Chapter 2: What's up with her? Kouichi's POV
"That was weird. What would make Ari so sad and run off like that? I know it's obvious she didn't wanna talk about it, but she could just tell us instead of running away." Izumi said.
"That's because none of us would understand. I think that she's afraid of talking to us because she's scared too. I mean, from all the letters I got from her, they were always happy but the writing was all wobbly as if she couldn't write and there were blotches that looked like tear marks. I think that whatever goes on at her school and at home is the cause of all this. Why would she be here if something was wrong there" I said. Animya nodded in agreement.
"Then let's see what's wrong. Shibua isn't that big and she can't have gone far. Needless to say, we found her crying her eyes out at the nearest bridge.
"Ari, you can't run from us forever." Junpei called.
"Yes I can and it'll stay that way!" She yelled back and again ran for her life. Away from us. It was raining that day and she didn't see the car coming to hit her. When she did see it, instead of running away, she stopped faced it and smiled. There was a loud screech and she was thrown onto the floor, blood pouring out of her side quickly. Kouji called an ambulance and when they came, we all climbed in too. In the hospital, all Ari said was not to let her tousan come and get her.
"I wonder why." Takuya said.
"I can't tell you." She replied. "Now please, I need to be alone. Don't come back: ever." She asked pleadingly as we all left knowing each and every one of us would come to visit.
"So one of us can come on a certain time of the day. Ami and Animya can come on Sundays, Kouji can come on Mondays, I can come on Tuesdays, Izumi can come on Wednesday, Tomoki can come on Thursdays, Junpei can come on Fridays, and Kouichi can come on Saturdays." Takuya planned out.
"Alright, but I highly doubt that this will work." Kouji said.
"Yeah. None offense to Ari, still being my best friend, but she is a stubborn bitch a lot of the time. The next day was a Sunday, so Ari's sisters came to visit.
"She never talked to us at all! It was like talking to a statue of Ari!" Ami said. When Kouji went the next day, he got the same result.
"She didn't talk, she didn't eat, and she didn't even blink." He mused. Takuya did no better.
"Nothing. She just sat there. I don't know what got her this way, but it must have been more than one person to do this." He said. Izumi went after him and sadly it was the same thing. She just shook her head slowly. Tomoki went and when he came back, all he said was,
"She looked like a zombie. I asked the doctors about her condition and they said that she hadn't touched her food since she got there." Junpei tried to offer her some chocolate, but as he said,
"She just pushed my hand away."
"At least she made some movements besides getting up and going to sleep. There's a start." Animya said. And now, I had to go.
"That was weird. What would make Ari so sad and run off like that? I know it's obvious she didn't wanna talk about it, but she could just tell us instead of running away." Izumi said.
"That's because none of us would understand. I think that she's afraid of talking to us because she's scared too. I mean, from all the letters I got from her, they were always happy but the writing was all wobbly as if she couldn't write and there were blotches that looked like tear marks. I think that whatever goes on at her school and at home is the cause of all this. Why would she be here if something was wrong there" I said. Animya nodded in agreement.
"Then let's see what's wrong. Shibua isn't that big and she can't have gone far. Needless to say, we found her crying her eyes out at the nearest bridge.
"Ari, you can't run from us forever." Junpei called.
"Yes I can and it'll stay that way!" She yelled back and again ran for her life. Away from us. It was raining that day and she didn't see the car coming to hit her. When she did see it, instead of running away, she stopped faced it and smiled. There was a loud screech and she was thrown onto the floor, blood pouring out of her side quickly. Kouji called an ambulance and when they came, we all climbed in too. In the hospital, all Ari said was not to let her tousan come and get her.
"I wonder why." Takuya said.
"I can't tell you." She replied. "Now please, I need to be alone. Don't come back: ever." She asked pleadingly as we all left knowing each and every one of us would come to visit.
"So one of us can come on a certain time of the day. Ami and Animya can come on Sundays, Kouji can come on Mondays, I can come on Tuesdays, Izumi can come on Wednesday, Tomoki can come on Thursdays, Junpei can come on Fridays, and Kouichi can come on Saturdays." Takuya planned out.
"Alright, but I highly doubt that this will work." Kouji said.
"Yeah. None offense to Ari, still being my best friend, but she is a stubborn bitch a lot of the time. The next day was a Sunday, so Ari's sisters came to visit.
"She never talked to us at all! It was like talking to a statue of Ari!" Ami said. When Kouji went the next day, he got the same result.
"She didn't talk, she didn't eat, and she didn't even blink." He mused. Takuya did no better.
"Nothing. She just sat there. I don't know what got her this way, but it must have been more than one person to do this." He said. Izumi went after him and sadly it was the same thing. She just shook her head slowly. Tomoki went and when he came back, all he said was,
"She looked like a zombie. I asked the doctors about her condition and they said that she hadn't touched her food since she got there." Junpei tried to offer her some chocolate, but as he said,
"She just pushed my hand away."
"At least she made some movements besides getting up and going to sleep. There's a start." Animya said. And now, I had to go.