SAKURA Drops

Author's note: Yay! So and so, you know? Anyways hope you like the 2nd chapter…I actually planned the story so just wait for the suspense…

Summary: Hiromi had already gone to overseas, Takao suddenly moved on and met this other girl, though it didn't felt as comfortable with Eriko as Hiromi does…

Disclaimer: Oh I have a Beyblade; I have a beyblade with a spinning top on it o! (No I do not own Beyblade)


2. Like me or dislike me…

Hiromi with her back straightened and folded arms gazed by the cherry blossom in her backyard, her eyes squinted slightly. Her feet wearing wooden slipper hanged sturdily on the shaved-green ground. Hikari was next to her, her small mouth slurping her vanilla ice cream with blank and disturbing eyes watching her sister does nothing, absolutely nothing. Though it came quite obvious that her sister was paranoid of the cherry tree when it still bloomed during the summer time yesterday, she can't imagine how she would be. She whispered a word 'idiot' and walked on the 1 metre stone stairs towards the large transparent door and slides it open, smiling. Hiromi sighed for a moment and touched her wrist, it was bare, and Hiromi gasped when she realised she lost her bracelet. She sighed in relief as she scattered and found her bracelet at the top corner of the garden near the fence. She stood up and turns her gaze towards the cherry blossom, shaking her head and went inside the house, strain to see that nothing had happen when she had watched the awkward moment of the blossom.

"Great, I wasted my time for nothing…" Hiromi grunted and felt the warm layer of her bracelet as she fiddled, smiling, almost giggling.

"Is it true?" A young voice spoke, Hikari sat on the sofa with those sad eyes she usually does to get mother buying presents on her birthday. Typical-she was such a drama queen.

"What?" Hiromi stuttered, a bit startled that Hikari was there with a sudden move.

"That you and Takao…are actually a-umm…" She stuttered as well, Hiromi shook her head and carved a faint smile.

"No, he's just a friend, Hikari-san, nothing else…"

"You say she's just a friend! Well, I guess I'm going to have let him go now…" Hikari shook her head, from her 12-year old she looked playfully innocent to Hiromi as she shakes her body around, gleefully clapping her hands "Settles it! You can have Takao-san now!"

"Umnn…then who are you going to have a crush on?" Hiromi smirked with playful and squinted eyes.

"Easy! Max!" Hikari answered aloud with blushed red cheeks and hands held tightly, a glaze look was in her eyes twinkling. Hiromi laughed lightly and shook her head, still staring at the cherry blossom through the large transparent slide-opened window.

Max stared intently at the chess board with squinted eyes and blank face as he sat with his chair backward, moving his queen. Kyouju does a whisper 'tut' and made the horse on a checkmate. Max howled in pain standing and screaming 'Ah!'…

"It's just a game, Max, no big deal…" Kyouju answered sardonically, adjusting his goggles with a glimpse of shine at the top corner of its glasses "But I won…again…"

"Hey, I don't care…it's a game…5/10?" Max answered with a desperate tone and adjusted his side of the chess.

"Why not?" Kyouju answered with a sudden smirked, Max realises that and smirked as well, though he had no idea why. Takao sat with his seat backward the same as Max; his arms held around his backward chair and grinned.

"My money's on Kyouju-kun…" Takao answered gleefully, speaking towards a boy with black hair and his long hair tied around with a cloth, with a Chinese garb and yellow eyes, which made him, look quite handsome.

"…No comment…Max always loses…" Rei voiced his self-opinion with a can of soda held lightly in his palm, and took a sip of it as Max moved his turn. Takao lost interest and got out of his seat, opening the transparent slide-door. The cherry blossom in his garden have gotten quite rapidly multiplied, Takao couldn't tell whether if they had any ecstasy effect Max had thrown out, hence that he does go to a lot of disco, they are almost turning 16. Takao sighed at that superstition and looked at the azure sky. He muttered some phrases, he stared at the floor, a glimpse shun. Takao quickly turned his head towards the tree. Nothing. He thought this head was playing tricks on him, or as people might say that phrase, though he might not dwell on things like Hiromi has.

Hiromi packed her bags, ready to leave and looked at her picture held lightly into her palm, Hiromi and Takao, and the others. Max, Rei and Kyouju were quite curious and impatient, they kept persevere with the fact that Takao and Hiromi could be more than just friends…Hiromi laughed at that expression…could they? A knock was on the door and it opened, Hikari smiled gleefully and sat on her single pinkish bed, hovering on the bed with her teddy bear. Hiromi urged her to stop that and continued to pack her bags, shaking her head slightly and observed the picture of her and Takao, and everyone else.

"So you're gonna miss me right?" Hiromi noticed the innocent looked through her sister's ruby eyes and smirked, nodding "Oh course you're gonna miss me! I'm your sister! What about Takao-san?"

"I'll miss my friends as well…" She said as she adjusted half of her space.

