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Whispered Words

"R-Ricchan?!"

The Tainaka lost her consciousness in the middle of the heaven's cry.

Her knees gave up and her body fell limply down the cold ground, blood gushing out and blended with the fallen raindrops. Fortunately, someone she knew ran up to her senseless figure.

"R-R-Ricchan?!" 'Oh God...no...'

The person called out again, no response. Of course, the body was in the state of unconsciousness. She then brought out her pink phone and hastily dialled the number of someone that will surely help her.

"Saitou?! Come pick me up in front of the station. NOW!"

Ritsu's POV

"Ojou-sama, are you really alright?"

"Oh I'm fine, Saitou. You can leave now..."

Closing of a door.

Warmth envoloping me.

Wetness on my arms.

I slowly opened to know where I was. To know what's going on and to know what happened before.

"Oh, Ricchan! Finally, you're awake..."

'Mu...gi?'

I closed my eyes again and opened them the second time, making sure that I'll see clearly now.

"Ack!"

"Ah! Please don't open your right eye. The doctor said that you got several minor cuts on your right eyelid so I bandaged it up..."

I lifted my numb arms and felt the gauze on my eyelid. 'What...happened?'

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable with something against my head, I touched my forehead.

'Bandages...'

"Oh, and he also said that you have a long wound on your forehead, Ricchan", the figure in front of me smiled. "Thank God it wasn't serious! But you have to wear bandages for some time though."

"M-Mugi...?"

"Yes?"

'Oh so it is her...'

I fixed my eyes on her and returned her smile. "Thank you..."

She blushed? Wetness on my arms...she's crying. "Mugi, sorry for all of this. P-Please don't cry..."

She held my hands tight and looked down. "Thank G-God...it w-wasn't serious..."

I leaned closer to her and wiped the tears streaming down her face. I can't bear to watch somebody cry in front of me. Especially if that somebody is my close friend.

"Hey, I'm alright, Mugi. Thanks to you...please don't cry", and due to my natural instincts, I kissed her forehead that calmed her down.

"I'm sorry...for crying l-like that..."

"Oh it's fine, really", I put on my trademark grin although stretching my face muscles hurts a bit. "So, care to tell me what happened?"

"I was about to board the train to home when I heard some people whispering about a 'drenched man wandering on the street'. Then I sensed that something was going on so I walked out of the station and looked everywhere, until I saw you", she looked up. "You were completely drenched. Knees buckling and body shivering..."

"How'd you know it was me?", I asked. It was pretty amazing how Mugi knew it was me since I had my back turned to train station, plus, I wore an oversized coat.

"I can sense you from everywhere...", she brought my hand up to touch her face.

"It's impossible for me to mistook the most important person in my life for someone else, Ricchan..."

The chime for the end of classes for the day rang, and once again, the music room was opened.

"Azunyan~!"

"Y-Yui-senpai..." A heavy thud followed the comedic scene for Yui had just glomped on their cat-like kouhai. Mugi just stood there, eyes sparkling yet again, while Mio was on her seat, feeling quite uncomfortable about something.

'Why isn't she here yet? What's keeping her?'

When suddenly...

"YAHOOOO!" The ever-so energetic Tainaka Ritsu just made an entrance, by kicking the door open.

"You're late, captain!", Yui exclaimed.

"My deepest apologies, private!" Ritsu shouted back.

The day passed by very slowly for a certain black-haired girl, wondering why hadn't her best friend greeted her nor even talked to her the whole time...or rather, the whole day. Anyone in her current position would surely feel pain, but not her. For she was experiencing the greatest pain possible. Ritsu never laid eyes on her, nor glance at her. Familiar pranks and puns were missing. Whenever she talks about something, the amber-eyed would just look away seemingly uninterested. It's like she was suddenly invisible for her best friend.

And it's tearing not only her heart, but her whole being.

She never survived a day without talking to Ritsu. She never experienced something like this. She never imagined that someone would do this to her, especially if it's Ritsu.

