Chapter 4

Lumaria's POV

"So Lumaria…" Steffan's eyes wandered around my room. "How's your new girlfriend?"

I felt my face burn slightly. "Renale's not my girlfriend, she's just a…friend," I replied quickly.

"That's what they all say…you going to the Holiday Dance with her?" Steffan teased a bit more.

"I don't know…we've only started dating. Why are you asking?" I was curious it probably involved Hikari.

"Well, Hikari still thinks she's your girl and IF you ask Renale to the Holiday Dance she's gonna blow up on you," Steffan pointed out. "But it would be nice to have her stop stalking us, plus you look so much happier with Renale,"

"I'll tell Hikari I'm breaking up with her tomorrow. I never really liked her anyway," I sighed.

Hikari would be out of our lives tomorrow and I could spend time with Renalewithout her worrying. Steffan and I touched knuckles and grinned at each other. After Steffan left, I was in a debate with my mind. Steffan's advice about taking Renale to the Holiday Dance swirled inside my mind. Asking her out wouldn't be a bad idea, but she isn't a social butterfly that everyone loves. But if she were with me, she would be perfectly fine. Man, high school romance is so confusing. Scratch that, WHY is it so confusing?

The next morning, I left my house a little early to tell Hikari and get it off my shoulders. I was almost afraid of her reaction, but she always over-reacts over every little thing. Like during the school play last year, they had to delay the show a whole ten minutes because she messed up her and had to re-apply her make-up. I was one of the first ones there; the only other students were the die-hard academics. I bury my nose into my copy of Romeo and Juliet for a good twenty minutes before Hikari walked in, smiling like she was the luckiest person in the world.

She sat next she me and gently played with my hair. Maybe I should tie it back…I shook off my other thoughts. I turned towards her and drew in my breath. Hikari tensed up as if she was expecting me to ask to the dance, which she probably was.

"Hikari, I need to tell you something," I told her firmly, praying she wasn't thinking I was going to ask her out.

"You're taking me to the dance? OMG! I love you!" She threw her arms around me. I was right, and I didn't like the result.

"No!" I literally chucked her off. She looked up with a surprised expression on her face. "I'm tired of you clinging to Steffan and I! Just because we were the two lead roles, doesn't mean we're dating!"

"But you liked me! Why are you yelling at me all of the sudden?" Hikari flashed me her puppy dog eyes, which looked more like the oh-look-I'm-a-total-weakling eyes.

"I never liked you! You're clingy, wear too much make-up and you drag me out to every single romantic comedy! Renale actually gives me space to breathe! I don't care if she's violent, she still loves me and knows when to leave me alone!" I screamed.

"You're dumping me for that brat?" Hikari yelled. "She doesn't even go to any school events or have any friends! She's just a hermit that beats people up for no reason!"

"She does it because people like you set her off! I'm the only friend she needs, and she's not a spoiled brat either!" I was plenty happy inside for letting out my true feelings. "And at least she doesn't wear skirts that have half her a** hanging out!" (Author: Oh! He just OWNED you Hikari XD)

Hikari looked stunned. She took a step back with a hand on her heart. Her expression went from stunned to angry as she raised her hand above her head and slapped me across the face in one swift motion. My cheek stung but I stood my ground like a solider. Hikari shot me a death glare before she stomped out of the room, her eyes glistening with tears of frustration.

I'm relived she's out of my life, but I feel guilty at the same time for breaking up with her like that. After all, she thought I was her boyfriend. The sound of teenagers entering the school began to fill the eerily silent halls as I snapped out of my thoughts. I rubbed my slightly red cheek and went to my locker, praying no one would notice it. I didn't want to explain to anyone, not even Steffan or Renale, what happened.

Renale's POV

Still in a daze from the kiss Lumaria and I shared last night, I walked up the steps to school. I still couldn't shake the excitement from me as I headed to my locker. I got the usual junk for my classes and began heading across the school to Basic art and 2D drawing skills. When I was walking there, a very angry-looking Hikari confronted me. Her cheeks were wet with tears and her mascara left trail of black under her eyes. She grabbed my collar and shoved me against the wall. As much as I wanted to kick her, I decided to keep my cool. It's not everyday Hikari beats people up, but then again she doesn't even know what Take Kwan Do is.

"You…damned stealer…" She sneered.

I raised an eyebrow. "What did I do other than say you had a fat butt?"

"You took Lumaria away from me!" She screamed.

"He didn't like you anyway! Plus who would go out with a slut like you?" I challenged.

Hikari pressed me against the wall even harder. "It's your fault! He's MY boyfriend, not yours!" Now she was getting mad. "I was his girlfriend first and you're not taking him away from me, got it?" Her face was literally two inches from mine.

You don't have to get so defensive…I said in my thoughts as she released her grip on my collar and she walked away. I could only imagine what happened between her and Lumaria.

Author: Sorry the chapter was so short! I've been running dry on inspiration. If you have ANY ideas leave a review, send me a message, or find some other way to get to me. I know what I want to happen later on, but I don't know how to resolve the Hikari x Lumaria problem. Whoever gives me inspiration or an idea will have the next chapter dedicated to them. i hope you enjoyed!

~yukihikari99