Pink Bubblegum

Chapter 10

Y/n's POV

The next day I woke up feeling like a piece of trash. I was tired and my head was still hurting. When I went to the bathroom, there was a huge red mark on my forehead. I had to leave my hair down so no one saw the mark from the metal beam. I'm actually surprised that I didn't crack my head open last night. When I got to school I still wasn't talking to Miya. I was alone again and he was alone too. "Oh my god Y/n, your hair is so pretty" The girl from a few days ago told me. "Thanks" I replied to her. She raised her hand up to touch my hair but I swatted her hand away. "Sorry, please don't touch my hair" I said to her. "My bad, sorry" She replied awkwardly. I just wanted to go home. I didn't even have any interest in the lessons. When I got home that day, my mother greeted me and I could tell she was angry. My mom usually wasn't home around this time, she'd be at work but I guess things were different tonight. "Where were you last night?" She asked me. "What do you mean, I was at home last night" I replied to her. "Don't lie to me Y/n" My mother said. "I'm not lying" I replied to her. "You're not lying to me? Then why are my coworkers telling me that you're going out at night skating with high schoolers?" My mom raised her voice. "Do you really think I'm going to sit around all day, how do you expect me to like Okinawa if I don't go out and see what it's like" I raised my voice back. "Y/n I don't want you going out at night it's dangerous" My mom explained. "Well I'm not you Mom, I may look like you but I'm not you so stop pretending like I'm Michiko Sakurayashiki!" I practically yelled. "You're right you're not me, you're a constant reminder of the mistake I made when I was a teenager" My mom yelled at me. People have been saying a lot of hurtful things to me but that was the worst thing I could ever hear. So I left the house. "Y/n wait" I heard my mom say. I felt like running away. I started getting out of breath just like I did last night and then it started raining. So I had no choice but to go to Kojiro's restaurant. Miya was there playing on his switch and Kojiro was trying out new recipes. I didn't realize it, but I was crying a lot. "Are you okay?" Kojiro asked me. "Can I stay here for a while?" I asked him. "Sure" He replied to me. I locked myself in the bathroom and let all my emotions out but I made sure that I was quiet while I cried.

Joe's POV

"I think I'm gonna go now" Miya said. I knew he was still avoiding Y/n but she wasn't the same without him. I went back to my recipe for a bit and then I knocked on the bathroom door. "Can you come out please?" I asked Y/n. She actually opened the door. Y/n's eyes were a little red and she her hands were shaking a bit. Y/n wrapped her arms around me. "Am I a bad person?" She asked me. "I don't think you're a bad person" I replied to her. "Stop trying to sound nice, be honest" She said to me. "I really don't think you're a bad person, I think you just say and do things you don't actually mean when you're mad" I explained to her. She sat down at a table. "I got in an argument with my mom" Y/n said. "Oh" I said. "I told her that she needs to stop pretending that I'm her" Y/n explained. "Okay, you need to respect your mother even when you're mad. She does a lot for you" I explained to Y/n. "She said that I'm a constant reminder of a mistake she made when she was a teenager" Y/n explained. There was an awkward silence for moment. "Do you want some ice cream?" I asked Y/n. "What?" She asked me. "I have some Italian ice cream" I said to her. "Sure" Y/n said. I got her a scoop of the ice cream and handed it to her. "I promise things would get better" I said to Y/n.

Michiko's POV

Maybe I was too harsh with Y/n. I called Kaoru to see if she was with him. "Hello?" He said. "Is Y/n with you?" I asked my brother. "No, why?" He asked me. "She got mad at me and she left" I explained to him. "You want me to call her?" Kaoru asked. "She's not gonna pick up" I replied to him. "I have an idea of where she'd be" Kaoru said to me. "I'll pick you up" He said. "See you soon" I said to him. He picked me up in his car and I sat in the passenger seat. "This is my fault" I said. "You're being dramatic, Michi" Kaoru said to me. "Nope, I told her something that really set her off and now she's mad at me" I explained to my brother. "Anyways, your hair looks nice, who cut it?" Kaoru tried change the subject. "I let Y/n cut it" I replied to him. There was silence until we got to a restaurant called Sia la Luce. I opened the door and saw Y/n eating ice cream. I walked over to her and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry Y/n, I shouldn't have said that" I apologized to her. "I'm sorry for yelling at you" Y/n hugged me back. "Hey Michiko, it's been a while" I heard a familiar voice say. I turned around and saw Kojiro. He was so tall and muscular now. "Kojiro!" I said with a smile. We talked for a bit and then Kaoru dropped me and Y/n back home. "So I've decided to be honest with you, I'll tell you what I can about your father since I know you wanna know" I said to Y/n. She looked at me very surprised.