Reliving the Past
By: CallxMexSenseixSenpaixSama
They keep things loose, they keep things light. Everybody's dancin in the moonlight.
Don't you just wish that I came up with Fruits Basket?
Sorry for the extremely shortness of this chapter
A story of the flower and the shark :)
"I believe that Kureno has returned." Hanajima calmly said.
Arisa overreacted and dropped the cup she was holding. "You lie!" she exclaimed.
"Maybe my waves are slightly defected since I haven't used them for a long time..." she replied.
"Ugh. I believed you, you know. Don't scare me like that." She picked up her cup and wiped off the spilled water with a tissue.
Hana didn't say a word. Earlier that week, she had indeed seen Kureno walking by. Maybe it would be better off if she didn't say it. Because it would grieve Arisa even further if he came back and he never visited her. However, she was going to pay him a visit for breaking her close friend's heart.
"So. Any real news? Anything happen at the house? With Kazuma-kun? Eh?" Arisa teased.
"I... invited him to watch a movie with me one night. A sad romance, tear-filling story where the girl commits suicide after her lover dies. I used the .. how do you say.. grab onto the hottie's shirt and pretend to not be able to watch it anymore trick."
"Can't wait 'til Kyou hears about that. Ahaha." She slammed the sake down and let out a booming laugh.
"Now that I'm in high school, may I have some of that sake?" Megumi monotonously asked.
"You lecherous geezer. Ask me again when I get drunk, if I get drunk."
Red-faced, she sighed. Sometimes she felt like she couldn't put up with it anymore. Like she just wanted to tear off this mask. Stop the masquerade. How obvious could it be? Kureno has been gone without telling her. And she feels so lonely. Almost like being stranded on an island with no civilization near. Suddenly, she raised her head. Was that... Could it... ? Kureno's head that she just saw, among the crowded streets outside? She took another big gulp of sake.
"May I have some of that sake?" Megumi asked again.
"Alright alright. I see what you're getting at. God, I'm a bit tipsy. I just saw this grand mirage of Kureno walking by. My modeling agency is going to yell at me for this." With that, she bid farewell to Hana and Megumi and stumbled out the door.