Sticks And Stones

The Last Day

[The Last Day]

In the end, fate was a bitch. While Ronin was safely tucked in his own guy's dorm across the road from us, Katsura Maeda ended up living in the room across Lydia and my room. She definitely tried to be friendly with me once she saw me, knowing that I was Ronin's sweetheart sister, but I was the perfect snobbish little bitch. My time as Shay was forgotten, and she definitely didn't find similarities between Shay and me as she did her best to please me.

I will admit, I ganged up with Lydia and bullied her quite a fair bit. But in my defense, I was only testing her, and Katsura shone through the troubles we put her through. Even Lydia had to admit at the end of the day that she might be the only girl who could survive Ronin.

But my brother, no matter what, was not the typical boyfriend. Even when he knew I was bullying his girlfriend, he didn't step in to protect her. He didn't say no when Lydia and I planned tricks to pull on her, and he didn't show any preferences leaning towards his girlfriend. In fact, he was so un-boyfriend-like that I almost felt bad for bullying Katsura, because it didn't seem like anything had changed at all.

I was almost to the stage of forgiving her for hooking Ronin in without my knowing.

Until the class roster was posted on the notice board and I realized not only was I separated from my Teddy Bear Ronin, but he was in the same class as his girlfriend. Lydia and I were still in the same class –thank goodness –but how could I have class without Ronin and leave him to make googly eyes with his girlfriend?

That thought of them spending alone time together in their class infuriated me to no end, and my best friend was not my best friend for no reason, because she did her best to keep me occupied so that I wouldn't have to think about it. My return back to Sogano had been enthusiastically welcomed by the boys of our class. Some of the girls welcomed me back, but the other bitchier few turned up their noses at the return of their biggest rival.

But of course, I had little bother with the bitchy girls of my class. I had Lydia and a few of my used-to-be-closer friends. The guys tried once more to date me, to ask me out, but none of them were Kyo. It was a strange feeling to be a girl again; to be seen as a girl by the guys in class all over again. It was strange to find guys flirting outrageously and though I enjoyed it thoroughly while enduring piercing gazes from jealous girls, they just weren't enough.

Once again, I rejoined Sogano's basketball team. Though the coach gave me a dressing down for escaping for half a year, my skills had been doubly sharpened when I trained in Heathrow with the boys, and I was forgiven equally quickly when I proved to have improved while I was gone. Back on the team meant that I was back into hard and rigorous training sessions, but I didn't mind it because it gave me things to do and no time to think about how Ronin and his girlfriend were spending their alone time.

You can say I am an obsessively possessive little sister, but I don't care. My Teddy Bear Ronin should be only mine.

As for studies, my hard work in Heathrow paid off, and I definitely caught on to classes in Sogano easily. It also helped that Sogano's academic pursuits were lacking behind as compared to Heathrow, so it was fair to say that my academic life in Sogano was pretty easy.

Things had just begun to settle down, and a routine had begun to carve its way into my life. I did my best to steal Ronin away from his girlfriend, and though the rumors made me out to be a crazy sister, I didn't care. Katsura didn't seem to mind, and neither did my brother. Only Lydia laughed every time I acted childish, but if only they all knew what Ronin went through in Heathrow because of my presence there, then they would understand why I love him so much.