Chapter Nine
5/29
I've pretty much managed to avoid Keiji...But I don't know how much longer I can keep at it...We'll see...
"Hey, Hoshiko," a girl in her class walks up to her desk. It was the girl Keiji broke up with. "I heard that...Keiji likes you, was it?"
"Err...Well, I—"
"You stay away from him," she hisses. "A girl like you never deserved someone like Keiji...And I know your secret...what you tried to do," she continues.
"Wh...what do you mean?" Hoshiko acts as if her suicide attempt never happened. What else could it be?
"And I saw the blood on the bathroom floor, too, saw Keiji hold you as you passed out. You should have died. You sure has hell deserved to." She gives a small, tight smile as she awaits Hoshiko's response.
"No..."
"Don't pretend...You tried to commit suicide...And if you don't stay away from Keiji, I'll tell everyone. Then maybe I'll kill you myself. They'll think it was you." The girl smirks, starts to turn around, but stops. "Actually..."
There's a slight pause, and Hoshiko stares at the ground, afraid of what she'll stay next.
"I want you to tell him...that you can't love him back, that you never will. Then you stay away. Find somebody else...But I'll never let you take Keiji away from me." She glares with a cold bitterness, and storms off.
(diary)
Lovely. Just lovely. This is SO FUCKING STUPID! If I don't tell Keiji that I can't love him back, the girl he broke up with the night I tried to kill myself will tell everyone what I did, because she said she saw. So even if I do get the courage...I can't tell him. She also said that she might kill me herself if I didn't stay away...This...sucks...
"Hoshiko...is something wrong?"
She had hardly noticed Keiji walk up to her once school was out, but she quickly tries to wipe away her tears.
"Keiji...I can't love you back," she sobs. "I'm so sorry..."
In a flash, she's gone, leaving Keiji in a daze, standing alone.
((ahh...sorry that was so short .))