Chapter 7
Do You Love Me True?
Yuuya held Ran long after the crowd that had gathered to watch the fight went along their way. He softly petted her hair and tried to calm her, but she wouldn't stop crying.
Miyu, Yamato, and Rei watched them from the other side of the small park. "What's going on with her? I've never seen her cry," Rei said.
Miyu smiled brightly, "Ran only cries to someone she really cares about. And since she's had a lot happen to her she has a lot to cry about."
Yamato and Rei gave her a questioning look. "It use to be that at least once a month Ran and I would have a sleep over just to cry and get all the bad things out of our systems. Well, since lately I've been spending so much time with Yamato and Aya has been away, Ran didn't have anyone to cry too."
"And why him?" Yamato asked, glaring at Yuuya.
This only made Miyu smile bigger, "Miyu thinks it's because Ran finally realized how much she cared about Yuuya."
Rei gave a slight smile at that.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ran, Ran, please tell me what's wrong?"
"I don't know what to do anymore," Ran sniffed, "Otohata told me all these things about you and at first I didn't want to believe it. Who would want me? Tatsuki didn't. Maybe I'm not really the world's greatest gal."
"Don't ever say that Ran!"
She looked up at Yuuya with teary eyes, "Huh?"
"You are the world's greatest gal. Don't ever doubt that. Tatsuki just couldn't handle the thought that you were bigger than he was. Besides, you'll always be the world's greatest gal in my heart."
"And you'll always be first place in my heart."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Miyu let out a squeal. Rei gave her a questioning look.
"I think she just told him!"
"Told him what?"
"That she loves him silly!"
"No way."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Yuuya paused. "What Ran?"
"Yuuya, you will always be first place in my heart. I think I always knew it. Deep down, I knew that you cared for me, but I didn't want to admit it to myself because that would make it easier for me not to care about you as more than a friend. And then after Tatsuki broke up with me I was afraid that you wouldn't like me any longer because why should you like me if he didn't. When Otohata told me how you felt I had to face the fact that it was true, but I was scared of how I felt about you.
"Maybe I couldn't care about you the way you cared about me. And, and now I'm babbling, but Yuuya I'm sorry for everything stupid I did before. I—I love you Yuuya!"
Yuuya held Ran long after the crowd that had gathered to watch the fight went along their way. He softly petted her hair and tried to calm her, but she wouldn't stop crying.
Miyu, Yamato, and Rei watched them from the other side of the small park. "What's going on with her? I've never seen her cry," Rei said.
Miyu smiled brightly, "Ran only cries to someone she really cares about. And since she's had a lot happen to her she has a lot to cry about."
Yamato and Rei gave her a questioning look. "It use to be that at least once a month Ran and I would have a sleep over just to cry and get all the bad things out of our systems. Well, since lately I've been spending so much time with Yamato and Aya has been away, Ran didn't have anyone to cry too."
"And why him?" Yamato asked, glaring at Yuuya.
This only made Miyu smile bigger, "Miyu thinks it's because Ran finally realized how much she cared about Yuuya."
Rei gave a slight smile at that.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ran, Ran, please tell me what's wrong?"
"I don't know what to do anymore," Ran sniffed, "Otohata told me all these things about you and at first I didn't want to believe it. Who would want me? Tatsuki didn't. Maybe I'm not really the world's greatest gal."
"Don't ever say that Ran!"
She looked up at Yuuya with teary eyes, "Huh?"
"You are the world's greatest gal. Don't ever doubt that. Tatsuki just couldn't handle the thought that you were bigger than he was. Besides, you'll always be the world's greatest gal in my heart."
"And you'll always be first place in my heart."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Miyu let out a squeal. Rei gave her a questioning look.
"I think she just told him!"
"Told him what?"
"That she loves him silly!"
"No way."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Yuuya paused. "What Ran?"
"Yuuya, you will always be first place in my heart. I think I always knew it. Deep down, I knew that you cared for me, but I didn't want to admit it to myself because that would make it easier for me not to care about you as more than a friend. And then after Tatsuki broke up with me I was afraid that you wouldn't like me any longer because why should you like me if he didn't. When Otohata told me how you felt I had to face the fact that it was true, but I was scared of how I felt about you.
"Maybe I couldn't care about you the way you cared about me. And, and now I'm babbling, but Yuuya I'm sorry for everything stupid I did before. I—I love you Yuuya!"