Love and Tears
A/n- I don't own SMJ. Yes, after like 10 months I decided to randomly update this story, I'll tie up all the loose ends and what-not. Anyways, I'll get on with it now.
"OTARU!!!! I'M BACK!!" Otaru heard right when the door was thrown open. He saw Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry standing there smiling. Then they all ran forward and began hugging him. He could only stand there and allow himself to be hugged, in all of his shock. He was pondering of what to do when he suddenly froze at the sound of a familiar voice.
"Hey Otaru, I have a surprise for you!" he heard Lorelei say. She came over to the open door and then stopped suddenly, at what she saw.
"HI LORELEI!" Lime said, while still hugging Otaru.
"W-w-w-when did you g-get back?" Lorelei asked no particular marionette, while her face still held a shocked look. She quickly stowed the small box that she had been holding into her pocket.
"Lorelei, why are you so surprised to see us? Did you doubt that we would make it back?" Bloodberry said while sounding a little offended.
"No…of course not…it's just that it's been a whole year…and I sort of…"
"Forgot about us?" Cherry filled in, starting to sound a bit irritated. "And did you forget about us as well Otaru?"
"Well I…of course I didn't forget about you…it's just that…" he trailed off, knowing that telling the truth about not really thinking about them for the past year would hurt them too much.
"I'M HUNGRY!" Lime said, running inside the apartment up to the breakfast that Otaru had cooked. She saw that there were only two plates of it. "Otaru, why are there only two plates?" she asked in a confused voice.
Oh no…Otaru thought to himself. "I-I-I'll j-j-j-just get out a few more plates then…" he stammered, running over to where the dishes were kept. To his relief, no questioning happened until the middle of breakfast.
"So Otaru, what have you been up to for the past year?" Bloodberry asked, as she started on her third bowl of rice and her 12th glass of sake. "Been hanging out with friends much?"
"Uh…well…er…" Otaru thought desperately for words. Cherry had been staring at him the entire morning, slowly working out what had happened.
"Otaru, we've been replaced in your heart haven't we?" she said suddenly, in a quiet voice. Surprisingly, everybody heard her. Lime was the first to react.
"Otaru…Otaru doesn't love us anymore? We…we've been replaced…and FORGOTTEN?" she asked in a choked voice.
"Wait…Otaru…you really didn't think of us at all for the past YEAR, when we've been thinking about you obsessively for every moment of it?!" Bloodberry said, dropping her glass of sake.
"I…er…well…I…" but Otaru could no longer get any words out, he had nothing that he could say to them to cheer them up, at least nothing true, and he knew that if he lied they'd quickly figure out that he had.
"Otaru…Otaru…" Lime burst into tears, before running out of the apartment, right through the closed door.
"Lime…" Otaru called out feebly, even though he knew that she could not hear him.
"Otaru, we loved you more then anything else, cherished you above all others, and this is how you repay us, by forgetting about us?!" Bloodberry said, gathering steam. "What have you been doing for the past year that has driven the memory of us away from your mind and heart?!"
"You and Lorelei…you love each other don't you? That's why you forgot about us, isn't it?" Cherry said in the same quiet voice as before. When she looked up at Otaru, her eyes were full of tears. "You forgot all about us, when we've been anticipating seeing you for every day…hour…minute…second…of the past year…" tears were now flowing down her cheeks silently. Otaru couldn't bear it, seeing one of the marionettes cry was enough, but two was too much for him.
"No Cherry! It's not like that!" he said, a desperate attempt to get her to stop crying.
"Oh, and how is it then? Are you saying that you really have thought about us? Loved us as much as we've loved you? Missed us for the past year?" Bloodberry cut in, her eyes also now getting teary.
"Well…" Otaru began.
"Otaru, don't even try to lie to us, I can see right through it. I know that you don't love us, and I don't even know why you bothered trying to be nice to us at all today…I guess we'll just leave and get out of your life now," Cherry said, starting to sob and dabbing at her eyes with her handkerchief.
"No, don't leave!" Otaru cried.
