Separating Despite of Love
by Rien
Chapter Three: The Captain's Sister
The sprained ankle lasted for two days and counting in which I can only sit and watch the other members practice. Rukawa was kind enough to walk him me home until my ankle is still sprained. The Rukawa Shitenai are still there shouting their lungs off. Once in a while, Rukawa would look at me like a mother that would look at her son. I smiled everytime.
"He still loves you, ne, Sakuragi-kun?" Ayako asked with a smile on her face. I blushed at her statement and I bowed my head.
"I can't answer for him Ayako-san..." I only said and smiled sadly. She knows the pain of falling in love and falling out of love but she doesn't understand why did we broke up.
"But you still love him, don't you?" It was a statement, not a question. I nodded and limped my way towards the locker room to get some water for my dry throat. I sat on the bench and start finding the bottle of water in my bag.
"Ne, Sakuragi-kun, can I talk to you for a moment?" someone said. I turned around and saw Haruko by the locker room door. I smiled and nodded. She walked towards me with a grim expression written on her face.
"What is it Haruko-chan? Is something bothering you?" I asked.
"Stay away from him. Can't you see that you two are not meant to be? Why do you keep pushing yourself towards him anyways? Stop being persistent! Stop preventing him to meet other people!" she said. I only stared at her as if I saw a ghost. I didn't know that this girl can say these things. She walked towards the door of the locker room. I just bowed my head in silence.
"May the best person win, Sakuragi-kun.."
I grabbed the bottle of water and drank it. I felt like crying. I didn't do anything to her. Why is she doing this to me? I placed the bottle on the bench and stared at my hands. A drop of water fell on them. I suddenly realized that I was crying. I wiped my tears and limped out of the locker room. I sat on the bench and just kept quiet of the situation.
I went out as soon as Gori said that the practice was over. I didn't wait for Rukawa. I guess, Haruko said was true, I was keeping him in meeting other people. When I was halfway towards the gate of our school, I stopped dead on my tracks when I saw Rukawa was waiting for me there.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, dumbfounded. By the looks of it, he ran from the gym and went another way.
"Why are you walking home without me" he simply asked. I just shrugged and walked pass him.
"Sakuragi, matte, I'll walk you home, you need someone to accompany you..." he said.
"Do whatever you want..." I said still not looking at him. He grabbed my arm and twisted me around.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, his eyes blazing again. Anger was very visible, but stubborn as I was, I didn't say anything.
"Please, Hana, talk to me... What did I do wrong?"
"Meet other people... be friends with other people not just me..." I simply said then twisted away. I continued to walk away. He was glued on his place.
Be happy Kaede... You can't happy with me, I know....
by Rien
Chapter Three: The Captain's Sister
The sprained ankle lasted for two days and counting in which I can only sit and watch the other members practice. Rukawa was kind enough to walk him me home until my ankle is still sprained. The Rukawa Shitenai are still there shouting their lungs off. Once in a while, Rukawa would look at me like a mother that would look at her son. I smiled everytime.
"He still loves you, ne, Sakuragi-kun?" Ayako asked with a smile on her face. I blushed at her statement and I bowed my head.
"I can't answer for him Ayako-san..." I only said and smiled sadly. She knows the pain of falling in love and falling out of love but she doesn't understand why did we broke up.
"But you still love him, don't you?" It was a statement, not a question. I nodded and limped my way towards the locker room to get some water for my dry throat. I sat on the bench and start finding the bottle of water in my bag.
"Ne, Sakuragi-kun, can I talk to you for a moment?" someone said. I turned around and saw Haruko by the locker room door. I smiled and nodded. She walked towards me with a grim expression written on her face.
"What is it Haruko-chan? Is something bothering you?" I asked.
"Stay away from him. Can't you see that you two are not meant to be? Why do you keep pushing yourself towards him anyways? Stop being persistent! Stop preventing him to meet other people!" she said. I only stared at her as if I saw a ghost. I didn't know that this girl can say these things. She walked towards the door of the locker room. I just bowed my head in silence.
"May the best person win, Sakuragi-kun.."
I grabbed the bottle of water and drank it. I felt like crying. I didn't do anything to her. Why is she doing this to me? I placed the bottle on the bench and stared at my hands. A drop of water fell on them. I suddenly realized that I was crying. I wiped my tears and limped out of the locker room. I sat on the bench and just kept quiet of the situation.
I went out as soon as Gori said that the practice was over. I didn't wait for Rukawa. I guess, Haruko said was true, I was keeping him in meeting other people. When I was halfway towards the gate of our school, I stopped dead on my tracks when I saw Rukawa was waiting for me there.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, dumbfounded. By the looks of it, he ran from the gym and went another way.
"Why are you walking home without me" he simply asked. I just shrugged and walked pass him.
"Sakuragi, matte, I'll walk you home, you need someone to accompany you..." he said.
"Do whatever you want..." I said still not looking at him. He grabbed my arm and twisted me around.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, his eyes blazing again. Anger was very visible, but stubborn as I was, I didn't say anything.
"Please, Hana, talk to me... What did I do wrong?"
"Meet other people... be friends with other people not just me..." I simply said then twisted away. I continued to walk away. He was glued on his place.
Be happy Kaede... You can't happy with me, I know....