"Are you sure you want to think of him as a 'friend'?" Hikari raised an eyebrow, her bear swung in midair as she flickered it away.

"Of course…" Hiromi shrugged and walked out of the room with a slight enigma as Hikari swung her other bears. Is it true? Could they be…no, no…Hiromi can't dwell on feelings just yet, being comfortably with someone does not imply that you're really having a romantic side of you; it does not involve your inner romance. That's what she thought anyway…

It was morning and the school bell struck by lunchtime, Takao was hoping Hiromi was here, but she was busy, and she was about to go study overseas tomorrow night. He wasn't sure if he would make it to Hiromi's airports flight, though he did have plans with this new girl he met. She had brown chocolate eyes with high-cheek bones and fair skin; she wore her middle-school uniform that she had from her last school. She looked perfect, though Takao was not much attracted to her, hence that he only known her for an hour before lunchtime. Takao walked towards the main door to the canteen at the table with both Kyouju and Max as they play the usual game…chess. Takao rolled his eyes for that.

"Just give up Max…I mean…god I've seen you played before…and you stink…" Takao rolled his eyes again, his head tilted on the table along with his book, waiting for Max's usual cheerful and positive speech.

"I know…but I'm confident I'll win!" Max raised a fistful-hand in the air; Kyouju stared intently yet calmly at him and shook his head.

"Checkmate…" He said calmly, Max raised an eyebrow and stomped his head on the table as usual, groaning. Kyouju lost interest and packed his chessboard into his bag, and adjusted to see if he has his laptop with him, well of course he does. "So are you going to Hiromi-san's flight?" He added, clicking on his laptop as he observed Takao's beyblade. It was long before they could beyblade; Takao even wonders where their lonely part of the team is, Rei. He could see Kyouju and Max had been missing beyblade. They're almost sixteen anyway; there might be no point of dwelling on one thing when you could dwell on the future. That's what Takao thought as well…he used to be the stubborn one…and he wondered if Hiromi could feel the way he feels. Maybe not, he thought, maybe she'll forget me…because I'm just her friend. "Hello, you haven't answered my question yet…"

"Oh…I'm not…going…" He said, his left palm filled with his notes papers and thin books, his leg stretched out of the seat and get ready to go inside the class.

"What? I thought you like her-" Max noticed Takao's squinted eyes and added "I mean she's your friend too, of course…"

"Sorry, guys but this girl asked me to…oh who cares I'm just not coming…"

"But Takao-" Max continued, but Takao interrupted, his body raised and hands stomped on the table.

"But Takao what? She only thinks of me as a friend…and you know what…that hurts…I mean I helped her a lot of times and gave her a lot of hints, and she only thinks of me as a friend…she doesn't learn to trust me yet that's why! So why should I bother!"

"But she's your friend Takao; you can't bail her now during the last minute….well we still have tomorrow…you can still call the night off…"

"No I'm going, and that's final!" With the last of Takao's sentence, he quickly packed his bag and got out of the canteen, with no glance of his resentful friends.

"Fine!" Kyouju and Max spoken, Kyouju stomped his head on the table and groaned

"We don't even have dinner yet…" Max added, his gaze turned by the dinner lady and fidgeted, drooling.

Hiromi walked by the street and passed her school, smiling, waving at her friends, Max and Kyouju. Takao was no where in sight, wonder where he is? She walked in the large main gate and observed his school as usual just to visit. She immediately recognises Takao walking and ran after her, she stopped for a moment and pats on his back, Takao turned and sees Hiromi in a slight giddy mood, carving a weak smile.

"Oh, Hiromi…" He muttered weakly and smiled, his left feet fidgeted the ground.

"Takao-kun! How have you been…you don't look so good…?" She said, recognising that pale face in her friend's eyes.

"Hiromi…do you like me?" He said so suddenly, Hiromi grinned and pats his shoulder, nodding "No…do you like me…as more than just a friend…"

"Takao-"

"Like me or dislike me!"

"Takao!"

"Like me or DISLIKE me!"

"I like you…as a friend…" There were silence, Takao let go of Hiromi's shoulder and looked the other way, his hands in his pocket and looked at the ground. He strode off, the students were looking at both of them, Kyouju and Max was there as well supporting Hiromi, whom was frozen.

"Hiromi-chan?" Max answered, slightly touching her left shoulder and ran off towards the main gate with tears sliding off her face. Max and Kyouju looked at each other; a resentful face appeared and chased Takao.

It was night and tomorrow, there were slight tears from the side of Hiromi's eyes as she rubbed it gently, continuing to walk inside the airport. There were people with luggage and a sudden cry of them leaving; Hiromi knows how it felt anyway. She smiled at Hikari next to her, breathing heavily and waved towards her family, Max and Kyouju waved weakly in a depression face, Hiromi stopped waving and went inside of the airport, and could feel the cold-metal around her wrist.

Takao…

To be continued…


Author's note: What do you think...does it need to be more dramatic? Review!