with me yesterday." I can't believe I said this without a breath.
"Just one day before her birthday?"
"To be exact, thirty minutes before her birthday. But ya, she said she couldn't take it anymore, so she broke up with me." Please, don't make me cry here.
"Why'd she do that?" Azusa asked again.
"Who knows?" Was all I answered. Hey, I really had no idea. Wait, maybe I know why.
"Hmm… Did she say anything before breaking up with you?" Why'd she want to know? Weird huh?
"She was asking me about the guys I work with. I couldn't say I'm working with three guys in a bar, right? So, I just said that they were my friends and such. We argued for a bit and then she said we were done. But, it's all my fault. I was the one who started the fight." I placed both my hands on my face. I could still clearly remember Mio's angry expression from last night.
"Ritsu-senpai, why didn't you tell her the truth?"
"Heh… I couldn't be honest with her. That was supposed to be a surprise, right? I worked hard for so many months and there were only few moments left for the real thing. Why would I destroy the surprise and waste the hard work that I had built up for months?" Now, Azusa was thinking very hard. I agreed with Sawa-chan, she really looked like Mio somehow.
"I think Mio-senpai was just jealous, Ritsu-senpai." Azusa blurted out which made me rather surprised.
"Jealous of what?" I had really no idea what was she talking about.
"Mio-senpai is jealous about your relationship with these guys she doesn't know. Hey, Ritsu-senpai, you are a girl too. You should know what girls think, right?" Her explanation seems quite right but I still don't get it.
"Azusa, to be exact, I am a guy in a girl's body. Come on! Tell me now, if Mio is jealous, then why did she end everything with me?" I really want an answer now.
"You should ask her instead of me, senpai."
"Hmm... Maybe you're right. I should ask her. Thanks Azusa. I'm going to the university to find her now. See you." I felt all of my confident come back again.
I ran as fast as I could to reach the train station. I want to meet Mio. I want to apologize to her. I need to explain to her. There are a lot of things that I want to ask her. Oh God, thanks for letting me meet Azusa.
Honk – Honk – Honkkkkkk – Bang
I think I knocked something with my head. I feel pain in my body. I can't move. I hear people's voices. "Someone, please call the ambulance." "Ahh… The car drove away. Hey come back!" "It's hit-and-go accident [1]. Call the police!" "R-Ritsu-senpai? Ritsu-senpai! Ha-hang in there." Finally, there was a voice I knew.
"Ahh… Az-azus…" I tried to talk but nothing much came out from me. I suddenly remembered the doctor's advice, telling me to be more careful. So this was what he meant, huh?
"Don't talk, Ritsu-senpai. I will call Mio-senpai now." She tried to pull out her phone from her pocket but I stopped her with all my remaining force.
"No… I thi-think it's f-fate. Don't… Don- tel- Mio. I don- wan- her to se- me lik- this. Sh- will b- mo- hapy wit- out me." I felt like I had accomplished my job all of the sudden. My eyes started to close on their own. I felt so sleepy and painful at the same time.
"No. Don't close your eyes. Ritsu-senpai. Wake up." I could feel some water dropping on my face. Was it raining or were they Azusa's tears?
"Azusa, pleas- promis- me… don- let Mio kno- bout this…" Somehow, I managed to call her by her name.
"I promise you senpai, please open your eyes. I promise you, I won't tell Mio-senpai." I could hear Azusa sobbing really hard.
"Tad- grea-" I lost my consciousness.
Normal POV
Azusa was the only one there when Ritsu got hit by a car. She followed the ambulance that brought Ritsu to the hospital. Right now, Azusa was outside of the emergency room. She was really panicky. This was the first time she was alone, facing a serious problem.
'What should I do? Who should I call? Should I call Ritsu's home? But I don't have the number for her house. Who should I call?' Normally, if something happened to Ritsu, Azusa would definitely have called Mio, but this time, she had promised Ritsu not to tell Mio about this.
'Yui-senpai will definitely panic like me. Right, I should call Mugi-senpai.' She pulled out her phone and started to search for Mugi's name in her contact. She pressed "Call" when she saw Mugi's name.
"Moshi moshi~" Mugi answered almost immediately after Azusa called.
"Mugi-senpai *sob*sob*"
"What happened? Azusa-chan? Why are you crying?" Mugi worried about her kouhai.
"Rit-Ritsu-senpai got hit *sob* by a car *sob*, she l-lost a lot of blo-blood. Now she is still inside the *sob* emergency room." Azusa replied in between sobs.
"Oh my. Does Mio-chan know about this? What about Ricchan's family?"
"No, I promised *sob* Ritsu-senpai not to tell her. I wanted to call Ritsu-senpai's house but I don't have their number. W-what should I do now, Mugi-senpai?"
"Azusa-chan, you should sit back and wait for Ricchan. I am going to Ricchan's house and inform her family now. I will come to the hospital after that. Can I know in which hospital you are now?"
