Chapter Seven:
"Usagi!! Usagi wait up!!" Seiya yelled. Usagi was so mad that she kept walking even faster. Seiya ran to catch up to her and even then she kept walking. "Usagi stop! We need to talk about this ok? This can all be explained!" Seiya said pantingly. Usagi stopped and looked at him with the "If Looks Could Kill" look. "Please", Seiya said trying to catch his breath.
Usagi thought a moment and then said, "Fine Seiya…go ahead and explain." She shot a fake but really angry smile at Seiya and Seiya knew he'd better watch every word he said. "Can we at least sit down somewhere instead of standing in the middle of the sidewalk?" Usagi started heading for a park and sat down on a bench. Seiya sat down next to her and Usagi scooted away a little bit. "I'm listening.", she said with her arms folded.
Seiya closed his eyes and started with, " It was back when I was on my own planet….I was 14." Usagi looked at him with no expression and he continued. " I was just starting a rock band with my brothers, and girls really liked our songs. So naturally, the girls really liked us as well. That wasn't a problem because when you're 14, you like any attention. The downside was we got the reputation of going through girls like tissue paper. This wasn't true…in fact all of us were kind of shy. That's why we played in the band. It was our way of being social since we couldn't on our own."
Usagi's eyes softened even though she was trying to stay angry and not show any compassion. "To tell you the truth, I was terrified of girls. Of course no one would ever know that because I came off very confident and even cocky. I even came off more confident than either of my two brothers, and Yaten was jealous. He and I had several talks about why girls would flock to me and not notice him as much. Taiki didn't really care. But it got to Yaten. He even had a crush on this one girl that was so head over heels for me, and I kept trying to give her the hint that I wasn't interested. Well Yaten and I had some tough spots there where we wouldn't even talk because he was so mad. Kind of explains his grumpy personality doesn't it? He doesn't like that I come off as the personable one. But I can't help it- I come off as a flirt." Usagi interrupted him with, "Seiya, you're getting off subject." "Right right…I'm sorry.", Seiya said.
"OK- so there I was in this rock band with this bad rep, but having a blast playing with my brothers. At one of the shows, this girl caught my eye. Everyone else was screaming and clapping during every song, but she just stood there and looked at me. At first I thought it very odd and kind of creepy. Why is this girl just staring at me? Then after the show everyone came up for autographs and she waited. She had this hesitant look on her face the entire time- it was as if she was scared of us. But soon she was in line and when she got to me, she was blushing. She asked me to sign and gave me a little smile. I was immediately smitten. I tried to talk to her, flirt with her like I did all the other girls, but she just looked down and blushed. She had SHY written all over her. She smiled and said thank you, and started walking away. I couldn't just let her go. So I left the line of fans and ran after her. We talked for hours. It was like we just clicked. How are you doing so far?" Usagi said honestly, "I'm both intrigued and jealous as hell. Please continue."
"Ok- her name was Kaori. She became my world. The band almost broke up because of her. Instead of practicing for performances, I was spending all of my time with her. Both of my brothers were furious at me and didn't like her. It wasn't her in particular, but the way she captured all of my attention. I snuck out at night to be with her. I had become a ghost to my family. I was obsessed…an obsessed 14 year old. I dated her for about a year." Usagi was trying so hard not to get up and leave. It was so hard to hear about previous relationships knowing you're boyfriend has shared intimate moments with another girl. "Go on…" Usagi said straining her voice but attempting to act calm. Seiya paused and she could tell this is where it got sticky.
"We were um….practically spending everyday together, and even when we weren't together, we'd be thinking about each other. Oh God- this is so uncomfortable. Anyway, we got really physical and yah. That's the only girl I really got intimate with. Other girls have come and gone, but I never was into any of them." Usagi could barely take anymore. "So….what happened? Why aren't you still with her?", she asked. Seiya looked down at his feet and didn't say anything for a couple of minutes. She could sense the sadness.
"Well, even though we were very young, she wanted me to come and meet her parents. I did. It didn't go well." Usagi's eyebrows rose and she said, "Why didn't it go well?" Seiya was almost in tears. "Her dad thought I was a no good wild girl using punk who didn't deserve to even be friends with his daughter let alone dating her. I tried to convince him otherwise, but he wouldn't even listen to a word I'd said. He'd previously made up his mind about me from what Kaori told him. He told me I wasn't to see his girl anymore, I wasn't welcome in his house, and I wasn't to talk to Kaori." A tear slid down Seiya's cheek and he quickly wiped it away.
Usagi forgot why she was angry. She felt so bad for Seiya. "So what happened after that?" Seiya sighed and said, "I was heartbroken…and she wouldn't speak to me after that. I was 15 around that time. I'd say hi to her in the halls at school and she would just avoid me. Even though I still had millions of fans and girls who wanted to be with me, it didn't make anything easier. All I felt was pain. Every time I saw her I thought….wow….I'm not good enough."
Usagi hugged Seiya completely forgetting her anger, jealousy, and any other emotions she was feeling at the time. "Oh Seiya, I'm so sorry." Seiya kind of shrugged her off and stood up. "So I left. My brothers and I left. And we ended up here. So there it is. The whole story for you.", he said with a hint of anger. Leave it to Usagi to say the wrong thing. Instead of fixing the situation and comforting him, she remembered her own feelings and said, "So? What? Was I a rebound or something then?"
Seiya clenched his teeth. He managed to get out, "I see I still have a lot to learn about you Usagi. I'm going home." Usagi immediately regretted her stupid ignorance and said, "Seiya! I'm sorry!" and started crying. Seiya said, "The kid can stay at my house till we figure this out. Goodnight Usagi." With that, Seiya left Usagi crying on the bench alone.