First Time
By Jillian Leonhart
Chapter 8: Make Up
Mamori had tried to suppress the pain in her chest for this past three days. Her heart ached whenever he looked away from her when they met in the hallway. Her eyes stung whenever he ignored her when she spoke to him for formality sake. She couldn't stand the distance he had put between them.
'Does he know how I feel right now…?' Mamori thought as she stared at her own reflection in the mirror inside the girl's toilet, 'Does he feel the same?' a single tear rolled down her cheek.
Mamori went home early and sunk in her bed as soon as she caught sight of it. She buried her head in the pillow then crying her eyes out. Mamori didn't know how long she'd been crying but the faint knock on her bedroom door made her paused her sobbing.
"Mamori, there's a call for you."
"Thanks mom." She replied with slightly shaking voice.
Mamori picked the phone in her room, clear her throat, gulping, and breathing in an out a few times before finally picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mamori?" It's Sara's voice, "Are you alright?"
Mamori smiled a bit, "Sure… I'm okay. Why do you ask?"
"We know you're not okay Mamori…" this time it's Ako's voice.
"Ako? Where are you two?"
"We're on the way to your place."
"He?"
17.00, Mamori's Room
Mamori came with a tray of juices, inside her room where Ako and Sara were already waiting. She put the tray down and sat herself between Ako and Sara.
"Here you go." Mamori offered.
"Thanks." Ako took her glass of juice and Sara followed suit.
"You didn't have to come here, you know." Mamori started.
"Nope. We decided you need some girl talk." Sara declared, leaving no room for any objection.
"About what? There's nothing wrong with me."
"Come on Mamori. Stop pretending that everything's alright." Ako put on her serious look.
"Yeah. We know something's going on between you and him." Ako sent Mamori an accusing glare.
"H… him? Who?" Mamori tried her best to hides everything.
"That commander." Sara pinpointed.
Mamori winced at the mention of that. The image of him came rushing and flooding her mind. The scene of that time on the roof top replayed in her mind. The roof top. Where they started everything, and ended everything. Her vision began to blurry. But the presence of her two friends made her held the tears back. She forced a smile.
Mamori's voice slightly wavers,"Not those rumors… Do you really belie…"
"Stop denying Mamori!" suddenly Sara cut in. "We know you're dating Hiruma. We know that that day, when you told us that the Cheer's captain wanted to confess, it was actually you." Sara continued.
Mamori's fist trembled in her lap. The tear was already filling her eyes. Mamori kept looking down. Ako grab Mamori's trembling fist and rubbed it reassuringly. Mamori looked up. Ako gave her a comforting smile.
"And we know that there's something going on between you two now."
"And we think you might feel better after you talked this out so we came here." Sara held Mamori's other hand gently.
Mamori felt that she could no longer held the emotion back so she let the tears flow and sobbed quietly. Sara and Ako hugged Mamori.
"He… He's so childish! *Sob… sob*… He… He always doing everything that he wants without thinking about me! He… He's heartless! *Sob… sob*… he didn't even know how hurt I am being ignored like that! He… *sob… sob*… I HATE HIM!"
Mamori continued sobbing for a few minutes. Sara and Ako kept calming her down.
"Are you feeling better now?" Ako asked.
Sara and Ako pulled back from her to give Mamori some fresh air. Mamori coughed and wiped her tears.
"Here." Ako offered the juice. Mamori took it and drank it down.
She sighed, "Thanks." Mamori gave them a weak smile.
"Aah… This is not how we do things Mamori… You've made us hearing you ranting about things we don't know." Sara grinned, "Now, it's the time for you to tell us the whole story."
"E… eh?" Mamori blinked.
"True Mamori. Beside, we're not gonna tell anyone, if that's what makes you not telling us." Sara said.
Mamori kept hesitating. She felt embarrassed to talk about her love life. "Uhm…"
"Come on, Mamori… Speak up. We wanted to help you. You had helped us too so it's our turn." Sara insisted.
"Uh well…"finally Mamori giving in. "It's true… We were dating…"
Both girls squealed.
"Wait, what do you mean about 'WERE'?" Ako tilted her head.
"We just broke up… Three days ago."
"WHAT?!" Sara yelped, "Why?!"
"You know that day when some one put our photo on the information board?"
