Pink Bubblegum

Chapter 11

Michiko's POV

Y/n and I had spent the whole night watching movies on the couch. I forgot that Y/n had school the next day. "You don't have to go to school if you don't want to" I said to Y/n when she woke up. "Really?" She asked me. "Yeah, you had a rough day yesterday, I don't wanna force you to go to school" I explained to her. "Wow, I didn't think you'd let me skip school" Y/n said surprised. "You don't think I'm a cool mom?" I asked Y/n. "I didn't say that now" Y/n replied to me. I got up to make some breakfast for us. "You want french toast for breakfast?" I asked Y/n. "Don't you have work?" Y/n asked me. "I can afford to take a day off" I replied to her. "Okay then yes, I'd like to have french toast" Y/n said. She went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and by the time she came back, breakfast was ready. "Mom, why did you keep me when you found out you were pregnant?" Y/n asked me. I had to answer her question whether I wanted to or not. I took a deep breath in. "If I was still 16 I'd say 'I don't know' but, I kept you because your dad didn't care about me or you. I wanted to prove to everyone that I would be a great mother without him and I didn't need him anyway" I explained to her. "Why did you get with him in the first place?" Y/n asked me. "I was a stupid teenager" I simply replied. "So you don't regret having me?" Y/n asked. "Y/n, you may be the cause of some of my gray hairs but, I don't regret having you. You're the greatest blessing I could ever have" I explained to my daughter. She gave me a small smile. It was a tiny smile but I could tell it was genuine. "You wanna do face masks?" I asked Y/n. "Yeah" She replied excitedly. We did honey face masks and we watched Spirited Away while they dried. That movie was my favorite movie growing up and it was Y/n's too. When she was little she always kept on watching it. But it never got boring to watch even after all these years. A few minutes in, Y/n got a text from someone. "Who was that?" I asked her. "A friend from school" She replied to me. "You're not gonna reply to them?" I asked. "I don't feel like it" Y/n replied. "Why not?" I asked her. "Cause I'm watching a movie with my mom" She replied. We washed off our masks and we painted our nails next. Y/n did a lavender color and I did a beige color. Later that day around 4, someone knocked on the door. "I'll get it" Y/n said to me.

Y/n's POV

I opened the door and saw Miya standing there. He was still in his uniform and he was holding a box of chocolates. Before I could say anything, he hugged me. It was like one of those hugs someone gives you when you see them for the first time in a while. "I'm sorry" He said to me. "No, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so hot-headed" I said to him. "I was lonely without you" Miya said. "Me too, please don't leave me like that again" I said to him. "I was wrong for that and I promise I won't" He replied. "Oh um, these are for you" He added, handing me the box of chocolates. "Thanks, wanna come in?" I asked him. "Sure" He said. "This is my mom" I introduced him to her. "Hi Mrs. Sakurayashiki, it's very nice to meet you" Miya said to her. "It's Miss Sakurayashiki, I'm not married" My mother corrected him. She gave me a small grin. "I brought you the work from today" Miya said to me. "Oh thank you" I said to him. "I gotta go now, Miss Sakurayashiki, it was nice meeting you" Miya said before leaving. I let out a sigh of relief. I felt nice to actually talk to him after all those days. "So...who was that?" My mom asked. "Miya" I replied to her. "Was he the one who texted you earlier?" she asked. "...yeah" I replied. ".....is he your boyfriend?" she asked. "What? Mom no! I'm only 13" I replied to her. "I'm kidding" She replied. "Sure you are" I said before heading to my room.

Miya's POV

I didn't end up telling Y/n how I felt. I wasn't ready yet, and if I'm being honest, that's something that I don't think I'd be ready for any time soon. But it was nice to see her again after I'd been avoiding her. I'm happy that I'm still her friend. Hopefully I can tell her about my feelings when the time is right but until then, being just friends is fine with me.