Well, it is Ritsu.

'Ritsu...what's wrong with you?'

Agony filled her heart and drowned it was the time for her own eyes to feel the pain.

"Mio-chan?"

The Akiyama hadn't realized that she was in the middle of practice...

"Mio-senpai, what's wrong?"

...And tears started to fill up her gray eyes, which didn't go unnoticed by the whole gang, even the dense Tainaka.

"O-Oh, it's nothing...I'm just sleepy, I guess...", the excuse was bought by the guitarists but hadn't gone easy on the percussionists.

Ritsu stood up from behind her set. "Let's wrap it up then..."

She was putting her drumsticks inside her bag when the lead guitarist pointed out something very evident.

"Ricchan, why are so weird today?"

"Weird?", Ritsu turned her head towards Yui.

"You've been hyped-up moments ago but why are you so expressionless right now? What about Mio-"

"Not in the mood, head hurts like hell."

'Maybe she's just really not in the mood. The bandages, maybe she was injured and her head hurts...but she would always talk to me whenever she encounters problems!'

She just blinked her tears away instead of letting it stream down.

The case just got worse when it was time to bid goodbye...and Ritsu wasn't beside her, but instead, with the rich heiress.

"Mio-chan..."

She turned around, only to see their keyboardist smiling sweetly.

"Mind if I take Ricchan today?"

"Huh...?"

The Akiyama was confused and mad. Now's the only time for her and Ritsu to be alone together and someone's taking her best friend away. More importantly, why would Mugi take Ritsu? Where would they go? Why doesn't the raven-haired know about all of this? Why?

"Yo Mugi! Hurry up!", a certain drummer yelled from behind Mugi.

Mio can't argue with Mugi, especially in this scenario. Where it was Ritsu who's willing to go. She can't show everyone that she's going mad about what's happening.

"Do want you with her...", she walked away, tears threatening to fall.

A mysterious gleam.

"Oh I would...", the Kotobuki seductively whispered, or so Mio noticed.

"You can't talk to her, can you?"

"I can't...don't wanna..."

The drummer replied while her blonde companion was replacing the bandages on her forehead.

"Mugi..."

"What?"

"Please stop doing that..."

Mugi finished replacing the bandages on her forehead. Ritsu's right lid quickly healed, so there's no need for wrapping. With the keyboardist standing and the drummer sitting on the heiress's bed, Mugi bent down to level Ritsu's head.

"Stop doing what? Replacing your bandages? You would only wear these for a week now, Ricchan."

"Not that..."

"Then tell me."

The Tainaka stood up. "Would you please wear something less revealing?"

Mugi was wearing a black transparent nightgown, like she's ready for a very hot night with someone.

Well, she is planning that with a certain golden-eyed.

"I'm sorry about that but this thing's suprisingly comfortable", she layed down on her bed. "Especially in a cold and rainy night...I wanna make it hot..."

Ritsu never failed to keep up her expressionless façade, because in the inside, she's seriously aroused by what Mugi was doing. Then suddenly she remembered someone.

'Mio...'

"Thank you, Mugi. I'm going..."

"Ricchan, can't you stay? The weather outside's really bad."

"Mio might be scared from the thunder..."

"Do you have the courage to talk to her then, after realizing your feelings?"

Mugi just struck the best comeback. She really did say a good point though, but you can't blame Ritsu for she is worried about her best friend. The golden-eyed's movements came into a halt after realizing the evident thought.

"Besides Ricchan, the rain outside is very heavy like yesterday..."

The Kotobuki heiress really has her ways of getting what she wants after all.

"Ritsu..."

The threatening tears from earlier flooded down.

"I should have told you..."

The locked up feelings from long time ago became stronger.

"Now someone's got you..."

And she didn't know what to do.

"...I'm too late..."

Raven locks hid her face while tears continued to roll down endlessly.

O/N: School, school, school, school, SCHOOL!

*Stressed*

Meh, better eat ice cream...ooh! Mochiiiii!

Omonomonom~~~

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