Bitter Sweet Love

Chapter 1 ~ I love Saki

On that day... he disappeared. On that day... she cried. On that day... he disappeared. On.. that... day... she died.

Yuna's Pov (age: 6)

Sensei Arika introduced me to the whole class. I transferred here from a small island to here, Tokyo. "Everyone! Listen up, there's a new student coming to our classroom. Please welcome... Usagi, Yuna." I carefully slid the door open and slowly walked in. There was silence and I quickly faced the class. "H-Hello. I'm not very tal-talkative, but please t-take care of me," I stuttered. ~Silence~ I quickly take my seat and take out my work books.

When class was over...

I heard a lot of girls gossiping about me, but one girl didn't. She had short brown hair and pretty brown eyes.. caramel. "Oi! Saki, stop teasing Narumi-kun!" a blond boy complains to the short haired girl. She smiles happily and pats the boy with glasses on the head. I can't help, but keep watching them. It was the first time in years have I have ever felt like... laughing so much. Now that I've seen how happy and laughable you can be when you're with friends.. I regret ever saying, I hate you, to Megumi and Chisa.

The boy with black hair lightly glances at me and I flinch to stare off somewhere else. ~BaDump~ What's going on with me? Why is my heart bumping so fast? It was only a glance that he gave me, nothing else... right? What's with me?! "Um... excuse me? U-Usagi-san.." A voice that sounded like a girl's.  I look up to see that my eyes were locked on Saki.Why? Why is she talking to me? I might get people to hate her, like how mom and dad ended up.

I quickly look away and my hands are shaking. She hugs me out of no where and I struggle to get out of the strong embrace. What's with this girl? Isn't she worried if everyone starts to hate her for talking to me? No one likes talking to a girl who's always excluding herself with society. "Aww... Yuna, why not hang with us?" Saki suggests while her embrace loosens. I don't know how to reply, but nod. STUPID! She smiles big and goes to gather the whole gang up.

"Yuna-chan, this is Andou!" Saki points to the cheerful blong hair boy. Andou happily waves to me and I gave a little wave back.  She moves on.

"This is Narumi! Aka. Naruchi! ♡" Saki points to the boy with glasses. He looks at the floor and doesn't say anything until Saki nugdes his shoulder. "O-Oh! Hello.. Usagi-chan," he bows down slowly. Then..

"Lastly, Hiro-chan!" Saki points dramatically to the black haired boy he glanced at me. I turn my head towards his direction and we immediately made eye contact. I felt hot while looking away. "Saki! Don't add -chan to my name! I'm not a damn girl!" he scolded.

I try to calm down when Saki grabs hold of my hand. The warmth transferred right away to my cold hands. "Oh! Yuna.. you're really cold, huh?" she askes considerately. I quickly nod and look away.

"Leave her alone. She doesn't like us anyways." Hiro says coldly. Saki sighed deeply and pinched Hiro's cheeks.

"Yuna is different. She's one of us.. being left out all alone and feeling like people will start hating you if you hang out with them. That's how you like, too. So don't go saying she likes us or not.. she decides if she going to hate or like or love or dislike us! So don't misunderstand," Saki explained to Hiro.

That was the first time have I thougt.. I love Saki. She doesnt care if someone hates her and she has a really big heart. I want to be like her.. No! I'm going to be like her! Yeah, I'll work hard to become optimistic and share the feeling of happiness. But, that all changed  when Hiro suddenly disappeared and Saki suddenly was ill.

December XX, 20XX

Andou, Narumi, and I were staying by Saki's side while she slept peacefully. The smell of a hospital room, was weird. "Oi, Naruchi. Why did you like Saki?" Andou asked while fidgeting his fingers. Naruchi dropped his deck of playing cards and ajusted his glasses.

"W-Well.. Saki was the one who convinced me to get along better with Sosuhi. She always smiled.. and never cried, but seeing her cry when Hiro left. I wanted to comfort her in my arms and tell her, I love you. But I was too cowardly.." Naruchi finished and I clenched my hands into a fist.

"No.." I mumbled. My first word I ever spoken to them. Andou stares at me and tilts his head is curiousity. "What? Did you say something, Yuna?" I nod and staggered towards Naruchi. I pull his body on to mines and embrace him tightly.

"You WEREN'T a coward. You did the best you could for Saki and even told us face to face about how you feel about her. That's not called cowardness.. it's called being honest and loving. Don't act all strong in front of us.. b-because-" I start choking on my words. I felt my eyes releasing all my bitter tears out. My throat is dry and I continue. "Because.. we'll feel sad if you don't cry once in a while. So please, let all the tears out in front of me and Andou. Please.."

Now I'm tearing up and crying badly while holding Naruchi tightly. "AHHH! NGGHHHH! S-SAKI! AAAAAHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Tears overflow and Naruchi soon joins in. "AAAAAHHH! Y-YUNA, TH-THANK YOU! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He cries harder than I did. Andou stares at us as we cry our sore eyeballs out. Soon, Andou joins in. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I LOVE YOU!!!! YUNA!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! NGGGHHH!"

We were crying so miserably that the nurse had to tell us 1 billion times to calm down and be quiet. We stopped crying and Saki's face is dripping with tears as she slept. "Y-Yuna.. Thanks," Naruchi sniffed. All our eyes were bagged red. Andou stares at me and laughs. Then, we all begin to laugh. Weird.. we were all sad now laughing. I guess.. it still feels lonely, without Hiro here.

After a couple days passed...

The three of us walked to the hospital to go visit Saki, when her brother was waiting tthere. For us? "Hey.. can I speak with you guys?" he said solemnly. We followed him to the park and he sat on the bench. His hands together and his head put down.. tears dropped down his face and he clenched his teeth hard together. "....."

Guess what he said?

"...... Saki....... is dead........"

10 years later...

Yuna's Pov (16)

Second years in Highschool. Andou, Naruchi, and I are all in the same class.

"Yuna, don't you miss Saki?" Narumi chokes out.

"Yeah, but... Saki would've liked if we didn't get all teary about it. She'd probably just smile and hug us." I reply.

"Haha! Look!" Andou hollers while pointing at the front. I slowly turn my head towards that direction and ours eyes met. Kota, Hiro... was back. Standing up high and proud. The boy who disappeared, and the boy that I fell in love with.

Kota, Hiro... ~BaThump~ My heart skipping several beats. I guess..

I still... love Hiro.

Next chapter called, High fever love. ♥ ♡ ♥ ♡