Here's the 13th chapter everyone~! This is the epilogue by the way… Enjoy or not~
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"…me? I think I'll go find a soccer club to join to. Life's boring without soccer in it." The white-haired teen was playing along with the plan as he'd got Burn hooked in an interesting conversation of what to do next with their lives after Aleia's trashed. Heat and Burn were now currently about 5 feet away from the bench and the blue-eyes caught brown ones,
"Oh Burn!" he does an awkward act of touching both his cheeks, Heat sounded and looked pathetic, Stellar face-palms. "I have to get something, do me a favor, sit beside Stellar till I come back? Thanks~!" Heat grinned at his captain and dashed, leaving Burn raising a brow as he left. The redhead sighed and decided to follow his friends request; he sat beside Stellar for the moment, patiently waiting for Heat to come back with his 'important' things to get.
"Yo…" he greeted the girl beside her placing his arms behind his neck,
"Burn, I want to talk about you and Gazel, now." She placed a stress on the word 'now'. Burn agitated a 'tch' and looked away, why did things have to be abrupt for him all the time?
"I didn't come sit here to talk about that shit." He grunted, "Why do you even care about that so much? Past is past! There's nothing you can absolutely do about it!" Burn shouted.
Gazel and Rhionne arrived at the turn-path to the Prominence hallway,
"Gazel-sama, I think I left it on the bench." Rhionne said, snooping at the lobby and sighed in relief to see her timing was right. "Gazel-sama…" the orange-haired girl does a come-to-me gesture followed by a 'shh' gesture. Gazel narrowed his brows lightly before walking over to follow what Rhionne told him by body language. The ice teen bent down and eavesdropped into whatever Rhionne was telling him. Gazel's eyes caught red hair with a tulip shaped figure on top of it, automatically recognizing its features; he knew it was no other than Burn.
"I know that! I know you can't change the past Burn-sama, but it's never too late to do something about it." Gazel shifted his gaze to a purple-haired girl, 'Stellar?' he narrowed his brows even more, what was going on?
There was a ten-second silence,
"Do you still…remember the day when you said that Gazel may be sensitive, but he's never sensitive enough to know my feelings?" the brown-eyed girl reminded, Burn murmured:
"What about it?" he said provocatively and was very proud of what he stated…
"How about you Burn… do you think your sensitive enough to know Gazel's feelings?" Burn winced.
The older teen couldn't retort nor respond anything plausible enough to beat Stellar in the debate, he averted his head and lowered it, feeling shame for not responding. Stellar stared at him; patiently waiting for him to say something, any word would do to know Burn was listening and alive…
The amber-eyed teen clenches his fists and tightly shuts his eyes close, Gazel, from a distance, tolerantly waited for the red-haired captain of Prominence to answer…
"Gazel, that…stupid idiot." The snow-haired teen hiding behind the wall flinched, "You're telling me to come back to him and forgive him like nothing happened? If I do that, Gazel…" Burn paused, "He might think I'm weak." He averted his gaze from the floor and looked at Stellar. "I want to be stronger than Gazel. I want to prove to him that I could live without him… I'll show him that I'm no baby who always needs his mom. I'm strong when I stand alone!" he slightly raises his voice, 'Stubborn as always, Burn.' Gazel felt his heart stop beating, as if Burn's words clogged his arteries. Burn didn't want him back…?
But no, Stellar wouldn't stop demanding that Burn needed Gazel, that Burn wanted him back… Stellar thought of things in her head, strong enough to penetrate Burn's heart like an arrow going through a castles thin slits in between its blocks of hard cement,
"A strong man stands for himself… a stronger man stands for others. You're standing only for yourself Burn! If you want to be stronger— stand for Gazel, stand for what he feels!"
"Tch, would you stop reading those romance books, using those stupid quotes in times like these is just plain stupid!" Burn acted like it didn't affect him at all, "I don't need Gazel and that's final! To tell you what, I think you're just jealous of our former relationship! Tell me one person in Aleia who likes you for who you are!" the scar-boy behind the opposite wall of Gazel and Rhionne kind of blushed.