"Oh yeah! That photo! Was that true? Did he really kiss you?" Ako asked excited, "Was that your first kiss?"
"Akooo…" Sara calmed her down. "That's not the topic now! Anyway, what's with the photo and you breaking up?"
"Uh… well. I... said that the photo was not true and we were not dating to anyone…" Mamori looked down, "But that's because I was panic! Everyone were asking me and they expect me to gave the answer they want! And what they want was 'The photo was not true'!" Mamori said her reasoning, "And so I gave them what they want…"
"You denied that you were dating Hiruma…" Sara concluded.
Mamori nodded weakly, "And he heard that… He started to avoid me… It hurts… It hurts so bad…" Mamori clenched her chest, "So I asked him why…"
Flashback
Mamori gulped. "Wh… Why are you… avoiding me?"
Hiruma stopped but didn't answer. Mamori looked up. Hiruma was staring down at her. His eyes show nothing.
"Why shouldn't I? I'm not your anything… Just as you said, 'we are NOT dating" he said blankly.
Realization finally struck her, "So… It's all about that…"
"Then, let's make it fucking clear… You said, 'we are NOT dating', then that's fucking it. Why are you fucking complaining? You stay fucking away from me, and I'll gladly stay away from you… The gossips end. After all, we really are NOT fucking dating, huh?" After saying all that, he walked away.
Mamori gritted her teeth. "Fine then! WE ARE NOT DATING!" she screamed. "IT'S OVER!"
End of Flashback
Mamori cried again after finishing the story.
"I understand how you felt Mamori. I understand why you said that…" Sara assured Mamori.
"Yeah. It's a normal thing to do. I'd also do that if I were you…"Ako was also trying to calm Mamori down.
"I wonder who spread that photo…" Ako wondered.
Suzuna's Room
Suzuna cried soundlessly while listening to the headphone. Thank God she decided to bug Mamori's room that day when she was coming for a sleepover. Suzuna had heard all of it. And she felt terribly guilty right now.
"It was my entire fault… My fault…" Suzuna muttered then buried her face in her arms as she continued crying silently. "What should I do?"
Next Day
Mamori felt lighter after yesterday talk. She walked to school less gloomy today. Thought the thought of meeting him slightly slowed down her steps, she kept moving anyway.
'Maybe something good's gonna happen today.' She thought to herself.
Mamori greeted everyone she met and change her shoes in the locker as usual.
"Mamo-nee!" some one called her.
"Huh?!" Mamori turned around to the direction of the voice, "Suzuna-chan?!" Mamori was surprised to see the skater approaching her, in her school uniform.
"Morning!" Suzuna greeted cheerfully.
"Aren't you going to school?"
"Nah. Not today. There's something extremely important that I have to tell you Mamo-nee." Suzuna said, suddenly sounding serious.
"Huh?"
"Come on Mamo-nee!"Suzuna dragged Mamori to the direction of the club house. The bell ranged.
"Wait, Suzuna-chan! I have classes!"
"That can wait."
"Wait! But…"
Suzuna ignored Mamori and kept dragging her. They finally got to the club house. Suzuna slides the door open with the spare key Sena had gave her. The room was empty.
"Good." Suzuna said.
Then the two girls came inside. Suzuna ushered Mamori to take a seat. Mamori did reluctantly, still worrying about her class.
"Suzuna-chan? What is this all about?"
Suzuna stood in front of Mamori. Her lip was trembling.
"Wh… What's wrong Suzuna-chan?"
A sob escaped Suzuna's lips. Followed by another sob and finally, Suzuna was crying.
"I… *sob* I'm really really sorry Mamo-nee *hiccup*!"
"Waa! Su… Suzuna-chan!? Why are you crying?" Mamori's motherly instinct kicked in and commanded her to comfort the crying cheerleader.
"That… *sob*… About that… It was my entire fault!"
"Calm down Suzuna-chan… shh… shh…" Mamori stroked Suzuna's head. "Calm down first and tell me what this is all about."
After Suzuna had calm down a bit, Mamori looked down at her. "Then what is it?" she asked gently.
Suzuna gulped heavily, "That photo…" Suzuna looked down, "It was me who spread it…"
Mamori was surprised with this confession. 'Where did she get that picture?'
"I'm really really sorry Mamo-nee! I have ruined everything!" Suzuna bowed.
