I do not own Bakugan.
Italics are 3rd POV
Dedicating this
to: adlashawn
Avery's POV
I haven't gone and seen Ryuu for days now, not that it would matter if I searched for him his been M.I.A. and the last time I saw him I forfeited my relationship with him—unwillingly if I may add. In the time that I haven't seen him I've been wasting around in Auntie Runo's café—but I still do my ninja training however I've stopped showing up to my traditional classes. But then again even if I showed up it wouldn't matter his barely there—he hides this fact though.
I played with my smoothie's straw, twirling it again and again as I thought over the things that have been happening as of the recent.
"Hey, Avery" Akio slides down on the seat across me. He wasn't wearing his lab coat which meant great things.
"Hey" I smiled faintly.
"Okay, I can't just let you waste away like this, just tell me what's wrong!" I could only stare blankly at him.
"Fine I'll tell you." I paused to look at him, with as much pain as I could allow myself to show. "I'm going to break up with my boyfriend" I say as I closed my eyes, I hear him choke inelegantly.
"You are dating someone?" He asked, my eyes still closed I nodded my head.
"I thought we would have lasted, but unforeseeable consequences had sealed our inevitable destruction. And it just so happens that I am the one who is willing to break this engagement off. My association with him has to end now." I opened my eyes to look at my brother, he had on a complex look on his face, and I was appalled by it.
"Why can't you two work it out?" I almost told him the circumstances of my relationship with Ryuu but thankfully I held my tongue.
"I'm uncertain it would work out" I whispered honestly
"If—"
"Akio!" Quinn cut my brother off, he was panting and disheveled
"What happened to you?" I asked raising a brow
"The masked man appeared!" I looked at him indifferently as he was still catching his breath.
"You need to exercise" I remarked offhandedly, as I stared at my brother and gave him a small smile "Go." He nods and stood up
"You're not coming?" Quinn asked finally catching his breath.
"Bakugans aren't my thing, you know that" I winked, as I shooed them off.
"I'll talk to you later!" Akio grabs Quinn by the arm, as I nodded and then waved to them. I finished my drink and left the café afterwards there was no point in moping around. I brought along a black knee-high coat with me because I was feeling chilly. I wrapped that around my body my arms tucked in its pocket as I stalked away from the café towards a playground with trees.
"Hey." A few blocks away Ryuu greeted me, I was honestly startled but didn't show it on my face.
"Are you feeling so much better that you can go out of your house? Your parents are aware you're out, right?" I stole a glance at him in which he smiled faintly.
"Going to the park?" He asked as he fell into pace with me.
"Of course, there is no place I'd rather be" I faintly replied, we silently approached our destination. I stopped to look at his attire. He was wearing modern clothes; a black coat jacket, with his gray pants and black shoes. He looked rather sophisticated and modern looking. I faintly smiled.
"We're wearing matching coats" I couldn't help but chuckle at this and he looks at me and cups my cheek.
"Aren't you supposed to be somewhere? I heard the masked man appeared" He shakes his head
"It's Irile's business, I have something I want to deal with anyways." He looks at me and then leans to kiss me. He was taller than me so he had to bend, to assist him I stood on my tippy toes, as we both shared a gentle kiss on the lips. I felt a slightly murderous aura to my right, so I broke the kiss off and searched for what was omitting such an aura. I thought I saw a glimpse of familiar blue hair.
"What's the matter?" Ryuu asked, I look up at him and shake my head
"Nothing—so I was the thing you had to deal with?" I look at him blankly as I caught the sight of an empty bench, I slowly approached it with Ryuu following me.
"Have you thought of what I've offered you?" He asked as I sat down and he follows suit. We were silent for a while as we gaze upon the empty park, the sun was setting—wait what? I sighed.
"I stayed in the café for hours after they left, didn't I?" It was a rhetorical question.
"Yes you did, I contemplated whether to enter or not, this conversation is long overdue" Ryuu stole a glance at me. I recalled what I've been told, to try and make things work. I turned my head to look at him.
"I do like you a lot" I say quietly and then looked away to the setting sun and then it was silent again, I didn't expect a reply from him.
"I like you a lot too, you have no idea what I'd risk for you"
"I don't know if that is what I want from you" I look at him again, and adjusted my sitting situation so that one of my leg is folded under me and its knee hitting the bench's back and my other leg's foot was touching the ground. My whole self was facing Ryuu's direction, and then I cupped his face with my hands. "I didn't ask for your protection, I just wanted to spend time with you—no lies. I don't exactly know what I want. I don't—"Then he cupped my face.
