AUTHOR'S NOTE: Konichiwa Minna! Here is yet another series of fishe prattle that no one wishes to read. DO IT ANYWAY! Mars is not a manga that a whole lot of people have read yet. I strongly urge everyone to recommend it to their friends and families, because it is a wonderfully comical FLUFFy angst story that I love. This fic is just and idea I had after I read volume 1. It's not long, and it's about Tatsuya and Harumi. Just a bunch of the thoughts that I had when I put myself in their positions. It's not like I AGREE with them or anything, I've just had similar experiences to theirs and feel like I can really relate to their feelings. And yes, I was listening to Linkin Park when I thought up the title. ^_^
Things Aren't the Way They Were Before
Tatsuya looked around as he began to pack for his trip to Shinjuku. He put in his swimming trunks and goggles, knowing that he would be swimming in the lake. He was tired of packing. For the entire weekend, he had been scrambling around, trying to get enough clean clothes to pack for his trip. And now, on Sunday morning, he had only 6 hours left before his flight. He still had to say good-bye to everyone. And he certainly wasn't looking forward to seeing the "awkward couple."
The two of them had no idea how much sadness they had put him through over the past week. First, they had met in the park. Rei hadn't been particularly nice or anything, but Kira seemed enthralled with him by the next day. Of course, that was after Rei had met with her in the art lab after school one day. That was the day he was playing basketball in the pink hair tie.
Now, Tatsuya had an idea where the tie came from. He was jealous, now, because of it. But it couldn't be helped. He would just never be able to have Kira, and he'd have to watch one of his best friends wrap her around his finger. Because that's basically what he was doing to her. Rei was just receiving and receiving. He had once told Tatsuya, in absolute confidence, that he felt like a gift, just being taken and thrown away once something better and newer came along. Now, he was just a hypocrite. The way he had kissed Kira, then told her it didn't mean anything to him; now that was just cruel. Not just to Kira, he realized, but also to himself.
Rei was just living a lie, over that week. Too ashamed to admit that he could be falling in love with Kira, he just wouldn't let his pride go. And now, Kira was suffering for it. Oh, how he wanted to kill Rei right now. But that wouldn't solve anything. It would just make Kira hurt even more.
If Tatsuya could turn back time, to before this week happened, he would. Only a week earlier he had quietly admired Kira from afar; but now, his feelings were not only out in the open, but also in the reject's pile. And that was enough to make his life miserable. To know that the girl you love turned you away for your best friend, who doesn't think that she's anything special... now that's torture. And that's exactly how Tatsuya felt.
Things aren't the way they were before, he thought. But I'll just have to go and say good-bye to Rei. Might as well go to Kira, too. Let her know not to let Rei try to pull anything on her while I'm gone.
Tatsuya continued packing. Maybe later...
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Harumi's thoughts were of the same nature. Only instead of feeling sorry for Rei, she felt sorry for herself. She was next in line for the job of carrying Rei's heart, but then that lowlife had come in and taken it away from her. She had an experience similar to this one before. Her mother was choosing a new apartment a couple of years ago, and an old lady died. She had a spacious enough apartment for her and her mother to live in. But on the day she died, another one of the apartment's residence claimed the apartment as their own. And the one they left was a studio, with no more room than the kitchen in the other apartment.
But, then, this was also more important than apartments. Harumi had been dreaming about marrying Rei since tenth grade. Kira had hated Rei until just that week. It just wasn't fair.
She had tried many things to show her position to Rei. She had thrown away the girl's shoes, but he had just given her a ride home, which made them closer. She had bullied the girl a couple of times, but he just asked her if she was all right and continued to hang around her a lot. She had almost smashed the girl's fingers, just to keep her from painting, so that Rei would have nothing to admire her for any longer. But Rei had just come to her rescue and made her fall in love with him.
Harumi didn't know what to do next. The only thing that she knew was violence. Her mother had put her father's girlfriend in a hospital. She suffered permanent damage, and had broken up with her mother. But that fact didn't get into Harumi's head. For her, it was just monkey see- monkey do. So she wanted to try her best to show Kira her territory and keep her away, using any means possible. Even murder, if it came to that. Then maybe, things would be like they were before Kira had trampled her dreams.
Harumi went into the kitchen, just as her doctor had instructed, and took a small pill. She went to lie down, and very soon, was fast asleep. When she woke up, she didn't feel the least bit of hatred towards either of them. She was just in a numb bliss. Too paralyzed by the drugs to feel any emotion, even pain.
AUTHORS NOTE: Well? I don't expect to get a whole lot of reviews, being that this is a very boring and depressing one-shot. And to believe I was in a GOOD mood when I wrote this! If ANYONE reads it, I REALLY hope that you will review. Even if you hate reviewing. Because, when I don't get reviews, I take the fic down. I hope that this wasn't THAT bad. BTW: I made up a bunch of stuff about Harumi, mostly because I don't know all that much about her yet. I'm just waiting for June, so that I can get the next volume. C&C welcome! Arigato!
~Sushifishie~