Kimi Ni Todoke ff || Misunderstandings

Chapter ten : Misunderstood

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Minoru's pov

Before anything could happen Hina finds herself hugging me tightly. I froze.

I can't move.

"What are you...doing?"

I struggle to get words out of my mouth.

"Let me go." I say.

Sawako looks at us shocked. I don't know what to tell her.

"What am I doing? Hugging you, sweetie!" She says.

I push her away quickly. "Mino, what are you doing? We haven't seen each other in two years and this is how you treat me?"

A nickname?

"You're spitting nonsense. We haven't spoken. Ever." I tell her confidently.

"Liar! We've been texting for such a long time. This is where we were supposed to meet each other!" She says.

What is happening?

Hina then turns around and points to Sawako with a disgusted look on her face.

"Who's she...?" She asks.

What do I answer? My friend, my crush? Or best friend. I have no time for this.

"She's..."
"A classmate."

Sawako answers for me.

"Just a classmate..." she wipes tears from her eyes and leaves.

Wait. I wanted to do something but my body wouldn't move. I wanted to tell her "wait, it's a misunderstanding." But would she understand?

I just tried telling her my feelings and she misunderstood, will she understand if I tell her what's happening?

What's the point?

She's so confusing. I can't handle this.

"Why are you here, Hina?" I stay sternly. "Geez hun! Why are you so rude?" She pouts and pats my shoulder.

"I'm your girlfriend, aren't I?" She says. My heart almost stopped beating. I was visibly shocked at the nonsense she was spouting.

"We broke up two years ago." I say angrily. She shrugs and spins. "Did we really?"

I rub my eyes to make sure this isn't just a dream. "Yes! I broke up with you!" She shakes her head in negation.

"Nuh uh."

I sigh.

"You don't get it, do you?" She says. "Of course not! You're coming back after two years saying we're dating and you came at the worst possible moment!"

She looks at her nails and rolls her eyes. "Look, you have to pretend to date me. Even if, you don't love me or whatever."

I scoff. "And if I say no?"
"If you say no, I'll ruin that precious girl's life. What was her name? Ah...Kuronuma was it?"

I clench my fist.

"You wouldn't."
She nods and laughs.
"I would, haha! You know what I can do..."

Why would she come back now and decide to ruin everything? What's making her do this?

"Relax! It's just pretend!"

So what if it's just pretend? I still hate her.

"So?" She says.
"Fine."

She claps her hands and smiles.

"Great! See you at school tomorrow babe!"

She's got to be kidding me.

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At home

With all this pressure on my back I couldn't stay silent so I decided to tell my sister.

"YOU WHAT?" She yelled. I nodded sheepishly. She sighs. "Don't feel bad. It's not like you had a choice...her family owns like half of the schools here."

She tries to comfort me but it doesn't work. "What about Sawako?" I ask her.

"I don't know...judging by the situation you can't do much."

I was hoping for a solution but she's right. There's not much I can do. Hina has too much wealth and power against me.

I remember the time where she was beefing with a girl and she planted test results in her locker to get expelled. Even with proof that it was fake the principal still expelled that poor girl.

All because she's the daughter of a rich mogul.

"Sorry Minuro." I sigh.
"Don't be sorry. It's fine."

If it's anything, it's my fault for having a crush on a girl like her. If I never confessed that day then maybe none of this would happen.

What can I really do?