"Its Kamimura Hospital [2]."
"Okay, I'll be there soon. Please keep me informed when Ricchan comes out from the emergency room."
"O-okay. Se-see you later, Mugi-senpai." Azusa replied. She felt a bit relax. For her, it was a good decision to have called Mugi.
"See you later. I will be on my way to Ricchan's house now." Mugi ended the call.
"Ritsu-senpai…"
-Half an hour later-
Azusa was still sitting alone outside the emergency room. As time passed, she was growing more and more anxious. 'Ritsu-senpai, please hang in there.' Azusa prayed silently outside the emergency room. Suddenly she heard footsteps coming to her direction. She looked up and heard Mugi's voice.
"Azusa-chan, how's Ricchan?" Mugi had arrived along with Satoshi and … Yui?
"She is still inside the emergency room. Why is Yui-senpai here?"
"That's rude, Azunyan. I saw Mugi-chan and Satoshi-kun on my way to the convenience store. Mugi-chan told me about Ricchan, so I came along with them." Yui answered.
"Ne, Azusa-neechan, what happened to my sister?" Satoshi looked worried.
"I met Ritsu-senpai this morning. When I saw her, she was standing in the middle of the road. Then we had a little chat in the park nearby and she… she said she was going to her university to find Mio-senpai because she wanted to ask her something. She left the park first and I was still sitting in the park. Then, I heard some honks and bang sounds. I was very afraid that time. I walked out from the park and I saw a huge crowd. I approached the crowd and saw Ritsu-senpai laying down in the centre. Right then, I heard someone saying it was a car's fault. The car drove full speed even though it was red light."
"Where's the driver?" Satoshi asked angrily.
"Someone said the driver drove the car away." Azusa answered.
"A hit-and-go accident?"
"Damn that driver!" Satoshi shouted. The color of the emergency room's sign board changed from red to green [3].
"Ahh… The doctor is out." Mugi noticed it first.
"Doctor, how is my sister?" Satoshi was the first to approach the doctor, followed by the others.
"According to her hospital records, she has been suffering from anemia for the last few months and today, she lost a lot of blood during this incident."
"What?" All of them were very surprise that Ritsu had been suffering from anemia without them knowing anything about it.
"Don't worry, she was sent here fast enough. We were able to do the blood transfusion just before she entered the danger phase. And also, she is quite tough. She managed to survive after all this accident. She broke her right leg and hit the back of her head very hard. That will definitely affect her when she wakes up. But now, she still remains unconscious." The doctor said.
"When will sheregain conscious?" Azusa was anxious. She didn't want anything bad happen to her senpai.
"Well, it depends on her. We can't do anything for now. Now please excuse me."
"I am going to call mom to tell her about this." Satoshi walked away to make his call.
"Should we tell Mio-chan about this?" Yui was repeating the same question.
"We should but we can't. I promised Ritsu-senpai that I won't tell Mio-senpai about this." Azusa replied while wiping away her tears.
"Why?"
"She said she doesn't want Mio-senpai to see her like this. She also said that Mio-senpai will be happier without her."
"Poor Ricchan. Why'd she said that? Mio-chan is her girlfriend right? She should know about this." Mugi said.
"Erm… Mio-senpai broke up with Ritsu-senpai yesterday night."
"What?" All of their eyes went wide. They were all shocked from the news.
"They broke up? Why?"
"That's what Ritsu-senpai wanted to ask her and that's why she was heading to the university."
"I think we better listen to Ricchan first. Don't let Mio-chan knows about this for now." Mugi said after thinking for a little while.
'Why did this happen on Mio-chan's/Mio-senpai's birthday?' All of them were thinking the same thing.
To be continued~
A/N:
[1] Hit-and-go accident – whereby the car hit people and drove away.
[2] Random hospital name.
[3] Not sure this is the same in the whole world or not.
First of all, thanks for nioki-nainai for helping me to proofread my story. It is really great help. I realized that I made many errors in my work. And sorry for making the readers to read my work (which was full of mistakes and errors). For that, I apologize. However, the edited version will be replaced when I am free~ I need to apologize for one more thing. I am bad at naming, especially the for the title... Sorry!
Ettooo... Another thing that I wanna say is, I not sure whether I able to finish the next chapter on time or not. I have to say sorry first if I keep you guys waiting. So, any Android Application Developer out there able to help me? Comment or PM me~ XD
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nioki-nainai: I really appreciate your hard work for correcting all my errors! I really can't think another words other than Arigatou Gozaimasu!
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InoSaku4ever:*shy* I'm not that great. I made many mistakes and errors in this story. Thanks for putting this to your favorite, I'm happy XD... Actually for the every naming for the characters (not the characters in K-on anime) in this story, I used the first Japanese name that appeared in my mind while I was writing. It was the same like Hinata. Lastly, thanks for review =D