He watched as the love of his life stalked away from him, angry tears in her eyes, her long blond hair fluttering behind her. Once again, he had gone and done it and made her say the words he hated to hear: "Mamoru-baka, I hate you, more than anything in this world."
More than anything… I hate you… more…hate you… than anything… the words kept up an endless refrain in his mind. What else can I do? How do I make her see the truth? Why can't I just tell her, no one else has any problem telling her anything. So why can't I just tell her three little words. I have tried nearly… no his mind whispered and he knew it was the truth. He had not tried to win her over or even show her how much he cared. He had walked into this situation already believing he was defeated. "Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies." he muttered to himself. It was not as if he did not want to find love, he just did not know how to go about it. His feet moved of their own accord back to his lonesome apartment, away from the incident that had broken his heart once more.
"Mamoru-kun!" A male voice called to him as walked away from the Crown Arcade more devastated than he had ever been. "Mamoru, stop!" the owner of the voice was persistent in its attempt to get him to stop.
He stopped abruptly, "What do you want Motoki?" he snapped at the blond haired man standing before him. Can't he see I just want to be alone? Can't he tell I do not want to talk about this? I just want to let my grief out in private. I do not need a witness to my sadness.
"Mamoru, I heard what she said to you." the sadness that was reflected in his best friend's eyes had angered Mamoru. How dare he feel pity for me? I do not need his pity, I don't need anyone.
"Don't pity me, it's not the first time she's said it Motoki." he was obstinate; he refused to show anyone the pain that was lurking inside him.
"I don't pity you it saddens me to see you this way. I know it's not the first time she's said those words, however, I also know how you feel about her."
"You need to stay out of this. You don't know anything about what's going on."
"I may not know what's going on but I know you're hurting both Usagi and yourself."
"A relationship between the two of us would never work out."
"You haven't even tried, Mamoru! You are assuming she would never love you and you have already given up. Stop wishing and do something about it."
"You don't understand wishing is all I have."
"You're my friend so I'm telling you that you need to show Usagi that you love her. Wishing for her love is only going to hurt you."
"You don't understand she deserves better than me. I am only living a lie!" Mamoru exclaimed as he shrugged off Motoki's restraining arm and ran towards his only sanctuary.