"Otaru, I don't want to be here if my love for you is not appreciated. I'm going to go with Cherry and then we'll go find Lime and find some place to go so you can live happily here with Lorelei, without us to burden you…" Bloodberry said, while staring at the ground with tears pouring out of her eyes.
"No! It's not like that with Lorelei! It's not like it seems!" Otaru cried, trying desperately to get his marionettes to not leave.
"Oh, now you're telling me that you never loved me, and that all those times that you said you did was just a lie?!" Lorelei cried, coming out of the corner. Her eyes too were tearing up.
"No! I'm not saying that! Lorelei, please don't cry!" Otaru said, feeling even worse then before now.
"Otaru, we're going to leave you to comfort her then," Bloodberry said, standing up in unison with Cherry, who took one last look at Otaru before running out of the apartment, through the closed door like Lime had.
"So Otaru, are you saying that the past year of going out with me, all our times spent together, all those times you told me that you loved me, they were all not true?!" Lorelei said, now crying as hard as the marionettes had cried.
"No Lorelei, I…"
"You played with my heart for an entire year and led me on to heal your heartache because Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry were gone?! Oh, I get it now! You held me responsible for them being gone, so you decided to use me for your advantage, and now that they're back you're going to dump me in the cold?! Well, Otaru, it's over! Never toy with my heart again!" Lorelei had screamed at him, wiping furiously at her tears. She ran out of the apartment through the huge hole that Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry had left in the door. Otaru looked towards where she had been sitting, and saw that she had left the small box that she'd brought to surprise him with that morning there. He walked over to it and picked it up, and then opened it up. He saw that inside of it was a gold ring.
"Gone…" he whispered as a single tear ran down his cheek. He closed the box and put it carefully in the dresser. Then, he sat down and sobbed uncontrollably.
Well, that's it for that chapter! There were a few different things that I could do with it, and I decided in the end to make it sad because that would complicate the story a little and give me more ideas for future chapters! Please review, and I promise that it won't take me another 10 months to update again!
A/n- I don't own SMJ. Yes, after like 10 months I decided to randomly update this story, I'll tie up all the loose ends and what-not. Anyways, I'll get on with it now.
"OTARU!!!! I'M BACK!!" Otaru heard right when the door was thrown open. He saw Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry standing there smiling. Then they all ran forward and began hugging him. He could only stand there and allow himself to be hugged, in all of his shock. He was pondering of what to do when he suddenly froze at the sound of a familiar voice.
"Hey Otaru, I have a surprise for you!" he heard Lorelei say. She came over to the open door and then stopped suddenly, at what she saw.
"HI LORELEI!" Lime said, while still hugging Otaru.
"W-w-w-when did you g-get back?" Lorelei asked no particular marionette, while her face still held a shocked look. She quickly stowed the small box that she had been holding into her pocket.
"Lorelei, why are you so surprised to see us? Did you doubt that we would make it back?" Bloodberry said while sounding a little offended.
"No…of course not…it's just that it's been a whole year…and I sort of…"
"Forgot about us?" Cherry filled in, starting to sound a bit irritated. "And did you forget about us as well Otaru?"
"Well I…of course I didn't forget about you…it's just that…" he trailed off, knowing that telling the truth about not really thinking about them for the past year would hurt them too much.
"I'M HUNGRY!" Lime said, running inside the apartment up to the breakfast that Otaru had cooked. She saw that there were only two plates of it. "Otaru, why are there only two plates?" she asked in a confused voice.
Oh no…Otaru thought to himself. "I-I-I'll j-j-j-just get out a few more plates then…" he stammered, running over to where the dishes were kept. To his relief, no questioning happened until the middle of breakfast.
"So Otaru, what have you been up to for the past year?" Bloodberry asked, as she started on her third bowl of rice and her 12th glass of sake. "Been hanging out with friends much?"
"Uh…well…er…" Otaru thought desperately for words. Cherry had been staring at him the entire morning, slowly working out what had happened.