"Then take my offer, join me and let's work it out." I almost told him no, but they told me make it work didn't they? So I should at least try or something. I could always go back to the other side, right?
"If this doesn't work out you won't hold it against me if I want to break up with you, right?" I choked upon telling him that I want to break up with him, my eye sight turning blurry from tears.
"I won't…" His eyes held pain in them.
"I won't be mind-controlled right? I would be aware of everything that is happening?" He nods, and what I didn't say was that I would see him fall apart slowly in front of me. "Irile was against this you know" He nods giving me a boyish smile
"There is no one else I want to be with me" And then he leans again and I couldn't help but smile, I let out a small laugh our lips inches away. "What are you laughing at?" I shook my head lightly.
"I guess I'm joining the dark side…"
The next day came, before we parted yesterday we talked about a few certain details. And now I am back in Auntie Runo's café. It became a terrible habit of mine to waste away here, instead of going to traditional classes. But I suppose I could go back now—actually I came to love wasting around in this café.
Ah now if only I don't feel particularly troubled at the moment. But why do I feel like I am in trouble or like there is something bad that is going to happen. I drank my milkshake so fast I had a brain freeze, and somehow that feels comforting.
I glanced up by chance, while I relaxed a bit from my brain freeze. I saw a blue head girl approach me. I squinted—she looks so familiar, but she is a little too far and my brain is still frozen! When she finally got closer I realized it was Kiyomi, although she looks a little mad, and she is a shy and quiet girl. For those who don't know Kiyomi she is Dan Junior quiet, shy and polite little sister, she actually looks like she is stalking towards me. Now she was standing beside my table.
"Stop it!" She said looking angry and sad at the same time. I looked at her puzzled and then at my shake.
"Uhm okay—I get it!" I push my shake away a bit, and she looked at me in disgust which is odd.
"That is not what I mean!" What is happening, someone explain this situation to me
"Stop leading my brother on!" What. I grabbed my shake and experience another brain freeze
"I don't know what you're talking about!" I say as I opened my eyes wide the brain freeze was a stupid idea.
"Yes you do! You know he has a huge crush on you and you're hurting him!" I massage my head
"Do you want a drink—do you want to properly talk about it?" I asked she looks at me with teary eyes
"You can't return his feeling just tell him that you don't like him! I saw you kiss that guy yesterday—just stop hurting him!" Oh so this is what it was about- Augh what a pain.
"First of all there was no way I lead him on—his the one who won't give up, why don't you tell him to stop hurting himself. And stop bothering me—I don't have a second point and a last" She was shaking this time, with anger or—I don't know her head was bent down.
"I'm- I'm sorry" I stood up slowly trying to reach out to her and then I notice tears. Oh my goooosh!
"Avery?" I looked up and she did too, my eyes were bug eyed as I stared at Ryuu?
"Wha-what are you doing here?" I felt all the blood in my body rush away.
"You two are just going to hurt my brother!" She squealed and then pouted but stared at Ryuu with a weird look
"Uhm… what…" I look at Kiyomi and then Ryuu smiled politely at the girl he approaches me and placed a gentle hand on my waist.
"I never thought you'd pick a fight with a little girl, your father would be disappointed" I had felt my blood come rushing back but nope after he said that I look at him with pleading eyes and my blood drained away again.
"No! No I didn't—you know I wouldn't fight a child!" I lightly shook Ryuu he chuckles, he was wearing a yukata which to be honest with my shaking a sleeve was almost sliding off of his shoulder. I raised my hands up. "I didn't-"He shook his head
"It's cool" he smiled and then looked at Kiyomi "So, what seems to be the problem here?" Kiyomi's tears disappeared
"Okay I have a conclusion Kiyomi is star struck by your beauty" I nod as I sat down and then drank my milkshake, slowly this time, Ryuu takes a seat beside me as he adjusted his yukata. Kiyomi sits across from him, I pay attention to my shake.
"So what is the matter here?" Ryuu asks, I internally sighed—well as long as he feels better I suppose.
"SHE IS HURTING MY BROTHER!" Kiyomi accusingly points a finger at me, I just silently look at that finger, I wanna bite it. I could feel Ryuu's questioning glance but I just paid attention to my straw and shake.
