Chapter 3: Heart Break

I walk through the hallways, I've already checked the lunch room for him but he wasn't there. The next stop is his bedroom dormitory thing. That's where he is usually when I can't find him anywhere else. There, I knock on his door not so gently and then walk into a scene that I don't expect to see. Reune is facing the other way, and I don't know why but he seems sad. There's no one else in here but, someone did something to him. I can't tell what it was, they just hurt him really badly. I walk up to him, really slowly, "Reune?"

He makes a sound but in no way was it even close to words. It was a mumble of some sort. I walk closer, "What happened?" I ask him quietly, gently, letting my voice tell him that I'm willing to listen but he turns to face me, an angry glare resting on his features.

"This is all your fault!" He yells, but what's my fault, what could I have possibly done this time? I didn't even spread the rumor that I was planning on spreading yet, and I don't think I will anymore. I stand there quietly and wait for him to elaborate on that statement. "Aunja dumped me and it's all your fault!"

I shake my head gently, "Reune how is it my fault? What did I do to make her do that?" I ask. He still has a glare on his face.

"It's you she wanted. It was never me. She was only with me to get closer to you, Taran, she never wanted to be with me, spend time with me and when she finally accepted the fact that she would never have you, she left me. THAT'S WHY IT'S YOUR FAULT!" Reune screams the end of his story and tries to hit me. Being a trained person in the arts of self defence, I move out of the way.

"Reune, I never wanted her to like me. I never wanted any of them to like me. And I don't know why they do, you're worth ten of me. I'm no good at the 'together' thing. I hurt everyone that I am with, but they still like me. I would think that anyone would rather you instead. I'm serious Reune."

"What are you talking about? Why are you telling me this? You love how they follow you, even if you don't like them. You love the fact that you have a little fan club that follows you every where that you go. I can't stand it Taran!" He glares at me again. Really angrilly then turns away, "No one will ever want me when you're around, I'm just going to give up." At this I spin him around to look at me. I know I came here to tell him something but this has to come first. I hit him, square in the jaw. He looks up at me, seeing as I'm a good three or four inches taller, with a very shocked expression replacing the glare.

"Now you listen to me Reune, I don't like the fact that the entire school population of females follows me every where and I don't like the fact that Aunja dumped you over me but I'm glad that she did, you wouldn't have. I'm also glad because she was using you and I've known that all along. I was tired of seeing you being treated like that Reune. You don't deserve it." Reune looks thoughtful, for a second. As if he's actually listening to what I have to say. He suddenly looks up at me, his eyes full of grief for a relationship lost, but also a better understanding of his best friend.

"I know Taran, I was looking for someone to shed my grief on, someone who would let me. I can't do that though. I have to deal with this myself. I blamed you because I thought that maybe you did like what was happening. I'm sorry Taran..." He looks down and I place my hand on his shoulder.

"You're hurt, you think that no one will want you because she used you. It's not true Reune. There are many people who are dying to have someone like you." I look down at him. His mess of blond hair shimmers in the light coming through the slit in the drapes. I know that he feels like this is his fault now. That's the way Reune's mind works. "It's not your fault either Reune. It was her. There's always someone like that out there. She just happened to take you in as her prey."

"Yeah but who wants me? She didn't..."

I take a breath and hope dearly that Reune won't hate me for this. I lift up his chin and look at his face, the face that caused so much pain to look at for years. "Reune I want you."

"What?" he asks, not quite sure if he understands what I'm telling him.

I close my eyes and breathe in deeply, I don't want him to hate me. "I want you." I say agian. He frowns at me, "I know you probably don't want to hear any of this and I know there's no way that you would want me back but please listen to me. I need you to know." I feel my eyes fill up with tears. I really don't want to tell him this but I have to. "I love you. That's not all though. I love you so much that the word love doesn't even begin to describe the feelings that I have for you. Whenever I'm around you it feels like nothing will ever go wrong, I feel complete being near you. I'm happiest when I'm with you. You light up my whole day. Can't you understand now why I didn't think Aunja was right for you? And it's not because I wanted you, it's because I care and I saw what she was doing. Reune, I care for you a lot and I want you to know that. This is your choice now, if you want to stay friends knowing how I feel. I'll give you some time to decide and I won't bother you about it. You're smart, I know you'll make the right decision for you." I look down and the tears fall. "Good bye Reune. Come and see me when you decide."

Reune takes my hand gently and brings his other up to wipe the tears off of my face. His gentle fingers find their way over my face as I look at him in confusion. He looks into my eyes, searching for something, something but I don't know what it is. He rubs his thumb under my eyes, softly, like a feather. His grey green eyes stare deeply into my own cerulean orbs and he smiles, one of his rare yet beautiful smiles. What is he doing? Why is he acting this way towards me? He should be mad, angry even but he's not... Why?

"Reune?" I barely whisper, his gaze doesn't break from my eyes and he leans forward, close, his lips are almost touching mine... He leans further forward and his lips press to mine. I inhale sharply. Is this Reune? Is this really my best friend Reune? What is his mind telling him? He's not supposed to feel this back, he's supposed to be disgusted, not kissing me. But this does feel good, very good. My shock soon wears off and I join into the kiss, the soft, wonderful kiss. A gift from heaven. I still can't believe that this is happening. Why?

He pulls away and looks back directly into my eyes. "Gods Taran, do you know how long I've been waiting to do that?" he asks, he leans forward and presses his lips to mine again, the look of pure ecstasy in his eyes, the look I've seen so many other times in the eyes of previous lovers but never expected to see from Reune. He gently takes my hand and leads me over to the bed where he sits me down.

"Reune, what are you saying? What does all this mean?" I ask, his gaze never leaves mine and he kisses me again.

"What do you think it means?" he asks, kissing me once again. This is heaven, pure bliss, does this actually mean that Reune feels the same way I do? I kiss him back, finally putting some feeling into it, letting him know exactly how I'm feeling.