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My mom dropped me off at school. It was Monday and I couldn't be happier. I walked into the school with my slouched back and morning face. I wasn't in the mood to talk. My left hand stung each time I touched it. Because of the mirror incident yesterday, my left hand was bandaged up.

I carried my bag over my shoulder and scratched my head. I hope I don't get to see Shiki today. I don't even want to know what I'll do when I see that idiot. I pictured the break up. That was the first time I dumped someone online. I knew the circumstances of breaking up through webcam but I have to admit, it's better than texting it.

I explained to my mom about the incident Saturday. She was rather disappointed and made sure I was doing okay. After talking about it and crying in her arms, I felt much better. But last night, I cried myself to sleep again.

I opened the glass doors to the school entrance and a gush of cold wind blew in my face. Students were mingling amongst one another waiting for the bell to ring. I walked to my locker and opened it, but as I did, a few girls walked past me. They all elbowed me against the lockers. I turned around to see a few softball girls giggling and glaring at me. I recognized some of them. They were girls that adored me. Why did they suddenly do that?

I rolled my eyes and grunted," excuse you…"

I got out my Calculus text book and notebook. It was kind of a struggle to balance the books in one hand since the textbook was about 6 pounds and to make matters worse I have an injured hand. As I tried to tuck the books under my arm, someone suddenly pushed my back and I dropped everything on the floor. "Crap…"

"Oh sorry." I turned to find Amanda and her makeup whores smirking. "I didn't see you there."

I glared at her while she walked away. Oh my gosh. How much I would pay just to get permission to strangle that girl…

I looked on the floor finding the 6 pound textbook lying there. "I really need help.." I mumbled to myself.

"Rima!" The familiar voice came from behind me. I turned to find Ruka and Kain!

The red headed boy picked up my textbook while Ruka handed me the notebook from off the ground.

"Thank you so much guys." I firmly held the books under my arm.

"Whoa Rima, you look like a walking zombie." Ruka examined my face. Kain snickered.

"Wow thanks." I coughed. "So, what have you two been up too?" I glanced at them. They seem to be closer. It's rare that I see Ruka walking with no one other than Yuki or Yori but with Kain? That's new.

They exchanged glances and Ruka blushed. "Oh you know this and that." She played with her hands.

"We're dating." Kain said flatly causing Ruka to turn a hot red.

I stared at the two amusingly. "You're what?"

"Yeah, we're dating." She sighed. "Sorry I couldn't tell you sooner, but you were the fir-"

"EYYY RUKA!" I pounced on my childhood friend. "I can't believe it! I'm so happy for you two!"

Ruka hugged me back in excitement. "I know right! Thank you Rima!"

"So," I nudged her on the shoulder. "How is it going with Aido and Yori?"

Kain grimaced. "Well Aido is TRYING but Yori doesn't seem to cooperate. It's going to be harder than we thought."

Ruka agreed. "She totally has a thing for him but she's too shy to say it. Those two do flirt so it it's not too soon, I hope Aido can make a move."

"Hmmm…" I rubbed my hand on my chin. "Weird."

"Anyways," Ruka stared at my left hand. "What happened to that?"

I looked at the bandaged hand. I needed to think of an excuse fast. Then finally I thought of one. "Oh you know me, doing backflips in the living room."

Ruka's mouth dropped a couple of inches while Kain chuckled.

"Rima are you crazy? Why in the world would you do that?" Ruka asked in disbelief. "I sometimes wonder if you're way too serious with cheerleading. I mean, do you even like it?"

"It's like a hobby for me, anyways, I'm good at it." I winked at the disappointed girl.

Ruka rolled her eyes. "You over achiever."

"You betcha!" I laughed and gave her thumbs up.

"Anyways, since Kain and I made it official, how about Shiki and you, me and Kain go on a double date?"

Then things suddenly got awkward for me. Kain stared at the floor while I looked away. The dirty blonde haired girl stared at the sudden change of atmosphere.

"What?"

Kain scratched his head strangely. "You don't know? They broke up yesterday."

Ruka's eyes widened and she grabbed both of my shoulders. "THEY WHAT?! W-WHY? HOW? RIMA GIVE ME AN EXPLAINATION! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!"