"Otaru, we've been replaced in your heart haven't we?" she said suddenly, in a quiet voice. Surprisingly, everybody heard her. Lime was the first to react.
"Otaru…Otaru doesn't love us anymore? We…we've been replaced…and FORGOTTEN?" she asked in a choked voice.
"Wait…Otaru…you really didn't think of us at all for the past YEAR, when we've been thinking about you obsessively for every moment of it?!" Bloodberry said, dropping her glass of sake.
"I…er…well…I…" but Otaru could no longer get any words out, he had nothing that he could say to them to cheer them up, at least nothing true, and he knew that if he lied they'd quickly figure out that he had.
"Otaru…Otaru…" Lime burst into tears, before running out of the apartment, right through the closed door.
"Lime…" Otaru called out feebly, even though he knew that she could not hear him.
"Otaru, we loved you more then anything else, cherished you above all others, and this is how you repay us, by forgetting about us?!" Bloodberry said, gathering steam. "What have you been doing for the past year that has driven the memory of us away from your mind and heart?!"
"You and Lorelei…you love each other don't you? That's why you forgot about us, isn't it?" Cherry said in the same quiet voice as before. When she looked up at Otaru, her eyes were full of tears. "You forgot all about us, when we've been anticipating seeing you for every day…hour…minute…second…of the past year…" tears were now flowing down her cheeks silently. Otaru couldn't bear it, seeing one of the marionettes cry was enough, but two was too much for him.
"No Cherry! It's not like that!" he said, a desperate attempt to get her to stop crying.
"Oh, and how is it then? Are you saying that you really have thought about us? Loved us as much as we've loved you? Missed us for the past year?" Bloodberry cut in, her eyes also now getting teary.
"Well…" Otaru began.
"Otaru, don't even try to lie to us, I can see right through it. I know that you don't love us, and I don't even know why you bothered trying to be nice to us at all today…I guess we'll just leave and get out of your life now," Cherry said, starting to sob and dabbing at her eyes with her handkerchief.
"No, don't leave!" Otaru cried.
"Otaru, I don't want to be here if my love for you is not appreciated. I'm going to go with Cherry and then we'll go find Lime and find some place to go so you can live happily here with Lorelei, without us to burden you…" Bloodberry said, while staring at the ground with tears pouring out of her eyes.
"No! It's not like that with Lorelei! It's not like it seems!" Otaru cried, trying desperately to get his marionettes to not leave.
"Oh, now you're telling me that you never loved me, and that all those times that you said you did was just a lie?!" Lorelei cried, coming out of the corner. Her eyes too were tearing up.
"No! I'm not saying that! Lorelei, please don't cry!" Otaru said, feeling even worse then before now.
"Otaru, we're going to leave you to comfort her then," Bloodberry said, standing up in unison with Cherry, who took one last look at Otaru before running out of the apartment, through the closed door like Lime had.
"So Otaru, are you saying that the past year of going out with me, all our times spent together, all those times you told me that you loved me, they were all not true?!" Lorelei said, now crying as hard as the marionettes had cried.
"No Lorelei, I…"
"You played with my heart for an entire year and led me on to heal your heartache because Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry were gone?! Oh, I get it now! You held me responsible for them being gone, so you decided to use me for your advantage, and now that they're back you're going to dump me in the cold?! Well, Otaru, it's over! Never toy with my heart again!" Lorelei had screamed at him, wiping furiously at her tears. She ran out of the apartment through the huge hole that Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry had left in the door. Otaru looked towards where she had been sitting, and saw that she had left the small box that she'd brought to surprise him with that morning there. He walked over to it and picked it up, and then opened it up. He saw that inside of it was a gold ring.
"Gone…" he whispered as a single tear ran down his cheek. He closed the box and put it carefully in the dresser. Then, he sat down and sobbed uncontrollably.
Well, that's it for that chapter! There were a few different things that I could do with it, and I decided in the end to make it sad because that would complicate the story a little and give me more ideas for future chapters! Please review, and I promise that it won't take me another 10 months to update again!