Burn stood up and left. "What's taking Heat so long?" he impatiently folds his arms and taps his feet.
"Yes." That word didn't answer the redhead's complaint. Burn frowned before turning his head to look at Stellar, 'Yes what?' he pondered. "I yell at you, I'm jealous of you two…only because I care..." Stellar felt tears in her eyes, ready to flow like a waterfall. After how many long years, ever since Stellar was little Miki she was, she never gave up loving Gazel, those feelings and memories were just so impossible to erase. "I care about Gazel; I don't want you to hurt him. Even if it's not physical…" she blushed, knowing Gazel might be within earshot because of the plan, "I care about him, that's why I want you to take good care of him…not abandon him. I—I… like Gazel, and I would do anything to make him happy." Her blush deepened,
"What is she saying…?" the ice teen inaudibly whispered to ask Rhionne, but the girl with a mask on shushed him and pointed back at the scenery. Heat, on the other hand… knew exactly what Stellar meant by that. He had an idea of it, ever since he met the brown-eyed girl.
"If I told you… that Gazel wants you back… will you come back to him?" Stellar looked him straight in the eyes, those cryptic eyes of the younger teen may have been mysterious and scary for all times, but right now, she was obviously vexed and serious… the red-haired teen deterred his gaze,
"A cold person like Gazel would never say that." He bluntly replied, raising his head and ignoring the violet-haired teen. Abruptly, Stellar pulls his shoulders from behind and twirls him around to look at her,
"Well believe it or not! Gazel said it! He said those words with tears on each corner of his eyes! Why would you doubt Gazel said that? See Burn? You too are insensitive… you're unfaithful to Gazel, you don't trust him fully, and you're telling yourself that Gazel's insensitive…" Stellar shook her tears away, "Stop… it… stop struggling already, let go…" tears pattered on the floor, Burn could really see how much Stellar cared for Gazel. "Give Gazel a second chance…"
"Hmph, a second chance? You have no idea how many times I gave Gazel chances!" Burn angrily replied,
"Gazel-sama also gave you chances Burn! Isn't that equal?"
"You think you know so much about love by reading those stupid romance novels? Well tell you what, this is reality Stellar! This isn't a love story where me and Gazel break-up and eventually go back together again and live happily ever after…" Burn stays tenacious and grounded with his own opinions, "Me and Gazel are different Stellar, forget it." He removed her hands on top of his shoulders with a slap.
The former ice captain of Diamond Dust feels a prickly feeling starting in his eyes, 'Maybe we were never really meant to be…' the sky-haired teen sadly thought There were some things in this world that were never meant to change… but could this really be over?
Before the fire captain could leave, "Hey Stellar, ever heard of this quote? If he is dumb enough to walk away, be smart enough to let him go." He proudly walks out of the conversation like a fabulous jerk who tramples over Gazel's feelings like it was nothing to him. He showed Stellar she wasn't the only one who could beat him in quotes… Gazel feels completely hopeless he feels a tear fall down his cheek and his nose bridge ached. It hurt for him to be called: 'dumb'.
"You think Gazel's dumb?" Gazel twitches, immediately looking back at the scene, Burn thought the controversy was finished, but he was wrong. He groaned and looked back at the girl who just wouldn't give up. "You're the one who's dumb Burn! You were the dumb one who walked away, but I'm not saying Gazel was the smart one either, because he made mistakes too! But if he was by any chance that smart guy you stated, he never stopped loving you. He never did Burn… even if you broke-up with him. He never really wanted to break-up with you…it was you… it was you who gave up so easily." Burn mouth was slightly agape; Stellar's words had finally opened up a door to realization.