I frowned. "How could you not know? I changed my Facebook status to single."

"W-wha, you know I don't check Facebook!"

"Yeah you do! Every ten minutes, you always post pictures of clothes."

Ruka closed her mouth. "Oh…well I didn't check yesterday. I was too busy hanging out with Kain. I didn't check Facebook, but what happened?"

"I was wondering that too. Just the other day, you two were in a good relationship. What's with the unexpected break up?" Kain stared at me worriedly.

I pressed my lips together. Should I tell them? If I do, will there be rumors about it? No, I can trust Kain and Ruka. Anyways, they deserve to know since Ruka told me she is currently dating the red head. I sighed. "Okay…but please don't tell anyone. I don't want people to make rumors."

Kain and Ruka huddled closer to me while I told them what happened. It felt good talking to someone about it. Especially to people you can trust. Kain and Ruka listened to me patiently without any interruptions or questions. There were some moments where Kain furrowed his eyebrows at what Shiki has done when I told him about the pocky. I hope he doesn't rage at him since Shiki doesn't know I told his friend about what really happened. After about 5 minutes of briefly explaining the breakup, I ended up frowning.

"Oh my gosh Rima…I'm so sorry." Ruka embraced me in her arms. She smelt like Daisies. It was a relaxing smell and I closed my eyes forcing myself to hold back my anger and tears. Just a couple of minutes ago I was feeling that I could forget about the chestnut haired heart breaker but now that I'm talking about him, I suddenly get really emotional.

Kain side hugged me. "I'm sorry for what my idiot friend did to you. I think he deserves a beating from me and Aido…"

I shook my head. "No it's fine…don't beat him please. What he did has already been done."

"Rima…" Kain stared at me sadly. "What Shiki did was cruel and maybe it's behind you but not to me or Ruka."

Ruka held my right hand tightly, comforting me. I listened to what Kain had to say.

,"You're my friend too and it's my responsibility, as his best friend, to knock some sense into that guy. He should have never treated you like that…actually he shouldn't even treat any girl like that."

My bottom lip trembled. Don't cry…don't cry…don't cry!

"Don't worry Rima; I'll get him back for you." Kain put his hand on my shoulder while Ruka's cheeks rested on my head.

"No." I stared at him in the eyes. "Kain, I don't want you to get involved with this. It's between me and Shiki and besides; I'm kind of over it…"

Kain stared at me harder. "Are you sure? Why are you crying?"

I flinched and toughed my cheeks. When did I start crying? Oh no…no no no. Stop crying you idiot. "Uhhmm…It's, it's…"

Before I knew it, Kain pulled me into a tight hug. It was a warm and protective hug. It reminded me of Shiki. Then a river of tears began to flow out. I cried in his chest. Ruka put her hand over her mouth and Kain gave her a calm glance.

"I can't believe you Shiki. I can't believe you made a girl cry…you idiot." Kain mumble to himself.

Ruka poked my shoulder and gave me a tissue. "Rima, it's going to be okay. Don't cry." I wiped my tears from my eyes. As I did, Ruka examined my face. "No wonder your eyes are so puffy, you've been crying all night haven't you?"

I stared at her and nodded. There was no point in denying it anymore. They know all about it now. I sighed and took another tissue from Ruka. Out of all my relationships, this one was the most painful to bear. I still had feelings for him. Actually, I miss him a lot, but I can't love him anymore. He played me and that was that.

Then Kain leered at my hand. "So, did you really do a back flip in the living room?"

I stared at the two and shook my head. "No…hahaha."

"Well that's it. I can't let Shiki get away with this. He hurt a girl and mad you cry. I can't believe how low he has gotten." Kain grunted angrily.

Then the first bell finally rang. Ruka and Kain didn't move. They stayed by my side. I closed my locker and stared at them. "It's okay, you two should go to class."

"But Rima," Ruka touched the textbooks that was under my arms. "We can walk you to class. Besides, you have an injured hand and-"

"No, no it's okay. Thanks to you guys, I'm feeling much better." I smiled. "Oh and sorry about your shirt."

Kain stared at the damp spot on his shirt where I cried on. He shook his head. "Naw, that's nothing. It'll dry."

After a few minutes of denying their help to walk me to class, Kain and Ruka finally gave in.