"Where did you get that picture?"
"Uhm… Me and Sena… Kinda saw you two together that day so… Normally we followed you…"
'Normally, huh?' Mamori thought.
Suzuna looked up and forced herself to look at Mamori in the eyes despite the terrible guilt she felt, "I… I'm sorry Mamo-nee… I made you broke up with You-nii…"
Mamori gave Suzuna a relaxing smile, "It's not entirely your fault Suzuna… I shouldn't have denying it in the first place… It's partly my fault too…" Mamori hugged Suzuna.
Suzuna smiled and hugged Mamori back. But then Suzuna pulled back.
"Hey, Mamo-nee. Do you want to come back to You-nii?"
"Eh… Well… Yes…" Mamori muttered. "But I said 'It's over…' How do I say I wanna come back with him again?"
"Well, you told everyone that you were not dating You-nii. Maybe You-nii is not as heartless as I thought since his reaction was like that."
"True… Maybe he's not the one who hurt me… Maybe I'm the one who hurt him first…"
"Well, to be honest, I'm gonna kill my boyfriend if he told everyone that I'm not his girlfriend."
Mamori fell silent. After she gave it some thought, Mamori decided that Suzuna was right. It's possible so it's up to her to fix this mess.
"You're right Suzuna… But how do I fix this…"
Suzuna smirked, "That's why I'm here Mamo-nee…"
Lunch Break, Deimon High
Mamori ran to the PA room. She unlocked the door with the spare key she got from Suzuna, and then bragged in.
"Yosuke-kun!" she called out.
Yosuke, the school DJ, surprised then put off his headphone. "Anezaki-san! We're on air!"
Mamori didn't say anything instead, she grabbed Yosuke by his collar and then dragged him out of the PA room. She dumped him out then locked the door.
Ignoring the banging of the door from outside, she grabbed the microphone, took a deep breathe, and
"I MAMORI ANEZAKI, SENIOR YEAR STUDENT OF DEIMON HIGH, AM DATING YOICHI HIRUMA, SENIOR YEAR STUDENT OF DEIMONG HIGH! THE PHOTO THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SCHOOL'S INFORMATION BOARD WAS ABSOLUTELY REAL!" Mamori breathed in and out, "AND HELL YEAH! HE KISSED ME! THAT WAS OUR FUCKING FIRST DATE!" Mamori fell to the ground after that shocking declaration.
The school fell deadly silent. No one dare to even move e single inch. They were too shocked to move.
DRRRRTTT!
The PA door blasted open by a machine gun. Mamori wiped her head back and saw Yoichi Hiruma emerging from the smoke, smirking. How Mamori missed that smirk.
"You fucking Creampuff Monster…" he walked up to her and pulled her up.
Hiruma grabbed the microphone from her, "YOU HEAR THAT FUCKING BRATS?! IF ANYONE WANNA TAKE MY FUCKING GIRLFRIEND, OVER MY DEADBODY! YA-HA!"
Chapter 8: Make Up
The End
Omake
"Hiruma-kun! Your part was too much! No one talked to me for the rest of the day!" Mamori protested.
That two were walking home side by side.
"Kekeke… Serves them right."
"Well you didn't have to go that far!"
He ignored her, "Who the fuck spread that photo anyway?"
"Oh… It's Suzuna. Sorry. I thought it was you… Oh, but don't blame her for this! She helped me with that… operation…" Mamori blushed.
"Tch… so that was fucking skate's work." Hiruma said. "You should curse more fucking girlfriend. You're pretty good at it." He gave her a playful grin.
"Ugh!" she punched his shoulder lightly. It felt so long since the last time they walked home together like this.
"Uhm… I wonder how she knew about our date… And how did she know that we broke up? I only told it to Ako and Sara…"
Hiruma shrugged, "That fucking brat has her fucking own way…"
Mamori fell silent, "Hiruma-kun, come to my room." She invited him.
Hiruma stopped walking, "What?!"
"Come over to my house. I have a feeling Suzuna-chan bug my room. You can help me getting rid of them… Don't imagine things!"
A/ N: Maybe you're tired of my useless excuse for late update… So I'll just shut up. Review please… Let me know if you like it or not and why you like it or not like it ^^
P. S: Two more chapters to go!