'I was the one who walked away…' Burn's thoughts repeated exactly what the younger teen said. True, he was the one who broke up with him; he was the one who jumped to conclusions, he was the dumb guy who walked away…
"But…we're still different. No matter how much we make-out…" he blushed lightly, "and forgive each other… it always ends up as a fight in the end." Burn apprehensively looks at the ground,
"Wrong…" Burn heard Stellar say it like an "access denied" computer program, "You and Gazel fight… then you would always find a way to forgive each other in the end." Stellar smiled, "That's love Burn, you learn from each other's similarities and differences… strengths and weaknesses. Wouldn't it sound boring when the two of you always have the same likes and dislikes?" Stellar questioned, lifting one brow and narrowing the other.
Burn gave up.
"I hate you for making me do this…" Burn turned his back against her, "Tell Gazel 8:30—no other option—at the entrance door of Aleia." Burn finished with a smirk. Finally, Burn's planted feet on the rock was broken by the miner… the redhead was now leaving, but never forgetting to show his gratitude. "Stellar, thanks... a lot."
"Burn…" Gazel softly whispered, dying to cry his heart out in front of Burn. He darn wanted to jump on him like a fan-girl would, tell him how happy he was, 'Guess we really were meant to be.' the ice teen thought luckily. So happy that he forgot he was only leaning on a wall, he screwed up and hit Rhionne's back, both of them falling letting out loud yelps of pain. Gazel and Rhionne quickly regain their positions of standing up properly.
Burn stared at Gazel, the latter stares at Burn…
"We'll give you two some privacy." Stellar and Rhionne walks away to give them some alone time… but didn't give them the privacy. The two still eavesdropped on Burn and Gazel however.
"S-Sorry… for spying into…this." Gazel looked away, biting his lip uneasily,
"It's okay… I'm sorry for being a jerk." Burn scratched his head. This moment was so awkward, it made the two blush even without a reason to.
"Friends?" Gazel walked up to the redhead cautiously….
"No."
With eyes dilated and his lower lip sucked in, Gazel couldn't believe what he just heard. 'Why can't we be friends again?' Gazel's brows narrowed, he stared at Burn, looking very confused. Suddenly, Burn pulls him to a hug and says:
"We can't be just friends…" he whispered in his ear, Gazel's eyes brighten knowing what he meant by that.
"Lovers?" Gazel playfully raises a brow and mooches in, Burn bobs his head before bringing the latter to a kiss.
"Looks like you saved the day… Stellar-chan." Rhionne grinned behind her mask, the carrot-haired girl looks at Stellar and sees her so happy yet seemingly sad on the inside… Rhionne didn't have to become a psychologist to know that… the brown eyes stared at the lovey-dovey Burn and Gazel were doing.
"Stellar-chan…" Rhionne repeated.
"H-Huh?" she shifted her gaze to her friend.
"Are you really happy that Gazel isn't yours?" Rhionne placed a tinge of a concern in her question. Stellar forced a smile, but on the inside was partly sadness,
"Gazel's happier with Burn… I'm happy too." She enforced another smile, her heart was throbbing…how could she say these kinds of words when the true image on the inside was a real pain in the ass?
"Your desires when you were a kid didn't really come to be, ne?" Rhionne jerked her shoulder on her closest friend playfully.
"Well," she sighed, watching Burn start kissing Gazel's neck with his hands roaming in Gazel's shirt…how unruly of them… but she didn't forget to reply. "Wishes don't always come true…" she finished, as Gazel stopped Burn from doing anything pervy while they were in a place where they could get caught. The couple stood up and fixed themselves to look like they didn't do anything naughty together.
Stellar's eyes suddenly caught a man pointing a gun at Gazel, she had no time to wonder why the man was there… he was about to fire.
Without thinking, Stellar ran up to Gazel, suppressing to alarm the unwary Gazel: 'look out!'… Everything was too late.
"Idiot! I told you not to fire at the aliens! THEY AREN'T ALIENS! THEY'RE CHILDREN! How many times do I have to tell you!" a bunch of military people invaded the academy without letting the orphans know. The head of the military group continues to nag at the guy who shot—
"Stellar-chan!" Rhionne came running towards the corpse that lay dead on the floor.