I walked to my Calculus class and there was a crowd of girls at the entrance of the door. I gulped. This doesn't look good. I walked towards the door and all the girls turned to glare at me. Some of the girls seemed familiar. They were girls that adored me. I wonder why they were giving me death stares. Then before I knew it, every one of them walked by me.

"Slut."

"Whore."

"Bitch."

"Hoe."

I stood there shocked as they walked past me laughing. I stared at them one last time. They were fans. My fans. Why all of a sudden did they cuss at me? I don't remember doing anything wrong. I stared back at the entrance and there I found Amanda and Emily with their arms crossed across their chests with smirks plastered on them.

I clenched my hands. She did something. I stomped up to Amanda and said angrily," Hey what's the big idea?"

"Oh it's you." She rolled her eyes. "What are you talking about?"

"Those girls," I pointed to the four earlier. "What did you tell them?"

"What are you talking about? All of that's true isn't it? Anyways, this is all caused by you so don't go around blaming Amanda for everything." Emily pointed a hot pink manicured finger in my face.

I just wanted to bite that finger right off her hand, but I didn't. "I didn't do anything."

"Oh, but you did." She grinned while she bit her fingernail. "Everyone in the school knows."

My eyes widened. "What? Heart breaker?"

"Ahem!" I turned to find Yori and Calvin coming to my rescue again. I sighed in relief. Thank goodness…

"C-Calvin!" The girls blushed and smiled. "Hi."

The football player slightly nodded. "If you don't mind, can you get out of our way?"

The two girls stepped aside and before I knew it, Yori and Calvin grabbed both of my arms and forcefully dragged me into the classroom. They pulled me to my desk and sat me down onto my seat.

"Whoa guys what's-"Before I could finish, Calvin kneeled in front of me and put both of his arms on my desk, so we could be face to face. Yori on the other hand sat in her seat which was next to mine. Both stared at me intently and I looked at them blankly. What's going on?

Calvin stared at me in the eyes. "Explain." He seemed disappointed.

"Explain what?" I asked in confusion.

"Rima we heard about the break up." Yori frowned. At least she was aware of that.

I nodded. "Yeah?" What about it?"

"I don't want to believe it." Yori said lowly.

"Believe what?"

"Okay this is what we heard." Calvin inhaled and exhaled. "That you played Shiki into dating you for a week for pocky."

"Wait what?!"

"That's not all…" He stopped me from interrupting. "After you got the pocky, you dumped him by text message."

I was speechless. Where was he getting all of this bull from? None of that was true!

"What? Where did you hear this from?" I asked concerned. Then I suddenly remembered, so that's why those girls said cruel words to me. They thought I played Shiki. Oh no this can't be happening. Emily said earlier that 'everyone' knows. There are rumors about me? If Yori was able to hear this rumor then…I gulped. Everyone is hearing the lies. No one knows the truth except for Ruka and Kain. I bit my lower lip.

"Rima please tell me this isn't true." Yori clutched my hand.

I shook my head. "No it's not. Someone made up all those rumors."

Calvin sighed in relief but then he got tense again. "If that's not the true story than what is?"

I sighed. I hope I don't get emotional when I'm telling them the real story. I stared telling them about what happened, same as when I told Kain and Ruka but with some added detail. I made sure they knew Kain and Ruka were aware of the truth and that they were the only four that knew so far. Yori stared at me in awe while Calvin rubbed her temples.

"How is this happening?" Calvin said furiously. "I wonder how this rumor spread so fast."

I shrugged. "Like my mom always says, rumors spread like a raid of buffalos…" (In chapter 8! XD).

"I never though Shiki would do something like that. I actually thought you two were going to last." Yori frowned.

"Yeah well I guess not."

Calvin gave a straight mouth. "I'll try to do something about this Rima."

"No Calvin, it's okay, please don't get involved. I don't want any of you to get hurt because of me." I tried to settle them down.

Yori raised an eyebrow. "Rima listen, the situation won't improve if you don't do something now. And worry about yourself from getting hurt, besides, Calvin is willing to help and you know he's a keeper." She winked while the buff football player chuckled.

