Shiori crossed her arms, ignoring her small growing anxiousness as she faced Sonohara Hana.
"Uh... it's you." Hana mumbled, looking down at her feet. Shiori observed her and recalled how proud she is before but now... it's almost as if she's seeing two different people. Shiori gulps before speaking.
"Why did you do it?" She questioned. Hana eyed her and saw Shiori's cold eyes. "Why did you do it?" Shiori repeated. "How can you bully me so easily when all I did was admire you, remember?" she added.
Hana swallowed hard, unable to answer. She kneeled down and bowed in front of Shiori.
"Stop bowing. Did I tell you to do that? Stand up and answer me." Shiori spoke with her icy voice, different from her normal tone of speaking. This time, whether she was talking to someone older than her or superior to her, Shiori couldn't give a care anymore.
The person who changed her life was in front of her.
"Answer me. Why did you do it? I won't ask again, answer it now." Shiori demanded.
"What do you want me to say?" Hana responded with a question. Shiori scoffed at her and sighed. "The truth." She said.
"I hated it." Hana said. "How can you have everything at once?!" she finally exclaimed as she glared at Shiori. "I only asked you to help me with Yuuta but you can't even give that to me!" Hana shouted.
"In fact, it isn't just about Yuuta-kun, it's about you and the people around you! How can someone be so easily fortunate? How can you have everything that I want in my life? Good family, friends, and now, my cousin! Why are you so damn lucky?" Hana ranted.
"Did you have abusive parents? A father, perhaps?" Shiori scowled at Hana. "I did." Hana replied. Shiori instantly took note of the way Hana said it, it was in past tense.
Chuckling mockingly at Hana, Shiori glowered at her. "So what?!" she yelled. "You think, just because someone hurt you, you have the right to put someone in pain?! You fucking idiot, you're no different than your father!" Shiori shouted.
Hana growled at Shiori before running to her. She slapped the crossdresser in the face, the sound of her slap reverberating around the area. Shiori touched her cheek and felt the tingly painful sensation. She tasted something familiar on her mouth, a taste she haven't tasted for years.
Blood. It was in her mouth.
Shiori glared at Hana and slapped back. Soon, without knowing it, the two were against each other, yanking the other's hair. Neither willing to lose. The tears that kept falling was ignored in favor of the anger they feel.
How long will both of them feel angry and hate for each other?
"You don't know how much I went through just to keep living! I kept giving but you took it too far!" Shiori screamed as she pushed Hana down the ground. Hana kicked her on the stomach and Shiori instantly clutched her side. Hana pushed her off of her and watched Shiori roll away from her, still holding her sides.
Hana sat up and tried to stand up but stops when she sees Shiori sobbing her heart out on the ground, looking miserable and empty. Regretting her actions and mistakes in the past, Hana doesn't hesitate to kneel and bow down to the crossdresser on the ground. Ignoring her shaky voice, Hana started apologizing.
"For all the things I've done, for hurting you, and for ruining your life, I apologize! I don't expect for you to forgive me but just saying this to you, it would ease me knowing this is the only way I can repent for what I've done before! I'm very sorry!"
The two ladies were on the ground, bawling their eyes out, shoulders shaking, and bodies aching. Neither moved nor stared at each other, both kept their heads down, agonizing over their own separate problems.
Sluggishly, Shiori stood up, limping. She kept her hold on her stomach as she looked down at Hana.
"Leave me alone. Don't show your face to me until I decide to talk to you, understand?" Shiori ordered.
She staggered to go to the fence to look at the koi pond. She eyed the fishes in the water and leaned on the fence for support. When Hana glanced to the younger girl, she quickly tries to stop her but she was too late, the fence that Shiori leaned on broke down and the crossdresser dived straight into the pond.
"Shiori!" Hana called out as she held her hand out to Shiori whose clothes, a thick jacket and the male uniform of Seijoh, were bringing her down. Hana stretched even more and when she held the younger female's hands, she pulled her with much difficulty.
Fishing her out of the water, Shiori gasped for breath and shook at the coldness she felt.
Coincidentally, Hajime decided to check the two ladies to see if they were okay but when he catches a glimpse of Shiori, wet and cold, he dashes towards her.
"Hana! What did you do?" Hajime asked his cousin who looked shocked as well. "She leaned on the broken fence." Hana answered weakly, her knees and hands now shaking with the sudden realization of the situation.
Hajime carried Shiori in his arms. He turns to Hana and spots her observing him and Shiori. "Go home now!" Hajime scolded and Hana stands up, knees still shaking, and bows to her cousin before turning back to head home.