"What are you talking about?" He kindly asks Kiyomi—how old is she?
"You're being tricked too!" A year maybe—augh why does she keep talking. I refused to even acknowledge this conversation—I think I want something to eat but what.
"I don't understand what you're saying" Kiyomi continues to accuse Avery of leading Dan Junior on. Currently Avery has zoned out.
"She's been leading my brother on!" Ryuu shows a lost look in which Kiyomi takes advantage to explain it in her view.
"She doesn't tell my brother to stop chasing her around when she already have you, my brother is hurting because of his unrequited love and she won't even look his way. I no longer want to see my bother hurt when in truth she is having a great time with you!"
"A great time?" Ryuu couldn't help ask in a soft voice KIyomi thought she misheard him and was about to ask him what he said but Ryuu suddenly broke into a soft smile. "Do you even know why Avery wasn't able to reciprocate his…" He paused to look at Kiyomi "Affection?" On the side Avery's lip twitch and a ghost smile was there. Her eyes moved to glance at Ryuu a bit. However she still will not participate with such a boring conversation.
"Wha-?"
"Your brother didn't see her the way I do and that is why we're together" Upon hearing this Avery closed her eyes as she slowly sip her drink.
That's right I didn't—couldn't return his feeling because he didn't see me the way Ryuu did. Dan Junior, he only saw me as someone cool—when that is broken what happens then? Who would have walked away, him or me? Dan wasn't hard to like—he had a charm in him- and if I let myself fall for him, I might watch him walk away from me and I would be left with a broken heart. But how is that situation different from the one I have now. The difference I can walk away, but still with a broken heart. Dan just likes staring at beautiful things and never get them—after all that is the purpose of a trophy right? That's how I think he see me as.
"What do you mean?"
"Your brother don't love her for her—he loves her perfection—her beauty"
"Well—Sis Avery is beautiful… but I don't"
"Her outward beauty—how she is graceful when she walks and stuff like that"
"I think I get it—you're telling me his in love with an illusion" She smiled and nodded
"You see no one is perfect. She is placed in a pedestal to admire. But Avery is also human, she deserves better—that and I am very thankful your brother has no guts to make a proper move. But the bottom line he looks at her with so much admiration people would be uneasy if anything else develops from much an emotion…"
"Then I am thankful that brother wasn't able to love her the way she deserves" Kiyomi nods and bows her head towards Ryuu
"Huuh? What do you mean?" Avery snapped out from her daze and Kiyomi smiles.
"I also want to be loved, and you deserve the kind of love you want and need" and then Avery went back to zoning out. And then she gaze at Ryuu admiringly
"And now you're doing what your brother is doing" He chuckled
"No—no. I've just figured out what I like in a guy—and I have no interest in stealing someone who is taken. I really like you too so I want you and Sis Avery to be happy together!" She nods solemnly "But I wish my brother would take the hint… but then actually I really wanted Sis Avery to be with brother but now I see that it wouldn't work. She already has someone who fits perfectly."
"This conversation is for adults!" I finally figured it out I'm sandwiched into a weird conversation.
"Avery are you hungry?" I gaze at Ryuu and I think I heard a bubble pop, I nod dazedly. Yes—free food. He pinches my cheek.
"You're face says it all!" He chuckles as he stood up to give me time with Kiyomi, I honestly love his thoughtfulness but nooooo.
"I'm sorry" Kiyomi says
"No—I'm sorry"
"But-"
"We're both sorry let's just keep it at that" I faintly smiled.
"Have you heard of the masked man?"
"Yea—what about that person?"
"Heard his circle is expanding"
"I'm sorry—Bakugan really isn't my main problem" She nods
"I know but there is this girl with a black butterfly mask that appeared" She shrugged
"Well is she beautiful at least?" I playfully laugh
"I wouldn't know the mask covers up most of her face, she however does wear red lipstick. And her silver hair is pretty"
"Well—do we know anyone with silver hair? Maybe we can catch her and then tie her up with a tank of piranhas beneath her and- well use her as hostage—maybe then the mask man will stop his evil doings" This time I shrugged.
"Yeah, maybe" Kiyomi had this look on her face I just smiled faintly.
"So, I ordered some fries and more smoothies and some burgers and a plate of spaghetti for us!" Ryuu looks at me on the spaghetti part and gave a wink.
"OOOhh so romantic!" I feign being soo in love, well the so-obviously-annoyingly in love kind.
R&R