Pink: The Color of Love

"lost my chance"

Miya's POV 

I was hanging out at Sia la Luce with Reki, Langa and Joe while having a drink. It was one of the first times in forever that we were able to hang out since Reki and Langa were busy in college. As we were talking, Y/n came into the restaurant with Nishimura. 

"Kojiro, I thought that I'd-" Y/n stopped speaking when she saw Reki and Langa. "Reki! I haven't seen you in forever, and you Langa, you can't shoot me text every once in a while?" she hugged the both of them. 

Joe was eyeing Nishimura. 

"How's high school?" Reki asked her. "It's going good, I'm actually really happy I caught you two" she said. "Y/n who's this?" Joe was looking Nishimura directly in the eyes.  

They were the same exact height. 

"This is my boyfriend, Sōma" Y/n introduced him. "It's nice to meet you, I'm assuming you're Kojiro" Nishimura shook Joe's hand. "Those two are Reki and Langa, I've known them since I've moved back to Okinawa" Y/n went on. 

Reki and Langa had this confused look on their faces. 

'Boyfriend?'  Reki mouthed. 

I nodded my head. 

"You're not gonna introduce Miya?" Joe asked. "Oh Miya and Sōma already know each other" Y/n said. 

I felt everyone looking at me. 

"How long have you guys been dating?" Langa asked. "Almost two months now" Nishimura said to him. "Two months? Does Michi and Kaoru know about this?" Joe asked. "They're gonna meet him today" Y/n smiled. 

Everyone had a few questions but no one wanted to say anything. 

"I'm going to my uncle's now, you guys coming?" Y/n asked. "Yeah...we'll be there; Don't wait for us" Reki said. "Hold on, hold on, hold on, you've known Y/n's boyfriend that she's been dating for months now?" Joe asked me. "I mean yeah, he goes to our school" I replied to him. "And you didn't tell us anything?!" Reki yelled at me. "It wasn't for me to tell" I replied to him. "You could've said something and then we'd pretend to be surprised when she told us" Reki spoke quickly. "Yeah" Langa agreed with him. "It is what it is now, let's go" I ended the conversation. 

We turned and headed to the exit. 

"Miya wait" Joe stopped me. 

I turned around again and faced him. Langa and Reki had left and now it was just me and Joe. 

"How you feeling?" Joe asked me. "I'm fine...why?" I asked him. "Be honest" he said. "Fine...at first I didn't really care because I didn't feel real, now it's starting to hit me" I explained to him. "Well there isn't much you can do, just be happy for her and always be there for her" Joe said to me. "I'm always there for her" I replied to him. "Oh really?" Joe asked me. 

We were both thinking of the time when I completely shut her out because I was scared of my feelings. 

"That was once, besides I haven't left her since then" I said. "Don't mess things up" Joe warned me. "I won't" I left the restaurant and caught up with everyone. 

We were skating to Sakurayashiki Calligraphy and Y/n was walking with Nishimura. Once we got there, we took off our shoes at the entrance and went to the office where Cherry and Michiko were. They were working on a wall decoration for someone. 

"You don't let people know before you come to their place of work?" Cherry asked without even turning around. "I'm sorry, do you want me to come back later?" Y/n asked her uncle. "Don't talk to my daughter like that, I'll knock you out. What do you need sweetie?" Michi asked Y/n. "Well, I brought some guests" she said. "Cherry got up and made some tea for everyone. 

A few minutes later, we all sat down and Cherry poured us matcha tea. 

"I recognize all of your faces...all except for you. Who are you?" Cherry narrowed his eyes when he saw Nishimura. "I'm Sōma, Y/n's boyfriend" he held his hand out for a handshake. "Do you want something from me or something?" Cherry made it clear that he didn't like Nishimura. 

He nervously laughed. 

"You don't have to be like that Kaoru" Michiko said to her brother. "No, I just wanna make sure he's not like that idiot gorilla" he replied to his sister. "Gorilla?" Nishimura asked. "Yeah...that green haired meatball that I'm assuming you've met" Cherry was more sharp tongued than usual. "Uhhh isn't that a little rude?" Nishimura asked. "I've known him longer than you've been alive, one and two, you don't tell me how I should talk about that idiot playboy" Cherry continued with his passive aggressiveness. 

It was stuff like this that really made me love Cherry. 

"Anyways how do you know Y/n? Why are you dating her? Are you treating her well? How long has this been going on? Do you want something from her? How'd pull her looking like a gym rat who doesn't know basic math if it doesn't involve weightlifting?" Kaoru basically interrogated him. "You don't have to answer any of those questions, it was really nice to meet you. I'm Michiko by the way; leave before my brother scares you away" Michi warned him.  

Y/n got up and held Nishimura's hand.

"Thanks mom" Y/n said before leaving. 

Seeing Y/n hold his hand made me think of all the other times she had probably done that. He was able to hold her hands and spend more time with her and do all things I wanted to do with her, but I lost my chance and he took it. 

Cherry was talking to Reki and Langa about college and I continued to think about all the things Y/n and Nishimura probably did together. He was probably her first kiss, he probably was her first date, they're probably gonna go to prom together, he probably was Y/n's first- 

"Miya are you listening?" Cherry interrupted my thoughts. "Yeah, I was. College admission officers are getting more picky when choosing students" I said to him. 

He raised an eyebrow, I was listening, but he knew there was something on my mind. 

"It was nice seeing you guys" Michi said to Reki and Langa before we left. 

Once we got outside, Reki let out the most dramatic gasp ever. Me and Langa both looked at him and his mouth was wide open. He was pointing at me. 

"Text me when you get home" he said. "...okay" I was weirded out but when I got home I texted him. 

🛹Reki⚙️

im home

U LIKR Y/N
DONT EBEN DEMY IT

🧍🏻
what is you smoking???

U LIKE Y/N

AND UR JEALOUS OF SŌMA 🪑

never said it out loud but ok

YOUR NOT EVEN DENYING IT

‼️‼️‼️

you're****

ik all that i need to know

you're sleep deprived go to sleep