I ran along the corridors and up one level, hoping to catch them in time. I just had to see for myself. I would not believe it. I refused to. How could Rei do this to me? Damn that Uesugi. Both of them. I loved him first!
I felt my chest constrict as breathing became harder. I just had one more corridor to go before I reached Rei's classroom. Aya's class was just next to his. I turned a corner, almost slipping, and saw the door. My head was spinning as I tried to dash the last few metres but my legs felt like they were about to give way too. I really hate that doctor.
About 5 metres from the blue sliding-door, I saw it open and a whole stream of students came rushing out. I had to lean onto the wall to stop them from bull-dozing me over and to stop my legs from buckling under me. I really had to catch my breath. I watched the crowd walked pass me. None of them seemed to notice me standing there, struggling to catch my breath once again.
Finally when most of the crowd had disappeared down the corridors, I saw Aya walking down away from me too. Her class had just been dismissed too. She was alone. I got up from my bent over position and walked toward the open door of Rei's classroom. I was just about to pop my head in to see if Rei was in there when the boy of my dreams burst out of the classroom and rushed to Aya's side. He didn't notice that he had almost given me a concussion. My almost-normal breathing went up again. Both from the sudden shock and the clenching of my heart as I saw the couple in front of me walk slowly away, holding their hands as discreetly as possible and smiling the sweetest smiles of the world.
I was hyperventilating and I knew it but I couldn't stop. I tried to focus on my rate of breathing but flashes of the now-gone couple that I saw just now kept running through his head. My head hurt. My heart seized to beat and I didn't see anything as I fell to the floor, unable to breathe.