I didn't want to reject them. I needed the help. I need all the help I can get because I'm worried this rumor will get out of hand. I fear of the future. Then I pictured Shiki's image in my head. I felt anger and frustration fill up my mind. All of this is happening because of him! I bet he told his friends about the bet, and in the end, I'm the one who is made fun of. Why do the bad kids always get away with everything? I didn't do anything wrong to deserve this, but all I know is everything is Shiki's fault.

The final bell finally rang and everyone took their seats. Calvin went to the desk behind us where he usually sits. The teacher talked in and class began. I laid my head down. This sucks.

It has been about an hour since Calculus class started and at the moment, we were taking a test and the room was dead silent. The only sound I heard were the sounds of pencils being used and papers being flipped. I scribbled the answers down fiercely. This test was surprisingly easy. I didn't hesitate at any of the problems and finally finished all 50 questions under 45 minutes. I stood up from my seat, which caused my chair to make a screeching noise, and walked up to the classroom. I handed my test to my teacher who stared at me amused.

"Ms. Touya, you're already done?" Mr. Lee asked looking at the answers I wrote down on the answer sheet. "Well that's not a surprise." He smiled at the answers.

I nodded.

"Well," Mr. Lee placed my test in the tray. "Since you're done, do you mind doing some errands for me?"

"No not at all."

He dug through his desk and handed me a packet of papers. "Send this to the office please."

I nodded and walked out of the classroom and towards the office. It wasn't a far walk. I needed to walk straight and turn a few corners. When I got there, I opened the glass door and met with the desk lady. She smiled at me when I walked in. I handed her the papers and she thanked me.

I headed to the door of the office, but before I could grab it, the handle twisted open and there he was right in front of me. My eyes widened. What is Shiki doing in here?

Shiki stood at the door shocked and he lightly blushed. "Hey Rima."

I grimaced and pushed him aside. "Excuse me, I'm trying to exit." And walked out of the office.

My heart was beating, face flushed with anger, and embarrassment shamed my head. It was awkward seeing him, but at the same time, I was sad. When I saw him just now, the first thing I thought was if he was doing okay. Then I hit my head. Why wouldn't he be okay? Shiki doesn't even like me. He wouldn't care if my heart was broken or if I was feeling okay. I was just his toy.

I stared at the floor. I was so confused. I love Shiki but at the same time I hated him. My lips trembled and I held back the tears that were about to flow out.

Stay strong Rima. You're done with him. Shiki isn't worth your time. It's not like he ever loved you. Shiki used you for crying out loud!

The more I thought, the more tears began to fill on the tip of my eyelids. I wiped away the tears. Why are you crying again idiot? Shiki broke your heart and the only stupid thing you can do was think about him. If he really loved you than he would have never accepted the pocky. I was talking to myself. I didn't know what to do anymore. I have never cried this much for a boy but out of everyone I have dated, Shiki was special. He was one of a kind but in the end he kicked me on the curb.

As I headed back to class, someone yelled my name. "Rima! Wait" It was Shiki! I turned around for a quick second and saw him walking towards and I turned back, but I didn't stop walking. Instead, my walking pace began to increase.

I ignored him. He wasn't worth my time. "Rima please! I need to talk to you!"

"There is nothing to talk about!" I suddenly began to fast walk. Why is he following me? Then, Shiki grabbed my shoulder and I hesitantly shrugged it off. "Don't touch me." My voice was hazy. I couldn't talk straight. Seeing him made everything worse. I can never forgive him. I just can't.

Shiki then grabbed my hand and he pulled me into an embrace. I tried to wiggle my way out but his grip was too strong.

"Let. Me. Go!" I said against his chest but he didn't budge.

"Rima, I am so sorry I hurt you. I'm so sorry about lying to you. I didn't mean for you to find out about any of this. I know I'm an idiot! I'm the worst guy on the planet, but please forgive me. The last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt you. You have to believe me Rima."

His words were calm but yet he sounded sad. I stayed silent for a second and then I gritted my teeth. This was another one of his tricks. I can't trust him. "Shiki let me go. I can't breathe."

"Oh sorry." He loosened his grasp and I quickly looked away from him. I didn't want him to see me cry. I didn't want to cry in the first place but the tears just streamed out.

"I can't trust you anymore." I wiped my eyes with my hands. "After what you did to me, there is no way I'm going to forgive you."

