Author's note: I love Aya/Rei stories... but what if another character enters their romantic...cold relationship? Just see it in this chapter!

Yumie11

Chapter 2 "A mistake of controlling my emotions"

The wind blows harder and darkness covered the surroundings where Aya is reminiscing all of her memories about Rei. As the wind comes and grows stronger the more feelings and longings she feels towards him, and because she was at the shore the air was brisk and that made her tremble, hugging herself...

As she was at the middle of her thoughts, a tall good-looking young man was approaching. He has a hair that resembles to Rei and an aura as stiff as him.

"R-Rei, is that you?" is it happiness? Or it might be annoyance? She asked herself. Aya froze as the man came closer but as the figure became clearer...

"KaKatase? Why are you here?" She looks directly to the ground as if she was finding something. She doesn't want him to see her crying. She keeps on facing different directions, hiding her emotions for him to not see.

"Me? I'm having a vacation here and I just dropped by..." Katase replied.

"I'm sorry but I thought you're" Aya sighed, still not letting him see her expression.

"Oto—Otohata, Rei? Is it he again? Why does he always make you cry!" Katase calmly yet irritatedly asked. Holds her chin moving it upward in a way that he sees her fully. He tried to gaze at her but he can recognize only pain and sorrow...

He was amused by her simple yet elegant appearance. He cannot think of any reason on how Rei could dump and ignore this heavenly maiden, now crying in front of him.

"You can share your problems with me, I promise! And I will never make you cry... look at yourself, you're everything there's no need to... I can be your boyfriend, I you want to..." Katase suggested, trying to make her smile but lowered his voice upon saying his last words.

"Thank you... I don't know how can I repay you for all of this."

"If you only knew that I'm doing this for you and not to anyone else." He thought.

Crying heavily, she hugged him tight without any hesitation and said, "I can't forget him! Why! He's been dense and arrogant but why is it I still loving him! I cannot take it any longer..." Aya weeps on his broad chest while Katase is comforting and doing his best to make her take everything at an easy pace.

"It's a big mistake for him, I'm sure he'll be sorry that he disregarded you so stop crying, ok.?" He whispered just enough for her to hear, then suddenly kissed her on the cheeks. "Don't worry, everything will be alright..." ne mumbled, wiping her tears.

"What the heck is happening to her? Where is she? Why didn't she even tell me? Aya... you're always such a burden!" Rei blubbered though it eats him up inside.

Until, finally he saw a long blue-black shiny haired lady crying her heart out on a young man's masculine shoulder.

"Huh? Is that Aya? Nah... she can't be with someone other than us." Rei told himself.

But as he was walking away the young lady showed her face unknowingly, she folds her legs to her chest as she embraced them with her arms while the young man brushed her hair slightly.

"A—Aya?" he wanted to think that this was only a dream or better yet, a nightmare. Rei felt a spark of irritation suddenly he hit him in the chest. He couldn't understand why, but just the mere sight of Aya and another man being together would trigger his jealousy, wanting to shout her name so that she will realize that he is now there. But because he has a high ego that kept him from expressing his self, he just walked away as if he saw nothing.

"And so what? I don't care! Who do you think you are? You're only one out of a million of girls, turning crazy over me." Rei thought yet it hurts him so much.

He began colder than before and conceited as usual. He met Yuuya and Miyu but he just passed them without even a single glanced to his friends. He quickly passed them in long strides with his hands in his pocket and with eyebrows creasing.

Yuuya saw his bestfriend and whipped back to face him but he was so fast that he needed to call out. "Rei! Have you seen Aya? We've searched almost everywhere but until now we can't see her!"

"No...not really, but if I were you, I would not waste my time with nonsense things!" Rei said with obvious contempt, turning his back at them.

"How dare you to say that! Why don't you give even a little concern for her!" Ran interrupted.

"Ran! So you're awake!" Yuuya asked in amusement.

"Otohata, Rei-san, you have no reason to say that to our friend! And if you hurt her again, I'll be the one to teach you your lesson!" Ran grabbed his collar with her right hand while cursing him by his pointed finger on her left hand.

"I think she's alright and th—they are enjoying it so you'll only disturb their SWET conversation! I'm sure your friend wouldn't like this." Rei uttered, acting stubborn.

"What are you talking about Aya is with someone? Well, if your kidding please stop it right now coz you're not funny!" Miyu said that with great irritation making herself crossed her arms along to her chest as she stared at him angrily.

"Darn...then if you're not convinced see it for yourself!" Rei snapped, although he seemed to dislike the idea at all.

And then they went... , trying to discover whether Rei was right or not but to their astonishment...

"A—Aya? What are you doing there?" She then looked over to her friend's companion. Something clicked inside her. "Wait a minute, that's Katase! He's the one who volunteered to help us in our cultural day!" Miyu announced in bewilderment.

"What! So do you mean he's courting her?" Ran sternly asked and shouts to Aya. "Aya! Aya! A—Aya!"

"Huh? Ran!" she gazed at each of one of them but shyness aroused when she noticed Rei staring blankly at her. No, actually it's at ...them? Aya couldn't show her eyes to them because until now it is swelling from her previous 'crying session'.

"So how are you doing out there! You made us all worried and then you're having fun there with that..." Ran paused for a while, tolerating her friend and points toward Katase. "Person, or perhaps... your SUITOR! Ran grins.

"No Ran, you're wrong. He's not my suitor! He is only my... friend, he just wanted to..." Aya said trying to clear out she cannot tell them that she was there crying because of Rei

"Hah! So that's the reason why he's embracing you earlier! Don't fool us, you're none other than a FLIRT!" Rei said. He loses his nerves and forgets to control his anger... jealousy?

And so he retorts...

Everyone was surprised of what he had said, indeed he himself was shocked on how he called her that way...

Aya cries deeply... "I'm such a stupid to love you that much! I accept and understand everything eventhough you're very stubborn, arrogant and most of all colder than an ice, but this time I won't be an idiot to take what you'd said. If you certainly don't like me then fine! I will not bother you or show up to you anymore!" she runs away from them, head bowed, barefooted and hoping that she could vanish out of their sight completely.

"Aya wait! Don't leave us, please... Aya!" Ran and the others called out loudly except for one... Rei who was so stunned and left immediately.

------Aya------

I'm running as fast as I could keep pondering in my mind that I have to forget him. I need to teach myself to be an independent! A person that could live even without the help of others or guidance from my so-called friends.

"I hate him!" I'm forcing myself... again? To do what? To try everything although I know I can't I feel the wind blows stronger, making the trees around me to sway but just as it do I quite sense that sensuous of weaknesses passing through my spine. I'm afraid trembling from fear; I'm scared but I cannot go back!

-------Rei------

I saw her crying running away from me but I didn't tried to follow her! I'm nervous that she might push me back... I know it was my fault but what should I do? I can't hide it. I hope I could bring back time in order for me to say sorry and regret all the things that I had spoken out! Now I believed that I should be careful to the words that are coming out of my mouth! I want to leave as soon as possible... maybe tomorrow I'll be leaving...

End of Chapter 2

to be continued...