My Goodbye

Reeni hummed a song as she walked down the sidewalk towards her school, her navy hair rippling slightly in the wind. The reason she was so happy today was because it was her anniversary today. She and her boyfriend had been going out for 6 months now and tonight, they were planning to go to dinner, or at least, she was planning to invite him. She reached inside her pocket and lightly touched the wrapped object in her hands, as if to check if it was still there, and smiled, she has picked this present specially, made just for her special someone. Upon entering her school, Reeni couldn't wait until to see her boyfriend. Oh right, you must all be wondering who her boyfriend is? Blue hair, spiked, auburn eyes. Get the picture? Let me put it this way. Kai Hiwatari.

Reeni walked down the hall happily then groaned when she remembered that she had history today first period. She didn't like history, not because she didn't like learning, it was just because her brain couldn't take the lectures that her teacher gives. Usually by the time her teacher was 10 minutes into the lesson, she would be falling asleep or daydreaming.

Opening her locker and putting her stuff inside, she spotted her friends Ray and Max. she waved and they came over.

'hey guys! Hows it going? Listen, have you seen kai?' she asked.

'er…' Max glanced at Ray, '..nooo….'

'yeah right. you're a bad liar, Maxie.' She laughed and the blonde boy grinned sheepishly.

'well?' she asked again, closing her locker door and turning around to face the two boys, she put her hands on her hips and waited.

'well…yeah, we've seen him.' Ray said finally.

There was another pause.

'the next part would be the location.' Reeni said.

'uh….'

'somewhere downstairs!' Max said quickly.

'oh. Okay then. thanks though.' She left them and hurried down the stairs. Turning a corner, she looked each way to see if she could see Kai before deciding where to go. Having no luck, she just took a right and walked towards the doors that lead to the fields outside. Stepping into the cloudy air, Reeni wondered if she should just wait until homeroom to give him the present. Nah, she couldn't wait that long.

Then she heard a little noise from the back of the school, which was just around the corner. Walking slowly towards the source, she saw the trees at the back rustle and she approached slowly, but before she could reach her destination, two people came into view.

It was a brunette Reeni knew as Frances. But what made her open her mouth in surprise was that someone had their arm around her shoulder, she followed that arm to the person beside her. She saw the familiar blue hair, proud stride and the wide smirk……….it was Kai.

They both looked like they just got out of bed in the morning. His hair was ruffled up and her clothes were rustled and she was now straightening them while giggling at Kai.

Anger welled up from deep inside her and exploded into her heart. She turned around and ran back inside the school, but just before she did, the second before, Reeni's eyes locked on with Kai's and she knew he had seen her, but she didn't care and ran on, passing by Ray and Max and ignored their worried faces and questions of "whats wrong".

Kai's eyes widened, Reeni turned around sharply and took off around the corner. Forgetting everything around him, he took off after her, the only thing on his mind was to catch up to her. As he burst into the school, he spotted her down the hall just before the girl turned a corner again, out into the school's front courtyard. Just as he, too, ran through the front doors, thunder crashed, lightning flashed and it started to rain.

The cold droplets of water pounded onto him and soaked into his skin, chilling him to the bone, but he didn't care and plowed on through the rain, on the trail of the girl he loved.

Hearing a scream of frustration somewhere close by, he slowed down and looked around. There was a figure sitting on the ground, soaking wet. Her clothes and hair were weighed down by the rain. Reeni let of another scream of frustration and her shoulders shaked as she started to sob into her hands. Then she lower her hands and yelled into the sky.

'why?? Why do you do this to me!? What have I ever done to make me deserve this!!?'

'Reeni…' kai reached out and touched her lightly on the shoulder. She turned her head to look at him and her eyes widened, she scrambled up and took a step back.

'what are you doing here?' she asked.

'To see if you're okay.' He replied. 'you ran out awfully fast.'

anger erupted inside her again, she had just seen him with another girl, particularly someone she despised, and he was standing here, talking like he never saw her catch him in his wrong-doing.

'too see if I'm okay?? Do you really think im okay!?' she yelled, but somehow her anger didn't last this time, she started to cry again, sobs raking her body.

Kai's heart clenched horribly at the sight of the girl, it squeezed so tight it hurt. It was killing him to see her like this, he knew he had made a big mistake, but he didn't mean it, he was just having some fun, and he knew he shouldn't have done it.He had never loved any other girls since he met Reeni, he didn't need to, the bluenette was the only thing he resented losing. His love for her ran deeper than any other, it reached down from the top to the bottom of his heart and it had sparked something special between them. He hoped she wasn't going to leave him, well, even if she did, he knew it was his fault.

'Reeni?' he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.

As her sobs slowly ceased, Reeni realized that she was in his arms, this was how she hoped to spend this day but now, she couldn't, she couldn't bring herself to allow it. what she saw had broke her heart in half and there was no mending it. she slowly back out of his arms, reluctantly.

'why, Kai?' she asked.

'Reeni, I…She.. We were just-'

' let me guess, 'talking'? this is the typical things that guys do, why can't they ever just stay honest and true to their friends or that special someone?? When I first met you, I thought you were different from the others. And I never thought you would like me or even accept me as a friend, but when you did, it created something special between us.....…or at least that's what I used to think.' She said, her voice layered with emotions, anguish, disbelievement, sadness.

'no, Reeni, please don't. I love you. Please don't leave me.' He said, his worst fear coming true. He took her hand in his and fought back the urge to take her into his arms in case she pushed him away. 'i'll make it up to you, I don't care how, just as long it will get you back.'

'how can you??' she cried in desperation. 'when you don't even know what day it is!?'

his silence was all she needed. Taking her hand our of his grasp, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small box and placed it in the palm of his hand.

'it's March 14th!' with that, she whipped around walked away, suddenly she turned around and said, 'in case your wondering, that's our 6-month anniversary.' She didn't sound angry, instead, her voice broke and tears once again spilled out of her sea green eyes and splashed down onto her clothes, mixing with the rain and becoming one thing over her aching heart. She turned and dissappeared into the pouring rain.

Opening the box with shaking hands, kai took out the thing nestled inside. it was a chain necklace, with their names, intwined, engraved on a small heart and a ruby was set into it. a ruby…his favourite stone, the stone which represented the month in which he was born.

He held the necklace against his bleeding heart and just let the tears fall freely…