ˢⁱᶜᵏ ʷⁱᵗʰᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘ { ᵐᵃʳᶜᵒ | ¹ }

Chapter 23:Runaway

*the next morning*

Kira pov

A sharp, sudden, buzzing noise, followed by my alarm tone is what woke me up. I rolled over, and searched for my alarm, and shut it off. I yawned groggily, and stared up at the ceiling-

'Hey wait a minute....thats not the same ceiling that I sleep under!'

I sat up, and looked around. I then look to my side, and my eyes went wide as soon as I find Marco fast asleep next to me.

'Oh no....what have I done?'

I sprang out of bed, and searched around for some clothes. It was hard, since it was early-isa in the morning, and I had only brought my dress from last nights ball as clothes. I felt bad, but I took Marco's sweater, my underwear, and some pair of pants that looked alright for me to wear. My heart pounded as I rummaged around, and grabbed my phone.

'Why did I ask him if I could come back here? I had nothing to gain from it! All this really did..was soothe my loneliness. What was I thinking last night? I let my emotions take its natural course last night...I really wasn't being logical about this. And now? Now I've ruined my chances of being with him.'

I bit my lip, and sniffed, as I wrote a note, and left it on his kitchen bench. Once that note was written, I stumbled my way out of his home. I could vaguely remember where & how to get back to Itami's so I started to walk. I hopelessly wandered around town, slowly remembering how to get back to Itami's.

'Oh god, what is Itami going to say about this?!'

I opened up my phone, and my heart wrenched when I saw all the missed phone calls & text messages left from both Itami & Ace. Each text was about them worrying about me, where I was, and to call them as soon as I could. "I..I'm so sorry.." I whispered, feeling more tears fall. My feelings were at a negative state. Last night was supposed to be about me forgetting about Josiah, and moving on. Yeah, I've moved on alright. But I just made everything worse. Last night, I didn't realise it, but...I used Marco. I took out all of my sadness, loneliness & heart break, and just dumped it all over him through a one night stand.

'I acted so selfishly. I didn't even take time to consider how Marco would've really felt about..us. And now I just ruined it. Why didn't I just..talk to him? And told him everything?'

With dread looming in my system, I unlocked my phone, and called Itami. As I heard the ringer, I sat down in the park, and waited for her to pick up. After a moment, Itami picked up. Before I even had time to say anything, Itami was the one who spoke first.

"Where the hell are you, Kira!? Don't you know how worried Ace & I are!? We called you multiple times last night, and you didn't pick up at all! We even tried Marco's cell, and he didn't even pick up! You better have a damn good explanation for this, because if you don't, I'm going to tear you limb from limb, you hear me!?" Itami yelled. I flinch, "I..I'm at the park." "Why are you there!?" I sniffed, and let out a sorrowful sob, "I fucked up bad...! I've messed everything up, Itami! Please..help me!" I cried. "Okay, okay.." Itami sighed, calming herself, "I'm going to come pick you up, which park are you at?" Itami asked gently. "The one near Burger King." I stammered. "I'll be there soon. Just stay put."

Itami hung up after that.

Marco pov

'Huh...is it just me, or does the bed feel lighter than before, yoi?'

I let out a howl of a yawn, and wiped my face with my hand. I stretched my body out, and let out a sigh.

'Eh? There's so much room on this bed, yoi. It almost feels like Kira isn't even there, yoi.'

But then, I snapped my eyes open, and shot up. I looked around, and was shocked to see that Kia wasn't lying next to me. "W-What the-? But...she was here with me last night, yoi! W-Was it a dream-" But I spotted her dress from last night on the floor still. A long with that, I noticed that some of my clothes were gone as well. "She..she can't have left, could she, yoi?" I asked out loud. I got out of bed, and ambled down the stairs, "KIRA!? KIRA! ARE YOU STILL HERE, YOI?" I yelled out. But, I heard nothing.

I walked inside the kitchen, which is where I found a note. The note was red, and was written in fine, black ink. I picked up the note, and read it.

"Marco,

I know you're probably wondering why I'm not here but..I've left, and I'm walking back to Itami's. I'm sorry, but I had to borrow some of your clothes, but thats not what I'm apologising for. Last night..you gave me love. Something that I've craved for the past year now. I shouldn't have pushed for us to have sex last night. It was the wrong move. I should've told you how I'm really feeling. But now? Now I feel ashamed of myself. I'm so ashamed, that I'm to scared to even face you. I'm not a good person, Marco, but I will learn to be.

But just know this: I will always love you. You're the only person apart from Itami who has really cared about me. It makes me feel blessed. But...since I guess I have messed everything up, my life is now nothing. I'm sorry...I don't deserve a good person like you.

I love you always,

Kira."

I stared down at the note, my hand shaking. "K-Kira..." I whimpered. I scrunched the note in my hand, and held it to my chest. "We still could've talked..Why did you run away, yoi?" I let out a growl, "God damn it, I told you to stop running away from me, yoi!"

(A/N:Hey guys, so I just started up a Tumblr account. Its called missotakuprincessworld they wouldn't let me spell it how I usually spell it on wattpad, and apparently missotakuprincess is already taken, so I just put in world to make it original!)