Another Chapter! Yes! It's true! Another valiant chapter by none other by moi!
Chapter Nine: Let's Get Them Together
Sakura kept running until she came to a dead end in the hallway. She slowed down and stopped by an empty classroom. She went inside and shut the door. Only when she had set her things neatly in the corner and threw herself down next to it did she let the tears fall.
The tears she had kept inside when she came home from school to see her parents weren't home. The tears she had kept back when she had visited them in ICU. The tears she had tucked away at their funeral. They all erupted like a waterfall. She pulled her knees up to her chest and held them close.
"Are you okay?" Sakura wiped her crying eyes with the back of her hand and looked up to see Ryou sitting next to her, looking concerned.
"I'm fine," she sniffed, wiping away the rest of her tears.
Ryou wiped away a tear Sakura had missed with his thumb. "You don't look fine." He put his arm around her shoulder. "It's okay. I know what it feels like to lose family too. I lost my mom, dad and sister a few years ago."
Sakura straitened up right away. She didn't want to seem like she thought her problems were more important than Ryou's. "At least someone knows how I feel."
Ryou smiled at her. "Life gets easier. I promise," he said. Sakura smiled back.
Outside, the others were waiting for Sakura and Ryou to Return.
"You know, I think Ryou and Sakura have a crush on each other," said Teà conversationally.
Everyone looked at her skeptically. "How do you know?" asked Hoshi. Everyone was taken aback at the fact that she was actually talking, but Teà didn't bat a lash.
"Well, I think the fact they were writing and erasing 'R.B & S.M' inside a heart in their notebooks during algebra this morning is a pretty good clue," she said.
Yugi caught on. "You're not thinking of . . ." he began.
"Yes I am," she retorted. "I think we should try to get them together."
Yugi, Tristan, Duke and Joey leaned in towards Teà. "I really don't think this is any of our business," said Tristan.
Teà leaned in too. "Either we help Ryou make the first move or Bakura makes it for him," she whispered back.
"She has a point," agreed Joey. They all nodded and leaned back out.
"I suppose you're gonna want my help." Everyone looked to see Hoshi looking at them all.
"It'd be appreciated," said Teà.
Hoshi shrugged. "Sakura's been moping around lately, and it's really starting to bug me." She broke into a small smile. "Besides, I read her diary, and Tea's right."
"Okay then," Teà said, leaning in. "This is what we're gonna do. . . ."
I might have another chapter up this weekend, but I'm not sure. It all depends on whether my friend Edie has either the next chapter of 'Kesiki' up, or the first chapter of her Sequel to 'Pulled into Colour' online. Seeya later folks! (geez did I just say 'folks'??)