"Hai, I understand." I murmured, turning away from Ken sharply and running out the door, ignoring the hail pounding against my skin. "RANE!" Ken called after me. Omi joined him at the door and called after me as well. I ran down the street and followed the signs to the subway station. I took the subway back home. To Amiboshi's dorm.
Once I got home, I brushed my hair and took off my soaking uniform, putting on a pair of faded jeans and a red long sleeved shirt under a long emerald sweater. I stared at myself in the mirror. 'What happened?' I thought. It had been just a normal day; everything was fine until Ken confronted me. "Rane, I don't love you, you need to accept that." I didn't want to. I admitted to myself that Ken probably never really did have feelings for me, but I'd fallen in love with him practically the day I met him. I sighed, laying back on my bed and feeling my pocket.
A knife.
I sat up and flipped out the blade of the pocketknife Amiboshi'd given me. I flipped the blade in and out, locking it in place. I braided my dark blue hair, tying it in two places, one in the middle, and one at the end. I then begin to saw at my hair under the middle tie.
I unbraided my hair, dropping the piece I'd cut off on the bed. My hair had gone from down to my ankles to my waist. I shook my head, that wasn't enough to change. I really wanted to change myself. I would make sure I wouldn't be the same Rane Mitsukai who'd been foolish enough to have a one-sided love for almost a year. I walked into the bathroom and dug through the drawers, pulling out a can of hair-dye Kanomi'd left at Amiboshi's dorm a long time ago. 'It's pink.' I thought to myself. Pink? Well, it's better than blue.
"Rana-sa!" Amiboshi called from the living room. I blinked, hurriedly combing out the rest of my hair and running in to my room. 'What am I gonna do?!' I thought, grabbing the lock of blue hair from my bed and slipping into the hallway, cleverly slinking in to the only room with an escape window- Amiboshi's bedroom. I heard Amiboshi walking about the dorm, looking for me and calling my nickname. Panic-struck, I slipped the braided hair under the pillows on his bed and climbed out the window.
I found myself at the door of Suboshi's apartment. I blinked, instinctively, I'd run towards the next best person to talk to, without even realizing it. "Suboshi! Eyo! Suboshi!" I called, knocking frantically. "What's the password?" Came a teasing voice from the other side of the door. I smirked and rolled my eyes, "the password's Shunkaku*." I murmured. Suboshi opened the door. "Rane?!" Suboshi's eyes looked like they might pop out of his head.
Once I got home, I brushed my hair and took off my soaking uniform, putting on a pair of faded jeans and a red long sleeved shirt under a long emerald sweater. I stared at myself in the mirror. 'What happened?' I thought. It had been just a normal day; everything was fine until Ken confronted me. "Rane, I don't love you, you need to accept that." I didn't want to. I admitted to myself that Ken probably never really did have feelings for me, but I'd fallen in love with him practically the day I met him. I sighed, laying back on my bed and feeling my pocket.
A knife.
I sat up and flipped out the blade of the pocketknife Amiboshi'd given me. I flipped the blade in and out, locking it in place. I braided my dark blue hair, tying it in two places, one in the middle, and one at the end. I then begin to saw at my hair under the middle tie.
I unbraided my hair, dropping the piece I'd cut off on the bed. My hair had gone from down to my ankles to my waist. I shook my head, that wasn't enough to change. I really wanted to change myself. I would make sure I wouldn't be the same Rane Mitsukai who'd been foolish enough to have a one-sided love for almost a year. I walked into the bathroom and dug through the drawers, pulling out a can of hair-dye Kanomi'd left at Amiboshi's dorm a long time ago. 'It's pink.' I thought to myself. Pink? Well, it's better than blue.
"Rana-sa!" Amiboshi called from the living room. I blinked, hurriedly combing out the rest of my hair and running in to my room. 'What am I gonna do?!' I thought, grabbing the lock of blue hair from my bed and slipping into the hallway, cleverly slinking in to the only room with an escape window- Amiboshi's bedroom. I heard Amiboshi walking about the dorm, looking for me and calling my nickname. Panic-struck, I slipped the braided hair under the pillows on his bed and climbed out the window.
I found myself at the door of Suboshi's apartment. I blinked, instinctively, I'd run towards the next best person to talk to, without even realizing it. "Suboshi! Eyo! Suboshi!" I called, knocking frantically. "What's the password?" Came a teasing voice from the other side of the door. I smirked and rolled my eyes, "the password's Shunkaku*." I murmured. Suboshi opened the door. "Rane?!" Suboshi's eyes looked like they might pop out of his head.