Hated Love

(after the meeting) chapter 5

"But thank you for the invite, Igarashi Yuki." I could hear a chuckle from the figure. "My full name!? My god, what have I done? " The girl dramatically voiced. Finally, after minutes of silence, some moonlight shone onto their faces. The moonlight lit up her eyes, showing their yellow glow.
"But let's get down to business. What do you want from me? " I questioned.

"Want something from you, oh no, no, no, I just wanted to see my best friend -"
"Cut the crap; we both know you want something. You wouldn't go out of your way to break into my apartment and have us meet at the devil's hour if you did not want anything. " There was a minute of silence.

"You're right; I want something from you, but now isn't the time to tell." I glared at her, "If you're not going to tell me, why the F did you want to meet?" The light brunette sighed. " Listen, Asami; I know our relationship has been rocky since your parents, you know." She sent me sorrowful eyes.

I wasn't sure if she was acutely sad on my behalf, but some part of me wanted it to be legit. "I know I have been a shit friend -" and girlfriend, "I coughed under my breath. Her yellow eyes glared at me. "Listen, I'm trying to apologize, so please, just listen." She looked down and sighed deeply. " I know I have been a shit friend and was a shitty girlfriend, and I just want to have a friendship like we used to."

I scoffed; yeah, right, us friends like we used to be. We aren't kids anymore, and I know the fucked up things of this world. " YOU left me, and you think I will forgive you, just like that. Have you become dumber by the year? At the time of my life when I needed you the most, you left me!" I snapped at her.

"Asami, please, you know my mom and the abuse she put me through." I stared at her in disbelief. I knew her mom was a bitch, and she was abusive. But she cut me off completely; not even a letter was left the day she left, nothing.

I realized my hands were in fists when I snapped back to reality. My eyes glanced up at her. Looking into her eyes, they were filled with so much regret; it made my heart ache.

I sighed. "You know our relationship will never be like it was before," she nodded, showing that she knew that the relationship would never be the same innocent friendship we had as children.

Gosh dammit, this-
I sighed and stared deep into her yellow eyes “fine… But can you please tell me why the actual FUCK you had to pick 3 am?” I was a little pissed that she picked this time to meet, and with everything that happened in the league, I was already exhausted, but of course, she didn’t know that.

I was still irritated when, out of the blue, the weight of a whole person came crashing into me. Yuki was now on top of me, hugging me and… crying? I stared at her with clear confusion plastered on my face. (I knew this because the second Yuki looked at me, she looked worried). "Oh, sorry, I'm just happy that you actually gave me a second chance," she claimed, wiping a tear off her face. “Well, would you like to go to a cafe tomorrow?” she asked with a glimpse of desperation in her eyes.

I thought about it, ensuring I had no LOV meetings or hang-outs with Toga. "Fine, I don't have any meetings, so I guess we could do that, but you're paying." Her eyes sparkled with joy. "Deal," she said with a smile spreading all over her face.

After the hang-out was planned, we got back up on our feet and stared at each other. I had a weird feeling in my stomach; it felt like something was wrong with her. I shook the feeling away. "See you tomorrow at 12:23 pm," she said, waving her hand goodbye and then disappearing into the dark again.

I stood there in the alleyway for a few minutes, and then when I was sure no one was around, I snuck out.

The whole walk home was long and boring. But I still had the feeling that something was off about Yuki. Why would she want to reconnect after abandoning me two years ago, then show up out of nowhere and wanting me to do her a favor, and now she wants to be REAL friends again? Something didn't quite add up.

Walking down the sidewalk, I saw a police car 100 meters from my apartment. SHIT. Did they find out where I live..?
Are they here for another one of my shady neighbors or me?
This is not good, I don't have any of my weapons on me, and the cops might have found my apartment. Well, one thing is for sure I'm not going back into my apartment for the time being. I turned on my heel and walked in the opposite direction. Ain't no way I'm getting arrested and from a cop on that note. I walked to a park about 2 km away. I knew walking to Toga, or one of the other members, was too dangerous if someone was following me, plus I was too tired to walk 6 km at almost 4 in the morning. Nearing the park, I could feel my body soon collapsing under me. Entering the park, I walked a couple of meters before collapsing behind a tree—my back against the hardwood. I could feel the cold green grass between my fingers. Everything around me was quiet and peaceful; the only thing to hear was the trees moving in the wind and, in the far distance, the sound of traffic. Everything around me gets more and more distant and darker until everything is totally black.