By Pan
Okay okay, I'm a horrible person... I haven't even been working on this story, truth be told. But I've gotten off my procrastination-streak and finally, the long-awaited chapter 1 is here for you to read. Many thanks to FFnet's QuickEdit for MESSING UP THE STORY FORMAT.
Have to thank Elesterie for pushing me to update this story, and of course all the other people who have reviewed as well, haha.
Mimi had quickly sped off to the place where Yamato had asked her to meet him at. She had waited quite a while for him to come and she had started to wonder if he had forgotten about the whole thing.
'Ah, where could Yamato be?' sighing inwardly to herself, she was about to leave until a voice from behind had called her name. Turning around, Mimi saw that it was none other than Ishida Yamato, casually late, as always.
"Aha, sorry I'm late, Mimi." Yamato stated while scratching the back of his neck. Mimi smiled at him and shook her head, responding, "It's alright," and sat down on a nearby bench. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked.
Blinking slightly, Yamato sat down across from her, "Ah, remember when I asked you if you had been in love before?" Not knowing where he was going with this, Mimi nodded her head nonchalantly. "Well, I asked someone out and I think I'm in love..."
Mimi grew wide-eyed, but not so much as to show any hint of sadness or jealousy, and simply responded with, "Who?" It was then that Yamato stood up from the table and grabbed Mimi's hands, "With... Takenouchi Sora."
Seeing tiny, non-existent hearts and stars in his eyes, Mimi tried her best to avoid them and looked to the ground, "That's great!" she said, trying to sound as enthusiastic as she could at a time like this.
With Mimi being his best friend and all, Yamato could sense a little bit of melancholy in her tone, "What's wrong?" Mimi glanced back up to look at him and replied, "N-nothing!" Yamato grinned, "Something is wrong, Mimi..." Accepting defeat, Mimi quickly retorted, "Ah... I guess... umm... that means we won't be going to the dance together this year then, that's why..." even though it was all true, Mimi was still shielding the truth.
"Oh? Is that it," Yamato chuckled slightly, "I'll make sure to leave to leave the last dance for you." Mimi looked up so she could see his eyes and slightly smiled at him. Yamato, in response, smiled back and patted her head before walking away.
"Hoy, hurry up if you want me to walk you home, silly," he called back. Mimi quickly got up and ran a bit so she could catch up with him, and they had walked home together.
» Ahead: The Night of
Tossing and turning, Mimi couldn't help but think about what Yamato had said earlier to her today.
"...I think I'm in love..."
Those words constantly reoccurring in her head, she thought to herself, 'Why is this affecting me now...? Before it was alright when he went out with other girls, but... Oh, Yamato, why did you say you're in love...?'
Mimi tried to shut her eyes so she could go to sleep, but instead all she could do was think about those words, and the reason why she couldn't let Yamato say them to her, if he even could...
» Forward: The Morning After
Mimi finally brought herself to sleep, but much to her dismay, it had caused her to sleep-in. Her alarm had went off several times, only for her to groan in annoyance. Finally getting up, Mimi realized what time it was, "Oh my gosh! I'm going to be late for school!" 'Yamato probably left without me too...'
Hurriedly putting on her school uniform, Mimi dashed down the stairs and picked up her school bag as she ran out the door.
Luckily, Mimi had gotten to school 5 minutes before the first bell had rang. She decided to search for Yamato, and knew just where he would be.
Turning the corner to where their meeting spot was, Mimi tried to erase the thoughts of the night before, 'Tachikawa Mimi is stronger than this!'
What she wasn't expecting, however, was a certain someone who Yamato thought he loved to be there. Mimi's eyes grew wide as she gasped and dropped her school bag to the ground. Takenouchi Sora and Ishida Yamato, her best friend, were kissing each other!
'It's to be expected, Mimi. They're going out!' Mimi argued with herself silently as she ran away from the scene she wanted so desperately to be away from. Finally getting to the other side of the school building, she slumped down and screamed to no one but herself, "But why?! Why is this affecting me so much!?!"
The first bell had rang throughout the school; Yamato and Sora had gotten up from where they resided when Yamato spotted a specific black school bag with a pink star keychain dangling from the zipper.
"Huh? What's wrong, Matt?" Sora asked him. Yamato's gaze was still centered on the bag, "Ah... I-I'll catch up to you later, Sora." Confused, Sora replied, "Okay," and walked off to her classroom.
Yamato picked up the bag and pondered to himself, 'Mimi's bag? But why's it here...?'
On the other side of the school, a lonely girl sat against the building, crying silently to herself.
» End Chapter 1
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I know this chapter sucked arse, but the next chapters will be full of angsty-goodness. I tried to make this chapter give out subtle hints, but not so much as to spoil some of the upcoming storyline. I hope this story isn't too cliché and has somewhat of individuality in the least.
Next chapter coming in a million years or sooner!. Be sure to look out for a few new fictions by myself... most notably ones called Daybreak and I Can't Trust You! (probably coming in a few years, as per usual with me).