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In The Hospital…
Burn, Gazel, Rhionne and Hitomiko were at the hospital… waiting for the doctors to cure her and take the poisonous bullet out…
"Why would she do that?" Gazel felt remorse overcome him, thinking it was his fault for letting the younger teen do such.
"Gazel, it's not your fault…" Burn draped an arm around his boyfriend. The snow-haired teen prayed to the gods that Stellar was safe, wishing that the gods were listening to his prayers, that she had a longer life to live…
The doctors came out, the four instantly standing up to know the intensifying result.
The doctor shook his head.
"God, why?" Gazel placed a hand on his mouth.
-Flashback-
"Fuusuke-chan…" the girl called, "if Kami-sama really is listening to our prayers, why doesn't he respond back?" the purple-haired girl wondered. Fuusuke giggled,
"He is, silly, he just doesn't respond that way," Fuusuke meant verbally, "but he responds to your needs through a blessing or miracle… without speaking." Fuusuke smiled at Miki.
"Is what he'd done to me right now… a blessing?" Miki asked inquisitively, Fuusuke didn't really know how to respond to that question. But he gave it a shot…
-End of Flashback-
Rhionne didn't know how to react, everything was so sudden, she couldn't face the fact Stellar passed away…
"It seems that she didn't die from the bullet, we were very successful taking those poisonous fluids from getting to her heart," Gazel turned his gaze from the floor to the doctor, "She died from depression."
"Depression? What would she be so depressed of?" the ice teen asks, frowning in disbelief at the doctor removing his gloves. He remembers that Stellar's closest friend was just beside him, he gawks at Rhionne… telling her to admit information.
"Stellar… loved you Gazel." Rhionne twiddled her fingers, "And she said she wanted you and Burn back together… because… she wanted you to be happier than anyone else she cared about. And… I'm wasn't very sure if Stellar-chan was really happy about bringing you together again." The carrot-haired girl averted her eyes from Gazel, hoping she didn't offend the two couples.
"Stellar… loved me?" Gazel repeats in doubt. Remembering all those times when the purple-haired girl was always so flustered whenever Gazel would be around her… he finally knew why.
"What were her last words?" Burn asked Rhionne.
"Wishes don't always come true." Rhionne looked in the air, remembering.
"That's something worth saying in the end." Hitomiko said. "But it's so sad that she had a really short life." She added.
Rhionne and Gazel felt tears cloud at the sides of their eyes, hearing what Hitomiko said.
"But why would she do that? Bring us back together when she knew she would be hurt in the end?" Burn glared at Gazel for saying this, 'So he means that he didn't want the two of us back?' he angrily thought, but it wasn't the right time to say that.
"Well, whatever the reason," Rhionne sniffed, "She cared about you so much Gazel. I remember her saying: 'Gazel's blooming like a flower in happiness whenever he's with Burn. I will never be the weed to interrupt his flourishing self. I will always make him happy!' Like what she said, she'll always make you happy." Rhionne finished, placing both her palms on her eyes, preventing herself from crying in public, subsequently seeing an image of Stellar in the past say those words...
"I wouldn't be happy, when the one who helped me get Burn back… is dead." Gazel used his sleeve to wipe the salty tears on his cheek.
The doctor looks at the snow-haired teen and touches his shoulder, "Well, there's this quote that says: From a blooming heart, there would also be a rotting one."
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Whew, end! I'm already too lazy to finish stuff (and even school matters)~ finally I could write another story! For those who remembered the scene when Burn saw a figure of a girl in between the stairs and when he apologized to Gazel when they were little… that figure was Miki. She was jealous that every time Burn and Gazel did hugs and sweet moments together… she would always enviously watch them in a dark corner where they couldn't see her. In which makes her look like some haunting ghost… my next story is another Burn and Gazel for you guys( Burn and Gazel is my thing and I never get tired of it n_n )! No more OC stories (well you guys could always read my other OC stories on my blog) I guess… cause when I write about my characters, the story usually becomes too OC-centric. Sorry for the mistakes you've spotted! Bye bye for now~