Pink Bubblegum

Chapter 8

Time skip to them in Okinawa again: Miya's POV 

I had another dream with Y/n in it. She was in a field wearing a white dress with her hair down. I almost never see her with her hair down. It was so long and pretty as it flowed in the wind. Y/n extended her hand out to me and when I tried to hold her hand, she turned into flower petals. I quickly sat up on my bed, realizing it was just a dream. It was already morning so I got ready for school. No matter what I did, Y/n was stuck in my mind. "Miya hurry up you're gonna be late for school" I heard my mom yell. I ran down the stairs and tripped. "Oh god, what has gotten into you? You're never this clumsy" My mom said. "Sorry" I replied to her. I got my skateboard and went to school. When I walked to class, I saw Y/n already sitting at her desk. I didn't wanna face her so I hid in the bathroom until class really began. "Miya would you like to tell me the formula for this?" Our teacher asked me. She pointed to a triangle on the board. "Ummmm length times width?" I replied to her. She looked at me with a disappointed look. "You're better than this" She said to me. I looked at the board again, the formula was base times height divided into a half.(1/2 bh) Dang it I thought to myself. When it was lunch time I played on my switch so I didn't have to talk to Y/n. "Hey Miya, you wanna go to S later tonight?" Y/n asked me. "Can't, I have extra homework" I shut her down. I could see the pain in her eyes but I couldn't risk losing her as a friend. Once school ended, I went to the skate park. 

Y/n's POV 

I went home for a bit to relax but I decided to go to Miya's to study. I went to his house and knocked on the door. His mom answered. "Is Miya home?" I asked politely. "He went to the skate park, sorry sweetie" She replied to me. He lied to me  I thought to myself. I walked back home. I really thought he was my friend. Now I look like a fool, how could he really be my friend? I'm so rude and loud. Why would he want to be my friend. 

Miya's POV 

Something felt really off when I was at the skate park. From where I was, everything was normal but I knew deep down something wasn't right. I just didn't know what it was. I decided to take a break and go to Joe's restaurant. It was empty there, Joe was in the kitchen making food but he stopped to get me a Sprite. "You're good with women right?" I asked him. "I guess you could say that" He replied to me. "Okay, let's say hypothetically I had some type of feelings for a certain girl, would it be smart to tell her that I had feelings for her" I said choosing my words carefully. "Let's say hypothetically, you just admitted to having feelings for Y/n cause you sound stupid right now" Joe replied to me, keeping the same energy. "How'd you know?" I asked him carelessly. "Both Cherry and I know, Miya" He said. "But I-". Joe showed me a picture from his phone. It was Y/n and I at the beach playing on my switch. "Cherry sent that to me" Joe explained. "Do you want Y/n to know that you have feelings for her?" Joe asked me. I had to think about it, I really liked what we had now and having a girlfriend would be...exhausting. "I don't want anything to change" I said to Joe. "Are you scared about her rejecting you?" Joe asked. "That would be embarrassing" I said. "She wouldn't, Y/n likes you a lot" Joe said. "Really?" I asked him. "I've known her since I was around your age, she acts different around you. When she's with Reki and Langa it isn't the same which means, you're special to her. Also, you were her first friend were you not?" Joe explained. "At the end of the day, it's up you" Joe said heading back to the kitchen. "Just make sure you're there for Y/n, she needs you more than you think she does" He added. I had the great idea to just not take Joe's advice and leave. Whenever in doubt, just run away from your problems. That might be my senior quote in high school. 

Y/n's POV 

I still didn't know why Miya was acting so weird. I wanted to text him but I was scared that he'd leave me on read. I decided to text Reki instead 

Reki 🦍

hey reki, do you know what's up with miya?

idk but he's been more quiet than usual 

i just wanna make sure this isn't my fault

did you guys get in a fight or something? 

no but he's been avoiding me

well if you're lonely you can come hang out with me and langa  

thanks for the offer :)

I knew I could hang out with them if I wanted to but it wouldn't be the same. "Y/n can you help me with something?" I heard my mom call out. "What do you need help with?" I asked her when I got downstairs. "So, I got the job" She smiled. "That's great Mom" I said to her. "I was thinking of cutting my hair since it'd be too much to take care of" My mom explained. "You want me to cut it?" I asked her. "Yeah, I trust you with my hair" my mom replied to me. Sometimes you do questionable things I thought to myself. "How short do you want it?" I asked her. "I was thinking a little past my shoulders" My mom said to me. I took a deep breath in. "Don't blame me if it looks bad" I said to her before cutting it. After five minutes we were done. My mom's waist-length hair was gone. It was a long bob instead. "I like it, you did a good job" My mom said to me. "Don't make me do that again" I said to her. As much as I love my mom, she stresses me out sometimes.