Drabble 11

Alice Clark

Gone

"Hey Motoki" Motoki turned around and looked at me. "Haven't you noticed it's very quiet around here" Motoki nodded and sighed.

"Yeah, Usagi's not here today" I put my head on hand, the arcade is so gloomy without her here, even Motoki's smile doesn't have as much pep as it used to. "I don't know how much I can take her being gone"

"Yeah… it's been two days now" I take a sip of my coffee which was starting to become cold. "I even miss her" Motoki also put his head on his hand and stared at the door wishing that he would see two pairs of Odangos walk in, I also did the same, I take another sip.

"I hope she comes and visits over the summer" I stop drinking.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"You don't know?" I stare at him questioningly. "Usagi moved away" Time stopped, I could feel something inside me completely die, I couldn't wrap my mind around it, Usagi not being here anymore, not bumping into her in the morning, not having our regular fights. "Mamoru-san… Mamoru-san-"

"That's a lie…" I mumble

"What-"

"THAT'S A LIE!" I bolt out of my seat and rush out the door I can hear Motoki calling my name I ignore him, I keep running and I make my way over to her house, I find a for sale sign on her front gate, I stare at it, I can't breathe, she… she can't be gone, no there was so many things left unsaid, so many things I wanted to tell her…

"It's not true…" I push open her gates and run inside, the door is unlocked and I run into the house, there's no lighting and the whole house is grey, and she is nowhere in sight, I run upstairs screaming her name, I open all the doors that lead to the bedrooms, I walk into what I believe is hers and stare into the blank abyss of grey, I see her smiling and cheerful face slowly disappear from my mind. "It's a lie, this isn't true…" Fall to my knees and pound my fist to the ground.

"IT'S A LIE!" I bolt up out of my bed, I look around me to see that I'm still in my bedroom, I look at my clock and it reads 7:32 A.M. it was a dream, it was just a dream, I rub my face. "What an awful nightmare"

I walk my usual path to school not being able to shake that dream off, I still feel like it was real, like she's not here, if it was true I don't think I could live with myself. While walking I walk around the corner and as fate would have it, a blonde hair girl with two buns in her hair bumps into me, she took two steps back.

"As if my day couldn't get any worse" I look at her with wide eyes, I don't care what she's saying, she's here, not somewhere else. "Low and behold, it's Mamoru-baka" I grab her by the arms and pull her body towards mine, I don't care how she feels about me, I need to hold her. "Mamoru… baka?"

"Please don't leave me…" I feel her wince and she pried away from me.

"Geez Mamoru-san I don't know what's gotten into you today" She walks away and I watch her leave, with sadden eyes. "Besides…" she stops. "I'm not going anywhere…" My eyes widen as she smiles at me. "Sorry Mamo-chan, but you can't escape me" she turns around and starts jogging to school, I stare as she runs away, I smile, and continue walking.

"Mamo-chan?"