Only You, Chisaki

Idiot

Anger is a powerful emotion. Especially the anger of a teenage/adult woman with a boyfriend who is very apathetic and likes to bring girls over and not even introduce her to his girlfriend. Those type of people make me very angry. Why do I have to be in love with someone like that? Tsumugu seemed like he cared when we were both in the kitchen alone but around his friends he doesn't even wanna give me the time of day. Am I not cool enough for his friends? Ugh! I'm so mad! I jumped into the sea and swam as fast as I could to my parents house (I didn't like to call that house mine anymore since I didn't even live there). I saw my mom outside sweeping the sidewalk in front of the house like she always use to do.

"Mom." I said as I rushed into her arms.

"Chisaki. Is something wrong?" She patted my head like she did when I was younger. 

"No, I just missed you mommy." I hugged her tighter. I really did miss her. I've been so busy that I haven't really had any chance to visit her. We both walked inside and sat on the couch. My dad was nowhere to be seen so that meant that he must be at work. Perfect. I always felt weird talking to mom about stuff when dad was around. Surely she could give me some good advice on what to do about Tsumugu. However, before I could even voice a complaint about Tsumugu she spoke.

"Guess what Chisaki!" she asked excitedly. Her enthusiasm caught me by surprise.

"What?"

"I was going to call you tonight about it but... I'm pregnant!"

It was silent for a whole ten seconds before I could respond. 

"Pr-pregnant? Are you for real!?" my enthusiasm now matched my mother's. I had always wanted a sibling and now I was really getting one! "How far are you?" I asked.

"I'm only 7 weeks pregnant so I have no idea what the gender of the baby will be but I'm still so very happy!"

My mom smiled in a way that I haven't seen since I was very little. She looked so happy. There was no way that I could ruin her happiness by telling her about my problems with Tsumugu. I sigh. I guess I'm going to have to hold it in until I am able to talk to Akari. I can wait that long... can't I?

"Why are you sighing, honey?" she looked concerned for a minute. I shook my head.

"I'm just thinking about baby names. Do you have any ideas?"

"Well..."

My mom launched into the subject of baby names. We both deliberated about good names for girls vs boys and then twin names just in case. It was easy to make mom happy. Later, dad made it home and we ate an early dinner so that I would have enough time to go over to Akari's house. When I got to Akari's house, everyone already started to study. It made it easier to tutor since they were already in the mood. Afterward, I tried to talked to Akari but she seemed too busy with Akira so I just said goodbye to everyone and just went off. I was scared to go home. I didn't want to see Tsumugu or his new friends. I didn't even wanna see grandpa since he seemed to approve so much of our new guest. I wondered around the seaside lost in my thoughts. I was so lost in my thoughts that I really did not notice that someone was there with me. 

"A penny for you thoughts."

I nearly jumped 5 feet into the air. Lord Uroko was seated in the sand looking up at me.

"Oh jeez, you scared the hell out of me!"

He waited. I guessed that he was just waiting for me to tell him everything that was on my mind.

"Nothing Lord Uroko. You can go back to the sea. I'm sure that someone must be looking for you." 

He started to shake his head before I finished talking.

"What?" I asked. What does he want from me? It took him a few seconds to answer.

"You know Chisaki, if you keep your feelings bottled up, you will eventually explode. I came to listen to you. Talk to me."

I don't know if it was just because I was extremely weak or because my desire to be heard was strong  but I spilled everything about Tsumugu and me. He only sat there and listened intently. It felt good to be heard. When I was finished, he just sat there, seemingly lost in thought. I didn't know what to do so I sat down on the sand beside Lord Uroko. I felt so much better just having all of that out of my system. I glanced over at Lord Uroko, trying to figure out what he was thinking.

"Perfect." was the only thing he said. Then he got up and walked into the sea. Somehow, that single word felt powerful. Like there was some hidden meaning behind the word. 

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When I got home, I heard Tsumugu talking to some people. When I peaked into the living room, I saw the four of them sitting exactly as they did before I left. Did they even move? I walked silently to the stairs, intending to just go to my room without talking to anyone but of course grandpa stopped me before I even touched a stair. 

"Chisaki, how was tutoring?" 

"It was good... Did you eat, grandpa?" I asked. Hopefully he is taking care of himself. I feel like I haven't been around that much for him lately. 

"I did. I love your sukiyaki. Thank you." 

I looked into grandpa's eyes. He seemed happy today. Is it... because of Tsumugu's new friends? So they're taking my grandpa away from me too huh. Rage. Uncontrollable rage is all I feel for them. They are ruining everything that makes me happy. I turned without saying a word and go upstairs to my room.  I need to calm down. After a couple of hours, I heard someone knock on my bedroom door. I got up slowly to opened the door.  Of course, it was Tsumugu. 

"What?" I asked a little bit frustrated. Who wouldn't be frustrated? He comes home and he doesn't even hug me properly. He only hugged me from behind because he thought that I was mad. Then he brings these two people here who take away everything that is important to me. He also ignores me whenever he is with those two! It's as if, to him, I only matter when we are alone. Ugh!

"Um..." He began to say something but he stopped. He looked intently at my face. I noticed that there was a person slightly behind him in the hallway. It was the girl. So he only came here to ask me if she can sleep in my room? Fine. I shut the door, locked it and went to my closet. I grabbed my suitcase and started to throw all of my things in it. It took me 10 minutes to make sure that I had every necessity. I could always come back for the rest later. I shoved the door open and struggled to get my suitcase down the stairs. Tsumugu hovered my movements. 

"Chisaki, what are you doing?" he asked when we got downstairs. I didn't answer him. I just continued to drag my luggage out of the door.  When I was finally outside, he grabbed my wrist and turned me around to face him.

"Chisaki, what are you doing?" he repeated more frustrated and confused than the first time. 

"I'm moving out you jerk! I can't take it anymore!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

"Wh-what do you mean?" he asked. He seemed truly confused. I glared at him, exasperated.

"Look Tsumugu, I think we should break up-"

"What?" he interrupted me. I looked into his eyes and then turned around and walked away wishing the whole time that he would stop me. He never did. Tsumugu...you idiot.

TBC

*Hey guys, I hope you liked this chapter. Just some quick announcements. First, I have two ways that I could make this story go, either just having romance problems or having a bigger purpose (you will understand what this means later). I was just wondering which one you guys prefer. Second, I know I uploaded this chapter very quickly but please do not expect that all my future chapters will be released that quickly.  Thank you! I will hopefully see you in the next part :)*