Shiori peered at Hana's back as she walked away. She eyed her sadly and decided to let the older girl go. It wouldn't be a mistake to forgive her, right? Shiori sighs and glances at Hajime.
For someone who made an effort to fix her problem, Shiori decides to forgive Sonohara Hana. It's better that way.
"Don't carry me." Shiori mumbled, still trembling at the sudden impact of the cold water. "Are you an idiot? You're shivering because of the cold." Hajime responded, Shiori hears the over-protectiveness in his voice. She smiles weakly and decides to lean closer.
The two were silent until they arrived Hajime's house.
"Mom! I'll – " Hajime stopped calling for his parent when he sees his house empty. He looks down on Shiori and shakes her to wake her up but when she doesn't open her eyes, he decides to put him in his bed to let her sleep. When Hajime notices her clothes, he groans.
He pushes his door open and closes it with his foot. He lays Shiori down but when he placed her on his bed, he gets pulled down by Shiori as well, immediately feeling her lips against his.
Hajime took a second to register what just occurred. He kept his hands beside Shiori's body to make sure that he doesn't completely close the distance between them but the sudden passionate moment made him get a mental block.
He climbs on top of her and deepens the kiss while the younger student accepts knowingly, her hands pulling Hajime even closer, who tilts his head as he lets Shiori pull him down. The two felt their clothes getting damp because of Shiori's wet hoodie and uniform yet neither one decided to do anything about it and just outright ignored it.
When Hajime realized that his fingers were nearing the hems of Shiori's hoodie, he stops moving his hands to avoid making a mistake. He pulls away and gazes at Shiori, seeing her flushed face and her lips. He breathed deeply and gulped.
"Say no right now." Hajime uttered, Shiori noticed his voice deepening. The crossdresser inhaled deeply before shaking her head slowly, lips still parted as if inviting him to enter as soon as possible. Hajime bit his lips before closing the distance again. His hands was now gripping the end of Shiori's hoodie and hesitantly pulling it up.
Then a small sound, something similar to a window being opened, resounded.
"Oh..." a familiar voice said.
Hajime pulled away instantly and turned to his window. His mouth hanged open when he sees Tooru half-way into his room. Out of the blue, Tooru entered the room and grinned happily while clapping.
"Advanced happy birthday, Iwa-chan! How do you like you're present?" Tooru interviewed.
Shiori sat on Hajime's bed and pushed her knees closer to her chest before covering her face with her hands, obviously embarrassed by the fast development of her day. From nervousness to anger to fear to sadness and lastly, to... whatever the hell happened just now.
Hajime groaned and walked up to Tooru to hit him in his arms. Tooru intercepts by grabbing his childhood friend's wrist and pushing him but when Hajime grabbed his collar, Tooru had a hard time escaping so he does one thing he knows will make Hajime let go of him.
"Iwa-chan isn't a virgin anymore! You aren't his first time!" Tooru shouted at Shiori. He shouts even more terrified when Hajime starts head-locking him.
"I know that already!" Shiori yelled back. "Really? Did he tell you?" Tooru replied. Shiori stared at the two male and grumbled in awkwardness.
"I knew he wasn't when he started taking the lead... like deepening the kiss and... And... that thing involving a tongue." Shiori spoke with a red-face.
Hajime let go of Tooru when he heard Shiori. His face reddened as well and soon, the two couldn't even look at each other, making Tooru laugh.
"You two are so entertaining to watch!" Tooru commented and when he catches Hajime glaring at him, he approaches the door. "Too bad I value my life. Sorry, I can't watch you two!" Tooru says before slamming the door closed and successfully escaping the scene, leaving the two lovers with each other's company, both madly bushing and mortified.
Hajime groans and covers his face while Shiori hugged a pillow to hide her face.
Tooru stood in front of Yuno's house. He ringed her phone and waited for Yuno to answer and when she does, he smiles.
"What is it?" Yuno greets. Tooru pouts and pushes his hands inside his pocket. "Come outside now. Shiorin still isn't there, is she? I know where she is and don't worry, she's safe... I think?" Tooru informs. He smirks at the event that he witnessed and wondered if his childhood friend did it. He wished Hajime didn't, Yuno would kill Hajime.
Tooru heard the door open. He peered at the gate and saw Yuno unlocking the gate. She smiled as she saw her senior. The two put their phone down and placed it in their pocket. Once their hands were free from their phones, Tooru quickly pulled Yuno in an embrace.
"Don't get shocked, 'kay?" Tooru muttered. Yuno hummed in response and waited for him to speak. "Shiorin is at Iwa-chan's house." He said nervously.