"Rima I-"

"Who do you think I am Shiki, some weak hopeless girl that will just forgive anyone?"

"No Rima, I never thought-"

"I can't believe you would do something like this. I gave all of my trust to you and what I got in return was nothing. Do you know how much you hurt me Shiki? I thought you loved me!" I cried and cried harder yet my face was still facing away from him. I knew he knew I was crying. I want him to know well that he did this to me. I hope he feels like crap because I want him to.

"I do love you Rima!"

"Then why," I turned around and pointed a finger in his face. "Why did you accept the pocky? WHY did you agree with the bet? If it wasn't for the bet, we wouldn't have ever gone out and you wouldn't have gotten your pocky. Am I right?" He stayed silent. I glared at him and turned away. "You're a waste of my time. Just leave me alone." I started to walk away, but he followed.

"Rima, what can I do to earn your forgiveness? I know you must really hate me right now but I really do love you! You're the first girl I dated that didn't care about herself, who doesn't complain about the little things, who doesn't dress like someone she's not. To me, you're different and I love you for that."

Then my anger disappeared and suddenly I felt sad. "If you really did love me, you wouldn't have accepted the pocky! Is pocky more important to you than me? Don't you get it Shiki? You would have never loved me if it wasn't for the bet! All of this happened BECAUSE of the bet! You're stupid damn bet that you and your idiot friends played! But you know what, I'm done with this. I was right about you. You're just like your idiot friends. You're no different."

I began to speed walk away. I wanted to get back to class before Mr. Lee gets worried, but I didn't want to go back. Not with my crying face. I took a quick glance backwards and I suddenly found out he was still following me. Oh my gosh, when is he going to give up?

Shiki's POV

I need to keep trying. I want her to know 100% that I never wanted to hurt her. I want Rima to forgive me and I want her back! I felt stupid for accepting the pocky yesterday. Maybe if I didn't, we would still be together. I gritted my teeth. I didn't stop following her and she noticed.

"Please Shiki, stop following me." I could her voice quiver. Rima was crying so much, she couldn't even talk straight.

I can' believe I hurt her again. I hated myself for it and I wished I could just reverse time so I can fix everything, but I knew I couldn't.

"I'm not going to stop until we have a proper talk."

Then I heard a familiar voice. "Rima?" I turned to see Calvin at the end of the hall. Rima immediately ran up to him and he hugged her back. "What happened? Why are you crying? Mr. Lee sent me out to look for you because he was wondering why you were gone so long." Calvin looked up and his eyes widened. "Shiki…what are you doing here?"

"Calvin, I need to talk to Rima for a bit."

The buff football player stared at Rima then to me. "Ummm…I don' think so. You should leave before things get worse."

"But-Calvin, I-"

"Shiki, just go. If you don't, there's going to be a flood." He was talking about her crying. "I'll take care of things from here."

I stayed silent. I stared at Rima who had her face buried in Calvin's chest. I felt a bit jealous and disappointed. I closed my eyes. "Rima," I stared at her even though she wasn't looking at me. "I know you hate me and think I'm one of those guys but think about what you want. I'm going to prove it to you that I'm not what you think. I'm not giving up on you just yet." I sighed and walked away. Each step I took, it felt like a little piece of me was being left behind. I don't know how I'll prove it to her but all I know is it's going to have to take patience.

Rima's POV

I kept my face buried in Calvin's chest. I just stared at his gray v-neck and sighed. "What's wrong with me?"

"What do you mean what's wrong with you? There is absolutely nothing wrong with you Rima. But, are you alright?" He asked concerned.

"I don't know why but that idiot is making it harder for me to forget about him…" I weakly smiled and pictured Shiki's face in my head.

ARMAGAWD This chapter was LONG! Okay, a little drama here but sorry if it wasn't always about Rima and Shiki! Don't worry, I'll make it up for you guys in the next chapter! Oh, school for me starts next week on the 27th of August so I might upload kind of late, and for those of you who read PEACH PRODIGY THANK YOU SO MUCH! It takes a lot of time writing two stories at once! Thank you for your patience! C:

What's coming up next: The drama for Rima never seemed to die down and Cassidy wants to beat someone up!

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