Utagaibukai
Peach Girl Fanfiction by Yohko.

Chapter Twelve: Painful Truth

Chi stepped out of the principle's office, still rubbing her cheek. She was the last of the four to be questioned. Each of them had received a letter to their parents notifying them of what happened, and their parents would have to sign it. Momo was in a panic, how could she explain this to her mother?
Momo was walking home from school, Kairi walking beside her. They hadn't said a word to each other since they left the principle's office, and none of them dared to break the silence. Although Kairi was the only one to notice the awkward silence as Momo looked thoughtful, too busy thinking over what had been happening. One thing was for sure, Sae was behind all this, and for some reason Chi is helping her. Momo had to figure out just why Chi was helping Sae, and what she could say to Toji. She would need his help. But would he help her?
Momo's trail of thought was interrupted when Kairi almost tripped over a crack in the cement and grabbed onto her shoulder to save himself. Kairi immediately removed his hand and they continued walking. Momo hadn't said anything. Kairi sighed heavily and decided to say something himself. "So... what happened, Momo?" Momo didn't answer right away, she had dazed off into thought very quickly. "Momo?" Kairi repeated.
"Oh!" Momo snapped back into reality before running her hair through her hair, "I-I don't know." She looked at the ground as they continued walking, "something is going on, all these rumors are going around the school. Sae and Chi have joined together and they've got the whole school against me... and Toji probably hates me too and I don't know why!" Momo stopped suddenly to raise her hand to her forehead and calm her developing tears.
Kairi looked sadly towards Momo, he wanted to ask something that was bothering him for awhile now, but how could he ask her while she was so emotional? Kairi's mind went ahead of itself and he blurted out the question without thinking, "Why does Toji matter so much to you?"
Momo fell silent. They arrived at Momo's house and walked up the stairs towards her front door. Momo unlocked it before turning to Kairi and taking a deep breath. "When I first started Jr. High, I didn't have any friends. Even at such a young age I had a really bad reputation from the way I looked. One day, when I was walking home from school, a group of boys stopped me and started picking on me, physically. I didn't really put up much of a fight because I was so scarred, and they would have had their way with me if it wasn't for Toji..." Kairi blinked, a little more surprised then he might have thought, as he listened to Momo continue. "Toji had run in and saved me. He walked me home and told me his name. He said not to worry about those guys because they were creeps, and that he'd keep a watchful eye on me, because I was so scarred... I could tell he really cared."
"Except for now." Kairi added.
"What do you mean?" Momo asked, blinking to him.
"Well, let's face it Momo, he's part of this whole rumor as much as Sae and Chi are." Kairi was well aware of the rumor she was talking about. "I mean, he was there that night, he's been hanging out with them ever since it happened-"
"What're you trying to say?"
"What I'm TRYING to say is that he's playing you, Momo!" Kairi got to the point rather harshly and frustrated.
Momo was shocked, "Wh-what?"
"You heard me! It's so obvious and you're letting it happen! Toji's taking you for a ride and all you can think about is if he actually wants to take you to the damn dance or not! Which, by the way, I do believe I asked you already. Which you confirmed. You'd be willing to ditch me in a second for precious Toji!"
Momo was slowly shaking her head, she was shocked and her eyes were wide and tear-filled.
Kairi looked at her seriously, "I guess that doesn't make you any better than him."
Tears ran down Momo's face and all Kairi did was stare a cold stare right back at her. "why... kairi?" She sounded more hurt than she looked.
Kairi looked away from her, the pain in her face was too much to bare, "I'm sick of this bull shit, Momo." He gathered his courage and looked back at her, "these past few months I've been listening to you bitch, and I've been trying to help you. All you can do is beat the crap out of me and treat me like dirt! I'm sick of it Momo... Sick of it..." Kairi walked down the stairs towards the road.
"... kairi..." Momo said quietly.
Kairi turned to her, expressionless.
Momo looked more hurt and sad than she could bare, as she looked at him for mercy, "...please?"
Kairi sighed to her. "Later, Momo Adachi." He turned back towards the road and walked out of view.
Momo was breathing heavily. If felt like her whole world had just come crashing down. And so did she. Her legs gave up right from underneath her and she fell on her butt in front of her door. What was she going to do now? Momo suddenly realized everything Kairi had done for her, and how she had treated him... Momo never stopped to think about how dependant she became on the stupid pumpkin.

Momo put her head in her hands and cried as hard as she could for hours... She felt terrible.