Letting Go
Risa felt herself blushing a deep red, and tried to hide it by turning her face away. "I just realized I missed him is all..."
"Oi, Risa, how can you stand to like someone for that long?" Ritsuko asked, annoyed with the subject.
Risa scowled. "You liked Takeshi for half a year!"
Ritsuko laughed. "That was because he liked me back. I really don't see a point in liking someone who doesn't like you back."
"... I don't like. I just miss him. That's all." Risa knew she was lying as her friend nodded, then, seeing her ride home, left the school grounds with a wave. Risa stood as well, deciding to walk home instead of calling her chauffeur.
All around her, the time was Christmas. Shops were decorated and pine trees were being sold. She saw girls giggling as they bought gifts for their other friends, old men buying something sweet for their granddaughters, even couples walking down the snowy sidewalk, hand in hand, keeping each other warm.
Risa hated it when she would think about this. About him. Ritsuko was right when she said that there was no point in liking someone who didn't like you back. There was absolutely no point at all. She just... she couldn't help it. It wasn't like she was a robot, and if some boy happened to dislike her when she had completely fallen head over heels for him, she would just flip a switch from "CARING" to "NOT CARING". She envied people like Ritsuko, who apparently had that ability.
As she looked up at the sky, she wondered if she would ever get over him. Over the one boy she could have truly given her whole heart to. The one that wasn't fond of her, like so many other people were. The boy who had moved away before she could even realize her feelings.
Time. She just needed more time. Risa then laughed bitterly to herself. For her to get over Satoshi Hiwatari, she would always need more time.