"I know." Yuno replied. Tooru eyed her with shock as he glanced down at the younger student. "Why are you not angry then?" he asked. "It's because she's just eating with Iwaizumi-san's parents." Yuno answered.
Tooru snorted at the lie.
"I even have a picture to prove it to you."
Tooru eyed Yuno with a deadpan look.
"Fine, show it. I'm sure that Iwa-chan and Shi –"
Tooru's sentence gets cut off when he spots a picture of Shiori with Hajime's family. He scoffs and nods in acceptance of his defeat.
"Are you angry?" Yuno asked with an innocent look. Tooru gazed at her with affection, a sensation he rarely experienced before. "I'll wait for you to be legal." Tooru uttered out loud, expecting Yuno to get angry and try to punch him but when Yuno blinked and smiled, his mouth dropped.
"We'll try it two years after I finish high school. Please wait for me." Yuno turned the table around as she smiled pretentiously naive to fool her partner. Tooru let go of Yuno and covered his mouth. "I was just joking." He mumbled under his breath, still in disbelief with Yuno's words.
"I was just joking as well." Yuno replied, smiling gently. Tooru chuckled and when he caught a glimpse of Yuno tiptoeing and giving him a peck on the lips, his heart pauses before beating fast.
Tooru bit his lips to prevent himself from smiling too much. When Yuno gives a second peck on the lips, he stops biting his lips and just blushes and smiles brightly without bothering to cover his face. Wow, he was really whipped, Tooru thought.
As the couple conversed, Hajime and Shiori arrived and spotted Tooru looking ecstatic to receive a short kiss from Yuno. Shiori snorted, realizing how her sister got the playboy around her pinky. Hajime smiled and as he walked, he catches a glimpse of Tobio walking aimlessly.
Hajime narrowed his eyes to see what was wrong with Tobio. "What's wrong with Kageyama?" Hajime asked Shiori while pointing at the younger male.
Meanwhile, Tobio saw his cousin and his fellow setter in front of the Hashimoto Household. He sees them acting sweet to each other and once again, he recalls the kiss he received from Seri. He huffs as he covers his mouth as if he doesn't want to let the tingly feeling on his lips go and fly away.
"Tobio-chan? What are you doing here?" Tooru took notice of Tobio and crossed his arms at the younger male. He observed Tobio and saw his slightly pink expression.
"I came here to talk to Shiori." Tobio uttered, still looking dazed and amazed.
"Did Tobio-pyon experience something good?" Shiori popped out of nowhere and hanged her arms around Yuno, who held her hand and smiled when she sees her sister smiling happily. Yuno glances at Hajime and sees him giving a thumbs up. Yuno smiles thankfully before returning her attention to Tobio.
"I... I kissed Shinomiya." Tobio muttered timidly, a personality they rarely see in him. Tooru and Shiori covered their mouth, Hajime looked at him with amazement, and Yuno clapped.
"Congratulations. Hinata Shouyo-san will kill you." Yuno remarked. Tobio didn't react and only smiled contently. Shiori laughs at his expression and goes to his side. "Tobio-pyon has a lover now! Let's celebrate! Let's go to a restaurant right now!" Shiori suggested.
"No, we just ate." Hajime denied her recommendation but when he sees Shiori sulk, he takes his word back.
"Come on! Tobio-chan will pay for the food!" Tooru spoke eagerly, excited to make Tobio pay for expensive foods.
The five students walked to a restaurant, conversing noisily. They kept their attention to Tobio but when Tooru decide to shift it to Hajime, the group became even rowdier with Hajime and Shiori denying their previous actions and Yuno, Tooru, as well as Tobio, interrogating the two.
The night wasn't as cold as winter and it was far from being warm. The air was right, the blooming cherry blossoms looked pretty, the evening glow of the sky gave the proper warmth and light, and the atmosphere seemed impeccable.
Almost everything was spot-on. Nothing seemed to go wrong at the moment. Maybe, this was how it was supposed to end. A picture-perfect conclusion for a flawed fiction. Anyway, does that make sense?
A/N:
Are you surprised? This is the end of the story people!
Thanks for reading this story! I learned a lot through this! I was able to find out what genre I like writing through this story and what I got was romantic-comedy~~ I wasn't really surprised since I like writing and thinking funny stuffs and I hope this story made you laugh in one away or another! Once again, thanks for reading this~~~ I know that this is too sudden and surprising but I figured out that it would be better this way so thank you again!
I hope you liked this~~~ Bye~~~
