[ Chapter 11 ]
Mia, once again spread across her bed, blinked as she stared up at the ceiling. She recalled the dazed expression on that one ghost ghoul's face. She blinked, remembering the horrifying look that revealed once she waited the table of mysterious boy. Mia rolled over to her stomach, rested her cheek to the softness of her warm bed.
"Hey Dakota." She said suddenly.
Dakota, on Mia's computer screen, looked up from his manga. "So you're finally done spacing out. Yeah, what's up?"
"Come back to school, I'm lonely." Mia mumbled quietly to blank walls. "I'm…all alone here, I've got no friends."
"You've got Jackson, right?" Dakota questioned, going back to reading his manga. "You can't be that lonely then, so my answer is no. I'm not coming back, you don't need me."
"Dakota," Mia blinked, seeming lifeless and worn out. She could feel the tiredness in her bones. "Some ghoul I don't know hates me. My boyfriend doesn't call unless I call first. You're in Japan with Rocco and Kris…so…there's…really no one. I'm all alone. Please…won't you come back to school? Don't you hate it there?"
Dakota sighed, his eyes slightly glancing over the page so that he could stare at her best friend. His eyes became intense, honest. "I hate the hiding, I guess. I could do without the constantly sweating from wearing my old baseball cap, sure. The shaving twice daily is a drag, of course. And I'd rather not lie to my girlfriend, yeah. But no…I don't think I hate it here. It's very…neutral here, the people are kind. Reserved and indifferent, but surely kind. They mean well, but are strict and follow discipline as much as possible. I don't mind it here, for now."
"Baka…hontou…no fair, you seem so at peace. No…fair. I just…I want to be mean to you now because you're doing so much better. No fair, Mia isn't doing OK, but you're well off without me…as if…you don't need me. Are you not lonely?" Mia blinked again, trying to hold back the tears. She sniffed, coving her mouth with the back of her hand.
Dakota watched, preparing to read as he flipped another page. He watched in silence as tears sprinkled down her fair skinned cheeks. She was quick to cover them by resting her arm over her moist eyes. Dakota sighed once more. "Ie, I'm not lonely. I have more than Mia as my friend. And yes, I am well-off. I'm doing much better than what we both expected. I…don't need to lean on Mia's shoulder anymore. Mia…is no longer needed."
Mia began to choke, suffocating under the weight of her tears and that bitter feeling of unwanted-ness. "I'm always the cry baby…but at least…at least I…I got to feel needed! When you needed someone to cry on I was there – right next to you, crying at your side. Not for me, but for you because you needed the support! So why…why is Mia no longer needed? Am I no longer someone of importance?"
"I have…found confidence." Dakota said in a low voice, gluing his eyes to the page of his manga, trying not to fall into Mia's trap. "Thanks to Miya-Miya, I have…found something like confidence."
"Why couldn't you just stay being a coward? So that I…could continue being a coward too…" Mia said quietly, her voice trembling and cracking. Dakota stayed silent, listening and listening to her choking sobs and gasps of breath. He listened, as she had done for him so many times ago. It seemed now, it had been his to support her.
*Too lazy to write more~
Hoped you liked to short chapter, write more later, baibai-3
